October 22, 2016

We were discussing the fall yesterday on a little rowing oriented group. The discussion started around the beautiful fall colors that accompany the Head of the Charles Regatta. Then someone posted this:

So, I could just as well stop this blog post here, because it’s not going to get more beautiful.

Still, it was a beautiful autumn day today. It started misty but then it became nice and sunny. I took a video of my 60 minutes Steady State row. You can see how misty it was.

I rowed a 12km steady state. The original plan was to row all the way to Veverska Bityska, but I had to turn about 500m past the castle. I suddenly noticed that I could see the bottom of the river about 10cm below my boat. When I turned the single, I got into even shallower water. My blade hit the bottom. Luckily, the bottom is muddy and weak, but I wouldn’t want to run my fin over a rock.

The gorge/river part was less misty, but when I got back on the lake, there was even thicker mist than when I left. In the final 3km, I met 4 pairs, two singles and a ladies/girls eight. With the mist, you see the oncoming boats only in the last moment, and you have to look around constantly.

There was a weird silence on the lake, in this weather.

Here’s the workout in numbers:


Workout Summary - media/20161022-110913-Sanders SpeedCoach 20161022 0954amo.csv
--|Total|-Total-|--Avg--|Avg-|-Avg-|-Max-|-Avg
--|Dist-|-Time--|-Pace--|SPM-|-HR--|-HR--|-DPS
--|12603|68:49.0|02:43.8|19.0|149.7|165.0|09.6
W-|12608|68:50.0|02:43.8|19.1|149.2|165.0|09.6
R-|00000|00:00.0|00:00.0|00.0|000.0|165.0|00.0
Workout Details
#-|SDist|-Split-|-SPace-|SPM-|AvgHR|MaxHR|DPS-
01|00993|04:52.2|02:27.2|18.7|144.2|156.0|10.9
02|01005|04:54.5|02:26.5|18.5|154.0|157.0|11.1
03|01000|05:01.0|02:30.5|18.7|156.1|160.0|10.7
04|00995|04:59.5|02:30.5|19.1|159.0|163.0|10.4
05|01001|05:07.7|02:33.7|19.0|155.8|165.0|10.3
06|01003|08:39.0|04:18.7|20.0|145.5|161.0|05.8
07|01002|04:55.5|02:27.5|19.1|151.4|154.0|10.6
08|01001|04:57.7|02:28.7|19.4|155.1|160.0|10.4
09|00990|05:20.4|02:41.8|19.6|150.8|156.0|09.4
10|01002|05:03.2|02:31.3|18.5|149.2|154.0|10.7
11|01008|05:10.5|02:34.0|19.1|146.8|150.0|10.2
12|00990|06:40.9|03:22.4|18.7|136.4|147.0|07.9
13|00618|03:08.3|02:32.3|18.8|137.7|140.0|10.5


I took a few pictures when I was doing groceries. This part of Brno is where the city ends, with the usual malls and car dealers, then it transitions into small hills with villages.