Today’s session was 12K done online in the company of one other rower who was in Europe. I did the first 6K easy, the last 6K a bit harder and the last 500-800 meters served as a warm down.
May rowing enhance your health and happiness.
Category: Ethereal Rowing
It Was Called 10 Km Of Bliss
Today’s indoor rowing piece was online. A session was scheduled at 10:30 am local time, called “10km_of_bliss”. It was at about the right time and distance, so I signed up for it. But the guy who scheduled it didn’t show, so I had the 10K of bliss all to myself.
For this bliss session, I rowed easy for the first 5K and then for the last 5K I increased the effort level, to aim for a HR of 142, with a couple of shorter faster intervals toward the end of the 10K.
It was indeed blissful.
Blissful rowing to you.
Faster Near The Finish
Today I reminded myself of a rented horse which moves reluctantly away from the stable but moves eagerly when returning. The indoor rowing distance was 12,000 meters and while rowing I watched an educational video which featured a speaker with an accent which made him difficult to understand. So I rowed very slowly and quietly, so as to better hear and focus on the video. And took breaks.
But near the very end of the 12,000 meters, the video had finished and the end was near, so I eagerly rowed faster, to get it over with.
Happy finish stretch of rowing to you.
12K Is Ok Today
Today’s activity was 12K scheduled online but solo. It was done at a leisurely pace.
Happy leisurely or otherwise rowing to you.
A Relaxing Time Online
Today’s main rowing session was participation in a 30 minute online session setup by a rower in Italy. He called it “Very relax for all” and it was relaxing enough as far as indoor rowing goes.
Happy relaxing rowing to you.
13+ Miles For The Solstice Challenge
An annual indoor rowing challenge that Concept 2 sponsors is to do 21,000 meters on the 21st of June which is the longest day of the year. They suggest adding 97 meters to the 21K, which brings the distance to a half marathon, which is a little over 13 miles.
So I joined an online HM today and did the half marathon slowly with only one break for a call of nature.
Happy half marathon rowing to you.
About 7 Miles A Bit Warm And Ultra Slow
Today’s rowing was done offline. Without the company of any other rowers, an important incentive to row without taking any breaks was missing. Many breaks were taken, while I rowed and watched a documentary titled Command and Control.
The temperature was a bit too warm for the air conditioning to keep the house as cool as normal and that also contributed to rowing ultra slow.
The distance rowed was 11,000 meters, which is 6.84 miles.
Happy rowing to you.
9.44 Miles Today
Today’s rowing mileage consisted of two 30 minute online sessions plus a 2K online warm down, for a total of 15,196 meters. The only screenshots I’ll show below are of one of the 30 minute online sessions.
Happy rowing to you.
41 Minutes Online Intervals
Today’s main rowing was online. There were two other guys who had setup/agreed to the session in advance and so I rowed according to their plan. The plan was 7x4r1:45. In other words, 7 intervals of 4 minutes each, with 1 minute 45 seconds rest after each interval. The 4 minute intervals were supposed to be done at 2K pace + 11 seconds and with a rating of 20 spm.
It was fun and I was happy to have company.
Happy father’s day to any and all fathers who read this.
Eight Miles Today
Today’s indoor rowing was a total of 13,000 meters which is 8.08 miles according to the converter. The main part, which is the only one that will be displayed in this post, was a 10K online done with 4 guys who were in England and one who was also in America, though even he was a few thousand miles away, in Connecticut.
The additional 3,000 meters was a single 3K done as a warm down.
The 10K was fun, because all the other guys were going at a much faster pace than I was and that inspired me to row a bit faster and not take any breaks.
Happy rowing mileage to you.