General discussion on Training. How to get better on your erg, how to use your erg to get better at another sport, or anything else about improving your abilities.
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mitchel674
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by mitchel674 » March 19th, 2018, 11:37 am
Dangerscouse wrote:
6k is a horrible distance too. I can't get my head around the pacing.
Stu, just row your 6k at your 10k pace. You will have a new 6k PB with plenty of time to spare!

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Dangerscouse
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by Dangerscouse » March 19th, 2018, 1:13 pm
mitchel674 wrote:
Stu, just row your 6k at your 10k pace. You will have a new 6k PB with plenty of time to spare!

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Hahaha, i haven't noticed that. Maybe I'll give it another go sometime soon. My 6k PB was done as part of a recent fast 10k so I probably need to do a proper 6k TT. It's a distance that I never think of doing.
51 HWT; 6' 4"; 1k= 3:09; 2k= 6:36; 5k= 17:19; 6k= 20:47; 10k= 35:46 30mins= 8,488m 60mins= 16,618m HM= 1:16.47; FM= 2:40:41; 50k= 3:16:09; 100k= 7:52:44; 12hrs = 153km
"You reap what you row"
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lancecampeau
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by lancecampeau » March 20th, 2018, 12:47 am
Just shaved over 4 mins off my previous personal best in the marathon. Pulled a tidy 2:07.4 in the first half... put the handle down for 90 seconds to stretch my legs and have a juice box.... then centered around 2:11 for most of the second half. Ramped up the pace over the final 2K and held 1:32 in the last 100m dash. I have been doing a lot of
hard piece training at all distances recently. This has really helped my times. I finally feel ready to try the 10K @ 1:57.5 after this effort.
DF 135 / 26 SR

Male, 48, 6ft / 240 lbs, 183cm / 108 kg / Started erging in Jan 2017

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Neorticros
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by Neorticros » March 20th, 2018, 3:17 am
Wow Lance, between the sub7 and this you are killing it. Getting really strong there.
Below 3:03 is awesome!!
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Dangerscouse
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by Dangerscouse » March 20th, 2018, 3:58 am
lancecampeau wrote:Just shaved over 4 mins off my previous personal best in the marathon. Pulled a tidy 2:07.4 in the first half... put the handle down for 90 seconds to stretch my legs and have a juice box.... then centered around 2:11 for most of the second half. Ramped up the pace over the final 2K and held 1:32 in the last 100m dash. I have been doing a lot of
hard piece training at all distances recently. This has really helped my times. I finally feel ready to try the 10K @ 1:57.5 after this effort.
DF 135 / 26 SR

Excellent effort Lance. You are more than capable of the 10k that you're aiming for. Trust your progress.
51 HWT; 6' 4"; 1k= 3:09; 2k= 6:36; 5k= 17:19; 6k= 20:47; 10k= 35:46 30mins= 8,488m 60mins= 16,618m HM= 1:16.47; FM= 2:40:41; 50k= 3:16:09; 100k= 7:52:44; 12hrs = 153km
"You reap what you row"
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mdpfirrman
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by mdpfirrman » March 20th, 2018, 3:10 pm
Awesome work Lance. I'm not doing a marathon any time soon! Just to complete one, I think, is impressive.
Mike Pfirrman
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DavidA
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by DavidA » March 20th, 2018, 5:23 pm
lancecampeau wrote:Just shaved over 4 mins off my previous personal best in the marathon. Pulled a tidy 2:07.4 in the first half... put the handle down for 90 seconds to stretch my legs and have a juice box.... then centered around 2:11 for most of the second half. Ramped up the pace over the final 2K and held 1:32 in the last 100m dash. I have been doing a lot of
hard piece training at all distances recently. This has really helped my times. I finally feel ready to try the 10K @ 1:57.5 after this effort.
DF 135 / 26 SR

Woo hoo!
Congratulations on a very good FM time.
David
63 y / 70 kg / 172 cm / 5 kids / 17 grandkids

Received my model C erg 18-Dec-1994
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lancecampeau
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by lancecampeau » March 20th, 2018, 10:49 pm
Thanks for the kind words everyone... 24 hours later... feeling good. That 10K @ 1:57.5 will be mine soon! After that, I'm going to attempt the 15K/60min. Also hoping for marginal improvements to my 100m, 1min, 500m & 4min PB's before the end of the season.
Once all that is done, I'll be doing weights until the start of next season.
Male, 48, 6ft / 240 lbs, 183cm / 108 kg / Started erging in Jan 2017

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lancecampeau
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by lancecampeau » March 22nd, 2018, 7:50 pm
Took 3 days off then went back to the gym tonight and smashed my 10K... Took 44.1 seconds off... it was a
very difficult piece. My body does not like these max effort / mid distances at all. Heavy/double breathing throughout... glad its over... Next up... the 60min
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RWAGR
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by RWAGR » March 22nd, 2018, 8:49 pm
Awesome Lance!
Rob, 40, 6'1", 188 lbs. Potomac, MD, USA (albeit English-Australian originally).
2k: 6:45.4 (2023)
5k: 17:46.7 (2024)
30': 8,182 (2024)
10k: 36:49.9 (2024)
60’: 15,967 (2024)
HM: 1:20:27.4 (2024)
FM: 2:48:21.4 (2024)
100k: 7:43:28.2 (2024)
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RayOfSunshine
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by RayOfSunshine » March 22nd, 2018, 9:27 pm
lancecampeau wrote:Took 3 days off then went back to the gym tonight and smashed my 10K... Took 44.1 seconds off... it was a
very difficult piece. My body does not like these max effort / mid distances at all. Heavy/double breathing throughout... glad its over... Next up... the 60min
That's a big chunk!! Congrats.
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Neptune Beach, FL
on way back to LWT
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by -marius- » March 23rd, 2018, 6:37 am
hjs wrote: Thats going rapidly

in the right direction
Feeling good on the skierg at the moment. The only thing I'm a little bit unsure of is the drag factor. Still testing with different settings.
Dangerscouse wrote:
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.
Thanks

You should really go ahead and include the skierg in your training. It's a very good workout. I can even vaguely start to see the top of the six-pack now, the two-pack

41y/o, 187cm, 93kg
PBs(Ski/Row): 500m 1:17.4 WR/1:23.5 -- 1K 2:49.3 WR/2:59.5 -- 2K 6:17.0/6:17.0 -- 5K 17:10.2/16:45.5 -- 6K 20:18.3 -- 10K/r24 35:24.7 -- 1' 396m WR -- 4' 1346m WR/1306m -- 30' 8420m/8659m
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mdpfirrman
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by mdpfirrman » March 23rd, 2018, 11:25 am
@ Lance - awesome work on that 10K. You're killing it now! I hate those types of workouts but I'm getting used to it this year (doing a LOT of hard, longer workouts to make them seem easier). That is a tough one! Nice work!
Mike Pfirrman
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VirginiaRower
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by VirginiaRower » March 23rd, 2018, 2:20 pm
1st 2k time trial today!
Hit 6:57.3, with pretty even splits. 1:43 for the first and last 500s and 1:45 for the middle 2.
Pretty happy with this. I didn't even have a good kick left so I definitely went 100% all out on this one.
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Dangerscouse
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by Dangerscouse » March 23rd, 2018, 5:14 pm
VirginiaRower wrote:1st 2k time trial today!
Hit 6:57.3, with pretty even splits. 1:43 for the first and last 500s and 1:45 for the middle 2.
Pretty happy with this. I didn't even have a good kick left so I definitely went 100% all out on this one.
That is a time to be proud of even if it wasn't your first 2k TT attempt, which makes it even more special
51 HWT; 6' 4"; 1k= 3:09; 2k= 6:36; 5k= 17:19; 6k= 20:47; 10k= 35:46 30mins= 8,488m 60mins= 16,618m HM= 1:16.47; FM= 2:40:41; 50k= 3:16:09; 100k= 7:52:44; 12hrs = 153km
"You reap what you row"
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