A reason why I do this …

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Meters: 7,000
Time 33:34
500-meter pace: 2:25-ish
Strokes per minute: 22-23 (when I bothered to notice)
Total Meters Rowed: 51,088

I need to remember on my next workout to row to a time and not a meter; I’m tired of that “…088″ at the end of Total Meters Rowed. I feel like I’m not getting anywhere.

As for today: I had one of “those” workouts. You know, one of those workouts that stays with you all day … in a good way. You feel exhausted and energized, wornout and ready to go all at the same time. Does anything feel better than that in the entire world? Anything? (Work with me; it’s a rhetorical question.)
I actually started thinking about today’s workout yesterday. Wondering about it. Trying to plan it. I decided on 7,000 meters — a long, slow run — just because. Because I was coming off a sprint and because I wanted to break past 6,000 meters. Going to bed last night I was looking forward to it to the point where I thought I wouldn’t be able to get to sleep.

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That feeling stayed with me once I sat down this morning. Or at least it stayed with me until the 4,500-meter mark. And then it all left me; suddenly 7,000 meters seemed a ridiculous idea, a row too far. I even started banging the handle into my knees, knocking me off rhythm. Twenty-five-hundred meters to go? No way. But then just as suddenly the darkness passed, I rowed back into the light, and by 5,500 meters I was cruising again. Completey zoned. And I still am. Great feeling. Doesn’t happen often. But it does happen, doesn’t it? Been there, stay there. If only.

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