With my 30 mile race coming in October, I went out today to try and hit 15 miles. Unfortunately I only got to 11. Though, It was not due to fatigue rather than time. Still, This is the longest and farthest I have paddled before. I am proud of myself, and can tell that all of my training from the Paddle Skool and Tek is really paying off. I have a lot to improve on and will always keep learning and pushing ahead.
This workout I was in Zone 2 for 93.8% of the time.
140 AVG HR
Max Speed 7.1 mi/h "must have been down wind"
This will be my first paddle race other than a dragon boat, so my first Outrigger race. It is a mixed race with any time of paddle craft so we will be fighting with single blade River Hawks, "if you know you know". We will be on a Gemini OC2 and I have the pleasure to be paddling with an experience and very fast paddler. We expect to be able to complete it within 3ish hours.
The goal is to finish and no huli!
I would love to hear all of your first Outrigger race stories! Please do share!