Peter’s Paddling Blog

Ok, I promise not to post all my speed/heart beat curves but this one is interesting. Sunday I went on a recovery paddle to a restaurant 14 km down the coast. They serve the best fish’n'chip one can imagine. I had a force 3 headwind which later became a force 4 following wind on my way back. I set the pace to 10 km/h. The diagrams below shows the difference between a pretty steady velocity going into the wind while the acceleration, surfing and deceleration on the return trip gives a spiky curve. I was actually only 0.6 km/h faster on my way home.