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Reivers Dustin
03/17/19 #24483

Member Ian posted this over on facebook, so I just poached it off so us mainlanders get a look.
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The Nanaimo Race:
This was a great race today. There was a solid turnout made up of folks from Nanaimo, Comox, Victoria and even a few boat toting walk-ons from Van. It was beautifully sunny and warm and felt like the official end of winter.

Carl, Gareth and I had a mostly tight race. I got a little over-excited at the start and came out strong but quickly earned myself the nastiest fore-arm pump I've ever had. We nestled into a pack for while. I fell back for a bit while struggling to hold on to my paddle, but eventually caught up. In the last quarter, Carl put his head down and charged ahead to put a 20sec or so gap on Gareth who once again had me clinging to his wash. Connor from Van was not far behind us looking strong and that's about all I can speak to.

It was interesting going into this race, being so early in the year, one really doesn't know what to expect. I wasn't sure where the competition would be at and also wasn't quite sure what I could ask of myself. What I do know is that there was some awesome racing today, Carl got a well-earned win and things are looking pretty good for racing on the island this year.

Reivers Dustin
03/17/19 #24484

Carl is going to show for the Rough Water race. Maybe we can get him drunk the night before or something. Ideas welcome.

Ian Daykin
03/20/19 #24495

He did two oc6 races on Sat before whipping our butts on the Sunday, so I think it's gonna have to be a pretty drastic level of drunk!