A screenshot from 7,602 meters into the half marathon. Raun Austin (RA are the initials on his boat) had sprinted ahead and then slowed down to let the other two catch up to him. After we caught up, Joao Monteiro (JM are the initials on his boat) sprinted ahead, then slowed to let Raun and me catch up to him. They continued alternating that way, for almost the entire distance. It was inspiring in an energizing sort of way. I maintained a more or less constant pace, but I rowed a lot faster than if I’d been rowing alone. At just before halfway through the 21,097 meters, I started to feel a bit tired and reduced my effort from where it had been between 160 to 170 Watts, to about 155 Watts. But then I seemed to get a “second wind,” and rowed the second half faster than I’d rowed the first half.
Today’s rowing session was scheduled about a day in advance and there were two other guys who signed up and rowed. They could row a lot faster than me, so they took turns with one of them pacing even with me while the other one would sprint ahead and then slow down to let us catch up. It was a great session as far as I was concerned and I made a season-best time in the half marathon.
A few hours after today’s rowing session, while Diane and I were having dinner, I noticed that some of the muscles in my upper body, arms and even my hands felt a bit sore. It was a pleasant soreness, not a painful feeling. It must have been because of the higher than usual amount of effort I’d allowed myself to exert during today’s half-marathon. (See the caption below the screenshot at the top of this page, for a description of how it went.)
Finish screen for today’s half marathon.RowPro graphs for today’s half marathon. If you think the last split of the graph for “Pace and Heart Rate per Split” looks weird, you are correct. There is a bug in RowPro 5 for the Mac which causes it to have incorrect results for the last split, if all the split distances are not equal.Session report for today’s half marathon. RowPro 5 for the Mac shows some incorrect data in the last split, due to a bug that has been around for a long time.Concept 2 Online Logbook graphs for today’s half marathon.
