Ouch 1st one always hurts
Well we had to do some bigger paddles eventually and Easter Sunday shaped up as the perfect day to get things moving. We had a fairly good week of training already under our belts with some good early week sessions and a 16km Time trial Saturday morning.
Was felling nervous abou the paddle as it was the qst long one since last year - our plan was to paddle from Moffatts Beach to Peregian Beach on our OC1's however the swell made it a tough exit on the beach so the plan was adjusted and it was Mooloolaba to Noosa. (40km Paddle)
Moffats Beach looking North
We had 4 of us set out from Mooloolaba all of varying speeds so decided to do aproximately 4 x 10 km sets and regroup on our way up the coast. The 1st set was OK with Pt Cartwright protecting the bay from the wind which made it slow moving 2 start with but was nice to build the pace as the bumps started to increase. After about 5mins I made the decision that i would red line it for as long as possible and just hang on until Noosa (No point training and just cruising)
Managed to hang on (Kinda) to Toddy in the 1st set but felt a bit uncommfortable in the canoe being the 1st paddle in a while. 2nd set everything seemed to click and almost felt like I was in a trance and just linking bumps for 10km - it is times like this that remind you why we do down hills - fully SIC.
Unfortunetly for me mid way through the 3rd set I smashed into a rather large wall and the remaining 15km up to Noosa were to say painful and showed me that there is good signs but plenty of work to do.
Since then the following week has been a combo of Recovery sessions and building up for the next big one.
On the organisation front we have booked tickets, accommodation thanks to a local travel agent Anthony at Australia Zoo Travel.
We have also done the most important and filled out the entry form and are working with Ivan and the Coreban International team on boards! Hopefully we will have a board soon.
Stay tuned
Ma Te Wa
Woogie
Coreban Free Rider
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