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<\/a><\/p>\nTHOUGHTS:<\/h5>\n
Upstream efforts allow work with higher stroke rate and lower blade loads.<\/p>\n
Downstream efforts (into wind) contrast, with a lower stroke rate and higher blade loads. (A ‘double sess’ once again).<\/p>\n
Each effort starts and end with a 180 degree turn – so by the end of the session you have also practiced 20 strong-wind turns.<\/p>\n
On the paddle back review each run, put what you learnt into improving the next one.<\/p>\n
This is an intense\/condensed sess which is very useful in learning how to judge and make the most of running downwind wave-packets.<\/p>\n
Go hard – it’s a short sess. The aim is to push the boat hard through waves, learning how to keep it running.<\/p>\n
Once again rest ratio tends to depend on conditions and temperature. There are strong winds and a splashy environment. So just stay warm and get the work done. Take the minimum rest to be effective on each effort – though it’s your call how lactic you want to make it.<\/p>\n
Using larger waves will change the character of the sess. Larger waves will bring more of a ‘ride-then-push’ element to things. A useful session all the same. However don’t overlook the ‘push-through’ session. It a timing and feel skill useful to open water, that is rarely practiced by many.<\/p>\n
It’s more fun than just slogging up and down too.<\/p>\n
by John Willacy<\/p>\n
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Each month we’ll take a look at a specific training session. This is not a training programme but some examples of training sessions that you may find useful to incorporate in your own programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[63,37,39,62,36],"class_list":["post-3476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-training","tag-john-willacy","tag-menai-straits","tag-performance-sea-kayak","tag-rockpool-kayaks","tag-taran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3476"}],"version-history":[{"count":68,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6452,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3476\/revisions\/6452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performanceseakayak.co.uk\/Archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}