My Training Blog by Elmore

I've been to many canoe and kayak racing events, and have seen the full array of "extras" race organizers try to offer for ...

I was up bright and early yesterday morning to make the hour-or-so drive down to Morgan City and then a few miles west to Patterson.  Patter...

I've made something of a spur-of-the-moment decision: I'm going to enter a race on the lower Atchafalaya River down at Patterson, Lo...

I got the bad news Tuesday that the Bluz Cruz Canoe and Kayak Race, an event I've been participating in for years on the Mississippi Riv...

I've always liked this photo because it looks like I'm paddling out in the middle of the ocean.  In fact, I'm just a short di...

My arm, shoulder, and abdominal muscles felt slightly better yesterday morning, but they were still sore and my range of motion still limite...

For the most part I kept my promise to myself to go a little easier in the first half of this week.  On Monday my arms and shoulders were st...

That's me on the left, accompanied by Jason Salomon (black & green boat) and Mike Womack.  We got together and paddled around the...

Yesterday was one rainy day.  By the afternoon the Internet radar was showing a mass of yellow parked over the entire greater Memphis area. ...

It took me several days to get back fully into my routine here at home.  I don't think I was any more tired when I got home from the Pac...

A new strength routine is always a big step toward getting settled back at home.  Here's what I plan to do several times a week for the ...

Now that the 2019 season is underway, let's have a look at what's coming up. The biggest news, for those who haven't heard: th...

This image, generated by the G.P.S. device on board Bob Waters and Bruce Poacher's tandem surf ski, shows the path taken by them, Pet...

I'm trying to get settled in back at home after a long weekend in a place where wifi and cellular telephone service were not so easy to ...

The weather turned not so friendly on Sunday: the high was around 52 degrees Fahrenheit, and strong winds from the southeast made it feel te...

The "Battle On The Bayou" race at Ocean Springs celebrated its tenth year this past weekend.  I am one of nine people who have ...

Partly cloudy skies and a temperature around 65 degrees Fahrenheit provided the setting in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, for the tenth annual ...

I'm trying to get some rest going into the race this weekend, but I'm not tapering.  Early in the season I generally train through t...

Lacking any brilliant ideas for this week's photo feature, I typed "canoe and kayak racing" into Google Images to see what w...

There's now less than a week to go before I make a little road trip to open the season.  The plan is to race at Ocean Springs on Saturda...