ranger wrote:Fred wrote:Alright then you are there, go do it and stop talking about it.
Talk has nothing to do with rowing.
You can talk about your rowing all you want.
The talk won't make you better or worse OTErg.
The talk is just social chit-chat, social networking.
It's fun.
I am not just talking.
I am doing it every day.
I'm not sure what your assumptions are.
Do you assume that habituating to a radically new technique is instantaneous?
Do you assume that race preparation is instantaneous?
Do you assume that training for and racing all of the events other than 2K is instantaneous?
Do you assume that sharpening to race is instantaneous?
Do you assume that training for rowing is just race preparation?
Do you assume...
If so, you know nothing about rowing, or have no ambition that even makes contact with the basic issues involved in rowing a WR 2K.
ranger
Well I sure do agree with you on the fact that talking has nothing to do with rowing. I don't really talk about rowing any. I lurked here for 4 months and did not talk once, just patiently waiting for the proof that what you claim is true. You on the other hand talk about rowing more than anyone else by probably around a magnitude of 10.
As far as my assumptions, that is real easy, I will fill you in.
Years ago when YOU said your training is done and all you needed is to "sharpen" to prepare to race I ASSUMED you meant what you said. I also ASSUMED you meant what you said the dozens if not hundreds of other times you made similar claims. As much as I really want you to do this I am now thinking that when it comes to you I need to ASSUME the opposite of what I would with 99.9% of the rest of the people on earth. With most people I would ASSUME they will do what the say, perhaps with you I need to ASSUME you will not do what you say.
In light of the above I ASSUMED you were complete with "habituating to a radically new technique".
I ASSUMED and still do ASSUME that it should not take years to do the rest, IE sharpen & prepare.
You are right once again though I do know nothing about rowing & I have no ambition to make contact with any issues involved with rowing any piece at a WR pace. I got into rowing to improve my conditioning for another sport and it has worked magically for my intended purpose. Myself and a number of other people in my sport formed a team for the team challenge that took place in January and I was surprised how well we did considering this was just a by product of our other training. That pushed me to try all the set pieces except the FM just to see how I stack up against everyone else. I am no where near WR pace at anything but I am also very happy with my results considering what my goals and purpose is. I want to get better even though this is no where near my main focus and that lead me to this wonderful thread that is so full of promise for all the amazing things to come. Once again if you are right I would rather start learning your method now, before the "improper" way is to ingrained thus making it difficult to change.
I sense hostility coming from you, maybe that is just the internet, I mean no hostility toward you, I really want to see you do this, however I really do not want to be strung along for 5 years waiting to see it happen. If you really do plan to do any set piece and allow the rest of us to see the evidence of how it goes, great I plan to stick around and see how it goes, I will be rooting for you, however please just let us know a true honest time frame so we truly know what to expect. If you say "about" in your time frame I will consider that to be the time frame plus or minus 10% which I think fairly meets the definition of "about". So if you say by the end of the month, I would round that to mean 30 days plus or minus 3 days. If you don't think that is fair let me know what you think is so I will have the proper expectations.
