Imperialtastic - Mile TT

This morning when I woke up, I thought "Gonna nail that Mile tonight" ( Concept2 indoor rower )

An hour later I had projectile vomit from a cup of black Assam tea - too strong for me and didn't I know about it!

A few hours later I felt ok. Was a bit tired but still determined.

Decided to do a 2 mile warm up for a change, instead of the usual 1k.

3218m - 2:00.0 - r23 - felt pretty good, starting to get a little sweat on but not out of breath.

Felt a bit faint before starting the TT, wondered if my nutritional prep had been sufficient, then decided to stop being a wuss and get on with it.

Plan was to stick around 1:40-1:41 until the finish line appeared on the horizon and then pick up from wherever felt right.

1609m - 5:20.2 - 1:39.5 - r29

403m - 1:40.7 - r30
403m - 1:41.7 - r29 didn't panic, just kept form and relaxed as much as poss
403m - 1:40.7 - r29
400m - 1:34.7 - r30

I took a lay down next to the rowing machine for about 45 seconds and then looked back at the screen - last stroke was 1:31 r33. I had picked it up from about 400m mark, edging it under 1:40 and then at 200m I put some power down and held it to the line, mostly 1:28 - 1:32. No baldy breathers today, kept it going which was pleasing.

Great confidence boost, shows I'm not as out of shape as I thought. The mental result was even better, I stuck to the plan and finished it off for a change.

2 mile cd

3218m - 2:30 - r22 strapless, chatting to Mat about setting up a 5k race in the gym this week for a Leisure Team head-head-head-head (4 ergs).

90% Mile Time Trial

After a rest day yesterday, time to do a better Mile for this month's Online Concept2 Challenge Series. I felt ok before and started off quite strong but struggled after 3 mins.

403m - 1:38.3 - r29
403m - 1:39.0 - r28
403m - 1:44.4 - r26
400m - 1:43.3 - r25

1609m - 5:26.0 - 1:41.3 - r27 (90% of PB power)

I should at least be able to get this under 1:40 this month if I pace it right and keep the rate up. I did 600m at 1:40 r22 after 5 mins rest just to see how long I could hold 1:40 at low rate for with slightly tired legs.

If this is all gobbledygook, try reading my indoor rowing guide for an explanation of the jargon!

Hat Trick? No chance...

3 days in a row, indoor rowing, was too much tonight. Too tired after previous two days' CTC efforts.

Aimed to go in and put in a Mile TT to test the water as to current ability / fitness. My PB is 1:37.8 pace. I know I'm not in PB shape so I aimed to keep it around 1:40 and see what happened.

The 1k w/u felt unusually tough to keep under 2:00 pace - normally I don't get out of breath and my heart rate is comfy.

Mile attempt - hard first 3 strokes and then into the rhythm. Settled into a 1:38 r31 pace which was obviously a bit much. Instead of backing off I just kept it there and started struggling after about 2 minutes! Stopped at 800m in 1:37.5 r30, too fast

Did a few ploddy intervals afterwards, including a strapless 2k on DF80 for fun @ 1:56.9 r23. Made the session meters up to 7km and came home. May rest altogether tomorrow, we'll see how I feel come 6pm.

Have seen a couple of Grimsby results, great times and sounds like it was a great race day for those who could get there, well done!