10.5 Years Later!

21 July 2024

So then, here we go!

One thing I missed from when I used to race 10 years ago, was writing my blogs.

I enjoyed putting my experience down for others to enjoy, learn from, be motivated by and anything else that was positive. Learning from success and failure, understanding the struggle and overcoming adversity.

By the way, you can read every single blog I ever wrote over 3-4 years right here in the archived section to your left!

So, it started yesterday with a 3 by 2k intro piece.

This wasn’t about seeing splits or times. It was about sitting on the machine and begin the lengthy process of building up resilience.

Resilience to discomfort and embrace the suck!

It was a lactate threshold piece – may have gone a fraction over, but at this stage that’s fine.

I wanted to see how my body responded and what I could tolerate.

I covered 6km which is the furthest and longest I have sat on the machine for in over a decade.

‘Get comfortable with being uncomfortable’ was definitely the takeaway message!

The biggest win for me was mental resilience points and HUGE ones at that!

Durning the first interval I was already thinking about cutting it short.

In the second I had resided to telling myself 2 was enough, I mean after all no-one would know.

But I got back on and finished what I set out to do.

A stark reminder that the mental resilience will strengthen as this journey continues and that this game is far from just physical.

Session 1 in the bag …

Chat soon.

Coach OO.

#erg #row #comeback

Ollie Osborne

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