Bay Minette Creek 5 mi.
Tuesday, December 6, 2005 brint.adams@us.army.mil
On another blustery night on the bay, I decided to head for the protected confines of Bay Minette Creek. I was a little late arriving on a day with ever shortening daylight, so went for the five mile course to try and get back before I started hitting trees and stumps along the narrow course in the dark. The conditions were actually just about perfect, with 50 degrees, no wind, glass-like water and no perceptible current.
I started out at 4:44 PM, by hammering the course with mile splits of 9:19 (6.4 mph), 9:08 (6.6 mph) and halfway at 23:00 (4:33 - 6.6 mph). I agitated my one junkyard dog friend, but otherwise did not see any signs of life. On the return, as the sky quickly darkened, I had splits of 9:14 (6.5 mph), 9:34 (6.3 mph) and finished in almost total darkness in 47:09 (5:19 - 5.7 mph). Over the last couple of turns, I slowed just a little, counting strokes and paddling more by memory, to make sure I did not smack into something hanging out into the water.
As it turned out, I think this was my fastest five mile workout ever, especially gratifying with the tight s-turns in the first and last half mile of the course.
On another blustery night on the bay, I decided to head for the protected confines of Bay Minette Creek. I was a little late arriving on a day with ever shortening daylight, so went for the five mile course to try and get back before I started hitting trees and stumps along the narrow course in the dark. The conditions were actually just about perfect, with 50 degrees, no wind, glass-like water and no perceptible current.
I started out at 4:44 PM, by hammering the course with mile splits of 9:19 (6.4 mph), 9:08 (6.6 mph) and halfway at 23:00 (4:33 - 6.6 mph). I agitated my one junkyard dog friend, but otherwise did not see any signs of life. On the return, as the sky quickly darkened, I had splits of 9:14 (6.5 mph), 9:34 (6.3 mph) and finished in almost total darkness in 47:09 (5:19 - 5.7 mph). Over the last couple of turns, I slowed just a little, counting strokes and paddling more by memory, to make sure I did not smack into something hanging out into the water.
As it turned out, I think this was my fastest five mile workout ever, especially gratifying with the tight s-turns in the first and last half mile of the course.
posted by brint @ 8:47 PM
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