My Training Blog by Elmore

This is an image of my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.  It's the basic satellite photo composite offered on Google Maps. I live in the B...

Friday was a bright sunny day with a Fahrenheit high in the 50s.  I did a gym session that morning, and in the afternoon I rode my bike for ...

Well, here's something I haven't done since before Pandemic Times: posted a race schedule. As always, this schedule is a work in pro...

The arm pain hasn't been so bad this week, probably because of the ibuprofen I've been taking.  I'm trying to stay on top of the...

The sport of whitewater slalom lost one of its legends this past week: Austrian kayaker Norbert Sattler passed away Thursday at age 71.  Sat...

I've mentioned my general feeling of lethargy since my return from Florida.  A new gym routine is one thing I've had to drag myself ...

I mentioned last week how much it bothered me to let a gorgeous day come and go on Wednesday without getting out and doing anything athletic...

Keeping this blog updated is a lot of work.  With the remarkable advancements occurring in the field of artificial intelligence, I wonder if...

Alessia Faverio, Cam Thacker, and Royal McDonnell settle into a two-hour training paddle on the Rainbow River at Dunnellon, Florida, back on...

Yesterday I paddled a moderate-to-strong 60 minutes in the harbor .  I kept the stroke rate low and tried to put good power into each stroke...

Here's a short film I put together to commemorate last week's training camp experience.  We're on the Rainbow River at Dunnellon...

I got in the boat Tuesday morning and paddled a calm 60 minutes.  I tried to focus on a good catch like I had done in our workouts at traini...

I really wasn't planning to lift one of Steph Schell's photos from social media for a second week in a row, but I just couldn't ...

As training camp in Florida continued Thursday morning, I found myself in a foursome with Cam, Alessia, and Royal.  We did a "calm to m...

I started Monday morning with a gym session.  It was the same one I'd been doing at home except for the bent-over rows because I hadn...

I haven't gotten around to taking any photos at training camp yet, so here's one I poached from social media.  It's fellow campe...

I arrived in the town of Dunnellon, Florida, yesterday in the late afternoon, and this morning I joined my fellow training campers on the Ra...

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...

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'...

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...