My Training Blog by Elmore

Last week I filled out my ballot for the latest induction class at the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. There were 43 names on the list.  ...

No paddling took place last weekend, as I was fulfilling my annual commitment to demonstrate wooden bowl carving at the Pink Palace Crafts F...

Louisville paddlers Elaine Harold and Scott Cummins compete in the 14-mile Big South Fork River Dash this past Saturday.  Although Scott ...

On Saturday I finished third overall and second in my boat class at the Big South Fork River Dash.  While not the most triumphant possible w...

I left home around 9 o'clock Friday morning.  Driving to any destination in eastern Kentucky always seems to take longer than I expect i...

I have spent the week dealing with an ailing back.  On Sunday I had some things that needed washing under an outside spigot and ended up per...

It's the spring of 1994, and that's me paddling my old Gyramax C1 down the lovely bluish waters of the Big South Fork of the Cumb...

My favorite baseball team has gone home for the winter.  They were eliminated from playoff contention yesterday, and so today's season f...

This week has been a slow transition from damp and warm to drier and cooler.  Even though last weekend's rain brought lower temperatures...

Yep, I'm a national champion.  Says so right on my shirt. The reason for this post, besides the blustery braggadocio you've al...

I'm sort of plodding through these last few weeks of the race season.  Motivation continues to be a challenge.  Most days when I paddle,...

Mike Herbert races at Ocean Springs, Mississippi, in the spring of 2016.  Photo by Doug Heller. Today's photo feature is a follow-u...

This past week I've been as busy as ever with out-of-the-boat concerns--some good and some bad, but all hectic and demanding of my menta...

Long-time readers of this blog should be familiar with Mike Herbert, with whom I've enjoyed many a memorable race.  Mike lives in the to...

The city of Saint Louis presents the Mississippi River paddler with vistas that are a mixture of glass-and-steel glitz and humming indust...

All these casualties on my race calendar are a good reminder of how much we should appreciate the race directors in our sport.  Putting a ra...

Fairly often I mention the various bridges we have spanning the Mississippi River here at Memphis.  Pictured here is a trio of bridges do...

In my last post I should have mentioned another contributor to my weary mood these days: the return of my plantar fasciitis.  My right foot ...

While it hasn't been as hot here this week as it sometimes gets in August, I'm feeling a bit sandbagged by the humidity.  Motivation...

It was a very competitive field in the men's kayak unlimited class a couple of weeks ago at the USCA Nationals at Syracuse, New York....