I woke up early to paddle 4000m. It was worth it because the ocean was very calm. I still have some work to do. I am looking forward to the 10km next month.
yannick
Category: Race Reports
500m Sprint
Fun afternoon at DART SUP practice with Mike Darbyshire. Last 100m was challenging. There was not much wind. I look forward to doing more Canadian Paddle League races.
Alexia
AlexiaM
500m Hurts
Got the DART youth race team to jump on board with the Canadian Paddle League so we took our first shot at the 500m sprint today. Had a bit of an afternoon breeze but otherwise pretty calm conditions. Will try again in the flatwater and see if we can improve our times!
mikedarb
First attempt
Hey folks
I wasn’t going to do this again but here I am. I like the motivation to do my intervals in the boring dirty calgary water. So after tonight’s training I did a 500 for fun. Too long for a sprint but a good distance to feel like puking.
Anyways I love watching everyone go hard so keep up the hard work.
Aloha
SupBruddah
Paddle the Ocean Blue
What fun it is to paddle the ocean blue! This is what sisters do at 5:30am. A fair current on the way back to our starting point.
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/11143946116
PacificPearl
Calm and amazing
So calm and beautiful. Very little current.
Jeannie Johns
Just add water…
What a beautiful part of any day!
PacificPearl
500 m sprint
500 m , 4:20 -First time doing sprints. Loving this way to challenge myself and be apart of the community.
Jeannie
September 2022 Final Recap
Helluva season paddlers! The schedule got very, very busy late in the season and many of you pushed through right to the end. Congratulations to everyone that posted times this year, and especially to those that completed all events!
Monthly Prize Draw
Here’s the draw for September, picked randomly from everyone who submitted results in the month. We’ll also send out a little something for everyone that completed all 2022 events…
Rally Beer Co. beers: Ariel Amaral
Infinity SUP swag: Megan Cynowa
Endurance Championship Results
Probably the toughest challenge of the year, with 4 x 15 km paddles spread out over three days. It was certainly a tough one to pull off both physically and logistically. So, here is the full top ten, with everyone deserving mad credit:
Check out the Race Reports section to see first-hand accounts of the action. Incredible efforts!
Other Final Results
Three other races wrapped up at the end of September. Check out the final results:
Paddle Battle final results
Downwind Cup final results
Sprint 2000m final results
National Champions 2022
All individual race results flow into the 2022 national rankings. Danielle Holdsworth topped the female national ranking this year, with a dedicated and strong performance! Here is your top five… love seeing Ontario, Quebec and Alberta all represented!
In the men’s group, congrats to Ryan Blake who’s consistent effort through the year earned him the national title. Two Quebec paddlers were close behind in a tight battle…
From the Water
Exhausted, yet Elated– Challenge Complete
Bittersweet feels starting the last event for the 2022 season of Canadian Paddle League. Grateful for this annual challenge to push me and get me out on the water early each weekend but exhausted and bored of paddling on the local water.
This paddle was last Sunday but I needed time to collect my thoughts before posting.
It was a fantastic day – crisp air, sun had just risen and flat water. I was the only one out on the water for most of the 12k. Absolutely no wind and a body of water too small for a point to point. It was a reflective paddle – I pushed myself for some intervals and also jut paddled rhythmically to soak it all in. Time was not a consideration for me – it was more about completing the goal – get in all the events and finish with a sense of accomplishment and smile. And, that I did!
Successful completion and looking forward to better planning the events for 2023 that will bring me to race on different bodies of water throughout Colorado for the Canadian Paddle League Endurance Challenge AND recruit some more people to do it with me!!!
Thank you all for another great season – it was fun reading everyone’s race reports and seeing their social posts. I admire you all!
ChrisGrackWilson