Today’s indoor rowing was done while watching a couple of recorded lectures. There were a few interruptions. It barely worked up any perspiration.
Happy perspiring while rowing to you.
Every Rowing Piece Is A Hill Climb
Today’s indoor rowing was composed of two 30 minute pieces and a 9 minute warm down. All three were done online with plenty of inspirational company. I won’t bother to show any screen shots of the warm down – just the two 30 minute pieces.
You can treat each piece as a hill climb and decide in advance whether or not you want to be breathing hard by the time you reach the top of each hill.
I chose to be breathing easy by the time I reached the top of the first 30 minute hill and to be breathing a little harder at the top of the second one. The second of the two 30 minute sessions consumed 29 calories more than the first, so I didn’t work very much harder, though I was breathing a lot harder at its finish, because the second session ended with a sprint.
Happy indoor rowing hill climbing to you.
Rowing Up The Stairs
Today’s main piece was a 30 minute online session with three other rowers. Two of the others were in Europe and one was in the US (Connecticut).
Each person rowed to the beat of his own drummer. My plan for the 30 minutes was to keep the average pace at 2:15 for the first five minutes and then at the beginning of each subsequent five minutes, to increase the pace enough so that the average pace of the session would increase by -1 seconds.
So the first five minutes was done with the Concept 2 monitor displaying an average pace of 2:15.0/500 meters. The second five minutes was completed with the average pace sped up a tiny bit, to 2:14/500 meters and so on until the session ended with the final average pace displayed to be 2:10.0/500 meters.
It felt good. I seem to be coughing up a tiny bit of phlegm lately for some reason and the rowing helps to clear it out. To help a bit more, today I started taking doses of an expectorant syrup whose active ingredient is guaifenesin and which has only a small amount of the toxin known as high fructose corn syrup. (Dr. Robert Lustig, MD, has identified high fructose corn syrup as a toxin).
Happy and easy-breathing rowing to you.
12K Online For Health and Happiness
Today’s session was 12K done online in the company of one other rower who was in Europe. I did the first 6K easy, the last 6K a bit harder and the last 500-800 meters served as a warm down.
May rowing enhance your health and happiness.
It Was Called 10 Km Of Bliss
Today’s indoor rowing piece was online. A session was scheduled at 10:30 am local time, called “10km_of_bliss”. It was at about the right time and distance, so I signed up for it. But the guy who scheduled it didn’t show, so I had the 10K of bliss all to myself.
For this bliss session, I rowed easy for the first 5K and then for the last 5K I increased the effort level, to aim for a HR of 142, with a couple of shorter faster intervals toward the end of the 10K.
It was indeed blissful.
Blissful rowing to you.
Faster Near The Finish
Today I reminded myself of a rented horse which moves reluctantly away from the stable but moves eagerly when returning. The indoor rowing distance was 12,000 meters and while rowing I watched an educational video which featured a speaker with an accent which made him difficult to understand. So I rowed very slowly and quietly, so as to better hear and focus on the video. And took breaks.
But near the very end of the 12,000 meters, the video had finished and the end was near, so I eagerly rowed faster, to get it over with.
Happy finish stretch of rowing to you.
12K Is Ok Today
Today’s activity was 12K scheduled online but solo. It was done at a leisurely pace.
Happy leisurely or otherwise rowing to you.
A Relaxing Time Online
Today’s main rowing session was participation in a 30 minute online session setup by a rower in Italy. He called it “Very relax for all” and it was relaxing enough as far as indoor rowing goes.
Happy relaxing rowing to you.
13+ Miles For The Solstice Challenge
An annual indoor rowing challenge that Concept 2 sponsors is to do 21,000 meters on the 21st of June which is the longest day of the year. They suggest adding 97 meters to the 21K, which brings the distance to a half marathon, which is a little over 13 miles.
So I joined an online HM today and did the half marathon slowly with only one break for a call of nature.
Happy half marathon rowing to you.
About 7 Miles A Bit Warm And Ultra Slow
Today’s rowing was done offline. Without the company of any other rowers, an important incentive to row without taking any breaks was missing. Many breaks were taken, while I rowed and watched a documentary titled Command and Control.
The temperature was a bit too warm for the air conditioning to keep the house as cool as normal and that also contributed to rowing ultra slow.
The distance rowed was 11,000 meters, which is 6.84 miles.
Happy rowing to you.