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[hjs]

Was feeling a bit tired last week, really needed some rest.

Did the Ctc yesterday, in the spure of the moment, strapless, so not fully on pace. 1.43.0 139.8/42.8/43.5/43.6 reps.

Its the last 2 reps that count, keep the first two conservative, with the short rest you easily overdo those.

[lindsayh]

yes did mine tonite too first try

5454 @1:50.0
DF 130, sr 29, 263W
2' @1:47, 4' @1:48, 6' @1:49, 8' @1:51
I agree Henry - hold back a bit and hit the last two hard

[jackarabit]

Had a great opportunity to stop at ALL the 30" lights in the 9x300 last month but that didn't make this month easier.

[Papy]

Thank you Henry & Adam.

1st CTC at 4'996m (515m + 985m + 1507m+ 1,989m).
1st time I do some sort of pyramidal work like that (well the climbing half for now)... That last 8 min rep was daunting.

[lindsayh]

1st time I do some sort of pyramidal work like that (well the climbing half for now)... That last 8 min rep was daunting.

Good first effort Olivier - next time will be faster
There is a nice 1234321 pyramid in the PM workouts in the custom option that is a good starting point as well.

[jackarabit]

Seated and floating, Papy. Way to put in the welly!

[SelfWillRunRiot]

I'm doing some recruiting at my gym FYI. Trying to get some more female rowers in the boats as well.

[msc]

Hey Flyers,

I'd love to join. New to rowing, and recruited by Adam D. (SelfWillRunRiot). Getting better with form, and hoping to get those times down. Currently bests are 2000m @ 6:40 and 10,000m @ 38:30. Enjoyed the 2, 4, 6, 8 challenge this morning - rowed 5,426m - good one, though the last 8 minutes couldn't end fast enough.

Matt

[hjs]

Hey Flyers,

I'd love to join. New to rowing, and recruited by Adam D. (SelfWillRunRiot). Getting better with form, and hoping to get those times down. Currently bests are 2000m @ 6:40 and 10,000m @ 38:30. Enjoyed the 2, 4, 6, 8 challenge this morning - rowed 5,426m - good one, though the last 8 minutes couldn't end fast enough.

Matt

Hi Matt,

Very welcome, feel free to join the Ctc for us.

[lindsayh]

Hey Flyers, I'd love to join. New to rowing, and recruited by Adam D. (SelfWillRunRiot). Getting better with form, and hoping to get those times down. Currently bests are 2000m @ 6:40 and 10,000m @ 38:30. Enjoyed the 2, 4, 6, 8 challenge this morning - rowed 5,426m - good one, though the last 8 minutes couldn't end fast enough.
Matt

Hi Matt - welcome. It is good to have some recruiting action happening so well done Adam. (Ladies and very fast LWTs are a weakness at the moment!)
The CTC is going through a renaissance at the moment and the top teams are very very fast indeed but if we can float 8 boats a month we are doing well.
That is a good first go at the CTC Matt well done.

[lindsayh]

Casey wrote:
Opting for a format of reps that hasn't been tried before, long/short/long/short....
The Sub 7 Triple 7 Long and Short of it.
777m / 223m / 777m / 223m / 777m/ 223m / 777m / 223m
7 minutes total rest spread however you like between the reps. Standing start for the first rep, subsequent reps however you like.
Record the distance for the 4000m, not including the rests.
Lastly, there's the potential for some people to muck up the rests, so we'll include the line 'the simplest way to split the rests is 1:00r between each rep'.

The sub7 team has nominated the above for the May CTC

[lindsayh]

two ladies CTC at the gym tonight so three boats are now floated. One was a newby who did a very nice and steady 2:23 all neg split to 8 minutes @2:15
Keep searching!!

[rottix2]

A belated hello and a thank you for letting me join your team for the current challenge. I had a bit of trouble getting my forum account activated but it seems to be working now. My goal for this challenge is to get in over 100,000 meters. Not nearly as many as some of the front runners on the team, but all I fit in as I am also training for an upcoming marathon.

[jackarabit]

777
2+2+3=7
7 rests total 7'

May take the record for cabalistic numerology! Makes me think of Leonard Cohen's "I'm on the side of snake-eyes tossed, Against the side of Seven."

The "long and short of it" demystifies to 4x1. A feller could conceivably take 0 rest between the long and short (rolling thru at speed) and 1:45 between short and long. Easy to miss the moment of optimum windup on all these rolling starts! I missed one on the 9x300 last month.

[hjs]

777
2+2+3=7
7 rests total 7'

May take the record for cabalistic numerology! Makes me think of Leonard Cohen's "I'm on the side of snake-eyes tossed, Against the side of Seven."

The "long and short of it" demystifies to 4x1. A feller could conceivably take 0 rest between the long and short (rolling thru at speed) and 1:45 between short and long. Easy to miss the moment of optimum windup on all these rolling starts! I missed one on the 9x300 last month.

My thinking also, make it 4x1k

Although proberly just using 1 min rest and roughly a flat pace is proberly the most wise idea.