I assume that's what is meant by cardiac drift? loco can probably explain it better than I can.

11/20
UT3 - 30'
6700m/2:14.3/13.9 spm/131 HR/146 MHR

K enough.

11/21
LD26 (UT2) - 50'
11887m/2:06.2/16.2 spm/152 HR/167 MHR
r2299m (10' warmup)

Stuck with a more gradual increase and my HR was a lot better; probably just going to stick with this type of UT2 for a while and see if it helps with fatigue management.

I'm certainly feeling the freshest I've felt in a while after taking it a little easier on my two UT2s this week. only a week but...may be onto something!

just had a look at your graph and there's a weird drop in hr in your penultimate split. did you stop for a drink or sth?

Nah, rowed all the way through; no idea what happened, so I assume it's just an error from the strap. I'm driving to my parents' house for Thanksgiving on Tuesday, so I'll do a semi-long UT2 tomorrow (70-80' total depending on how I feel), then I'll be off until I get back Sunday (which conveniently enough will be a 90', so at least I'll be rested).

safe trip!

(not tempted to pack your erg in the car?)

What about some cross training during these 4days? Maybe a turkey trot 5k on Thursday.

Don't think we'd have the space plus the wife would not be amused. It's actually only three full non-travel days - Tuesday and Saturday are full days of driving, and there's enough other stuff going on that I think a few days of rest won't be a problem. Maybe if I wake up early Tuesday morning I'll rip off an early 30' row, but I'm not going to stress about it. This is only my second time seeing my parents in two years (they are super careful about covid), so I'm going to try to make it count.

With the booster they back to 96% bro. I tell my mom it's time to worry about the pancakes and sausage, instead.

I know, and they know, but they're still ultra-risk averse. What can you do.

11/22
LD27 (UT2) - 60'
14307m/2:05.8/16.2 spm/157 HR/170 MHR
r2300m (10' warmup)

Another good one; felt strong.

11/28
LD28 (UT2) - 70'
16572m/2:06.8/16.3 spm/161 HR/170 MHR
r2286m (10' warmup)

Didn't feel great today; I'm assuming 20+ hours of driving and lots of drinking over the last five days might have something to do with it. Had 90' programmed but didn't really feel like gutting out the last 10'.

11/29
LD29 (UT2) - 30'
7096m/2:06.9/15.9 spm/153 HR/163 MHR
r2295m (10' warmup)

Light loading day today; rest day tomorrow.

11/30
UT3 - 30'
6716m/2:14.0/14.0 spm/126 HR/145 MHR

Best one of these in a while.

12/2
LD30 (TR) - 6x3'/6'r @115 df
4992m/1:48.1/26 spm/192 MHR
3'_1: 818m/1:50.0/24 spm/169 HR
3'_2: 824m/1:49.2/25 spm/185 HR
3'_3: 830m/1:48.4/26 spm/185 HR
3'_4: 836m/1:47.6/27 spm/189 HR
3'_5: 841m/1:47.0/27 spm/189HR
3'_6: 843m/1:46.7/28 spm/192 HR
16792m (20' warmup + 36' interval paddle + 20' cooldown)

This piece continues to really suck; kept things a bit better paced this time, but still innerEV'd the seventh interval about 90 seconds in (pace was ~1:45 @29-30 spm). Hopefully I'll have a complete 7th in me next time, after which the next step will be to maintain pace and bring my HR down a bit, because 190+ is pretty painful.

yeah wow, 192....what's your max?

never satisfying to have to HD at the end of a session and not brilliant for the ego to have a slightly lower ave time, but helicopter view....you got a ton of work done and you'll benefit from it.

just the 16.7k of warmup, cooldown and interval metres! I salute the grit of doing 20 mins after a traumatic interval workout

12/3
LD31 (UT1) - 25'
6463m/1:56.1/24.0 spm/177 HR/185 MHR
r9336m (20' warmup + 20' cooldown)

Had the option to do 25' today if I felt good, so I paced this one slightly slower than last time. Felt good, and was definitely challenging, but not soul crushing.

Not sure about my max HR, but probably not much higher than 195. I was over the bonk a few minutes after I finished; as you say, this piece is hot pain and I'll get it next time.

The last twenty minutes of cooldown was punishment for innerEVing it.

12/4
UT3 - 40'
8936m/2:14.2/14.0 spm/138 HR/156 MHR

Lengthening my UT3 out; this one felt pretty good.

12/5
LD32 (UT2) - 50'
11893m/2:06.1/15.9 spm/163 HR/175 MHR
r2309m (10' warmup)

Pretty decent day today.

12/6
UT3 - 40'
8924m/2:14.4/14.0 spm/137 HR/153 MHR

12/7
LD33 (AT) - 3x10'/6'r (4' @20, 3' @22, 2' @24, 1' @26) @110df
30:00: 7871m/1:54.3/22 spm/190 MHR
10'_1: 2627m/1:54.1/22 spm/182 MHR
10'_2: 2630m/1:54.0/22 spm/189 MHR
10'_3: 2614m/1:54.7/23 spm/190 MHR
r10108m (18' warmup + 18' interval paddle + 10' cooldown)

Feeling a cold coming on, but still wanted to do this and actually get the third interval in (I have to increase in speed between the first and the second interval to be "allowed"). Immediately after finishing the second, I didn't want to do the third at all, but I innerEV'd out on my last interval session and didn't want to make it a habit. Had to tick up in strokes a bit - 220 on the button in the first piece, then 222 and 225, so slightly high on the last one - the higher drag is definitely a bit fatiguing. Glad to have gotten this one, though. Not sure if he typo'd the rest interval going down from 8' to 6', but that also sucked.

nice one! looks horrible

12/8
UT3 - 40'
8923m/2:14.4/14.2 spm/142 HR/157 MHR

Definitely sick; light loading day tomorrow (40' total), so I'll do that if I can.

12/9
UT3 - 40'
8956m/2:13.9/14.0 spm/142 HR/158 MHR

Feeling a bit better; will likely do that light LD tomorrow.

sorry had a question wasn’t sure where to ask

knew monte would respond if I asked here

did my log get deleted? i was going to update it…

12/10
LD34 (UT2) - 30'
7089m/2:07.0/15.7 spm/155 HR/163 MHR
r2299m (10' warmup)

Feeling a bit fatigued; probably just going to do two light sessions this weekend and hopefully get healthy for my next loading day by Monday.