EDS Fact #14 — Fatigue changes the rules.
For many living with EDS, recovery isn’t only about muscles — nervous system fatigue, poor sleep, long days and stress all affect performance. Sometimes the win is simply showing up, moving well and keeping the rhythm under control.
4:30am alarm.
Dublin and back.
Home around 7pm.
On the erg at 10:30pm.
This was never going to be a session about pace chasing or testing limits. It was about protecting the block, staying consistent and getting quality metres done despite the day sitting around it.
30:00 continuous @ r20
7,249m
2:04.1/500m average
The row started exactly where it should have after a day like that — controlled and slightly heavy through the first 10 minutes while the body caught up with itself. From there the rhythm gradually settled and the pace slowly built without forcing it.
5:00 — 2:06.0
10:00 — 2:05.0
15:00 — 2:05.0
20:00 — 2:04.0
25:00 — 2:03.0
30:00 — 2:01.8
Heart rate behaved properly again too after fitting the new Duracell battery to the strap, rising smoothly from 121 to 139 with no dropouts.
That’s the kind of session that matters more than it looks on paper. Not dramatic. Not flashy. Just another controlled row added to the foundation.
The engine keeps moving forward through consistency, not heroics.
Built through control.
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