Its late in the evening... 30r20 75% HRR

But there's still time to row

Been a busy day but jobs done I headed out to the shed to row - put a film on called "The siege of jadotville" watching the end of it now would recommend it - based on a true story.



Anyhew the row went quite well another step forwards - felt comfortable - and got a good rhythm

30r20 AM 2k r26 ish... lol PM

So spent the majority of yesterday painting the outside of the house - look great but im knackered lol still managed to get in early somehow so 30r20 75% HRR before I started work and for lunch I was just getting more and more tired and in the end plumped for a 2k r26 piece aiming at 1:37.5 after my full race warm up I set off and it was in no way easy but happy to say I stuck with in and got the result so a happy but tired Paul today

30r20 75% HRR

Just trying to control the chimp on my shoulder and get some consistent training in no matter the pace

In the darkness at the moment - 30r20 75% HRR

Well following on from the working to the "preparing for the sunrise" I must be currently in the dusk - 30r20 at 75% when fully firing would lead to a split average of (at my peak this season) 1:47.3 - today 1:54.6 - still can't get much worse lol onward and upwards 

30r20 75% HRR after work

So appointment this morning and late into work meant working through lunch - finished at 5:30 and decided to do a 30r20 before rather than get stuck in traffic.

Started very well with my 75% HRR cap and all going swimmingly till about ten minutes in when a girl came in and turned up the temperature from 16 to 18 (without asking anyone else) then turned it up to 20 ffs! As a buddy was finishing I asked him to drop it back to 18 at about twenty minutes - she then went back and turned it up to 20! So pissed of I had to slow down - would have been a SB if she hadn't messed - still got a decent time.

30r20 75% HRR - after three days off

Having three days off from the erg usually means I get punished on a return to HR restricted rows - but not today - up early to get dogs walked and have this erg session done before my daughter wakes up as I'm off work it's a bit topsy-turvy training wise. Yesterday I got some time to sort the erg shed out - brought home the model D to train on from work. I did start a session on Christmas Eve but I was still blown apart from the previous days 8by500's. Today's just went well from the off - think I managed about 15 minutes sub 1:45 ave. Ended up with a season best for the session. Merry Christmas everyone

30r20 75% HRR - the shed sweat pay off

After spending the last two mornings sweating through some 30r20 75% HRR in the cold humid shed at a lowly 1:49/50 pace today was the pay off as I returned to the comfort of a air conditioned gym. Although I found it tough at the start (and also forgot my Garmin HR strap - so used the Suunto which although connected to the Monitor wasn't picked up on the Garmin watches for obvious reasons) I soon saw some good numbers and persevered - onward and upwards

more sweat in the shed - 30r20 75% HRR on the model B

Another early morning session to keep the heart pumping - 30r20 75% HRR - some amount of sweat generated again in the low temp and high humidity

Why I row to HR - 30r20 75% HRR

Perfect example of why I use HR to govern the bulk of my ergs - although it would be obvious that I would be tired today both mentally (due to lack of sleep) and physically (yesterdays 4by750 following on from Mondays 12by1min) it would be hard to work out how much to drop pace on one of my core sessions without the HR - Monday and Tuesday saw this session at 1:47.5 pace (8,369m both days) where as today we ended with 1:49.1 (8,248m) a drop of 121m - this isn't a drop in form this is showing that the body is fatigued and as such this lunchtime will see a "easier" session than I would if I hit a better pace. Still good training and certainly got a sweat on.

Snap - 30r20 75% HRR

Yesterday I rowed a 30r20 75% HRR in the morning before work - 8,369m - (Ave HR 146 Max HR 157) this morning I rowed a 30r20 75% HRR in the morning before work - 8,369m - (Ave HR 148 Max HR 157) - OK I'm probably finding this funnier than normal as our daughter has a bit of a cough and had me up at 2am, 4am and 5am (up for work just before 6am) if I had tried to hit the same meters there's no way I would have lol