Training was quite a shock today - I arrived at the nice empty time of 3:45pm and got through my bench presses and lunges easy enough, however it was busying up by the time my cardio / row was to be done, so after fighting the urge to walk out again I took one of the rowers in to the other half of the gym (where the Olympic lifting classes are held).
I got started on the rowing and much to my surprise I was approached by one of the P6 members Sam, and he asked if he could row alongside me for moral support. I can't express how surprised I was for many reasons and I think my response was along the lines of "With me? Really?" And then I gave myself a mental kick and followed up with yes of course you can and so forth. But I realised again when I stepped outside my reaction for a moment and asked myself why was I so shocked he asked, the response was simple and direct to me. "For gods sake Rach, Sam is pretty much one of the fittest people in P6 bar the coaches themselves (and fantastic on the rower too) and you're probably one of the least fit people in P6 so he really must be desperate.)"
So once again my head was putting me down straight in to the gutter, I then remembered Coach OC saying to me the other week or so ago "You really don't give yourself enough credit for how fit you are Rach." Clearly I don't with automatic head responses like that when someone comes along and asks to train alongside me. But despite my rowing club cobwebs and concerns, or thoughts of if I'd be an embarrassment or so rubbish I'd just put him off, it worked out extremely well and I paced myself with Sam when I was doing my 20 sets of '30s on'. We had quite a chat afterwards once we could both breathe and talk properly again, he also told me how much he appreciated my support and wouldn't have kept going if I wasn't there, which amazed me if I'm honest. But I also felt he helped me just as much - as I know I wouldn't have pushed quite as hard without Sam there to keep pace with. It really took me back to the parts of being a member of a rowing club that I enjoyed, in that moment specifically erging with the mens squad outside the club house in the sun and watching the river. So for once I have some ammunition to launch against the part of my head that always says I train better solo / away from everyone else, thanks to Sam taking me by surprise I appear to have discovered an exception to that head rule of mine. I also feel / hope that I'm a small step closer to breaking down that keeping myself to myself barrier, and hopefully there will be opportunities to train more with Sam in the future too.
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