It was around 50 degrees Fahrenheit when I got down to the river yesterday. It seemed delightfully warm after a day in the 30s on Friday. The south breeze was gentle and the river was calm. I did a 60-minute loop out on the river in front of the downtown Memphis skyline.
Today was another nice day. I got in my boat and warmed up and did three 8-stroke sprints in the harbor. Those sprints are back to feeling sloppy this weekend. So it goes.
This being another Sunday, it was time for a "longer" paddle. I paddled up the Mississippi to the mouth of the Wolf River, and continued up the Wolf. With the Mississippi at 11.5 feet on the Memphis gauge, I paddled against some current for about the last half-mile before my turnaround point at the Danny Thomas Boulevard bridge.
This was shaping up to be my longest paddle of the calendar year so far, and I was feeling pretty worn out in the last 20 minutes or so. I tried to focus as hard as I could on maintaining good form and taking good strokes all the way back to the dock. The river was a bit choppy from some barge traffic but back in the harbor the water was glassy-smooth and as lovely as could be with the clouds giving way to some sunshine. I got back to the dock to wrap up a 120-minute session.
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