1000 Arrow Challenge 2008

A Kayaker, Canoer, and Nordic Skier, Emily Wright has her hands full of training. She took some time however to watch our USA Olympic archers take on the 1000 Arrow Challenge and took some great photos. Check them out.

On a normal day (over the course of 8 hours), the archers might shoot between 200-300 arrows. 1000 arrows is over three times the normal training load. To put things into perspective, that would be like us kayakers taking our normal 2-3 hours on the water daily and multiplying it into a 9-hour continuous paddle Yikes. Talk about over-distance training.

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1000- Arrow Challenge


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