Week 9

This week was 4 days is Adelaide, a good run mid week with the body feeling good (15km) followed by up tempo 5k the next day. Finished on a high with Harbour Bridge to Manly paddle, 1st Sea Kayak home 1:09, slower than i would have like but testing conditions when it was only my second time is the boat.
The race started before the gun with 300 boats entering the water and staging started (thus moving 100m every 2 mins) but everyone was edging forward so they just started the race. What a mess 25 boats wide and paddles touching and bumping boats in a pea soap of chop and wash from the rocks. We rounded the first point into 15knot head wind, chop and swell, so i quickly worked out my spray skirt was leaking, leaking bad! especially when the bow went completely under. so as the race went on the boat got deeper into the water and slower it became even when i tried to push on. Ended with around 30litres in my cockpit and the boat very heavy in the water. My time reflected it, but still happy

Swim 2k
Run 20
Paddle 11km Race