Had a good time racing on Saturday the 2nd in the Ke'ehi Ironman event from Hawaii Kai to Ke'ehi Lagoon. Only 13 canoes entered and none except us in our 60s division. A little respect! The 55s and 60s got a head start with the idea being everyone would end up around the same time. Little did we know that was exactly what happened as we pushed hard to catch a boat ahead of us near the finish. Managed to just nip those guys in a wild finish with the Hui Lanikila open girls closing fast just behind us. Pretty cool!! Took us about 2 hrs and 7 minutes so a good prep for next weekend.
Last night after practice had a chance to talk story with Manutea Owen, the Huahine paddler who supposedly was going to steer Shell in this year's race. Not! He said he trained with them for a month or so but ended up deciding against joining the "big city" boys. Non-committal about where he was going to end up on Sunday. Probably more to the story but interesting getting his take on the race. All the heavyweights will be racing and besides four-time defending champ Shell, the list includes OPT A & B, EDT, Paddling Connection and Bora Bora.
Sounded like he was leaning toward OPT to win but said Shell has a "special canoe." Should be a great race, and Team Primo sure has their work cut out.
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