For the end of the month, looks like I will only be able to row 10km at a time. My youngest son is taking swim lessons at the YMCA. His lessons last for 45 minutes and 10km of rowing lasts for a little bit less than that. I plan on rowing the rest of the month with the exception of the up coming weekend. Here’s what I did this evening … total time, 41:35.8, 2:04.7 per 500 meters, 23 strokes per minute.

8:07.2 2:01.8 23 2000m
8:14.6 2:03.6 23 4000m
8:29.0 2:07.2 23 6000m
8:31.0 2:07.7 23 8000m
8:13.5 2:03.5 23 10000m

Not a great row tonight - I ate dinner about a hour before exercise - blah! My wife made this delicious, healthy muffins and yours truly put away four of them. I didn’t feel so hot rowing tonight.

One thing I have noticed over the last few weeks is that I have been losing weight during the week day, but gaining it all back over the weekend. It seems that I am giving myself permission to pigout on the weekend and undo all of the good work accomplished during the work week.

I broke that strangle hold this past weekend when I didn’t put back on a couple of weekend pounds. I finished the weekend just about where I started it, 166.4 lbs versus 166.2 lbs on Friday. Tonight’s exercise will likely mean I weigh less than 166.0 lbs tomorrow morning.

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Which means I have one more day and I only need to row 10km for tomorrow. Felt lilke a zoomie today, slowed down significantly twice during the workout, just couldn’t keep the momentum going like I normally do.
Today’s 15,000 meter ergometer piece took 1:07:12.3 averaging 2:14.4, 24 strokes per minute.

9:01.4 2:15.3 22 2000m
8:41.4 2:10.3 23 4000m
8:53.2 2:13.3 24 6000m
9:19.2 2:19.8 24 8000m
8:54.3 2:13.5 24 10000m
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I have come to the conclusion that the best time for me to exercise for weight loss is later in the day, preferably after dinner. I *think* that I end up sleeping through any exercise induced hunger. When I rowed in the AM on Thursday of this week, I ended up pigging out at lunch - and my weight went up the next day. Last night I rowed after 8PM and today I weighed in less than the previous day.

I planned on rowing relatively easy today, and for the most part I did. I ended up varying the workout a bit. The numbers that follow show this.

Total rowing time 1:07:56.9, 2:15.8 per 500 minutes, 22 strokes per minute.

9:09.1 2:17.2 22 2000m
9:01.0 2:15.2 16 4000m
9:08.7 2:17.1 22 6000m
9:48.8 2:27.2 21 8000m
9:07.6 2:16.9 24 10000m
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4:08.7 2:04.3 26 15000m

Notice the different stroke rate. The first 2000 meters was done at 22 strokes per minute in 9:09.1. The second 2000 meters at 16 strokes per minute (painfully slow), but was done quicker, 9:01.0 - much more efficient with each stroke.

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Which means I can row even faster.  It is amazing what a day and a half between workouts will do.

The last 15,000 meter piece that I did was Thursday morning.  Now it is Friday evening and I just finished my workout in 1:02:59.7 - record pace for me.

Without further ado, here are the relevant stats.  15km rowing in 1:02:59.7 at a pace of 2:05.9, 24 strokes per minute.  Different then the other recent rowing efforts is I put in 10 hard pulls at each 1000 meter mark, typically rowing at a 2:00 min / 500 m pace for those 10 strokes.

8:27.5 2:06.8 24 2000m
8:29.0 2:07.2 24 4000m
8:26.4 2:06.6 24 6000m
8:25.4 2:06.3 24 8000m
8:26.2 2:06.5 24 10000m
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