Well this is the fifth day of not pumping legs back and forth to the rhythmic notes of a well oiled slide accompanied by toned rippling muscled torso, heaving lungs and a pool of sweat on the floor. Pretty picture eh?
My lost weekend of no rowing left me with plenty of time for gardening (good for the back!), decorating (also good for the back with all that bending and stretching) and generally pottering around.
Having said that I feel pretty good with no major aches and pains in the lower back, so having run 5k on the treadmill yesterday lunchtime with no adverse effect I planned to cycle, row, run and elliptical x-train 10 minutes each today at lunchtime and see how I get on. Us Greek God lookalike types have to work hard to maintain the illusion (or should that be delusion!)of fitness.
If all goes well I would hope to be back to 10k plus per day by next weekend and no ill effects. If it doesn't go well, then back to the drawing board and evolve plan B. Watch this space for the next installment of "back of the future"!