My Training Blog by Elmore

Well, the shoulder has felt quite a bit worse in the last couple of days, and I've decided it's not a good idea to go up to Missouri...

I paddled with Joe in the harbor this morning for about 70 minutes.  My right shoulder seemed to hold up well as I paddled, but it feels les...

Nothing says "old school" like an aluminum canoe on the Chattooga River.  Travis Trimble (stern) and Clay Nash teeter over Seco...

The weather forecasts for today that I saw called for partly to mostly sunny skies and a temperature around 72 degrees Fahrenheit, but what ...

My shoulder hasn't gotten any worse, and I really want to believe it's getting a bit better, but it's hard to say for sure.  I ...

For the third day in a row, I'm feeling a painful twinge in the area of my right deltoid muscle.  I'm hoping it's nothing more t...

As I said yesterday, it's good to be home.  My nine-day trip ended nicely--with some coffee and tasty breakfast food at Jimmy Guidry...

Jimmy Guidry, a paddler whom I've seen at numerous races in the Gulf Coast region, owns Hub City Diner in Lafayette, and this morning h...

Anne Sonnier took all kinds of lovely photos during the Top of the Teche race today.  Here are just a few: I pose with my boat in front...

Yesterday I got to do a bit of salt-water paddling: Anne drove me down to where the marshes give way to the Gulf at a place called Cypremort...

This past Sunday I was front-page news (albeit below the fold) in The Vicksburg Post .  You can sort of read the article here.

I'm back indoors, staying under the roof of my friend Anne in Lafayette, Louisiana, after several days camping out yonder. I'd say...

I've got that usual post-race-day feeling, with plenty of soreness down in my midsection.  I plan to do some easy paddling today to get ...

Today I competed in the Bluz Cruz Canoe and Kayak Race for the seventh time, I believe.  The race begins on the Mississippi River at Madison...

Yesterday I did eight 12-stroke sprints during a 70-minute paddle in the harbor, and today I did four 12-stroke sprints during a 30-minute s...

It's surf skis single file!  Mary Neil Quave took this picture of me, Jeb Berry, and Rick Carter midway through the Battle On The Bay...

The weather has chilled down for the weekend.  Fahrenheit temperatures were in the 50s when I paddled both yesterday and today.  Exactly the...

I managed a decent night of sleep last night and didn't wake up ill for a third straight morning.  There's still sort of a heavy fee...

Having felt good in the boat Tuesday and taken the final antibiotic pill that evening, I was upbeat.  I eagerly anticipated my return to ful...

Because those antibiotics were making me feel so crummy Friday, I took Saturday off from taking them.  I resumed Sunday morning, and by yest...