Attempt No2. World Indoor Rowing Virtual Champs - Heartbeat

 I've a new phrase, JGID doesn't really flow very well  😆 stands for Just Get It Done. So off the back of a early start (6.30am) off the back of a late night (1.30am) after having to get a few things sorted for the kids. A morning in work (sat on my butt in meetings mainly) I headed down to the gym in work and was gutted as I walked in to see someone on the erg 😆 but he was off after a few minutes, so warm up done, target of 323 (I like that number 😆) and off I set, 324m first rep, nuts, oh well new target 😆  all went well, 4th rep slightly short but funnily the average overall came back to 323 after my 10m deduction 😞

Still think the power guys should be smashing this at 1:25 ish pace but we'll see

Oh yes, the arm started falling towards me on the last two reps 😆 

30r20 HRR max 153

 That was a nice row, shows a bit of progression in terms of the old heart ❤️ 😉

World Indoor Rowing Virtual Champs - Heartbeat

 8by1 min 1min rest, the aim is to hit the same distance on every rep, this is similar to the 6by1 I did in the olden days... lol well 10 years ago, used to be able to get that done in 1:25 ish... today slightly more conservative to get a score on the door, aimed for 313, got 314 on first rep so locked that in, nerve wracking at the end of every minute to see what the total comes out as 😆 

30r20 battling the machine

 Battling the machine tonight, not in the normal way, but because the machine in the gym I go to when I take my son to swimming lessons is not well looked after, well, actually its been abused to be honest.. badly... I'll pop those pictures up first, literally the machine moved across the floor on every stroke, front legs had been bent so that it was sat on the wheels, back legs missing the rubber, I tried to drop a couple of weights on but still every stroke the machine edged back and forth, also max drag was 98 ... so anyways did my best, but went from a 30r20 TT to a HRR row. Turned out quite well bearing all that in mind.

2025 World Rowing Virtual Series - Metronome

 Extremely last chance last minute attempt at this, I had another go about a week ago but tried using a different app than ergdata and I just couldn't find the info I needed, so back to trusted and tested etgdata and a few notes on my erg and after a 2k warm up I set off, thought I'd messed the stroke count twice, especially on the last split, but I actually hit it dead on. Wait to see if anyone else has a last minute try or held back their result, but happy with mine, although another 4m would have been nice.

Tough one 3by3k 3r r26

 All day trees.... 😆 so 3k of rowing at r26 3 min rest go again and again. Tired legs but good training for the brain as I was able to maintain the pace and stroke rate even though the legs where asking for a relax on the couch. Job done, training box ticked, onwards and upwards. 

Mum's birthday today, 29th August, sadly unable to speak directly with her as shes no longer with us, but she was still with me in my heart today, love you mum xx.

4by2k 3r r24 more proper training

 Back from the old plans from Q - 4by2k r24 3r 30r20 pace, so what does that mean, well 2,000m then rest for 3 minutes, do four of them in total rating 24 strokes per minute and use current 30r20 pace as a guide, for me that's currently 1:53 pace, so that went well then didn't it 😀 well... not quite as OCD as I'd like...