I sleep in late today - making up for the journey over I suppose.
Free practise today ends at 10.50, so I just take it easy until the scheduled team training at 3.30. I'm really not doing good and I'm getting no moves.
The flow of the river is even stronger today, making a tricky eddy even harder to get into. As I try to stop flushing past it i end up landing on the rocks, where i get the paddle ripped out of my hand as I capsize. By the time I get out of the boat the paddle is probably 20miles down stream. A few of us chase down after it, but there is no sign of it.
My paddling is done for the day and I now have to try and source a paddle as my spare is rubbish.
About Me
- Kevin McCabe
- Born and based in Belfast, I paddle anything anywhere. I used to paddle only kayaks, but in recent years I have moved into open boats, C1 and OC1 playboats, and even some squirt boating. I can normally be found on some stretch of water somewhere, as I believe it's always a good time to paddle. I run rivers from grades 1-5 in a kayak, and so far to grade 3 in a traditional open boat and grade 4 in C1 and OC1. I have been on the Irish freestyle team for C1 and OC1 and I travelled to Lienz in Austria for the 2010 European Championships. I compete in many disciplines all over Ireland, including freestyle, boaterx, wild-water racing, marathon canoeing, canoe polo, squirt-boating and slalom. Typically when taking part in wildwater races or marathon races I paddle a tandom open boat with my friend Sonya. At the Liffey Descent 2009 we finished 18th out of 109 finishers and in 2010 we were the first mixed crew home - 12th overall. As well as competing all over Ireland, north and south, I also attend numerous recreation paddles organised by CANI - these are typically done in my open boat with my dog - luckily she still likes the boat when I take it down some whitewater
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