The Two Types of Training

[jliddil]

If I just stroke steadily

ranger

[Nosmo]

When does sharpening start?

When I get a solid AT 2K at 32 spm.

So, you have not yet pulled a 2K at 32spm?

of course he has. he just can't do it at AT yet!

[ranger]

Over the next six weeks, the workouts that will be crucial for me, I think, are repeat 2Ks, of whatever number, perhaps up to 10 (a Zatopek 2K workout).

When I was a runner, my favorite workout was repeat miles.

Great stuff.

If I concentrate of these long intervals, I think I can get so that I can rate 30-32 in repeat 2Ks before the end of April.

ranger

[ranger]

Tomorrow he won't come anywhere near 6.30 for 2k

You mean like Mike VB, who missed his target by 12 seconds at WIRC 2010?

No, I think I'll do quite a bit better than that in estimating my abilities, and unlike Mike's wild misjudgment, without any predictive sharpening workouts for guidance.

ranger

[snowleopard]

Tomorrow he won't come anywhere near 6.30 for 2k

You mean like Mike VB, who missed his target by 12 seconds at WIRC 2010?

No, I think I'll do quite a bit better than that in estimating my abilities, and unlike Mike's wild misjudgment, without any predictive sharpening workouts for guidance.

ranger

You mean like your last week's prediction of 6:28 against 6:50 and change? Only > 22 seconds out, not bad. But that's rangermath for you

[hjs]

mike's list

No, your list is history.



ranger

At least he has a history, you history in the 55/60 bracket is almost empty, you have a few 6.40/50 , lots of 7 plus races and even more DNS.
On all onther distances your history is .................... blank.

[hjs]

Tomorrow he won't come anywhere near 6.30 for 2k

You mean like Mike VB, who missed his target by 12 seconds at WIRC 2010?

No, I think I'll do quite a bit better than that in estimating my abilities, and unlike Mike's wild misjudgment, without any predictive sharpening workouts for guidance.

ranger

You, on the other hand are only just 26 seconds away from your target,

Mike did win the hamer again , you won the closed bat cave race in the dark, in Ann Arbour.

[Byron Drachman]

Our intrepid hero is packing 10 water bottles, bobble hat, cape, etc. into the bat-mobile, about to make the journey. Our hero says to himself,

I think I am a little late with my training still. I suspect that I will reach a peak next year, not this year.

The doubt quickly vanishes from his mind, replaced with

I don't need any help with erging (my stroke is perfect)

" and

I'll get a sub-6:30 2K.

No wait.

"I now row like Eskild. In fact, I might be faster. I might row under 6:00 for 2K.

I assume this is the event:

http://girowing.com/documents/2010%20Is ... prints.pdf

Will our hero row the veteran race? I can't tell from the form, but it appears there are no weight divisions for that race but there are age handicaps. Will he row in the open lightweight men race? The tension builds.

In case you missed it, here is an interview from last month:

[Steve G]

Looks like another event with no stroke data etc.
Can't remember when he last did an event which was open to scrutiny.
Would love to see the stroke data from his racing_with_breaks technique!

Steve

[TomR]

If I just stroke steadily

ranger

Excellent post.

Sub six if stroking that.

[rjw]

Over the next six weeks, the workouts that will be crucial for me, I think, are repeat 2Ks, of whatever number, perhaps up to 10 (a Zatopek 2K workout).

If I had 2 bits for every time Ranger used a phase like this...........

[lintonwilson]

ranger....DNF

[BrianStaff]

ranger....DNF

Wow! what a loser!

He should start doing instead of talking.

"walking the walk" ~ fail !

[aharmer]

Nothing surprising there. A DNF perfectly matches all the workout results he promises to post. None of them ever get finished either.

You'd think this soap opera would now be dead...somehow I can't imagine that happening.

By the way, now that the real rowers are heading outside, does the erg talk continue on the forum or does that fall off substantially until next winter?

[TomR]

. . . I think I will pull a 2K, 1:37 @ 32 spm, the day after tomorrow, Saturday morning, in Detroit.

Please do set off at a 1.37 pace. Any rate.

That is a guarantee of failure. You'll be lucking to be pulling 1.45s when you hit 750 to go.

DNF is not news. It's called a consequence. Start stupid. End foolish.