New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[jadomatis]

Ugh.... another Monday and another attempt at a PB @ 60'

Previous PB: 14,751m
Today's Row 14,976m

I should be excited at the new PB but am totally bummed at just not having the steam to finally break that 15k barrier....

[Tyche]

Ugh.... another Monday and another attempt at a PB @ 60'

Previous PB: 14,751m
Today's Row 14,976m

I should be excited at the new PB but am totally bummed at just not having the steam to finally break that 15k barrier....

Still a solid length! You'll get it next time around!

[adkerg]

Ugh.... another Monday and another attempt at a PB @ 60'

Previous PB: 14,751m
Today's Row 14,976m

I should be excited at the new PB but am totally bummed at just not having the steam to finally break that 15k barrier....

Nice piece! Next week for sure!

--Mike

[G-dub]

Dang close Jadomotis! That will be a nice feather in the cap.

[Hillclimber]

Jadomotis, that's a strong improvement! Wait 10 days, try it again with some adjustments to your splits and you have 15,000 in the bag.
Damien

[Edward4492]

Good effort and nice improvement on the 60min piece. Like Damien said, look at the splits and tweak it a bit, you'll get it. Everybody has different approaches, on the long grinders I like to go out just a hair ahead of schedule for the first 3-4k, then settle in for the duration. Damien (as I re-call) likes to negative split 'em. Whatever works!

[Carl Watts]

Some great feedback!
I want to row 2K in under 7 minutes and to build my V02 max to the highest levels I can while I'm young enough to do it. I like the idea of 'pace intervals', they feel familiar and the erg is really the only place I know of where I can have such tight control over my output. It's like a little numbers game with the monitor, very cool.

As I've mentioned before, I was out of commission for years after a string of injuries, the last one being a partially herniated disc in my neck (not martial arts related, I think I did it off road on a motor bike but it didn't some on suddenly, rather over the course of a couple weeks). That injury temporarily paralyzed a tract of muscles in my left arm, shoulder and upper back, rebuilding power and stability has taken years. I want the power back for many obvious reasons, I'll be back at the gym in the new year! The VO2 goal is because I study cognitive aging/neurosciences and understand that V02 max correlates very strongly with grey and white matter integrity in old age -- the more I build now, the longer I'll live (and still think clearly), plain and simple.

But what I really want is to rip and tear it up again, get back surfing, mountain biking and living!

The reason I find your stats interesting is because your basically the same height, weight and age when I did my PB's.

A Sub 7 should in theory be pretty easy for you with the right training.

[left coaster]

Some great feedback!
I want to row 2K in under 7 minutes and to build my V02 max to the highest levels I can while I'm young enough to do it. I like the idea of 'pace intervals', they feel familiar and the erg is really the only place I know of where I can have such tight control over my output. It's like a little numbers game with the monitor, very cool.

As I've mentioned before, I was out of commission for years after a string of injuries, the last one being a partially herniated disc in my neck (not martial arts related, I think I did it off road on a motor bike but it didn't some on suddenly, rather over the course of a couple weeks). That injury temporarily paralyzed a tract of muscles in my left arm, shoulder and upper back, rebuilding power and stability has taken years. I want the power back for many obvious reasons, I'll be back at the gym in the new year! The VO2 goal is because I study cognitive aging/neurosciences and understand that V02 max correlates very strongly with grey and white matter integrity in old age -- the more I build now, the longer I'll live (and still think clearly), plain and simple.

But what I really want is to rip and tear it up again, get back surfing, mountain biking and living!

The reason I find your stats interesting is because your basically the same height, weight and age when I did my PB's.

A Sub 7 should in theory be pretty easy for you with the right training.

Carl, that a very encouraging perspective on my potential capacity that you've adopted. With your name, Carl Watts, and the list of crazy impressive times, I've set you up as a virtual rowing 'super hero' from here on my laptop, in part because our physical stats are so similar. Carl Watts!! lightening bolts fly from your erg as you power a small town with it! The wind it generates flies your cape causes the near by trees to flex and bow, LOL!! (I realize you're probably an actual person, I'm an imaginative bloke) we all need our heroes

[Galeere]

Nice one Jadomatis, great improvement rate.

[jadomatis]

1st attempt at a half-marathon ever today. Prolly should have waited till Friday so all those meters go towards the Holiday Challenge.... but after the good eats tomorrow just didn't think I'd be up to it.

Anywho.... took me 1:28:20.5

Not outstanding, but I'm pleased. Tells me I'm at least on the right path to being able to do a sub 3hr full marathon come May as long as I keep at it.

[Edward4492]

Nice HM, and very nice progress. The FM is a different nasty beast. It's not about fitness, it's about the the body breaking down. I have a 1:24 HM and cramped horribly at the 37k point doing the FM and struggled to a 3:06. The FM is a nice goal, make sure you take the prep very seriously as far as rest, hydration, eating etc. So far....you're doing extremely well.

[hjs]

Interval PB. Have a race commin up 12/12 over here.

So in the build up. Tried 8x500 on rest 1 min yesterday. Had sore legs got 138.0 with a hd on the 7th rep.

Today tried again, and this time got it. Pb was 135.4 from some years back this time. Pacing was a bit off, the last three hurt a good bit.

1 134.4 31
2 133.9 32
3 134.4 32
4 134.8 31
5 135.0 31
6 135.6 31
7 135.8 31
8 134.4 31

4k 12 38.5 134.8 drag 125 rest 1, standing starts. In the bag.

[TomR]

courageous work, henry.

you gonna row a 6.20?

[hjs]

courageous work, henry.

you gonna row a 6.20?

Cheers Tom.

Race on the 12 th next month. Will give it a shot, should be close. Will do a few sessions to give me of an idea. The 4x1k for one.

[jackarabit]

Henry, your 8X.5 HD and this best time are both all-in, fly & fade efforts, aren't they? But first and last reps of the PB are bookends timewise! Amazing!!