Friday 14th April 2023: Two Concept2-RowErg interval sessions with strength fitness session

Nice couple of Concept2 RowErg training sessions of just over 2600m. Bringing the times down with better breathing 😮‍💨. Can’t wait to get back on the water 🚣‍♀️ tomorrow morning as weather looks better for a good crew row. Followed this session with several strength 💪 exercises with dumbbells and barbell weights for legs, core, arms etc. Two weeks to the Gig World Championships in the Scillies

Thursday 13 April 2023: Three ErgRow sessions on Concept2

With the weather wind 💨 🌧️ being awful decided on playing on the Concept2 Ergrow with a few interval sets starting with 8 x 30 seconds intervals and one called the magnificent 7 starting with 700m with 70sec rest then 600m with 60 sec rest, the 500m with 50sec rest, then 400m with 40sec rest, then 300m with 30sec rest, then 200m with 20 sec rest then 100m to finish. Fun 🤩 one to do. Total training done was 4916 which is great to top up my fitness for the Scillies and bringing down times on the PM5. Want to get well below well 2 minutes/500m on the PM5 by improving my technique on the Concept2. I followed this with around 20 minutes strength training with weights.

Tuesday 4th April: CGC Super Vets training session

Training session with CGC Super-vets in Falmouth harbour. Lots of racing start practice with 3 minute race sessions in and out of harbour. The sea was choppy outside the harbour which was fun 🤩. Cox: Emily, 6: Lynette, 5: Jon, 4: Gary, 3: Pete, 2: Me, 1: Gary. However about 10 minutes is missing due to accidentally pushing the pause button ☹️

Saturday 1st April 2023: Gig Racing at Helford Gig Club Mini Scillies with Coverack Super Vets Team

Rowed for Coverack Super Vets at Helford River Gig Club Mini Scillies. After the really windy day on Friday, the wind had dropped a bit for the event to take place. We were on first as vets and super vets racing together. The crew was cox : Sophie, 6: Martin, 5: James as fill in for Jon, 4: Gary, 3: Pete, 2: Me, 1: Andy. We had a warm up row to the start with the wind to start the race. We started the race and was against the wind and in places driving rain. Great race and came 5 in Morah with a time of 16.20. Caradon came first in Ann Glanville with a time of 13.45, second Falmouth in Arvenack with a time of 14.40, Cadgewith in Spy with a time of 15.07, Helford in Helford in the time of 16.07. Following us was Fowey in Q with a time of 16.39, followed by Cotehole Quay in Gallow with a time of 16.56, the Teign in Templer with a time of 17.11 and Deveron in Fear Time with a time of 20.58. Great race and room for improvement for Scillies with more training as a crew. The results of all the clubs both Vets and Super Vets are shown below

The information on the whole work out is above and below