Ethereal Rowing

Yesterday’s rowing plan didn’t work out as anticipated so I had to wait until today to more row according to that plan. (Awkward pun intended.)

For reference, the yesterday plan was : easy the first 10 of 30 minutes and then alternating intervals every other minute to the finish. But heart rate got too wild too soon yesterday so that plan had to wait until today to more row. (Sorry, but I really like that pun.)

To approach a description of today’s rowing without any wordplay: Today’s idea was same as yesterday’s and today it was successful – HR was not too high and therefore all 10 intervals were accomplished. HR started to go too high during the 9th interval but settled down enough during active rest that the 10th interval was done according to plan.

If you’d like to either view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available at this link: June 11th, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

Happy rowing and vitality to you!

The plan for this 30 minute piece was: easy the first 10 minutes and then intervals for every other minute until the end. But HR was too high after the first two intervals so there was more rest than anticipated and only 5 intervals instead of 10 during the last 20 minutes.

This session was online with one other rower who was located in Deutschland (Germany).

For quite a while – several months or longer – I’ve tried alternatives to rowing online which included listening to music, watching movies, watching documentary videos, watching educational videos and once in a while rowing with the “company” of one or more software-generated pace boats.

But my favorite is to row in the virtual company of other people with the only background sounds being the “singing of the chain” on the rowing machine and other ambient sounds in the room.

To say it another way: it seems that if a person can focus on the rowing workout it is more enjoyable than with something to “take the mind off” the process of rowing.

If you’d like to either view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available at this link: June 10th, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

Happy rowing to you!

Another dose of daily rowing. This session was mostly alternating minutes, after the first 10 minutes. Online in a group of five.

If you’d like to either view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available at this link: June 9th, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

Happy rowing to you!

Indoor rowing daily is vital unless you have another daily activity to elevate your heart rate for 20 to 30 minutes or more, daily. Today I wanted to row 5K. There was one already scheduled online for 12 minutes in the future. I joined that one but the rowpro/digitalrowing.com/Oarbits server would not work. After several tries I dropped out of that session and made my own online session as a QR and did it alone.

The method I used for the purpose of keeping heart rate elevated during the approximately 30 minutes was to row relatively fast for about 1 minute at the begining of the 5K and every 1,000 meters after that. It seemed to do the job well. In between the 1 minute intervals I rowed slowly, sometimes with only one hand while sipping coffee or water.

Before the 5K session, there was a 1,500 meter warmup that is not shown here. It is normally the case that I row at least a little bit to warmup or test, in addition to the main rowing session for the day. Graphs and data for those are usually not shown or even mentioned but they are viewable in the link to my online logbook, further below.

If you’d like to either view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available at this link: June 8th, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

Happy rowing to you!

Caught myself procrastinating – putting off rowing this morning so that’s why this 5K was called Just Do Something when setup as a QR ( QR = unscheduled) on Oarbits. The something turned out to be an easy 5K with each K beginning with an interval lasting about one minute.

If you’d like to either view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available at this link: June 7th, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

Happy rowing to you!

The plan for this 5,000 meters was: maintain a fairly constant effort which would average 2 minutes 15 seconds per 500 meters. When the average pace became either faster or slower than the target, I would slow down or speed up to get it back to target. When there were about 30 seconds projected time remaining, I picked up the pace to around 2 minutes per 500 meters until the finish line.

If you’d like to either view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available at this link: June 6th, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

Happy rowing to you!

Today’s 30 minute piece alternated every other minute from slow to a little faster. Online but alone. Tried joining another scheduled session but after checking in, screen was blank showing nobody, not even me, even though other rowers were there. It was yet another server problem in a long string of recent similar ones.

If you’d like to either view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available at this link: June 5th, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

Happy rowing to you!

Today’s rowing was scheduled online about 20 minutes in advance. Nobody else joined so I rowed alone. To help make up for lack of company, I focused on pace and aimed for a new season best in 6K. The target rating was 28 SPM.

I also focused on HR. It behaved fairly well and didn’t force me to slow down.

If you’d like to either view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available at this link: June 4th, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

Happy rowing to you!

In contrast to the recent string of server problems for the RowPro online server, it worked well today. Today’s session was 30 minutes online in a group of nine and everything worked fine!

If you’d like to either view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available at this link: June 3rd, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

Happy rowing to you!

This 30 minute piece was done as a gentle race against a Pace Boat. The PB setting was 2 minutes 23 seconds per 500m.

It was done offline. For information of RowPro users: the reason it was done offline is because there was yet another in a recent string of problems with the RowPro / Oarbits online server. Today the problem was: when I tried to access the online rowing area with RowPro, the indicator remained orange in the bottom left of the RowPro screen. That orange indicator means the software is trying to login to Oarbits… but hasn’t been able to do so. I was able to use the Oarbits scheduling interface in RowPro to schedule an online rowing session…. but not to access it and “check in” when it was time to row.

If you’d like to either view or row along with the screen recording of today’s session it is available at this link: June 2nd, 2021 online rowing session.

Data for any workout sessions for any day can be seen in detail via this: link to the online logbook. To see a session’s data and interactive graph click the “+” sign in “Action” column for that session.

Happy rowing to you!