New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
First row since HM last weekend, I couldn't decide what to do so made an attempt on my 30 minute PB and gained a modest 111m:
7847m / 1:54.6 / r28 / 166bpm
Was happy with the consistency of the splits, which were:
1:54.8
1:54.8
1:54.9
1:54.8
1:53.9
I found this one quite hard - it was too warm today and I didn't have a great sleep last night. I haven't aborted a PB attempt yet, but with this one I was very close to calling it!
7847m / 1:54.6 / r28 / 166bpm
Was happy with the consistency of the splits, which were:
1:54.8
1:54.8
1:54.9
1:54.8
1:53.9
I found this one quite hard - it was too warm today and I didn't have a great sleep last night. I haven't aborted a PB attempt yet, but with this one I was very close to calling it!
M/53/179cm/74.8kg
started rowing late 2022
PBs
1k: 3:26.2
2k: 7:09.9
5k: 18:46.0
30min: 7,847m
10k: 38:57.0
60min: 15,060m
HM: 1:26:14.1
started rowing late 2022
PBs
1k: 3:26.2
2k: 7:09.9
5k: 18:46.0
30min: 7,847m
10k: 38:57.0
60min: 15,060m
HM: 1:26:14.1
Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
2k PB. By 3 seconds. Disappointed not to hit 6.45.0. Ugh. Still, I suppose that means I get to hit that milestone in my 40's next year. Also means this calendar year I've rowed FM (by default), HM, 60', 10k, 30', 5k, and 2k PBs, so I should be satisfied with that.
6:45.4 2,000m 1:41.3 336 1457 30
1:41.2 500m 1:41.2 338 1462 30
1:42.4 1,000m 1:42.4 326 1421 30
1:42.2 1,500m 1:42.2 328 1428 30
1:39.5 2,000m 1:39.5 355 1522 33
6:45.4 2,000m 1:41.3 336 1457 30
1:41.2 500m 1:41.2 338 1462 30
1:42.4 1,000m 1:42.4 326 1421 30
1:42.2 1,500m 1:42.2 328 1428 30
1:39.5 2,000m 1:39.5 355 1522 33
Rob, 40, 6'1", 188 lbs. Potomac, MD, USA (albeit English-Australian originally).
2k: 6:45.4 (2023)
5k: 17:46.7 (2024)
30': 8,182 (2024)
10k: 36:49.9 (2024)
60’: 15,967 (2024)
HM: 1:20:27.4 (2024)
FM: 2:48:21.4 (2024)
100k: 7:43:28.2 (2024)
2k: 6:45.4 (2023)
5k: 17:46.7 (2024)
30': 8,182 (2024)
10k: 36:49.9 (2024)
60’: 15,967 (2024)
HM: 1:20:27.4 (2024)
FM: 2:48:21.4 (2024)
100k: 7:43:28.2 (2024)
Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
Great row Rob and finished strong. More to come I think
M64 6ft 2, 1.90m,14st 4lbs (200), 90 kg, NW England
First erg Jan 2023
PBs 500m 1:34.4, 1k 3:30.9, 2k 7:32.3
5k 20:09, 6k 24:30, 30m 7310m, 30r20 7133m
First erg Jan 2023
PBs 500m 1:34.4, 1k 3:30.9, 2k 7:32.3
5k 20:09, 6k 24:30, 30m 7310m, 30r20 7133m
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Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
Fantastic pacing! Looks like it went exactly to plan.RWAGR wrote: ↑November 23rd, 2023, 9:40 am2k PB. By 3 seconds. Disappointed not to hit 6.45.0. Ugh. Still, I suppose that means I get to hit that milestone in my 40's next year. Also means this calendar year I've rowed FM (by default), HM, 60', 10k, 30', 5k, and 2k PBs, so I should be satisfied with that.
6:45.4 2,000m 1:41.3 336 1457 30
1:41.2 500m 1:41.2 338 1462 30
1:42.4 1,000m 1:42.4 326 1421 30
1:42.2 1,500m 1:42.2 328 1428 30
1:39.5 2,000m 1:39.5 355 1522 33
Heavyweight
Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
Very well done!RWAGR wrote: ↑November 23rd, 2023, 9:40 am2k PB. By 3 seconds. Disappointed not to hit 6.45.0. Ugh. Still, I suppose that means I get to hit that milestone in my 40's next year. Also means this calendar year I've rowed FM (by default), HM, 60', 10k, 30', 5k, and 2k PBs, so I should be satisfied with that.
6:45.4 2,000m 1:41.3 336 1457 30
1:41.2 500m 1:41.2 338 1462 30
1:42.4 1,000m 1:42.4 326 1421 30
1:42.2 1,500m 1:42.2 328 1428 30
1:39.5 2,000m 1:39.5 355 1522 33
Looking at the splits, it's very likely you will get the .4 only by a bit more even pacing.
Male - '80 - 82kg - 177cm - Start rowErg Jan 2022
1': 358m
4': 1217m
30'r20: 8068m
30': 8,283m
60': 16,222m
100m: 0:15.9
500m: 1:26.0
1k: 3:07.8
2k: 6:37.1
5k: 17:39.6
6k: 21:03.5
10k: 36:01.5
HM: 1:18:40.1
FM: 2:52:32.6
My log
1': 358m
4': 1217m
30'r20: 8068m
30': 8,283m
60': 16,222m
100m: 0:15.9
500m: 1:26.0
1k: 3:07.8
2k: 6:37.1
5k: 17:39.6
6k: 21:03.5
10k: 36:01.5
HM: 1:18:40.1
FM: 2:52:32.6
My log
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Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
Well done, you will keep improving in your 40s. I started when I was 45 and set all my PBs when I was 48.RWAGR wrote: ↑November 23rd, 2023, 9:40 am2k PB. By 3 seconds. Disappointed not to hit 6.45.0. Ugh. Still, I suppose that means I get to hit that milestone in my 40's next year. Also means this calendar year I've rowed FM (by default), HM, 60', 10k, 30', 5k, and 2k PBs, so I should be satisfied with that.
6:45.4 2,000m 1:41.3 336 1457 30
1:41.2 500m 1:41.2 338 1462 30
1:42.4 1,000m 1:42.4 326 1421 30
1:42.2 1,500m 1:42.2 328 1428 30
1:39.5 2,000m 1:39.5 355 1522 33
67 6' 4" 108kg
PBs 2k 6:16.4 5k 16:37.5 10k 34:35.5 30m 8727 60m 17059 HM 74:25.9 FM 2:43:48.8
50s PBs 2k 6.24.3 5k 16.55.4 6k 20.34.2 10k 35.19.0 30m 8633 60m 16685 HM 76.48.7
60s PBs 5k 17.51.2 10k 36.42.6 30m 8263 60m 16089 HM 79.16.6
PBs 2k 6:16.4 5k 16:37.5 10k 34:35.5 30m 8727 60m 17059 HM 74:25.9 FM 2:43:48.8
50s PBs 2k 6.24.3 5k 16.55.4 6k 20.34.2 10k 35.19.0 30m 8633 60m 16685 HM 76.48.7
60s PBs 5k 17.51.2 10k 36.42.6 30m 8263 60m 16089 HM 79.16.6
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Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
A gain of 111 mtrs is great, well done.robhely wrote: ↑November 23rd, 2023, 5:48 amFirst row since HM last weekend, I couldn't decide what to do so made an attempt on my 30 minute PB and gained a modest 111m:
7847m / 1:54.6 / r28 / 166bpm
Was happy with the consistency of the splits, which were:
1:54.8
1:54.8
1:54.9
1:54.8
1:53.9
I found this one quite hard - it was too warm today and I didn't have a great sleep last night. I haven't aborted a PB attempt yet, but with this one I was very close to calling it!
67 6' 4" 108kg
PBs 2k 6:16.4 5k 16:37.5 10k 34:35.5 30m 8727 60m 17059 HM 74:25.9 FM 2:43:48.8
50s PBs 2k 6.24.3 5k 16.55.4 6k 20.34.2 10k 35.19.0 30m 8633 60m 16685 HM 76.48.7
60s PBs 5k 17.51.2 10k 36.42.6 30m 8263 60m 16089 HM 79.16.6
PBs 2k 6:16.4 5k 16:37.5 10k 34:35.5 30m 8727 60m 17059 HM 74:25.9 FM 2:43:48.8
50s PBs 2k 6.24.3 5k 16.55.4 6k 20.34.2 10k 35.19.0 30m 8633 60m 16685 HM 76.48.7
60s PBs 5k 17.51.2 10k 36.42.6 30m 8263 60m 16089 HM 79.16.6
Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
Slightly annoyed that I missed ducking under 1:36 by 8s - which was my "this would be perfect" target... slight wobble when I realised i needed a drink and i'd brought a glass not the squeezy bottle (hadn't really meant to go for the HM today, but felt like it when I sat down).
added plus is that's the last of my r20 challenges completed, and all of them decent pb's - this one beat my previous 1:39:27.3 by 3mins19 with a much better row as per the graph comparison - no butt pain, but I have just put a blister under a callous on my fingers some-how!
Today's HM Vs Previous HM
added plus is that's the last of my r20 challenges completed, and all of them decent pb's - this one beat my previous 1:39:27.3 by 3mins19 with a much better row as per the graph comparison - no butt pain, but I have just put a blister under a callous on my fingers some-how!
Today's HM Vs Previous HM
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Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:36:08 21,097m 2:16.7 137 771 20 172
12:06.9 2,650m 2:17.1 136 766 20 162
12:07.6 5,300m 2:17.2 135 765 20 165
12:07.7 7,950m 2:17.3 135 765 20 168
12:06.9 10,600m 2:17.1 136 766 20 174
12:10.5 13,250m 2:17.8 134 760 20 174
12:05.8 15,900m 2:16.9 136 769 20 175
12:06.5 18,550m 2:17.0 136 767 20 177
11:16.2 21,097m 2:12.7 150 814 20 185
M 6'4 born:'82
PB's
'23: 6k=25:23.5, HM=1:36:08.0, 60'=13,702m
'24: 500m=1:37.7, 2k=7:44.80, 5k=20:42.9, 10k=42:13.1, FM=3:18:35.4, 30'=7,132m
Logbook
PB's
'23: 6k=25:23.5, HM=1:36:08.0, 60'=13,702m
'24: 500m=1:37.7, 2k=7:44.80, 5k=20:42.9, 10k=42:13.1, FM=3:18:35.4, 30'=7,132m
Logbook
Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
I don't think you've got much to be disappointed about, that's a fantastic result!RWAGR wrote: ↑November 23rd, 2023, 9:40 am2k PB. By 3 seconds. Disappointed not to hit 6.45.0. Ugh. Still, I suppose that means I get to hit that milestone in my 40's next year. Also means this calendar year I've rowed FM (by default), HM, 60', 10k, 30', 5k, and 2k PBs, so I should be satisfied with that.
6:45.4 2,000m 1:41.3 336 1457 30
1:41.2 500m 1:41.2 338 1462 30
1:42.4 1,000m 1:42.4 326 1421 30
1:42.2 1,500m 1:42.2 328 1428 30
1:39.5 2,000m 1:39.5 355 1522 33
M/53/179cm/74.8kg
started rowing late 2022
PBs
1k: 3:26.2
2k: 7:09.9
5k: 18:46.0
30min: 7,847m
10k: 38:57.0
60min: 15,060m
HM: 1:26:14.1
started rowing late 2022
PBs
1k: 3:26.2
2k: 7:09.9
5k: 18:46.0
30min: 7,847m
10k: 38:57.0
60min: 15,060m
HM: 1:26:14.1
Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
Brilliant effort, it must make it so much harder to do a long row like this at r20!p_b82 wrote: ↑November 23rd, 2023, 2:39 pmSlightly annoyed that I missed ducking under 1:36 by 8s - which was my "this would be perfect" target... slight wobble when I realised i needed a drink and i'd brought a glass not the squeezy bottle (hadn't really meant to go for the HM today, but felt like it when I sat down).
added plus is that's the last of my r20 challenges completed, and all of them decent pb's - this one beat my previous 1:39:27.3 by 3mins19 with a much better row as per the graph comparison - no butt pain, but I have just put a blister under a callous on my fingers some-how!
Today's HM Vs Previous HM
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Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M 1:36:08 21,097m 2:16.7 137 771 20 172 12:06.9 2,650m 2:17.1 136 766 20 162 12:07.6 5,300m 2:17.2 135 765 20 165 12:07.7 7,950m 2:17.3 135 765 20 168 12:06.9 10,600m 2:17.1 136 766 20 174 12:10.5 13,250m 2:17.8 134 760 20 174 12:05.8 15,900m 2:16.9 136 769 20 175 12:06.5 18,550m 2:17.0 136 767 20 177 11:16.2 21,097m 2:12.7 150 814 20 185
M/53/179cm/74.8kg
started rowing late 2022
PBs
1k: 3:26.2
2k: 7:09.9
5k: 18:46.0
30min: 7,847m
10k: 38:57.0
60min: 15,060m
HM: 1:26:14.1
started rowing late 2022
PBs
1k: 3:26.2
2k: 7:09.9
5k: 18:46.0
30min: 7,847m
10k: 38:57.0
60min: 15,060m
HM: 1:26:14.1
Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
Thanks, I hope so! I'm heading overseas for a month soon, so hoping to tick off a few goals before then. Next targets are 60 mins and 10k.
M/53/179cm/74.8kg
started rowing late 2022
PBs
1k: 3:26.2
2k: 7:09.9
5k: 18:46.0
30min: 7,847m
10k: 38:57.0
60min: 15,060m
HM: 1:26:14.1
started rowing late 2022
PBs
1k: 3:26.2
2k: 7:09.9
5k: 18:46.0
30min: 7,847m
10k: 38:57.0
60min: 15,060m
HM: 1:26:14.1
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Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
but so much less pain...and more importantly for me....so much less fear of the pain to comerobhely wrote: ↑November 23rd, 2023, 1:57 amHaha, I agree that the 2k is a beast, but give me a nice mellow 5k or 10k any day over the torture of a 500m! I can't even get my splits down to something respectable when doing 30 seconds hard out.aussie nick wrote: ↑November 20th, 2023, 11:01 pm
congratulations on the PR - excellent row. And we are the opposite in our preferences. I find pushing on anything beyond 1k to be terrifying!
M/52/6ft/86kg
took up rowing during pandemic
500m 1.26.9
1k 3.08.2
2k 6.39.7
5k 18.02.2
30min 8008m
took up rowing during pandemic
500m 1.26.9
1k 3.08.2
2k 6.39.7
5k 18.02.2
30min 8008m
Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
Personally I seem to concentrate all my hate on the 2K: anything else between a 1' and a HM doesn't bother me.aussie nick wrote: ↑November 23rd, 2023, 7:29 pmbut so much less pain...and more importantly for me....so much less fear of the pain to comerobhely wrote: ↑November 23rd, 2023, 1:57 amHaha, I agree that the 2k is a beast, but give me a nice mellow 5k or 10k any day over the torture of a 500m! I can't even get my splits down to something respectable when doing 30 seconds hard out.aussie nick wrote: ↑November 20th, 2023, 11:01 pm
congratulations on the PR - excellent row. And we are the opposite in our preferences. I find pushing on anything beyond 1k to be terrifying!
I've only done 2 FM but I suspect that I may enjoy the next FM more than the next 2K.
The 2K seems so wrong to me in terms of risk/reward: a ton of pain for maybe a few seconds off your PB if everything goes right. Meaning there are more than decent chances of no improvement or even HD.
1973, 173cm (5'8"), LW, started rowing Sep 2021 (after 10 years of being a couch potato), c2 log
RowErg PBs:
RowErg PBs:
Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
Totally agree, apart from the 500m, the 2k is one of the few distances where I just can't settle in and hold a steady pace. The pain ramps up all too fast and holding that optimistic split I started with soon seems impossible, crushing me mentally...HornetMaX wrote: ↑November 23rd, 2023, 7:59 pm
Personally I seem to concentrate all my hate on the 2K: anything else between a 1' and a HM doesn't bother me.
I've only done 2 FM but I suspect that I may enjoy the next FM more than the next 2K.
The 2K seems so wrong to me in terms of risk/reward: a ton of pain for maybe a few seconds off your PB if everything goes right. Meaning there are more than decent chances of no improvement or even HD.
Strangely I find the 1k a lot easier to deal with than the 500m or 2k.
M/53/179cm/74.8kg
started rowing late 2022
PBs
1k: 3:26.2
2k: 7:09.9
5k: 18:46.0
30min: 7,847m
10k: 38:57.0
60min: 15,060m
HM: 1:26:14.1
started rowing late 2022
PBs
1k: 3:26.2
2k: 7:09.9
5k: 18:46.0
30min: 7,847m
10k: 38:57.0
60min: 15,060m
HM: 1:26:14.1
Re: New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!
Chipped 20sec from my 10K, form 40:10 to 39:49.
Goal was sub 40min, so I decided to go for ~1:59 pace for the 1st half and then try to hold 2:00 pace for the rest (as I know I typically suck at negative splits). I almost HD at 30min: gave up for 2-3 strokes, then somehow decided to go on (but yeah, pace in the last 2500m has been a bit of a rollercoaster).
Kind of happy for the sub-40min, but to be honest I feel I'm plateauing since August: the improvement here may be well given by the better conditions (today it was 12C, the previous PB was in 29C) and on other distances I'm really not sure I could improve right now.
I try to push my hard sessions but there's a limit to how hard I can do them. Guess next thing I'll try is to go for a marathon training program that seems to focus more on volume (I usually do 50-60K per week) and see if this helps other distances than FM.
And yeah, that was my 1st post-50yo PB
Goal was sub 40min, so I decided to go for ~1:59 pace for the 1st half and then try to hold 2:00 pace for the rest (as I know I typically suck at negative splits). I almost HD at 30min: gave up for 2-3 strokes, then somehow decided to go on (but yeah, pace in the last 2500m has been a bit of a rollercoaster).
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Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M HR
39:48.5 10,000m 1:59.4 205 1007 26 171
3:56.7 1,000m 1:58.3 211 1026 25 163
3:57.4 2,000m 1:58.7 209 1020 27 166
3:56.9 3,000m 1:58.4 211 1024 27 168
3:57.4 4,000m 1:58.7 209 1020 27 172
3:58.1 5,000m 1:59.0 207 1013 27 170
3:59.0 6,000m 1:59.5 205 1005 27 173
4:00.1 7,000m 2:00.0 202 996 26 174
4:03.6 8,000m 2:01.8 194 966 27 172
4:02.2 9,000m 2:01.1 197 978 27 175
3:57.1 10,000m 1:58.5 210 1022 27 182
I try to push my hard sessions but there's a limit to how hard I can do them. Guess next thing I'll try is to go for a marathon training program that seems to focus more on volume (I usually do 50-60K per week) and see if this helps other distances than FM.
And yeah, that was my 1st post-50yo PB
1973, 173cm (5'8"), LW, started rowing Sep 2021 (after 10 years of being a couch potato), c2 log
RowErg PBs:
RowErg PBs: