Good Time?

Sweeper · Post by **Sweeper** » May 14th, 2006, 6:31 pm

I am 6 ft. 6 in. 15 year-old male weighing in at 172 lbs. (78kg). i was just wondering wether

1500m in 5:02:01
500m in 1:35:05

were any good. thanks

Elamonta · Post by **Elamonta** » May 14th, 2006, 9:34 pm

did you not finish the 2k? or did you do those two pieces independently of each other?

jbell · Post by **jbell** » May 16th, 2006, 4:45 am

Your 500 is better then mine currently (although I havent done one in a while). You should do a 2k to compare to others around here. I'm 6ft and the same age as you so you can compare if you want.

Sweeper · Post by **Sweeper** » May 16th, 2006, 9:19 pm

did you not finish the 2k? or did you do those two pieces independently of each other?

yea, those were separate pieces. high school races are 1500s so thats what i usually train for. 500 is just the only other time i know. i row on the water about 6 days a week so i dont get much of a chance to do erg pieces. thanks

dougsurf · Post by **dougsurf** » May 16th, 2006, 11:05 pm

I am tempted to just say it hardly matters. That is, at 6'6", you have just as bright a rowing future as you desire. It is the one attribute that those of us without, can't get. Just get to work building lean mass onto that frame and in a handful of years, somewhere well above 200 lbs., you can reach for Olympic level times. By the time you finish high school, aim for something like a 6:20 2k, at least. That would put 1500m near something like 4:40 (not now, in a few years!).