kayak training
Midway Point course
Tuesday 10 July 2012 -
As I drove home from work I
could saw that the conditions at Midway Point were glassy calm and the
tide seemed pretty high. It seemed like perfect conditions to try
for a 'PB' around my 7.2km course around the two islands and the under
both ends of McGees Bridge. My previous best time was 37.50.
I decided to use my sleekest kayak for the attempt - my carbon Evolution
Edge.
In my warm-up I checked for current flow under the bridge and there
seemed to be no flow at all so it seemed to be high tide time which also
gave me less shallow water around the islands - another bonus. I
headed off on the first stretch down to Woody Island at a steady 11.7 to
12km/h.
My pace slowed a bit in the shallow water around the
island but picked back up to 11.5 ish heading across to Barren Island.
Is is very shallow for a long way around Barren Island and I was down to
10km/h.
I put in a big effort to get back to 12km/h towards the
western end of the bridge and went under to the northern side and then
sprinted the final stretch to the eastern end of the bridge finishing in
a best time of 36m45sec averaging 11.6km/h. I am pretty happy with
that speed because it includes 1-2km of water only one or two feet deep.
