Indoor Rowing
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Oct 2023
1:46pm, 14 Oct 2023
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Nellers
As usual the problem is entirely from the neck up. Slightly different plan to try to sneak up on my mental state: I'm going to go again tomorrow by setting up the pace boat from my last successful 2k and just try to beat it by a second or so, then do it again next week, and so on every week or 2 until I explode or I can't beat it any more. I mean, it's like they said about Kiptum and the marathon, right? If he'd just run each mile a little bit quicker he'd have gone under 2 hours, and if he can run a 2:51 kms surely he could have run 2:50s? 
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Oct 2023
11:50am, 15 Oct 2023
41,365 posts
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Nellers
Well that worked wonders: Kept the pace boat from September behind me the whole way and took 2 seconds off the season’s best. Feel a lot more positive after that than I did yesterday (obviously!) and, once again, I feel like there was more in the tank physically. I just need to sort my head out somehow so I can use it! |
Oct 2023
12:21pm, 15 Oct 2023
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Muttley
That's more like it! And a decent negative split too. Nicely done sir!
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Oct 2023
12:06am, 16 Oct 2023
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Jef
Nellers that is a beauty !! Nicely done Sir 😎
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Oct 2023
7:24am, 16 Oct 2023
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Nellers
In a week I've gone from doing my Monday AM session with no shirt and 2 fans to having a wooly hat and thermal on for the warm up! It's 5C out there!
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Oct 2023
7:27am, 16 Oct 2023
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Nellers
Actually I’ve just got I. The shed and it’s 1.1c!🥶😱
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Oct 2023
7:55am, 16 Oct 2023
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Angus Clydesdale
Oooft! Brrrrr….
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Oct 2023
8:00am, 16 Oct 2023
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Muttley
I notice the relatively stable hr in that screenshot -- I'm guessing you were well revved up when you started?
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Oct 2023
8:14am, 16 Oct 2023
41,379 posts
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Nellers
Apparently I make a good heater. 3.7c by the time I’ve done 10 x 45 seconds free rate with 90 sec rests.🥵
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Oct 2023
8:21am, 16 Oct 2023
41,380 posts
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Nellers
The monitor shows the hr at the end of the split rather than the average, Muttley, so it’s not quite as even as it looks there but yes, I’d done a good warm up. 3 min @r16, 2 min @ r18, 1 min @ r20, then steady row with 5 stroke surges on each minute with the intensity of those surges increasing each minute (more or less). 17 minutes total to get things warmed up and ready to go. |
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