Joshua, To improve your speed you need some device to measure your speed. Some people use a knotmeter. I use a GPS. I keep track of my time and distance with the GPS even though it gives a rough estimate of speed. I usually see how far I go in an hour. Makes things easier. When I first started paddling what I thought was the best stroke turned out to be slow and wasteful of energy/effort. Once I was able to measure my effort/stroke I found I could paddle faster, farther, and easier with the proper technique. To keep up the fastest stroke is hard, as much from the physical effort as the mental effort. Get a device to measure your speed and go paddling. I think you will find you can improve your stroke fairly easily <Going Back To Lurk Mode> Dan FindingWaysToBe EfficientWithAChainSawAndTractorInsteadOfAPaddle McCarty *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 30 2001 - 06:02:36 PST
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