Weather: Crystal clear. Very Sunny. Cool and breezy. Wind NW 2 to 5 mph.
The main objective today was to get the new impeller mounted for my speedcoach. Once it was mounted, it needed to be calibrated. So, I popped it in the water and headed out. I usually row in the early morning, but today, I had some things to do at home in the morning. So, I launched around 1:00 in the afternoon. Since it was such a nice day there were a lot of kayaks, pedal boats, canoes and various other water craft out enjoying the day as well. Even though I was looking around constantly, I still had to back down hard a few times when a boat zigged instead of zagging, or I missed them in my scans. Despite this, it was a glorious day to be out rowing.
Plan:
- Do 2x 1000m at r24 in opposite directions to calibrate the speedcoach.
- 80 minutes of steady state
Leaving the dock, I started RIM and reset the speedcoach. After I warmed up and got to the start of the straight part of the river, I realized that I really should be using Crewnerd for a autostart 1000m piece for speedcoach cal. So, I flipped over and started up crewnerd, losing the first 1200m of rowing.
The 1000s went fine. The first one was with the light wind and was done at an average pace of 2:11.4. The second was upwind and the pace was 2:13.3. I was winded but I didn’t push them all that hard. After that, I did the river twice from the start to the moody street dam. At first I was feeling like I was really struggling to hit any reasonable split. But eventually, I started to row a bit better and sped up. The main difference was focusing on getting way into compression at the catch.
Tomorrow: Some more steady state. 80′ at r20.
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Nice splits at 24spm
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The NK SoeedCoach GPS 2 would auto calibrate itself with your impeller
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After trying to use CrewNerd in open water, I either need a splash box or I need a Speedcoach gps. I’ve almost bought it a couple of times, but the price just feels too high.
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The tail wind helped too!
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Oh, I was assuming that one section was in headwind and the other in tailwind
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Cross tail and cross head.
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I cannot reply to a reply. I agree the price of the SpeedCoach GPS is high. On the other hand, I am extremely impressed by their reaction speed on their Facebook page. See the question I asked yesterday about workout setup, and the answer I got within 10 minutes.
The display is “simple” compared to a touch phone, and the operation with buttons is something you have to get used to. The downside of touch … you know … it doesn’t know the difference between a finger touch and a water splash.
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