My Training Blog by Elmore

The Loosahatchie Chute, located on the far side of the Mississippi River from downtown Memphis, is a beautiful place to paddle, but it's...

Aside from a gym session Tuesday afternoon, I took a few days completely off.  I felt like I needed to clear my head a bit.  I didn't ge...

Paddling into the shore break is one of the fun little challenges of ocean kayaking.  That's what I'm doing in this picture at Fish ...

This past week has had its share of ups and downs.  That's definitely been true of the weather, as the week started out rather cool, the...

In July of 2008, my nephew Joel and I did some canoeing on the White River.  That's the town of Calico Rock, Arkansas, on the bluff in t...

The hot weather relented a bit on Friday.  This weekend the Fahrenheit highs have been in the 80s, with bits of rain here and there. I did a...

We're getting an early taste of full-on summer here, with the mercury rising above 90 degrees Fahrenheit this week.  I'm not crazy a...

Today the Mississippi River is flowing at about 18.4 feet on the Memphis gauge.  Recent storms in the Tennessee, Cumberland, Ohio, and Misso...

I haven't mentioned it lately, but I'm still feeling a lot of soreness in my left deltoid/bicep area.  I think it's flared up a ...

Tuesday morning I got in the boat and warmed up and did three 8-stroke sprints , and then did sort of a variation on the tempo workout I...

Adam Davis shot this photo as we paddled downriver back toward the harbor yesterday.  You can see me just to the left of the left-most brid...

Yesterday morning was warm and a strong wind was blowing from the south.  I paddled out of the harbor onto the Mississippi, where I found s...

I'm starting to grind the gears back into motion in preparation for summertime racing.  On Tuesday I started up a new gym routine--some ...

It looks like a pretty nasty rash, but it's just a few superficial burns.  On Friday evening I was cooking a swordfish steak in sesame o...

I've been busy with all kinds of stuff this past week, but I've managed to maintain a general fitness routine.  I paddled for an hou...

As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, my film "A Paddler's Journey" is available for viewing for ONE WEEK ONLY!  You can go wa...

This past weekend brought us another stretch of cool, rainy weather that makes me wonder if those warm, sunny, carefree days will ever arriv...

If you haven't managed to catch my film "A Paddler's Journey" yet, you now have another chance: I've got it posted on ...

As I paddled away from the dock Tuesday morning I found myself paddling into a stronger-than-usual south wind.  I felt sure it had to be ove...

Once in a while somebody asks me "Why would you want to paddle on that polluted river?"  I think that's the wrong question.  T...