TenaCity to WindyCity Day 9 October 8, 2017
TenaCity to WindyCity Kayak October 8, 2017 TenaCity 2 WindyCity DAY9 CLINK ON ALL PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM Saturday, the day before DAY9, it looked as if I would be paddling alone for the first time. I had just finished running a race in Frankenmuth, the Bruckelaufe and was walking to my van, when I happened upon a fellow runner, and a paddler of the maiden launch at Tenacity back in July. His name is Matt and I had not seen him since that day and we began talking about how the journey had been going. I said I was runyaking the following day. He sounded interested. I didn't even have to ask him if he would like to come along. He said he wasn't doing anything and he'd like to try runyaking. Great! Bright and early the next morning, there he was at the launch in Pinconning and ready to go for it. We left our kayaks and drove our vehicles to the mouth of the Pine river and ran the 12.6 miles back. I hardly knew Matt Bartman but after two and a half hours or runn