Another long day done..

The bike ride to the boat shed this morning was colder than normal. I keep forgetting to wear the gloves that I brought..it's a learning process. Luckily it hasn't snowed yet, but we're due for some any day now. Snow itself won't stop us from going out, we just need the wind to cooperate. It certainly didn't today. (Video to come soon) In that sense, I could consider myself lucky that I had a 2k today.

After a very light "Pre-erg test" workout this morning, I enjoyed some porridge before practicing for my ACT test. I also looked over my final grades, now that they are released, and was quite happy with those as well.

The actual 2k test did not go as well. I'm not sure what effect the 4 x 5 minutes of leg compression before the test had, but the VO2 max mask definitely got to me. I could hardly breath at the 1k mark and then things went down hill. I was also a bit weak mentally, likely from being in a strange surrounding (a laboratory). I'm due for another test with the same conditions next week, so hopefully I can better adapt then.

I got some interesting data from the tests, the most striking was that my blood lactates were very high (~17 mmol) directly after the test. I was told that normally they are ~14 mmol after a 2k test, and ~1 mmol at rest. Once I do the next test, I'll have to compare and see what I figure out.

Still cold, still rainy. To have a bit of fun, we are touring the Cadbury chocolates factory tomorrow. That should be fun. Until then...row, eat, sleep, repeat.