Intervals of toil
Intervals of rest
Row to a boil
In waves of sweat blessed…
…those words relate to today’s rowing. Intervals. Total of 30 minutes scheduled online.
The intervals were 3×5 min R2 min. The first 5 minutes of the session was warmup. The first two of the three 5 minute intervals were done at about 1:55/500m and the third was done at 1:55/500m for the first 4 minutes and then the last minute of that last interval was done a bit faster, at around 1:45/500m.
After finishing the intervals I was supposed to use the remaining 6 minutes as warm down but I almost gave in to the temptation to race Ian M. and then remembered the plan to warm down, not race the remaining time. The finish screen shot is incorrect, because Ian M. actually finished first but for some reason either RowPro or the digitalrowing.com Oarbits server didn’t keep him connected at the very last and instead shows him as a DNF instead of first place, as was the case.
The other 3 rowers were in Denmark, England and the US. A rower in Germany couldn’t check in because he had problems with RowPro on his computer.
Intervals done at a brisk enough pace can result in a very relaxed feeling afterwards. Yesterday, the day that one of the others remarked that she “almost puked” during those 12 intervals, I was sooo… relaxed that I started to get drowsy in mid-afternoon and resorted to coffee. Which resulted in being wide awake until several hours past bedtime that night.
But the coffee tasted very good.
…. and the rower who said she “almost puked” yesterday was in the session today and she was feeling okay.
Today, coffee is limited to only what can be consumed before 2pm. It is 1:10 pm and there is just a swallow or two remaining of the quart of coffee brewed at sunrise today.
Screenshot of today’s finish and the session report follow:
Happy trails to you.