21 May 2026
EDS FACT #15 — Fatigue with EDS isn’t always solved by stopping completely. Sometimes it’s about adjusting the load, respecting recovery, controlling intensity, and still finding a way to move consistently within your limits. Sustainable progress is built through management, not destruction.
Some sessions are built on freshness.
Others are built on discipline.
Today was definitely the second category.
Long day on the road. Up at 4:30am, Dublin and back, home around 7pm, and by the time I got into the shed it was already pushing late. The easy option would’ve been to skip it completely. Instead, the goal became simple:
Get under the handle. Stay controlled. Build another layer.
40 minutes continuous at r20.
No chasing numbers early. No forcing pace. Just settling the flywheel, keeping the stroke long, and letting the session gradually come to me instead of trying to attack it.
The opening 5 minutes were deliberately conservative at 2:06.9 pace with HR at 120. From there the rhythm slowly tightened naturally across the row:
10 min — 2:05.8
15 min — 2:04.6
20 min — 2:03.8
25 min — 2:03.1
30 min — 2:02.7
35 min — 2:01.9
40 min — 2:01.1
That’s the kind of progression I like seeing right now. Controlled pressure instead of emotional rowing.
Final numbers:
40:00 continuous
9695m
2:03.7/500m
r20
134 avg HR / 147 max
Drag factor 152
185w average
806 strokes
Respiration stayed stable for most of the session before gradually climbing late as the effort tightened up. Nothing explosive. Just steady aerobic loading and fatigue resistance built through repeatable work.
That’s really what this current block is about.
Not hero sessions.
Not testing fitness every night.
Just stacking controlled metres together and letting consistency do the work over time.
Another stripe earned.
Another session locked in.
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