Would there be any interest if I set up a H&F team on Concept2? I can count 4 of us now (monte, melk, lozen, myself).

PP W2D6 - 5x3000m/1:00r

1:07:44.8/2:15.4/21 spm/152 HR/160 ending HR

Didn't get out into the garage quite early enough this morning (around 7:30), so it was a bit warm towards the last few intervals. Nice to get back to 15k meters for steady state, though, even if my ending HR might have been a few beats too high.

Not really sure what a C2 team would entail, but assuming not a ton of extra effort, sure, why not?

I've got a C2 as well, although I don't use it that much (maybe once a week or so). I'm mainly doing a strength programme at the moment. I'm also quite slow.

I do fit loco's stereotype for C2 owners, though.

Rich white subtle brag, lol.

Pretty hardcore packing a C2 on a road trip Monte!

floppy, river, melk, monte, lozen, the affiliate has been created. Go to Profile -> Affiliation -> search for H&F

Not sure if this link will work

Arjun,

Joined!

5/19
PP W3D1 - 4x1000m/5:00r
14:45.6/1:50.7/32 spm/186 HR
1000_1 - 3:36.1/1:48.0/33 spm/180 HR
1000_2 - 3:38.2/1:49.1/32 spm/186 HR
1000_3 - 3:41.8/1:50.9/32 spm/189 HR
1000_4 - 3:49.5/1:54.7/31 spm/187 HR
r6040

Obviously went out a bit too fast, maybe because a garage at the beach is hotter than my basement. 1:50 pace across next time, maybe. Did a light 10 minute warmup row beforehand, so today ended up being 10k meters.

Arm is feeling marginally better, so did some frequency push-ups yesterday. We'll see how it goes.

Also joined. Thanks Arjun!

PP W3D2 - 5x3000m/1:00r
1:07:55.1/2:15.8/20 spm/161 HR/167 ending HR

Bit hot in the garage today, so the HR was kind of high, but working up a good sweat is still kind of nice. First 3 3k pieces were sub 2:15, then 2:17+ and 2:18+ for the last two.

5/21
PP W3D3 - 3000m, 2500m, 2000m/5:00r
7500 m/29:17.7/1:57.1/26 spm/187 HR
3000_1 - 11:40.2/1:56.7/26 spm/183 HR
2500_2 - 9:47.0/1:57.4/26 spm/188 HR
2000_3 - 7:50.4/1:57.6/27 spm/191 HR
r4114

Two minutes off the pace from a few months ago (iirc this was one of the last workouts before shingles), but given I worked until 11 last night, slept like ass, and did it in a humid garage instead of a cool basement, not terrible.

PP W3D4 - 5x3000m/1:00r
1:07:39.5/2:15.3/21 spm/146 HR/151 ending HR

Was up until 2:30 working last night, so not ideal; got my regulatory submission in and hopefully accepted, so mission accomplished though.

5/24
PP W3D5 - 5000m
19:11.8/1:55.1/26 spm
1k_1 - 3:51.3/1:55.6/26 spm
1k_2 - 3:50.8/1:55.4/26 spm
1k_3 - 3:49.8/1:54.9/26 spm
1k_4 - 3:50.2/1:55.1/27 spm
1k_5 - 3:49.8/1:54.9/28 spm

Some gains here, even though I may have shorted out my HR monitor with sweat. Didn't sync completely with my phone app so I had to enter it manually anyway, so the full suite of data I never look at isn't there for this one. Exactly 4 seconds off my 5k PR, so not bad.

5/25
PP W3D6 - 5x3000m/1:00r
1:05:49.7/2:11.6/21 spm

Need to buy a new HRM I suppose; this session was obviously "too intense", but likely not as much as it seems due to my white coat syndrome. Maybe I'll tape over the part of the screen that shows HR once I get a new monitor and see what happens.

5/25
PP W4D1 - 8x500m/3:30r
4000 m/14:10.9/1:46.3/33 spm
500_1 - 1:47.7/31 spm
500_2 - 1:46.9/32 spm
500_3 - 1:46.3/33 spm
500_4 - 1:46.8/33 spm
500_5 - 1:46.0/34 spm
500_6 - 1:45.8/32 spm
500_7 - 1:45.9/33 spm
500_8 - 1:45.5/34 spm
r7767m

Shaved a minute total off three weeks ago, so not bad; bit closer to the sub-1:45 goal. Lengthened my stroke the last three intervals and that helped. Added a 10 minute warmup to my rest meters.

5/26
PP W4D2 - 5x3000m/1:00r
1:06:14.6/2:12.4/21 spm

Still likely "too fast", but k otherwise.

5/27

PP W4D3 - 5x1500m/5:00r

7500 m/28:49.3/1:55.2/28 spm

1500_1 - 5:37.6/1:52.5/26 spm

1500_2 - 5:38.9/1:52.9/27 spm

1500_3 - 5:43.1/1:54.3/29 spm

1500_4 - 5:55.5/1:58.5/28 spm

1500_5 - 5:54.2/1:58.0/28 spm

r6748

Rest meters include a lazy ten minute warmup.

Went out a bit slowly in terms of stroke rate and my legs (quads) just didn't have the endurance to push as hard as I did on the first few rounds. Even with falling off quite a bit, still almost averaged 5:45 per interval, which was what I guessed would be a reasonable goal. As I recall, almost getting to 5:40 across was the best I ever did, so some improvements are coming.

Legs are feeling a bit heavy, likely from no real off days and harder than normal steady state. I'll back off on the steady state and plan for an off day next Monday when we drive home.

5/28
PP W4D4 - 5x3000m/1:00r
1:09:20.6/2:18.6/21 spm

5/29
PP W4D5 - 5000m (+10:00 wu/10:00 cooldown)
19:16.6/1:55.6/26 spm
1k_1 - 3:49.4/1:54.7/25 spm
1k_2 - 3:51.7/1:55.8/26 spm
1k_3 - 3:54.7/1:57.3/26 spm
1k_4 - 3:51.5/1:55.7/26 spm
1k_5 - 3:49.2/1:54.6/27 spm
r4425

Felt like hot buttered AIDS from the first warmup stroke and almost called it after ten strokes of the 5k proper because my legs felt so heavy, but I told my innerEV I was on my purpose and kept going. Happy to only have lost half a second per split, mostly because I apparently rested in the middle 1k. Probably necessary.

Have a day off Monte! Have you rowed like 15 days straight? You're gaining fitness, but not able to express it because of fatigue.

Yeah I'm aware; we were planning to drive back home tomorrow, so I was going to take a day off then, but we've decided to stay a few days. I'll do some steady state today and then take tomorrow off.

Makes sense, sorry wasn't trying to be a know it all. I thought you just got carried away with training. I've been guilty of that in the past and it never ends well.

Yeah no worries man. I was trying to decide whether to row D1 tomorrow to hit a 300k month, but sometimes it's harder to take your own advice than give it to others. Rest day tomorrow.

5/30
PP W4D6 - 5x3000m/1:00r
1:08:25.9/2:16.8/22 spm

292000m this month - big PR. Little illusory because I started tracking my warmups too, but whatever. 300k next month.

Seems like the level of rioting in Indy is non-trivial. You still heading back soon?

Indeed; apparently not far from our house, either. I'm not really all that concerned, but her parents wanted us to stay another week anyway, so whatever. We went shark fishing today, so pretty decently better than an 11 hour drive.

Do you catch and release or do you eat them? I don't know the first thing about fishing.

I actually ate shark on occasion when I was a kid. It was K, but I definitely don't miss it.