Average Canoe Racers - 10 measurable ways to tell if you are one.

 

    1. You consistently finish less than 5 minutes per hour behind first place.
    2. Good canoe racers ask you to practice with them when they can’t get anyone else.
    3. Average canoe racers call you to race with them.
    4. You race with other racers and they finish further back from first place than they usually do.
    5. Average canoe racers say yes when you ask them to race with you.
    6. You practice paddling upstream in a tandem racing canoe.
    7. Average canoe racers ask you to practice with them.
    8. You tip over less then 2 times a season in a racing canoe.
    9. You know how to put torso power on the paddle at the front of the stroke and keep it on throughout.
    10. You know how to put torso power on the paddle and apply it in line with the canoe keel.

 

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