Today’s rowing was 12K plus a bit more to help make up for the past days which included either no rowing at all or less than 10K. The chosen distance was 17,234 meters. An odd distance, in that it is not a standard distance, the results of which can be entered into the Concept2 world … Continue reading “An Odd But Even Distance”
Today’s session was supposed to be a steady distance/recovery session of from 8K to 15K or more. So I chose to do a half marathon, with the thought in mind that it would compensate for not rowing at all tomorrow on the Pete Plan rest day. (One of my goals this season is to raise … Continue reading “Pretend To Row In The Desert”
Today’s Pete Plan session was called “hard distance ~5K+” so I chose 5K. In order to get a total distance of more than 10K today, I did a 3K warm up and then another 3K afterwards. For the 5K, the pace was a mix. Did the first 1,500 meters at about 1:54 point something and … Continue reading “Happily Hard Distance”
Today was the day for 4x2K in the Pete Plan. 4x2K R5:00, to be more specific. The previous time this session was done, 3 weeks ago, the average pace for all 4 intervals was 1:57.5 and so that was the target pace for all but the last of today’s four 2K intervals. The final interval … Continue reading “Four Times Two K”
I’ve done it both ways and to be early and get the rowing done first thing in the morning is always better. Coffee even tastes better afterwards. Today’s session was Pete Plan designated as steady distance / recovery. Not much to recover from yesterday though. The distance chosen today was 11K. DF 120. Average rating … Continue reading “Be Early”
Today’s session was a Pete Plan speed pyramid, like the one done on December 4th a few weeks ago in the previous training cycle. Only this time I didn’t scratch it and it went like it was supposed to. If you look at the result of this session on Dec 4th, the target rate for … Continue reading “Speed Pyramid”
Today’s training session was an approximation of some kind of steady state while doing indoor rowing. The name for the session is “steady distance” and it is supposed to be a distance of from at least 8K to 15K (or more if desired) while rowing at a rating of anywhere from 22 to 25. Today’s … Continue reading “Steady Distance”
Today was not a twofer because I’m almost caught up to being current again in the Pete Plan training. So I did a “hard distance” at a pace vigorous enough to qualify as “hard” though it was not at a race pace. It was preceded and followed by 2.5K warm up and warm down. So … Continue reading “Hard Enough, Distance Enough”
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 … Continue reading “Another Twofer”
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.