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by lukebrown
May 15th, 2014, 8:05 am
Forum: Training
Topic: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
Replies: 14131
Views: 6076818

Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

New PB for 30 mins, did 7516m.

Just tried to hold 2:00 min pace the whole way, worked hard for it towards the end!
by lukebrown
April 23rd, 2014, 11:50 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
Replies: 14131
Views: 6076818

Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

Just did a PB of 7:22 for the 2k. Very pleased with that :D

I'm a 33 year old male and about 63kg. I've only been rowing for 2 months, but have a long background in ultra-running and cycling.
by lukebrown
April 7th, 2014, 5:49 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Newbie looking for tips / advice
Replies: 9
Views: 5952

Re: Newbie looking for tips / advice

Still working hard and have pretty much smashed my PB's at all distances! New PB's are.... 500m = 1:39 (1:39 pace) 1000m = 3:32 (1:46 pace) 2000m = 7:27 (1:52 pace) 5000m = 19:37 (1:58 pace) 30 min = 7464m (2:00 pace) Pleased with those considering my height/weight and that I've only being rowing a ...
by lukebrown
March 26th, 2014, 4:41 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Newbie looking for tips / advice
Replies: 9
Views: 5952

Re: Newbie looking for tips / advice

Well after spending a few days focussing on just 500m intervals and also some technique drills, I've got a couple of new PB's :-) 2k = 7:38 (15 sec improvement) 5K = 19:49 (49 second improvement) Well chuffed with those, especially the sub 20 min 5k. I managed to row it with fairly even 1:58-2:00 sp...
by lukebrown
March 18th, 2014, 7:18 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Newbie looking for tips / advice
Replies: 9
Views: 5952

Re: Newbie looking for tips / advice

Thanks again for the advice. I'm going to start doing some of those 500m intervals as I've not been doing anything like that so far.
by lukebrown
March 18th, 2014, 7:47 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Newbie looking for tips / advice
Replies: 9
Views: 5952

Re: Newbie looking for tips / advice

Thanks very much for the replies. I'm going to try working on my upper body and core strength, as feel that's the weakest part for the chain. Leg drive feels ok due to cycling strength. Just did 30 min row, my longest ever. Managed 7250m (2:04 pace) so pleased that I was able to equal my 5000m PB an...
by lukebrown
March 17th, 2014, 9:46 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Newbie looking for tips / advice
Replies: 9
Views: 5952

Newbie looking for tips / advice

Hi everybody. Due to a long term running injury I've recently started using the concept 2 rower in order to maintain my fitness. I've actually got quite into it and I'm now looking to see if I can improve my times. My background is long distance trail running and also road cycling, so I've got good ...