I quick couple of items leading up to the start of the Adirondack Canoe Classic. I have already written about how I ended up in a kayak instead of a canoe so I won't go into that again. Since I am doing the race solo my dad offered to come and be my pit crew for the race. Through a series of incidents we ended up leaving late on Thursday and when he came to pick me up, my 3 year-old son wanted to come. After briefly talking it over we decided to take him too. It would be added work for my dad but he would bring some fun as well. My older two kids would be jealous but they had school so it wasn't an option for them.
After checking in Thursday night and changing my race class to touring kayak, we unloaded the kayak. I practiced both carrying it overhead and running with it on wheels. At the time both seemed like an equal amount of effort but as I found out during the race I would need both options. We also put on my race number - 181 - and then locked the kayak by the starting docks. I wouldn't be able to test it out until the next morning.
We stayed at the Old Forge Campgrounds in my dad's pop-up camper. Since we were late getting in to camp we kept things simple and only set up what we needed to sleep. We did prep my supplies for the next day which included two Camelbacks of Gatorade and several granola bars. We also decided I would bike to the race in the morning (about a mile) so I could leave while by dad did breakfast and broke camp. It was early to bed for a long day on Friday.
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