New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[carldstevens]

Tonight I took a run at the 100 meter Ski Erg American Record, and I needed to beat 18.4 seconds. I was 2.3 seconds to slow and a skied a 20.7 seconds.
But the good news is, that score puts me 2nd in the American rankings.(.6 seconds behind 1st)

2025 100m SkiErg Rankings
Gender: All | Ages: 70-74 | Country: USA | Verified Results | Adaptive: No

Pos. Name Age Country Time Verified
1 Bob Dermody 70 USA 0:20.1 Yes
2 Carl Stevens 70 USA 0:20.7 Yes

[petererg]

I am looking at marathon plans and most of them are based on a current 2k time. So, today I did my second 2k TT since I started erging.
My previous PB was around 7:30. I am not in the best shape right now, but confident that I should manage to improve on this. I decided on 1:50 on my starting pace. I slowed down towards the end but have a new 2k PB of 7:21 and a number to use for the marathon plan.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
7:21.0 2,000m 1:50.2 261 1198 29
0:54.9 250m 1:49.8 264 1209 28
0:54.6 500m 1:49.2 269 1225 30
0:54.8 750m 1:49.6 266 1214 28
0:55.2 1,000m 1:50.4 260 1195 29
0:55.2 1,250m 1:50.4 260 1195 29
0:55.4 1,500m 1:50.8 257 1185 29
0:55.2 1,750m 1:50.4 260 1195 30
0:55.6 2,000m 1:51.2 255 1176 29

[Dangerscouse]

Tonight I took a run at the 100 meter Ski Erg American Record, and I needed to beat 18.4 seconds. I was 2.3 seconds to slow and a skied a 20.7 seconds.
But the good news is, that score puts me 2nd in the American rankings.(.6 seconds behind 1st)

2025 100m SkiErg Rankings
Gender: All | Ages: 70-74 | Country: USA | Verified Results | Adaptive: No

Pos. Name Age Country Time Verified
1 Bob Dermody 70 USA 0:20.1 Yes
2 Carl Stevens 70 USA 0:20.7 Yes

Very strong result

[Dangerscouse]

I am looking at marathon plans and most of them are based on a current 2k time. So, today I did my second 2k TT since I started erging.
My previous PB was around 7:30. I am not in the best shape right now, but confident that I should manage to improve on this. I decided on 1:50 on my starting pace. I slowed down towards the end but have a new 2k PB of 7:21 and a number to use for the marathon plan.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
7:21.0 2,000m 1:50.2 261 1198 29
0:54.9 250m 1:49.8 264 1209 28
0:54.6 500m 1:49.2 269 1225 30
0:54.8 750m 1:49.6 266 1214 28
0:55.2 1,000m 1:50.4 260 1195 29
0:55.2 1,250m 1:50.4 260 1195 29
0:55.4 1,500m 1:50.8 257 1185 29
0:55.2 1,750m 1:50.4 260 1195 30
0:55.6 2,000m 1:51.2 255 1176 29

Well done Pete. That's a big improvement and you're not in good shape too?

[petererg]

I am looking at marathon plans and most of them are based on a current 2k time. So, today I did my second 2k TT since I started erging.
My previous PB was around 7:30. I am not in the best shape right now, but confident that I should manage to improve on this. I decided on 1:50 on my starting pace. I slowed down towards the end but have a new 2k PB of 7:21 and a number to use for the marathon plan.

Well done Pete. That's a big improvement and you're not in good shape too?

Thanks. My only previous 2k time is from more than 2 years ago. I normally don‘t row the 2k distance. Based on recent 5ks, I am off 40s of my 5k PB from last year. So, not in the best shape, but hopeful that it will get better again.

[p_b82]

Well managed to tick off one of my low hanging fruit PB's; previous 6k was 2:06.9@r20 25:23.5 from Nov '23.

Hr was higher at every point along this, and I was v grateful for ergzone and counting the (small) splits down + my music today.

Beat my target of 2:06 flat, but slightly sad I couldn't find 6s to duck under 25mins.

Def a win from the wanting to HD and toughing it out though.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
25:05.4 6,000m 2:05.4 177 910 24 174
3:08.9 750m 2:05.9 175 903 25 150
3:08.9 1,500m 2:05.9 175 903 25 164
3:09.0 2,250m 2:06.0 175 902 25 172
3:08.1 3,000m 2:05.4 177 910 25 177
3:08.7 3,750m 2:05.8 176 905 24 179
3:08.7 4,500m 2:05.8 176 905 24 181
3:09.0 5,250m 2:06.0 175 902 24 183
3:04.1 6,000m 2:02.7 189 951 24 187

[Kerry1960]

Well managed to tick off one of my low hanging fruit PB's; previous 6k was 2:06.9@r20 25:23.5 from Nov '23.

Hr was higher at every point along this, and I was v grateful for ergzone and counting the (small) splits down + my music today.

Beat my target of 2:06 flat, but slightly sad I couldn't find 6s to duck under 25mins.

Def a win from the wanting to HD and toughing it out though.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
25:05.4 6,000m 2:05.4 177 910 24 174
3:08.9 750m 2:05.9 175 903 25 150
3:08.9 1,500m 2:05.9 175 903 25 164
3:09.0 2,250m 2:06.0 175 902 25 172
3:08.1 3,000m 2:05.4 177 910 25 177
3:08.7 3,750m 2:05.8 176 905 24 179
3:08.7 4,500m 2:05.8 176 905 24 181
3:09.0 5,250m 2:06.0 175 902 24 183
3:04.1 6,000m 2:02.7 189 951 24 187

Well done Peter. Nicely paced too.

[reevio]

Did a virtual race with the Fools Fest Sprints folks yesterday and managed to get under 40mins for the 10k for first time.

[petererg]

Did a virtual race with the Fools Fest Sprints folks yesterday and managed to get under 40mins for the 10k for first time.

Well done! Nicely paced.

[Sakly]

Well managed to tick off one of my low hanging fruit PB's; previous 6k was 2:06.9@r20 25:23.5 from Nov '23.

Hr was higher at every point along this, and I was v grateful for ergzone and counting the (small) splits down + my music today.

Beat my target of 2:06 flat, but slightly sad I couldn't find 6s to duck under 25mins.

Def a win from the wanting to HD and toughing it out though.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
25:05.4 6,000m 2:05.4 177 910 24 174
3:08.9 750m 2:05.9 175 903 25 150
3:08.9 1,500m 2:05.9 175 903 25 164
3:09.0 2,250m 2:06.0 175 902 25 172
3:08.1 3,000m 2:05.4 177 910 25 177
3:08.7 3,750m 2:05.8 176 905 24 179
3:08.7 4,500m 2:05.8 176 905 24 181
3:09.0 5,250m 2:06.0 175 902 24 183
3:04.1 6,000m 2:02.7 189 951 24 187

Did a virtual race with the Fools Fest Sprints folks yesterday and managed to get under 40mins for the 10k for first time.

Well done, gents
Both distances nice and evenly paced

[Sakly]

I could manage a 1k skierg PB by - 1.8s from my skierg world sprints PB from November. It was during the gym session warmup and I wasn't feeling it at all, but had the plan to start at 1:36-37 and hold as long as possible. Turned out I could hold it the entire distance

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M
3:14.0	1,000m	1:37.0	383	1619	53
0:38.8	200m	1:37.0	383	1619	54
0:38.5	400m	1:36.2	393	1650	53
0:38.8	600m	1:37.0	383	1619	53
0:39.0	800m	1:37.5	378	1599	54
0:38.8	1,000m	1:37.0	383	1619	54

But there was nothing left at the end, so it really was a max effort

[MPx]

Very nicely done Jamie, Peter, Sascha - a complete mix of events, but all paced exceptionally well and with great results. Good to see!

[Dangerscouse]

I echo what Mike said. Well done gents, all great efforts

[Sakly]

Very nicely done Jamie, Peter, Sascha - a complete mix of events, but all paced exceptionally well and with great results. Good to see!

I echo what Mike said. Well done gents, all great efforts

Thx!
I feel it is getting better each day, breathing was perfectly fine (I couldn't breathe properly for 10mins afterwards, as my lungs were dead, but that's another story ).
Seems I am completely over it now and can focus on training again

[p_b82]

Well done Peter. Nicely paced too.

Well done, gents
Both distances nice and evenly paced

Very nicely done Jamie, Peter, Sascha - a complete mix of events, but all paced exceptionally well and with great results. Good to see!

I echo what Mike said. Well done gents, all great efforts

Thank you gents - I never felt I could not do this one, just that I didn't really "want" to continue to suffer through..... prob means there's more in the tank in real terms, but it's a good marker at only 1.2s per split off my 5k (but still 2.2s per split of the freespirits prediction based off my 2 &10k's)