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I've recently started using this site and really love it. I had the same issues with using the default numbers of calories burned for the different exercises. Now I simply enter my number of calories burned manually to get an accurate amount (I get this number from RowPro). Overall, I am finding the...

So I calculated my average 500m pace @ 1:50.3. Pete's guidance in his pacing recommendations are: 1. Row this session at your 2k PB. My 2k PB was 1:54.3 on 11/22/2008. I've been trying to pull harder during my interval sessions so I am assuming it's ok (and a good thing) that my pace was quite a bit...

Surely I experienced some kind of rite of passage on the erg after my last row. I did the pyramid intervals of the PP and I tried to target 1:52 on my first 3 intervals, 1:50 on my 4th and everything I had left on my last 3. My splits were: 250m = 1:52.8 pace 500m = 1:51.9 pace 750m = 1:51.9 pace 10...

Iain, On the speed pyramid, I understand the rest periods on the way up but am unclear on the way down. After the second 750m, do I rest for 7:30 or 4:30? On the second 500m, do I rest for 9:00 or 3:00? See my example below: 250m - rest 1:30 500m - rest 3:00 750m - rest 4:30 1000m - rest 6:00 750m -...

The story your splits tell is that you started too fast and couldn't hold the pace, but then didn't give yourself enough credit, as you slowed down too much. You should not have had enough left in the tank to do the last 500m at a pace 8 seconds faster than the previous 3000m. I think that in addit...

Just finished my 5th workout of the Pete Plan. Tonight’s workout consisted of a “hard” 5,000m. I was shooting for an aggressive target of 1:55 500m splits. Unfortunately, I couldn’t hit the target. However, I did manage 1:58.4 pace for a total time of 19:44.3 @ 28 SPM. Considering I rowed a 7:57 on ...

Iain, I really appreciate your input so far as it has helped me get my head around the PP and encouraged that sub-7 territory is not impossible. Hopefully, you didn't get the impression that I was blaming you for why my times were too conservative. I actually think that starting with the 1:58 was a ...

Thanks for the suggestions. I am still learning and trying to understand how to follow an effective training regimen. In hindsight, 1:47 was definitely too aggressive. Just so I understand, negative splits on the last interval would be something like: 1:58 1:54 1:52 Also, not that anybody really car...

[quote="Bill Moore"]I'd try 2:01 for your 5x1,500 and next time do 1:50 for the 8x500. I did the 5x1,500 this morning with a target pace of 2:00. My splits were: 2:00.2 @ 28 SPM 1:59.6 @ 29 SPM 1:58.6 @ 29 SPM 1:58.4 @ 28 SPM 1:57.0 @ 29 SPM I tried to blow it out on the last 1,500m and experienced ...

So I rowed 8000m this morning @ an average pace of 2:07.8. My final 500m was done @ about 1:57. What should I try to do my 5x1500 intervals @ tomorrow? I get 5 minutes rest in between each interval.

Perhaps, but the Pete Plan specifically says to do a time which you feel like you can complete for the workout even if this is slower than what you can do in the early cycles. This target should be rowed for the first 7 intervals and the last should be done as fast as possible. This was literally my...

That's a great link and blog - I will use it as motivation. Thanks! I decided just to go ahead and jump into the full PP today and get it over with. Did the 8x500m interval with the following splits: 1:58.5 1:58.2 1:58.3 1:57.9 1:58.2 1:58.1 1:57.8 1:40.8 A little disappointed that my last 500m wasn...

So I did my first 10k row today at an average 500/m pace of 2:16.2. It was 3,500m and 18 minutes longer than I ever rowed before. From an endurance/cardiovascular standpoint it was not difficult. However, at about 7k I really began to feel it in my glutes. While I could have kept going before 10k my...

I suggest that you try to do steady rows (no faster than 2:10 at the moment) for a week or so at ratings of no more than 23 at increasing distance (try to go further on each one) until you manage 12k without stopping and have done 3 consecutive days of 10k or more. From there you could start the fu...

Well done, looks like you've already factored in the first "notch". I'd carry on with the BPP if you're already well into it. There won't be large differences, and your 5k looks very much like a 2x10' UT1 in the Interactive. The 2k crisis can be due to insufficient warm-up; if you felt stronger aft...