Graeme (aka Cortisone) was in a devilish mood for this mornings paddle. He was out of sorts after yesterdays blog, aggrieved that I had compared him with a Haggis. During the outing I was on the receiving end of some uncouth choices of expression, and was repeatedly referred to as Mussolini on account of “Yon […]
Archive for January 2010
Jekyll and Hyde
January 30, 2010Cortisone gives it two fingers
January 29, 2010Drunk and disorderly (Cortisone) turned up for this mornings paddle, and instantly made an executive decision to cancel the outing- siting the poor weather conditions. Having just been out the K1 prior to his arrival, and only just managing to get back intact, it was a relief to have the decision to cancel taken out […]
“Dainty Dave” and “The Deil’s Awa Wi’ The Exciseman”
January 28, 201016 stone 1 lb again this morning. I struggling to break through this 16 stone marker, which is fast becoming a psychological as well as physical challenge. No real news on the paddling front, other than the canals are still iced up, although as ever Loch Lomond is paddleable (my word). In Scotland the celebrations […]
Wash/ Wave Hanging?
January 27, 2010After a Pie free day my weight was back down to 16 stone 1 lb this morning. The aim by the end of this month is to be consistently under 16 stone. The only possible obstacle to achieving this target is the Helensburgh Sailing Club Burns Night being chaired by DW on Saturday Night. Burns […]
The Killie Pie -a review
January 26, 2010Todays entry has no real relevance to the Devizes Westminster. That said the type of character attracted to an event like the DW is possibly the type who will aggressively take the opportunity to feast on a quality pie, even if there is no better reason for doing so, than – “because it’s there”. The […]
A full weekend:———– 1) Increasing the distances 2) Cortisone is Drunk and Disorderly 3) GB produces the Killie Pie
January 25, 2010A lot has happened this weekend. Since Thursday I have upped my paddling distances in order to assess my fitness over longer distances and my ability to paddle longer distances over successive days. As a result between paddling the K2 and K1 I have paddled 95 km over the 4 days. Despite being a little […]
Sink the Pink
January 23, 2010My first task today is to make a correction to yesterdays blog. Graeme and I paddled 7 km in 52 minutes, not the 14.2 km that I originally published- I have now corrected yesterdays post. Today Graeme brought his GPS along, to accurately measure the 6.8 km!? time trial course we used last weekend. Sadly […]
A flick of the switch (wrists)
January 22, 2010The Graeme that turned up for this mornings outing, bore no resemblance to the Graeme that boated last week. The broomstick waggling has clearly paid off, the new Cortisone is leaner and fitter. Today we paddled our longest distance so far, 7.2 km in 52 minutes (7.0 minutes per km). From the moment he paddled […]
The razor’s edge
January 21, 2010The first long paddle today, just over 3 hours in the boat in one go..very painful. This marathon canoeing appears to be very much a case of mind over matter, or should I say you need to convince yourself that nothing else matters but finishing. Certainly my largest quantifiable piece of matter is my backside, […]
No cooked breakfasts for Sanctimonious Mike
January 20, 201016 stone 2 lbs this morning, every thing weight loss wise is still going to plan. The benefits are showing in that: My 3k running time is improving. I am finding portaging much easier. I feel more comfortable in the boat. Boat speed appears to be improving. I gave Cortisone a hard time in Monday’s […]
Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race 