Want To Work Towards Longer Rows On The Rower

One thing I have been wanting to do is work up to rowing a half marathon again this winter. It has been a while. I was planning on it in 2024, but I got very sick, and that stuck with me for a bit, then other things came up. All summer long I have been itching to sit down on the Concept2, though, and just get some longer pieces in. WODs are great, and I will continue doing them along with my lifting, but there can be something entirely different about getting into a longer row. A variety in your workout regime is never a bad thing either! This morning I sat down and did a 5k. That isn’t really long yet, but it’s longer than the 500 or 1000 meters in normal WODs typically. One thing I will have to do, and I will learn again from previous experience, is to feel the pacing and effort I am putting in. Normal people can glance at the monitor’s screen, but for me, that doesn’t work. Today I felt like I did pretty well with that. I finished the 5k after ramping things up for the last bit and…