My Training Blog by Elmore

One person's effort to do his best as a canoe and kayak racer

Monday, May 28, 2018

Monday photo feature

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As we prepared to depart Dauphin Island Saturday morning, we had this visitor on our deck.  I was surprised how close I was able to get t...
Sunday, May 27, 2018

Post-vacation blues

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It was a lovely week down on the Gulf Coast.  I got some training in, of course, but the best part was the chance to relax and escape that m...
Wednesday, May 23, 2018

At the beach

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I spent most of Monday lying around like an absolute slug.  "Decompression," the hip people call it.  I got out of bed around 8 AM...
Monday, May 21, 2018

Monday photo feature

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Last year my nephew Ben put my deep-water rescue skills to the test when he flipped his boat in Mississippi Sound off Dauphin Island on t...

A change in latitude

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It was a hot weekend in Memphis, but it wasn't bad yet Saturday morning when I went downtown to paddle.  I was tired from the sprints I...
Friday, May 18, 2018

Time to start getting faster

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By Tuesday morning my shoulder was feeling much better, and it felt fine when I paddled a loop of the harbor with Joe.  We saw one rather a...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Race schedule update

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So, what's next?  Well, in the month of June I have two races on the schedule and I hope to make it to at least one of them, if not both...
Monday, May 14, 2018

Monday photo feature

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Saturday was the first time in about seven years that I had "bonked" in a race.  The previous time was at the Chicago Shoreline...

Racing in Bluegrass country

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By Friday morning my back was feeling better and I was starting to get focused on racing.  I left home a little after 9 AM CDT and headed ea...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

Changing seasons and an ailing back

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I do believe the weather has shifted toward summer for good.  Slowly but surely I'm moving into my summertime routines.  Lately it's...
Monday, May 7, 2018

Monday photo feature

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A guy named Mark Richards has been posting some photos he's taken of slalom racing in his native Great Britain over the years.  Here...
Sunday, May 6, 2018

Smokin', but not in a good way

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I went down to the river yesterday morning under overcast skies.  There was very little wind and the Fahrenheit temperature was in the low 7...
Friday, May 4, 2018

Week in review

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I have made my decision of what race to attend on May 12: I'll be going to the region southeast of Lexington, Kentucky, for the Bluegras...

A new strength routine

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Because of my family's annual beach trip later this month, this routine consists of "portable" exercises.  Two of them are sim...
Monday, April 30, 2018

Monday photo feature

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My friend John Kazimierczyk, the owner and builder at Millbrook Boats in Richmond, New Hampshire, is on vacation in Japan right now, and...

Finally, good weather for a few days in a row

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The weather was as gorgeous as we were promised on Saturday.  I got in my boat and warmed up and did three 8-stroke sprints , and then paddl...
Friday, April 27, 2018

Spring can do better than this

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Joe and I had a good day for our loop of the harbor Tuesday--it was slightly warmer than it had been lately, and the wind was light. Yeste...
Monday, April 23, 2018

Race schedule update

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Now that I've offered voluminous reflection on this past weekend's racing, let's look ahead!  Down below you'll find a list ...

Monday photo feature

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Susan Jordan of Lucedale, Mississippi, navigates a particularly mighty Mississippi River en route to Vicksburg on Saturday.  Her "...
Sunday, April 22, 2018

Got me some press

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Hey, check it out!  I got my name in the paper!  The Vicksburg Post ran this article about Saturday's race in today's edition.
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