So we’ve come through the mid-season slump and got back together for our first endurance paddle yesterday; two 2hr sessions interspersed with a 2 hr break. As a first taste of the distance we’ll have to cover it was really useful to get introduced to the kind of sessions we’ll be doing over the next few weeks/months. It also provides a nifty comparison with previous sessions…
We watched some folks training for the Devises to Westminster race yesterday; they were cruising along the tideway seemingly effortlessly in boats that were almost submersible they were so sleek and low-volume. It was pretty agonising to get into the plastic tub and stare at the huge bow wave formed as we push our Necky through the water. I am really looking forwards to getting into the Canadian boat; hopefully it’ll be fast enough to make us feel a bit more positive when we get there about the distance.
As you may have guessed, I’ve bought the same heart rate monitor as Toons, and my colleagues can now tell I’m bored when they hear a high pitched squeaking as I sync up my watch to my PC. Over the past few weeks I’ve tried to use it for most of my exercise sessions, and it shows some really interesting stuff. It seems that I’m able to keep my heart rate higher, for longer, than previously.
Two weeks ago we went for a 2 hr paddle, and my HR looked like this:
I realised last week that I wasn’t doing enough Cardio during the week; I’ve done a couple of sessions this week of sprints. This, combined with a general improvement in my fitness through training has led to my doing two 2hr sessions this weekend at a higher heart rate as below:
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