Happy Thursday everyone. It's back to typical San Francisco summer day with 60F and fog. I do think if it were warmer and nicer temperature wise, more people would paddle here. My workout today is another stretch it out session before a rest day tomorrow. Phew. What's your workout today?

Last month my 2-minute erg pull was 415m. This month it’s 449. It’s nice to see some significant improvement!

🔥 PYRAMID ENDURANCE BUILDER 🔥 Build your aerobic base and mental toughness with this progressive endurance pyramid workout! The Workout Breakdown: - 10-min Warmup at 65% effort (focus on technique and body alignment) - 2-min Full Rest (prepare mentally for the sustained effort ahead) - Pyramid Structure: 5 minutes at 75% effort, 10 minutes at 80% effort, 15 minutes at 85% effort, 10 minutes at 80% effort, 5 minutes at 75% effort - 10-min Cooldown at 60% effort (focus on recovery breathing) Technique Focus: - Dragon Boat Style: Maintain consistent timing and rate, focus on hip drive - OC Style: Find your sustainable rhythm, focus on efficient transitions between sides - For Both: Concentrate on maintaining technique as fatigue sets in - this builds race endurance 💬 Coach Tek's Weekly Update: This past week was a solid week of base building. As I continue to prepare for Team USA trials, I need to make sure my base stays strong. Last week, I was on the water 6 times and put in over 40 miles of sprint work... that's a lot for sprint work. Over 7 hours on the water. This upcoming week will be similar to last week, but with a little more progression. Another cool thing this past week was that Ryuichi (5yo) and Harumi (4yo) both went to Keiki practice and had fun on the water! Even Tatsu (11 month) got on a canoe! Top 30-day contributors will be winning prizes or $$$. (next one to be announced at 5PM PST on 5/31!) 1st - @Tee T - 1:1 on-water session with me ($400 value) 2nd - @Kyle Davis - 2 weeks of Personalized Training Program ($170 value) 3rd - @Lana Akimova - 1 gift to a friend for to join TLC Skool Community for a month ($62 value) Note: must be redeemed within the following month. 📣 JOIN US FOR THE NEXT TEK TALK Topic: Training Pods When: Thursday at 6:30pm PST Learn how to use training pods to build your team and your next leaders.

We all come from different paddling disciplines. Some dragon boat, some outrigger, others sailing, and etc. If you're racing which race distance brings you the most joy and why?

Paddled 37.7 miles from Avalon to Newport Beach in an oc2 relay. We got 3rd place in the Women’s Sr Masters.