Every year about this time I start thinking about some sort of fitness goal I should reach by my birthday. In the past I've done CrossFit's "Murph", the 300 Workout and last year's failed attempt at CrossFit's "Linda". Since I bought a slightly used Concept 2 Rower this year, I decided on trying to finish a Rowing Marathon, 42,195 meters. I have no idea how rowing geeks arrived at that number, but that's the goal. Looking at the C2 site I see that 3:00:00 is a pretty good time for old bastards like myself. So here goes, a marathon in 112 days, if I don't kill myself before my 53rd birthday, July 12th.
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Set out to do a liesurely 10,000M tonight but my body just let me down. My ass just couldn't take anymore. This may be harder than I thought. The C2 site suggests bubble wrap to make the seat more comfortable, hittin the UPS store tomorrow.
I'm working on some body fat reduction. Eating has been good for two whole days, almost a record.
__________________ 'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. ' ~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher,
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Rower intervals are way harder than a stationary bike. I'm sweating like a whore in church. Good stuff.
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Do you wrap the seat in bubble wrap or your ass?
I gotta get some. My ass is really sore tonight.
__________________ 'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. ' ~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher,
smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
42,195 meters is the distance of a running marathon- 26 miles 385 yards or approximately 26.2 miles. Though first used in the 1908 Olympics, it didn't become the standard marathon distance until 1924.
Good luck with meeting your goal.
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You are a very brave (or crazy) man. 42,000 meters sounds like absolute torture to me. The most I have ever rowed in one sitting was 10,000. Good luck to you!
One question about the bubble wrap. Won't it pop when you sit on it?
Intended to row 10,000M at a pace that I could keep up forever. I was able to row almost the entire first half of the Pitt vs Xavier game before friends dropped by expectantly. At this pace a the Marathon would take 3:20:00, not far off the mark. I barely broke a sweat and wasn't even breathing hard when I stopped, but that was the idea tonight. I'm pretty happy with my weight, dropped 3 lbs so far this week.
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42,195 meters is the distance of a running marathon- 26 miles 385 yards or approximately 26.2 miles. Though first used in the 1908 Olympics, it didn't become the standard marathon distance until 1924.
Duh, I thought it was secret rowers thing.
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You are a very brave (or crazy) man. 42,000 meters sounds like absolute torture to me. The most I have ever rowed in one sitting was 10,000. Good luck to you!
One question about the bubble wrap. Won't it pop when you sit on it?
I've never been a distance guy, but C2 will send you a pin if you swear that you've completed this thing. As for the bubble wrap, my ass seems to be acclimatizing to the seat. It's kinda like riding a bike, hurts like hell for the first few rides until you get used to it.
__________________ 'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. ' ~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher,
smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
No workout except for walking Eddie the Beagle tonight. If I flex my abs real hard I have a two pack. Apparently taking bad shit out of the diet works wonders.
__________________ 'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. ' ~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher,
smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
And, more importantly, how will you explain those random pops?
Explain it to who. Like you I work out in the basement. Eddie the Beagle never asks questions.
__________________ 'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. ' ~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher,
smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
Wish I could work out in the basement..hell I wish I had a basement, or a even a my own house for that matter.
Great gowing so far, Bill.
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Longest row so far at a slightly faster pace than Thursday's 7000M. Boredom is the hardest part of these long rows. I watched Ultimate Fighter Season 3 Marathon today. I'm going to need something riveting to get through 3 hours of this, maybe Rudy meets Saving Private Ryan.
Dinner tonight with friends to celebrate Ryan Williams', a high school teammate of my son's, 2nd place NCAA Wrestling finish. Ryan is the nicest, most humble kid in the world. He hurt his elbow in the 2nd match of his senior year in high school and was only lightly recruited by major colleges. He busted his ass at Old Dominion for four years, finishing with the most victories in school history and a place in the NCAA finals. We will raise a few toasts tonight. I may weigh a little more tomorrow.
__________________ 'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. ' ~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher,
smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
If I had a dollar for every time I've said this...
I broke my tailbone (running stairs with my athletes, when I was coaching rowing) and had to sit on a donut for two weeks. Sometimes I think I should get that thing out and give my butt a rest!
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This is a great challenge Bill, I know you will knock it out of the park. I rowed 1500 meters today. It was fun, but 3 hours would be painful. I may try to build up some distance after rugby season.
Good luck reaching your goal Bill. The C2 Erg is a fantastic machine; keep up with your training and you will see fantastic results.
To fight boredom, I would recommend alternating work. If I sit down and set myself up to do 10k, I'll likely break down at 5 or 6. If I sit down for a pyramid workout, or 4x12 min with active rest in between, I'll finish with more than 11 or 12 and not even think about it.
Make sure you log your rows in the C2 logbook too. You can then join virtual teams and your data will be pulled in to their databases so you can track your mileage against other members, join challenges, etc. Pretty cool extra motivation. (I'm part of www.freespiritsrowing.com, but there are many others.)
Tonight's time 1 damn second slower than my best 5000. Didn't weigh after the weekend's debauchery. Back on the scale tomorrow.
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I need to test one of those out to see how they would work with my prothesis.
I tried it with one leg and it works. If you can find one on Craig's List I have a truck.
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I may try to build up some distance after rugby season.
Cool. I played about 10 seasons. I had to quit to avoid certain alcohalism.....God it was fun. Enjoy.
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Good luck reaching your goal Bill. The C2 Erg is a fantastic machine; keep up with your training and you will see fantastic results.
To fight boredom, I would recommend alternating work. If I sit down and set myself up to do 10k, I'll likely break down at 5 or 6. If I sit down for a pyramid workout, or 4x12 min with active rest in between, I'll finish with more than 11 or 12 and not even think about it.
Make sure you log your rows in the C2 logbook too. You can then join virtual teams and your data will be pulled in to their databases so you can track your mileage against other members, join challenges, etc. Pretty cool extra motivation. (I'm part of www.freespiritsrowing.com, but there are many others.)
Thanks for looking in and the good advice. I'm honored to be the recipient of your very first post. Any advice is appreciated.
__________________ 'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. ' ~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher,
smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
Basketball- 5 full court games. Didn't play bad for an old guy.
__________________ 'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. ' ~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher,
smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
Wednesday is usually a rest day. Basketball and 3-4 beers Tuesday night just kill me in my old age. However, tonight I fell asleep for 25 minutes while watching Hogan's Heroes and work up feeling like a new man.
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Good luck with your goal!
Thanks, I find that they get stupider as I get older.
__________________ 'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. ' ~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher,
smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
Was supposed to work back down to 1:00 but luckily ran out of time. I'm thinking about mixing rowing into body weight circuits, Ross Style. We'll see tonight.
__________________ 'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. ' ~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher,
smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
A PR by 29 seconds. Did this as intervals. Started out 1000M fast/not so fast, dropped to 500Ms, finishing at 10 fast/10 not so fast strokes. Tough workout.
__________________ 'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. ' ~Frank Sinatra
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher,
smarter, faster and better looking than most people.
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