Just set a new fastest time for a 10 minute row! I managed an impressive 2118 metres is a 500 split time of 2:21.6

This means I could probably do a 2000 metre row in 9:20 now allowing for the fact I'd have 40 seconds less to row and so could sprint earlier.

I never thought I'd get down that low so it's quite encouraging for me.

My dream has always been to go under 9 mins which with my lung capacity would be like a normal person going sub 7 definitely. I hope I can continue to improve. My lungs won't get better so I guess I need to focus on technique and power? I find the first 5 minutes I'm rowing around a 2:15 pace quite naturally, it's easy until about 5 mins in and then I struggle to breathe and drop to about 2:23 and have a late surge over the final 30 seconds.

I think maybe if I add cycling to give my legs a new type of exercise to adapt to I might be able to get a bit more out of them.

Also maybe short sprinting sessions of 500 meters on the rower just to build up lactic acid tolerance?

I'd love to get down to a 2:20 pace over 2000 metres, I started at about 2:35...