Coffeeless, More Or Less

This illustration shows a person whose morning doesn't start until she's had coffee.

Some people think that the morning really hasn't begun until there's coffee.  But today I decided to break the habit of the few days previous and skip coffee and food until after rowing.  To see if it seemed to make any difference with the same target as the past few days, which has been to maintain a heart rate as near as possible to 133 bpm for 10K.

It made only one calorie difference, which is not statistically significant.  And the experience of rowing was no more or less enjoyable than if I'd had coffee first.   So there's no significant indication that coffee adds any kind of lightning bolt boost to rowing, either.

Whether it helps or not, I like to have coffee before doing a race.

It might be that my heart rate was slightly lower without coffee first.  But that is very debatable with my memories of past experience also. And - does it matter at all?

Was pulse rate lower without coffee first?  Does it matter?

At any rate, I'm having coffee now, in between bursts of typing this vital blog post.

That brown stuff could be a lot of different things but in this case it is coffee.

Today's session targeted 133 bpm for the distance of 10K.  I'm determined to do quite a few of these 10Ks @ 133 bpm before switching gears and trying 10Ks at something a little higher such as perhaps 142 bpm.

Today's finish screen

Today's session report