{"id":149,"date":"2015-03-29T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T18:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/?p=149"},"modified":"2021-01-02T11:47:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T19:47:00","slug":"concrete-canoe-paddling-practice-with-discovery-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/2015\/03\/concrete-canoe-paddling-practice-with-discovery-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Concrete Canoe Paddling Practice with DiSCovery II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We took last year\u2019s (2014) concrete canoe,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/canoe.uscasce.com\/2014-discovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DiSCovery II<\/a>, out for a spin this weekend as we finalize our training for the canoe races at PSWC 2015. While this year\u2019s canoe (Jurassic) is slightly different, we chose to keep the design very similar so that we could explore improvements to our paddling technique rather than making drastic changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day started out a bit rough when we realized that we ordered the wrong sized UHaul to take the canoe to the beach. Note for the future: concrete canoes typically require at least a 22\u2032 UHaul; don\u2019t try fitting a 19\u2032 canoe into a 20\u2032 UHaul (bed length ~17\u2032).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once we made it, we set up buoys and practiced in DiSCovery II alongside the&nbsp;regular (plastic) practice canoes that we borrow from Newport Aquatic Center. All of our race teams practiced together, trying new techniques and making adjustments as needed to get comfortable with paddling in a concrete canoe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\" id=\"attachment_3038\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uscasce.com\/2015\/03\/concrete-canoe-paddling-practice-with-discovery-ii\/wp_20150329_022\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uscasce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WP_20150329_022-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"DiSCovery II, back on the water.\" class=\"wp-image-3038\"\/><\/a><figcaption>DiSCovery II, back on the water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\" id=\"attachment_3039\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uscasce.com\/2015\/03\/concrete-canoe-paddling-practice-with-discovery-ii\/wp_20150329_020\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uscasce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WP_20150329_020-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"The men's endurance team heads out to practice their turns.\" class=\"wp-image-3039\"\/><\/a><figcaption>The men\u2019s endurance team heads out to practice their turns.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\" id=\"attachment_3036\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uscasce.com\/2015\/03\/concrete-canoe-paddling-practice-with-discovery-ii\/wp_20150329_008\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uscasce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WP_20150329_008-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"Canoe Captain Erin give the women's sprint team feedback on their turning technique.\" class=\"wp-image-3036\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Canoe Captain Erin give the women\u2019s sprint team feedback on their turning technique.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\" id=\"attachment_3040\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uscasce.com\/2015\/03\/concrete-canoe-paddling-practice-with-discovery-ii\/wp_20150329_017\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uscasce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WP_20150329_017-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"Hanging out on the beach while we rest between practices.\" class=\"wp-image-3040\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Hanging out on the beach while we rest between practices.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\" id=\"attachment_3035\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uscasce.com\/2015\/03\/concrete-canoe-paddling-practice-with-discovery-ii\/wp_20150329_012\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uscasce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WP_20150329_012-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"Women's sprint team practicing.\" class=\"wp-image-3035\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Women\u2019s sprint team practicing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\" id=\"attachment_3037\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uscasce.com\/2015\/03\/concrete-canoe-paddling-practice-with-discovery-ii\/wp_20150329_023\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uscasce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/WP_20150329_023-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"Getting ready to head back.\" class=\"wp-image-3037\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Getting ready to head back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We were surprised to realize that our concrete canoe is capable of being paddled much more quickly than the real canes we usually practice with. Overall we had a great practice and are looking forward to PSWC in less than two weeks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We took last year\u2019s (2014) concrete canoe,&nbsp;DiSCovery II, out for a spin this weekend as we finalize our training for the canoe races at PSWC 2015. While this year\u2019s canoe (Jurassic) is slightly different, we chose to keep the design very similar so that we could explore improvements to our paddling technique rather than making &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/2015\/03\/concrete-canoe-paddling-practice-with-discovery-ii\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Concrete Canoe Paddling Practice with DiSCovery II<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concrete-canoe","tag-canoe-races"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celloexpressions.com\/archive-uscasce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}