It was choppy today. I was a little slow. I need to get better in the chop, but it was a thrilling ride! Now I know what a rodeo cowboy feels like getting tossed around in cross chop lol.
Lamond
Author: Lamond
First Canada Cup run
Not my greatest run but given the fact that I’m squeezing these runs in between extensive dragon boat training and weight workouts, and it’s more of an add on training run and not really a race, not bad. Conditions were slightly choppy in the beginning, then fairly flat afterwards.
Lamond
PB 1k with a turn…finally!
I hit 5:41 three times today, but I couldn’t crack 5:40 or get near my PB of 5:37. It was a flat day with little wind on Frenchman’s Bay in Pickering, so I couldn’t leave the 1k like that. I went for lunch, had a beer (that’s the key), and came back for round 2. I promptly did a 5:36 on my first try of round 2 (a new PB), then right after that I beat my new PB again (5:34). Thank goodness! Otherwise I wasn’t going home lol!
Lamond
Fastest Five?
Very little wind and wind and waves seemed to go in cross directions. I was following the waves on my start but it didn’t seem to matter whether I was upwind or downwind. A little tired from weeks of paddle training, so my average time wasn’t the best that I could do. However, better than last time so another run trimming down my time.
Lamond
Trimming the 1k down
Trimmed another second off my 1k but still slower than last year and not making any significant gains. Not to worry. I’m confident I’ll have a new PB this year soon.
Lamond
Much better Distance Challenge
Did this one in the bay. Weedy and lots of turns but it was getting late and I didn’t want to venture too far out on the lake, so I stayed in the Bay instead.
Lamond
Fastest Five?
The weather looked unpredictable (thunder storm coming in) so my wife and I stayed in Frenchman’s Bay. Very weedy in the bay, so not exactly my fastest five. However I got some technical paddling in preparation for dragon boat world club crews coming up in July. Any time you can get an official race run in and get some work in towards WCCC prep it’s a double bonus.
Lamond
1K first run
First 1k run on a windy day. I’ve heard that in a strong or medium wind going headwind/tailwind there should be no effect on your times because the tailwind benefit should offset the headwind. However I don’t find that to be the case. For whatever combination of reasons I seem to always be slower in the wind than on a flat day, and today was no exception. However I’m happy my strokes felt solid and I got a solid run in. You gotta be in it to win it lol.
Lamond
Slowly but surely
On my first try for the Spring Classic I averaged 6:07/km. This time under similar beautiful flat conditions I averaged 5:59. Glad to be under 6:00/km. Slowly but surely ‘sanding’ that time down.
Lamond
Distance Challenge Hailstorm!
Went out on Frenchman’s bay with a buddy. Didn’t quite do 2 hrs due to a hailstorm…yes hailstorm in Pickering in May lol. It only lasted for a couple minutes then it was followed up by thunder.
Lamond