New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[MartinSH4321]

Really went to war today. 5km time trial. Target was 1.42.9 or 17.09
Previous PB was 17.14 and was probably my best result based on on other times. So i knew this was going to be hard. But i also thought on a good day i could push for 17.05

Well it turned into a real battle. The old me would have stopped at the start of the 2nd rep. I had to fight hard to hit 1.42.9
Voices in my head were taunting me endlessly. At one point i resorted to just finishing the piece no matter the time. Then i renegotiated and made a deal to just try and beat my previous time and still end up with a PB.

I was at max HR starting the final 1250. So i had just over 4 minutes of grinding it out at max heart rate which was painful. I had "predicted time" on the screen and was able to dig in just enough to hit my target time. Absolutely rooted!

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
17:09.8 5,000m 1:42.9 320 1402 32 180
4:16.0 1,250m 1:42.4 326 1421 31 167
4:17.3 2,500m 1:42.9 321 1404 32 178
4:19.5 3,750m 1:43.8 313 1377 33 185
4:16.9 5,000m 1:42.7 323 1410 34 190

What a great PB, well done! And to be so long in the pain cave shows your mental strength, very impressive you still struggled through!

[KeithT]

Really went to war today. 5km time trial. Target was 1.42.9 or 17.09
Previous PB was 17.14 and was probably my best result based on on other times. So i knew this was going to be hard. But i also thought on a good day i could push for 17.05

Well it turned into a real battle. The old me would have stopped at the start of the 2nd rep. I had to fight hard to hit 1.42.9
Voices in my head were taunting me endlessly. At one point i resorted to just finishing the piece no matter the time. Then i renegotiated and made a deal to just try and beat my previous time and still end up with a PB.

I was at max HR starting the final 1250. So i had just over 4 minutes of grinding it out at max heart rate which was painful. I had "predicted time" on the screen and was able to dig in just enough to hit my target time. Absolutely rooted!

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
17:09.8 5,000m 1:42.9 320 1402 32 180
4:16.0 1,250m 1:42.4 326 1421 31 167
4:17.3 2,500m 1:42.9 321 1404 32 178
4:19.5 3,750m 1:43.8 313 1377 33 185
4:16.9 5,000m 1:42.7 323 1410 34 190

I can feel your pain just reading this, so glad you powered thru as that is an amazing result! Seems we all struggle in the same part of the 5K, the mind games are unreal. Very impressive Ian!!

[Meek]

Great work Ian

[WIghtsculler]

I finally did a 30'@ r20 today. I have had a mental hurdle to get over with this one. Really pleased with the result and I think there was a bit more in there. I was expecting 15 to 25 minutes to be really horrible, but they were not too bad. I wanted to bring it home in the last km, but I could not do so and keep the rate from creeping up too high.

30.00 8074 1.51.4 20

6.00 1612 1.51.6 20
12 1605 1.52.1 20
18 1615 1.51.4 20
24 1615 1.51.4 20
30 1628 1.50.5 21

Happy with pacing and slight negative splits. Really pleased to have got this first one out of the way and to have set a decent time to build on. 8,100 m target next time in a couple of weeks.

[Tandstad]

I finally did a 30'@ r20 today. I have had a mental hurdle to get over with this one. Really pleased with the result and I think there was a bit more in there. I was expecting 15 to 25 minutes to be really horrible, but they were not too bad. I wanted to bring it home in the last km, but I could not do so and keep the rate from creeping up too high.

30.00 8074 1.51.4 20

6.00 1612 1.51.6 20
12 1605 1.52.1 20
18 1615 1.51.4 20
24 1615 1.51.4 20
30 1628 1.50.5 21

Happy with pacing and slight negative splits. Really pleased to have got this first one out of the way and to have set a decent time to build on. 8,100 m target next time in a couple of weeks.

That's a real strong 30r20, good going

[Dangerscouse]

I finally did a 30'@ r20 today. I have had a mental hurdle to get over with this one. Really pleased with the result and I think there was a bit more in there. I was expecting 15 to 25 minutes to be really horrible, but they were not too bad. I wanted to bring it home in the last km, but I could not do so and keep the rate from creeping up too high.

30.00 8074 1.51.4 20

6.00 1612 1.51.6 20
12 1605 1.52.1 20
18 1615 1.51.4 20
24 1615 1.51.4 20
30 1628 1.50.5 21

Happy with pacing and slight negative splits. Really pleased to have got this first one out of the way and to have set a decent time to build on. 8,100 m target next time in a couple of weeks.

Breaking 8k at r20, is a big milestone. Well done, but if there weren't any notably horrible moments, you can go faster

[winniewinser]

I finally did a 30'@ r20 today. I have had a mental hurdle to get over with this one. Really pleased with the result and I think there was a bit more in there. I was expecting 15 to 25 minutes to be really horrible, but they were not too bad. I wanted to bring it home in the last km, but I could not do so and keep the rate from creeping up too high.

30.00 8074 1.51.4 20

6.00 1612 1.51.6 20
12 1605 1.52.1 20
18 1615 1.51.4 20
24 1615 1.51.4 20
30 1628 1.50.5 21

Happy with pacing and slight negative splits. Really pleased to have got this first one out of the way and to have set a decent time to build on. 8,100 m target next time in a couple of weeks.

Really nice at R20 congrats

[WIghtsculler]

Breaking 8k at r20, is a big milestone. Well done, but if there weren't any notably horrible moments, you can go faster

Cheers Stu. Thanks for the congratulations, whilst pointing out the insufficient pain!!!! I concur and plan to put that right with a bit more pain next time. This was a great sighter to find out where I am. Aim for split of 1.50.5 next and see when the pain really kicks in! That could get me close to 8200, but might turn out to be a bit optimistic. I certainly feel confident after this though.

Thanks also Jo Andre and Winnie for your congrats.

[dmusicant]

I'm a total newbie, had my Model D Rower a few weeks, have been mostly quad skating the street daily 6 miles while the weather lasts. But today was too dark with clouds to be safe, so did 10 minutes on the C2, PB. Now, I'm 77 male:

22.5s/min
Ave: 2:39.8m/500m

I was pretty tuckered out after 10 minutes, but that's my best by far. Only done around 12 sessions, gained a lot watching videos.

[MartinSH4321]

30' PB - 8.237m (+107m)

This effort felt really good! After my 10k PB a few weeks ago I was sure to get a PB unless I overpace and HD. As I won't have much time in the next couple of weeks (moving in a new house) I started with a pace I was pretty sure I can hold, it has hard but not really painful and in the last 5min I was able to pace up a good bit.
Edit: I used my HR monitor but put a post-it on my PM5 to not see it and get distracted, HR was better than expected.
Looking back now I'm sure I could have hit 8.250m if I started a bit faster, but I'm not disappointed, +107m is a lot and I'll get it next time

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
30:00.0 8,237m 1:49.2 268 1223 26 162
3:00.0 819m 1:49.8 264 1207 25 149
6:00.0 817m 1:50.1 262 1201 24 152
9:00.0 818m 1:50.0 263 1204 25 160
12:00.0 817m 1:50.1 262 1201 25 163
15:00.0 817m 1:50.1 262 1201 25 163
18:00.0 817m 1:50.1 262 1201 25 165
21:00.0 818m 1:50.0 263 1204 26 166
24:00.0 818m 1:50.0 263 1204 26 168
27:00.0 826m 1:48.9 271 1231 27 169
30:00.0 870m 1:43.4 316 1388 32 172

[faach1]

First 2k today, after a stint of real focussed training. What a ride. I had nothing left with 25m to go, vision a bit weak, legs dead, lungs spent, really feeling the lactic acid from about 1500m in. Had new HR monitor on with it covered over on the erg screen so that I wasn’t worrying about it. Plan was to pace it pretty flat, just dropping half a split or so per 500m, and then give it everything in the last 250m.


Time Meters Pace Watts S/M
7:07.2 2,000m 1:46.7 288 38
0:53.8 250m 1:47.5 282 37
0:53.6 500m 1:47.2 284 37
0:53.4 750m 1:46.8 287 36
0:53.1 1,000m 1:46.5 290 37
0:53.1 1,250m 1:46.5 290 37
0:53.3 1,500m 1:46.6 289 38
0:53.4 1,750m 1:46.8 287 39
0:53.3 2,000m 1:46.6 289 44

Somehow the 8 splits for 250m don’t quite add up for the average 2k split, but it is what it is. Happy with the stroke rate, and overall flattish pacing, I have no idea how the last 250m was faster than the previous 250m, as I was rating 48+ from 75m to go.

Overall extremely pleased with this 2k, now onto some sprint TTs

Edit: I weighed 74.7 kg 1 hour before this

[faach1]

30' PB - 8.237m (+107m)

This effort felt really good! After my 10k PB a few weeks ago I was sure to get a PB unless I overpace and HD. As I won't have much time in the next couple of weeks (moving in a new house) I started with a pace I was pretty sure I can hold, it has hard but not really painful and in the last 5min I was able to pace up a good bit.
Edit: I used my HR monitor but put a post-it on my PM5 to not see it and get distracted, HR was better than expected.
Looking back now I'm sure I could have hit 8.250m if I started a bit faster, but I'm not disappointed, +107m is a lot and I'll get it next time

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
30:00.0 8,237m 1:49.2 268 1223 26 162
3:00.0 819m 1:49.8 264 1207 25 149
6:00.0 817m 1:50.1 262 1201 24 152
9:00.0 818m 1:50.0 263 1204 25 160
12:00.0 817m 1:50.1 262 1201 25 163
15:00.0 817m 1:50.1 262 1201 25 163
18:00.0 817m 1:50.1 262 1201 25 165
21:00.0 818m 1:50.0 263 1204 26 166
24:00.0 818m 1:50.0 263 1204 26 168
27:00.0 826m 1:48.9 271 1231 27 169
30:00.0 870m 1:43.4 316 1388 32 172

Nice Martin, well paced!

[Dangerscouse]

30' PB - 8.237m (+107m)

Really good PB mate, and 107m is a big improvement. I'm not surprised at all, and this is probably what I was expecting, as you have been consistently improving recently. Any other PB attempts before you move house?

First 2k today, after a stint of real focussed training. What a ride. I had nothing left with 25m to go, vision a bit weak, legs dead, lungs spent, really feeling the lactic acid from about 1500m in. Had new HR monitor on with it covered over on the erg screen so that I wasn’t worrying about it. Plan was to pace it pretty flat, just dropping half a split or so per 500m, and then give it everything in the last 250m.

That's a cracker mate. You were planning on 7:15/20 weren't you? You really did give it your all by the sounds of things.

[faach1]

First 2k today, after a stint of real focussed training. What a ride. I had nothing left with 25m to go, vision a bit weak, legs dead, lungs spent, really feeling the lactic acid from about 1500m in. Had new HR monitor on with it covered over on the erg screen so that I wasn’t worrying about it. Plan was to pace it pretty flat, just dropping half a split or so per 500m, and then give it everything in the last 250m.

That's a cracker mate. You were planning on 7:15/20 weren't you? You really did give it your all by the sounds of things.

Cheers Stu, now onto the sprint quartet 100m, 1 minute, 500m, 1k. Think I’ll start with 1k as I’ve built an aerobic base for the 2k already. Thoughts?

[MartinSH4321]

30' PB - 8.237m (+107m)

This effort felt really good! After my 10k PB a few weeks ago I was sure to get a PB unless I overpace and HD. As I won't have much time in the next couple of weeks (moving in a new house) I started with a pace I was pretty sure I can hold, it has hard but not really painful and in the last 5min I was able to pace up a good bit.
Edit: I used my HR monitor but put a post-it on my PM5 to not see it and get distracted, HR was better than expected.
Looking back now I'm sure I could have hit 8.250m if I started a bit faster, but I'm not disappointed, +107m is a lot and I'll get it next time

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
30:00.0 8,237m 1:49.2 268 1223 26 162
3:00.0 819m 1:49.8 264 1207 25 149
6:00.0 817m 1:50.1 262 1201 24 152
9:00.0 818m 1:50.0 263 1204 25 160
12:00.0 817m 1:50.1 262 1201 25 163
15:00.0 817m 1:50.1 262 1201 25 163
18:00.0 817m 1:50.1 262 1201 25 165
21:00.0 818m 1:50.0 263 1204 26 166
24:00.0 818m 1:50.0 263 1204 26 168
27:00.0 826m 1:48.9 271 1231 27 169
30:00.0 870m 1:43.4 316 1388 32 172

Nice Martin, well paced!

Thank you!

Great 2k PB, well paced and big improvement. Good luck for your sprint TTs!