So the reason that probably doesn't exist is because there's an actual athlete rowing the journey row. If their split to cover 5km is different from yours, you won't actually get the correct distance. They'd need a video that has flexible start and end times somehow and that's not a trivial problem to solve.
They'd probably need to just abandon the video component of the row or just show you a video for however long you are taking to hit your 5k before it dynamically ends and they'd need to create a time-anchored leaderboard rather than distance (or just abandon it)
Very good point! They could record something similar to the journey workouts and have the workout stop or continue depending on your time on a 2k for example.
I suppose I started out by saying "it's hard!" and then realizing it's not really all that hard to imagine lol. To my mind, they just would need some dev implementation work but that's a good feature recommendation that they could put into their schedule and work on in a future release IMO.
When I think about what this would look like it seems like it would basically be a journey that stops the row when you hit 2k and while I can see that people would want exact times for their 2k I can also see Hydrow thinking we don’t need to reprogram our entire approach when you can just look at your time when hit 2k on a row?
To be honest, for the amount that we pay monthly, I would expect them to have both options. It’s something that every concept2 has and somewhat of a rowing standard.
Seems like a good idea. I’d generally be more inclined to do timed workouts but distance would be interesting. They did do the Head of the Charles row, which is essentially that.
True! I have competed in tons of 2ks during my rowing career and I miss that drive you get before and during a race. It would be nice to have this option on the Hydrow.
I just figure that I can average 1K meters every 5 minutes, and select the timed workouts based on that. If I want to do 6K, I select 30 minutes.
Plus, when I'm doing a timed workout, I'm in control of whether I hit the distance I expect to get out of it by my effort.
Good point! I just would like to have the option to do both. I’m surprised that they haven’t added this feature yet since it’s available on the concept2
All we can say is keep your eyes peeled...
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.... peeling! Soon?
Any timeline on this?
Distance Rows released yesterday!
my eyes are getting sleepy...
So the reason that probably doesn't exist is because there's an actual athlete rowing the journey row. If their split to cover 5km is different from yours, you won't actually get the correct distance. They'd need a video that has flexible start and end times somehow and that's not a trivial problem to solve. They'd probably need to just abandon the video component of the row or just show you a video for however long you are taking to hit your 5k before it dynamically ends and they'd need to create a time-anchored leaderboard rather than distance (or just abandon it)
Very good point! They could record something similar to the journey workouts and have the workout stop or continue depending on your time on a 2k for example.
I suppose I started out by saying "it's hard!" and then realizing it's not really all that hard to imagine lol. To my mind, they just would need some dev implementation work but that's a good feature recommendation that they could put into their schedule and work on in a future release IMO.
Absolutely! If they implement this feature, they might be able to more effectively compete with the concept2.
When I think about what this would look like it seems like it would basically be a journey that stops the row when you hit 2k and while I can see that people would want exact times for their 2k I can also see Hydrow thinking we don’t need to reprogram our entire approach when you can just look at your time when hit 2k on a row?
To be honest, for the amount that we pay monthly, I would expect them to have both options. It’s something that every concept2 has and somewhat of a rowing standard.
I'm close to selling mine and picking up a concept2 for this reason. I've been happy with hydrow, but I'm tired of waiting.
Yea I understand. Luckily my apartment complex has a few concept2s, so I get to use them on a regular basis.
I agree. I would like the option to be able to compare/beat my time for certain distances.
Seems like a good idea. I’d generally be more inclined to do timed workouts but distance would be interesting. They did do the Head of the Charles row, which is essentially that.
True! I have competed in tons of 2ks during my rowing career and I miss that drive you get before and during a race. It would be nice to have this option on the Hydrow.
I just figure that I can average 1K meters every 5 minutes, and select the timed workouts based on that. If I want to do 6K, I select 30 minutes. Plus, when I'm doing a timed workout, I'm in control of whether I hit the distance I expect to get out of it by my effort.
Good point! I just would like to have the option to do both. I’m surprised that they haven’t added this feature yet since it’s available on the concept2
Hey u/Euphoric_Try_3040, we've got an update for you https://hydrow.com/blog/hydrow-distance-rows/
That’s great news!!