Journey of a recreational vet triathlete, GigRower & adventure sport enthusiast and amateur photographer
Evening training row in choppy seas. Went out on a strong 💪 row with a bucket/parachute behind us and raced back without the resistance of this device. Cox: Wendy, 6: Jim, 5; James,4: Steve,3: Trev, 2: Me and 2: Duncan. Plenty of of race starts also.
Warm up C2 RowErg row followed by strength session
the above was followed by 1 minute plank and 50 crunches. Followed by the WattBike ride in a Fulgaz Loire route in France 🇫🇷 as below
Just over 15Km ride along the Loire River in France 🇫🇷. Nice scenic ride
Wind dropped again and sea much better than yesterday. Rowed out forcefully to Border Force boat 🛥️. On way back did some starts and worked on technique. Good training session. Cox: Jim, 6: Steve, 5:Trev, 4: Ant, 3: James, 2: Me, 1: Duncan. Finally view of Scillonian that Pat us on the way back
After rows being cancelled all last week due to too high winds. The PNPGC men’s crew went for a row in choppy seas as winds still strong. I didn’t start my Garmin watch until 20 minutes out and therefore another 2km in distance. Cox: James, 6: Jim, 5: Trev, 4: Steve, 3: Tom, 2: me and 1: Duncan. Afterwards went for a drink in the Longboat.
Warm up row before strength exercises
The above exercises were followed by a cool down row
Men’s training row in very choppy and messy seas. Plenty of start training and rowing 🚣 in these conditions: 6: Steve, 5: Trev, 4: Ant, 3: James, 2: Me, 1: Duncan. Got wet on the back. Went for a few beers 🍻 in Longboat afterwards.
Slow row in slightly choppy seas.Cox: Jim, 6: Steve, 5: Trev, 4: Me, 3 Dietmar, 2: Wendy, 1: Claire, Pilot : Barry.
Good workout 🏋️♂️ by a series of strength exercises as shown above utilising a number of muscles as shown above. This was followed by an aerobic efficiency session on the WattBike with staged increases in power over 26 minutes and equivalent to almost 10 Km as shown below.
Good row out into choppy seas towards the Mount. A few racing starts as well. Crew as follows:
Cox: James, 6: Steve, 5: Trev, 4; Ant, 3: Jo, 2: Me, 1: Tom
Good practice for the Scillies in tough conditions.
After over a week recovering from chest infection took place in the PNPGC Fun races going out into some big swells in Mount’s Bay for a quick race. Crews as follows and Jim’s crew in Rhos and Jame’s crew the one I was in was in the new gig
pretty rough conditions but good practice for Scillies in large swells. See photos and video below of conditions.
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