Apalachee River to Causeway 2005 LXX
Thursday, September 29, 2005 brint.adams@us.army.mil
We are counting down the last few workouts before the Phatwater. Roland and I met at the old Riverdocs parking lot at 5:00 PM under very hot 92 degree sunny skies. There was a northwesterly breeze coming in over a medium pool level and falling. We took off in a hurry to get it over with and blazed down to the Apalachee in 6:48. There was still no activity around any of the restaurants and no gators out to greet us.
We turned and started back into the breeze and against the current, passing the parking lot in 15:10 and on to the Causeway. There were a couple of fishermen hanging around the culvert, where the water was churning and confused. Roland was in his K-1 and had to slow a bit due to the chop. We crossed the bottom of Chacaloochee Bay which was even more choppy and on to the Interstate bridge turnaround. I made the turn in 32:58, with Roland coming in about a minute later.
We turned and hit it hard on the way back. I took the line tight along the Causeway, while Roland ventured out further on a straight line back. When we came back together with about a half mile to go, we were right together. This prompted us to each pick up the pace just a little more and we sprinted the last leg, finishing together in a total 49:49 at 6.0 mph. It was satisfying for both, knowing we were as ready as we were going to be for the race on October 8th.
We are counting down the last few workouts before the Phatwater. Roland and I met at the old Riverdocs parking lot at 5:00 PM under very hot 92 degree sunny skies. There was a northwesterly breeze coming in over a medium pool level and falling. We took off in a hurry to get it over with and blazed down to the Apalachee in 6:48. There was still no activity around any of the restaurants and no gators out to greet us.
We turned and started back into the breeze and against the current, passing the parking lot in 15:10 and on to the Causeway. There were a couple of fishermen hanging around the culvert, where the water was churning and confused. Roland was in his K-1 and had to slow a bit due to the chop. We crossed the bottom of Chacaloochee Bay which was even more choppy and on to the Interstate bridge turnaround. I made the turn in 32:58, with Roland coming in about a minute later.
We turned and hit it hard on the way back. I took the line tight along the Causeway, while Roland ventured out further on a straight line back. When we came back together with about a half mile to go, we were right together. This prompted us to each pick up the pace just a little more and we sprinted the last leg, finishing together in a total 49:49 at 6.0 mph. It was satisfying for both, knowing we were as ready as we were going to be for the race on October 8th.
posted by brint @ 9:43 PM
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