Rowing to Vienna - I

I rowed 14km (and a bit) on the Concept 2 ergo last night, which took my total for the month and for the year-to-date past 100km. To keep me motivated, I thought I’d check out my progress against something I could relate to – like a real journey.

If I were to equal my 2009 total of 1014km, that would be close to the distance from Brussels to Vienna.

I’ve already spent 8 hours and 12 minutes of my year on the infernal machine, so I’m covering a kilometre every 4 minutes and 27 seconds, or a mile every 7 minutes and 9 seconds. That’s about as fast as I used to run – when I was a runner.

So I’m not rowing in a cold, cheerless hall – I’m running to Vienna!

I’ve crossed the border into Holland already, just passing Maastricht.