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FWIW I have been following the Eddie Fletcher FM/100k plan for about two years which utilises HR values combined with spm to 'cap' he exercises. A question: how do you like the format of Eddie's plans? I am considering grabbing the half marathon plan to work with after the 2k effort. I can't find m...

Some good advice above, so my only comments would be that you've probably not been doing additional SS sessions long enough to start making a difference, and it might have just have been a bad day when you did your 2k. A one-off TT, if you've fallen short, shouldn't be perceived as an accurate indi...

If you don't have a reliable, observed value that your corresponding percentages will be worse and possibly useless. Notwithstanding the observations about testing to determine the variou thresholds being the best method. I have been going with 194 as I observed that during a 500m or 1k after a 20 ...

Earlier in the year, after doing the RowAlong 5k plan, I managed to put down a PR in the 5k (18:52) & 2k (6:58) moving through the plan as written, though "stretching" it slightly longer as I was only doing 3 ergs a week as opposed to 5, so slightly slower progression through the sessions. One thing...

Well done! I really enjoy reading these sort of posts. I too love a 60minute UT session... great for the mind as well as the body, albeit rough in the summer months... As a side note: how do you get the signature with PBs populated like that?

Is it possible to stitch workouts together? I.e. If I did 10x 10k rows, could I stitch them together later to make it as though it was a single workout? I know you can download the CSV's from the C2 log site, so theoretically I could just join these together in Excel, but can't see any way of manua...

I would like to complete all of the "ranked" distances except 100k and try to get as many of them over the 75th percentile as possible (obviously this will change a bit through the year as more times are put out there). As the season progresses, I may even mess around with the 100k...

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M HR 6:58.6 2,000m 1:44.6 305 1351 30 181 1:46.4 500m 1:46.4 291 1300 30 176 1:46.5 1,000m 1:46.5 290 1297 29 181 1:45.3 1,500m 1:45.3 300 1331 30 183 1:40.5 2,000m 1:40.5 345 1486 34 187 Lowered my 2k PB from 7:11.4 to 6:58.6. Just completed this one a few moments a...

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M HR 6:58.6 2,000m 1:44.6 305 1351 30 181 1:46.4 500m 1:46.4 291 1300 30 176 1:46.5 1,000m 1:46.5 290 1297 29 181 1:45.3 1,500m 1:45.3 300 1331 30 183 1:40.5 2,000m 1:40.5 345 1486 34 187 Lowered my 2k PB from 7:11.4 to 6:58.6. Just completed this one a few moments a...

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M HR 18:52.1 5,000m 1:53.2 241 1130 25 180 3:43.7 1,000m 1:51.8 250 1160 25 175 3:43.4 2,000m 1:51.7 251 1164 26 179 3:47.7 3,000m 1:53.8 237 1116 26 179 3:54.2 4,000m 1:57.1 218 1050 24 181 3:43.1 5,000m 1:51.5 252 1167 27 186 Put down this 5k on the last day of the...

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M HR 18:52.1 5,000m 1:53.2 241 1130 25 180 3:43.7 1,000m 1:51.8 250 1160 25 175 3:43.4 2,000m 1:51.7 251 1164 26 179 3:47.7 3,000m 1:53.8 237 1116 26 179 3:54.2 4,000m 1:57.1 218 1050 24 181 3:43.1 5,000m 1:51.5 252 1167 27 186 Put down this 5k on the last day of the...

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M HR 18:52.1 5,000m 1:53.2 241 1130 25 180 3:43.7 1,000m 1:51.8 250 1160 25 175 3:43.4 2,000m 1:51.7 251 1164 26 179 3:47.7 3,000m 1:53.8 237 1116 26 179 3:54.2 4,000m 1:57.1 218 1050 24 181 3:43.1 5,000m 1:51.5 252 1167 27 186 Put down this 5k on the last day of the ...

Well, I have top-tier row on the docket for this evening (10x2:30) @ 5k rate/pace so I'm going to find out pretty quicky as to how the higher DF goes. I suppose if the wheels start to fall off the wagon I can knock it down.

Re Sam, do realise that after his otw rowing, he went for the 500 on the machine. Did lots of weights, gained weight and got strong. Not comparable to an average erger. Pulled 1.11,5 on the 500 and sub 6 at rate 25. Yes, I understand he is an elite athlete. I guess my broader point was there are ta...

Overall I felt like it worked for me... I do struggle with maintaining pace when I'm training at a rating of 18... I blame that on a combination of being shorter and struggling in general with 18, 22, and 26 ratings as I tend to "drift up" to 20, 24, or 28, respectively. With the higher drag, I fel...