I rowed for 60 minutes. I started out with the setting at 6 and rowed for about 20 minutes, then dropped it to 5 1/2. After 40 minutes, I dropped the setting to 5.
I started out easy, not knowing what to expect. I was averaging about 2:15 and sure enough I hit 5000 meters on the dot at 22:31. I was getting tired and wasn't sure my back was going to hold out so I dropped the pace to 2:17. I narrowed my grip on the handle, shortened my stroke to protect my back, upped the rpms to 28 or 29 and kept at 2:17 for about 15 more minutes. Nearing 40 minutes, I noticed my breathing was getting too quick so I dropped the pace to 2:20. Once I caught up on my breathing I went back down to about 2:18.
Pat came in to say hello and tell me something at about 43 minutes. I stopped rowing for about 1 minute, which I regret doing. I stayed on a running clock so the elapsed time was 60 minutes. I started back up at about 2:15, but I think I would have gotten more meters had I not stopped. Anyway, I kept the pace at 2:15-2:17 till about 52 minutes and it started getting closer to 2:20. I realized I may not make 13000 meters so I sped up in the last three minutes to about 2:15-2:16 and got 13,040.
Thinking about it, I probably could have started out at 2:10 for the first 10 minutes, saving me about 20 seconds. I probably could have held 2:15 through 40 minutes or so and dropped to 2:18 from 40-55 minutes and then back to 2:15 to finish. Using this formula, I might have gotten 13,400. To get to 14,000 meters I need to average 2:08 which is possible, but would be a real challenge. Guess we will find out next time!
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