Author: J NewmanontheField

Tachyness is a made-up word unless enough people want to use it like it is being used here. Here it is being used to mean a state of having tachycardia.

Yesterday, beginning a few hours after yesterday’s focal workout of a 500m sprint and 750 meter warmdown, atrial tachycardia set in. It persisted all evening and into the next morning. Taking a couple tablets which were a relatively heavy duty dose of extract of the root of valerian herb seemed to quell it. But I’d rather it didn’t happen in the first place, because it caused a loss of about three hours sleep.

After thinking about yesterday’s workout I decided that the problem might have been triggered by the combination of 30 second wait time after yesterday’s sprint and that the warm down of 750 meters was too brief.

Thinking of those two factors today, the 30 minute wait time after today’s sprint was cancelled and the warm down began almost immediately. Also, today’s warm down was more than twice as long as yesterday’s, at 2,000 instead of 750 meters.

The goal was an average pace of 1:54.7/500 m or faster so as to move up in season rankings. It was done . Plan was for average pace of about 1:54.7 until last 100 m then increase pace a little to the finish. Screen recording starts with 750 meter warmup and finishes with the 2,000 meter warm down.

If you’d like to view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available here: July 18th, 2021 screen recorded rowing session.

Though not all workout sessions for the day are always or even usually mentioned in the blog, data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To view a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

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The focus workout today was a 500m sprint. The goal was for a tiny improvement in 500m pace for this season ranking and it was accomplished. Plan was to maintain average pace of about 1m 56.6seconds/500m until last 100 m then perhaps increase pace a little until the end. The screen recording includes 750m warmup and warmdown.

If you’d like to view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available here: July 17th, 2021 screen recorded rowing session.

Though not all workout sessions for the day are always or even usually mentioned in this blog, data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

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The total workout was two sessions for a total of about 30 minutes. Today’s second session is the one for which there is a screen recording. It consists of 7 intervals with active rests.

The plan was for the first and every other following minute to be a brisker pace with slower active rests. Heart was a spoiler and because it’s rate went too high in a few of the earlier intervals, the brisk pace was not maintained for those particular ones. But as the session progressed, the heart cleaned up its act and it’s behavior improved. The last three intervals were each done with a cooperative heart for the full 60 seconds.

If you’d like to view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available here: July 16th, 2021 screen recorded rowing session.

Though not all workout sessions for the day are always or even usually mentioned in this blog, data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

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Today’s workout screen recording is of a 17 minute rowing piece. The total workout today was two sessions for a sum of about 30 minutes. The second session of 17 minutes is the one for which there is a screen recording. It consists of 7 intervals with active rests.

If you’d like to view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available here: July 15th, 2021 online rowing session.

Though not all workout sessions for the day are always or even usually mentioned in this blog, data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

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There were several workout pieces on the ergs today but the main one was another try at a season best for 500m. Plan was average pace of 1:57.1 then faster near the end. But the plan was modified a bit when I saw that the average pace would be faster than target. Because of that I aimed for a steady pace to the finish.

If you’d like to view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available here: July 14th, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

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Today’s total distance of 3,430 meters was chosen because it was the distance rowed most recently by one of my training partners. An easy pace for a non-standard distance.

If you’d like to view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available here: July 13th, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

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Like the title indicates, a 500 meter session today was a “season best” time. The exact time for the 500 meter session was 1 minute 57.4 seconds. The session screen recording also includes warmup and warmdown. The warmup is 500 meters. The warmdown is 750 meters. Each part- warmup, 500 meter sprint and warmdown is preceded by a 30 second countdown display.

If you’d like to view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available here: July 11th, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

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There were three erg sessions today. First, an easy 5K on SkiErg. Second, 30 minutes online with a guy who was in Germany. Third, 2500 meter online warm down.

There were two rowers in the 30 minutes online session, counting myself as one of those two. I rowed very slow with the exception of a very brief taste of going berserk during the 8th of 8 one-minute intervals. The first 10 minutes of the 30 minute session was warmup. Beginning with the eleventh minute I did mostly mild intervals of one minute each with one or two minutes active rest following each interval.

The only interval that wasn’t mild was the 8th, in which I let it get a little bit wild for just a tiny bit of time.

If you’d like to view or row along with the screen recording of today’s only briefly berserk session it is available here: July 10th, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

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The session screen-recorded today, a 3,000 meters rowing session, was done online. Before it started, I typed a message in the General Chat Room inviting the rower whose name, Robin, appeared there. There was no response from that rower, so I guess he or she was otherwise occupied.

If you’d like to view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available here: July 9th, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

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Today’s screen-recorded erg session started out to be a single easy 500 meter piece. HR was higher than it should have been and because of that it was followed with another 500m at an easier pace.

There were four sessions today. First two were 5,000 meters and the second two were the 500 meter pair.

If you’d like to view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available here: July 8th, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

Happy rowing to you!