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Apr 2020
10:05pm, 28 Apr 2020
36,161 posts
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Nellers
I'd been rowing pretty much every day through the lockdown but its pretty much all been aerobic steady state stuff. Just base building.
Tonight I did a tempo session: 5 x 2km/250m recovery. It was supposed to be 6 x 2km but I felt like I'd done enough after 5.
Really pleased with how the pace didn't feel too hard and I was able to keep my rate pretty low throughout. I guess that base stuff does some good.
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Apr 2020
6:57am, 29 Apr 2020
374 posts
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Rog T
Strong session, Nellers - great stuff!
I'm well impressed with how long you all seem to be able to spend on the rower. I think my longest time must now be just over 30 minutes (warm up, shake off then the session) and I'm usually pretty uncomfortable by then. I guess that is all part of the training too. I remember my first couple of plays and 10 minutes seemed forever 😃
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Apr 2020
7:11am, 29 Apr 2020
36,163 posts
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Nellers
Yep, you get used to it. By the end of all my Half Marathon rows I;ve felt pretty uncomfortable though.
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Apr 2020
4:30pm, 29 Apr 2020
661 posts
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Muttley
Yeah, I can hack an hour max. With the occasional break is better. Rog, if the seat feels hard a folded over towel works wonders. Or bubblewrap.
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Apr 2020
4:42pm, 29 Apr 2020
36,164 posts
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Nellers
And to be honest a session like that last night I got up off the seat after warm up, at least once in a break between reps, and again before the warm down. 14km total but it was broken up, and also there's a fair bit of wiggling and readjustment in the rest pieces.
I was very much done with that seat by the end of each Half Mara row though.
I've never really felt the need for a towel of padding or bubblewrap but I know plenty of people that do.
You can buy various seat pads (search on Amazon) that have different firmnesses (is that a word?) of foam or cut-out parts which might suit you (or might not).
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Apr 2020
12:07pm, 30 Apr 2020
662 posts
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Muttley
A couple of 20-min reps this morning, 7 mins at 5k pace then 13 at marathon pace. Pacing and heart rates pretty much identical to a couple of days ago so I'll take that, thank you. Onwards and upwards ...
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Apr 2020
12:40pm, 30 Apr 2020
663 posts
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Muttley
Incidentally, the soundtrack today was Crime of the Century, found at the back of the cd shelf during a tidyup. A reminder of what an excellent band Supertramp were.
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Apr 2020
8:15pm, 30 Apr 2020
144 posts
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Craggy
Nice session Nellers, you've built a massive base and I reckon you're in great shape to tackle some middle-long distance TTs.
Well done Muttley! I love finding a long forgotten CD, they bring back great memories.
Rog, I use the C2 seat pad it's not very thick but I feel a little uncomfortable when I forget to use it.
I did the C2 Cross Team Challenge tonight.. 3 x 1721m/4r, managed 1:54.8 pace... a long way behind Sinj! Then did a cool down to finish the season on a nice round 2 million metres 👍
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May 2020
2:47pm, 1 May 2020
1,066 posts
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sinj999
I'm looking forward to this month's C2CTC.
60 sec sprint, from a standing start.
Going for a 10k this evening. Hoping for a seasons best time. 
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May 2020
3:08pm, 1 May 2020
645 posts
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Cats Whiskers
Good luck, sinj!
Sounds like an interesting challenge, Craggy. Where do they get the unusual distances for the reps from?
Rog, I can also vouch for the C2 seat pad. It's made all the difference on longer sessions.
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