6/06 - W - Session 1

4e, 70' with 2x10' in SR 26. 15955m, 2:11.6 ave. 10 minute's taken at 15' & 41' down river w/ stiff tailwind. First 10 at the 26 SR, sub 2:00 split for the most part. Second 10 much higher, very hard to keep low, 27-28-29 SR. Splits slower as well. Overall 2 full loops and then up to the train bridge and back. The last 10 minutes of the body were very difficult to control. For the body my rate was at 22-24, HR 160-164. For the 10's HR: first at 173, second closer to 168-170. Found myself up pretty high into the headwind and you just get pushed by the tailwind. Session was pretty good, by the end my glutes were in a lot of pain and my hands extremely tender as well. Focus on keeping knees together, not letting them bow out at the catch but keeping them straight and parallel to the shell. Bad habit developed of leaning through my legs at the catch while sweep rowing trying to get that extra length. Doc wanted to film but I was too spent. Have camera now, going to review previous film.

5/15 - T - Session 1

4e, 70' w/ 2x10' in SR 26. I'm an idiot. I misread my training schedule twice. The first time yesterday at the track, the second time this morning before launching. week 1 tu I. was supposed to be 2a, 60'. I'll have to switch the workouts. It should turn out okay. Doc's Kaschper feels better and better. This gives me an impetus to get my own boat, a nicer newer boat. Yesterday's encounter with the tracks gave me fair warning that I need a boat that can adjust. I'm so short it's absolutely necessary. Maybe w/ a lightweight shell all these problems will go away. The workout today was a long one. One I couldn't handle in it's full extent. I approached the first 10' piece all wrong. Too much leg drive, not enough speed up the slide. Everyone knows this drill kills in practice. When you bring it from a 16 to a 30 (and only get to a 28) w/ just leg and a little hands - it's brutal. I started the 10' at 20:00 and decided to break it down after 5'. There was no way I could keep up the MCP, maximum concentrated pressure. The body was in 155-165 HR. HR monitor on the fritz from the dock to the top. The thing just likes to give me trouble, but after that first time up it started acting normal. I should be careful not to anthropomorphize the thing. The second 5' came at 44:00. Originally planned to be 45:00, but I wanted as much down stream as possible. My ratio was a little better for sustainment and this 5' turned into the actual 10' it was supposed to be. This is when I realized I was a fool for that first 5'. I closed off w/ another 5' at 63:00 to make it the 20' at a 26 it was supposed to be for the workout. Hands getting destroyed. Not open yet, but very tender. Long training twice a day w/ sculls does them in. Serious case of long burng getting off the water. Butt & hamstrings trying to tear apart. Hips compressed from sitting & rowing for so long at that increased pressure. Today was the first day I did a long peice above a 140 HR. Nothing the hot tube and a stretch can't fix.