New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[ampire]

New rower here - got started in earnest mid January. Old PB for 2k was 9:29. It was HR capped (160) but this morning wasn't really but a few beats over that - 8:48! Made up for wasting most of the workout time fiddling with ErgIQ and trying to get it to work.

Nice! 8:00 should come soon!

Great - but I must say I'm disappointed that I was really expecting increased fitness to mean that I could do more work with the same effort. Instead it just seems like I'm able to do more effort. But it sucks a lot harder when you do it. The units of suck per watt haven't really changed.

I am also a rookie to this but I think as you've been doing a lot of higher heart rate work, that would be the expected outcome. The ability of your body to withstand lactate has improved and your vo2 max has likely improved, your mental edge has improved, and you are able to drop your short painful distance split times or maintain those splits for a longer time, but it still requires great effort because you are using an anaerobic component. Instead, you could try doing lower intensity lower heart rate stuff for longer durations for 80% of your training sessions, you might find the pace will be less taxing as you would eventually get a pace faster than your current average training pace but below your aerobic threshold. The remaining 20% of your training schedule could be intervals.

Edit: Also if you are giving it your absolute 100% all, the 2K always seems to suck no matter how much faster you get at it.

[Dangerscouse]

New rower here - got started in earnest mid January. Old PB for 2k was 9:29. It was HR capped (160) but this morning wasn't really but a few beats over that - 8:48! Made up for wasting most of the workout time fiddling with ErgIQ and trying to get it to work.

Nice! 8:00 should come soon!

Great - but I must say I'm disappointed that I was really expecting increased fitness to mean that I could do more work with the same effort. Instead it just seems like I'm able to do more effort. But it sucks a lot harder when you do it. The units of suck per watt haven't really changed.

As mentioned, your aerobic fitness has improved but it takes quite a while to achieve the levels that you're hoping for and it will also be limited by genetics, age and former fitness (if you had a good base fitness when young this is a big advantage in getting fitter later on).

Well done on the new PB

[jimmyshand]

So pumped I just did 18:52.9 for the 5KM my new pb!!!

Amazing - well done!

[jimmyshand]

2km NEW PB .....Knocked 5s off my last PB and my first 2km as a lightweight. Found my new max HR of 182 in the process and it reminded me just how painful this lark is . Rather chuffed . I'll get it logged for #FMMC .

This is instead of my planned hard 5km today

6:53.5 - 2,000m - 1:43.3 - 29 - 177
1:40.9 - 500m - 1:40.9 - 30 - 172
1:44.9 - 1,000m - 1:44.9 - 29 - 176
1:44.7 - 1,500m - 1:44.7 - 29 - 179
1:43.0 - 2,000m - 1:43.0 - 31 - 182

Good luck to all competing over the weekend.

Great work. That's a really good 2k, and strong finish. Always nice finding out how fast the heart can beat!

[canglem]

Mini-slumps are often completely inexplicable.
Very well done on the PB. With such a fast last 6', there is lots more to come as your confidence increases.

As Max said....looks like there is lots to come with that fast finish......well done!

Thanks guys. Debated a HD around 10:00 left, and again around 7:30 as I got a painful stitch in my side, but really wanted to push through and finish and keep pushing. I couldn't remember what my previous PB was so I just wanted to make sure I beat that

[KeithT]

2km NEW PB .....Knocked 5s off my last PB and my first 2km as a lightweight. Found my new max HR of 182 in the process and it reminded me just how painful this lark is . Rather chuffed . I'll get it logged for #FMMC .

This is instead of my planned hard 5km today

6:53.5 - 2,000m - 1:43.3 - 29 - 177
1:40.9 - 500m - 1:40.9 - 30 - 172
1:44.9 - 1,000m - 1:44.9 - 29 - 176
1:44.7 - 1,500m - 1:44.7 - 29 - 179
1:43.0 - 2,000m - 1:43.0 - 31 - 182

Good luck to all competing over the weekend.

Yeah Alex!! Big improvement and really good time especially in lightweight category. May be able to do even better with a slower start and faster middle and end too.

[winniewinser]

Yeah Alex!! Big improvement and really good time especially in lightweight category. May be able to do even better with a slower start and faster middle and end too.

Thx Keith... definitely need to continue to work on my pacing.

Great work. That's a really good 2k, and strong finish. Always nice finding out how fast the heart can beat!

Thx...glad to see it wasn't a hard stop after 180 BPM

[nates]

Thx...glad to see it wasn't a hard stop after 180 BPM

I had my HR mon drop out after finding a new max the other day. Fortunately they're problematic enough that the thought's running through my head of 'I wonder how longer after it stops does it take to start fee...<BAM>' wasn't taken too seriously.

[Dean Rogers]

Started a week ago on the rower at the gym.

Done 500m flat out @10 on the damper (not sure on what drag that is but I’ll just call it:painful) for 1:31.

Got a bit of advice on here and videos so tried drag of 136 and got 127.6.

Today I tried a drag of 143 and pulled 126.5. Happy with that to get things going.

Look forward to training for improving that over the next few months. The last 100/150 metres my form gets a bit sloppy so will aim for endurance and try some longer rows like 1k and 2k.

Cheers Rogers over.

[H2O]

Started a week ago on the rower at the gym.

Today I tried a drag of 143 and pulled 126.5.

Cheers Rogers over.

That's excellent. Keep at it, you are not nearly at your limit yet.

[winniewinser]

Started a week ago on the rower at the gym.

Done 500m flat out @10 on the damper (not sure on what drag that is but I’ll just call it:painful) for 1:31.

Got a bit of advice on here and videos so tried drag of 136 and got 127.6.

Today I tried a drag of 143 and pulled 126.5. Happy with that to get things going.

Look forward to training for improving that over the next few months. The last 100/150 metres my form gets a bit sloppy so will aim for endurance and try some longer rows like 1k and 2k.

Cheers Rogers over.

Really strong over 500m Dean....you've made a flying start!

Try a 2km and see how that feels but beware it's a different beast than the shorter sprints.

[Minimoof123]

I havent been able to post on this thread for a little while, was testing my 2k but not really getting anywhere, so tried a couple of 100m,(various drag / starts) 2 in a row at .17.8, thats a whole .1 off PB, and the first of my times with a 2020 at the end.....


0:17.8 100m 1:28.9 496 2008 51
0:17.8 100m 1:28.9 496 2008 51

0:17.8 100m 1:28.9 496 2008 47
0:17.8 100m 1:28.9 496 2008 47

0:18.1 100m 1:30.5 472 1925 43
0:18.1 100m 1:30.5 472 1925 43

[max_ratcliffe]

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Cheers Rogers over.

Really strong over 500m Dean....you've made a flying start!

Try a 2km and see how that feels but beware it's a different beast than the shorter sprints.

"See how that feels"...?
We know how that will feel.

It'll feel like someone has injected lava into his legs. And poured acid into his lungs and belly. And placed 100dB bass drums in each ear.

Apart from that, it'll feel great.

[hjs]

Started a week ago on the rower at the gym.

Done 500m flat out @10 on the damper (not sure on what drag that is but I’ll just call it:painful) for 1:31.

Got a bit of advice on here and videos so tried drag of 136 and got 127.6.

Today I tried a drag of 143 and pulled 126.5. Happy with that to get things going.

Look forward to training for improving that over the next few months. The last 100/150 metres my form gets a bit sloppy so will aim for endurance and try some longer rows like 1k and 2k.

Cheers Rogers over.

Form will always be sloppy in the last 150m you only get faster, the feeling won,t change.

[Dangerscouse]

Look forward to training for improving that over the next few months. The last 100/150 metres my form gets a bit sloppy so will aim for endurance and try some longer rows like 1k and 2k.

Cheers Rogers over.

As Henry says, if your form isn't sloppy in the last 100 you're not trying hard enough