E T said...Belly2 said..
Hi all,
I have 30 years of Kayak racing and 7 years of racing Outrigger Canoes. Both have a cruising speed of aproximately12 klm per hour on flat lake/river water depending on conditions. A bit faster when racing.
I am looking to get into SUP'S and I have the opportunity to borrow one soon when the weather warms up, and I am just wondering what speed would a 14' mid range SUP do ?.
My second question is what speeds do the best guys do in a race ?.
Belly
Who gives a toss! Go and enjoy yourself and stop thinking about that crap!
ET.
It's a decent question from someone with a racing background and certainly one that deserves a bit more respect for a recent poster to Seabreeze.
Cruising speed for Flatwater at steady state would be around 8-8.5km for a high level paddler. Race pace is 9.5-10kmh. The top paddlers are getting around the time trial course (4.2km) over 10kmh. Jim Terrell recently set the 200m record at the silver blade traveling at approx 12kmh.
If you check out Connor Baxters program that was posted here last year, you'll notice he trains at % of race speed (marathon pace). Pace/speed is a great training tool to build endurance whilst developing speed - seems to work for him!
Might not interest some paddlers, but if you don't relate to the post, maybe don't open it.
The top guys would possibly nudge 12 but that would be far from cruising pace!More like flat out sprint pace.
