My Training Blog by Elmore

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

Friday, November 29, 2019

Making these short days count

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I did a round of the strength routine on Monday, and on Tuesday I paddled a loop of the harbor with Joe.  On Wednesday it was another roun...
Monday, November 25, 2019

Monday photo feature

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Of all the athletes interviewed for my movie that premiered last month, I doubt anybody has a brighter-shining star right now than Tenea...
Sunday, November 24, 2019

A weekend to feel good about

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It rained all day Friday.  By yesterday morning the Internet radar showed that it had mostly moved out, but a stubborn drizzle lingered for ...
Friday, November 22, 2019

I've had better weeks

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It's been a week spent dealing with life's minutiae.  My clothes dryer went out, a bureaucrat in the medical practice conglomerate t...
Monday, November 18, 2019

Monday photo feature

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The parade of stars continues as we celebrate the worldwide release of my motion picture . Terry Smith comes from a whitewater backgrou...
Sunday, November 17, 2019

Feeling better and settling in

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The cold I came down with early in the week persisted into the weekend, but the symptoms have been subdued, I guess because of that shot I g...
Friday, November 15, 2019

Dancing with another bug

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The same arctic blast that had brought snowy, icy chaos to the northern parts of the country gave the Mid South a nice taste of winter, too:...
Monday, November 11, 2019

Monday photo feature

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I've been blithely referring to my new motion picture as a "blockbuster," but the more I think about it, the more I'm c...
Saturday, November 9, 2019

Back in motion but not free of woes yet

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I'm getting with it again, albeit slowly and carefully, as I'm still experiencing discomfort in my back and oblique areas.  It hasn...
Thursday, November 7, 2019

A new strength routine

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It's time to start building into a new training cycle.  I'm starting with this strength routine: 1.  Front and lat raises with du...
Monday, November 4, 2019

Monday photo feature

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Paddling the tandem surf ski in the foreground are two of the stars of my movie that premiered last month: Mike and Savanna Herbert of R...
Sunday, November 3, 2019

Healing

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I'm not free of pain yet but I think I'm headed in the right direction.  One of the frustrating things about this ailment was that t...
Monday, October 28, 2019

Monday photo feature

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Here's another one of the stars of my blockbuster movie : Mr. Christian Massow.  Christian grew up in the robust flatwater racing pro...
Sunday, October 27, 2019

Muddling along uncomfortably

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My back ailment is now two weeks old, and I'm puzzled by it.  Usually when I tweak my back it works itself out over several days, but th...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Followup on my last race

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The results of the Buck Island River Race that took place back on October 5 are now posted here .  A guy named Elmer Holmes was the winner! ...
Monday, October 21, 2019

Monday photo feature

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A training break is a good time to freshen up your boat and gear.  My training paddle--a pair of full-size Epic wing blades on a homema...

Oh, to be back in the pink

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It's been a while since I've written anything here.  My usual post-season training break is part of the reason.  Another part is my ...
Monday, October 14, 2019

Monday photo feature

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Karen Kesselring of Hot Springs, Arkansas, is one of the stars of my motion picture that premiered last week.  Here she's racing on ...
Tuesday, October 8, 2019

The international premiere

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Well, a couple of weeks ago I promised it was coming up soon.  And now here it is: my MOVIE!!!! I know this sounds supremely corny, bu...
Monday, October 7, 2019

Monday photo feature

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Perched on a stand-up paddleboard, John Ruskey shot this photo on Saturday as Scott Shirey and Robert Cheek approached the finish line to...
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