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Seat pads... what's the best one to add height? This isn't for comfort; it's to improve my catch angle and length.* I see a lot of recos for the Citius Remex but it doesn't seem to increase height. Citius owners--am I right or wrong? The RowingPad (www.rowingpad.com) looks good but I think I'd have ...

Dangerscouse wrote: ↑

December 5th, 2023, 3:49 pm

I could post it again on the forum if people think it might be helpful?

Would love to see that, Stu. Tons for us to learn from your experience.

Andrew, well-done on the 70k, and what a disappointment that it timed out. Thanks! At that point, my stomach basically called it quits anyway. I would have plowed through with frequent breaks just to finish but I'm not sure I'd have made it. When I came back from the bathroom and saw the blank scre...

RWAGR wrote: ↑

December 5th, 2023, 12:48 pm

Just started day 1 of 100k training.

Give 'er! Keep us posted on the training. I'm going to focus on my 2k score until the worlds, then revisit my distance training in March/April. Will hit my 2nd attempt at the 100km before the 2023/24 season ends on April 30th.

If you plug your phone in, erg data will keep it awake and then in turn it keeps the pm5 awake. My iPhone was plugged into a power source but it wasn't connected by wire to my PM5. I've heard a few issues in this forum about C2's ErgData wiping out a workout like mine did, even when it's plugged in...

it is likely that the best strategy IME is to use a lower spm than you might otherwise for the standard distances, and the df (as opposed to damper position) should be whatever your training took place at. Good advice. I kept my stroke rate at 20.5, just slightly lower than my default 21-22 for my ...

Dangerscouse wrote: ↑

December 4th, 2023, 5:12 pm

I also don't stop to drink for anything under 20 miles, which is also contrary to the general advice.

Same. An old rowing coach told me we have enough in our systems to go for 2 hours without replenishing anything. That holds true for me. I do my 90 min sessions and the odd 120 straight through.

I'm sorry to hear about your issues, as I was really hoping to read your success story, and if you hadn't already done ironmans I'd have commented on some of these issues. I always use Ergzone app, and you can programme in the splits that you want for a 100k. Admittedly, I only got to 84k when I la...

Hey all, appreciate the words of support prior to my first 100km attempt today. In short, I inadvertently stopped at 70km when the monitor timed out during a break. I wasn't gutted; see below for my detailed notes. And there was no way I was starting over (haha) or adding another 30km as a 2nd worko...

Yeah, you're overthinking it. It's going to be horrific whatever you do If you've prepared properly, which I never did, you'll be fine, albeit other's interpretations of 'fine' will vary :wink: Setting it at 125. Really appreciate all the input here. I'm sort of prepared. Wish I'd done a few longer...

As Dougie says, changing isn't allowed anyway and you are definitely overthinking. You don't now have time to check out what the effect of any changes might be. You should go for whatever DF you've done all of your training at. Shifting lower will potentially ease muscle use at the expense of extra...

It's explicitly disallowed by the C2 rules Don't base all of your training on HR unless you've done a step test to failure or a lab where they measure your HR and bands. So happy I asked. I'll set it at 125 and be done with it. Totally agree with the HR point. My triathlon training was based on a V...

My confusion is that C2/Polar/Whoop to name a few seem to use a % of Max HR alone and some others use a % of HR Reserve + resting calculation... Am I missing something obvious here? Glad you posted this. Was wondering if I was the only confused one. FWIW I put far more stock in C2's range calculati...

Thanks @GlennUk for pointing me to this great thread from our Indoor Rowing Community Facebook group. And thanks everybody for these valuable posts and responses. I'm doing my first 100km erg in two days. Curious to hear this group's thoughts on my drag factor plan. (As background, I've done 5 erg m...