First Marathon

[[old] stevens.pa]

Rowed my first marathon on the 22 of may 3hr10min. Used the training program posted on the UK site and trained for it since Jan. Glad to be done now I can start biking hope to do a century this year.

[[old] stuart-va]

well done..what is your best 2k time?.I'm new to this site and Im lookin foward to do these workouts and my goal for end of the summer is to do a marathon.Been rowing for 2 yrs now..ill be rowing at nationals this weekend in New Jersey..but anyway what did you pace yourself at and how did you prepare for the piece? i read the marathon training but id like to hear from you too

[[old] stevens.pa]

<!--QuoteBegin-stuart-va+May 26 2005, 11:10 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(stuart-va @ May 26 2005, 11:10 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->well done..what is your best 2k time?.I'm new to this site and Im lookin foward to do these workouts and my goal for end of the summer is to do a marathon.Been rowing for 2 yrs now..ill be rowing at nationals this weekend in New Jersey..but anyway what did you pace yourself at and how did you prepare for the piece? i read the marathon training but id like to hear from you too <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />I am new to this site so if screw up bear withme. I followed the 80 0000m program quit closely near the end ,cycle 5 and 6, I didn't make the target KM because of time constrants. May target pace was 2:11 and I was not to far off on race day. For the marathon you need to work on the longer rows (most important) if you are currently racing the 2000m you may want to wait untill the end of the season before training for the marathon its more of an arobic than a anarobic workout witch you are training for now. you should talk to your coatch. any way good luck.

[[old] seat5]

One of my goals this summer also is to bike a century. I've wanted to do this for years and I think I'll do it this summer. I can already see how rowing has improved my capacities on the bike--today I found that this one dreaded hill that's on the way home from most of my bike rides was really a breeze--9--10 mph on it instead of 7--8! Gotta love the C2!<br /><br />Are you going to do your 100 miler on your own, with a group, or on one of those supported charity rides?<br />

[[old] stevens.pa]

<!--QuoteBegin-seat5+May 28 2005, 04:07 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(seat5 @ May 28 2005, 04:07 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->One of my goals this summer also is to bike a century.  I've wanted to do this for years and I think I'll do it this summer.  I can already see how rowing has improved my capacities on the bike--today I found that this one dreaded hill that's on the way home from most of my bike rides was really a breeze--9--10 mph on it instead of 7--8! Gotta love the C2!<br /><br />Are you going to do your 100 miler on your own, with a group, or on one of those supported charity rides? <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />I don't know yet there is a guy at work who is also interesed but but will have to see what happens. I have not been out on my bike yet to see if there has been any improvements, been to busy at work. But will get going this week did you do much rowing over the winter?