Friday, February 21, 2014

Trying to nail the sprints

This morning I did the February strength routine and paddled for 60 minutes.  In the boat I did eight six-stroke sprints at one-minute intervals, and then spent the half hour from 0:25 to 0:55 doing 30-second sprints at four-minute intervals.

I had hit the strength work pretty hard, and as a result was tired in the boat.  The workout felt taxing, but I tried to maintain good technique throughout.  Making a canoe or kayak go fast demands good technique, and I feel like I nail it some of the time, but not all of the time.  Of the eight 30-second sprints I did today, it seemed there were maybe two or three where I felt I truly had all cylinders firing.

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