Holy crap. It's more than 11 years since I started this thread.
The sad fact is, as we start 2020's Holiday Challenge, I can barely row at all. I've grown something of a belly during lockdown (hey, I already had a start on it even before March) and I now find rowing a pretty constricted, puffing-and-blowing kind of affair.
I'll give the challenge my best shot, but my opening target of 2000m was beyond me; I could just manage 1500m at 2:40 splits. I'm a lardy mess at the moment, and being almost 61 with lung issues probably doesn't help.
Ah well. Only way is up, right?
The gut gets in the way and I always feel like I'm not getting enough breath. Hopefully the rower will work its magic and the gut will diminish.
Not much changed in 11 years then
(TBF, a lot changed in the intervening years - I just regressed some)