60r18 75% HRR - back in a schedule

Having been in touch with Q we've a plan in place now which calls for a schedule of training. Today was 60r18 75% HRR. Tough row on tired legs from last night but completed and not a bad pace.

20 by 1min on 1min off r20 - pride goeth before a fall...

Tonight I had a decent amount of training time and after doing something light-ish yesterday I wanted to do some pounding today to get the body and mind moving forwards. What better than a 1 min on 1 min off r20 :) so I looked up my blog for a guidance on pace - 20-by-1min-on-1min-off so I see I could manage 1:35 pace - when in full training ... off I went to the shed thinking 1:40 might be a good pace.. I did my full race warm up and re-assessed to 1:37.5 ... I hit the first rep and got a 1:35 ish out if it but on the last stroke the cradle for my phone and phone flew off and also gave a odd reading

 so I restarted and decided to target 1:35 (there goes the pride) and after the third rep the fall came and I dropped to 1:36.4 and on the 5th rep I really blew - completely miss timed the start and struggled my way through .. so there come the thoughts of ditching the session .. but I said to myself just do one more rep and forget the other 14 ... and so that continued and I pushed as much as I could on every single stroke and every rep I had with a small rally at the end - the HR doesn't show the effort but it wouldn't over such a small time frame.

 some of the final reps again showed the stroke count having a mind of it's own in ergdata...

30r20 75% pre interview on my birthday

Wanted to row this morning before a interview so I did, feel it helps the brain work better. 30r20 75% and for a morning row the numbers came out quite well, had to stop briefly after halfway as I forgot to turn the fan on and I was sweating... Lol

Then I got ready and headed for the interview after that I got to enjoy my birthday. Cinema with my daughter as my poor wife had to work bless her.

30r20 85% HRR It's not the fear of the row it's the fear of the fail

Starting to bring in some of the tougher sessions, one of the best and worst of these is the 30r20. It doesn't matter what height, weight, age or fitness abilities you have the 30r20 will take you to places most sane people would avoid....

Now having just started back a all out attack will not be a wise thing. So I originally planned on capping it at 85% HRR (168).

After a quick warm up I started the session and although I was pushed a pace that I knew would have to drop I didn't see the HR climb to a level expected and knew that the muscles where more tired than the heart today so I dropped cap to 80% (160) up to half way and then pushed on again to try and get to the 85%... I did.. It was sweaty. 4.4 TE. But boy the mental torture through a 30r20 lol

3by2k r24 HRR 85% - We are the ones who will never be broken

So today I opted for a interval session - when I was sorting the shed out I found a old training schedule on the wall - it had 3by2k 5r r24 HRR 85% - so as this training schedule was at a good time in my rowing "career" I plumped for it.

Full race warm up at old race pace was tasty...

The into the session - wasn't 100% sure on what pace it would come out at so went for 1:45 to start and let that drift where it needed to ..

7:08.8 1:47.2 r24

7:12.8 1:48.2 r24

7:15.5 1:48.8 r24

TE 3.8

Lloyd this came on towards the end of the third rep and thought of your spirit my buddy

We are the ones who will never be broken

We are the ones who survive

This is the sound that brings us together

You are the one by our side

30r20 75% am

30r20 75% 7,842m 1:54.7 I tend to push hr higher in morning sessions so although the pace is a tad slower than the last one, that was done in the evening. What is annoying me is I'm gaining weight... Guess that's increased blood? Tipped 118kg this morning and been eating health - won't go as far as calorie counting, will see what happens over next week or so. TE 3.7 AVE HR 147

Can't get outside to row indoors so ski in the kitchen instead..

Ye sounds ridiculously but my rowing machine is in the shed at end of garden and the skierg is in kitchen. With the daughter in bed and wife at work till late it was the best option to keep the heart pumping. Just went for a "just ski" option as haven't been on it since December... But managed 40 minutes so happy enough :)