Today I had a phone conversation with my oldest daughter who was on her way to watch her daughter play in a soccer game. As we made the segue to disconnect from the call, I said “Have fun at the soccer game,” to which she replied, “have fun rowing.” To which, I replied, “I’ll have as much fun as I possibly can, rowing…” To which, she replied with a laugh.
Her laugh was good seasoning added to the rowing session today, which was another RowPro software-generated training session of 8K at an easy pace with target zones for both HR and rating.
While rowing, I listened to K-LOVE, a local radio station whose music competed with the sound of the erg during the 8K. The thought and memory of laughter about having maximum fun while rowing mixed with the other ambient sounds and led to the observation that rowing at a pace that kept HR inside the painted zone wasn’t as much fun as it should be. I suspect that the algorithm RowPro 5 for the Mac uses for painting the HR zone uses the formula HRmax = 220-age. That formula doesn’t work for me. Never has.
So I picked up the pace to what felt like fun while still rowing in easy, recovery mode.
Maximum fun was a little ways outside and above the HR box.
Happy trails to you.