My Training Blog by Elmore

While watching the forecast last week to see what weather I could expect at Ocean Springs, I thought I saw that warm temperatures were on th...

Here's a scene you'll see before just about any canoe and kayak race: competitors milling about waiting for the pre-race meeting to ...

As promised, here are the results of the 2024 Battle On The Bayou race that took place on Old Fort Bayou at Ocean Springs, Mississippi, yest...

It was cool and breezy when we woke up yesterday morning, and the word was that we could expect a strong north wind blowing out on the race ...

Apparently spring started earlier than usual this year: I understand the vernal equinox occurred Tuesday, the 19th.  Most years it happens o...

Here I am on the bank of the Mississippi River up at Dubuque, Iowa.  It's the summer of 2017, and I guess one reason this is a good phot...

I did a gym session on a rainy Friday morning.  By yesterday the rain had moved out and it was partly cloudy and cool.  I paddled for 60 min...

Tuesday was my last hard workout day before the race at Ocean Springs a week from Saturday. Tuesdays have been my "heavy-duty" day...

That's my friend Amelia Taylor over there on the left.  In December of 2019 she was passing through Memphis and she joined me for some p...

Friday was a pretty rainy day in the Mid South, and I was happy to stay in and do a gym session. Some cooler temperatures came in behind the...

Tuesday morning I did a gym session and then headed down to the riverfront, where I paddled for 60 minutes in a steady light rain.  Fortunat...

I shot this photo of one of the purple martin houses at the marina on Saturday.  I'd noticed earlier in the week that there were several...

Friday sure was a bleak day.  The high temperature was around 55 degrees Fahrenheit, but an overcast sky made it feel a whole lot chillier t...

Tuesday morning I did a gym session and then headed for the river.  Once again there was a screaming wind from the south and it looked like ...

It's the spring of 2017, and I'm charging up Old Fort Bayou at Ocean Springs, Mississippi, with Jeb Berry breathing down my neck.  I...

The weekend arrived with sunny skies but cool temperatures and chilly breezes from the north.  I did a gym session Friday morning.  Yesterda...

I started up a new gym routine Tuesday morning: some oblique abdominal exercises and some lunges with dumbbells in addition to the rotation ...

I've been paddling regularly on the Memphis riverfront for some 30 years, and in that time I've spotted all kinds of things floating...

I did some full stretching and a gym session Friday morning.  That evening the balmy weather we'd been having gave way to some gusty sto...

After a few dreary rainy days, the sun finally came out again Tuesday morning.  Having been idle and/or feeling crummy for a few days, I was...