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by alharris
March 31st, 2022, 6:57 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: 100,000 metres and a milestone birthday
Replies: 11
Views: 3209

Re: 100,000 metres and a milestone birthday

Thanks everyone! I agree about not making comparisons -- except, perhaps, by checking out the ranked times on the Concept2 website. Those provide a pretty good picture of how other rowers in the same age / gender category are doing, and I've found this a useful rubric when considering my own progres...
by alharris
March 30th, 2022, 12:45 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: 100,000 metres and a milestone birthday
Replies: 11
Views: 3209

100,000 metres and a milestone birthday

I'm just logging in to report that (middle-aged, unathletic) I have just erged 100,000 metres in March, just in time for a milestone birthday! We took delivery of our Concept2 almost exactly a year ago, and used it on and off over the next several months. At the beginning of March, after the machine...
by alharris
December 12th, 2021, 4:58 pm
Forum: Women's Forum
Topic: What is best Model to purchase for a Short Person
Replies: 9
Views: 22097

Re: What is best Model to purchase for a Short Person

Just wanted to pop in to say I'm 5" 2 1/2" (62.5 in) and have been using the C2 Model D for about 8 months without issue or difficulty. I'm not an athlete nor even particularly fit, and sometimes I fail to row for weeks at a time. But when I do record workouts in the C2 online logbook and check the ...
by alharris
May 9th, 2021, 5:20 pm
Forum: Women's Forum
Topic: Introduce yourself
Replies: 411
Views: 549234

Re: Introduce yourself

Hi! I'm an unathletic middle-aged urban geographer living the lockdown life in Toronto, Canada. Like a lot of people, I have gained Covid-19 pounds after stress-eating Cheetos for the past year. My husband and I used to commute by bike and were once reasonably fit city cyclists, but encroaching age ...