My Training Blog by Elmore

This weekend has brought cooler temperatures to the Mid South, with Fahrenheit highs in the 80s.  But it's been somewhat rainy and very ...

I'm definitely in a regrouping phase now.  I did a 34-kilometer bike ride Sunday morning, a mostly-easy 70-minute paddle Tuesday, and a ...

During my week in the Columbia River Gorge I had fun getting to know the guy to the right in this photo. Adri á n Carpente is a native of no...

I've sort of crashed since my return home on Sunday.  Aside from several bike rides around the neighborhood, I did nothing athletic all ...

Last Monday (July 11) was a not-so-windy day in the Columbia Gorge, so Adri á n and I paddled out to see what fun we might have behind the s...

As I mentioned before, I have now visited every one of the United States of America.  Going to Alaska from the 7th to the 10th of this month...

Here I am less than a minute into the Gorge Downwind Championships race on the Columbia River on Friday.  The race is so young, so mysteriou...

There's no question I was beat to the socks on Saturday, but as  Adri á n and some other paddlers I knew headed out on a run from Steven...

The Pacific Northwest is in a somewhat unusual weather pattern this year.  The late spring was wetter than usual, and their normal summer is...

Yesterday my arms were tired from my two downwind runs on Wednesday.  I did just one run yesterday and tried to back off the intensity as mu...

I'm getting all settled in to my lodging in the Columbia River Gorge.  I'm sharing the house with another paddler in town for the ra...

The most taxing stretch of my hike up Flattop Mountain on Friday featured hundreds of steps made from railroad ties. If the railroad had nev...

Today I was reminded how difficult it can be to have some control over your diet while traveling, especially when you're traveling by ai...

Thursday was a 21-hour air travel marathon, but all flights ran on time and I made it to Anchorage around 8:40 PM Alaska Daylight Time.  I h...

Yesterday morning I did my last gym session before I race in the Columbia Gorge next week.  The side effects from my COVID-19 shot last week...

Here we've got a satellite view of the city of Anchorage, Alaska, and environs. I've been talking a lot about my upcoming trip to th...

I spent Thursday afternoon and evening with mild cold symptoms--a faint sore throat and a bit of sinus congestion, and maybe even a touch of...

On Tuesday morning the weather was about as gorgeous as we have any business asking for in the Mid South at the end of June.  When I got dow...

Adam Davis of Memphis knows how to make the best of a hot day in late June.  In the background is the Hernando DeSoto Bridge and the downtow...

I did a gym session Friday morning, and rode my bike a bit in the afternoon.  The chiropractor had told me my arm would probably continue to...