False Creek Community Centre, Alder Bay, May 15, 2022  

Time trials are exciting race pieces (races against ourselves) in an OC1. They are an excellent measure of progress and fitness. This morning lots of butterflies and anxious anticipation from those that wanted to do personal bests and for those new to OC, wanting to stay upright may have been in the back of their minds. No one got wet from tipping today though. Watching from the dock it was wonderful to see everyone’s big improvements in technique – big bodies, big reaches, big catches and glide. When the results came in there were many paddlers that saw big improvements…