Ethereal Rowing – Page 105

A Little Ramping Up

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.

ramp up

VERB

to cause the level or intensity of something to increase sharply, or increase in this way
to begin work on a project, especially a large commercial one

AQq-Jan-28th-10K-finish — Finish screen for today’s 10K. You might notice that there’s another boat on the screen. The other one is the computerized pace boat, which was set for a pace of 2:20/500m

AQq-Jan-28th-10K-rpt — Today’s session report

AQq-Jan-28th-10K-chrt — During the 10K I watched part of a movie and didn’t give full attention to rowing pace. Every time I noticed that the pace boat had pulled ahead of me, I would increase pace to catch up and pass it.

Happy trails to you.

A Bit Of Exercise

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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.

rowpro-problem-Screen-Shot-2017-01-26-at-3.46.13-PM — The above image is what happened when I tried to use the updated version of RowPro 5 for the Mac two days ago. Because it could not be used, I had to boot up a Windows 7 virtual machine and resort to using the older version of RowPro for Windows.

AQ-Jan-27th-10K-finish — a view of today’s finish screen

AQ-Jan-27th-10K--rpt — Today’s session report

AQ-Jan-27th-10K--chrt — Today’s session graph. Not exactly a constant pace, while watching a movie. It wasn’t a very good movie. Didn’t finish it and don’t think I will.

Happy trails to you.

Talking Indoor Rowing

wikipedia-article — The above photo is one of the better results of a search for creative commons licensed images with the search terms “talking indoor rowing”

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.

APp-Jan-26th-10K-finish APp-Jan-26th-10K-rpt+chrt

Happy trails to you.

Slow Dash

Today’s 10K rowing session was anything but a mad dash or a fast pace.

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Happy trails to you.

A 10 Kilometer Day

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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.

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Happy trails to you.

A Ghost Free Tree

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Today’s session was 5K easy. I burned more calories working in the yard today, than rowing.

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AO-Jan-23rd-5K-rpt

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Happy trails to you.

A Ghost In The Tree

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Today’s rowing was different from the past few days’ rowing sessions in that it was started before noon. The distance was 15K and the effort level was easy.

Afterwards, Diane and I worked together to relieve a nearby mesquite tree of its burden of hemiparasitic plant invasion.

ANn-Jan-22nd-15000m-finish ANn-Jan-22nd-15000m-rpt ANn-Jan-22nd-15000m-chrt

Happy trails to you.

A Non Stop 15K

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Today’s session was a rest day easy row of 15K distance. It worked out that there was no need to take a break and there were no interruptions, which is always nice.

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Happy trails to you.

Pondering Greatness While Rowing Restfully

pondering-greatness-one-image — When we think of greatness and creatures associated therewith, the lion frequently comes to mind. The particular lion that comes to my mind is the Lion of Judah. I hope the promise to relocate the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem is a promise that is promptly kept.

Though I haven’t yet returned to the Pete Plan or any particular training plan, one of the features of the Pete Plan that I’m continuing to observe now that my back is 99.98% pain free is the concept of alternating recovery days with hard days. The current “hard days” aren’t very hard – they are simply long distance with the inclusion of variable paces and a little time spent doing moderate sprinting. Enough to get the engine of the heart a bit revved up but not for too long.

Al-Einstein-saying-on-greatness — Albert Einstein reminds us that the path to greatness is not a bowl of cherries without pits or a rose garden without thorns.

So today was a recovery day. 15K easy pace. Watched part of the inauguration ceremonies while rowing. Wonderful prayers by the 7 or more pastors and rabbis who spoke and prayed. Felt hopeful.

Win-Churchill-thought-greatness — The price is responsibility …. great, huge responsibility. Anyone who wants to be truly great must truly rely and call upon God constantly.

Since the new president’s motto is to make America great again and I agree that would be a good thing, I pondered for a bit on what is greatness. The included images are some food for thought.

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Happy trails to you.

Pre – Inauguration Rowing

c-w-b-a-t-s — It was beautiful to hear the words of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, which gave glory to Jesus with the words, “In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me. As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free”

For something to occupy my attention while rowing 10K+ meters today (17,240 meters, to be exact) I watched the pre – inauguration event on 3 news channels: CNN, FOX and MSNBC. Mostly on the first two. So tomorrow will probably be a long-distance rowing session also, since there should be constant coverage of the historical event all day.

Today’s rowing session was variable paced with a few breaks. A little bit of sprinting at moderate sprint effort but mostly easy rowing.

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Happy trails to you.