Stories From Paddlers
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Awesome day of seconding

CHERRI FORSYTH

WHAT a wonderful example the Dusi paddlers set. We have seconded at the Comrades Marathon a few times and this year for the first time we did so at the Dusi. What a difference there was in the attitudes of the competitors.

We were at the station at Finger’s Neck, the last seconding table on the first day. To get to the table, the paddlers had to run up a steep hill, carrying their canoes on their shoulders, all this after two hours or more of racing. We were bowled over by their gratitude and politeness. Almost everyone thanked us profusely for helping them. What really touched us was that these people, exhausted as they were, every muscle aching and protesting, would bend down so that a young girl could pour water over their heads.

I often had to blink back the tears at their efforts to make a little girl’s day. What special people. We will definitely be back to second again next year. Well done to all the paddlers for making our day so awesome.

Source: The Natal Witness
 
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