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Road to a million complete!
Posted: September 16th, 2023, 12:32 pm
by Mwoodburn
I just hit my first 1,000,000 meters on the rower since I began on 3/13/23.
I started with the beginner petes plan, and never expected to finish it. Much to my surprise I not only finished it (3 weeks ago) but completed some nice milestones along the way.
When I was halfway through the BPP I rowed a half marathon. I was really happy with my time too (2:18.7). 12 weeks later once I completed the BPP I rowed a full marathon. I was absolutely ecstatic to get that done and I'm still very happy with my time (2:23.5). Once I finished the BPP and my full marathon I saw how close I was to a million and decided to hit my million mark 3 weeks later and to hit it with another half marathon to compare how far I've come.
Happy to say I just completed it this morning at 2:10.6! Which made me perfectly hit 1,000,000 meters. Just a little over 6 months since I first started rowing.
6 months later I've never felt better in my life, I've formed good habits not just in working out, but drinking less, eating better, waking up earlier, and just being more conscious of my health generally. Hell, I'm down over 30lbs!
I can't properly put into words how happy I am and how life changing all these goals have been for me. Looking forward to seeing what comes next!
Re: Road to a million complete!
Posted: September 16th, 2023, 1:06 pm
by fancyoats
Omg congratulations! Where you are at is where I hope to be in a couple more months!
Re: Road to a million complete!
Posted: September 16th, 2023, 1:22 pm
by Mwoodburn
fancyoats wrote: ↑September 16th, 2023, 1:06 pm
Omg congratulations! Where you are at is where I hope to be in a couple more months!
Keep at it! It's an amazing feeling just be patient and keep at it!
Re: Road to a million complete!
Posted: September 16th, 2023, 2:08 pm
by Sakly
Mwoodburn wrote: ↑September 16th, 2023, 12:32 pm
I just hit my first 1,000,000 meters on the rower since I began on 3/13/23.
I started with the beginner petes plan, and never expected to finish it. Much to my surprise I not only finished it (3 weeks ago) but completed some nice milestones along the way.
When I was halfway through the BPP I rowed a half marathon. I was really happy with my time too (2:18.7). 12 weeks later once I completed the BPP I rowed a full marathon. I was absolutely ecstatic to get that done and I'm still very happy with my time (2:23.5). Once I finished the BPP and my full marathon I saw how close I was to a million and decided to hit my million mark 3 weeks later and to hit it with another half marathon to compare how far I've come.
Happy to say I just completed it this morning at 2:10.6! Which made me perfectly hit 1,000,000 meters. Just a little over 6 months since I first started rowing.
6 months later I've never felt better in my life, I've formed good habits not just in working out, but drinking less, eating better, waking up earlier, and just being more conscious of my health generally. Hell, I'm down over 30lbs!
I can't properly put into words how happy I am and how life changing all these goals have been for me. Looking forward to seeing what comes next!
Very good story of your first month of progress and new habits
Seeing the results will motivate you to stay on track with it and go for further goals along the way
Re: Road to a million complete!
Posted: September 16th, 2023, 2:13 pm
by fancyoats
Mwoodburn wrote: ↑September 16th, 2023, 1:22 pm
fancyoats wrote: ↑September 16th, 2023, 1:06 pm
Omg congratulations! Where you are at is where I hope to be in a couple more months!
Keep at it! It's an amazing feeling just be patient and keep at it!
Oh I will - I want that million meter tshirt!
Right now I’m at 663,639, having started back on the erg at the beginning of May. I just finished week 19 of BPP. I’m on track, I think, it’s just awesome to see someone who is a little further on than me who actually did it!
Re: Road to a million complete!
Posted: September 16th, 2023, 4:25 pm
by Dangerscouse
Mwoodburn wrote: ↑September 16th, 2023, 12:32 pm
6 months later I've never felt better in my life, I've formed good habits not just in working out, but drinking less, eating better, waking up earlier, and just being more conscious of my health generally. Hell, I'm down over 30lbs!
I can't properly put into words how happy I am and how life changing all these goals have been for me. Looking forward to seeing what comes next!
It definitely can be a virtuous circle when you get stuck into erging, and that's a really big improvement on your HM PB.
Re: Road to a million complete!
Posted: September 16th, 2023, 6:49 pm
by jcross485
Mwoodburn wrote: ↑September 16th, 2023, 12:32 pm
I just hit my first 1,000,000 meters on the rower since I began on 3/13/23.
I started with the beginner petes plan, and never expected to finish it. Much to my surprise I not only finished it (3 weeks ago) but completed some nice milestones along the way.
When I was halfway through the BPP I rowed a half marathon. I was really happy with my time too (2:18.7). 12 weeks later once I completed the BPP I rowed a full marathon. I was absolutely ecstatic to get that done and I'm still very happy with my time (2:23.5). Once I finished the BPP and my full marathon I saw how close I was to a million and decided to hit my million mark 3 weeks later and to hit it with another half marathon to compare how far I've come.
Happy to say I just completed it this morning at 2:10.6! Which made me perfectly hit 1,000,000 meters. Just a little over 6 months since I first started rowing.
6 months later I've never felt better in my life, I've formed good habits not just in working out, but drinking less, eating better, waking up earlier, and just being more conscious of my health generally. Hell, I'm down over 30lbs!
I can't properly put into words how happy I am and how life changing all these goals have been for me. Looking forward to seeing what comes next!
Fantastic work! The erg can be addicting and its something that can be done for a long period of time.
Re: Road to a million complete!
Posted: September 17th, 2023, 4:08 am
by Ombrax
Mwoodburn wrote: ↑September 16th, 2023, 12:32 pm
I just hit my first 1,000,000 meters on the rower since I began on 3/13/23.
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6 months later I've never felt better in my life, I've formed good habits not just in working out, but drinking less, eating better, waking up earlier, and just being more conscious of my health generally. Hell, I'm down over 30lbs!
I can't properly put into words how happy I am and how life changing all these goals have been for me. Looking forward to seeing what comes next!
Congratulations!
There's so much good stuff in here.
Keep up the good (hard?) work!
Re: Road to a million complete!
Posted: September 17th, 2023, 6:47 am
by p_b82
Congrats - some big gains for you across the whole spectrum, not just on the erg.
still got 61k to go to get my 1M ticked off, been doing harder/faster but shorter distances this year so my volume is a bit below where I had hoped to be by now.
Re: Road to a million complete!
Posted: September 18th, 2023, 1:20 pm
by KeithT
Mwoodburn wrote: ↑September 16th, 2023, 12:32 pm
I just hit my first 1,000,000 meters on the rower since I began on 3/13/23.
I started with the beginner petes plan, and never expected to finish it. Much to my surprise I not only finished it (3 weeks ago) but completed some nice milestones along the way.
When I was halfway through the BPP I rowed a half marathon. I was really happy with my time too (2:18.7). 12 weeks later once I completed the BPP I rowed a full marathon. I was absolutely ecstatic to get that done and I'm still very happy with my time (2:23.5). Once I finished the BPP and my full marathon I saw how close I was to a million and decided to hit my million mark 3 weeks later and to hit it with another half marathon to compare how far I've come.
Happy to say I just completed it this morning at 2:10.6! Which made me perfectly hit 1,000,000 meters. Just a little over 6 months since I first started rowing.
6 months later I've never felt better in my life, I've formed good habits not just in working out, but drinking less, eating better, waking up earlier, and just being more conscious of my health generally. Hell, I'm down over 30lbs!
I can't properly put into words how happy I am and how life changing all these goals have been for me. Looking forward to seeing what comes next!
All good news! Keep it going and congrats on the progress.
Re: Road to a million complete!
Posted: September 20th, 2023, 10:32 am
by edward.jamer
Oof! Seeing this post reminds me that I still haven't done a full rowing marathon... was on track before an injury a while back, but then never got back to that goal. So jealous!
Awesome work. A million congratulations for all you've achieved so far. Can't wait to hear what's next.
Re: Road to a million complete!
Posted: September 21st, 2023, 2:48 pm
by DavidA
Mwoodburn wrote: ↑September 16th, 2023, 12:32 pm
I just hit my first 1,000,000 meters on the rower since I began on 3/13/23.
I started with the beginner petes plan, and never expected to finish it. Much to my surprise I not only finished it (3 weeks ago) but completed some nice milestones along the way.
When I was halfway through the BPP I rowed a half marathon. I was really happy with my time too (2:18.7). 12 weeks later once I completed the BPP I rowed a full marathon. I was absolutely ecstatic to get that done and I'm still very happy with my time (2:23.5). Once I finished the BPP and my full marathon I saw how close I was to a million and decided to hit my million mark 3 weeks later and to hit it with another half marathon to compare how far I've come.
Happy to say I just completed it this morning at 2:10.6! Which made me perfectly hit 1,000,000 meters. Just a little over 6 months since I first started rowing.
6 months later I've never felt better in my life, I've formed good habits not just in working out, but drinking less, eating better, waking up earlier, and just being more conscious of my health generally. Hell, I'm down over 30lbs!
I can't properly put into words how happy I am and how life changing all these goals have been for me. Looking forward to seeing what comes next!
Woo Hoo!!
Congratulations!
It's great that you have found this terrific exercise, and stuck with it.
1 Mm is certainly a lot of meters - in just half a year.
David
