Paddle (Canoe) 2:53:00 [3] 12.5 mi (13:50 / mi)
ahr:107
Took the canoe out at Island Lake with Barbara and Maria. Fun time canoeing with the ladies! Maria was a good sport and sat on cushions in the middle since I don't have a middle seat yet. (It comes in on Wednesday)
Plan was 10 steady, 30 tempo, repeating. Maybe my tempo lost a bit of quality today, but we were fighting the wind quite a bit and I felt like that helped me to go harder in those parts, though avg HR was a bit lower than planned. Maybe was having too much fun. I was feeling my core though, so that was good.
I think having a 3rd in the boat really messed up the boat's handling in the wind, and it made things hard on Barbara, who got stuck with the stern. At some point, I told her to not fight it and let the boat go where it will. Well, it really wanted to go in circles. Ha! Oh well, we got in a good out and back, and once we got some shelter from the wind, we could actually go straight without her paddling on 1 side 100% of the time. :)