#Kayaking - Kayak instructor David Horkan writes on his blog about setting the benchmark for the 'Shannon Sprint' -- paddling as fast as possible from start to finish on Ireland's longest river.
With no precedent for any such speed-run along the length of the River Shannon, Horkan's research turned up a Naval Service boating challenge for new recruits racing from Battlebridge in Co Leitrim to Sarsfields Bridge in Limerick city.
However, while that 'sprint' is done by powerboat in a matter of hours, Horkan's twist on the route was to complete it solo by touring kayak, with his sister Mary as support crew.
And complete it he did, in less than three days - fighting along the way the various challenges of exhaustion, windy lough crossings, mental fatigue and even a car door on his finger!
Horkan's blog has much more on the story HERE.
