Today there was only enough time for 8,000 meters, instead of 10K or more. It was because of the previously mentioned water heater removal and replacement, which I decided to do myself. It was all complete except for the hauling away of the old water heater.
So… today I hauled the old water heater, plus its former housing, which was made of galvanized metal, to a local metal recycling location. By “local,” I mean it was only a 25 mile drive each way, for a round trip of 50 miles.
The amount I was paid for the scrap metal was $9.05, which was more than enough to cover the round trip cost of gasoline.
But, even if they had paid nothing for the old water heater, it would still have been a bargain, compared to the $700 which would have been charged by the Home Depot contractor, for delivery of the new one, removal and replacement and then hauling away of the old one. The contractor would not reduce the cost of installing the new water heater if I delivered the new one myself and hauled away the old one myself, because he said that those services were “free”. So, since he wouldn’t negotiate at all, he lost the entire job.
The round trip to take the old water heater to the metal recycling facility took about two hours. I had to drive on to a scale, have the truck weighed before it was unloaded, then have it weighed again afterwards. The place was very muddy, so after I returned home I had to spend another hour hosing and brushing the mud off the truck.
Today’s 8K was done with the first 2K as warm up, then I watched the HOCR Rowing Power Workout video again and did some of its intervals. I skipped the last interval, so that the last 800 meters or so could serve as a warm down.
Happy rowing to you.