Part of the description for today’s rowing session was “low intensity fitness and recovery.” It was 5K easy, with 500 m warm up/warm down. Afterwards, I did another 4K easy to bring the total up to 10K.
If you look closely at the RowPro session report, you will notice that splits 20 and 25 show incorrect (impossible) data. But the totals are correct on the bottom line because they agree with what was recorded on the C2 PM.
Happy trails to you.
The title of today’s post is from part of the description for today’s RowPro training plan session.
The session was 3×500 R750 and was a total of 8,000 meters including warm up, warm down and the final active rest after the third 500 meter sprint, which was quite a bit longer than 750 meters.
After the 8K training session, I rowed an additional 2K at an easy pace, to help maintain a daily 10K+ average.
There is a small bug in the most current update of RowPro 5 for the Mac which causes an error message to be displayed when clicking to open each day’s training session (Screen shot of error message below). I wrote to Digital Rowing about it and they promptly answered and said that it’s a glitch that they are already aware of and it is on the list of things to fix in the next release. It is barely even as much as a nuisance, however, because it does not interfere with the training program or software working correctly after the error message window is closed.
Happy trails to you.
Today was the first day of the first time of trying a training plan generated by RowPro 5 for the Mac. All went well.
Happy trails to you.
Today’s session was just a little bit warmer than yesterday’s because it was a little bit faster. Tomorrow is planned to be the first day of a 12 week RowPro generated training plan. Looking forward to the day-by-day of following a plan.
So the main session today was a 10K. It was followed by a 100 meter online test of the latest update of RowPro 5 for the Mac and GOOD NEWS! The update not only added the feature of a working version of the training plan generator, but the sound works now! So when whoever is the starter clicks the START button, there is now the announcement “PREPARE TO START!” from the speakers. And after the countdown finishes, I can also hear the announcement, “ROW!” That’s good, because I seem to get off the starting line more promptly with the audible announcements.
After the 10K and the 100 meter online test, I went into the online chat room, where there appeared to be 3 other people who were logged in, not counting the one who was already rowing online. I typed the question, “anybody like some company in an online row?” and waited a couple minutes for a response. But there was no response, so I guess their computers were online but they were otherwise occupied and not sitting at the monitors.
Happy trails to you.
Today’s session was done at a slightly more constant and faster pace than the recent few sessions. That’s because I’m thinking about trying one of RowPro’s training plans.
Today there was an update to the update on RowPro 5 for the Mac and it cured the previous problem which prevented access to the program. So I’m using the Mac version again and liking it even more. It has a few more features added, including the capability of generating a training program for either weight-loss, maintenance, fitness (2 levels of fitness) or racing.
I’m thinking about trying a training plan for racing the 5K-6K distance.
The pace of today’s 10K was only slightly faster than yesterday’s. By slightly faster, I mean that it only burned 12 more calories than yesterday’s 10K.
So it was a little bit of a ramping up of effort.
Happy trails to you.
The words that came to mind when I sat to write another blog post as fast as possible were “a bit of exercise” and the above image is from among the search results using those terms for creative commons licensed images. Of all the images that I glanced at, that one seemed the most ethereal.
Today’s time on the erg was another 10K. It was done with a bit more energy than yesterday’s. 23 calories more in the same distance, to be exact.
Yesterday and today I’ve had to go back to using the older version of RowPro for Windows instead of RowPro 5 for the Mac. That’s because when I tried to update RowPro 5 for the Mac two days ago, it resulted in an error message (see the screen shot immediately below) and would not allow me to use it. Am still waiting to hear from Digital Rowing, as to how to remedy that problem.
Happy trails to you.
Today’s rowing session was done a little too late in the day, in Diane’s opinion. Because today was our day to go out to eat and I made her wait about 20 minutes or more, in order to finish the 10K that I got a late start on.
We sat at a table with another couple because the little restaurant was so crowded this evening that there was a shortage of tables. We had a pleasant conversation with them, which included a little bit (very little) talk about indoor rowing. But – just as a little exercise is better than none – a little bit of talk about indoor rowing is better than none (in my opinion) (which opinion is not necessarily always shared by Diane) (on the topic of rowing).
Before I write any more, I’m going to pause and admire the little train of parentheses in the preceding sentence. Nice!
So … when I sat to write this blog post, talking was on my mind. And also rowing. Thus the search terms, “talking indoor rowing”
Sometimes, talking about rowing leads to more inspiration for rowing. We shall see if I feel more inspired to row tomorrow, if and when I recall the brief conversation in the restaurant.
The above photo is from a Wikipedia article on the topic of indoor rowing.
Now for the data relating to today’s rowing. It was offline and correspondingly uninspired. I watched parts of two movies and operated the remote control many times while rowing. So the rowing wasn’t especially energetic etc.
Happy trails to you.
Today’s 10K rowing session was anything but a mad dash or a fast pace.
Happy trails to you.
When I plugged the title of today’s post into a search engine and looked at the resulting selection of creative commons licensed images, this image was among the multitude. According to its associated description, it is a “10 km day walk from Southease to Seaford,” wherever those two places are located on earth.
My 10 km was not quite so picturesque as the 10 km traversed for the above photo and it was done without any canine or bovine company. But it was healthy and invigorating even at the leisurely pace of a stroll at which it was made.
Happy trails to you.
Today’s session was 5K easy. I burned more calories working in the yard today, than rowing.
Happy trails to you.