Test Marathon 3/20

[old] Canoeist · Post by **[old] Canoeist** » March 14th, 2005, 9:12 am

Rick Bayko is going to see how fast he can do a marathon next weekend. He will be at my house so he can do the row on RowPro. Please join him for all or part of his row. I might be rowing a marathon too, but not on RowPro. RowPro does not support multiple machines. Cheers, Paul Flack

[old] Canoeist · Post by **[old] Canoeist** » March 14th, 2005, 9:29 am

I tried to set up a race on RowPro, but the program kept defaulting the date to today's date. I then tried to set up the race using Cees' program, but kept getting error messages. I will try to set up a race later. Paul Flack

[old] andyArvid · Post by **[old] andyArvid** » March 14th, 2005, 11:22 am

Is that geezer ou geyser?

[old] Bayko · Post by **[old] Bayko** » March 14th, 2005, 12:13 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(andyArvid @ Mar 14 2005, 03:22 PM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Is that geezer ou geyser? </td></tr></table> That would indeed be Geezer . I'll be trying for a new PB somewhere around 2:48:00 (current PB of 2:48:22 from 2003). Roughly 1:59.5 pace. For the past four weeks I've done Sunday morning marathons, a bit faster each week. Going from 2:52 to 2:51 to 2:50 seemed to require almost no extra effort, and lulled me into a false sense of being a superstar in the making who was going to get a minute faster every week for a long time to come. Unfortunately going from 2:50 to 2:49 required a megajump in effort, at least during the final half-hour. So while up until yesterday I had been pipe-dreaming about 2:48 being just another "easy" Sunday marathon, I now have been alerted to the fact that it will be a difficult although achievable goal. I'll be glad to have company. BTW, yesterday I watched the DVD of Return of the King while erging. The Rohhirim came to the rescue of Gondor, the Hobbitts successfully destroyed the One Ring, and the Dark Forces of Sauron were defeated. Just as I expected. Rick

[old] Canoeist · Post by **[old] Canoeist** » March 15th, 2005, 9:04 am

I have a marathon session set up on RowPro for 8:00 AM EST. (13:00 GMT) I had a session set up yesterday, and another rower had joined you, but the session mysteriously vanished. I set up another session this morning. We have a small TV in the basement and wireless headphones. You can bring a DVD for your marathon. Or we have my daughter's stereo to keep us going. Rick, my e-mail isn't working. (Again!) So I haven't got back to you. I will see you early on Sunday to set up and after the marathon we can hike down to the Boston Marathon course to scope out a place to park our ergs during the race. Cheers, Paul Flack

[old] Canoeist · Post by **[old] Canoeist** » March 15th, 2005, 9:07 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(andyArvid @ Mar 14 2005, 03:22 PM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Is that geezer ou geyser? </td></tr></table> Take your pick. It used to be that I couldn't spell "engineer". Now I are one! Cheers, Paul Flack

[old] FrankJ · Post by **[old] FrankJ** » March 15th, 2005, 7:57 pm

Rick, I'm doing a build week this week and have already put in about 45K with another 40K+ to go by Saturday but will join you on Sunday for at least a half marathon and longer if I'm feeling good. Your pace is about what I plan to use for my marathon so this should be a good warm up for me. I'll let you set the pace unless you want me to be a rabbit for the first half marathon. Frank

[old] Bayko · Post by **[old] Bayko** » March 16th, 2005, 7:02 am

Frank, Good to have you aboard. I don't know how the RowPro works, but I'd say rowing at the same pace would be fine. Every 3km I slow just a bit as I take a quick drink while pulling one-handed. So don't be puzzled if I suddenly drop back just a bit. I'm usually back on average pace within 1km. Paul, the library is supposed to have Brotherhood of the Wolf on DVD for me by then. It is 184 minutes so it should last the whole time, although if the RowPro screen is mesmerizing enough I may not need it. Rick

[old] FrankJ · Post by **[old] FrankJ** » March 16th, 2005, 7:55 pm

Rick, With RowPro you can select several different displays. 2D mode which is similar to the display you see in eRow. Aerial view which looks down on rowing boats. High res mode which I plan on using shows actual rowers on the water with scenery moving in the background. Since we will be on the same pace it gives the feeling of rowing with someone. It tends not to work well with a lot of rowers at different paces since it only shows your boat and those with plus or minus 10 meters. Drinking every 3K sounds good to me. I will try to do the same so we can stay together. As I said I'm not sure how far I will go but you will I will just leave RP running so it doesn't do anything to your results. If I'm feeling real good but can't handle the pace I may just drop back a bit a go the distance. Frank

[old] Bayko · Post by **[old] Bayko** » March 18th, 2005, 7:24 am

Frank, I like the idea of a screen showing the rowers. I'll have to wait for Paul's orientation before settling on anything, but that sounds good. The library came through with the DVD of Brotherhood of the Wolf. So I have additional entertainment if necessary. John Hart may be on-site too to give Paul and me some company. The OxBow Marathon grows. Rick

[old] John Hart · Post by **[old] John Hart** » March 18th, 2005, 1:30 pm

Paul, I plan to be there too. Not sure if I will attempt a full marathon or just a half. John [quote=Bayko,Mar 18 2005, 06:24 AM] Frank, I like the idea of a screen showing the rowers. I'll have to wait for Paul's orientation before settling on anything, but that sounds good. The library came through with the DVD of Brotherhood of the Wolf. So I have additional entertainment if necessary. John Hart may be on-site too to give Paul and me some company. The OxBow Marathon grows. Rick

[old] Bayko · Post by **[old] Bayko** » March 19th, 2005, 2:33 pm

Paul, Assuming an 8:00EST start, does a 7:15am arrival to set up, stretch, & warmup seem reasonable? I don't want the rest of the family to awakened earlier than necessary. Rick

[old] John Rupp · Post by **[old] John Rupp** » March 19th, 2005, 3:46 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(Bayko @ Mar 19 2005, 10:33 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Paul, Assuming an 8:00EST start, does a 7:15am arrival to set up, stretch, & warmup seem reasonable? I don't want the rest of the family to awakened earlier than necessary. Rick </td></tr></table> That sounds late. What is the temp at 10:30 a.m. there?

[old] Canoeist · Post by **[old] Canoeist** » March 19th, 2005, 11:47 pm

Rick & John, I will be looking for you around 7:15. Sorry that my e-mail isn't working. I tried to call Rick tonight, to confirm, but he wasn't there. Maybe it is his store number that I have. The address again is 82 Ox Bow Road in Weston. Get off of 95 on 30 West. Turn left at the first light and cross over the Mass turnpike. Keep going about a mile until you are at the Leo J. Martin Golf course. Take a right at the golf course sign on Inverness. Go about 1/8 mile until it ends. A quick jog to the left and second mailbox on the right is my place. You will know you are in the right place if you see a 150 ton sand pile in the front yard. 781 237-8889 10:30 am should be around 40F tomorrow morning. We will probably leave the windows open to keep the basement cool for the row. Cheers, Paul Flack

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