The Rowing Agenda

So as promised, I've decided to keep some updates on my solo training (which will last for another week until the winter break ends and the crew returns).

It was roughly 9:10am when I arrived onto the erg-room on-campus. Above is a snapshot of that hellishly beautiful place where agony meets pure self-empowerment. Today's workout: a steady-state 8k (18 to 22 spm). Took it moderately easy today with a 2:09.5 split. Yesterday was a hard day ( 4 x 2000m). I've been trying to alternate "easy" and hard days just so I don't burn out too much.
After the ergo workout came food shopping (my frig. that morning was completely EMPTY!), studying, and napping. Then came the evening gym session with full-body, low-moderate weight training exertion. Just enough to stimulate the muscles.

I've been trying to gain some muscle mass (140 pounds is a bit too light even for collegiate lightweights). This morning, I weighed in at 142 pre-erg workout (140 after). This comes after weighing in at 139 pre-erg workouts for the pass 8 days. For the last 3 years, I've been fluctuating anywhere from 136 lbs up to 140 lbs. I'm praying this up-trend continues a bit more to make a tiny bit easier for cutting my erg times. I know erg times do NOT translate into rowing success, but facing the facts...I'm too light and below average rowers' height (5'8'') and I need to make up that difference in power.

But after all this serious work work work talk, I like to end my day on a light note. So, on a rare occasion, I decided to cook up something I've never cooked up before. Some nice baked ziti. I promise this isn't my usual diet, I SWEAR! But, can't hurt so much to indulge a bit now and then.