Kensington Metropark Canoe and Kayak Race

This weekend, we competed in the Kensington Metropark Canoe and Kayak Race. This is a 7.8 mile race on Kent Lake that we did last year. Looking at our results from last year, we decided that we should aim for a 5 mph pace in order to improve over last year. It seems that our weekly 10-mile tempo workouts have done the trick. We managed an average of 5.2 mph for the race, and finished among the sea kayaks! It's a small race with canoes competing against kayaks and tandems and solos in the same class, and we felt the Cruiser really performed in the mixed field.


photo credits: Sara Ernst (left), Willi G. Gutmann (right)

photo credit: Randy Gill