Apalachee River to Causeway 2005 XLVI
Thursday, July 7, 2005 brint.adams@us.army.mil
Roland and I met earlier this afternoon at 4:00 PM at Riverdocs, so I could get an earlier start on a track officiating trip to Birmingham later that night. It was sunny, little breeze, 87 degrees, with a receding tide and a fairly full pool since high tide was only about two hours earlier.
We took off at a good pace to get loosened up and made the turn at the Apalachee in 6:34. On the way back, Roland drafted off of me until we reached the parking lot again in another 8:38 against the tide for a total of 15:13 at that point. As we continued on to the Causeway, I pulled away from Roland a little, so he lost the benefit of the draft. We cruised into the bridge turnaround in 32:30. It was nice to stay under the bridge for the last 800 meters to cut down on the hot sun effect.
With the help of the tide effect, we hit it hard on the way back and finished in an overall 49:20, which was excellent considering the hot mid-afternoon conditions.
Roland and I met earlier this afternoon at 4:00 PM at Riverdocs, so I could get an earlier start on a track officiating trip to Birmingham later that night. It was sunny, little breeze, 87 degrees, with a receding tide and a fairly full pool since high tide was only about two hours earlier.
We took off at a good pace to get loosened up and made the turn at the Apalachee in 6:34. On the way back, Roland drafted off of me until we reached the parking lot again in another 8:38 against the tide for a total of 15:13 at that point. As we continued on to the Causeway, I pulled away from Roland a little, so he lost the benefit of the draft. We cruised into the bridge turnaround in 32:30. It was nice to stay under the bridge for the last 800 meters to cut down on the hot sun effect.
With the help of the tide effect, we hit it hard on the way back and finished in an overall 49:20, which was excellent considering the hot mid-afternoon conditions.
posted by brint @ 6:56 PM
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