Ouch

four full sick days, achy, runny nose, slight fever, hack’n and cougin’n up lungs and various other states of ‘yuck’,,

took a toll not expected.

Spent all day Friday in slo-mo mode, so that I could make sure I was recovered, and for the most part, YUP, good to go. still hacking up some phlegm as it broke loose, but no runny nose, no fever, no aches and pains past the usual ones of age

so, its time to get back into the plan and do the Erg since I couldn’t get out and paddle.

10 minutes,,,, 10 stinking minutes and I was bushed, wheezing like an old bull

But, I did it!! Still have some crap to clear out of the lungs, and that takes a little time, especially with my abused welder lungs. And I will get back up to that thirty minute mark, Gots a race to race, and now B has his Erg, so my advantage has been nullified. mehbe,,, he has to actually USE IT,,, (just gettting a dig in bro. all in fun ;-D )

as for that race, Day has finally been set, and registration opens up Feb 1. cheaper than last year, and the time is much better for an actual race with kick off earlier in the day. (before those winds start to gusting across the lake. was like paddling with parachute attached to the boat,,,,,)

And B and I are doing the long race this time around (he did last year, where i did the half run’ but now I have to be the glutton for punishment along with him,,, ) No idea as to other paddlers yet, seeing how registration hasn’t even started. BUT, this group runs pretty strict in what runs what class. B and I will be running Fast Sea Kayaks, (FSK) not the High performance kayaks also known as Surfski’s. Narrow, long, high performance layup composites, and weigh about half of what our boats do. We won’t be racing against those, so the likelihood that this race is between he and I is rather high, (evil grin,,,LOL) and April 22 is a ways away, but time slows for no one, and the way the years run now, It will feel like I just wrote this and woke up to race day,,,,

gotta lot of paddlin’ to do to get ready, between now and then,,,,,