As you will have noticed (or gone unnoticed, most probably!!) I’ve been testing the value of reporting on training sessions as both a log and to bring to life this page. I’ve missed reporting on the past 3 sessions as I am looking at another way of preparing and logging Read more
Total paddlers 6: 4 x K1, 1 x K2. Air Temp: 7ºC Getting Cold! Wind speed: 1 occasional breeze Conditions: Calm/River Traffic Bumpy Visibility: Clear / Dark. Session: Sets: 80 strokes @80%, 20 strokes @100% Highlights: Exceptional sprints Top paddlers: TT TT! Social: Club AGM in Nova Scotia Next Race: Read more
Kayak racing is an athletic discipline also involving a high level of skill in boat stability. Whilst all kayaks could technically be termed as K1’s (single paddler), K2’s (double paddler) or K4’s (four paddlers), these terms are more officially used to describe racing kayak designs. Please note that we do Read more
Total paddlers 7: 1 x K1, 3 x K2. Air Temp: 13ºC Wind speed: 2 light wind Conditions: Mild chop Visibility: Clear / Dark. Session: Wash hanging with sprints Highlights: Top paddlers: KS! Social: Pint at Cottage Next Race: 3/11 Avon Descent, Stratford Next training – Tues 29/10, 6.15pm + Read more
Total paddlers 5: 3 x K1, 1 x K2. Air Temp: 14ºC Wind speed: 4 blustery Conditions: Choppy Visibility: Clear / Dark. Session: Highlights: Top paddlers: Social: Next Race: TBC Next training – Thurs 24/10, 6.15pm. NIGHT PADDLING SAFETY NOTICE White navigation lights needed for bow AND stern. Buoyancy aids Read more
Total paddlers 8: 6 x K1, 1 x K2. Air Temp: 12ºC Wind speed: 0 still Conditions: Millpond Visibility: Clear / Dark – high reflection from ambient light. Session: Pyramid training 20/30/40/50. Highlights: Steve paddling into landing stage (!). Evangelos (aka Evo) standing starts. Top paddlers: Evo! SB! KS! Social: Read more
Total paddlers 6: 2 x K2 & 2 x K1. Air Temp: 6ºC (Coldest this autumn so far) Wind speed: 0 still Conditions: Millpond Visibility: Clear / Dark – high reflection from ambient light. Session: Steady to fast, intermittent winter wash hanging and race pace training. Highlights: SB/H in K2 Read more
Total paddlers 11: 3 x K2’s & 1 x K1 training together on washes, plus 2 other K2 crews paddling separately, (1 crew member complete novice). Air Temp: 8ºC Wind speed: 1 calm/light Conditions: Millpond/ripples Visibility: Clear / Dark Session: Wash hanging, racing pace training for Fowey at weekend. Highlights: Read more
Total paddlers 7: 3 x K2’s & 1 x K1 training together. Air Temp: 13ºC Wind force: 2 light breeze Conditions: ripples/bumpy Visibility: Clear / Dark Session: Moderate with turn training between tunnel and bridges in prep for weekend race. Highlights: MH & SB in K2 with intolerable boat lean! Read more
The lack of posts on this Racing page might indicate that not much happens at Bristol in this discipline..! So in order to restore some sort of profile here, I hope to help stimulate this page back into life with posts about the activities of the kayak racing and training Read more