Smiling! The last feed! The AuSable River Canoe Marathon is done for another year and we had a great time of it. My husband Tim and his partner PO placed 15th, out of 83 teams. It was a long and grueling night and the boys finished happy. The feeders went from panic to elation every […]
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Marathon Feeders: Signs that you’re a lifer
A 120-mile canoe marathon is virtually unheard of by most normal people. But I’ve got a bunch of friends who do something that’s one step closer to crazy – we are the marathon “feeders.” We feel nothing. As our team paddles through the night, we wade into the river every two hours and give them […]
Canoe Marathon & Feeders
“Of course I’ve heard of a canoe marathon!” said no one, ever. This is my life. I am deep in the underworld of canoe racing. Few people have heard of it, fewer have done what I do each July – wade into the AuSable River in the dead of the night to drop food and […]