As an athlete, there are many points in our lives where things just don’t seem to work out. There are also an exceeding number of times when things not only work out but go better than planned. I’d like to discuss when they don’t go as planned. For the last month or two, I have […]
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Adventures of a Torn Hip Labrum
First, I have been awful at posting on this site. I have set a goal for myself to post at least once a month. Hey, it is better than what I have been doing! This could actually be a difficult task because in just a few days, I am about to have surgery and my […]
Christmas Break And A Look Forward
As a teacher, December tends to be a bit crazy. We are trying to wrap up the semester, get grades in and believe it or not, plan for the next semester. Typically winter is crazy for me because I coach basketball but this year I am not coaching for the school, which allows so much […]
GoPro To Analyze Whitewater Kayaking
I’ve been running the Tallulah Gorge for a while now and have always thought the famous rapid Oceana was not that much about skill and more like rolling the dice. After today I was puzzled because I swam the rapid and I was not entirely sure why. Did I roll the dice wrong? I had […]
Learning To Fail: River Lessons
[Video at the end of the post ] I was finally able to cross one river off my bucket list: Overflow. It’s been a long time coming. It’s been on my bucket list for probably over 5 years. I just never had the right crew or the right circumstances. At least that is what I […]
2021 Dirty Bird Confidence Series
Let’s face it ladies, 2020 was likely not the best year for most of us. Most events were cancelled, we were in isolation, many experienced financial hardships and many other reasons why we want to keep 2020 in the past. Paddle In Pink has a long standing of our Dirty Bird event and while we […]
