HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! What sorts of trainings have you done this past week? Here is 2025.01.01 WOW! New Year TEST! 10' Warmup (WU) - Pick your own adventure(s) 10' Cooldown (CD) A. Dragonboat: pErg 500m one sided B. Dragonboat: OC1 500m one sided one way. Rest 5 minutes. Then OC1 500m same side back the same way. C. Outrigger: pErg 2000m OC style (can switch sides) D. Outrigger: OC1 Mile Test, 0.5 miles one way. Use 30 seconds to turn around. 0.5 miles back the same way. Depending on your sport, your goal, and your equipment access, you may choose A, B, C, or D to do. Track this as this is a great metric to look back at as you train! Top 30-day contributors will be winning prizes or $$$. 1st - 1:1 on-water session with me ($200 value) 2nd - 1 week of Personalized Training Program ($90 value) 3rd - 1 gift of a month to a friend for to join TLC Skool Community ($50 value) Note: must be redeemed within the following month. What did Tek do this past week?: This week was a build week where I increased my mileage. If you’re on Strava, you can see it on my profile. No crazy pushes, just showing up on the water. What will Tek do this upcoming week?: This upcoming week will be a PUSH week for me. So it will be quite intense and will be hitting some of the high zones for myself. I’ll talk about it on Instagram. PS: I’ll be online for 30 minutes each week for a Tek-Talk where I share about what it takes to develop community-minded paddler leaders. Check in the classroom courses for the most recent videos. PPS: If you’re interested in starting your own Skool Community for something you want to teach/share, please use my Affiliate link for your 14 days free! https://www.skool.com/refer?ref=c7eea746160846acb78e2868d7f6ac14

What were your favorite races from this past year? Any races that you’re looking forward to participating in? Jump onto Skool and write it in the comments. Make sure to like what other paddlers share too! This past week was a lower mileage week for the body to recover. (Still about about 30+ miles). The upcoming week will move into some intervals for me. Happy New Year to everyone! This is the last WOW of 2024. Here is 2024.12.5 WOW! A fun one! 10' Warmup (WU) 2(1/1, 2/2, 3/3) at 90%/active 10' Cooldown (CD) You will do two rounds of 1 minute on, 1 minute active, 2 minutes on, 2 minutes active, 3 minutes on, 3 minutes active. You’re climbing the pyramid twice. The active paddling can be as light as you want, but it should be light. Good luck! 1 more day for the leadership board. Current standings are: Lana, Kevin, and Janet! Top 30-day contributors will be winning prizes or $$$. 1st - 1:1 on-water session with me ($200 value) 2nd - 1 week of Personalized Training Program ($90 value) 3rd - 1 gift of a month to a friend for to join TLC Skool Community ($50 value) Note: must be redeemed within the following month. PS: I’ll be online for 30 minutes each week for a Tek-Talk where I share about what it takes to develop community-focused paddlers and leaders. Here’s a video from this past week about 3 strategies for new/intermediate paddlers. https://youtu.be/FC4p4qYlySU

This week, we talked about "How to Make the Fastest Improvements" [as a paddler] based on the 8 paddling levels of competencies. In the menu, click <Classroom>. Inside the Classroom, you will see a course that say <Grow Your Paddling Mindset>. Click that and you'll be able to see the growing list of Tek Talks as we have them. If you find them valuable, please share them with your friends/coaches/teammates and drop a comment here about it. See everyone next week for Tek Talk 25.1.2! For those who attended, what stuck with you the most?

@Astrid Jacob - 1:1 on-water session with me ($200 value) @Janet Leung - 1 week of Personalized Training Program ($90 value) @Lana Akimova - 1 gift of a month to a friend for to join TLC Skool Community ($50 value) Note: must be redeemed within the following month. Continue participating, sharing, and commenting on each other's efforts. Let's have a great 2025!

Note that it's not Mini-Tek Talk. The dash placement is important. Tomorrow at 3:30pm PST, going to be blocking out 30 minutes on Sunday for people in this paddling community to chat, update, and learn from one another. If you have a few minutes to spare, jump on the call. See you then! =D