Adventure Race race (KillaMetro) 35:00 [5] 5.5 km (6:22 / km)
shoes: Epic V10
KillaMetro race. Nearly started with my extra shirt on, got it off and then my bladder and pfd on again and by then people were running to the oval looking for two pegs of different colour. Calf popped almost immediately, not the best start. Back to rehab for me.
Paddle leg started fine, caught up with Ricky and Tim at cp1, saw a queue and went on to x6. Ran down Ricky on the way back after cp1, Tim caught up too and started sitting on my heels, in not too subtle a way by constantly bumping my boat. Got to cp2 and thought about skipping it but saw a bunch clear out and only two there - thought they'd move on but Ann couldn't reach the punch. Finally got it punched, backed out, turned and then saw Tim coming out fast, called out and then tried to paddle out of the way asap but he went square into the tail and cut a nice hole on the side. Thought about continuing at first but turned out coming back was the right decision as the boat was filling up and sitting lower and lower. Made it back but there was a lot of water coming out of the boat, amazing how heavy it becomes with water in it.
A coffee and muffin, bit of volunteering and watching the rest of the race. Only mistake was not putting my punch card in for the draw at the end!