Forum Flyers

[Yankeerunner]

Oh Yeah baby. Nailed it! 1:24.8 on the 500m. That's equal to my all time PB!

https://log.concept2.com/profile/1181577/log/43666636

Wow! Well done!

[jackarabit]

Tomorrow 19 April closes out wk 2, Series 8. FF 2 boat needs its bowperson

Only 500m. You CAN do it!

[graycyn]

Good to see you haven't been put off by your abrupt blocking on the weightloss thread you started . I'm still thinking through my response to the debate that has started about that - I think it would be good to clarify the unwritten rules for the benefit of everyone. I suspect that a thread that is set up for everyone on a similar journey to contribute to, might go down better, and would still achieve the same motivation benefit. And obviously this little corner of the forum is always available for sharing.

I started rowing at the gym in my late 20s when I realised that the sedentary work and study life couldn't go on forever. I have a regular rollercoaster on my weight graph, but know what I need to do when things are climbing too much. So far I'm still maintaining 15kg below my peak weight around 20 years ago, but still want to knock another 10 off, and that's where the roller coaster has been running since the first kid arrived 11 years ago. I'm just under 10 up on where I was back then, so keep trying to chip back down slowly.

Dave

I agree that having the rules unwritten is not so good. Some threads in the training part of the forum look rather blog-like! And with nothing written, I had no idea! I like the idea of a weight thread for everyone, like the one in the training forum!

Anyway, it hasn't put me off rowing, only my bad back does that!

Weight loss feels stalled, been sticking calories, but nothing happening.

It seems it was not, however, the smartest plan to have a longer row Monday the day before Walmart shopping. The combo caused a bad flare-up from which I've been calming down.

I'm trying to learn what sets things off. The list: Getting off balance cleaning a cat box (Christmas), a day at the hospital with hubby in surgery (January), rowing 2400m daily for more than 3 days in a row (Concept2 Valentine's challenge), cleaning hubby's closet floor, an hour of rose trimming and rowing 3K/Walmart shopping.

Anyway, 17,637m for the World Erg Challenge!

Pleased about that, having quite nicely avoided being dead last in the world! Wish I could've done more, but I see our team was top 50! Nice going, everyone!

[graycyn]

Tomorrow 19 April closes out wk 2, Series 8. FF 2 boat needs its bowperson

Only 500m. You CAN do it!

I'll do one tomorrow morning if vacuuming today hasn't killed my back off! But it won't likely be fast. Short, though is good!

[jackarabit]

Our second S8C full boat launched with the addition of Julie Ackerman [flwt].

@graycyn: Thanks for answering the call for the WEC, Cynthia. I have no idea if we are anywhere near a full complement for the Thrashing 3 boat. If you do the 500, don’t put yourself on the DL.

[meerkats]

I think the bro put a 1.33 in so that should get him iin the 1st 8

[graycyn]

Mine's done! I did one to warm up slow, just in case things felt bad, but was OK enough, so then jumped out the gate at 26spm, which I was pretty sure I couldn't maintain, so went mostly at 24spm, fading a bit at end, but got in a few desparate 25 strokes.

Not fast like y'all's, but it's there if needed. Bit of pain in my right hip, but that never really goes away these days! If it flares things, I'll know better next time. I'll also know better than to leave my new black shorts where the cat could find them and shed ALL OVER THEM! Good thing my erg doesn't judge me on appearances.... It can only get worse, I think I'm going to have to try cutting my own hair soon!

Been pounding Omega-3 fish.... Sardine salads, anyone? And I'm almost getting to *like* the taste of black seed oil! Which is saying something as it tastes what I imagine motor oil must taste like...

[jackarabit]

Good on you, Cynthia. Keep a hand in, eh!

“What doesn’t kill us doesn’t kill us.” —Fried Rich Pietzsche

[Slothful1]

I joined the flyers the other week, did a 6k (22:27) for the first bit of the spring challenge, but yet to be put in boat.
Can I join the 3rd boat?

Cheers

Hi biatwc

I placed all the entries that I could see on my side, and your time would have put you in Boat 1. Have you signed up for the "Forum Flyers (since 2005)" team? This is different from the "Forum Flyers" affiliation which is the field you complete in your profile. The team is entered from the Teams tab on the logbook page.

The other issue might be is that only verified times count. If your 6000m was unverified in the logbook then it won't show up in the team captain's page as far as I know.

Please share your name (via PM if you prefer), which will make it easier to track down on the logbook side.

Your time would have been very handy, so I'm sorry we didn't get it in.

Dave

[Slothful1]

Somehow didn't drop into the forum that often this weekend, so missed all the great times being posted for the 500m.

Unless we get 3 late entries being uploaded to the logbook, we were just short of floating a 3rd boat. Good to see you back in action, Cynthia, and participation is as important as floating boats.

Here is what is currently putting boat 1 at 38th (10 place improvement vs. the last round) and boat 2 at 103rd (14 place improvement) out of 148 entries:

Code: Select all

Name			Current Round
Martin Stoeger		01:22.7
Ronald B		01:24.8
Ilkka Korhonen		01:29.8
Wyatt Johnson		01:30.7
Ivan Vukovic		01:30.8
Frank Noorlander	01:32.1
David Whale		01:33.2
Lindsay Hay		01:38.1
Harry Säisä		01:38.9
Andrew Crystal		01:39.0
Chris Leitz		01:41.3
David Moores		01:43.9
Rick Bayko		01:44.1
Chris Whale		01:44.7
Julia Ackermann		01:45.4
Andrew Brown		01:45.6
Martin Boemer		01:46.1
Andrew Stratmann	01:49.1
Graham Woodley		01:53.1
Jack Gilmore		01:56.6
Cynthia Perry		02:45.5

Have a good week everyone, and don't forget to throw a 30 minute into the hat (as well as a CTC entry).

Dave

[Kafka]

Marty ECU, have a look at your CTC entry, might be a typo

188 Marty ECU M Forum Flyers IV 2:00:21.4 11:39.3 1.0

[ivan141]

Oh joy! 30 minutes, this one is going to hurt
Anyone have useful pointers for that one? I expect to approach it at a flat 6k+1 pace and see how I fare for the first 25 minutes.
I tend to rate most erg tests lower than the norm, so for 30 minutes I would be hesitant to rate any higher than 24-25spm.

[rtbrouwer]

Oh joy! 30 minutes, this one is going to hurt
Anyone have useful pointers for that one? I expect to approach it at a flat 6k+1 pace and see how I fare for the first 25 minutes.
I tend to rate most erg tests lower than the norm, so for 30 minutes I would be hesitant to rate any higher than 24-25spm.

I think I'm going to hit a simular strategy. I'll go for 24-25SPM als well and my goal is to hit a average split of my 5k SB+1. So I am a little bit more ambitious. I always like to go out faster then my target split, then for the main part be on, or slightly above target and the final K is all out, hopefully below target pace. So my goal is to have it look like this:
1st K: 1:50 split
2-7 K: 1:52.5 - 1:53.0 split
last K: <1:52.0 split
Hopefully i'll end up above the magic 8000m mark.

That will be an extremely challanging pace for me because my SB best on the 5k is 1:51.4 split and on the 6k a 1:51.9 split. So I hope that on the right day i'll be able to hit that 1:52.5 split on the 30min.

If that strategy won't work and i'll blow up at least I have some good data and then I'll have another go later in the week where I try to keep it as flat as possible.

[lindsayh]

no chance to get a better 500 done over the weekend unfortunately (working) so did my first 30' for the week just to get one on the boards.
30' @2:00.4 (7471m) - just wanted to get one done with a view to a better one later in the week
I think we can get Terry on board this week too with a bit of luck

[Kafka]

Did my 6k for the thing and managed a SB
PB was 3 years ago and 25:34.2 @ 2:07.8 - I won't be seeing that again
In the interest of keeping people amused I'll post it here (no shame )

I may go again and try for 2:13 all splits but that'll be about it.