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Here is the link to my stats connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/206701723
I forgot my heart rate monitor so no bpm for me and not sure why my average speed is not shown. When i check my split times it can be seen my average speed was 8.9km/h.
Well done getting the line honours Stimmo. What a great race and so good to see such a large fleet, hopefully just a taste of things to come!!!
just don't tell anyone 
Hi Guys,
Finally got my stats from the Garmin. I too forgot to turn it off so there is heaps of superfluous data but if you check the laps, and graphs, you get the idea.
My average was ~9.5km/hr for the race with a peak of 13.3km/hr on the Fanatic Flat Water 14ft. I reckon you need to try harder for highest BPM Ian. 
connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/207344613
DM
Those are really, really good ave. speeds!
Is there any current in that river, because no one here can match those speeds! Very impressive!
Our best guys can hold 9.8km/h over 3km on the right day so looks like we have some work to do....
Well another couple of months and I want my own over 60 division so I can get for a short while at least some of those fancy trophys.
For someone who doesn't have a competitive bone in their body, I am finding after Sundays effort that I should be going faster and I want to !!!!!!.
What the hells happening.....?.....
It was a great event......trying obviouslly to cater for a wide range of abilities and levels of expertise..but
it got a great crew together and their supporters.
A great day.
Post mmm don't think so
Although this river is tidal, the race was held a fair way up from the river mouth and from memory looking at the graphs it was pretty much slack water. I didn't notice any eddies or turbulence aroind the bridge pylons when we went under. DM will be the best man to comment on it as he spends the most time on that part of the water.
Hey Cam,
I was hoping for a bit of local knowledge advantage and was disappointed at the start to see no tidal flow whatsoever. At every point along the race I was looking for the tell tale signs of water movement so I could maximize my efforts and use my advantage. I only noticed the absolute slightest movement at the very end of the race as the tide began to run out. It wasn't really fast enough to give any advantage.
It was a great race and very even for everyone. I hope the Classic Paddle will have a tide, preferably running out to make it more technical although I'm not as familiar with that area of the river as the Freo crew.
River racing is awesome!
DM
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I finally worked out how to upload the photos from the Avon SUP Challenge. Thanks to Kirk for taking the photos on the day.
Big Luc Longley, exNBA star for the Chicago Bulls awaits the start for the unlimited class 
12'6 start
14' and Unlimited Start
Stimo first overall on DC 16'
Marcus first 14' DC 14'
Big Smile from the Big Man!
