Category: Fun Workout

10K Interrupted And With Breaks

Today’s session was 10K with a target heart rate zone of 144 to 158.  It was preceded by a one minute warmup. The session was interrupted once when I had to get off the rowing machine for a few minutes.  And there were a few shorter breaks after that.

Irregularities in the HR graph are due to the interruptions and not to any paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. The last time I had an episode of the latter was September 1st of this year.  Hopefully it is “cured” with the diet and lifestyle changes that have been made. Heart rhythm was perfectly fine!

The session was uploaded to YouTube as a screen recording and will eventually be available at the following link: Indoor Rowing 10K with target heart rate 10132018

Happy rowing to you.

A Bit Harder Than I Thought

After three whole days off I thought perhaps I’d have an extra reserve of energy so I increased the average pace goal for today’s 10K from 2:13.2/500 meters to 2:12.8/500 meters and then sprinted moderately during the last 500 meters to increase pace by another 1/10th of a second to 2:12.7.

The perceived effort was harder than I anticipated.

A screen recording for rowing along with today’s session is at this link: Indoor Rowing at about 815 Calories:hour 10082018

Happy rowing to you.

Using Two Pace Boats With A 10K

Today was another in the current series of 10K sessions. Used two pace boats- one set at 2:14 and another which was yesterday’s previous row.  I paced them throughout and then went faster during final 500 meters, to bring average pace to 2:13.6.

A screen recording for rowing-along will be available later today at this link: Indoor Rowing 10K with pace boats 10032018

Happy rowing to you.

Two Easy 5Ks But Not Too Easy

Today’s session was 10K with a pace boat set to 2:14.0/500m.  I rowed the first 5K half matching the pace boat the entire distance.  The last 5K half I matched the pace boat until the final 500 meters, then increased the pace enough, for long enough to bring overall average pace down to 2:13.8.

This is my unscientific way of conditioning for whenever is the next attempt at 10K season best.

A screen recording of the session for rowing-along with will be at this link: Indoor Rowing 10K with pace boat 10022018

Happy rowing to you.

Exploring 10K From The Easy Side

Because of yesterday’s disappointment at not making a season-best 10K pace faster than 2:09, today’s 10K target pace was to maintain 2:14.2 average until the last 500 meters and then increase speed to bring the overall average to 2:14.0 for the entire 10K. By doing so, I beat yesterday’s overall average pace and probably helped overall conditioning for another try at a season best.

The session was uploaded as a screen recording for rowing-along-with and will be at this link: Indoor Rowing 10K @ 2mins 14secs per 500meters 10012018

Happy rowing to you.

Today It Didn’t Vanish

Today’s session was scheduled online and it didn’t vanish.  By “vanish” I’m referring to what happened with the 10K which had been scheduled online two days ago, on the 28th.  On that day, when I logged in to row that particular session, it had already “sailed away” even though it was not yet starting time.

The target pace I had for today’s session was a pace somewhere between 2:08 and 2:09/500 meters. So I aimed for a pace of about 2:09 with the intention of sprinting near the end to bring the average pace to 2:08 point something.

At first, it felt easy.  Soon, it felt “Medium,” then “Medium Hard” and during the last 5K it felt “Hard.”  When there were about 3,000 meters remaining, I eased off to a very easy pace and decided to try again perhaps a week from today.

A screen recording was made for those of you who like to row along with RowPro screen recordings.  Its link is: Indoor Rowing 10K plus warmdown 09302018

Happy rowing to you.