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Hbaker writes: Sorry, but positive splits win the day. You have an example of this “winning” 2K execution in a major indoor rowing comp or the line is merely an attention getter? The French Protocol race strategy features positive splitting but not on the order of +5”/split. I'm not certain what yo...

Sorry, but positive splits win the day. Here's what's wrong with the simplistic "flat pacing is best" rationale: Everyone focuses on the losses *in the boat*/*on the erg*, but totally forget the losses *inside the body*, which are as great or greater than those external losses. (Ask any electrical e...

My best results have a dispersion even greater than this. Blast off in the first 500m at PR 500m pace + ~5 secs. 2nd 500m ~5 secs slower than first 500m. 2nd 1000m ~10 secs slower than first 1000m. Final 250m: hold on for dear life! jackarabit » November 18th, 2015, 8:00 pm How about this one? Clock...

See my post w/this subject line in the SDK Questions forum.

I've been working on mathematical models for optimum split pacing for the past 12 years or so, but I'd be interested in any published and/or internet-available resources which talk about such things.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Henry Baker, PhD (MIT'78)
Santa Barbara, CA

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