My First OC1 Race for the Season

Monday, July 30, 2007 / Posted by Rambo /

Gold Coast Desalination Project
Winter Series Race 2

Whew boy .... was this a tough one this early in the season, 25km of predominantly flat ocean water and no wind assistance made for a long hard slog. On top of that the race was originally for surf skis and 95% of them were, so it was way lonely hanging on to the back markers on ski's with my OC1 Hurricane. Not that i came in last, i actually beat a few ski's and finished 9 mins behind Chris Maynard so i was pretty happy with my time. (2hrs 24mins)

This race was part of the Surf Ski Ocean Marathon Racing that Paul Mauger has put together along with major sponsors the Gold Coast Desalination Project. Paul has done a top job growing this Series and 63 paddlers lined up on the start line on Sunday. The quality of the field is getting better all the time as more elite paddlers realize this series is going somewhere and want to be part of it.

I've put together my GPS/HR data for this race below just click on the pictures to enlarge.

Race time 2hr 24min
Av Speed 10.1kph
Av Heart Rate 156bpm
Fastest Speed 13.1kph
Highest HR 172bpm

Finished 2nd OC1 Overall, 9 mins behind Chris Maynard, so pretty happy with that and $40 bucks prize money paid the fuel down to the Goldie.

That 9 minutes works out to 5% which is spot on the Percentage Behind Maynard (P.B.M.) of most of my races. (yes P.B.M. is one of my Key Performance Indicators that i monitor and record)

 I didn't feel i bonked at all, but i did get a second wind when i sighted the last downwind turn buoy. (home Leg)

My race plan because of the distance, was to keep to around 160BPM av for the race or i would have bonked if i had gone out harder. I probably could have pushed a little more on the downwind section but the bumps were so small it was hard to pull over multiples, like the surfskis were doing.

Paul Mauger ... on the horn
The men to beat on an OC2
Some of the Ski's at the start
A very youthful looking Johnny Stewart .. Oc1 and Ski Masters Legend
Worth it just for the beer at the end, can't wait for the next one (race and beer)
I'm still in race gear 'cos the other Guy's finished at least half hour before me on Surfski's.
"Rowdy" aka Matt Carter, "Lat's "aka Ian Rowlings and a bloke in the white cap whose name I don't know ... (only joking it's Dean (Deano) Gardiner of course, multiple Molokai Ski Champ and Aussie Marathon Ocean Racing legend.

All the results here http://www.geocities.com/currumbinpaddlers/results.html

BTW a plug for the beer ... this is one of the freshest pure beers i have ever tasted, brewed on the Gold Coast at Burleigh.
http://www.burleighbrewing.com.au


6 comments:

Anonymous on July 30, 2007

Hey Rambo,

Thanks mate for making the trip down to the Goldie. It was good to meet you. Rumour has it that all the ladies liked your camo gear, and you seem to have secured for yourself a bevy of our female supporters. You also left far too many unopened beers behind, and so we had to drink them. But's that's cool. We hope you'll make the next race, along with more of your Synshine Coast mates.

Regards
Paul Mauger
Series Organiser

Comment by Rambo on July 30, 2007

Nah, i'll pass on the "mates" they'll take all the Ladies and drink all the beer . hahaaaa. But seriously i'll have more Oc's next time once they find out Lat's is putting on free beer again.


Cheers Rambo

Anonymous on August 02, 2007

Hey Rambo, were there any girls racing oc1s there?
Katy.

Comment by Rambo on August 02, 2007

Hi Katy, not on OC1's but there were a few on OC2's and Ski's. The next race is 31k, come on Kate you can do it. How about OC2.

Cheers Rambo

Comment by JT on September 11, 2007

First, have you considered racing a ski to get to the beer sooner?

Next, I'm starting to use a Garmin 305 and was wondering if the 172 HR was about your max and if you find that you race in the 90%+ range of max HR?

Have you found this type of data useful for paddling training?

Comment by Rambo on September 11, 2007

Hi jt, i just love the outrigger canoe so going as fast as i can on it is my stoke. Yes, I'm at a fitness level where i can maintain a race pace around or just above 90 to 94% of max heart rate. But we are all different and what works for me may not work for you. Age has a lot to do with it, so that should also be considered. I don't race off the HR monitor just use it to analyse later, i race more on how i feel and aggressiveness at certain times in the race is part of it.

You may find some good info on HR training here http://eascoaching.blogspot.com/

Cheers Rambo

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