40r20 70% HRR

Away for the weekend as it was our first wedding anniversary - although as the Mrs had a hour long massage booked I did find a erg for a 30r20 on the Saturday - bit sweaty in the gym though. Then yesterday although at home needed to sort a few things out and then up today to get in early for a pre-work row but as I was about to leave my daughter had other ideas and needed a hug or two :o)

So down at lunchtime and dialed in a 40 min row with the target or 20 spm and aim to keep in the 70% HRR bracket (143) new HR watch to test today - anniversary/birthday/xmas present combined - fenix 3 - unfortunately it doesn't currently allow a connection to the PM4 so had the 910xt for that. Very busy in the gym and although it nearly derailed my session I managed to crack on and actually got quite a good rhythm going - very happy with the result


10,996m
1:49.4
AVE HR 139
MAX HR 146

some meters - 30r20 70% HRR

Just wanted a plod this morning so that's what I did - netflix went down after two minutes :o(

 the new concept2 logbook is up and running - some bits I like some bits I'm going to miss - used to be good to see the comments on the log so I could quickly distinguish between heart rate capped pieces and there bands as well as rate capped

Rowvember - can you taste blood....

Yesterday’s meters - 30r20 75% 40r20 70%

Today rowvember had a message this morning asking me if I'd seen it and would be rowing it - I had seen it but wasn't planning in doing it - I had a free t-shirt dangled in my face and that was it - 5k race warm up and set myself a target of sub 1:25 – I’d rowed 707m (1:24.8) on the 7th May (2min controlled pop ctc) which I spotted so that seemed a reasonable target … don’t say it …. (I just discovered in May on the 29th I pulled 716m 1:23.7 c2ctc 2min glad I hadn’t seen that earlier)

Set off hard and the usual story after about 30 seconds of feeling on top of the world the “ache” in the thighs started still I told myself and actually believed it – that the pain/ache wouldn’t increase at the same level. Also reminded myself of the pain I was in pre operation and this was a tickle in comparison. So dug in and managed to stick to the plan ending with 706m – and a very strong taste of blood in my mouth with the feeling of wanting to be sick lol – hope the t-shirt is worth it! Might go again though – that was fun … not!

Todays rows - 30r20 75% & 40r20 70%

Not really feeling "it" at the moment - especially in the 40 minute row - just doing it rather than stuffing my face in the canteen to be honest.

Struggling ....

Yesterday having not rowed since Friday morning I was in with enough time for a 30 min pre work session but after about 3 minutes I stopped - it just didn't feel right on my back - I'd struggled with discomfort since Friday and it slowly got worse to the point my legs where giving me odd sensations which is worrying as it means the disc is affecting the nerve(s) I took the lunchtime session of from rowing and did this new exercise I'd heard or "running" but boring so then I did a few weights and stretches.

This morning I cam in and basically sat on the erg with the premise that if I got one inkling of anything wrong I would get off - 30r20 70% HRR done and felt ok'ish

 So lunchtime came and i decided to get one of my "tougher" sessions done - again on the premise that if I thought for one second it was causing me a issue I would get off. 2k warm up done and I picked last weeks finishing split (1:36.0) and aimed at 1:35.9 for the first rep and negative split - I did increase the pace to r28 which is still very controlled but should be easier on the back. All went well although slightly annoyed that the last rep wasn't sub 1:30 - i achieved 1:33.9 r28 and then the monitor went back and the session wasn't saved on it nor the ergdata - luckily I had taken photos at the end of each rep and stuck them together lol

beat the beat - 4by2k r24 3r

So today was set for one of my three tough sessions - that being 4by2k r24 with 3 minute rest - I did this on the 27th October (see here) and after consultation with Q we decided on hitting the same splits in order to see how the heart and lungs where reacting to the recent training - so hopefully hit same splits with a lower heart beat -

Last time
1:41.9  162 (6:47.8)
1:41.9  168 (6:47.7)
1:41.8  173 (6:47.5)
1:41.5  177 (6:46.0)

So having got into work at 7:15 I was in two minds as to whether or not to go straight up to my desk and lave a longer lunch break or just get it done - I opted to get it done - no one in the gym at that time - lunchtime can be a mixed bag of people and that tends to distract me. So through the 5k warm up and into the first 2k after a 5 minute rest - corr I wasn't liking this - so many HD thoughts - weird as it wasn't that tough really - but corr did I want to stop. Still got to get this box ticked so got it done. Second 2k was actually reasonably pleasant in comparison. The third one and a leg burn came on within the first minutes - but told myself that although that came on quickly it wouldn't keep getting worse at the same rate so head down and plow through. The I did a stupid thing - as I was about to take a monitor photo of the end strokes instead of hitting the "yes" on the "do you want to continue" that ergdata displays on these reps I pressed the "Menu/Back" button on the PM4 itself!!! I quickly realised and clocked the rest time remaining 2m30s then set the stopwatch on my phone to 2min (probably took me 30 seconds to get to the stopwatch) and set a stand alone 2k - set off as the stopwatch hit zero and then drilled the first 7 strokes and settled back - put the push on at the end and finished in a sweaty heap - the result

1:41.9  161 (6:47.8)
1:41.8  165 (6:47.4)
1:41.6  166 (6:46.6)

1:41.2  170 (6:44.8)

Job done then and HR showing the improvement.

More base building meters - 40r20 70% HRR

and again Netflix went down on me - after about 18 minutes I think :o(