Grey Skies Cool Day For Rowing

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Because it was grey-sky cloudy all day, the temperature was a cool 86 F (30 C) instead of the usual warm temperature of over 100 F that we would have had with clear skies.

Today’s rowing was a 30 minute online piece.  My original target pace was going to be 2:10/500m plus or minus a couple seconds/500m.

Two others joined the session, Jesper T of Denmark and Tracy W of England. Tracy said that it was late and she was going to bed after rowing so she was going to row “easy”.  At least, I thought that was what she typed. So I decided to stick with my plan to aim for about 2:10/500m and to ignore Jesper who would be faster and Tracy who I assumed would be slower.

But after we started, Tracy was rowing at around 2:08-2:10 so I decided to row with her.  The pace picked up and then there was a sprint for the last minute or so.  The result was an average pace of a bit faster than my original target pace but it was nice and its always good to have company while rowing.

After the online rowing was over, I looked to see if Tracy happened to be one of the members of RowPro Rowers virtual club.  I didn’t see her there but this article did turn up among the search results and it helps explain why what I expected when she said she wanted to row 30 minutes “easy” was a bit faster than I would have guessed.  Grandma Tracy, as she is also known, according to the article linked, has set a few indoor rowing records!  Nice!

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finish screen of today’s 30 minute session
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session report for the main piece today
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Screenshot of today’s online 30 minute results.
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warm down finish screen
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warm down session report

Happy trails.

Raindrops Falling

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Another day of welcome rain in the desert today.

Today’s rowing was 30 minutes offline with a target pace of anywhere between 2:10 and 2:15. The resulting pace of 2:12.2/500m was in the target zone.

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finish screen
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session report

Happy trails.

 

A Few K On A Rainy Day

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A lovely day in the usually brightly brilliant sunlit desert. Low clouds enshrouding the mountains in cottony fluff. A constant drizzle of rain for hours and hours. Perfect for indoor rowing.

Today instead of setting up another 10K I looked online in hopes of finding some company and was rewarded with finding two guys in Australia who were ready to row.

So we mutually encouraged each other to do a 30 minute piece.

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FINISH SCREEN
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SESSION REPORT

Happy trails.

Lose 3 lbs, Gain 3 lbs, Lose 3 lbs … Repeat

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This picture reminds me of what it felt like when I was working on the roof today, between 11 am and 1 pm.

Today there was some necessary work to do on the roof and because it had to be done in time so that it would have a few hours to dry before the afternoon rain arrived… I had to do it in the middle of the day.

I weighed myself before and afterwards, because that’s a more reliable measure of dehydration than the feeling of thirst.  I was 3 pounds lighter after working in the sun on the roof, which translates to having lost 3 pints of water.

So I sat around in shorts after finishing the roof work and cooled off while replenishing those 3 pints before doing today’s rowing.

Today’s time on the erg was a very easy 10K.  After the 10K, I was once again 3 pounds lighter!  Though the rowing pace was very easy, the room was a wee bit warm…

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finish screen for today’s easy 10K
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Today’s 10K session report

Happy trails.

 

Wind Rain Hail Rainbow

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First the rainbow. Then the wind. Then the rain. Then it hailed. An interesting little episode of weather today. Before the clouds arrived, the temperature was about 100 F.  After the rain and hail, the temperature dropped to 71 F.

Today’s episode of aerobic activity was an hour at an easy pace on the rowing machine followed by a warm down of about 7 minutes.

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finish screen for the hour
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Report for the one hour session. I don’t know why RowPro failed to split the session into 20 equal splits but it might have something to do with why RowPro failed to show ending heart rate for the last split.
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warm down finish screen
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warm down session report

Happy trails.

Indoor Rowing Beats Indoor Horseback Riding

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The only indoor exercise I got in the last two weeks before today was indoor horseback riding. It didn’t elevate the heart rate or work up a sweat.

Today’s rowing session was the first in over two weeks of abstinence from rowing. It was only 30 minutes long and it began about 10 minutes before the start of a baseball game.  So I watched the first 20 minutes of the baseball game during today’s session.

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Today’s 30 minute piece was done while watching a little more than one inning of major league baseball
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It was good to be back in the saddle of the Concept 2 rowing machine again, after taking more than two weeks off.

Happy trails.

 

Counting Down to Rowing Again

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Part of today’s run was alongside a track filled with stationary stored railroad cars.

Today was another in a string of days without rowing but in less than a week I should be able to resume indoor rowing.

Today’s aerobic activity was a 3+ mile run at low altitude and moderate temperature of around 70-72 degrees F.

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Today’s run data

Happy trails.