5 x 2k this morning with 2 minutes actual (not active) rest - which, believe me, I needed. Average 1:48 and a bit which for me is fantastically fast! So felt pretty good until I stood up to get a shower and then - WOW - did my back hurt. After a while the pain subsided and I showered, shaved and everything else, walked the dogs and had breakfast with a dull ache in my lower back. Now, at work, all I have is a steady pain down the outside of my left leg from hip to just above the knee.
My fear is that I have a recurrence of an old back problem when I ruptured L4 & L5 discs and that took six months to recover - no rowing at all. I will give it until after the weekend to see how it feels otherwise my non-rowing blog will truly become a non-rowing blog.
Wishing everyone else happy and safe rowing.