November 4, 2026 · 11 min
A cleaner catch: getting the blade in without a splash

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A short free letter every Sunday: one thing I saw in the canoe this week, one small goal and one session to try.
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A forty-minute erg session you can do in a garage
A warm-up, four hard blocks and a cool-down, on a paddling machine with a mat and a fan.
