General Category for Flat Water Racing in New England
The Run of the Charles Canoe and Kayak Race Saturday, April 30, 2011 Compromise can be a terrible thing. ‘I’m really not that far out of shape…’ ‘Four Guinnesses can’t be considered excessive; they’re half the calories of an IPA…’ ‘Stopping to search for seaglass on an 8 mile training [...]
Sunday, April 25, 2010 “Great weather,” Steve commented, as he arrived at the [...]
“Great weather,” Steve commented, as he arrived at the crack of dark (5:15 A.M.) to mount up my two Cliff’s ‘V’ racks to his vehicle for the drive up to our umpteenth running of the Run of the Charles. A cold rain was coming down, and it was hard to [...]
I positioned myself (EFT) behind Wesley(V12) at the start, just to give myself perspective on how the rest of the race would go for me. Chris Chappell in his brilliant orange Mohican was off to my right and Jim Hoffman(Mako Elite) was to my left. Wesley Echols shot off like [...]
The start of the 19 miler in Dedham has the same flavor year after year: find a parking spot along the road next to the park, dump boats and gear onto the grass, grab your whistle and button to be traded for the race t shirt, then catch up with [...]
