M/2 Workout

Completed a half marathon on the rower today, my longest row in a single sitting ever. My chaffing issues seem to be solved. There's no getting around the general fatigue and gulte and low back soreness during and after the workout, though.

I took 5K splits on my watch, and I was fairly consistent. I'll ignore the first 1,097 meters, since that was warm-up time anyway:

1st 5K 19:39 HR Ave. = 119

2nd 5K 19:42 127

3rd 5K 19:49 127

4th 5K 19:48 128

I was very pleased with the workout. I rowed 10K on Thursday and ran 5K, then rowed 5K on Friday. 10-15K of running tomorrow will cap off a nice week. There's still snow and ice covering the favored running surfaces but I'll get the work in.

The M/2 took 1:23:19, which had I elected to rank it would place me 20th in my age group (194 rankings) this year. I didn't race it and won't rank it. I will race that distance in March, and I'll hit it hard then. My training partner, John, pulled a 1:22:45 for the distance. He would've been 57th among the 351 rowers in his age group (40-49).