Off-season 2015

[El Gordo]

And do let us know why you're off the rowing, when you think of the reasons. We were all rather excited about that. I do hope that "running 100 miles in 100 days" isn't added to the list, or I will feel very bad.

By the way, graphical presentation of results is compulsory. Bonus points for highly obscure Excel functionality.

I'm not "off the rowing" at all. It's the worst excuse of the lot, but I've been incredibly busy at work for the last 2 or 3 weeks. I'm not saying I've not had the time because you can always find time for 15 or 20 minutes. More that I'd slipped into a different mental groove. Early starts, eating late, weekend working. Erratic routine. But yeah -- as I said -- excuses really.

So anyway, I'll add 100 miles of plodditry to 100 miles of rowing. The latter works quite well actually. You may or may not know but 2,000 metres is a standard basic rowing session, and the usual length for the competitions. For the average new rower, it's only 8 or 9 minutes but you'd be amazed how much of a workout you feel you've had. One or two of those a day does one the power of good. What I've not yet strayed into is the longer, less intensive sessions. Needless to say, the target of most enthusiasts is the marathon -- same distance as running. This is almost certainly beyond me, but who knows. My initial target is to knock out a regular weekend 10K. If I can get a few of those under my belt, we'll see.

Graphical results - aye. That's the real challenge.

As for 1 mile a day vs other configurations, I was reminded of my old friend Mark, whose running regime I mentioned in this post:  "Apparently he runs exactly one mile — never more, never less — every morning, seven days a week, 364 days a year. And on the 365th day? On the 365th day, he runs the Oxford 10K."


Oh well. I had better stop or I'll be tempted to add even more imaginary athletic objectives.