Day 6

I'm about to go erg, and once I've done that, today will be the sixth day in a row I have worked out.

Last night I went down to the boathouse in the evening for the club erg session. It was kind of strange to erg with other people there, but nice. It makes the work out go faster. I did three pieces: one 20' and two 10'. I did the 20 minute piece to see how it felt to go that long without a break. I hadn't done more than 15' straight so far. It felt fine. Then I did a 10' because I wasn't sure if I wanted to do another 20', and after that 10', I still felt good enough to do 10' more. On the second 10', I went at a 2:09 pace. My goal was to go at or under 2:10.

My general target paces right now are: 2:20 @ 20spm for medium pieces, slower for lower stroke rates and faster for higher, 2:10-2:15 for harder pieces above 20spm, and less than 2:10 for the hardest pieces.

I'm not sure what kind of work out I want to do today. I could do a long steady piece. The other day I did a series of 4x10' with variable stroke rates and split targets. My general lay out was 1st set: 2' at 16, 18, 20, 18, 16; 2nd set: 2' at 18, 20, 22, 20, 18; 3rd set same as 2nd; 4th set same as 1st. My targets were 2:30 for 16spm, 2:25 for 18, 2:20 for 20, and 2:18 for 22. It was interesting at least. I could do some short and hard, four or five sets perhaps. I could do 40' straight or just 30'.

I may or may not be able to get up on Saturday to row. If I don't then I might get up to go canvass for Measures 66 and 67. If I can get myself up at 8:00 to go knock on doors, then why can't I get myself up at 7:00 to go row? We shall see.

I'll check in after my workout to see what I decided to do.