A
truly unique C1 marathon canoe race
In
the Burlington C1 Pursuit race format, the field compresses as
the race progresses - just the opposite of what you might be used
to.
This is an engineered canoe race, as much as that is possible.
The course selection and layout, time duration, seeded
system and event rules are all designed to deliver an
increasingly more exciting race - right up to a series of high
intensity finish line sprints.
In the Pursuit race, C1 'rabbits' are released onto the race course
in seeded heats at predetermined time
intervals.
Then, when all the rabbits are off (and running for their lives), we
set loose the 'dogs' of the Open Class, and the hunt is on.
The Pursuit unfolds over a technically dynamic river course
filled with other seeded boats, hard natural turns, buoy
turns, heavy current upstream segments, long and short
shallows and bogs, and moderate hazards.
The result is a continuously evolving lead, lots of individual
little dramas out on the race course itself,
and an intensely
high energy mass finish.
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