2000m Race done

4:15pm: after a 1/2 hour delay due to high winds, we started. They
made us race with only 18 paddlers, because their logic said that we
would be less likely to take on water and sink. The conditions were
windy, but not that bad. Plus, two women paddlers will hardly make a
difference. Julie (our coach) had to take 2 paddlers out of the boat at
the last minute. What an awful decision to have to make.

Since we've raced in much worse conditions, the wind didn't phase us.
The race was muscularly hard, but not so bad cardiowise, likely
because of those two less paddlers pulling the boat weight. We raced
hard and well, pulling ahead of 4 of the 6 boats that started ahead of
us.

Now, we wait for results. Montreal had a good race after us, and had
less wind which will definitley advantage them, since they'll spend
less time going upwind. We're not expecting right now to take it over
them, but their coach is nervous and is over by the results tent,
something he never does.

Waiting...

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