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[old] SteveV · Post by **[old] SteveV** » February 14th, 2005, 2:34 pm

What happened to DarenC, did he retire, is he waiting for his garage to warm-up ????

[old] chippy · Post by **[old] chippy** » February 14th, 2005, 6:42 pm

Godfried Thanks for the chart man,ill have a go tomorROW. Martin Savour that last meter. Chippy

[old] AussieTaff · Post by **[old] AussieTaff** » February 15th, 2005, 12:17 am

Chippy, I fully intend to It will be the easiest metre of the lot Martin

[old] seat5 · Post by **[old] seat5** » February 15th, 2005, 1:12 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>It will be the easiest metre of the lot smile.gif </td></tr></table> Good going, Martin! let's see at 20 spm that would be about 1/12.5 of a stroke, that would be about 1/4 of a second... Better wait till you're well rested before you tackle it!

[old] AussieTaff · Post by **[old] AussieTaff** » February 15th, 2005, 1:38 am

12 hours sleep Carla, Followed by the Itsiest Bitsiest Teensiest Weensiest pull down at the gym tomorrow Martin

[old] chippy · Post by **[old] chippy** » February 15th, 2005, 6:06 pm

Carla Challenge #3....... 10000 in 46.52 at ave pace 2.20.6..Struggled with the last few sprints could not go under 1.50 pace. .The 30 seconds rests were heaven but not long enough to catch your breath. But all done and dusted so can sit back and watch the rest of the show. Chris See you have woken up from your sleep,we had better get a move on cos Dykie is on our trail Chippy

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » February 16th, 2005, 1:55 am

Hi Guys, Remember me?? Sorry I've been very absent of late, hope to rectify that now. Probably best if I give an update on where I've been and what I'm up to now. Following completion of the Million Metre Challenge at the end of last year (28th December to be exact), I started the New Year with a new training schedule provided by Eddie Fletcher that was designed to get me a new 2K PB at the Manchester GP event. This very much concentrated on quality rather than quantity so I found myself doing half the amount of metres per week than I was doing during the MMC. It was also a little frustrating in that there was no scope for doing any time trials, hence no PBs this year . All was going well until the middle of January when I strained my lower back (AGAIN!!). Looks like this is going to be my achilles heel!! As a result, I was out of action for 3 weeks and was seriously worried about the loss in fitness not to mention the lack of metres I was contributing to the TA team! Returned to the erg at the beginning of February with a new training schedule (I was going to be a no-show at Manchester so a 2K PB attempt was out of the question). I'm on week 3 of the training schedule and am steadily getting back the fitness I had prior to the back strain. I've decided to increase my training sessions from 5 per week to 8 and incorporate more cycling. I've always had relatively weak legs (my erg technique utilised upper body strength to make up for the lack of leg power) so I'm hoping that the cycling will develop the leg muscles to enable me to transfer more power through my legs when rowing. As a result, I've joined a Triathlon Forum (<a href='http://www.tritalk.co.uk' target='_blank'>TriTalk</a>) to get advise and support in this new aspect of my training. The site provides the facility to have your own Blog so if anyone's interested (and you've actually read this far ) you can take a look at mine <a href='http://www.tritalk.co.uk/forums/view.php?b=69' target='_blank'>here</a>. Following BIRC last year, I set myself a goal of getting to lightweight for BIRC 2005 as it was clear to me (due to my height) that I had no chance of competing at heavyweight. As a result (and greatly helped by the MMC), I've gone down from 90Kgs (in August 04) to 79Kgs this week. So I'm well on track! I'm looking forward to doing Carla's challenges but aren't quite ready yet (fitness levels still not 100%). Taff Attack is still the numero uno IR team for me. You guys are so inspirational and supportive that no other team gets close. I'm happy to be a member and look forward to contributing more to the metres and challenges (and forum!). Niall

[old] seat5 · Post by **[old] seat5** » February 16th, 2005, 2:03 am

Welcome back, Niall! Glad to hear you are doing better. We have missed you! One thing I love about rowing is that it keeps me in pretty good shape for biking, so when spring rolls around (I'm a fair weather biker--no gloves for me!) I'm ready to roll. Did you ever get a Swiss ball? Not that I want to keep beating a dead horse, but the thing is really helpful....

[old] seat5 · Post by **[old] seat5** » February 16th, 2005, 2:05 am

Martin, Are you recording your meters in binary now? only 999,915m to reach your first million!

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » February 16th, 2005, 6:02 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(seat5 @ Feb 16 2005, 01:05 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Are you recording your meters in binary now? </td></tr></table> Well, you know what they say, there's 10 types of people, those that understand binary and those that don't!

[old] dadams · Post by **[old] dadams** » February 16th, 2005, 3:48 pm

Carla, Wanted to clarify challenge #3. Do you mean do a total of 10k? Or are you saying do as much distance as you can at the pace you've stated below? <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>#3 2/13--2/19 Total distance: 10K Start at your 5K pace & do 100m sprints every 500m, rest 30 seconds after the sprints </td></tr></table> I'm thinkin' if this is the former, then this one should be an easy three points. Especially with the 30 sec rest between the sprints. Or am I reading this wrong? Dwayne

[old] AussieTaff · Post by **[old] AussieTaff** » February 16th, 2005, 5:52 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Are you recording your metres in Binary now ? </td></tr></table> Nice pick up Carla There's also a Hexadecimal angle here too (bring back memories for all those 'old' IBM Assembler language devotees out there ?? - CL - bonus point for those who figure this one out !!). Great to see you back in full flight Niall - both on the erg and on the forum Keep us posted on how the training program pans out and take good care of that lower back area. Martin

[old] chippy · Post by **[old] chippy** » February 16th, 2005, 6:35 pm

[Carla,

#3 2/13--2/19 Total distance: 10K Start at your 5K pace & do 100m sprints every 500m, rest 30 seconds after the sprints

Dwayne [/quote] Speedy Thats how i did the challenge,I wrote all the distances down on a piece of paper counting down from 10000m so i would know when to change pace and when to rest. START 10000 155 PACE TO 9500 148 PACE TO 9400 REST 30 SECONDS 155 PACE TO 8900 148 PACE TO 8800 REST 30 SECONDS 155 PACE 8300 148PACE TO 8200 REST 30 SECONDS ETC ETC ETC ETC You go over a few meters after the 148 pace but thats life Martin Nice tiny weeny Guess whos back guess whos back guess whos back the real Nial shady. Chippy

[old] AussieTaff · Post by **[old] AussieTaff** » February 16th, 2005, 7:03 pm

Sorry Chippy, but looks like you stuffed up the 10Ker According to Carla's strict rules we are supposed to do 400m at 5K PB pace then a 100m sprint after the first one (which is 500m at 5K PB pace followed by a 100m sprint) ! Looks like you have to do it again "The Judges"

[old] seat5 · Post by **[old] seat5** » February 16th, 2005, 10:26 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>I'm thinkin' if this is the former, then this one should be an easy three points. Especially with the 30 sec rest between the sprints. Or am I reading this wrong? </td></tr></table> Dwayne, it will probably be really easy for you. The total distance is 10K, 8100 of it at your 5K pace, the rest at a sprint. It may even be easy for me. I'm not sure. I sometimes "do" this work out, but I've never done it strictly; and actually, I usually do it without the rests until the last half, when they suggest themselves rather strongly. I was just trying to think up some variety and thought of this, modifying it so it was more regimented. .....some of these Challenges may be Challenges, and some of them may not be. That's what you get when you have a total amateur running the show! BTW, did you see Godfried's charts for this? He's worked yours out to the second and meter so you can see exactly what you have to do. Look at his post #2134 for a link to your chart. Have fun! I think next's weeks might be a real hum-dinger...

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