Endurance Championship 2nd entry

22 kph cross tailwind, 0.3M waves cross-tail.  Did my first ever downwinder today!  I flew the ama (2nd and 3rd times ever on this run), but not on purpose so don’t ask me how to do it lol!  At least I didn’t end up in the drink.  Where’s a camera when you need one!  Wind chops were crossing diagonally to ground swell, so a lot of washing machine churn.  Not the greatest for a downwinder.  Also my inexperience in linking ground swells contributed to my slow time.  Practice makes perfect!  At least I did it safely.  Also did roughly a 2k warmup before the downwinder (same conditions) and 8.5K after I got into Frenchman’s bay safely.  The bay had weeds and shallows, but at least it was flat.  I wasn’t doing any time trials at that point, so I welcomed the flats (even if they were shallow and weedy).  After over an hour of washing machine and being tossed up, down, and sideways, when I got off at the dock I was walking wobbly lol.  I did manage to link up a few ground swells and man it was exhillerating!  I normally do a 1k pace slightly under 6:00 but I was under 5:00 when I was riding the waves.  Just need to link them up more consistently.

Afternoon Activity | Workout | Strava

Afternoon Activity | Workout | Strava

Afternoon Activity | Workout | Strava

Lamond Lee

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