Million Meter Challenge
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@steelworker @endo @sabergirl @Nkwkfld Thank you all for helping me get through the first week and in my opinion the hardest of any challenge.
I really appreciate your participation and it helps motivate me a lot.
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@tody I’m sorry, but I don’t have an online account with Concept 2. I can give you the basic info from the phone though. Anything specific you’re looking for?
You should really sign up for their website. The graphs really provide a much better view into what you are actually doing.
Constant stroke rate, constant 500m time and at best a gradually advancing heart rate somewhere between 130 at the beginning and 160 at the end - that's what I'm aiming for.
Here's one of my 45min pieces, disregard the heart rate monitor cutting out in the end:
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My niece is a novice rower and has so much promise that she had elite rowing programs fighting by over her and was 4th globally for females ages 19-29 on one of those. That portal is pretty rad!
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That's a little too inconsistent in my opinion.
I'd first aim for a much more steady stroke rate. It looks like you might nicely settle at 25 spm.
Second, get a heart rate monitor. Polar H10 is what I use, it can be paired with the PM5. That'll give you a better idea what your body is doing, especially if you're pushing it a little at the end.
Then I would aim for a more consistent pace. I usually look at the overall pace of my training piece, not the pace of each stroke. I guess you should aim for 2:18, and see where you are at 30 mins, and advance it a little if you feel well.I had a look into my logbook history. I am an ex rower, and picked the whole thing back up in 2019.
Started with 45 mins at 2:16 pace on my first piece in 2019, and now I am at 2:06 pace as you can see above.
I don't vary a lot, I normally do 45 min pieces in front of a TV running Netflix. 568km total in season 19/20, 998 in 20/21 and it really started going in 21/22 with 2347km.
For me, it's all about the stubbornness of spending that much time on the machine 5 or 6 days a week. If you are aiming at 1000km in 100days, that's a really high goal. My advice would be keeping the pace low in the beginning, just not to wear you out. There will still come the time when you need a day off… -
If overtraining is a concern, I know that power zone training works great for mitigating that on a bike, and since that erg has a power meter, I bet you could use the same approach there.
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@tody Is this one better? This was last year (1300 k’s for 7 month rowing) and in the middle of a 310,000 m training session for the month of August (10,000m - each day).
I’m 1.5 months post Covid and just returning back to full Aerobic capacity. I have the Polar HR monitor, but haven’t worn it the past week, but will in the next week or two.
Appreciate the insights!
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Thank you! Same just around Easter. Haven't rowed since the start of April and just started again June 1st.
The reason my daily was only 3849m was because I started out too fast and couldn't get into the groove. Called it quits for the day and started on a 10,000m the next day. Still not in the groove, but it's coming back quickly.
My drag factor is still low (like to be around 110-125), but I can feel that my form is still out of sorts. Today was the best day of the week, but still not where I was last year. Also will mix in HR zone training in the next few weeks when everything starts to settle again.
I really appreciate the help and advice!!
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Add 24km
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@sabergirl Can you tell me about the ring? Do you charge it daily? Fairly accurate? I didn’t know anything about it and had to look it up. If it’s reliable, I might consider something like that.
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Does riding my peloton count? If so, I'd be in, between the near obsessive amount I've been riding it and wanting to join a casual 5k run club on Wednesdays at a local brewery, this all sounds great
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Matt Wilpers is such a good coach. He and Denis followed by Olivia are my favorites.
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[mention]goosehd [/mention] I mostly look at the sleep data that it collects. Who knows how accurate that is. I only have to charge it once every 4-5 days. Mine is the second generation, and I think the third one has improved HR monitoring.
The pedometer is pretty accurate, but the data for the map and activity tracking sometimes seems to stop collecting for some reason. The thing I dislike about it is that it sets an arbitrary activity goal, and I can’t set my own. I’m not even sure I understand what the goal is that’s been set, and how they arrived at it.
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