Sprint kayaking is an Olympic sport held on flat water over either 500 or 1000 metres. At World Championship level there is also a 200m event.
 
Competitors race in a single, double or four man kayak over the distance from a stationary start.
 
Competitions are held on a course with 9 lanes, heats, semi-finals and finals. First across the finish line wins.
 
Top specification race boats are high tech made from carbon fibre and built for straight line speed. They have a small rudder at the rear to aid turning when necessary and for helping to keep the kayak in a straight line when racing.
 
Kayaking is a relatively cheap and easy sport to get into with many different disciplines to choose from.
 
To find your nearest canoe and kayak club visit the British Canoe Union website club locator here or the start paddlesport site here.
 
To find out more about the national sprint canoe and kayak team see the Great Britain canoeing site here.
 
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Training and new Garmin

10th March 2010

Every day when i'm up at 6am to get ready for training, the weather forecaster informs me that it will be another cold day, when is winter going to make way for spring??? There's been a few beautiful days so far when the sun is out, but still cold! 
Training is going very well and I feel my body is developing well. Eric my coach is starting to introduce some more speed work and I am confident everything is heading in the right direction. I've been getting regular adjustments at Putney Chiropractic to keep my body in good shape despite all the hard work I am putting it through. Today I received a fantastic new Garmin Forerunner 310XT. I already use a Forerunner 305 and this is an upgraded version with many useful new features. I use it on every water and running session and can download all the data wirelessly onto my laptop. 
On Sunday I go to my first training camp for a while in Seville. Really looking forward to training as part of the team again in some warm weather and developing my speed work. 

 
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