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Canoe & Kayak Racing Magazine First Issue On-Line

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Dan Grubbs introduces a new on-line magazine, Canoe & Kayak Racing.

Canoe & Kayak Racing seeks to promote canoe and kayak racing with content designed to inform, educate and motivate beginners and experienced paddlers of all ages. Canoe & Kayak Racing covers a wide range of editorial and promotional content from tips and how to articles to race reports and feature stories.

As a bi-monthly publication distributed electronically via the Word Wide Web, Canoe & Kayak Racing will be posted on issuu.com where it can be accessed from any computer (full screen mode recommended).

Here are the highlights of this March/April edition of Canoe & Kayak Racing:

* Interview of the race director and a safety boat pilot of the Missouri River 340
* A racer profile of Richard Steppe, Texas racing guru
* A conversation with Ginsie Stauss and what she’s learned during 20 years of racing
* Coach’s Corner on workout routines using beats-per-minute rhythms
* A profile of the famous Des Plaines River Canoe Marathon
* Investigating, “Does training with an ergometer help the average joe?”
* U.S. Marathon trials set at 1996 Olympic paddling venue

I would consider this new magazine to be a part of the MR340 phenomenon. It reminds me Hull Speed published a few years ago in a paper form by Scott Whitney in California.

I hope Canoe & Kayak Racing will be successful. Well, I should better complete my contribution in time for the next issue …

Upstream-Downstream Paddling Workout on the South Platte River

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Sunday afternoon, February 22, 2009. 2×4.5 mile paddling workout on the South Platte River: upstream from Kuner and back down the river, about 2.5 hours at moderate pace. Flow at Kersey: ~550cfs.

Four solo kayakers: Jeremy in a wildwater racer, Rob in Spencer X-treme canoe (see his pictures on Facebook), Belen in Seda Glider, and me in Thunderbolt-X kayak.

The graph from my Garmin Forerunner GPS shows our speed during this workout. It was possible to maintain about 3 mph when going upstream, but the downstream speed on the shallow river was not so good as one would expect. The river near Kuner and Kersey is slower and deeper than above the confluence with the Poudre River. It is getting even more shallow above Evans.

I am trying to do paddling workout on the South Platte every weekend. If you would like to join please contact me. I am sending e-mail to interested paddlers around Thursday with time and location taking into account weather and flow conditions.

I am planning two informal races on the South Platte like in recent years:
(1) 9 miles upstream from Kersey to Evans to join the club down river paddling trip on Sunday, March 22,
(2) South Platte River Marathon from Wildcat on St Vrain Creek to Kuner, probably two weeks later.
If there is any interest we can run more races, e.g., 5 miles upstream from Kersey to the Plumb Ditch Dam as a warm-up..

South Platte River below Denver – GPS/photo river guide

32 Shallow Miles of the 2008 South Platte River Marathon

2nd South Platte Upstream “Rotten Egg” Race – Results

Photo Impressions on Surfrigger, My Outrigger Canoe

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I am trying to decide which of my boats to paddle this year in ultra marathon races like MR340 or South Dakota Challenge.

Thunderbolt-X kayak goes for upstream / downstream workouts on the South Platte River, but on my local pond I am trying some other boats. It is still more photography than training …

My last paddling photo session on the Beaver Pond was with Surfrigger, my outrigger canoe.

My single blade paddling … It is probably OK with Sea Wind canoe, but it definitely sucks in the case of Surfrigger. I need some inspiration! Let’s look at Danny Ching paddling OC-1 (video by Outpadlin from blib.tv).

I need to visit Rambo’s Locker more often.

How to Choose a Boat for an Ultra Marathon Race? The Case of Missouri River 340

The South Dakota Kayak Challenge, September 11-13, 2009

3 Years of the Missouri River 340 Race

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