Today’s session was another doubling-up of two Pete Plan training sessions in one day, to help catch up after three days missed.
The first session was a waterfall endurance interval session 3K R5:00-2.5K R5:00-2K R about 15 minutes(as warm down from last interval) and then that was followed by a steady state distance session of 8K.
Happy trails to you.
Today was a twofer day because the scheduled rowing for the previous three days was not done. So the rowing sessions done today were a 4x1K R5:00 which should have been done last Sunday and a steady distance session which should have been done on the following Monday. If time permits, tomorrow will be another twofer.
Happy trails to you.
Today’s rowing was 15K done while surfing Netflix and checking out a few different films on Netflix. Most of them weren’t worth watching, so I had to slow or stop, to switch to another one.
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Today’s session was supposed to be a hard distance but I didn’t feel like racing and if I wasn’t going to race, I didn’t want to row a hard distance so I just rowed firmly on the easy end of the effort scale.
Altogether it was a 15 minute warmup, 5K rather easy and a 15 minute warm down. Neither the warmup or warm down were needed for such an easy 5K, but I wanted to log at least 10K for the annual holiday charity drive sponsored by Concept 2. They call it the Holiday Challenge.
Happy trails to you.
There was no rowing session done today. There was, alas, only a walk in the park. There was, however, a lass with me during the walk in the park – namely, my better half.
At the start of this walk, I set the Apple watch to track a 30 minute outdoor walk. I should have just set it to track an outdoor walk with an “open” goal since we didn’t know exactly how long it would take us to make two laps around the park. After 30 minutes, the app announced “workout complete,” but since we were not on a treadmill and hadn’t yet returned to where the truck was parked, I let the app keep running until we arrived back at the truck.
After the outdoor walk was ended and saved in the Activity app, it awarded me with something that resembled a gold star and exclaimed joyously that I had earned that award for having done my “first walk with the Workout app!” I’m still basking in that glory.
Happy trails to you.
The seat on the Concept 2 rowing machine has rollers on it and with each stroke it slides back and forth on the rail. At least, that’s what I call the metal beam upon which the seat sits.
Today was a scheduled recovery rowing day. I took it easier than usual, slowed or interrupted the session a few times for changing channels and also helping my better half bring in the groceries.
The distance selected today was 15K. DF 135.
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Today all systems were still go at launch time, as they were yesterday, and the session went well. The session was a 4x2K R5:00. Target pace was 1:58.1 for the first 3 intervals and a bit faster but I did not, as Pete Marston says, go “as fast as you can go” on the last one. I held back, deliberately, so as to raise the target pace more gradually from one cycle to the next.
The resulting average pace was 1:57.5 and that will be the target pace for the first 3 intervals of this session in the next cycle. Gradual is good.
Happy trails to you.
Today’s session was a Pete Plan recovery distance of 15K. Everything seemed normal so all systems are go, for tomorrow’s endurance intervals without a scratch like yesterday’s speed intervals.
The effort level for today’s 15K was reduced as time passed, to keep HR about the same throughout.
Happy trails to you.
Today’s rowing session was a standard Pete Plan speed pyramid, just like the ones that were done 3 and 6 weeks ago. But this one didn’t feel right, so I scratched it, after getting almost halfway through. From the halfway point on, it was a lot slower than it should have been.
The target pace for the first 3 of 7 intervals was 1:50.6 and then the last 4 were supposed to be done as fast as I could. But as I said it didn’t work out and though I did avoid a literal HD and row the entire distance, the overall average pace was so much slower than the starting target pace that when this is done again in three weeks, I’ll use the same 1:50.6 target pace for the first 3 intervals and see if I can maintain a faster pace for all four of the last intervals.
There were two warmups done because I had to interrupt things to answer an important email, after finishing the first warmup and I became cool again.
Happy trails to you.
Today’s rowing session was as short as it could be, within the guidelines of Pete Plan for a recovery day. 8,000 meters.
Happy trails to you.