New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[mdpfirrman]

@ Lance - Congrats on going sub 7! I'm always one or two days behind on reading these! Been swamped at work, sorry I missed it!

@ Mitchell - one of many PBs to come, you have the rowing bug! Congrats!

@ Henry - congrats on the confirmation (and the time again). That's amazing, really. As far as you "not doing ab work ATM", I think that's pretty hard/intense ab work that you're doing already! Great to hear that the SkiErg agrees with your back more than the rower. They do seem really nicely complimentary. I'm a bit jealous but the wife wanted the Air Dyne Pro and it was her turn to get what she wanted this time

[Dangerscouse]

30 minute rowpro session for me today as a warmup for my personal training this evening. I was looking for an easy row, but the two other rowers that joined were beasts and flew ahead of me at the start. I settled in at 22spm and was inspired watching those two go at it. The leader bested me by 1100m at the end, but I wound up with a new PB for 30 minutes so I was pleased. My last prior PB was 6870m so I was happy to finally cross 7km.

Well done Mitchel. Some healthy competition is always good for squeezing out more performance

[JerekKruger]

30 minute rowpro session for me today as a warmup for my personal training this evening. I was looking for an easy row, but the two other rowers that joined were beasts and flew ahead of me at the start. I settled in at 22spm and was inspired watching those two go at it. The leader bested me by 1100m at the end, but I wound up with a new PB for 30 minutes so I was pleased. My last prior PB was 6870m so I was happy to finally cross 7km.

Great work Mitchel! You've improved a lot since you started out. 22SPM is relatively low for a 30 minutes so I dare say you could go even further if you rated up too.

[mitchel674]

Great work Mitchel! You've improved a lot since you started out. 22SPM is relatively low for a 30 minutes so I dare say you could go even further if you rated up too.

Thanks for the encouragement, Tom. I'm trying to focus on rowing only 20-22spm this month in an effort to improve my power. I suspect you're right that I could go significantly faster on a 5k if I bumped up to 24-26spm. I may do a 5k TT in April to see where I'm at. This PB was just a pleasant surprise as I was watching those two speed demons go.

[RowerGal]

@Lance - Congrats on breaking through 7:00. Has to feel so good.
@Mitchel - Nice work getting in the game with a couple of beasts and sticking with it to win in the end. Congrats!

I have been off a structured training plan for weeks now, but still participating in the IRL. Last minute decision to do the 10K for the month today turned out to be a good decision (and an opportunity to NOT overthink it). A 52-second PB for me from my last 10KTT in January of this year.

[RayOfSunshine]

[ A 52-second PB for me from my last 10KTT in January of this year.

Congrats RowerGal! Now, update your signature.

[mdpfirrman]

@ RowerGal - that's a huge improvement for a 10K! Nice work. I guess the PP and then the rest was great for you! Either that or working with the Personal trainer is doing wonders for you already! Strong!

[jackarabit]

I have been off a structured training plan for weeks now, but still participating in the IRL. Last minute decision to do the 10K for the month today turned out to be a good decision (and an opportunity to NOT overthink it). A 52-second PB for me from my last 10KTT in January of this year.

Fantastic impromptu 10k PB, RG! Chapeau.

[RowerGal]

@Ray - Thanks for the reminder (again). Came in to update my signature!

Also, thanks for the kudos on the 10K PB @jackarabit and @Mike.
I think you were right @Mike, it was the rest. I had my first session with my Trainer on Tuesday and was actually still a bit sore still so the rest was good. Hope your training is going well too!

[Dangerscouse]

@ Rowergal, 52 secs improvement is exceptionally good. Very well done. Looking at your splits I think you've got more to give too.

[mitchel674]

@rowergal - nice going! Quite an improvement in your time on a 10K.

[DavidA]

A 52-second PB for me from my last 10KTT in January of this year.

That's a huge improvement.
Congratulations!!

David

[-marius-]

#skierg
5k tt this morning on an empty stomach. Water as rocket fuel
65,6 seconds improvement on my previously ranked 5K on February 7th. Now I just need to improve by the same amount next month and the 40-49 WR is mine
Plenty left in the tank for a sprint at the finish as well, so could probably gone faster on the first 4 k's.
Doing 50/50 rowing/skiing at the moment.
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
17:44.4 5,000m 1:46.4 290 1297 45
3:36.2 1,000m 1:48.1 277 1252 44
3:35.4 2,000m 1:47.7 280 1263 45
3:34.9 3,000m 1:47.4 282 1270 44
3:34.3 4,000m 1:47.1 285 1278 45
3:23.7 5,000m 1:41.8 331 1438 49

[hjs]

#skierg
5k tt this morning on an empty stomach. Water as rocket fuel
65,6 seconds improvement on my previously ranked 5K on February 7th. Now I just need to improve by the same amount next month and the 40-49 WR is mine
Plenty left in the tank for a sprint at the finish as well, so could probably gone faster on the first 4 k's.
Doing 50/50 rowing/skiing at the moment.
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
17:44.4 5,000m 1:46.4 290 1297 45
3:36.2 1,000m 1:48.1 277 1252 44
3:35.4 2,000m 1:47.7 280 1263 45
3:34.9 3,000m 1:47.4 282 1270 44
3:34.3 4,000m 1:47.1 285 1278 45
3:23.7 5,000m 1:41.8 331 1438 49

Thats going rapidly in the right direction

[Dangerscouse]

#skierg
5k tt this morning on an empty stomach. Water as rocket fuel
65,6 seconds improvement on my previously ranked 5K on February 7th. Now I just need to improve by the same amount next month and the 40-49 WR is mine

Doesn't surprise me in the slightest. You're a machine. Very impressive result Marius. I'm thinking of doing skierg again as my Friday spin class is ending from next week.