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Back to it today after a few days off during the heatwave. PLI I have no idea how you manage to do anything in 30+ weather but it's not for me so I didn't! Slightly cooler today allowed me to do another 10k. Not quite SB pace but close enough. Good workout and as it's Con Air day I watched some Nic ...

With a bit of consistency dreams can become reality - if you enjoy erging at any rate! This is the most accurate statement I think I have seen. Rowing is so appealing because it gives almost instant feedback, especially as a beginner and you continually shock yourself with what becomes an achievabl...

I'm just dropping back in to encourage Nomark, PLI, and newcomer grahamf. Thanks Reuben, appreciate it and congratulations on completing the plan! Following the advice here, I tried to keep the workrate low(ish) to keep my heartrate down. It's hot here and even with the fan on and the windows open,...

Week 3.2 of my 5 week mini plan done. 10k after a rest day was fast. New seasons best. Tried to keep the stroke rate down and it mostly worked. Much better split consistency meaning my stamina is up and I'm not tiring in the second half anymore. Probably 800m reps up next. Maybe 1500s. Time Meters P...

Another day another 10k. And I'm finally feeling some stamina come back. First time that it didn't feel like a struggle for the third quarter and I managed to finish strongly. It's still true what I used to say, when you do 4k (intervals) at sub 2:00, 10k at 2:20 and below feels much easier! :D Time...

I'll own up to lurking at the back. I'm now in my 3rd week but have had to make it Week 2.5 because the plan is building too quickly for me. The last couple of years I restarted my C2 rowing only to get hit by injuries, so I'm trying to take it more gently this time. The BPP seems to assume a prett...

Another 10k in the bank. Not my best effort, but progress isn't a straight line. I blame the heat as well as a busy day and yesterday's 10k. Still, quicker than last week's 2 efforts and I did it, so I'm happy. Rest day coming up and then intervals again. Nominally 1500x4 but I may go shorter if I d...

Welcome back Nomark! Seems like your strategy is still the same, making a plan for the next few weeks, only to adjust that plan even before the next session. :lol: Haha. Yes it's true. And I've tweaked it again! I'm going to alternate 2x 10k steady states with an interval session. So if I do 3 sess...

Since I'm not doing the plan anymore until my fitness gets back to a similar ballpark to where I was in March I'll probably post my SSs on the workout of the day thread for the time being until I get back on the plan again so as not to go off topic. Sod that, I'd miss you all too much. If I have to...

Decided to strike while the proverbial motivational iron was hot and did another 10k tonight. Physically a bit harder after yesterday's exertions, mentally much easier - my brain is simple which is why the incremental increases in the BPP worked so well for me. If I've done something similar recentl...

Glad to see everyone is still keeping up with the plan. After a couple of months off (last row was April 24th :shock: ) I did a 10k yesterday. Life just got in the way plus a couple of other things mentally. One I was more discouraged about not being close to my PBs than I realised. And secondly I w...

Week 15.1 10k. I decided to skip the optional interval training from last week and go ahead with the more useful SS workout. Went pretty well although was "comfortably" hard. 10k feels like a long way again, but I'll get there. I pushed a bit at the end to beat 45 mins but the rest was natural SS, n...

I wonder if you have any tips on erging in the heat (especially if even worse in Sep i need to hit 1:59 30r20 in the heat in blistering summer). I could try to use another fan to cool down but sometimes summers where I live has 90%+ relative humidity and 35-40C weather… I don't have any tips, but I...

Hello I just don't get why this plan gets so much attention and comments It says it's for beginners and intermediates, then starts everyone off on day 1 with 5000m. No help whatsoever on spm, or watts or split times i took one look at it and said that's rubbish, there are far better plans out there...

5x800 2r - I did quite well (for me, anyway) on the recent 5x750 2r, so I was looking forward to this. Last time I increased my pace by 4s on the last rep, which told me that I didn't row the first reps hard enough. So this time I increased my pace by an additional 2s for the first two intervals, t...