Now lets just preface this blog with the fact that this is general advice only and if you want to really make sure you are training safely you should enlist a coach to personalise what you are doing. There's a pretty high chance that if you yourself haven't been injured from paddling/training, then you will know someone who has. Unfortunately paddling related injuries are relatively common, especially for what is meant to be a low impact sport. So why so many injuries. The easy answer is...

Most of the people I coach are at some stage going to do a race. Their level of training and commitment to the sport may vary widely but when the race starts getting closer they all end up asking for some advice around their race prep. For 90% of these guys my advice is the same so I thought I'd write it down here. Now these are meant to be 5min reads so I'll stick to the big points/principles. Number 1 - Don't change anything Now this doesn't mean train hard right up to the event and if you...

For those just looking for the answer, it's the "Poor Knights Crossing" in Tutukaka North Island New Zealand For everyone else, I will give you some more info. Tutukaka is about 3 hours drive north of Auckland on the North Island of New Zealand. As you leave the city it doesn't take long to feel like you are somewhere completely different. The further you go the more you feel like you are on a pacific island (you are, but I mean Fiji or vanuatu etc). Once you arrive Tutukaka is undeniably...