Canoeing 1:27:18 [4]
Paddling on the upper section of the Charles with Don Kelley, previewing the leg that we'll be doing in Sunday's relay race, and getting used to each other as partners. We went downstream through all of the tricky parts, then back against the current. I was really rusty, and I got some good pointers on my form from Don and Wes (who was in a C-1). This was a serious workout! Overall, it looks like I passed the audition — Don had no idea what to expect from me, and I think I was somewhat better than he had feared. Apparently this team has a habit of winning the race, and they seem to intend to do it again. Like, when we were previewing the course, we got a few hundred yards beyond the start, and they said, "Sometimes some other boats really sprint off the line, and they stay with us this far". It's a wave start, and if they get put into the last wave (six minutes after the first wave), they sometimes don't meet their goal of being in front at the end of the first leg, because sometimes there will be one boat they haven't caught yet. This year they're stooping to recruiting people like me, so we'll see how it goes.