My Training Blog by Elmore

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

Thursday, December 29, 2022

Hoping I'm ready for camp

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My mother and I decided to come home Monday, and I'm glad we did.  I've had a bunch of nuisance chores to deal with this week, and w...
Monday, December 26, 2022

Monday photo feature

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Since I've been in North Carolina this weekend I suppose a paddling photo from that state is appropriate.  This is from 1989, and I'...
Sunday, December 25, 2022

Holiday down time

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The big winter blast arrived right on schedule Thursday afternoon, and the Mid South got quite a bit more snow and ice than I'd expected...
Thursday, December 22, 2022

Paddling and other exercise ahead of the Arctic blast

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My left arm continued to hurt as the week got underway, especially the biceps area.  I woke up in the early hours of Tuesday morning and fou...
Monday, December 19, 2022

Monday photo feature

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Austin Kieffer of Asheville, North Carolina, competes in the 2012 U.S. Olympic trials for whitewater slalom at Charlotte.  Photo by Jon Nels...
Sunday, December 18, 2022

A weekend of struggles

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I woke up Friday morning with a painful crick in my neck--the sort of thing you get when you sleep in a bad position, I think.  It sort of s...
Thursday, December 15, 2022

Lots of rain, a rising river, and persistent arm pain

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I started up a new gym routine Tuesday morning.  I replaced the bench press I'd been doing with pushups, and instead of doing dumbbell r...
Monday, December 12, 2022

Monday photo feature

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When I paddled last Tuesday, this critter was on the bow of my boat when I put in from the dock.  She stayed there as I paddled out of the h...
Sunday, December 11, 2022

Some soggy weekend training

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It's gotten cooler this weekend after a particularly balmy week.  It's not really cold --the Fahrenheit highs both yesterday and tod...
Thursday, December 8, 2022

How I'm feeling as winter approaches

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I did a gym session Monday afternoon, and Tuesday morning I was back in the boat.  This has been a rainy week here in the Mid South, and on ...
Monday, December 5, 2022

Monday photo feature

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As I mentioned in a post last week, my film "A Paddler's Journey" is now available for viewing.  This screening will last for ...

Aches and pains and chilliness and a marathon

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I'm encouraged by the progress of my right Achilles tendon since I injured it on Thursday.  As of this writing it's still giving me ...
Thursday, December 1, 2022

A wet bike ride and another frustrating run

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I started Tuesday with a gym session.  In case you're wondering what I'm doing for a gym session these days, it's bench press wi...

Now playing!

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For me, 2022 began with the submission of my first feature-length film, "A Paddler's Journey," to the National Paddling Film F...
Monday, November 28, 2022

Monday photo feature

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"The Doctor," one of the biggest races on the international ocean surfski racing calendar, took place on Saturday at Perth, Wester...
Sunday, November 27, 2022

Testing what my ailing body will tolerate

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I did a gym session Friday morning.  My left biceps and forearm muscles bothered me a lot--not necessarily during the exercises, but just in...
Thursday, November 24, 2022

More paddling and biking and running

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I did a gym session Tuesday morning, and then went downtown and got in the boat to paddle a mostly-easy 60 minutes.  My left biceps area bot...
Monday, November 21, 2022

Monday photo feature

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While chilly temperatures are settling in here in North America, spring is blossoming in the southern hemisphere, and in no place is the act...
Sunday, November 20, 2022

Keeping it going

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Yesterday morning I went down to the river for the first time in eight days.  On the Mississippi River, a lot can change in that length of t...
Friday, November 18, 2022

More on that winter routine

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Three days after my truncated First Run In 20 Years my left calf muscle is still sore, but I think it's definitely improving.  Maybe by ...
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