Temp: 68F

Humidity: 38%

Plan:

1. 4 x 20′ / 1′ rest
2. slow start: 150W/175W, 5′ each
3. 190W for the rest
4. Stroke rate <= 22spm
5. On slides

I ended up stopping after 3 because I was out of time.  Other than that, a pretty standard workout.  I was a little tired from the HM that I did yesterday evening (about 12 hours of rest), and I didn’t sleep all that well.

I’ve been seeing some funny lactate readings lately.  On Saturday, I was barely breaking a sweat, but my first lactate reading was 2.8.  So I redid the test and measured 1.6.  Today, again, my first test was 2.8.  So I did a second test and read 1.3.  I think I must be getting too lax in my sweat wiping processes.

To try to get this a bit more under control, for the next week or so, I think I will routinely do 2 tests after 60 minutes to look at the variation in readings.  I’ll also try to be a bit more fastidious in my procedures.

I will try to do a quick 30 minute steady state session this evening.

Tomorrow morning:  4 x 5K / 2′ rest.  Pace target: 1:52

Friday: Rest Day

Saturday: steady state.

False start.  Did 5′ at 2:15 and then my HR strap stopped working.  Quick stop to replace the battery, then went on from there.

Measure lactate at 60′ –> 1.6 mmol/l

After that I decided to push the pace down to 2:00/500 to see if my HR stayed nice and low.  It did.

Workout Summary – Nov 28, 2015
–_|_Total_|_-Total-_|_–Avg–_|_-Avg-_|_Avg-_|_-Avg-_|_–Avg–_|_-Avg_|_-Avg
–_|_Dist-_|_-Time–_|_-Pace–_|_Watts_|_SPM-_|_-HR–_|_-%HRR–_|_-DPS_|_-SPI
–_|_19639_|_80:00.0_|_02:02.2_|_191.8_|_19.4_|_133.3_|_ 63.3% _|_12.6_|_09.9
Workout Details
#-_|_SDist_|_-Split-_|_-SPace-_|_Watts_|_SPM-_|_AvgHR_|_Avg%HRR_|_DPS-_|_-SPI

01_|_01162_|_05:00.0_|_02:09.0_|_162.9_|_17.6_|_112.8_|_ 48.8% _|_13.2_|_09.3
02_|_03676_|_15:00.0_|_02:02.4_|_190.8_|_19.3_|_129.5_|_ 60.6% _|_12.7_|_09.9
03_|_04903_|_20:00.0_|_02:02.4_|_191.0_|_19.3_|_133.9_|_ 63.8% _|_12.7_|_09.9
04_|_04896_|_20:00.0_|_02:02.5_|_190.2_|_19.1_|_134.5_|_ 64.2% _|_12.9_|_10.0
05_|_05001_|_20:00.0_|_02:00.0_|_202.7_|_20.5_|_138.8_|_ 67.2% _|_12.2_|_09.9

Tomorrow: HM, target pace 1:58.

I must admit, I was a little spooked when went to go sit on the erg.  I was so far below my expectations yesterday for the 60′ workout that I didn’t have a lot of confidence that even today’s easy endurance session would go well.

But, after all, it was just an easy session.  So, I got myself settled in and did it.  I’m off work today (tomorrow is Thanksgiving), so this was at home on my static erg.  Target pace was 2:03.  Standard slow start.  Heart rate and RPE were much higher than similar sessions.  Lactate reading was high, but not ridiculous (2.5mmol/l).  HR drift from 40′ to 80′ was 1%.

So, not a sublime aerobic adventure, but a reasonable workout.

Workout Summary – Nov 25, 2015
–_|_Total_|_-Total-_|_–Avg–_|_-Avg-_|_Avg-_|_-Avg-_|_–Avg–_|_-Avg_|_-Avg
–_|_Dist-_|_-Time–_|_-Pace–_|_Watts_|_SPM-_|_-HR–_|_-%HRR–_|_-DPS_|_-SPI
–_|_19399_|_80:00.0_|_02:03.7_|_184.8_|_19.0_|_141.6_|_ 69.2% _|_12.8_|_09.7
Workout Details
#-_|_SDist_|_-Split-_|_-SPace-_|_Watts_|_SPM-_|_AvgHR_|_Avg%HRR_|_DPS-_|_-SPI

01_|_01119_|_05:00.0_|_02:14.1_|_145.3_|_16.0_|_099.0_|_ 39.0% _|_14.0_|_09.1
02_|_01164_|_05:00.0_|_02:08.9_|_163.6_|_17.2_|_120.9_|_ 54.6% _|_13.5_|_09.5
03_|_02444_|_10:00.0_|_02:02.8_|_189.2_|_19.0_|_136.3_|_ 65.5% _|_12.9_|_10.0
04_|_04892_|_20:00.0_|_02:02.7_|_189.7_|_19.0_|_143.6_|_ 70.6% _|_12.9_|_10.0
05_|_04885_|_20:00.0_|_02:02.8_|_188.9_|_19.3_|_148.8_|_ 74.4% _|_12.7_|_09.8
06_|_04895_|_20:00.0_|_02:02.6_|_190.1_|_19.9_|_148.4_|_ 74.1% _|_12.3_|_09.6

Tomorrow:  Training Plan calls for a HM, but I don’t think I have that much time, I might do another try at an hour at 1:58.

I didn’t get a chance to row yesterday after I got back from Dallas.  So, I ended up with 2 rest days in a row.  That doesn’t happen very often.  Being that well rested made me want to push the endurance stuff more.

I toyed with the idea of a Marathon, but the idea of doing it but not aiming at a PB seemed disappointing somehow, and my 2.0 mmol power is definitely lower than when I did my last marathon PB.  So, I dialed it back to a two hour row instead.

Plan:

1. 4 x 30′ / 1′ rest
2. pace target: 2:03
3. rate target: 19
4. slow start: 5′ at 2:15, 5′ at 2:10

Workout Summary – Nov 21, 2015
–_|_Total_|_-Total-_|_–Avg–_|_-Avg-_|_Avg-_|_-Avg-_|_–Avg–_|_-Avg_|_-Avg
–_|_Dist-_|_-Time–_|_-Pace–_|_Watts_|_SPM-_|_-HR–_|_-%HRR–_|_-DPS_|_-SPI
–_|_29231_|_120:00.0_|_02:03.2_|_187.4_|_19.4_|_135.5_|_ 64.9% _|_12.6_|_09.7
Workout Details
#-_|_SDist_|_-Split-_|_-SPace-_|_Watts_|_SPM-_|_AvgHR_|_Avg%HRR_|_DPS-_|_-SPI

01_|_01123_|_05:00.0_|_02:13.6_|_146.8_|_16.4_|_108.6_|_ 45.8% _|_13.7_|_08.9
02_|_01164_|_05:00.0_|_02:08.8_|_163.6_|_17.8_|_123.1_|_ 56.1% _|_13.1_|_09.2
03_|_04888_|_20:00.0_|_02:02.7_|_189.2_|_19.5_|_133.1_|_ 63.2% _|_12.5_|_09.7
04_|_07336_|_30:00.0_|_02:02.7_|_189.5_|_19.4_|_137.9_|_ 66.6% _|_12.6_|_09.8
05_|_07326_|_30:00.0_|_02:02.8_|_188.8_|_19.7_|_137.0_|_ 66.0% _|_12.4_|_09.6
06_|_02448_|_10:00.0_|_02:02.5_|_190.2_|_19.6_|_136.6_|_ 65.7% _|_12.5_|_09.7
07_|_04946_|_20:00.0_|_02:01.3_|_196.1_|_19.9_|_139.8_|_ 68.0% _|_12.5_|_09.9

I stuck to 2:03 like glue through the first 3 pieces.  After 10 minutes in the last 30′ piece, I wanted to see what would happen with my HR if I boosted the power just a little, from 189 to 195 watts, a little more than a second off the pace.  The answer was that nothing happened to my HR.

I measured lactate at 60′.  It was exactly 2.0mmol/l.

I had very little HR drift today, even over the whole 120 minutes.

Tomorrow:  With thanksgiving week, I am probably going to miss a couple of days, so I think I might get a jump on the first mesocycle.  This one is working on long distance rows.  The session I have planned for Tuesday is 4 x 15’/2′ rest at 95% of LT power, which is 267W (1:49).  This seems a tad ambitious, so I think I will dial it back to 250W (1:52).