A Slight Address Change

Today's blog post is about the above (pictured) website and of course ALSO about the rowing session done today by yours truly.  To read more about the above (pictured) website either go directly to their website at fatchancerow.org or click the link to my new blog address (below) and read more there.

My blog has slightly moved.  It is at more or less the same address, but its web address is now shortened by a few letters.

Today's blog post can be found at THIS LINK and until further notice, all future blog posts for Ethereal Rowing will be at etherealrowing.com

Happy trails.

Just Doing The Distance

Today the only goal was to ride the Concept 2 rail until the set distance was finished.  Took a few breaks, watched some video and TV.

finish screen

session report

Climbing A Hill

For today's rowing a distance of 13,500 meters was set.  The goal was to "climb a hill" with heart rate by adjusting effort so that by the time the distance was halfway done, heart rate would climb up beyond the top of the pink target zone for heart rate.  The top of the target zone was the upper edge of heart zone #2. After reaching the halfway point and getting heart rate slightly above HR zone 2, the second half of the session was used as a warm-down.

Today's finish screen.

session report

Seven Spikes

Today's session was designed to be one hour in duration.  It was a set distance of 13,400 meters with a target heart rate of 145 + or - 12 bpm and it included seven sets of "power tens" - ten hard strokes, every 1,000 meters during the last half of the session.  After the last set of ten hard strokes, there was a warm down which consisted of rowing at a pace that was slow enough to bring the "projected finish" displayed on the C2's PM to slightly more than an hour.

today's finish screen

today's session report

 Happy trails.

Back To Normal Daily Heart Zones Again

This photo of an anonymous boy on a C2 gives you a sense of perspective and a reason to smile.  He will grow into it and get faster and stronger every year.

Yesterday was the last day of super-easy, no-target rowing sessions for a while.  The super-easy sessions were being done as a way of "recovering" from the marathon. Today's rowing session was an odd distance of 13,400 meters which was selected because I knew that if I used an effort that would keep heart rate somewhere in heart zone 1, it would take about an hour.  The goals were to row for an hour in heart zone 1 and/or heart zone 2. It was mostly in zone 1.

today's finish screen

Today's report

Happy trails.

Easy Rowing

This is not a picture of easy rowing.

The rehydration from the marathon is virtually complete.  This morning I was only about 1 1/2 pound lighter than before doing the marathon, so I'm going to call that negligible and well within the range of daily weight variation.

Today's rowing was easy.  Very easy, while watching videos and taking a couple of bathroom breaks which were probably made necessary because of the large mug of coffee before rowing.  It was a timed hour which amounted to less than 10K of actual rowing.

today's finish screen

today's report

Happy trails.

Rehydration Takes Time

Standing in the shower,,, or in a puddle... isn't how people rehydrate.

This morning at weigh-in I still weighed 3 pounds less than before yesterday's marathon, therefore re-hydration is not yet complete and I'm about 3 pints low.

The only practical way to re-hydrate is also the simplest way.

I also seem to have a craving for salt, so at the moment I'm having a snack consisting of an apple sliced into almost 20 thin slices, each slice sprinkled generously with sea salt.

Today's rowing was a timed hour but actual rowing time was less because I took several breaks.  The only goal for today was to row easy and equal or exceed 10K during the hour.

today's finish screen.

Today's report.

Happy trails.