Today’s schedule was recovery rowing, from 8K to 15K. I chose 15K.
According to the plan it was supposed to be done at a rating of at least 22 but no more than 25. I made the rating first priority, at 22.
I’m starting to feel a bit tired, which is good because it means the training plan is drawing on what had been surplus energy and using it for building a stronger and more efficient infrastructure for rowing. It’s also good, because I’m sleeping more deeply and soundly and the alarm is waking me, instead of me waking first and shutting off the alarm before it can make a sound.
But feeling tired is also a sign that if the session is a recovery session, I should ease back and make more room for the element of recovery.
Therefore the second priority was HR and target HR was “anything less than 75% max, the lower the better.”
Third and last priority was pace and target pace was “the slower the better.”
Rating was kept near 22 throughout, except briefly in the middle of the session when I totally stopped rowing for a minute or so, to start another documentary video after the first one had finished.
HR started out just a little over 100 and by the end of the session it was in the 80s.
Pace started out at about 2:23 and by end of the session it was down to about 3:05.
Happy trails to you.