I saw a lot of progress today. In the morning, I went back to the laboratory to do the next 2k in the study I am participating in. This one was really interesting, because I did it "blind". The screen was covered so as to not influence me (because I knew my score from last time). What made me quite happy was that I was 4 seconds faster than my last 2k in the lab, but I felt like I did not pull nearly as hard. I had some trouble pacing myself so I was pretty conservative with my energy. Interestingly, last time my lactates were very high (17 mmol) but this time they were very low (10 mmol) with a decrease in time and perceived exertion.

This makes me confident that I can set a personal record when I get to do my 2k in "normal", non-lab conditions with a taper.

I scheduled that 2k for this morning so that I wouldn't miss more hard workouts (I missed a couple from arriving late to the camp), so I got to enjoy a 1500m, 1000m, 500m race pace workout in the afternoon. Hitting my 2k splits made me even more confident and excited for whenever my next "real" 2k is.

Now I'm off to sleep - 10 x 500m workout tomorrow morning, looking forward to it already. Then it's finally an afternoon off of rowing! ...but with strength training instead.