I haven’t had much to say about rowing here, but that’s not because I haven’t been. In addition to often logging meters seven days a week (with the occasional day off), I’ve been doing steady state most days (intervals twice a week minimum, but no more than three), but mostly in zone two. Zone two is the new hotness.

Here are a couple of screen grabs from Concept2’s Log Book. First, a 1K from January of 2024:

So a 2:02 pace, not fast for that low a shorter piece, but emblematic of my longer steady state efforts from that era (including my best-ever 2:02 10K. And the stroke rate: 30 rpm.

Next is a more recent 1K piece, at a slower 2:04 pace, but only 25 rpm:

So that’s what I’ve been after: base meters at a more comfortable pace, but pushing harder on the work side.