Showing posts with label test the metal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label test the metal. Show all posts

Sunday, 11 August 2013

50k @23 - a lesson in stubbornness

The first question is why? Why did I just row 50,000m in one go - non stop - the answer - "because I could" ie the Mrs was out and I got my household chores done yesterday ;-) I don't get a lot of opportunities to knock through long rows so I grab them when I can. Also I wanted to test my resolve on these bum numb'rs (s) - I will be honest - it got tested quite a few times - at the start it was more "this is boring why don't I ditch it and go out on the bike?" in the middle is was "ok this is starting to grate my butt and make my back sore is it worth carrying on?" in the last 3k I felt like crap - only had 3lt of zipvit sports drink set up - no food that I normally have (jellies and Jaffa cakes) so maybe low energy (combined with not really eating much before I started at 2pm) in fact it was hell on the erg - but that's why we do these things - test the metal - today we passed ;-)

OK anyone know the film I was watching - last 3 hours 10 minutes - perfect :-)