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There will not be many blog entries here for a while. My father passed away on Monday. I am heart broken and exhausted. Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayes in this difficult time.

D, Pat, Noah, KC, Rich and Eva...22km. Newport Pier and back. 3 x 10', 3 x 8', 3 x 6' and 3 x 4'. Rest 2 between. Flat and warm and a good long one.

KC, Ryan, Eva, Cathy and me...4 x 1000m on the course. Hard, resting about 3'.

Pat and I went double today. Grinded out 10km for time. 45:20..flat as a milk pond, but a slight breeze and gorgeous day on the sea.

D, Eva, Pat and KC 2 x7', 4 x 40", 2 x 5', 4 x 30", 2 x 3', 4 x 20". 2' between sets and 1' between pieces...nice mellow day.

Saturday we paddled a time trial...Willie lap we call it. 8.5 km. So much harder than hard pieces. About 45 minutes of max effort. Then today, Monday, another hard 2 x 2000m. It seems to be getting warmer out and with the kids back to school, much easier to get [...]

What a great paddle today to end the year. Noah, Eva, Pat, D, KC, Corry, Ryan and Jerry.....3 x3' at 85%, 4 x 4:30 at 70/80/70/80/100 and then 8 x 1' rest 30". A super group and a wonderful way to say goodbye to 2008. Happy New Year to everyone!!!

See main page photo for the group. Work out was awesome. 1 x 5', 2 x 4', 3 x 3', 4 x 2', 5 x 1' and 6 x 30" burned up some of the chocolate, beers, cookies and candy canes...ready for some champagne.

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Still not alot of paddling here..rain and cold(not compared to most places though!)..and busy times. Heres wishing everyone who reads this a great Christmas and a new year filled with lots of wonderful paddling...and thanks for supporting Ocean Paddlesports. We are in are 11th year of business and we appreciate [...]

Not a lot of paddlding going on here..Rain and more rain makes for dirty bay..Ocean would be good, but not enough time in the day. 2 kids holiday parites, Pat extra work, Boat parade of lights, santa visits with Danica. Pat, Noah, KC had a ripper on Sunday with good [...]

Seems our 9am group is growing. Pat, Eva, D, KC, Rich and Ryan....we did 3 x 3' at 70%, then 4 x 4:30 every 30" 70/80 and the last 30" at 90% then ended with 8 x 30" on 1' off. About 14 km total with warm up and down.

Eva, KC, Ryan, Pat and I did 3 x 10' pieces and 4 x 5' pieces out and up with a good south breeze..some fun llittle bumps to catch and ride.

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Pefect day for the beach. But no wind and an out and back course makes for kinda a slog when racing. Lots of happy paddlers though and it was a fun day to see everyone out enjoying the sport. Pat ended up 5th and I was first women. Seemed to [...]

Pat and I got on the water today for 1 hour. 30' warm up and then 15 x 30" on 30" off in sets of 5 max pace..now loading up for Oceanside race. Eva missed us with too many sick people at work.

Welcome to Ryan from Huntington Beach State Lifeguards....on a spec ski..good job. D, Eva and Ryan...12 x 3' pieces with 1' break, in sets of 4 with varying tempos...