Friday, August 3, 2012
THEY MADE IT!
Vince and Marianne came in a to a cheering crowd of family and friends at 11:33 AM. They were overjoyed to have completed one of the worlds top 100 adventures, and boy was it an adventure! Vince's friends from work came and even his doctor and good friend, Glen. They will be able to get showers, food and cool down before the awards ceremony held tonight at 7 PM. Congrats Vince and Marianne you did it with a smile on your face and more determination then ever. I know I speak for everyone when I say you inspired us and that we are so proud of you! You did it...you completed the paddle!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
As usual, there are a few idiosyncrasies in the official results at the moment (including a boat that disappeared from the listings). However, we can say that Vince and Marianne finished sixth in the Mixed Tandem class. They were two minutes ahead of the seventh place finishers, but separated by over three hours from the fifth and eighth place finishers. In their class, the finish was in top third of the eighteen starters, and the top half of the twelve finishers. Perhaps more impressive, their time was better than more than half of the finishers in the Men's Tandem group.
ReplyDeleteGreat job during a week where just avoiding an ambulance ride was a challenge!
Final results (first column is overall, second is division):
ReplyDeleteStarted 292 18
Did Not Finish 108 6
Finished 184 12
Anniversary Edition 88 6