diff --git a/rowers/c2stuff.py b/rowers/c2stuff.py
index 5693e760..e5646ac9 100644
--- a/rowers/c2stuff.py
+++ b/rowers/c2stuff.py
@@ -266,7 +266,10 @@ def summaryfromsplitdata(splitdata,data,filename,sep='|'):
         idist = interval['distance']
         itime = interval['time']/10.
         ipace = 500.*itime/idist
-        ispm = interval['stroke_rate']
+        try:
+            ispm = interval['stroke_rate']
+        except KeyError:
+            ispm = 0
         try:
             irest_time = interval['rest_time']/10.
         except KeyError: