Good points from NavHaz. Remember that heart rate monitors are not foolproof either. If you feel well and wouldn't have been mentally troubled if you didn't see the high figure on the monitor then you are probably all right. When you feel bad and it is confirmed by the monitor that's a different story.
Last night I decided that after two weeks without a CTC effort it was about time. Especially after figuring that I need more faster stuff.
2227m 10:00.0 2:14.7 23spm (warmup)
0250m 00:52.9 1:45.9 34spm
0250m 00:46.1 1:32.9 47spm
0808m 04:00.0 2:28.3 19spm (cooldown)
When doing intervals it is rare that the first one is the best, so I purposely aimed for the second to be the major effort. I just did the first one 'hard' and rested 2 minutes to let the flywheel slow down sufficiently. I may try this one more time before the month is over and do a third to see if I can shave a bit more off. Spent about 125m hanging off the back of the seat.
Steady state this morning, and being Sunday I got to sleep in a bit, have two cups of coffee instead of just one, and wait until 9:00am instead of doing it at 5:30am. It makes a big difference.
00399m 0:02:00.0 2:30.1 20spm (warmup)
17000m 1:09:53.6 2:03.3 24spm
00361m 0:02:00.0 2:46.2 18spm (cooldown)
S10MPS with the monitor covered except for meters. 49 degrees, 92df, ribs wrapped, Meatloaf's Bat Out Of Hell III on the CD player. Generally felt good other than the chafing on the insides of both elbows from where they rubbed the outsides of the kness on the way by. Even with a tank top instead of a t-shirt they chafed. I need to lube up with somthing like Bodyglide prior to long rows from now on.
splits:
02000m 2:06.5 24spm
04000m 2:03.8 24spm
06000m 2:04.4 24spm
08000m 2:03.4 24spm
10000m 2:03.6 24spm
12000m 2:04.1 24spm
14000m 2:02.2 25spm
16000m 2:00.4 25spm
17000m 1:59.3 25spm