Sunday, March 12, 2006

Back on the erg

It took some getting used to again, but my training for this week has been as follows:

6/3 - Had a go at 2k - got to 1k in 3:28.2 but didn't have the legs to carry on.
7/3 - 5k in 18:44.5 - fixed. (Outing in 4 cancelled).
8/3 - 2k in 7:11.5 - fixed. Followed by 5-10 rest and then 20 minutes on the sliders - 5,156m.
9/3 - Outing in the 8 in the morning - rowed at 5 for a change. 2*30m in the evening with 5r on the sliders. 7,507m @21 and then 7,528m @23.
10/3 - Outing in The Lady Anne. One of the hardest outings I've had - rowing up the reach into the wind. Erg - 2*5k. First one fixed at full speed - 18:56.4 (23s/m) and the second on the sliders after 5-10m rest. 19:38.1 @ 24s/m. Total warm-up/cool-down rowing = 720m.
11/3 - Outing in 8 (mixed 1st/2nd boat). We had hail/snow combination at one point.
12/3 - Again went for a 2k at full speed but only got 1k in - 3:31.6. 10k afterwards on the sliders, 39:39.5 @ 24. Warm-up/cool down of 1013m. Got stuffed at tennis this afternoon but it was good exercise as I was inevitably in a different place from the ball!

Fatigue masking an improvement in performance at the end of the week, so will have a break for a day tomorrow.

750,000m at start of week. Weekly total = 50,924. Target now 699,076m.

Matthew

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