My Training Blog by Elmore

I took trips down to Key Largo, Florida, in 2004, '05, and '06.  Each time I made sure to visit the mangrove tunnels in Florida B...

In last Wednesday's post I mentioned that my lat and shoulder woes had eased.  But in the second half of last week I found myself with a...

I'm pleased to say that my upper back and lat-muscle area is feeling better.  Yesterday I paddled a moderate pace in the harbor with Joe...

Tinsley Taylor snapped this photo of me just after I'd crossed the finish line at Saturday's Gator Bait race outside Jackson, Mi...

This morning I went downtown and paddled easy for 50 minutes.  I'm still having this soreness in my lat muscles, and the only thing I ca...

When I woke up this morning I was still feeling some discomfort in my right lat muscle.  I had breakfast and did some stretching in my motel...

I'm spending tonight in the opulent Candlewood Suites of Flowood, Mississippi, ahead of tomorrow's Gator Bait race on Ross R. Barnet...

With the Gator Bait race coming up this Saturday, I turn my attention to being ready.  Since I'm looking at doing an event with some fa...

What's neater than a steel railroad trestle?  Not a thing, that's what.  One of the things I love about paddling is that I get to...

It's been a week in which I've felt overwhelmed by all of life's minutiae.  I've felt tired and anxious, asking myself how I...

On Saturday I paddled for 60 minutes, and felt pretty good in the boat even though I was still feeling a bit beat-up from the construction w...

Sonny Salomon cruises down White's Creek on the Cumberland Plateau in the spring of 2001.  Photo by Julie Keller.

It's time to start doing some strength work for the month of September.  I did a round of this routine this morning: 1.  Rubber band ...

For some reason I felt tireder than usual after last weekend's competition, and I've been letting myself take it easy for a few days...

In honor of my trip to Baton Rouge over the weekend, here's a picture of another Baton Rouge paddler, Randall Peterson, my friend fro...

The results of yesterday's Big River Regional race have now been posted.  My time for the 13-mile race down the Mississippi River at Ba...

I'm back home from my whirlwind trip to Baton Rouge.  I ran down there Friday; shared a hotel room with fellow racer Phil Capel of Sherw...

Here's a quick note before I head down to the river, do a short paddle, load up the boat, and head south for tomorrow's Big River Re...

The last time I paddled on the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge was 22 years ago in a whitewater C-1.  I was accompanied by this guy, Bat...

This morning I paddled in the rain for about ten minutes, and thought I detected a theme for the weekend.  But then the rain let up and I di...