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[Citroen]

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[OhBeWan]

41:33 for 10,000M. Went out too fast, at 203.6 for first 4k. Kept it together, but faded to an average of 204.6. Doesn't seem like much of a change, but my mind was playing tricks on me. It wanted me to quit so bad. After 6k, sweat was everywhere. Headband that I got for Christmas really helped. No burning eyes or stops to wipe off. At some point, the legs had no power. You would think that a 57 year old would have more sense. I connect my heart rate belt to the Concept2. I use my heart rate to tell whether I am going too fast. I have a low heart rate - 154 is my max, 45 is resting heart rate. Kind of like a big old semi, instead of a sleek and fast sports car. Yes, the doctor has confirmed. Anyhow, I try and keep the heart rate below 90% for most of the workout. The last quarter or so, it creeps into the 140's - over 90%. DF was 4. SPM in the low 20's. I know that needs to go faster. I celebrated by letting the wife wait on me with the excuse of my pain and the manliness of my accomplishment. Hey, it worked for about an hour.

[Bob S.]

DF was 4. SPM in the low 20's. I know that needs to go faster.

Some terminology quibbles here. DF of 4? No Way! Drag Factors range from about 75 to 210, depending on the damper setting, the cleanliness of the cage in model Cs and later, and on the ambient atmospheric pressure. Damper settings, however, range from 0 to 10 and a damper setting of 4 would have a DF of around 120 on a clean machine at sea level with normal weather conditions.

The use of the word faster is misleading with regard to SPM. Higher SPM values can result in faster erg times, but the reverse occurs as well. At very high rates, the amount of work done per stroke can fall off enough that the net result is a loss in speed.

Bob S.

[DanielJ]

41:33 for 10,000M. I celebrated by letting the wife wait on me with the excuse of my pain and the manliness of my accomplishment. Hey, it worked for about an hour.

Seriously though, well played.

[ugorakos]

Hi guys!

I did a 2k TT last week. My old PB was 6.25 (2010). Since than I haven't rowed very much during the years but last september I decided to prepare my country's IRC which will be hold 28th Feb. I've been training hard and I really wanted to know where I am so last Friday I tried it. My goal was to hit 6.15 and my secret plan was to finish as close to 6.10 as possible. I started rough for 5 pulls, after that I kept 1.33s and 1.34s strictly. Halfway I felt pretty well but I knew the hardest part of the TT was coming soon... At 500m to go I felt the energy to pull a bit faster and finally finished 6.11,4! Last September I didn't think I'd be able to hit this time so now I'm happy with it At the moment I'm wondering what should be my new goal for 28 Feb. After this TT, I say 6.10 isn't too big challenge but 6.05 might. I'm aware of the fact that to improve from 6.11 to 6.05 is at least as hard work as to improve from 6.25 to 6.11 or harder. Or much harder...

[Bob S.]

Fantastic improvement! Congratulations!

[hjs]

Hi guys!

I did a 2k TT last week. My old PB was 6.25 (2010). Since than I haven't rowed very much during the years but last september I decided to prepare my country's IRC which will be hold 28th Feb. I've been training hard and I really wanted to know where I am so last Friday I tried it. My goal was to hit 6.15 and my secret plan was to finish as close to 6.10 as possible. I started rough for 5 pulls, after that I kept 1.33s and 1.34s strictly. Halfway I felt pretty well but I knew the hardest part of the TT was coming soon... At 500m to go I felt the energy to pull a bit faster and finally finished 6.11,4! Last September I didn't think I'd be able to hit this time so now I'm happy with it At the moment I'm wondering what should be my new goal for 28 Feb. After this TT, I say 6.10 isn't too big challenge but 6.05 might. I'm aware of the fact that to improve from 6.11 to 6.05 is at least as hard work as to improve from 6.25 to 6.11 or harder. Or much harder...

Giving your rate of improvement there is more to come. Also racing gives most people a little extra compared to a home TT. 2/4 seconds is not uncommon.

[DanielJ]

Funny day today.

I was quite busy looking after adorable children, so I took the day off the Wolverine Plan and when I got a chance around noon I decided to give the 5k PB a crack. As mentioned in the today's workout thread, I broke down at about 3400m.

Then this evening, still feeling a bit annoyed about the afternoon's failure, I petulantly went back down to the gym, expecting to fail again - at least partly because I was still feeling the earlier failure in my quads.

But I didn't. I measured the row out better, with a 0.1-sec variance in the first four 1k splits, and then the last one 2 seconds faster, and finished on 19:40.1, which is a 5.4-second improvement on my old time.

Now to get back on the Wolverine Plan, and I'll give this 5k another go in about 6 weeks. Let's see...

[DanielJ]

Did this on Sunday so I was happy to get to the milestone.

I intended to go a bit faster for third 2k, but I guess my concentration went awry and the last 2k, especially 1000m-500m, was very tough. Once I'd settled into 1:55s/1:54s around 500 it was "fine".

But it was nice to get 25.5 seconds off the time I made on Dec 18th. I'm glad to have made over a second of /500m pace in a month despite having put in about a million metres in the last four months. It's like I'm dragging my honeymoon period out.

I'm wary of setting particular targets now but I can't deny I'm thinking about going sub-39 and sub-19 for the 5k by approximately early June.

[Luthor1]

2k 6m54
5k 18m17
30min 8144 this evening!

98.6kg, 181cm, 20.6% fat, training for 6 weeks at rowing now

Andy

[pkiszk]

2000m at 6:56.3 and with 75kg. DF of 125, Avg SPM 30.7, Splits:
1:42.6, SPM 32
1:44.4, SPM 30
1:44.7, SPM 30
1:44.6 ,SPM 31

So I started too fast, it seems.

[DanielJ]

Did a half-marathon today and since it was the first one I'd done in years and the first since at least kinda knowing how to row, it was a PB by default.

I didn't use a HR monitor but I think it was mainly a UT1-AT piece.

[Hillclimber]

Nice! Good work Daniel.
damien

[ugorakos]

Yesterday I hit 8507m on 30r20 Before that I did weight training but on the day before I skipped rowing so I felt strong.
Feb 23 I'll try to hit 8600m. I won't train anything else on that day and before.
2K race will be on Feb 28. I really should pull 6.07-6.08ish.

[Luthor1]

did 2,821m in 10 minutes, was pretty happy with that