Month: June 2018

An Abundant Number

Lately, I’ve been using the distance or time rowed by one of my training partners as inspiration for the session.  Today was another of those, and I chose to row 7,812 meters because it was the total distance rowed by training partner “FR” on June 13th.

One of the properties of the number 7812 is that it is an abundant number, thus today’s title. Because 7812 is an abundant number, there was an abundance of integers, equal to or less than 30, from which I could choose to have RowPro 5 for the Mac divide the distance into equal splits.

I chose 28 splits and counted down from 28 to 1, as each split was rowed during the session.  I counted out loud, but so quietly that it is probably not audible on the screen recording.

The screen recording is at: Indoor Rowing 7812 meters 06162018

Happy rowing to you.

2182 Plus A Few For Warmup

Today’s distance was chosen to match the distance of training partner FR which he rowed on June 11th. A 750 meter warmup was done first.

Today’s rowing session was totally free of “Nuisance Complications” as had been experienced during all of yesterday’s session.

Screen recording for today is at: Indoor Rowing 2182 meters 06142018

Happy rowing to you.

2695 Meters With Nuisance Complications

Today’s main rowing was 2,695 meters, chosen because it matched the distance rowed by training partner DN on June 11th.  There was also a 750 meter warmup beforehand.

The “nuisance complications” were irregular heartbeat, which was so irregular that it wasn’t displayed most of the time.  When it was displayed, it was about 30% to 50% too high – way, way too high for the brief time and effort being expended.

Its back to normal now, but there’s no more rowing until tomorrow.

A screen recording of the session is available at this link: Indoor Rowing 2695 meters 06132018

Happy rowing to you.

2399 Is Prime

Today’s distance of 2,399 meters was chosen to match the distance rowed by one of my training partners who rowed it on June 8th.  It is a prime number so the RowPro 5 for the Mac session was not divided into splits.

The session was preceded by a 750 meter warmup. During the last third of the main session distance, pace was increased a bit so as to raise heart rate to around 130 BPM.

A screen recording is available at: Indoor Rowing 2399 meters 06102018

Happy rowing to you.

Another Non Standard Short Distance

Today’s session was 1,963 meters preceded by a 750 meter warmup.

A note about the Apple Watch:  It did a lousy job of monitoring heart rate during this session.  Most of the time it displayed a heart rate that was around 70 BPM even though the Polar heart strap, which is accurate, reported HR averaging well over 100 and as high  as between 125 and 130.   The Apple Watch was “fake news” as far as what it reported as you can see  in the watch screenshot below:

Usually the Apple Watch is fairly accurate but not today.

The screen recording, with a “beat-by-beat” heart rate display, is at: Indoor Rowing 1963 meters 06082018

Happy rowing to you.

Trouble After 2300 Meters

Today’s rowing session distance was chosen to match the distance rowed yesterday by one of my training partners, 3,485 meters.

Everything went well until the remaining distance counted down to about 1,200 meters and then heart rate became irregular.  So I slowed down a bit but HR didn’t get regular until an hour or more after the session ended.

A screen recording is available at: Indoor Rowing 3485 meters 06072018

Happy rowing to you.