HOTY ergs 5K 1 & 2

SUMMARY 

10/8 Sunday 22:09

8/8 FRIDAY 21:18

7/8 Thursday. 22:07

6/8 Wednesday 23:20

SUNDAY 10 AUG

Started too hard and faded.

110 drag factor @ Centenary 

 Obviously hit the end of the easy improvements.  Need mental and physical impairment. 

THURSDAY 7 AUG

This is my second 5k erg.

This time my focus was on trying to be consistent for the whole 5k.

Shaved a minute off my 5k erg

Today 22:07

Yesterday 23:20

Today's approach was to try and keep a consistent split and rating. Not race pace. Just going for control. Pacing myself. (As distinct from yesterday where the objective was to finish without stopping) stopping is bad.

WEDNESDAY 6 AUG

First 5k in forever.  Motivated because the grammarians have asked for 5k erg times for yarra selection. I actually doubt if I'll be in a decent crew and to a degree feel somewhat off to the side.  It feels like we actually are not one club but a thing called the F8 and separately to that there's the haves and then the leftovers and I'm in that leftovers grouping.  None the less, a good motivator.

Wednesdays Facebook post:

Had to do a 5k erg. 

Got the erg from under the house. It was dirty and in two bits. Looking for excuses: Maybe today's job could be just to clean it and get it ready. After all, I'd done my first weights session on Tuesday morning and the ache was setting in. Excuses Excuses....

Sat on the seat. We are committed. Certifiable. Set Spotify. Selected 5k. I wanna live in a dream seemed somewhat appropriate. 

And we were away. 

Today's objective is to do the whole thing without stopping. 

 Two dangers identified: Firstly if too light, might give up from boredom and secondly if going too hard, might crash and burn gasping for air. 

Got on a roll with 100 metres on 100m off. Kicked it along nicely. 

After it was over, showered and hopped in the car. The play list was still running and serendipitously, the song playing was Divinyls "pleasure and pain". A notable line:

It's a fine line between pleasure and pain

You've done it once, you could do it again

Whatever you done, don't try to explain

Ha ha

Madness takes it's toll.