My Fitness Journey
The February challenge on the Concept 2 website was the Tour de SkiErg, four time trials, one per week: 5,000m, 500m, 2,000m and 10,000m. These must be entered as a single distance and completed in the required week to qualify. Week 1: 5,000m time trial. (current PB 21:23.1 or 2:08.3/500m average) 5:31.1 (1,012m) warm…
The start of May marks a new season on the C2 logbook. The first 2 weeks of May are also C2’s first challenge for the year, the Marathon and Century Challenge. This is the only time of year that I actually complete a full marathon as it is just too long, boring and painful to…
Sunday 24th March was the Vesta International Masters Head of the River Race, or Vets Head for short. Saturday was the Open HORR, last week the Women’s HORR and the Junior HORR was midweek. In a typically arrogant British fashion, this is not the Head of the Thames, but simply ‘The Head of the River…
Passed my 8 million meter milestone this morning with a low HR (below 100bpm) ‘fat burner’ 15,000m session. This is my fastest million to date, taking just 97 days with an average of 10,310m per day. This in contrast to my previous million which was my second slowest at 134 days. Two more million to…
Thursday evening had been set by our coach as the date for our masters men squad 2K time trial event. We have had a plenty of UT2 sessions and a few of 3 x 2K sessions leading up to this. 10 October 3 x 2K, 2:00r (at the club): 7:04.6, 7:41.3, 7:44.6, an average of…
Our normal river height is around 2.9m and a flow of around 70m3/s or below is considered ‘green boards’ 70-110 is ‘yellow boards’ and anything above 110 is ‘red boards’, the increased flow is usually accompanied by an increase in river height. The river conditions are posted on the locks and also on the environments…
Happy New Year everyone. Having posted weekly updates for the last year, I have decided not to do this any more, it is just too much ‘faff’ creating posts that all look the same from week to week. As such I have decided to only post milestones, PBs Regattas and other items of interest. My…
This week was mainly a break from exercise, just long walks with the dog each morning. Christmas Day was enjoyed at home with my family Boxing Day I took my children up to my mothers for another Christmas meal with the extended family. Wednesday I had the day off from work and drove back from…
Final week of the C2 Holiday Challenge, Monday Morning Rest day, took the dog for a long walk. Tuesday morning half marathon for the C2 Holiday Challenge, UT2 workout Tuesday evening archery – Christmas shoot, much fun was had by all, nibbles and drinks afterwards at the Harefield Cricket Club. Wednesday Morning Rest day, took…
Week 4 of the C2 Holiday Challenge, Monday Morning rest day, took the dog for a long walk. Tuesday morning at the work gym, 1 hour/13,505m for the C2 Holiday Challenge Mostly steady state, push at the end to take the distance up to 13.5K, passed 200,000m for the challenge with this workout Shower, breakfast…