Today was the first day of the first time of trying a training plan generated by RowPro 5 for the Mac. All went well.
Happy trails to you.
Ethereal Training
Warmer Today, Training Tomorrow
Today’s session was just a little bit warmer than yesterday’s because it was a little bit faster. Tomorrow is planned to be the first day of a 12 week RowPro generated training plan. Looking forward to the day-by-day of following a plan.
So the main session today was a 10K. It was followed by a 100 meter online test of the latest update of RowPro 5 for the Mac and GOOD NEWS! The update not only added the feature of a working version of the training plan generator, but the sound works now! So when whoever is the starter clicks the START button, there is now the announcement “PREPARE TO START!” from the speakers. And after the countdown finishes, I can also hear the announcement, “ROW!” That’s good, because I seem to get off the starting line more promptly with the audible announcements.
After the 10K and the 100 meter online test, I went into the online chat room, where there appeared to be 3 other people who were logged in, not counting the one who was already rowing online. I typed the question, “anybody like some company in an online row?” and waited a couple minutes for a response. But there was no response, so I guess their computers were online but they were otherwise occupied and not sitting at the monitors.
Happy trails to you.
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
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to cause the level or intensity of something to increase sharply, or increase in this way
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to begin work on a project, especially a large commercial one
Happy trails to you.
A Bit Of Exercise
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.
Happy trails to you.
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.
Happy trails to you.
Slow Dash
Today’s 10K rowing session was anything but a mad dash or a fast pace.
Happy trails to you.
A 10 Kilometer Day
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.
Happy trails to you.
A Ghost Free Tree
Today’s session was 5K easy. I burned more calories working in the yard today, than rowing.
Happy trails to you.
A Ghost In The Tree
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.
Happy trails to you.
A Non Stop 15K
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.
Happy trails to you.