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.
