Wednesday, July 29, 2009

3.0mi + 6,000m on Concept2 Model C, 26:24 + 25:26, 29 JUL 09, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

iThink: Neil Young, "Rockin' in the Free World"

WX at 0600: 61.0 (16.1) DP 57.9 (14.4) BP 29.91 (1012) NNE 3 RH 89

Odometer 4: 324.3mi equivalency

Z4 out, Z4 row, Z3 return.
Average/max heart rate = no reading.

"Rockin' in the Free World" is, flat out, one of the angriest songs I know. There's some catharsis involved in that song that can be therapeutic from times...and I know catharsis well. "Rockin' in the Free World" is a pretty therapeutic song. I play it on the car CD player with my kids present, but they don't know the significance of the lyrics. Yet.

That, and I can listen to that rather than Suicidal Tendencies in front of the kids when I'm in a crap mood.

The weather has been uncharacteristically cool lately, and today was no exception. It allowed me to run a quick out leg to the gym, and then I was able to get in a fairly fast (but not personal record) 6,000m row by concentrating on tempo and stroke count. I average about 25 strokes per 200m, and by counting strokes, I could ignore the basic suck inherent to rowing. Once I'd counted a few sets of 25, I realized I was making pretty good progress and went for my usual crank-until-nausea finish...except I didn't feel that bad.

I consistently row faster when I don't look at the clock. Not sure why, but I do.

Time to see how my knees are going to hurt today, though...with my kindler, gentler, machine gun hand.

Splits
SGMT AGGRG SEGMT PERMI AVGPC DIST
1.51 12:46 12:46 08:27 08:27 1.51
1.51 26:24 13:38 09:02 08:45 3.02

Distance: 6000
Time: 00:25:26
Per 500m: 02:07
Drag Factor : 196
Per Mile: 00:06:49

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