first post (2 of 2)Part 1 in the series, “What a summer it’s been.”

The more you learn, the more you can do. And the more you do, the more you learn. That was the theme of these past three months, during which we traveled to Wales to train; to Rhode Island, New York and Michigan to coach; and to Washington to play (and coach a bit). But that division is artificial. It suggests that we were learning in Wales; teaching in Rhode Island, New York and Michigan; and simply having fun in Washington, when in fact we were doing all three things all the time.

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We also took some excellent detours between those major summer benchmarks. We canoed in Wisconsin, coached at home, and even got our parents out on Lake Michigan for a picnic on a break wall. But more on all that in subsequent posts.

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Over the next few weeks, we plan to post about all of these adventures. These won’t simply be “what we did” posts. Rather, they’ll be reflections on how we grew as paddlers and coaches, with a heavy emphasis on what others can gain from our experiences.

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