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Vaal river canoe marathon
2008-11-03
A two day eventful race on 1 and 2 november. A river has many obstacles on matter how big or small the rapids are. I realised one of the bigger obstacles is other boats. Alexa and I were having a great race for the first hour of day 1 when another boat hesitated and tried to paddle backwards and eventually causing a T-bone. We got a double boat crashing over us causing us to capsize in shallow rocky water where Alexa broke her paddle, as it wedged in a rock. After over a 10 minute delay to try find another paddle we were back on the water and we finished together with the 3rd ladies double. Day 2 was a lot better and once we broke away from the 3rd ladies double we got into a good rhythm to finish 2nd ladies double for the year.
I was an exciting race with few rapids but I did get a few bruises. so now its back to flatwater training and the swimming pool for me.
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