aka The 70 miler
aka New York
aka Cooperstown.
It is one of three triple crown races, The General Clinton, The Ausable River Canoe Marathon and The Classique. I have done the prior 11 times, including this year, I have done the middle 4 times, and will do it again this year, and the Classique, i have done once, and will never.do.again. Thats a story for another day.
Anyhow, I like shallow water, I may have mentioned before (and I guess now I will mention again) I like shallow water. It takes skill, it takes stamina, and generally lighter people have an advantage. The 70 this year was deep. REALLY DEEP. I also am not the strongest swimmer in the world. I can swim, but I'd really prefer not to. So it was 7 hours of..."god, please let this be over soon"
As perspective, the fastest Clinton I had done before last week was 8 hours. This was a full hour faster, thats some fast, squirrely scarey water.
A father daughter team that I have A LOT of respect for, dominated the race this year, and I couldnt' be happier for them. Marc and I got outsprinted at the end after a failed short-cut attempt. But I didn't flip...and it''s OVER! Thank goodness!
So now, a bit of "Post Race Let Down"; and some soul searching to find out what's next on my schedule.
Besides the Ausable (aka Michigan, aka the marathon).
hmmmmm
This is a tradition when we are at the race a few days before. A three mile* run to the stop sign. You must touch the stop sign.
*its totally not three miles. We pretend it is though
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