Rod’s Ultimate Florida Challenge

Over the course of his 32 years in canoe racing Rod Price has accomplished quite a great deal. In races throughout the southeast United States Rod has entered and won canoe triathlons, adventure races, spread races and pretty much any type of sporting event that involves a canoe. Twice Rod has won the 300 mile [...]

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The route of Florida’s ultimate small watercraft race

No one who knows Rod would then be surprised to learn he has entered the Florida Ultimate Challenge. This has been called the toughest race in the world. Anyone who understands the heat and humidity of the Florida tropics would have to agree. The race is a nonstop 1200 mile event in which entrants must [...]

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What makes The Race Around Florida a far greater challenge than the Yukon 1000?

One would think that the 1200 miles of racing and towing of a canoe around Florida would not be as difficult as Rod’s six day adventure along the Yukon was. But with the Florida Ultimate Challenge expected to last at least three times as long and with the race taking place on land, sea and [...]

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The critical role precise navigation plays in completing the race

With much of the race taking place on the intracoastal waterway and through the Florida Everglades, there is also the chance and likelihood that Rod can easily find himself lost. As experienced a canoe racer as Rod is, this has happened to him before in the Everglades. Very often in races of this kind paddlers [...]

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The peril of paddling near large boats and ships

Another set of obstacles that Rod will face on the intracoastal waterway and in the open waters around Florida is traffic from pleasure boaters and commercial vessels. A large barge can easily crash into a canoe and never know it did so. Weekend pleasure boaters zipping around in everything from ski boats to air boats [...]

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The peril of paddling near large boats and ships

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Another set of obstacles that Rod will face on the intracoastal waterway and in the open waters around Florida is traffic from pleasure boaters and commercial vessels. A large barge can easily crash into a canoe and never know it did so. Weekend pleasure boaters zipping around in everything from ski boats to air boats create massive wakes that can easily swamp and overturn a canoe. Now actual threats such as sharks as large as Rods canoe and manta rays that leap through the air will also be facing off with Rod during his adventure. Even a friendly Florida manatee can accidentally flip upside down a lightweight racing canoe.
Despite all the possible problems Rod is training hard and gearing up for the race. This will be the first race Rod has entered in a long time that he is forced to question his ability to tough it out and finish. But if there ever was a race on land or water that Rod Price wanted to win, this is the one.

Why do we push the limits of our physical and mental endurance?

Every day thousands of Americans like Rod Price are involved in some type of physical and mental endurance test. They push themselves to the limits of their ability for a variety of reasons. Some use these challenges as a means to physically rehabilitate from an injury. Others take on these challenges so as to defy the process of aging. And perhaps, the greatest number of these amateur endurance athletes make these attempts simply for the age old reason offered by climbers of various mountains, because it is there. In our web section “Pushing your limits” we discuss and share all manner of endeavor and motivation. If there is anyone thing Rod has learned during the last twenty years of adventure racing it is that the human spirit drives itself to be fed. And the feeding of one’s spirit is the key to a joyful existence. Hence Rod’s personal motto. Achievement validates existence.

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