New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

fatboyslim · Post by **fatboyslim** » April 13th, 2007, 4:40 pm

2000 m old 7:25.8 new 707.5 . the techinque the intensity and now some frequency! Erg 600.00, hockey gear 500.00, ice time 200.00, beating young guys to puck and listen to them curse under their breath.... priceless!

ancho · Post by **ancho** » April 16th, 2007, 1:19 am

We had erg test in the club this weekend:
2k on saturday, and 1k on sunday with the vets.
PB'd both:
2k in 6:45,9 (3,4 secs off my previous BIRC-time)
1k in 3:15,1 (2,7 sec off the previuose one)

Feels great, after a long time with no PBs.

Chad Williams · Post by **Chad Williams** » April 16th, 2007, 7:27 am

PaulS wrote:
Chad Williams wrote:New 500m best score for me yesterday, down from 1:18.1 to 1:17.2. The months of weights have paid off.
Nice work! You mean the weights in "the yard"?

Planning on BIRC this year?

And pV8, Trading some weight for Pace? Well done!
Did you use a similar rate and pacing strategy?

PaulS, rate for the 1.17.2 was r45, 12 hard strokes hitting a low split if 1.03 for 2 strokes but fading very badly in the last 100m.

This was corrected with much better pacing on yesterdays 500m attempt, I hit a 1:03 low split again but paced the remaining meters much better. Yesterdays 500m was a best score for me, 500m 1.15.9 r45.

I am going to concentrate on short course distances while I have the muscle power to do so. I will be aiming for a sub 1.14.5 5000m.

ancho · Post by **ancho** » April 16th, 2007, 11:16 am

Chad Williams wrote:...
I will be aiming for a sub 1.14.5 5000m.

Good luck with it!

Chad Williams · Post by **Chad Williams** » April 17th, 2007, 6:27 am

ancho wrote:
Chad Williams wrote:...
I will be aiming for a sub 1.14.5 5000m.

Good luck with it!

500m

PaulS · Post by **PaulS** » April 17th, 2007, 6:51 am

Chad Williams wrote:
ancho wrote:
Chad Williams wrote:...
I will be aiming for a sub 1.14.5 5000m.

Good luck with it!
500m

Still, Good luck with it!
That last 100m is always quite an experience when on the edge of shutdown.

Gerhard · Post by **Gerhard** » April 17th, 2007, 12:48 pm

500 meter down from 1.53.5 to 1.43.9 (rowing for 2 weeks, desk job and dito shape)

Most of you pull this off with one hand behind your back, but I'm happy

. Never thought those last 200 meters could last so long...

Hennie Martini · Post by **Hennie Martini** » April 18th, 2007, 3:32 am

Ancho congratulations my friend. That's a good improvement. At last you are (really) rowing

Good row Gerhard...enough room for improvement.

Hennie

bscastro · Post by **bscastro** » April 23rd, 2007, 12:25 pm

Greetings,

I know my time is not that great compared to others, but it is a best for me. I used to row in high school at 125 pounds, and my best then was 8:25 2k (around 1993).

I picked it up again 2 months ago (and 20 pounds heavier then high school), and about 6 weeks ago rowed 8:35. Today, after steady 4-5 days a week on the erg, I hit 8:17.4.

Again, not shattering any records, but I am somewhat pleased that my training has paid off a little. Admittedly, part of it is not just the fitness, which has increased quite a bit, but also just being able to stand the pain of pushing yourself that hard.

Bryan

Hennie Martini · Post by **Hennie Martini** » April 23rd, 2007, 1:24 pm

Keep on training Bryan and you will see much more improvement!

Hennie

bscastro · Post by **bscastro** » April 23rd, 2007, 3:19 pm

Hennie Martini wrote:Keep on training Bryan and you will see much more improvement!

Hennie

Thanks! I was hesitant to post at first since it is still fairly slow but I sensed people on the forum were quite supportive of each other.

Bryan

VHS_Johnson · Post by **VHS_Johnson** » April 24th, 2007, 8:58 am

I just rowed a 2:16 for 500m! I just injured my shoulder so this is an absolutely fantastic time for me. My PB for 500m is 1:51, so I'm working to get back to that and drop those forty seconds. I felt like celebrating that I can row at all.

stew1962 · Post by **stew1962** » April 25th, 2007, 11:15 pm

First time on the forum, but had post my new pb for 2000m. At 45 I have a new time of 6.29.5. Well chuffed.

Lincoln Brigham · Post by **Lincoln Brigham** » April 25th, 2007, 11:19 pm

1:33.7 for the 500m, a 2.5 second improvement over January.

Bumped me up from 30th to 19th in the LW/40-49 class. Pretty happy with that, considering I usually only row an average of ~10k to 30k per month. Plus I live at 4,500 feet.

saucecmu40 · Post by **saucecmu40** » April 26th, 2007, 1:48 am

Three new PBs in the last two weeks (in the order done):

10k: old pace 1:57.1 new pace 1:56.0
30 min: old pace 1:54.4 new pace 1:53.0
60 min: old pace 1:57.4 new pace 1:56.0

Obviously, the 10k should be faster. I believe all should be faster since my 6k pb was holding 1:49.2. Still, I am a much better sprinter than distance rower so I'm pleased with the progress!