I AM DISAPPOINT! [status, rowing]
Feb. 8th, 2026 06:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rebeccmeisterEdit: At 2 pm and a toasty 10°F, the car did start again. So I have some homework to do, but not all hope is lost. Just the hope of making it to my erg race scheduled for 9 am this morning.
Well, dang it! I am not very good at this whole "vehicle management strategy during actually cold weather" business, so I failed to set up a makeshift battery warmer overnight and now my car won't start. 😭 So now I won't get to drive myself down to the Bronx to then torture myself with a 2000m rowing machine (erg) race against myself*. BOO!!
There's probably a life lesson in all this somewhere, but for right now, GRRRR!
I did try applying the cats' heating pad to the battery, and also poured warm water over it, for a good long while, to no avail. By now, I am out of time to make it to the race on time.
This is all getting filed in the mental category of: cars: convenient, until they aren't.
And now I have the question of, so now what. Do I torture myself on my own rowing machine at home? Do something completely different?
One thing is certain: if I go for the rowing machine at home, I won't be trying to use it out on the front porch. I did a race piece a week or so ago on the BikeErg on the porch, and it was cold enough then at 20°F for the battery to glitch out.
But that means using the erg inside the house, which sounds unpleasant in other ways (air harder to breathe). Sigh.
*I was the only entry in my age category! It was going to be a guaranteed win!
Well, dang it! I am not very good at this whole "vehicle management strategy during actually cold weather" business, so I failed to set up a makeshift battery warmer overnight and now my car won't start. 😭 So now I won't get to drive myself down to the Bronx to then torture myself with a 2000m rowing machine (erg) race against myself*. BOO!!
There's probably a life lesson in all this somewhere, but for right now, GRRRR!
I did try applying the cats' heating pad to the battery, and also poured warm water over it, for a good long while, to no avail. By now, I am out of time to make it to the race on time.
This is all getting filed in the mental category of: cars: convenient, until they aren't.
And now I have the question of, so now what. Do I torture myself on my own rowing machine at home? Do something completely different?
One thing is certain: if I go for the rowing machine at home, I won't be trying to use it out on the front porch. I did a race piece a week or so ago on the BikeErg on the porch, and it was cold enough then at 20°F for the battery to glitch out.
But that means using the erg inside the house, which sounds unpleasant in other ways (air harder to breathe). Sigh.
*I was the only entry in my age category! It was going to be a guaranteed win!
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Date: 2026-02-08 07:05 pm (UTC)My co-worker has started rowing! She has one in her basement that she'd never used but got inspired seeing me run around in spandex at the office, LOL!
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Date: 2026-02-08 07:18 pm (UTC)MORE ROWERS CONVERTED TO THE DARK SIDE, mwa ha ha!