{"id":923,"date":"2023-01-08T13:28:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T13:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/?p=923"},"modified":"2023-01-08T13:28:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T13:28:53","slug":"week-1-january-02-january-08-january-revolutions-virtual-team-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/2023\/01\/08\/week-1-january-02-january-08-january-revolutions-virtual-team-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 1 (January 02 &#8211; January 08) &#8211; January Revolutions, Virtual Team Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bank Holiday Monday morning rowing, 2,000m (9:31.6) warm up, then 15,000m for the <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/vtc\">Virtual Team Challenge<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-17.09.20.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-924 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-17.09.20-296x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-17.09.20-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-17.09.20-768x779.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-17.09.20.png 789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-17.09.31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-925 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-17.09.31-300x172.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-17.09.31-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-17.09.31-768x441.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-17.09.31.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Took it fairly easy after yesterday&#8217;s rate capped power piece. 3.359m (17:40.8) cool down and some stretching.<\/p>\n<p>Day two, the daily total is 1 day, 20,359m, 1,117 calories and 1 hour 41 minutes, running totals are: 2 days, 35,712m, 2,079 calories and 2 hours 46 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday morning rowing, 2,000m (10:30.9) warm up, then 15,000m for the <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/vtc\">Virtual Team Challenge<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-03-at-11.06.26.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-927 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-03-at-11.06.26-296x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-03-at-11.06.26-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-03-at-11.06.26-768x779.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-03-at-11.06.26.png 789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-03-at-11.06.39.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-928 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-03-at-11.06.39-300x175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-03-at-11.06.39-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-03-at-11.06.39-768x447.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-03-at-11.06.39.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Took it easy again today, slightly slower than yesterday, 3,363m (18:21.5) cool down and some stretching.<\/p>\n<p>Day three, the daily total is 1 day, 20,363m, 1,089 calories and 1 hour 44 minutes, running totals are: 3 days, 56,075m, 3,168 calories and 4 hours 31 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday morning rowing, 2,000m (10:36.8) warm up, then 15,000m for the <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/vtc\">Virtual Team Challenge<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.53.44.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-930 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.53.44-295x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.53.44-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.53.44-768x781.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.53.44.png 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.51.44.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-929 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.51.44-300x174.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.51.44-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.51.44-768x445.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-10.51.44.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Took it easy again today, even slower than yesterday, 3,356m (18:41.3) cool down and some stretching.<\/p>\n<p>Day four, the daily total is 1 day, 20,356m, 1,082 calories and 1 hour 46 minutes, running totals are: 4 days, 76,431m, 4,250 calories and 6 hours 17 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday morning rowing, 2,000m (10:56.8) warm up, then 15,000m for the <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/vtc\">Virtual Team Challenge<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-11.06.49.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-932 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-11.06.49-295x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-11.06.49-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-11.06.49-768x781.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-11.06.49.png 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-11.06.32.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-931 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-11.06.32-300x175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-11.06.32-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-11.06.32-768x447.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-05-at-11.06.32.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Took it easy again today, really starting to slow down, 3,355m (18:08.0) cool down and some stretching.<\/p>\n<p>Day five, the daily total is 1 day, 20,355m, 1,076 calories and 1 hour 47 minutes, running totals are: 5 days, 96,786m, 5,326 calories and 8 hours 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Tiredness is starting to show in the pace and overall times, I think I will drop from 15,000m in the main workouts to 10,000m as this is more in my preferred distance ballpark, doing 20,000m+ a day is just draining me.<\/p>\n<p>Friday morning skiing, 1,000m (5:45.8) warm up, then 10,000m for the <a href=\"https:\/\/log.concept2.com\/challenges\/vtc\">Virtual Team Challenge<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-10.09.34.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-991 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-10.09.34-296x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-10.09.34-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-10.09.34-768x779.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-10.09.34.png 789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-10.09.18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-990 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-10.09.18-300x172.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-10.09.18-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-10.09.18-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-10.09.18.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Made a good change from rowing 15km pieces, 2,239m (14:12.8) cool down.<\/p>\n<p>Day six, the daily total is 1 day, 13,239m, 672 calories and 1 hour 16 minutes, running totals are: 6 days, 110,025m, 5,998 calories and 9 hours 21 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday was largely a rest day, no rowing on the river due to &#8216;red boards&#8217; and the landing stage being under water, although I did put in a 1,131m SkiErg piece just to ensure I added the day and pushed the other totals along.<\/p>\n<p>Day seven, the daily total is 1 day, 1,131m, 63 calories and 5 minutes, running totals are: 7 days, 111,156m, 6,061 calories and 9 hours 26 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday morning rowing, after 1 2,000m (9:16.7) warm up, I decided to do the AT workout from our club training program &#8211; 5 x 1,500m @ 26spm, 1:00 rest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/SBC-WK1-AT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-993 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/SBC-WK1-AT-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/SBC-WK1-AT-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/SBC-WK1-AT-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/01\/SBC-WK1-AT.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wanted to hold the 1:52.3 pace for all 5 sets, however after the third one, this clearly wasn&#8217;t happening, happy with the overall average pace of 1:53.9, this is better than my 4,000m PB pace and even my last 1,500m was faster than my 5,000m PB pace, not bad for 7,500m (with gaps).<\/p>\n<p>Day eight, the daily total is 1 day, 12,437m, 762 calories and 45 minutes, running totals are: 8 days, 111,156m, 6,823 calories and 10 hours 12 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bank Holiday Monday morning rowing, 2,000m (9:31.6) warm up, then 15,000m for the Virtual Team Challenge, Took it fairly easy after yesterday&#8217;s rate capped power piece. 3.359m (17:40.8) cool down and some stretching. Day two, the daily total is 1 day, 20,359m, 1,117 calories and 1 hour 41 minutes, running totals are: 2 days, 35,712m,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-923","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\/923","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=923"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":995,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923\/revisions\/995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}