Was rowing a HR limited 30min last night when I gave up after my HR strap came off for the
3rd time . That was close to 15min so I decided to row to 15min .
I didn't know what to do next but wanted a fast row so rowed the CTC 7min, and rowed a decent row at 2168m (1:36.9) .
Today at lunch I tried to get my watch and the C2 Suunto belt working but no joy (the C2 suunto belt works fine with the C2) . I decided to still go for a 30min HR row, even though I would not have the average HR info from the watch .
I rowed very fast, needing to slow down to not break 8K . This is nearly 3 secs pace faster then what I rowed for the same piece yesterday or ~10% increase in power.
I'm a bit confused as to how I rowed so well .
1 - I rowed at 23SPM rather then 22SPM which gives a speed boost
2 - I really nailed my technique
3 - I had a good nights sleep last night, after 3 very poor sleep hours the nights before (3hrs Sun, 4hrs Mon, ~5hrs Tue)
4 - I rowed the 7min CTC (not sure if this is positive or negative, negative if I tried another hard row, but for a recovery row ??)
5 - I don't know what the average HR was, the PM4 average was 156, and it is usually ~2 beat's higher then the true average (due to not counting the start HR), so that looks ok (for a 154hr target) but I can't really trust it .
That was the main reason I backed off from going over 8K
I'm not sure if 1->4 add up to 10% extra power, or if I got it from lack of accuracy in 5
Anyways better to be confused to where 10% extra power in one night comes from, then 10% less power