The Other Twenty Minutes | 60r20 · Slides

I rowed the full hour on slides at The Great Hall. It came to 14,914 m at 2:00.7/500 m and 20 strokes a minute.

The PM5 at the end of the hour. 14,914 m at r20.

The first recommendation was forty minutes, with Friday’s 4 × 2k coming up. I asked for the hour back. Wednesday had been a rest day, and there was no need to make it up. Thursday already had an hour in the plan, and I wanted to do the easy work I’d set aside for it.

I eased off through the middle to keep my heart rate in check. The slowest split was 2:01.8. I let the pace come back towards the end and the last seven and a half minutes came in at 1:59.7, still at r20. Garmin averaged 140 bpm and topped out at the 146 bpm ceiling.

Garmin recorded 140 bpm average, 146 bpm maximum and no sampled seconds above the ceiling.

Pace and power from the erg fields carried in the Garmin FIT recording.

All eight 7:30 splits at r20. The detail screen displays 2:00.6 for the overall pace. Time and distance give 2:00.7 rounded.

The Great Hall meter read approximately 10.1°C and 75% relative humidity.

There’s a time to arrive fresh, and I’ll make room for that when I’m racing or doing a time trial. Friday is training. If I keep taking twenty minutes off the easy rows to freshen up for the next hard one, I’ll have fewer of the hours I need to rebuild my aerobic base.

We move forwards by walking towards the horizon, not by waiting for sunset.