My Training Blog by Elmore

Winter has decided to come early to the Mid South.  When I got down to the river to paddle on Tuesday it was 36 degrees Fahrenheit, overcast...

The Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame has announced its latest induction class .  The group of nine includes two football players, two football c...

It's been a long time since I've been on a good old-fashioned paddling tour.  But that's what I've just done in this phot...

Joe and I did our customary paddle on Tuesday, and I did rounds of the strength routine on Monday, Wednesday, and today.  Right now the str...

Joe pulled out his iPhone and snapped this picture as he and I paddled a loop of the harbor a couple of Tuesdays ago.  These Tuesday ses...

All my paddling in the last several weeks has taken place on Tuesdays.  My friend Joe joins me most Tuesdays to paddle a loop of the harbor ...

It's time to get some offseason conditioning in motion.  I plan to do the following strength exercises for the next little while: 1.  ...

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...