Trans Canada Row

[[old] Yukon John]

<!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Average heart rate was 145 bpm, exactly 70% of MHR. Compare this with my last running half marathon (World Master's in Edmonton July 2005) where I ran 1:29:30, but that hurt and I averaged about 80% of MHR. </td></tr></table><br /><!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I would be interested to know how other ergers/runners compare. </td></tr></table><br /><br />Hi Rob, Congrats on the 1/2 marathon!!! I usually go higher than the 70% mark with HR during a race. When I did the erg marathon recently, my pulse averaged 168bpm (my max. is 187.) I really paid attention to my pulse which made the race more interesting. When my pulse went above 168 my breathing rate increased and I would end up having to slow down my pace until my heart rate was 168 or less. I didn' have as much luck using a HR monitor with running. We have a really fun relay race here called the Klondike Road Relay that goes from Skagway Alaska to Whitehorse (10 person teams ~120 miles.) My slowest time ever on it was the year that I used a heart rate monitor and kept my pulse at around 70-75%. I felt great after the race with lots of energy, a sure sign for me that I should have pushed harder. I think it is the uneven terrain with running. I like to push it up the hills and and use the downhills to allow some recovery, so keeping an even HR in running didn't work for me. I seem to have better luck paying attention to my breathing. I think that using heart rate for rowing is great though. Since the workout is so even (no hills!!!) it really allows me to keep better tabs on how my HR compares to my pace, and then if there is anything I could do with my technique to keep the pace high and lower HR.<br />

[[old] ulu]

Nicely done on the half marathon, Rob.<br /><br />Here is the list of people I have signed up for the January challenge at Concept2.<br /> <br /><b><span style='color:blue'><br />Francois Audet<br />John Berryman<br />Linda Corkal<br />Jim Corkal<br />Daryl Muz<br />Michael Siska<br />Brian Turner<br />Jill  Vandal<br /></span></b><br /><br />If you are a member of the Eh!Team and you are not on this list, please send me your e-mail address so I can add you. This makes it very easy for us to keep track of our kilometers and will save posting kilometers here on the forum, although you still can if you want to. It will make it <b>much</b> easier for me to keep track of our mileage as we begin the Eh!Team round the world row.<br /><br />So please, please, send me your first name, last name, e-mail address. This must be the same that you have stored in your Concept2 profile. I cannot see or alter your profile. To make it easy for you just <a href='http://216.119.121.169/Cross%20Canada%20Row/contact.htm' target='_blank'>contact us at Cross Canada Row</a> and send me your:<br /><span style='color:red'><br />email<br />firstname<br />lastname<br /></span><br />These are the instructions from Concept2.<br /><br /><br /><br />Thanx,<br />Jim

[[old] Yukon John]

16k today including: 4X1000 @ 2:02 pace, 21s/m, 12m/pull

[[old] ulu]

15.5k for me today -dec 18, watching the football games. Go Seahawks!<br /><br />Jim

[[old] rr1kirk]

7.5k on Sat. 17<br /><br />congrats on the p.b.'s John & Francois. Amazing for a natural lightweight Francois.<br /><br />I'll add my particulars to the virtual challenge.<br /><br />Kirk

[[old] DArcy]

Jim ... count me in for the January challenge <br /><br />D'Arcy McKittrick<br />e-mail -- darcy@tourismco.com<br /><br />Also, 7 km today (Dec 18) for the Cross Canada row.<br /><br />D'Arcy

[[old] Rowgirl]

Good morning -- Add 5k from me, please -- in Ottawa on really, really old C2 - B model maybe?? <br /><br />Jill

[[old] Mark Keating]

A total of 16K over the weekend. <br /><br />I moved the erg upstairs and rowed with Xeno and his DVD#4, doing 3x6' starting at 20 SPM and working up to 28 SPM. It's nice to see someone in action that you know for sure is doing things right. It's also quite amazing how relaxed he and his partner appear even while they pull 1:40 for 6' straight.<br /><br />I'm feeling much better now, although I am quite concerned that I may have passed the flu on to my pet chickens.

[[old] Krysta Coleman]

Well, this January Team Challenge looks like a good opportunity for me to join my fellow Canucks without abandoning my loyalty to the Ducks. So count me in! I have sent an email to you, Jim.<br /><br />- Krysta

[[old] jetwbt]

Welcome Krysta!<br /><br />December 19th -20K. 1:12:37 - 1:48.9 splits. Would have been faster but the wiring is such that the A/C and oven can't be on at the same time, so I had to reset the breakers twice. <br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Brian

[[old] ulu]

Welcome aboard Krysta, we look forward to having you join the Eh!Team for the January challenge. Paddle a few more of those ducks over here!<br /><br />As of December 19th our January virtual team looks like this:<br /><br />Eh!Team January Challenge<br />Barb Clayton <br />Barry Gilhuly <br />Bill Slater <br />Brad Hurley <br /><b>Brian Turner Yes</b><br />Carol Kittridge <br />Chris Badenoch <br />Darcy McKittrick <br />Darren Slater <br /><b>Daryl Muz Yes</b><br />Debra Berry <br />Ed Desjardins <br /><b>Francois Audet Yes</b><br />Gut Bustin' <br />Holly C <br /><b>Jill Vandal Yes<br />Jim Corkal Yes</b><br />Joe Bishop <br /><b>John Berryman Yes<br />Kirk Nelson Yes<br />Krysta Coleman Yes<br />Linda Corkal Yes</b><br />Lorri MacKay <br /><b>Mark Keating Yes<br />Michael Siska Yes</b><br />Rick Kipfer <br /><b>Rob Clayton Yes</b><br />Tamara Gilhuly <br /><b>Trevor Reeves Yes</b><br />Zeb Berryman <br /><br />If your name is bolded with a yes next to it, I have been able to add you to the January virtual challenge. If it is not, I have not been able to add you.<br />If you would like to participate please send me:<br />First Name<br />Last Name<br />email address.<br />These must match the data that on file in your concept2 profile.<br /><br />I would encourage all members of the Eh!Team to enroll. It makes it a LOT easier for me to keep track of the team mileage for posting our Cross Canada Row and our upcoming Around the World Row. It will also mean you do not have to post your miles to the forum if you do not want to. All you will have to do is enter your miles in your concept2 online log book, how ever you do now, and they will be automatically added to the Eh!Team virtual row. If you are a member of another team, like ducks in a row or iron oarsman, etc..., your miles will still be attributed to them for Concept2 logging purposes.<br /><br />Hope this confusion helps. Just send me your first name, last name, email, eh.<br /><br />Jim

[[old] FrancoisA]

Welcome Krista!<br />Hi to Jill from Ottawa!<br /><br />Brian, you are so fast, you can afford little breaks! <br /><br />Dec. 19: 16K on the erg<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Francois

[[old] ulu]

7k for me dec 19.<br /><br />Welcome Ed Desjardin, from Cajamarca, Peru(?) to the Eh!Team.<br /><br />Can someone please make sure all of the new members know how to post to the forum plz.<br /><br />I will update the website later tonight, have to go out to a work-related function.<br /><br />And Brian, <b>please no more stories about having to turn on the air conditioning</b>. John and I can just package up some cold air and send it to you if you would like <br /><br />Jim

[[old] Calgary Rob]

Dec 19th<br /><br />5km recovery row (2:06/500m pace)<br /><br />Holiday Challenge: 185,000m rowed

[[old] DArcy]

Dec 19 -- 10k in 38:50.0 HC at 174,000<br /><br />D'Arcy