Flat Paddle (Herrison Paddle) 1:20:16 [3] 13.58 km (5:55 / km)
shoes: Epic V12
Di's group paddle. Sans Di. And sans group.
I got there a bit early but since no one else was there I almost went home, but then Mark rocked up late so we talked eachother into going.
It was a lovely paddle downwind for the first half, but then as we came out from the shelter of the island on the way back the first squall hit, blus with the bounce back off the island it got fairly lumpty for a while. This was the only time I was going faster than Mark all night so I enjoyed it until the wind dropped and it flattened out. Then Mark took off and was about 100m ahead by the narrows. The second squall hit about 1kn from the end and this had a nice bit of rain to sting the face, didn't last long and it was nice again by the end.
Not a bad evening to be out, Mark confirmed that I have lost a lot of speed recently, and I was shattered when I got home, it felt like real training.