Diary of a middle aged kayaker

Is it worth doing dry land training for kayaking?

I’ve just spent two and a half weeks on holiday with my family, relaxing in the sun in Sardinia. This was the longest time I’ve spent off the water for well over a year, and a stark contrast to the previous few months when I was able to put in a solid training block that [...]

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Parenting Athletes

My last post about paddling parents provoked a great response.  In particular from Tim Ward, who emailed me about his experience as the parent of a competitive paddler – Alan Ward, who was junior World Champion in freestyle.  I thought it was worth putting Tim’s note up here because it contains some real nuggets based [...]

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