My Training Blog by Elmore

As I paddled across Dacus Lake on Saturday I spotted a flock of ducks.  I had my Go Pro camera with me, and thinking that a bunch of ...

Yesterday was another unseasonably warm one, the temperature topping out around 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the afternoon.  It was also mostly ...

On Tuesday morning I did a round of the strength routine and then met Joe to paddle a loop of the harbor . Meanwhile, the mayors of my ci...

Can you point to the LIGHTHOUSE????   This guy can!!!!! This photo is a screen-grab from a short video Dawid Mocke shot as we paddled...

Adam Davis came back down to join me yesterday morning.  We paddled out of the harbor , up the Mississippi to the mouth of the Wolf River, a...

I'd hoped that our beloved sport would remain above the fray in this time of distress.  But alas, that was wishful thinking.  I guess th...

As most of you know, a global pandemic has prompted the cancellation of events of all kinds.  Sadly, canoe and kayak racing is not immune.  ...

Adam Davis shot this photo during our paddle around the Loosahatchie Bar on Saturday.  We're nearing the end of our trip, paddling ac...

We're having another run of rainy, cloudy days here in the Mid South.  When I got down to the river yesterday morning it had rained a go...

On Tuesday I did a round of the strength routine and then headed to the river to paddle for an easy 60 minutes. The current strength rout...

I shot this photo of Joe Royer as we paddled last Tuesday.  Behind him the Kankakee , a channel marker maintenance vessel for the United ...

Yesterday morning it was sunny and beautiful but quite chilly.  It was about 43 degrees Fahrenheit when I got down to the river.  I put the ...

On Tuesday I did a round of the strength routine and then paddled a loop of the harbor with Joe. I had a workout planned for yesterday, ...

It's the 2015 "Battle On The Bayou" race at Ocean Springs, Mississippi.  In this picture I'm taking a turn in the lead ...

That sore throat I mentioned at the end of my last post has given way to ordinary coughing and sniffles.  The good news is that I otherwise ...

On Tuesday I did a round of my new strength routine , and then headed downtown to do a loop of the harbor with Joe.  Joe informed me that t...

This routine features exercises culled from two of the videos catalogued on this page : the video with Daniele Molmenti and the video with M...

I wasn't the only North American spending part of February in the southern hemisphere.  Brandi Baksic of San Clemente, California, to...

Yesterday started with sub-freezing temperatures, but the sun was shining bright, and it's remarkable how much more motivated that makes...

On Tuesday we had some showers and thunderstorms moving through the area with a mass of colder air behind them.  When I got down to the rive...