The longer distance indoor rowing sessions are like symphonies. Symphonies of inner music, ambient sound, thoughts and feelings, sweat and emotions. Today’s rowing piece was scheduled online a few hours in advance, but not in time for anyone who was interested to notice it and sign up. It was a half marathon, which is one of the longer of the standard indoor rowing sessions or “events” (they are events, if part of a competition).
But this was no competition and because nobody else joined in, it wasn’t much of a symphony either.
After a little more than halfway through the 21,097 meters, at about 14.5K, I sort of lost interest and stopped.
If any of this blog’s readership are wondering how the “symphony” of replacing and installing a new water heater has progressed, above this paragraph is a photo of one perspective of the current state of things in that rearrangement of arrangement. The old water heater was removed and replaced by the new one. But the new one was a little bit too big, from its front to its back, to allow the door to be closed on its metal enclosure. So the enclosure had to be removed and a larger one obtained.
But the larger one is different from the original enclosure, because the larger one has two horizontal braces across its back. The original enclosure had no braces across its back. There are pipes, both vertical and horizontal, which are in the way of placing the new enclosure with its braces. So I’m going to have to remove the horizontal metal braces and attach the enclosure directly to the wall of the house. A bit of a bother, but it will have to be done. In the meantime, the “symphony” of removing and replacing the hot water heater is unfinished. But neither half marathons nor the hot water heater installation have been forsaken.
Happy rowing to you and may you have plenty of hot water for your shower afterward.