The Batteries are Drained

Today we had a triple row session. It involved a technique row sandwiched between two 18km steady-states. It seems a little excessive but it is what coach put forward for today. I feel that a coach is always looking out for my best interest and would only put something on the schedule that would benefit in the long-run.  Sometimes I think that it is hard as an athlete who wants to get better and move forward with training; at certain times in the workout macro-cycle everyone has a period of low energy or injury and it would probably be beneficial to hold off on a training session and recover. But, usually we all push through and have the detrimental effects weigh us down.  I read an interesting article recently about Institutionalized Overtraining with references to the Canadian Rowing team.  I don't feel that my training is too much to handle but I always want to be critical and make sure a bit of overtraining (overreaching effect) and turn into a chronic fatigue syndrome.
 Below is a summary of the rows today. It just looks like a spiders web strung across the lake.

The batteries on both my Garmin and StrokeCoach died on this double steady-state row.  In addition to that my internal energy system were depleted and in need of a re-charge.  I was, however, able to eat some delicious bread that my fiancee made for us - I ate the whole loaf.

Next up is a development regatta in Burnaby Apr. 20-21st.