{"id":763,"date":"2022-12-12T17:20:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T17:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/?p=763"},"modified":"2023-01-07T16:51:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T16:51:10","slug":"week-49-december-05-december-11-holiday-challenge-otw-plum-pudding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/2022\/12\/12\/week-49-december-05-december-11-holiday-challenge-otw-plum-pudding\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 49 (December 05 &#8211; December 11) &#8211; Holiday Challenge, OTW, Plum Pudding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday morning rowing, 2,000m (9:49.3) warm up, 10,000m (47:59.2) for the <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/holiday\">C2 Holliday Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.05.29.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-775 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.05.29-295x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.05.29-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.05.29-768x781.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.05.29.png 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.09.00.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-778 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.09.00-300x174.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.09.00-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.09.00-768x446.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.09.00.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A relaxed steady state piece at around 2:20 pace, I pushed a little at the end to keep it under 48 minutes.Watched Andor episode 8. 2,237m (11:28.3) cool down and some stretching.<\/p>\n<p>14,237m for the day, running total for the <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/holiday\">Holiday Challenge<\/a> is 115,380m.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, rest day, I took the dog for a 1 hour walk in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday evening archery, I decided to shoot barebow this evening for a change, it took a while to start dialing the groups back in again.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday morning rowing, 1\/2 marathon for the <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/holiday\">C2 Holliday Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.05.07.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-774 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.05.07-294x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.05.07-294x300.png 294w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.05.07-768x785.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.05.07.png 783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.08.43.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-777 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.08.43-300x174.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.08.43-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.08.43-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.08.43.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another steady state row at around 2:22 pace, with a push from about 2,000m out for a time of 1:39:51.8, watched R.I.P.D 2: Rise of the Damned. 2,247m (12:23.9) cool down and some stretching.<\/p>\n<p>23,344m for the day, running total for the <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/holiday\">Holiday Challenge<\/a> is 138,724m.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday morning rowing, 15,000m for the <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/holiday\">C2 Holliday Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.04.52.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-773 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.04.52-295x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.04.52-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.04.52-768x781.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.04.52.png 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.08.30.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-776 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.08.30-300x173.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.08.30-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.08.30-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-08-at-10.08.30.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pushed this one a little to more than steady state and held between 2:10 and 2:16 pace and a push for the last 2,000m for a time of 1:06:09.1, just under 2 minutes short of my current PB.<\/p>\n<p>I watched Andor episodes 9 and 10. 2,247m (12:17.9) cool down and some stretching to finish off.<\/p>\n<p>17,247m for the day, running total for the <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/holiday\">Holiday Challenge<\/a> is 155,971m.<\/p>\n<p>Friday morning skiing, 1,000m (5:59.6) warm up, 10,000m for the <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/holiday\">C2 Holliday Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-15.52.33.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-781 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-15.52.33-295x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-15.52.33-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-15.52.33-768x781.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-15.52.33.png 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-15.53.05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-782 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-15.53.05-300x173.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-15.53.05-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-15.53.05-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-15.53.05.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I finished watching Andor episode 10 and then watched episode 11.<\/p>\n<p>4,460m (29:01.3) cool down.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday morning masters rowing, 8+, stroke seat, steady state and power rowing, power pieces at 28spm, 1 long piece at 28spm where we managed to maintain around 1:50-2:00\/500m pace, in total we covered 13,579m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.19.10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-785 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.19.10-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.19.10-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.19.10-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.19.10.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>-5 Celcius (23 Farenheiht) this morning! many layers including leggings were required to stay warm, although I removed the top two layers for the long power piece of around 4,000m.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Remenham 2022 Preparation\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4YHEOjT-CFk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When we put the boat away, there was ice all over the hull and 1-2mm of ice on the lower loom of the oars.<\/p>\n<p>Walked into Staines after a cup of tea and bought some Thai spicy chicken and rice for lunch from the market, which I brought back to the boat club to eat.<\/p>\n<p>The boat house has no heating, so I was starting to get cold prior to leisure rowing, so decided to sit on one of the rowers to warm up again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.02.18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-783 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.02.18-294x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.02.18-294x300.png 294w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.02.18-768x783.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.02.18.png 785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.02.43.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-784 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.02.43-300x173.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.02.43-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.02.43-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.02.43.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Started at a steady state, but ramped it up as I warmed up, stopped just after 5,000m as it was now time for leisure rowing.<\/p>\n<p>It had warmed up to a pleasant 2 Celcius (35.6 Farenheit) outside by this time and lovely flat water on the river, made all the better by me being assigned to row my single for a change.<\/p>\n<p>A relatively short outing of just 4,070m (up to the motorway bridge, back to the church and then in), although I did manage to hit 28spm at around 2:20\/500m pace at one point on my way back down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.22.42.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-786 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.22.42-300x173.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.22.42-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.22.42-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-12-at-16.22.42.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I completely failed to start the camera before setting off and only managed to record from when I was out of the boat to when I turned the camera off!<\/p>\n<p>It also turned out that the battery in my NK EmPower Oarlock had died, so several failures one after the other on this outing.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday morning masters rowing, -5 Celcius again, although this time with fog so thick we could not see the other side of the river, so no rowing on the water this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Instead we did a power pyramid together on the RowErgs: 1:00@30, 2:00@28, 3:00@26, 4:00@24, 5:00@22, 4:00@24, 3:00@26, 2:00@28, 1:00@30, 2:00 rest @18 between each interval.<\/p>\n<p>I covered around 10,000m during this piece which I had to enter manually for the <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/holiday\">C2 Holliday Challenge<\/a>, as I had left my phone at home!<\/p>\n<p>We then had a group chat about aspirations for the coming year with regards training and racing before setting up the room for the Christmas meal.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately no Plum Pudding races this year as there was still too much fog. These are usually scratch teams of 4 pulled from a hat that includes masters, seniors and juniors, male and female and could be rowing, sculling, or swimming if the crew fails badly enough!<\/p>\n<p>The meal was very enjoyable with plenty of food for everyone and over 90 people in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday morning rowing, 2,000m (9:49.3) warm up, 10,000m (47:59.2) for the C2 Holliday Challenge. A relaxed steady state piece at around 2:20 pace, I pushed a little at the end to keep it under 48 minutes.Watched Andor episode 8. 2,237m (11:28.3) cool down and some stretching. 14,237m for the day, running total for the Holiday&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":945,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions\/945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}