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I have done a bunch of full Ironman distance triathlons, 24 hour bike races, and other endurance stuff. Not very fast mind you, but none of it seems as brutally painful as an all out 2k for me. I did a 2K erg race the day before I ran my first marathon. The amount of pain was pretty much the same f...

These are surprisingly difficult to track down - none of the links in archived forum threads work for me. I eventually found them buried in the website of a UK rowing club, but they may have been updated since then. Mike Caviston - if you see this, are you willing to share them again here, please? ...

I'm intrigued by the Wolverine Plan, and after a lot more googling than I thought it would need, have found the original plan, and believe that I understand how to follow it. I'll just repost this for future reference: There is an awful lot of information about the Wolverine Plan that is easily acc...

As long as we’re sharing personal experience, results, and opinions... My diet hasn’t changed significantly during the last 40 years. At least 60% of total calories from carbohydrates (typically more than 500g CHO per day), primarily complex carbs from whole grains, cereals, pasta, breads, and beans...

I remain surprised that so many people report taking longer to recover as they get older. I’ve found the opposite to be true, and regularly do 2-3 activities per day in sessions that are never easy. The other side of the coin is I can’t work at the same intensities as when I was younger (currently 6...

Increasing the pace of something is to speed it up, not slow it down. If the something is expressed as min:sec/500m, then if you decrease from 2:08 to 2:03 you will go faster. But that's a silly thing to argue about, so whatever. To take it to extremes, I could increase the recovery to an hour, and...

"Increase pace" means going slower, so you should decrease the pace (but increase the speed). Don't reduce the recovery. In fact, increase the recovery if that's what it takes to go faster.

Without wanting to derail this thread, did you modify your methodology because of age related factors or balancing multiple disciplines? And what kind of adjustments did you make? So far I haven’t factored age into my training methodology (at least not consciously), but balancing multiple disciplin...

VO2 max can’t be estimated very reliably or accurately, as has been discussed. But even knowing one’s true VO2 max (measured directly in an exercise physiology lab) doesn’t provide much useful information regarding performance potential. Yes, there is a general distinction in VO2 max among untrained...

As for my planned location, I will be attempting it in my team's indoor rowing facility. It has good ventilation, and pretty good AC as well as a few fans. I passed by that building for many many years on my way to the UM boathouse, and never dreamed one day people would train there. I am jealous. ...

Do I have this right? The OP wants to improve from 7:03 to 6:59 in a few weeks? And he is talking about doing 60 min rows? Why? Talk about wasting time. Do 1Ks and 5Ks, among other shorter rows, briskly. 60 min rows will be virtually useless for fast 2Ks. It's way too easy to get wrapped around a p...

Your L4 Tables for a 2k test at 7:03 state 2:11 rate 16 (156W) 2:07 rate 18 (171W) 2:03 rate 20 (188W) 1:58 rate 22 (213W) If he wants to consider 60 minutes as training for a 2k I think he'd do better to use your L4 tables, if he can, since they train the stroke. Actually, the tables say 2:13/2:08...

We all know 60min is UT2 work, done at up to 60% test Watts. 7:03 is 294W, 60% is max 176W. UT2 is up to rate 20. He'll need a stroke worth at least 176/20 = 9W-min. I don’t know any such thing. I know that “UT2” is an arbitrary made-up designation that isn’t a particularly effective means of organ...

Good Morning - quick question about SS ... I'll be doing some 60 minute pieces I'd also do sessions at your 2:08 pace, along with, and these are important, shorter sharper intervals e.g. 8 x 500m; 5 x 750m; 4 x 1000m. If I want to get faster, I need a pretty heavy dose of shorter, sharper sessions....

Good Morning - quick question about SS. There's no such thing, as you will see. I am training for a 2k in March - last test was 7:03. Hoping for sub 7 this time... I'll be doing some 60 minute pieces - last one was 140bpm, 22s/m, and a 2:08 split. Comfortable, solid row. Are these numbers effective...