Just a report on some on-line rowing

[Thomas]

For David Asselin: I got dropped on the 6k. I thought I might be doomed when the scheduled session kicked out twice indicating I had completed the on-line internet session, which was not the case. If the session has to be created with at least a 15-minute window to work, otherwise, it doesn't work. I got the "send error report" to microsoft and then the program closed after we tried a quick race. When that happens, I have to restart the computer, which takes several minutes to get the rowpro running again.

For the Dan and Joe on the 10k, yesterday: I went to hard to earlier. I bonked halfway. I have been progressing in my session, but I put the bar a little high for where I should be at now in training session for 10k. I wanted to exit the month of August with a 1:52 average for 10k and enter the month of August working with averages around 1:51. It is better for me to start out slower and then try to go faster at the end than it is to even pace stuff. I saw Jose Greco rowed a 1:50.7. Great job.

Today, I chose again a 10k and put to test what I just typed above about doing 10k's. It actually worked. I had a 1:51.8 average entering the last 2k and finished wiht a 1:51.1 average. I think this is the best approach since it gets the majority of the meters under my belt with not as much left to go hard knowing the end is near. A couple of times I saw 1:50 during the session but backed off to 1:52 until the last 2k. The backup to this plan is that if it is not there for a dramatic finish, I can settle on just getting the piece done instead of abandoning the piece.