Skierg pb thread

[kini62]

2nd 10K last night- new PB

45:38.3 r40

Last 2K split at 2:15 r45

Pretty pleased with this one.

[johnlvs2run]

Good for you, Kini! The 10k is a tough event. Nice finish too.

[Steve W]

2nd 10K last night- new PB

45:38.3 r40

Last 2K split at 2:15 r45

Pretty pleased with this one.

And you should be pleased! That is a hard effort. Broke 50 minutes one time, still remember it well. That last 2k shows a lot of strength.
Have seen much on media about the big island getting hammered weather-wise. Wondering if one of the upticks here is that gotten more indoor training as a result. Congrats on the 10k PR.

[kini62]

2nd 10K last night- new PB

45:38.3 r40

Last 2K split at 2:15 r45

Pretty pleased with this one.

And you should be pleased! That is a hard effort. Broke 50 minutes one time, still remember it well. That last 2k shows a lot of strength.
Have seen much on media about the big island getting hammered weather-wise. Wondering if one of the upticks here is that gotten more indoor training as a result. Congrats on the 10k PR.

Thanks Steve.
As for indoor training, I'm only partially indoors. My rower and skierg are on my lanai, open to the world on 3 sides. I occasionally get rain blown in to the point I can't exercise out there but that is pretty rare. Most of the time the rain just comes down in torrents that seem to heavy to blow.

Got about another 6+ inches of rain overnight to this morning. Hopefully by Friday it will be gone.

[johnlvs2run]

My rower and skierg are on my lanai, open to the world on 3 sides.

That sounds awesome, and you must be well trained for heat and humidity.

[johnlvs2run]

New 10k PB on the Skierg, 2:11 faster than 4 weeks ago. I warmed up with a 5k, gradually going faster
to just above my goal pace for the start. My goal was under 48:50, and hopefully 48:20 or a little bit faster.

time meters 500m spm
47:57.0 10k 2:23.8 43
9:46.3 2000 2:26.5 45
9:41.0 4000 2:25.2 43
9:35.5 6000 2:23.8 43
9:30.0 8000 2:22.5 42
9:24.2 10km 2:21.0 43

I was feeling strong and getting ahead of my 27-26-25-24-23 pace goals. The last 2k and 1k were getting quite tough,
especially the last 500m, so I was mostly just hanging on at that point, but did a little kick the last 100m. The estimated
5k's were 24:15.1 (pb) and 23:41.9. My next goals are first to recover, then maybe aim for a 5k pb within the next two weeks.

[kini62]

Nice one John. I hope to be able to do that when I get to that age.

New 2K PB tonight.

8:32.3 r48

I think I could've gone a little harder on the middle two 500s and broke 8:30. Oh well, next time.

[Paul N]

Two new PBs for me tonight:

First, 5k - 25:59.7 (from 27:37.8 on 29 July)
Then, 1k - 4:58.8 (from 5:18.5 on 8 July)

Pleasing to just sneak under 26' and 5' respectively, though possibly not the wisest thing to attempt two back-to-back PBs in the same session!

This was one of those times when I could have wished for the projected finish field on the monitor to not be there, as when it's showing 26:04 and 5:00 with a minute or so to go, it just makes you try to put even more effort in to dip under the next minute barrier!

[Paul N]

New 2k PB tonight: 10:11.3, a decent chunk off from the previous 10:23.8 on 27 Aug. Starting to think sub 10' is not too far away! Will do more 400m or 500m interval work at 2:30 pace and below, with 90s or 60s rests.

[johnlvs2run]

Kini and Paul, it's awesome to see you both getting brand new PBs!
Kini, that's an inspiring rating for your 2k. Paul, way to go smashing 3 PBs in a row!

I tried a 4x5k session a week ago, but bonked after 3 of them, so I was determined to try it again yesterday.
My goal was to get as far on a 21k as possible, hopefully at least 15k, but was fairly certain that I'd not be able to finish.
My goals: 1) finish at least 15k, 2) finish 21k, at any pace, 3) break 2:30 pace, 4) break 1:45. I expected to do #1, maybe #2.
I set the splits for 3k, and roughly aimed for 2:33 2 1 0 9 8 7. The effort was getting plenty hard enough about half way through.

time meters split spm
1:44:55.3 21+ 2:29.2 40 ~ 21.097k pb
15:11.0 03000 2:31.8 40
15:05.3 06000 2:30.8 40
15:00.5 09000 2:30.0 39
14:51.4 12000 2:28.5 39
14:48.2 15000 2:28.0 39
14:47.6 18000 2:27.9 40
14:44.8 21000 2:27.4 41
00:26.4 21097 2:16.0 45

[kini62]

Sort of an accidental 30 minute PB last night. Started out kind of slow and easy, saw that with about 6 minutes left my predicted finish was around 6575 meters or so. Last 3 minutes cranked it up to the predicted finish was just over 6600. Finished with 6603 meters.

Don't remember the stroke rate. Kind of soft based on my 10K but I didn't set out to PB so a nice surprise in the end.

[johnlvs2run]

Hi Kini, a pb's a pb, and you did it. That's what counts.

I was nervous about doing a 5k pb attempt this morning, but it turned out to be fine.
My pace goals were 2:24.0-3-2-1-0, and I managed to do about a second faster for each split.

time meters 500m spm
23:29.5 5k 2:20.9 44
4:45.9 1000 2:22.9 46
4:43.7 2000 2:21.8 45
4:42.2 3000 2:21.1 44
4:40.5 4000 2:20.2 43
4:37.2 5000 2:18.6 44

I finally did a 5k, woohoo! The last 2k was 1 tenth faster than my 2k pb.

Based on watts per weight, my time for the 5k today put me 7th out of 13th all time in the 70-79 men's
division, with 3 guys who are very close just ahead of me, and my 10k four weeks ago put me 4th out of 12th.

[kini62]

Good one John. We're on the same page, I PBd my 5K this morning.

Did a 5K warm up on the rower around 2:07.

Skierg 5K PB

22:14.7 43r last 500 at just over 2:09.

[johnlvs2run]

Awesome, Kini. Nice new 5k pbs!

[Steve W]

Good one John. We're on the same page, I PBd my 5K this morning.

Did a 5K warm up on the rower around 2:07.

Skierg 5K PB

22:14.7 43r last 500 at just over 2:09.

Great jobs, Kini & John. Hard efforts!
Have laid off 'hard' this past week due to shoulder / back issues. Was able to set a new PW (personal worst) in a half marathon row yesterday. Hey it was still a half marathon that counts toward the team challenge, so happy with that. Maybe we should start a 'can't all be PB thread' .

John, don't think it will happen but would celebrate if lighter (as in 60 kg & under male) weight classes were figured in. Not a lot of torque but decent endurance. Planning on 5 & 10k PB ski attempts, motivated by both of you! Keep on skiing...

Steve W.