New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[ahooton]

An unexpected 2K PB today. 6:36.5

https://log.concept2.com/share/2183919/98100316

Can only attribute this to technique improvements as I’m not nearly as fit as two months ago. Certainly not complaining.

Hey, well done, mate!
What do you mean with "not nearly as fit as two months ago"? You should be training hard for the marathon

Probably should have said 2k fit.
Regarding training hard - Work has other plans for me!. I have been doing some long distance work and rate 20 work. But I feel I’m maintaining fitness rather than building it. Will push out a couple more 30ks the next two weekends then will see you in Hamburg for the big one!

[Dangerscouse]

An unexpected 2K PB today. 6:36.5

https://log.concept2.com/share/2183919/98100316

Can only attribute this to technique improvements as I’m not nearly as fit as two months ago. Certainly not complaining.

Great result Anthony, and that wobble near the end looks painful, and shows you were giving it everything

[Sakly]

An unexpected 2K PB today. 6:36.5

https://log.concept2.com/share/2183919/98100316

Can only attribute this to technique improvements as I’m not nearly as fit as two months ago. Certainly not complaining.

Hey, well done, mate!
What do you mean with "not nearly as fit as two months ago"? You should be training hard for the marathon

Probably should have said 2k fit.
Regarding training hard - Work has other plans for me!. I have been doing some long distance work and rate 20 work. But I feel I’m maintaining fitness rather than building it. Will push out a couple more 30ks the next two weekends then will see you in Hamburg for the big one!

Unfortunately my training has stopped completely last two weeks, as I got ill. Yesterday I had my first session again and it wasn't really promising
Hope I can get back some decent fitness next two weeks. Anyway, looking forward to it and meet you, my virtual team member and many others

[p_b82]

An unexpected 2K PB today. 6:36.5

https://log.concept2.com/share/2183919/98100316

Can only attribute this to technique improvements as I’m not nearly as fit as two months ago. Certainly not complaining.

Congrats - I set my previous 2k pm near the end of my marathon prep - so while not 2k sharp - I found it helped anyway!

[ahooton]

An unexpected 2K PB today. 6:36.5

https://log.concept2.com/share/2183919/98100316

Can only attribute this to technique improvements as I’m not nearly as fit as two months ago. Certainly not complaining.

Congrats - I set my previous 2k pm near the end of my marathon prep - so while not 2k sharp - I found it helped anyway!

Makes sense for sure. The increased aerobic ability would certainly help.

[Jbrown1215]

A new 30r20 PB set yesterday as part of Sub7IRC's February monthly team challenge. No shenanigans with stroke rate or taking advantage of the PM5's generous rounding down... done in exactly 600 strokes .

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M
30:00.0	8,664m	1:43.8	312	1374	20
5:00.0	1,442m	1:44.0	311	1370	20
10:00.0	1,441m	1:44.0	310	1367	20
15:00.0	1,440m	1:44.1	310	1365	20
20:00.0	1,440m	1:44.1	310	1365	20
25:00.0	1,443m	1:43.9	312	1372	20
30:00.0	1,458m	1:42.8	321	1406	20

[ahooton]

Astonishing stuff. Done a few of this the last month and I have to bust a gut to make 8000m. Looking very solid and bodes well for that 2k attempt.

[nick rockliff]

A new 30r20 PB set yesterday as part of Sub7IRC's February monthly team challenge. No shenanigans with stroke rate or taking advantage of the PM5's generous rounding down... done in exactly 600 strokes .

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M
30:00.0	8,664m	1:43.8	312	1374	20
5:00.0	1,442m	1:44.0	311	1370	20
10:00.0	1,441m	1:44.0	310	1367	20
15:00.0	1,440m	1:44.1	310	1365	20
20:00.0	1,440m	1:44.1	310	1365	20
25:00.0	1,443m	1:43.9	312	1372	20
30:00.0	1,458m	1:42.8	321	1406	20

That's a good strong session, looks like a bit more to come too. Would love to see your HR throughout the session. My best was a 1:44.9 but was the other end of the 40s age group.

Keep it up, these are the sessions that give confidence going forward.

[p_b82]

Another day/week another pb.

took 2.4s off my old (375w average) pb

new vs old

didn't push quite so hard to start, but still really struggling to hold on at the end - tried to bump the rate in the last 100 but everything screamed no.....

65th percentile still by far my "best" in comparison to any other ranked distance.

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Time 	Meters 	Pace 	Watts 	Cal/Hr 	S/M 	hr
1:35.3 	500m 	1:35.3 	404 	1691 	37 	170
0:18.9 	100m 	1:34.5 	415 	1727 	41 	154
0:18.7 	200m 	1:33.5 	428 	1773 	35 	167
0:18.8 	300m 	1:34.0 	421 	1750 	38 	174
0:19.1 	400m 	1:35.5 	402 	1682 	38 	177
0:19.8 	500m 	1:39.0 	361 	1541 	36 	178

[Dangerscouse]

A new 30r20 PB set yesterday as part of Sub7IRC's February monthly team challenge. No shenanigans with stroke rate or taking advantage of the PM5's generous rounding down... done in exactly 600 strokes .

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M
30:00.0	8,664m	1:43.8	312	1374	20
5:00.0	1,442m	1:44.0	311	1370	20
10:00.0	1,441m	1:44.0	310	1367	20
15:00.0	1,440m	1:44.1	310	1365	20
20:00.0	1,440m	1:44.1	310	1365	20
25:00.0	1,443m	1:43.9	312	1372	20
30:00.0	1,458m	1:42.8	321	1406	20

Wow, and neg splits for the last 10 mins???!!

[Dangerscouse]

Another day/week another pb.

took 2.4s off my old (375w average) pb

new vs old

didn't push quite so hard to start, but still really struggling to hold on at the end - tried to bump the rate in the last 100 but everything screamed no.....

65th percentile still by far my "best" in comparison to any other ranked distance.

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Time 	Meters 	Pace 	Watts 	Cal/Hr 	S/M 	hr
1:35.3 	500m 	1:35.3 	404 	1691 	37 	170
0:18.9 	100m 	1:34.5 	415 	1727 	41 	154
0:18.7 	200m 	1:33.5 	428 	1773 	35 	167
0:18.8 	300m 	1:34.0 	421 	1750 	38 	174
0:19.1 	400m 	1:35.5 	402 	1682 	38 	177
0:19.8 	500m 	1:39.0 	361 	1541 	36 	178

Great session Peter. That fade looks painful, but shows you really were redlining it too.

[KeithT]

An unexpected 2K PB today. 6:36.5

https://log.concept2.com/share/2183919/98100316

Can only attribute this to technique improvements as I’m not nearly as fit as two months ago. Certainly not complaining.

Excellent result! Love the unexpected PBs!

[KeithT]

After a subpar in-person race day 2k performance last Saturday due to a combination of nerves, anxiety, and otherwise self-inflicted pressure, I decided to try and make amends on Wednesday back in the comforts of my garage.

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M
6:09.7	2,000m	1:32.4	443	1825	35
1:32.1	500m	1:32.1	448	1841	35
1:33.0	1,000m	1:33.0	435	1797	34
1:32.9	1,500m	1:32.9	437	1802	35
1:31.7	2,000m	1:31.7	454	1862	37

And with that, my ~13 week adventures in 2k training are complete, and I have no desire or plans to do another one for a while. John Davies' plan worked, no doubt about it, but I could feel myself burning out both physically and mentally during the last couple weeks. Took a couple days after my live race to rest and recharge my batteries before the final at-home attempt. Incredibly thankful to have squeezed out the additional few tenths of a second needed to hit my goal. Now, time to make my main training focus to have fun again.

Wow! That is impressive! I like your last statement about having fun again. I have fallen into the trap many times of stressing about a workout , goal or results and then couple that with declining performance in the last few years with age and I often dreaded workouts. This was new to me as I always liked the process and working out in general.

[p_b82]

Great session Peter. That fade looks painful, but shows you really were redlining it too.

Thanks Stu - yup on the day that was all I had to give; which is sometimes better than knowing there was more in the tank at the end.