i've been using the rowing machine!

i'm back on the ergos and i'm slowly building my mileage up to make it some thing like i was doing before when i was fit around about september time. i will start doing some 2000 meter time trials in about a couple of weeks time or may be a couple of weeks later depending on how i feel my fitness will hold out. for now though it is a question of concentrationg on the endless long sessions that build up your basic fitness. the difference between running and rowing though is you can work at a much higher heart rate as a rower because and recover quicker because the muscle and joint damage sustained through exercise is significantly less. whilst it is a wrench to give up running competitively, no matter how good you are at any one thing no one has infinite amounts of talent, so you have to accept your limitations. but remember that as one door closes another one opens, and i'm starting to view this as an opportunity to better my self, once i can shake off this throat infection, which touch wood is in its death throes. i have looked at the cost of joining rowing clubs, and it is quite extortionate compared to running but i see it as a investment in my future if it is some thing that i am going to be good at. in the mean time i have discovered scrabble on the facebook website (go to the search engine on the top right hand corner of your home page once you have logged in to your account and type in scrabble and it should come up) and if any of you fancy a game i'm more thn up for it!