Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

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the water refill machine had no water and i barely had a lot to drink. I regretted that instantly as after 20 min (HR = 145) my HR drifted 10+ beats in 30 minutes.

It's what I get for taking a week off and then trying to recover from this minor surgery. But at least I have a better connection. Do I ignore the brief spikes of HR 5-10 beats above the norm?

Dehydration will increase HR drift, so I wouldn't worry about it. ALso after a break I find my HR is always a little higher at the same RPE, so it will probably settle down if you get back to regular rowing.

I’ll not worry too much about it. Week 15 day 2

5*750m 2R. 2:00 r21 2:00 r20 2:01 r20 2:00 r20 1:58 r21

2:00 average. Average r20. Need to use less r21 so I can train the r20, so even if things go bad in the 30r20 and I need to rate up to 21 or 22 I can still keep the average at 20 and have it count

At 500m at 2:00 for first interval my HR got to 179. 1 beat less than the same pace in April.

Still a decent interval. Week 16 I can either do 5*1500m 3R in the plan or try a 2k…

Depends on the time I have. The warmup needed is significant. I went up to UT1 in 5 min then did 3 bursts of r20 2:00, keeping recovery pace between. I’ll try experimenting with more…

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5*750m 2R. 2:00 r21 2:00 r20 2:01 r20 2:00 r20 1:58 r21

2:00 average. Average r20.

Excellent result and a good start at learning to maintain high work per stroke.

Week 16 I can either do 5*1500m 3R in the plan or try a 2k…

I'm not sure of the benefit of the 2k. If there is one I would suggest substituting for short intervals as your primary objective is likely more anaerobic threshold limited than VO2Max, so you will get more benefit from the longer than shorter intervals (the opposite of someone focussing on 2k short term).

Depends on the time I have. The warmup needed is significant. I went up to UT1 in 5 min then did 3 bursts of r20 2:00, keeping recovery pace between. I’ll try experimenting with more…

Personally I would limit the high work per stroke in your warm up. The objective of the warm up is increasing blood flow to muscles and kick starting the aerobic system. I find higher rate lower work is more effective in doing this and avoids the tiring of muscles that will likely limit performance on a session like this. That said, one burst is a good example to establish what you need to deliver.