Some indoor rowers like to race online and others do other things. I scheduled two 30 minute online sessions dedicated to the Rowlympic challenge today. (You can read about it HERE if you don’t yet know what it is)
Several guys from several different countries joined in. They all rowed a lot faster than I did but I was happy to just take it easy today and put in the time at a mild aerobic level.
During the first 30 minutes, not everyone of the six who signed up for that session were able to row because I mistakenly clicked the “Prepare to Start” button about 3 minutes before start time, when I had intended to click the “Send” button to send a line of text onto the”Session Chat” screen.
The first 30 minute session turned out to be easy for the other 2 guys also though it seemed that at least one of them really wanted to go a lot faster. The session probably served as a warm up for the other 2 guys, to get them ready for the following session which everybody except me rowed at a much faster pace.
The second 30 minute session turned out to be a bit more of a race for everyone but me. In the second session, Arwed Egger won the gold, Alex Crowe won the silver and Vincent Guéret won the bronze, all considerations of weight class and age not being taken into account. And the rest of the good news is that EVERYBODY finished. Not a single DNF in the 2nd 30 minute session.
Maybe I will race or at least work a little harder tomorrow? Depends on how I feel… but rowing at any pace, even the easiest, it a healthy activity.
Happy trails.