What I am trying to do...

I am aiming to row 1,000m flat out every day for 40 days. If I achieve this I will finish the day before my 40th birthday. I have never rowed for 40 days in a row in my life. You can read more about the challenge on my justgiving page. This blog is a report on how I am getting on day to day. Please donate if you can. Every little helps. Rowers: A generous donation of a C-breeze has been made for the highest donation to the cause...


Tuesday 20 May 2008

Rep 36: 3:19.5 @ 1:39.8 - first 1,000m of nightmarish 5,000m row

Well, I finished the row. But it was hell. I am a complete idiot of course. I wanted to complete the Blue Moon challenge (2 x 5,000m) today so did a gentle 5,000m warm up followed almost immediately by a full on 5,000m with a 1,000m at 1:40 at the start!

Madness and I paid for it, getting slower and slower, not maintaining an even pace is a killer and I pretty much stopped three or four times. The row was a RowPro on-line session with five of us:

1Peter Marston 0:00.0 5,000m 0:00.0
2John Glynn 17:28.1 5,000m 1:44.8
3Anthony Webb 17:49.0 5,000m 1:46.9
4Evaluation User 18:10.3 5,000m 1:49.0
5Thomas William-Powlett 18:35.6 5,000m 1:51.6

Something was up with RowPro because Pete certainly finished fast, but not THAT fast (the speed of light is certainly too much to ask).

My advice. Never, ever fly and die on a 5k.

Metres today: 11,000

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