Month: July 2016

Lose 3 lbs, Gain 3 lbs, Lose 3 lbs … Repeat

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This picture reminds me of what it felt like when I was working on the roof today, between 11 am and 1 pm.

Today there was some necessary work to do on the roof and because it had to be done in time so that it would have a few hours to dry before the afternoon rain arrived… I had to do it in the middle of the day.

I weighed myself before and afterwards, because that’s a more reliable measure of dehydration than the feeling of thirst.  I was 3 pounds lighter after working in the sun on the roof, which translates to having lost 3 pints of water.

So I sat around in shorts after finishing the roof work and cooled off while replenishing those 3 pints before doing today’s rowing.

Today’s time on the erg was a very easy 10K.  After the 10K, I was once again 3 pounds lighter!  Though the rowing pace was very easy, the room was a wee bit warm…

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finish screen for today’s easy 10K
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Today’s 10K session report

Happy trails.

 

Wind Rain Hail Rainbow

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First the rainbow. Then the wind. Then the rain. Then it hailed. An interesting little episode of weather today. Before the clouds arrived, the temperature was about 100 F.  After the rain and hail, the temperature dropped to 71 F.

Today’s episode of aerobic activity was an hour at an easy pace on the rowing machine followed by a warm down of about 7 minutes.

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finish screen for the hour
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Report for the one hour session. I don’t know why RowPro failed to split the session into 20 equal splits but it might have something to do with why RowPro failed to show ending heart rate for the last split.
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warm down finish screen
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warm down session report

Happy trails.

Indoor Rowing Beats Indoor Horseback Riding

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The only indoor exercise I got in the last two weeks before today was indoor horseback riding. It didn’t elevate the heart rate or work up a sweat.

Today’s rowing session was the first in over two weeks of abstinence from rowing. It was only 30 minutes long and it began about 10 minutes before the start of a baseball game.  So I watched the first 20 minutes of the baseball game during today’s session.

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Today’s 30 minute piece was done while watching a little more than one inning of major league baseball
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It was good to be back in the saddle of the Concept 2 rowing machine again, after taking more than two weeks off.

Happy trails.

 

Cloudy With Rain*

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There will be no rowing or running by me today.  Enjoying the extreme relative strangeness of a cool, cloudy day instead of a 100 degree plus brilliant, sunshiny day.

*Correction: the rain stopped and things dried out enough in time for a short run:

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It wasn’t exactly desert but it was dry enough for running at this small park this afternoon.
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Summary of today’s short run.

Happy trails.

From Tire Store to Horse Trail via Rowing Machine

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There were no rowing machines in the tire store and I’m not absolutely sure, but I may have been the only rower present also. The guy in the straw hat isn’t wearing a shirt – he has suspenders holding up his pants and is shirtless but has ink stains covering most of his skin.

There was no rowing or running or any other aerobic exercise done yesterday.

Before any rowing or running could be done today, I had to make a trip to a tire store and wait there, sipping coffee, chatting and reading for an hour.

After returning home from that errand I rowed 9,500 meters while watching a few short youtube videos and then went running for about 2 miles.

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Today’s rowing finish screen. Many interruptions.
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Today’s rowing session report.

The running was done on a horse trail.  The photo below shows one of the road signs calling attention to the potential presence of horses.

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The actual horse trail is off to the right of the sign.
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This is the actual horse trail but the only fresh foot prints are mine.
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A summary of today’s running.

Happy trails.