Month: September 2018

Today It Didn’t Vanish

Today’s session was scheduled online and it didn’t vanish.  By “vanish” I’m referring to what happened with the 10K which had been scheduled online two days ago, on the 28th.  On that day, when I logged in to row that particular session, it had already “sailed away” even though it was not yet starting time.

The target pace I had for today’s session was a pace somewhere between 2:08 and 2:09/500 meters. So I aimed for a pace of about 2:09 with the intention of sprinting near the end to bring the average pace to 2:08 point something.

At first, it felt easy.  Soon, it felt “Medium,” then “Medium Hard” and during the last 5K it felt “Hard.”  When there were about 3,000 meters remaining, I eased off to a very easy pace and decided to try again perhaps a week from today.

A screen recording was made for those of you who like to row along with RowPro screen recordings.  Its link is: Indoor Rowing 10K plus warmdown 09302018

Happy rowing to you.

The Vanishing 10K

Last night I scheduled an online 10K for 9 this morning.  When I checked in, the session had vanished.  I started to set up another session but the phone rang.  There was no rowing this morning but I did manage to fit in this 5K in the middle of the afternoon.

A screen recording is here: Indoor Rowing 5K 09282018

Happy rowing to you.

Impressive Company

Today’s rowing was done on the internet with several others who were located at various places in Europe and the US.

I took it easy for this session and watched the others work hard.  The one who finished first did so at an amazing steady pace of 1:51/500m.  The one who finished second was just as amazing because his average pace was 1:51.4 but he did not row at a steady pace.  Instead, he alternated between rowing for a minute or so at 1:41 to 1:45 and then “resting” at what I consider a race pace in the low 1:50s.

I finished in last place, so the rowing was impressive, by all the others in the group today.

The session was screen recorded for those of you who want to see the online race and/or exercise your imaginations by rowing along while viewing the recording.  The recording link is at: Indoor Rowing 30 mins online 09252018

Happy rowing to you.

Another 30 Online With International Group

Today’s rowing session was another 30 minutes online.  The group was larger today, totaling seven people who showed up and participated. They were in countries in Europe and also the US.

A screen recording was made for those who want to exercise their imagination to row along with the session.  It is at this link: Indoor Rowing 30 mins online 09242018

Happy rowing to you.

Rowing With English

Today’s indoor rowing session was 40 minutes, done on the internet in the virtual company of a guy who was in England.

I aimed for an average pace of 2:12 point anything. There was no target heart rate but I kept a close watch on HR to see how it behaved.

A screen recording for rowing along with can be found at this link: Indoor Rowing 40 minutes online 09222018

Happy rowing to you.

Easy->Medium->Medium Hard->Hard

Today’s indoor rowing session was 10K done on the internet  in the virtual company of two other rowers.  The other two were located in Germany.

The session started out feeling like it would be in the category of Easy effort.  Soon it moved into feeling like Medium. By about halfway, it started feeling Medium Hard.  When the remaining distance counted down to between 4,000 and 3,000 meters left to go, it started to feel Hard. Respiration rate near the end confirmed that it had become “Hard” because respiration rate increased to about 60 breaths per minute which is a lot higher rate than when rowing “Easy”.

So today’s rowing session is tagged with all four of those effort levels. It was definitely both in the category of a Fun and a Mentally absorbing workout from start to finish.

There was a screen recording made for any of you who want to use it as something to row-along with.  The screen recording link is here: Indoor Rowing 10K Online 09212018

Happy rowing to you.

They Started Early

Today was going to be an online 30 minute session but when I checked in during the last two minutes before the scheduled starting time, they had already started without me. So I chose to do a 5K solo and offline.

The session was screen recorded for rowing-along with and can be found at this link: Indoor Rowing 5K at Two Eleven Point Eight 09202018

Happy rowing to you.

 

Dreamy Rowing Session

Perhaps its because I let myself sleep in late this morning and I continued in a dreamy state, late into the day.  For whatever reason, today’s rowing session seemed to be a dreamy workout. I feel like I could fall asleep almost instantly, if I would just close my eyes and lay down.

The distance was preset to 5,485 meters. A screen recording for row-along will be available at this link: Indoor Rowing 5481 meters 09162018

Happy rowing to you.

In Good Company

Today’s rowing session was 10K done online in the virtual company of ten other people.

One of the rowers, Wolfram Huhn, is an Olympic rower.

Some of the rowers may have been racing each other but I’m not sure because I didn’t closely watch what they were all doing all the time. So I don’t know if Wolfram Huhn was racing, but he finished in first place.

I wasn’t racing anybody but did manage to set a new season best time and therefore placed the result for today’s 10K in the Concept 2 online world rankings for 10K this season.

Its always a bit puzzling for me to chose how to categorize a rowing session if it is done at any effort level other than easy.  So I chose to categorize today’s session with several of them because effort level for today’s rowing ranged from Easy to Medium Hard and almost but not quite reached “Hard” at the very end.  I included “Race” among the categories for today’s rowing session because there were others who were rowing at a racing effort level.

A screen recording of the session will be available later today at this link: Indoor Rowing 10K online 09152018

Happy rowing to you.