The 12,000m race on RowPro tonight was fun. I clung to Dave O for 5,000m or so before he started to draw away inexorably. At one point I thought that he had cracked but he turned out to be having a drink. After that it was game over.
Meanwhile Shrek and John G were miles ahead in a battle of their own. JG was rowing at a low rate but Shrek pushed him to raise it. Apparently JG shot away at the end, but by then I was going blind as I pushed to the finish 200+m back. My heart rate reached a new high - 196 - for four strokes. I held 195 for a long time. Not sure if that was a good or a bad thing!
I held my pace down for a long time because I was not sure how my body would cope and ended up with a 46:18.9 (1;55.8 split). I think that I could go faster - I found I only need to get 5 seconds quicker to get in to Free Spirits III on CTC which is my target for the end of the month. Given that my 10k PB is a 1:51.9 split I could clearly go way faster when back to fitness.
RowPro crashed (again) during the warm down. The new version (2.010) had already (possibly) made my PM2+ Show "E 004" and needed resetting just before the race.
In general, pretty happy with today. I will aim for sub 46 minutes by the end of the month.
Metres today: 15,954
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Well done Thomas - the fitness is clearly coming back - really pleased for you.
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