trainging from 24/1

tue 24/1 - rugby match
wed - outing in 8, not good at all, some people definitely v rusty from xmas!
fri - outing in 8, again not very good
sat - much better outing in the 8
sun - ran in the Tough Guy event in wolverhampton (www.toughguy.co.uk for those interested) came 184th out of 3500 who finished (about another 1000 were pulled out on medical grounds, i.e. hypothermia!)

As Matt is missing me

I have been down to the gym a couple of times (been trying to go twice a week) and have also been played rugby twice. I can't be bothered to record these, nor the outings that I have done with Cantabs (of which there have been about 5 + a race). My erging has been as follows:

19/01/06: 5k, 1.44.9, rate 25, 17.29.3
24/01/06: 30 min, rate 20, 8085, 1.51.3
26/01/06: 10k, 1.53.9, rate 22, 37.57.1

Training w/e 29th Jan

Who else apart from Paul is doing anything then? Without Chris's weekly updates making me feel inadequate I'm lost!

23/1 - Outing in 8+ and circuits.
24/1 - That outing when I felt very dizzy at the lock - sorry, don't remember much about it!
25/1 - Lie in!!!!! 10km, on fixed with rate capped - 20s/m. 40:11.1
26/1 - 2*500m, tried to do 30s/m, 1:41 and then 1:51 (dropped to about 27 I think).
27/1 - Outing in 4+. Terrible rowing on my part and we didn't get anywhere due to traffic. Needed to get it out of my system so did 2*20 with 4:00r (20s/m). 5,055m and then 5,007m. Particularly interesting second half as I spent much of the rest period jumping around in pain - putting the fan on for Matt and Ivan I cramped up when plugging it in!
28/1 - Outing in 8+ where I was actually starting to feel that I could occasionally make an attempt at rowing.
29/1 - 2km in the morning, 30s/m, 7:13.9 (sliders). Tennis after lunch, special needs outing in the tub after that!

That's it for another week. Nice early start tomorrow to look forward to plus a 9am, 2-hour lecture on rivers. I'll be able to point out all the interesting features to you on Wednesday morning!

Matthew

Training as far back as I can remember

Rowing week - did everything matt said, tho was out in an 8 when he was sculling once, etc.

mon 16/1 - 5k at 22, 19.43s i think (sliders)
wed 18/1 - outing in 8 (first boat thingy)
thur 19/1 - crap 5k off sliders, at 25 got 20.07
sat 21/1 - started a 5k but didnt finish, couldn't really be bothered!
mon 23/1 - 5k off sliders at 25, 19.37

Range of activities

Since the last update I have done the following:

14/1: 3km at 21s/m in 11:28.9. I was trying to go at 19 minute pace for a 5k to see how long I could go for! (Sliders)

15/1: 2o minutes, 5 rest, 10 minutes, doing 5,074m @21 and 2,536m @22 on the sliders.

16/1: Lazy day - I seem to remember painting the Mays room whilst others were sculling.

17/1: 5km erg for the trials - 19:10.5 @ about 24.5s/m (fixed).

18/1: Nice early morning for the trials in the first boat.

19/1: Tried to better my 5km time for the hell of it but nothing in my legs, just managed 19:23.9. Probably dropped to about 24s/m because of a lack of adrenalin at the end.

20/1: Nice little outing with some pieces at 30s/m in the 8. Struggled a bit, probably due to a distinct lack of any substantial breakfast.

21/1: Winter Head-2-Head. I liked this format - I tend to have a pretty quick recovery time and 5 minutes was plenty. The last stretch along the reach I certainly felt though!

22/1: 30 mins @21/22 - 7,572m (PB - and before breakfast too!). In the erg room but not on the sliders. It was nice to have some company from W1 as well - I'm normally alone at that time on a Sunday! Tennis later - wonder how my hands will feel?!

Cheers

Matthew

Rowing Week

Given that rowing week is now over I suppose I ought to carry on the updates as far as can remember:

8/1 - 19' Mueller pyramid to get used to the slides again. Failed miserably to get decent split times but then I was concentrating on stroke rate.
9/1 - Outing in 4+ with shoes that were too small.
10/1 - Outing in 8 in the morning and 4+ in the afternoon I think.
11/1 - The sculling day where I was the only one to stay upright in the morning.
12/1 - Two outings in the 8 today.
13/1 - Sculled in the morning and then a 4+ outing in the afternoon.
Did an erg at the boathouse - 5km in 19:25.1 at 20 s/m although I don't trust the splits on that machine.

Matthew

Lots of sculling

Here is my training from the last week:

Mon: Sculling, lock and back + reach
Tues: Sculling, lock + 2 reaches
Weds: Sculling, lock and back + reach
Thurs: Sculling, lock and back + reach +weights (see comment when I put it up)
Fri: Sculling, lock and back + reach
Sun: Weights, again see comment when I put it up

Last training at home

4 things that can be classed as exercise in the last week at home:

2/1 - Round of golf (at last). Scored 35 points at handicap of 28. Apart from one or two bad holes scored pretty well.

3/1 - Went to the gym - I did a 5km erg at 20 s/m in 19:36.7 and then some weights.
4/1 - Gym - 20 minutes - gentle 4,976m and then weights. Did a sprint 1km at the end in 3:39.9.
6/1 - Gym - 30 minutes erg of 7,557m (21 s/m). Managed to keep steady pace all the way.

Matthew

Rowing Week

Rowing week will begin from next Monday. I'm going to send out a general email once I'm back in Cambridge but the plan is to get to the boathouse for 09:30am on Monday to rig up the boats and then 10:00am for the rest of the week. We'll go out in fours and eights most mornings depending on how many people we have, then after lunch for anyone who wants more, we'll do stuff in fours, pairs, sculls and the tub, plus some random ergo sessions as well.

Hopefully the weather will be nice otherwise it's going to be coached and video-taped ergs!

Training from 26/12

26/12 - 30 mins at moderate resistance on an ancient cycling machine, kept it at 30km/h if you trust the speedo
28/12 - 40 min run up a beastly hill to a friend's house
29/12 - got down to 14 on a 20-1
2/1 - Weight training in the form of lugging a load of heavy furniture around and into a trailer :)

Happy new year!