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Hey Magda and Dale, this is a goofy follow-up to your brief conversation I overheard where Dale feigns mock concern that we'll never be able to match our reference 6K due to such favorable rowing conditions.  Well, I got to thinking about it and, while I agree last Friday (1/26) had exceptional conditions, it probably did not represent the fastest conditions we'll encounter on the 6k sushi course. In particular I was thinking about water temp, the cold temp of last Friday versus the warmer temps we see at the beginning of sushi. Plus there are other considerations like eastbound head-currents from rain runoff and actually-not-that-great wind. All contribute to slower than the fastest conditions. In this note I consider water temp differential. Today's Lake Washington water temp is reported as 8.3° C.  Believe it or not, the water temp was around a degree colder last Friday, but to err on the conservative side let's call it 8°. You can find historical a...

12k, 7 mph sse wind, rain, warm.  https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/13753223229?share_unique_id=12  

Recently I downloaded annual summaries for the years that I've owned a Garmin watch - 2016 to late May 2020, Fenix 3 HR, and late May 2020 to Dec 2023, Fenix 6x Sapphire. Methods I used the Progress Report function in Connect to download activity summaries for 2017 through 2023. I then wrote a script to merge, massage and format the data. This step could have been done faster in a spreadsheet. But now having written the script, hopefully I can repeat this process without less manual effort.  Purpose I was curious to see how volume and other statistics trended over the 7 years. Since I compete in masters rowing, I also wanted to know if there were any trends that would show areas for improvement or anything that worked well. I retired in Jan 2021. Would the data  show the expected increases. Background I row, bike, walk, hike, ski, erg, do winter sports and a few other activities, all of which are represented in the Garmin data. The mix of activit...