PD Chicks on the water at Waikiki!
We started today with an early morning paddle - share in our first moments on the water in Hawaii:
Our session took us along the length of Waikiki up to the Diamond Head Buoy. It was great to be out on the water, looking back at the high rise apartments of the city silhouetted in the golden morning sunshine.
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| Morning sunlight on Diamond Head |
A squall raced over Diamond Head and hit us briefly, but we barely noticed; we were looking out for the reef, feeling the water and pushing into the wind.
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| YAY! We've made it on to the water |
We turned the buoy and headed downwind...wheee! It was so much fun to feel the wind behind us and the small pushes helping us on our way. Hopefully we'll be doing this again in a couple of days, coming into the finish line after 70kms of paddling.
I think it all started to feel more real today as we imagined ourselves taking the final line from Diamond Head towards the twin pink towers.
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| Heading for the twin towers and the finish line! |
To top off the session a full rainbow stretched across the horizon - a welcoming sign from Hawaii.
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| Hawaii Welcome |
It was all happening! We'd had a good run, had stopped to appreciate the rainbow. In fact, we were having such a good time that we sped straight past the channel markers. Whoops! Turning into the breakwall at Magic Island, we wondered why it looked so different, then looked back and realised we'd overshot by 500m. Ah, better not do that on race day. A good learning for us all!
Looking forward to another session tomorrow morning!
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