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Did the 250-500-750-1000-750-500-250 speed pyramid today. Went pretty well. The last time I did it my average time was 1:47.1, and this time I averaged out to 145.6. Went pretty much by the book - held steady through the 1000 and then negative splits on the downhill side: Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/...

Today was a hard 5k+. Because I don't have a lot of the time-trial slots filled, I figured I'd use these sessions to establish PRs for longer rows. Last Friday I went for the 30-minute row, and failed pretty hard. Went out too fast and lost the HD argument 20 minutes in. After gasping for a few seco...

Tried to play it by the book today. Third day of my second 3-week Pete Plan cycle, which calls for 5x1500 r5:00. In the first round, I averaged 1:58.1, so I tried to hit that exactly on the first four and then drain the tank on the 5th interval. It went pretty well, though I was a bit bummed that on...

Just began my second round of the 3-week Pete Plan cycle and will now get to compare times from the first round. This morning was the 8x500r3:30. In the 1st round, I averaged 1:47.0, which was supposed to be my target pace this time around. But, after overshooting on the first couple of intervals, d...

@ Andrew - wow! those are some impressive times. I also did the 3k, 2.5k, 2k today. First time for me, and it went OK: 3k 1:56.4 2.5k 1:55.6 2k 1:54.7 Ave/ 1:55.7 spm 25, drag 125 It's also a good example of one of the things I'm having difficulty with - staying on my target pace. I established a 5K...

Just starting week 3 of the Pete Plan, and it's going well. Today was 4x1K r5:00, and it was the third one of those I've ever done. Happily, it worked as planned this time. The other two times I tried a 4x1Kr5 I went out too fast on the first segments and just limped through the last two. Today my p...

PP w2-1, my first speed pyramid (250,500,750,1000,750,500,250). Intended to use my 2K pace (1:49.4) as suggested in the Pete Plan paper, but ended up averaging a bit faster (1:47.1): 14:17.1 4,000m 1:47.1 285 1279 30 167 0:54.1 250m 1:48.2 276 1250 30 142 1:48.5 500m 1:48.5 274 1243 29 163 2:41.4 75...

So, this is my day 4 of the Pete Plan and it called for "Hard distance (~5k+)". Given that it's challenge time, a HM clearly qualifies given the "+" in "~5k+", and because I've never done more than a 15K UT2 piece it would certainly be hard for me, I (foolishly) thought I'd give it a go. I managed t...

I've been working on my own for the last couple of months, but began the Pete Plan today (after getting back from a week-long vacation yesterday). Hard session - 8x500 r3:30. I couldn't believe how fast the clock ran for those rest periods between the last two intervals.... Before leaving on my vaca...

Thanks everyone, I really appreciate the time you all spent looking this over. I'll take your suggestions to heart as I begin this next stage of training.
...Bill

I took a video of a 2K time trial I did today, and would appreciate any advice on my form. For what it's worth, I'm 60, 5'11" and at least 25 pounds overweight. After 3 decades hunched over a computer monitor at work, I've also got pretty awful "head forward" posture, and in general have very poor f...

Today is my first day of retirement, and for some bizarre reason I thought it appropriate to mark the occasion with my first 2K time trial. It went much better than I'd hoped. Based on previous 8x500r2 and 4x1000r5 workouts, I targeted a 1:51 split pace and my goal was to finish under 7:25. Stretch ...

Broke my first PB today on the spur-on-the-moment effort. I've been focusing on building up my aerobic base so have mostly been doing long and slow sessions. I just had 30 minutes or so to work with today so I figured I'd try a 500m sprint. I did my first 500m test three weeks ago, and it was a mess...

Hi all, back with an update. Things are going well - put in a lot of meters since my last message (175,000) and am enjoying the early beginner gains. MartinSH4321: have been taking your advice to focus on long and slow sessions. Standard session now is HR-capped 60 minutes. Not entirely sure of my m...

Many thanks! Now I guess I just need to start collecting enough data points to find those meaningful trends.
...Bill