Concept2 Forum

Hi All during my longer row the other day due to my fingers hurting due to blisters starting, I had the handle 'longer' in my fingers...later on I started to get pain in my ring finger, it has now started to swell up and I think I may have stretched the ligaments or caused some soft tissue damage a...

Welcome back Erik, and make sure you do what's the best thing for you as that sounds worrying to me.

Did my first Full Marathon today, was aiming for under the 3 hour mark so paced for that. Resting heart rate was a bit higher than normal due to remnants of a cold so tried to keep HR in check. The most difficult bit was eating & drinking without losing to much time :) Got a time of 2:59:32 so pret...

20:12.6 6,000m 1:41.0 339 1467 28 5:04.3 1,500m 1:41.4 335 1454 28 r: 4:00 93m 5:04.2 1,500m 1:41.4 336 1455 28 r: 4:00 73m 5:03.7 1,500m 1:41.2 337 1461 28 r: 4:00 63m 5:00.4 1,500m 1:40.1 349 1499 29 r: 4:00 20m I fell asleep to the England match last night and was still a bit groggy this morning...

39:29.5 10,003m 1:58.4 211 1025 19 12:00.3 3,000m 2:00.0 202 996 20 11:49.7 6,000m. 1:58.2 211 1027 20 11:46.0 9,000m 1:57.6 215 1039 20 3:53.5 10,003m 1:56.4 222 1063 19 Plugged in 15km, with a view to negative splitting. Well on track for it, until my old calf/foot numbing issue decided to return...

winniewinser wrote: ↑

September 7th, 2024, 4:58 am

Team Oarsome Challenge for September is 1-5min/1min rest....quite a tasty session if you go after it and the rests seem pointless after the 3/4 mins. Happy to break 1:50 on this.

Nicely done Al. My love of 1k / 1r repeats might be something that makes this more bearable for me.

I find if I do my SS (15mx4 w/1r) at 160w (50%) I feel fine after - and the next day. Bumping up to 176w (55%) I end up quite tired and feel sluggish after. Also, my HR seems to jump over 150bpm at 176w - near the end of the piece. Obviously with improvement and fitness the wattage will increase, b...

A long block of circa 100km weeks would work wonders for me, as it would most if they can tolerate the volume. But now is not the time to do it... That did seem to work for me, but I was also in lockdown and off work, so who knows what hidden benefits that gave me. I seem to think that your age has...

nick rockliff wrote: ↑

September 6th, 2024, 11:44 am

When I normally connect my HRM to the PM5 it's usually around 52/53, since holidays and then covid it's on 62/63.

A definite sign you're still not quite right. Coughing up blood also was a definite sign you weren't right too

Just wanted to revisit this (and thank you for all the posts!). I ended up at a 6:52 for my 2k test last March (320 w). Winter training is starting soon, so back to doing steady state. The formula of 50-55% of 2k wattage (320w * .55 = 176w) for steady state should be a solid goal I'd think? Would l...

Perhaps my most satisfying PB to-date since "un-retiring"... I tackled Sub7's September challenge, the Hour of Power... Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M 1:00:00.0 17,069m 1:45.4 298 1327 27 172 10:00.0 2,851m 1:45.2 300 1333 27 158 20:00.0 2,840m 1:45.6 297 1321 27 165 30:00.0 2,841m 1:45.5 297 13...

winniewinser wrote: ↑

September 6th, 2024, 3:16 am

ahhh hope it's nothing too bad

Thanks. It's only slight, and to be fair I've avoided injury for far too long so it was long overdue

I slightly tweaked a muscle in my back yesterday so I had to concede defeat on this one....not before pulling a WR low pull though as the frustration got the better of me Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M 10:24.8 2,439m 2:08.0 167 873 21 112 0:24.8 2,440m 0:05.0 2666690 9177978 21

BPP W16S3 30'/R20....target was around 2:01 but went after this one so pretty much a 100% effort at R20. Best 30' for a long wee while. 30:00.0 7,653m 1:57.6 215 1040 20 3:45.0 939m 1:59.8 204 1000 20 7:30.0 948m 1:58.6 209 1020 20 11:15.0 954m 1:57.9 213 1034 20 15:00.0 958m 1:57.4 216 1043 20 18:...

Welcome to the forum. 'Good' is such a difficult term to pin down, but IMHO, if you gave it 100%, it's good whatever the result was. There is usually a lot of 'free speed' due to technique tweaks, fitness improvements, muscular adaptions and just as important, mental fortitude to accept the pain and...