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[ivegotabike]

Ha - I tried that this evening... It was ridiculously bad!!!

I wanted to do the flat/downhill bits at a cadence of about 90 rpm and a power of about 130 watts. That was fine.

The plan was to do the steeper climbs at about 75 rpm and at around 150 watts so they did feel like climbs, but didn't push me too hard. I reduced the trainer slope difficulty to 33% and set off. As soon as I hit a decent climb I was in my bottom virtual gear, my cadence fell to 50 rpm, and my power was spiking to well over 200 watts. It felt like I was riding my old singlespeed bike!

I had to revert to using cruise control and adjust the power in that to meet my targets, and pedal at the cadences that I had pre-chosen.


I did 620 kJ on the turbo this evening, about 10 minutes quicker than the previous session, and I could tell as soon as I got on the C2... I think it will be some time before post-turbo 5 km rows are on the menu!

That does sound like tough gig: jump of the turbo and start rowing!

I don't think jumping off the rower and onto the turbo sounds any easier, either

 

[ColinJ]

That does sound like tough gig: jump of the turbo and start rowing!

I don't think jumping off the rower and onto the turbo sounds any easier, either

I am having a short break from rowing. I discovered that an old iMac is much heavier and bulkier in its original packaging than I expected... I had one delivered to a local shop and walked down to collect it. On the walk back my back was aching after 50 metres. After another 50 metres it was really bothering me. By the time I got home it was in a state known as 'Do not in any circumstances go near the rower until your back recovers'!!

20 kg isn't a weight that would bother me if I could get a good grip on it and stand up straight, but struggling to walk with a big heavy box dangling in front of me wasn't one of my better ideas!