SimonG's Blog
The unscripted ramblings of a middle aged man?
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
It's been a while and you didn't 'phone!
February 28th was the last date we had and you didn't send flowers or anything. Have I upset you or was it something I said? If so, I'm sorry - I'm back and may we never be parted for so long again.
Actually, I've been really busy and blogging went onto the back of the very back burner for a while. Actually it was a comment in an email I received today which prompted me to sharpen my laptop and start to write again. Why bother, it's rubbish anyway many will cry. So what, it's my rubbish and my blog, so read on if you are so inclined or trawl th'interweb for something more interesting if that takes your fancy,I will not be in the least offended.
Once again, lots of rowing and I have been taking notice of the meter board and found to my horror how addictive it is just to stay "up there". Why, oh why, do all these other maniacs put in sooooooo many meters which I have then to match or beat just to see a +1 by my name? More to the point I don't want the dreaded -1 (or worse) beside my name. I am sure it is becoming more than an obsession, but I MUST be fitter than before, though I don't always feel it.
24 x 7 has started with a bang - or in my case with a big bang but fewer meters than originally hoped to shout about. "What is all this?" I hear you ponder. I started my seven sessions with a marathon early on Easter Monday, the first 14,289 of which kicked off my initial contribution to "the cause". I ended up with a time just over three hours (3.04:21.7 as if you were interested!) and my best FM in 2007 (to date)! Tuesday left me bewildered as I thought I'd signed up for one session a day BUT to my absolute delight found an early morning followed by a lateish night session but they are behind me now and today (Wednesday) is a day of rest. It's back to earlies tomorrow until Sunday. I am not looking forward to the last one as I am at the Grand National on Saturday and it WILL be a BIG party so no records will be in danger the morning after. (Rowing records that is!).
I hope everyone else taking part is having as much fun as me!
As for other things - I've just got a new toy! My new Suunto T6 "wristtop computer". I prefer to think of it as a watch! It has so many buttons and functions and it is going to make me so much better that all you meter board loonies had better watch out. I'm still wrestling with the manual looking for the chapter which will tell me how to strap it to my C2 so that it can do the hard work as well. I bought it "brand new and unused" from the US of A on Ebay at a far cheaper price than the high street here at home. How do they do that? All joking aside it has given me a very interesting couple of sessions feedback and I can see that "overtraining" will be a thing of the past. (As if it was a thing of the present - I'm more used to "undertraining" but that's for another day's blog!).
To anyone out there still following this ........... and there will be one somewhere....... thank you for reading and happy rowing until next time.
All the best.
SimonG
Actually, I've been really busy and blogging went onto the back of the very back burner for a while. Actually it was a comment in an email I received today which prompted me to sharpen my laptop and start to write again. Why bother, it's rubbish anyway many will cry. So what, it's my rubbish and my blog, so read on if you are so inclined or trawl th'interweb for something more interesting if that takes your fancy,I will not be in the least offended.
Once again, lots of rowing and I have been taking notice of the meter board and found to my horror how addictive it is just to stay "up there". Why, oh why, do all these other maniacs put in sooooooo many meters which I have then to match or beat just to see a +1 by my name? More to the point I don't want the dreaded -1 (or worse) beside my name. I am sure it is becoming more than an obsession, but I MUST be fitter than before, though I don't always feel it.
24 x 7 has started with a bang - or in my case with a big bang but fewer meters than originally hoped to shout about. "What is all this?" I hear you ponder. I started my seven sessions with a marathon early on Easter Monday, the first 14,289 of which kicked off my initial contribution to "the cause". I ended up with a time just over three hours (3.04:21.7 as if you were interested!) and my best FM in 2007 (to date)! Tuesday left me bewildered as I thought I'd signed up for one session a day BUT to my absolute delight found an early morning followed by a lateish night session but they are behind me now and today (Wednesday) is a day of rest. It's back to earlies tomorrow until Sunday. I am not looking forward to the last one as I am at the Grand National on Saturday and it WILL be a BIG party so no records will be in danger the morning after. (Rowing records that is!).
I hope everyone else taking part is having as much fun as me!
As for other things - I've just got a new toy! My new Suunto T6 "wristtop computer". I prefer to think of it as a watch! It has so many buttons and functions and it is going to make me so much better that all you meter board loonies had better watch out. I'm still wrestling with the manual looking for the chapter which will tell me how to strap it to my C2 so that it can do the hard work as well. I bought it "brand new and unused" from the US of A on Ebay at a far cheaper price than the high street here at home. How do they do that? All joking aside it has given me a very interesting couple of sessions feedback and I can see that "overtraining" will be a thing of the past. (As if it was a thing of the present - I'm more used to "undertraining" but that's for another day's blog!).
To anyone out there still following this ........... and there will be one somewhere....... thank you for reading and happy rowing until next time.
All the best.
SimonG
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