Jag hatar fortfarande roddmaskinen

För ett år sedan bekände jag att jag inte gillade roddmaskinen, och vårt förhållande har tyvärr inte blivit särkilt mycke bättre sedan dess.

Men kanske måste man ge den en chans för att bli redo för sommarens shorthandedrace. Nu har engelsmännen (ja, de där som vinner OS) tagit reda på hur man skall köra beroende på vad man seglar: Concept 2 Sailing Guide, där man också ser hur man ligger till mot Ben Ainslie och Iain Percy.

Kunde inte hitta tabellen för “J/109 helmsman” ;-)

Tipstack till Fredrik och Johan Bäckström.

This Guide is intended for Sailors of a number of different sailing classes, ages and athletic ability (called Athlete Levels in this Guide). Section 3 Getting Started applies to all Sailors and should be read very carefully to ensure full understanding.

Section 4 describes the physiological demands of the various sailing classes and details training plans relevant to each class.

Whilst you only need to read the sub section of Section 4 that applies to your own sailing class you may, out of interest, want to read about the other sailing classes. The tests in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 apply to all Sailors and are crucial to establishing your personal Athlete Level to use with the training plans.

Having established your Athlete Level and the appropriate training plan you only need the Pace Guide in Section 6 (the indoor rower monitor displays a number of variables – pace is shown as minutes:seconds/500m rowed) to get started on your indoor rowing training.

In addition to the tests you will need, Section 5 also includes the results of tests used by the Great Britain Olympic Sailing Team and the Indoor Rowing World Records so that you can compare your performance against elite Sailors and Indoor Rowers.