New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[canglem]

Didn’t row yesterday due to bowling, and felt good today so I decided to try one hour for the first time, having only done 10k before. Feel really good about this result. Once I realized with around 20 minutes left I could hit 13k, I buckled down a bit.

1:00:00.0 13,021m 2:18.2 132 755 22
12:00.0 2,589m 2:19.0 130 748 23
24:00.0 2,585m 2:19.2 130 745 23
36:00.0 2,585m 2:19.2 130 745 22
48:00.0 2,606m 2:18.1 133 756 22
1:00:00.0 2,657m 2:15.4 141 784 22

Was still feeling good from this row, and after a couple days off (one to rest, one to rearrange furniture all over the house) decided to take a crack at my previous 10k best of 46:17.5. Decided to set out at 2:15 and see how long I could hold it. I surprised myself.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
44:40.5 10,000m 2:14.0 145 800 22
8:59.8 2,000m 2:14.9 142 790 23
8:58.8 4,000m 2:14.7 143 792 22
8:57.7 6,000m 2:14.4 144 795 22
8:57.8 8,000m 2:14.4 144 795 22
8:46.4 10,000m 2:11.6 154 828 22

[Dangerscouse]

Didn’t row yesterday due to bowling, and felt good today so I decided to try one hour for the first time, having only done 10k before. Feel really good about this result. Once I realized with around 20 minutes left I could hit 13k, I buckled down a bit.

1:00:00.0 13,021m 2:18.2 132 755 22
12:00.0 2,589m 2:19.0 130 748 23
24:00.0 2,585m 2:19.2 130 745 23
36:00.0 2,585m 2:19.2 130 745 22
48:00.0 2,606m 2:18.1 133 756 22
1:00:00.0 2,657m 2:15.4 141 784 22

Was still feeling good from this row, and after a couple days off (one to rest, one to rearrange furniture all over the house) decided to take a crack at my previous 10k best of 46:17.5. Decided to set out at 2:15 and see how long I could hold it. I surprised myself.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
44:40.5 10,000m 2:14.0 145 800 22
8:59.8 2,000m 2:14.9 142 790 23
8:58.8 4,000m 2:14.7 143 792 22
8:57.7 6,000m 2:14.4 144 795 22
8:57.8 8,000m 2:14.4 144 795 22
8:46.4 10,000m 2:11.6 154 828 22

When belief and fitness improve together you will start seeing more and more surprises. Well done, you've just raised your bar.

[winniewinser]

Was still feeling good from this row, and after a couple days off (one to rest, one to rearrange furniture all over the house) decided to take a crack at my previous 10k best of 46:17.5. Decided to set out at 2:15 and see how long I could hold it. I surprised myself.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
44:40.5 10,000m 2:14.0 145 800 22
8:59.8 2,000m 2:14.9 142 790 23
8:58.8 4,000m 2:14.7 143 792 22
8:57.7 6,000m 2:14.4 144 795 22
8:57.8 8,000m 2:14.4 144 795 22
8:46.4 10,000m 2:11.6 154 828 22

That's a big PB from your previous best....congrats!

[DavidA]

Didn’t row yesterday due to bowling, and felt good today so I decided to try one hour for the first time, having only done 10k before. Feel really good about this result. Once I realized with around 20 minutes left I could hit 13k, I buckled down a bit.

1:00:00.0 13,021m 2:18.2 132 755 22
12:00.0 2,589m 2:19.0 130 748 23
24:00.0 2,585m 2:19.2 130 745 23
36:00.0 2,585m 2:19.2 130 745 22
48:00.0 2,606m 2:18.1 133 756 22
1:00:00.0 2,657m 2:15.4 141 784 22

Was still feeling good from this row, and after a couple days off (one to rest, one to rearrange furniture all over the house) decided to take a crack at my previous 10k best of 46:17.5. Decided to set out at 2:15 and see how long I could hold it. I surprised myself.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
44:40.5 10,000m 2:14.0 145 800 22
8:59.8 2,000m 2:14.9 142 790 23
8:58.8 4,000m 2:14.7 143 792 22
8:57.7 6,000m 2:14.4 144 795 22
8:57.8 8,000m 2:14.4 144 795 22
8:46.4 10,000m 2:11.6 154 828 22

Woo Hoo!!
Good job, and a big improvement.

David

[Bradycardia]

Great job everyone!
I’ve been doing half marathons for three consecutive weeks now and each week I set a new PB.
Really proud of my time today since I climbed the rankings.
1:26:07 done by a short and skinny, weak guy (62.4 kg).
This is currently the 10th fastest time (verified only) this season in my weight class and and age group.

[ukaserex]

Outstanding. Did you spend the whole of the last 16k one handed?!?

Ha! No, just about 5 strokes. It seemed to take the discomfort from an 9/10 to a 6/10. I suspect the reduction in pace from only using one hand had something to do with that. I've got a 53rd birthday coming up in a little over a week. I might try for 53k just because I'm crazy.

[jonwilko]

New 60 min PB- 15068m
First 60 min row since 2006, when I did 14707
Getting fitter not older!

HM here I come.....

[Gammmmo]

New 60 min PB- 15068m
First 60 min row since 2006, when I did 14707
Getting fitter not older!

HM here I come.....

allright fella? If you go building yourself some shoulders with the erging over winter you do know the TT fraternity will take a very dim view?
That 30mins PB of yours looks quite good.

[jonwilko]

Ha, my Cda was always crap Paul.
Finding the erg more fun than the turbo, in fact just doing outdoor rides now and will save the intervals until the Spring.

Impressed by your 60 min time - and I am aiming for a 1:30 HM so 1:21 is really good.
You don't mention on your post your 100 mile TT medal, too modest.

[Gammmmo]

Ha, my Cda was always crap Paul.
Finding the erg more fun than the turbo, in fact just doing outdoor rides now and will save the intervals until the Spring.

Impressed by your 60 min time - and I am aiming for a 1:30 HM so 1:21 is really good.
You don't mention on your post your 100 mile TT medal, too modest.

yeh, and mine got to be v v good!! it was almost like cheating lol. tbh you should be able to smash 1:30 for a HM...that 1:21 I did was 3 years ago now when I was still living off the residual cardio from testing, even think I'd been to the pub earlier that day for a few ciders!! I'm a bit annoyed really I didn't push the PBs just that little bit more when I had the cardio.

[winniewinser]

Ha, my Cda was always crap Paul.
Finding the erg more fun than the turbo, in fact just doing outdoor rides now and will save the intervals until the Spring.

Impressed by your 60 min time - and I am aiming for a 1:30 HM so 1:21 is really good.
You don't mention on your post your 100 mile TT medal, too modest.

yeh, and mine got to be v v good!! it was almost like cheating lol. tbh you should be able to smash 1:30 for a HM...that 1:21 I did was 3 years ago now when I was still living off the residual cardio from testing, even think I'd been to the pub earlier that day for a few ciders!! I'm a bit annoyed really I didn't push the PBs just that little bit more when I had the cardio.

Hi, do you think it's more important to have physical strength or cardio ability to get the most gains?

[Gammmmo]

Ha, my Cda was always crap Paul.
Finding the erg more fun than the turbo, in fact just doing outdoor rides now and will save the intervals until the Spring.

Impressed by your 60 min time - and I am aiming for a 1:30 HM so 1:21 is really good.
You don't mention on your post your 100 mile TT medal, too modest.

yeh, and mine got to be v v good!! it was almost like cheating lol. tbh you should be able to smash 1:30 for a HM...that 1:21 I did was 3 years ago now when I was still living off the residual cardio from testing, even think I'd been to the pub earlier that day for a few ciders!! I'm a bit annoyed really I didn't push the PBs just that little bit more when I had the cardio.

Hi, do you think it's more important to have physical strength or cardio ability to get the most gains?

cardio for all but the shortest stuff. personally I found even injury prevention e.g. from a weak lower back, was best addressed with just time adjusting to the ergo.

[KeithT]

New 60 Min PB with 16,110 M (1:51.7 pace)

Time/Meters/Pace/SPM
60:00/16110/1:51.7/23

6:00/1626/1:50.7/25
12:00/1633/1:50.2/25
18:00/1630/1:50.4/23
24:00/1612/1:51.6/22
30:00/1619/1:51.1/22
36:00/1593/1:53.0/21
42:00/1586/1:53.5/21
48:00/1589/1:53.3/22
54:00/1600/1:52.5/24
60:00/1622/1:51.0/25

Nothing too spectacular but a decent improvement of 72m and .5 pace. I really needed this as my performances on the ERG have been sort of up and down for a few months, so getting a PB felt good. This was the day after a hard CF workout too so I am guessing I wasn't the freshest. I went quicker than planned in first 30 minutes but was doing OK and had given myself some cushion. This was a good thing but in my head I knew I could now average 1:53 for second 30 minutes and PB, as soon as this entered my head I slowed down to about a 1:55 pace and then would do a harder 10 to average the 1:53. Played this game for a while until final 10 minutes where I got back on track a bit with a 1:52 pace and then a little quicker at the very end. I wish I would have just went on with the pace I was on until I "had to" slow down. Anyway, happy to get a PB on a longer row, now time to sharpen intervals and 1k/2K.

[winniewinser]

cardio for all but the shortest stuff. personally I found even injury prevention e.g. from a weak lower back, was best addressed with just time adjusting to the ergo.

Thx....lots to work on

[MartinSH4321]

100m PB - 14.4'' ; -0,1''

I had an extensive health check today including ergometry, so I was not in the mood for a hard interval training. After the WU I decided to try some 100m sprints, the second looked like this:

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
0:14.4 100m 1:12.0 938 3527 58 117

It was only 0.1sec faster, but I noticed some good things. My legs weren't really fresh, so my hardest pulls were a bit slower than last 100m PB, but I was much more constant. Last time I had a wobble at stroke 8 or 9 where I slowed down from 1:09 to 1:12 pace, this time all strokes after the first 3 were 1:09 or 1:10. I forgot to put away the carpet, so my erg slipped a bit.
With 100% fresh legs and a stable erg I think I can get close to 14 with some preparation, goal for next year