HPC prepared a warmup protocol for LARD to utilize beginning this weekend at the “Baby Long Beach” Race.
The video link can be found at the bottom of the LARDOnly section of the page.
Thanks to those that took the time to provide feedback on the HPC-designed warmup LARD used at the Tempe race. All of your comments were forwarded to HPC for Mike’s review.
Mike is in the final process of putting together a new warmup protocol for us. It will likely be introduced this weekend.
Good question!
A little birdie told me they will be racing Swift boats at the World Championships and Euro Championships in Prague this summer.
Here’s a link to Swift.
I’ve never paddled in one so I have no opinion other than from the picture it looks like a BuK knock-off. Sources say that there is more similarity than difference between the BuK and Swift.
This same bird told me the Swift boats will be appearing in the Seattle and Tacoma, Washington areas soon.
This week’s midweek workouts courtesy of HPC are available on the LARDOnly tab.
Today, LARD set the first bench mark for the newly crowned “Around Naples Island Time Trial.”
LARD went around the island in 21 min, 30 seconds with 17 paddlers, a coach and a steersman. LARD also had a 10 man boat with 8 paddlers and a steersman complete the same time trial in the same time (21:30).
Here are the rules:
1. You can use any boat (LARD was in Boat 7) and have up to 20 paddlers on the boat.
2. Start at the 1st floating buoy after the E. Appian Way Bridge.
3. Head counter-clockwise around the island staying to the right of all large buoys (no corner cutting).
4. You can switch sides during the piece.
5. Finish line is the beginning of 2nd Street Bridge by the Boy Scout lot.
I don’t think this benchmark will last very long as there were a few empty seats and we were not in Mother’s Beach’s fastest dragon boat.
Have at it Long Beach! Let me know your team’s time and I’ll post it.
Good luck!
For those of you that missed it, here’s a bit of video.
UPDATE: youtube decided to remove the D12 song I had playing on the video because I am making SOOO much money off this video. Thanks, youtube!
Thanks to Mike B. for firing up his boat to allow us to do some video taping.
Here are some pictures from my iPhone.
hmmmmm.
Hmmmmm. Good blade depth, but we have a bit of work to do! 
Thanks Phil for bringing your gear out!
Mike enjoying the view.
Setting Up. As the season progresses, we’ll get a lot cleaner.
The coaches are meeting next week to break down the tape and we’ll likely meet as a team to go over the footage – likely early Saturday morning. Be on the look out for the announcement!
Solid work today, team!
See you guys tomorrow.
Pretty funny – the Pre kicking the iPhone’s ass.
Eat a bacon sandwich to get to practice on time.
When I used to overindulge in the fraternity days, I used to do the Vitamin B routine. No hangover and fluorescent piss!
Land Training courtesy of HPC both days at 8:00am, video analysis recording Saturday. Regular practice Sunday.
Bring your medicine ball on Saturday!
Thanks to Kenny K. for passing this article about running shoes and injury to the LARD coaches.
This is a must read if you think those clunky trainers you bought for your workouts are preventing injury.
Jeff Pisciotta, the senior researcher at Nike Sports Research Lab, assembled 20 runners on a grassy field and filmed them running barefoot.
When he zoomed in, he was startled by what he found. Instead of each foot clomping down as it would in a shoe, it behaved like an animal with a mind of its own – stretching, grasping, seeking the ground with splayed toes, gliding in for a landing like a lake-bound swan.
‘It’s beautiful to watch,’ Pisciotta later told me. ‘That made us start thinking that when you put a shoe on, it starts to take over some of the control.’
Kenny asked for my comments on the article. Here was my response:
I read that article this morning. Yes, I concur. Running shoes do not prevent injury, rather they may promote injury. Why? Running shoes are built up to promote improper running because they build up all of the paddling/cushioning in the heel. This encourages runners to land on their heels first, which in my opinion, and people that are actually experts, causes injury. This also promotes slower running as if someone is a heel-striker (lands heel first), their leg is fully extended at initial impact – causing unnecessary stress to the leg/knee/hips. Then the body has to propel itself over the straight leg. This process is similar to applying a parking break after every impact/landing.
Rather, the solution is to land midfoot (some believe forefoot (see Pose Running)). Why? if you land midfoot, you are absorbing the impact with your anatomy – knees bent, arches taking some impact. Your body is also in a better position as your center of gravity is either over your feet/legs or slightly ahead of it. There is no “parking brake” effect on the stride.
How do you know what the proper technique is? The simple solution is to try and sprint barefoot in the grass. You will naturally land on your mid/forefoot. Duplicate this feeling on your runs. It is not an easy process, but well worth the effort.
From 1989 but pretty still pretty sweet.
Mike posted this in the comment section of my post on my favorite commercial.
This is my NEW favorite commercial.
The ‘10 USDBF are supposed to be in Chattanooga. Anyone know where the hell that is???
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