Concept2 Forum

I use the Ergdata App when I'm rowing, I like to see the additional data beyond what appears on the PM5. I'm not at all interested in the internet amusement aspect of what's available with other platforms. I prefer to suffer alone. Beyond that, I'm still a Training Peaks subscriber which is a hold o...

For weeks I couldn't get the Bluetooth working on the machine I was using but today it magically connected with Erg Data. No point in going for a PB if it doesn't count, right? But I had a good warm up and felt so good at the beginning of my 5k piece I just kept pushing. Got down to 19:59.6 which wa...

I broke the 20 minute barrier for 5K by a hair. The last two minutes weren't pretty but I got it done 19:59.6

That puts me close to the current 90th percentile mark for a 65-69 year old, light weight male. Beat my 2018 time by 11 seconds and beat my 2021 time by 30 seconds. Oh Yeah...

That sounds like it's doable and good training regardless. My local YMCA is closed this week for a complete redo of all their cardio equipment so it will have to wait until it's put back together, I told the manager to make sure he didn't get talked into a machine other than a C2. We'll see.

I've made an effort lately in my training to lower my rate a bit so I stayed at about 24-25. I'm 6'-0" and the stroke length averages 1.36m. I"m sure my form was not very good at the end though. Since folks are so helpful here I think I'll take some video and see what the group thinks of it. I have ...

Yeah, patience is not my strong suit. The first attempt didn't go very well so I cut it short and justified it as an "extended warmup" Whatever works, right?

Ok so I gave it a go this afternoon. I warmed up first but then I went out way too fast! My plan was to hold 1:56 x 4 but my first split was 1:55 and I was just done at the halfway point. So I limped home to finish the piece and did some active recovery on the treadmill for 20 minutes. My second att...

Thanks for the input, I appreciate it. I'll start doing some 1k intervals to extend my endurance at race pace, that makes sense to me. Honestly my 1:53 intervals were hard but not obnoxiously so, but thinking about doing a 7:45 2k seems insurmountable right now. I don't like to do a failed test or e...

Good day to everyone, a little background: I'm 68 years old and still looking for personal challenges at least compared to other folks my age. Competition wise I'm mostly an "AquaBiker" which means triathlon without the run. I'm a good biker and a decent swimmer so I've done well locally and almost ...

My first post has to about a PB right? Me: male, 64 years old, 160lbs Got into the C2 machine about 2 years ago at the local YMCA, had fun as part of an overall fitness program. I rowed a 20:39 5k that fall which is not a bad effort at my age and weight. Last summer I finished up a medium effort ses...