Race Day!

Hi, it's Marleigh! Every Wednesday with Keeners, we race. We practice racing in order to further our ability to select the fastest and best line as well as improve our speed. Last week, we did a time trial through Mccoy's, which allowed us to practice kayaking while being timed. This was different because we were under pressure rather than simply running the rapid.

Yesterday, we were put into teams of four in order to race down Mccoys rapid. The first team member ran through Sattler's tongue to the Corner Wave eddy where team member two waited to be tagged. That person then ran back to the top of Mccoys and ran through Phil's tongue down to the Babyface eddy.  Team member three then fairied across the Babyface area and ran back up to the top of Phil's in order to tag the last member. The final person ran the "Sting" and chased down and tagged Edward in order to win.

I was team member three in the race.  It was interesting to race as part of a team because you were counting on those around you rather than only yourself. I think it's more fun to race as a team. Overall, it was another great race day.