BRIC

[Tony Cook]

Pleased with my PB in the 55-59 group. 6:37.7 to finish 3rd overall behind two Scandinavians. Was trying to hold the split at just under 1:40. Race monitor didn’t seem to be working - showing 6000 metres difference between competitors!
Looked close so 300 to go I put my head down and went for it.
Anyone know if there is somewhere to watch a rerun of races. The live stream only showed the last 250m of my race.

There's a live stream on youtube where you can scroll back and watch a rerun not sure if I can add a link but here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMZjahc ... tishRowing

Thanks, I can scroll back to my race but they joined it with only 250 to go when I was third and stayed there.
I am sure I was 6th for the first 1,000 or so and wanted to see when/how I moved up.

[Tony Cook]

Well done Alex. Close to PB. 5th in the race and third Brit. The finger must have held up - or did it cost you 2 seconds?

[Dangerscouse]

Things went a bit better this time. A 7s improvement from the Scottish, and managed a sub-7 in the Lwt M40 2k. Positive splits, but it all counts in the end with 6:59.4! 9th place!

Still 3s off my PB, but I'm not complaining this time.

That's a lot more like what we were expecting. Three seconds off a PB, in race conditions & bruised confidence from the Scottish Champs, is a great result

[strupotter]

Hit a season best today, 6:28.4. Second fastest 2k ever, racing nerves made it sting a little more, but really happy with sub 6:30

2000m / 1:37.1 / 382w / r32
500m / 1:37.4 / 379w / r33
1000m / 1:38.0 / 372w / r32
1500m / 1:37.5 / 378w / r32
2000m / 1:35.6 / 401w / r33

[Dangerscouse]

Hit a season best today, 6:28.4. Second fastest 2k ever, racing nerves made it sting a little more, but really happy with sub 6:30

2000m / 1:37.1 / 382w / r32
500m / 1:37.4 / 379w / r33
1000m / 1:38.0 / 372w / r32
1500m / 1:37.5 / 378w / r32
2000m / 1:35.6 / 401w / r33

Very good result. Well done

[Cyclist2]

Well done to everyone! Racing virtually is harder, for sure, and your efforts are commendable.

[winniewinser]

Well done Alex. Close to PB. 5th in the race and third Brit. The finger must have held up - or did it cost you 2 seconds?

Cheers Tony....finger was ok but I was super nervous, shed quite a bit of weight on the loo and my energy was low. More of a struggle than SRIC but had a great tussle for 5th which kept me honest. Really considered HD at about 1k . Still 'enjoyed' it.

[winniewinser]

Hit a season best today, 6:28.4. Second fastest 2k ever, racing nerves made it sting a little more, but really happy with sub 6:30

2000m / 1:37.1 / 382w / r32
500m / 1:37.4 / 379w / r33
1000m / 1:38.0 / 372w / r32
1500m / 1:37.5 / 378w / r32
2000m / 1:35.6 / 401w / r33

That's a great time.... congrats

[MartinSH4321]

Thanks everyone for the best wishes.

Mine is done and dusted. First race of the day which set off on time thankfully.

Word of warning to those competing, once connected to the lobby you get assigned a lane, it then says OK to warm up. BUT, as a person joins who has put down a quicker predicted time than you, your display goes off whilst you get assigned a new lane. The clock then gets reset and says OK to warm up again. This completely put off my neatly timed Warm Up as I got bumped down 6x and hence display went off and clock reset 6x

It was a horrible effort. Decided on drag 120 but this felt heavy after 1k. I nailed the start so was pleased with that but after 500m had a dry throat and it was going south already! Any thoughts of 7:15 were out the window. It was more of hanging on and trying to get inside 7:20. Not having projected time was a first for me as I use this the most, so just going on average. I almost was going to paddle home at one point, but knew people were watching so stuck to it.
Somehow I managed to scrape a new PB by 0.8s! Not sure how that happened

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
7:16.8 2,000m 1:49.2 269 1225 27
1:48.9 500m 1:48.9 271 1232 27
1:50.3 1,000m 1:50.3 261 1197 27
1:50.9 1,500m 1:50.9 257 1183 27
1:46.6 2,000m 1:46.6 289 1294 30

Official results aren't out yet and the 2nd heat was all the quick boys... David Dix won in 6:16!
But hadn't trained for it, wasn't last, and set a new PB so will gloss over the race itself and take that as a win

Best of luck to everyone else racing this weekend.

Well done DIno, well paced and ended with a PB, great race!

[MartinSH4321]

This is probably a fair result, but I didn't fall off the erg so maybe I should have been braver in the last 500m, not least as I could have edged under 6:37

I don't respond very well to race conditions, so I'm happy enough with this

Very solid effort Stu, very close to PB and still a bit left at the end. I guess there race conditions won't fit me too

[Dino]

Pleased with my PB in the 55-59 group. 6:37.7 to finish 3rd overall behind two Scandinavians. Was trying to hold the split at just under 1:40. Race monitor didn’t seem to be working - showing 6000 metres difference between competitors!
Looked close so 300 to go I put my head down and went for it.
Anyone know if there is somewhere to watch a rerun of races. The live stream only showed the last 250m of my race.

Congratulation Tony, that's a rapid time! PB and a podium is a great mornings work and well deserved as you have been putting in some great work recently. Well done

This is probably a fair result, but I didn't fall off the erg so maybe I should have been braver in the last 500m, not least as I could have edged under 6:37

I don't respond very well to race conditions, so I'm happy enough with this

Well done Stu - looked like yet another well measured effort. You are peppering the 6:37 mark. Will only be a matter of time before you crack your PB again and in a non-race scenario has to be there soon.

Things went a bit better this time. A 7s improvement from the Scottish, and managed a sub-7 in the Lwt M40 2k. Positive splits, but it all counts in the end with 6:59.4! 9th place!

Still 3s off my PB, but I'm not complaining this time.

Sub 7 is a good day and big step from just a few weeks ago at the Scottish and not far your PB. Great result.

Hit a season best today, 6:28.4. Second fastest 2k ever, racing nerves made it sting a little more, but really happy with sub 6:30

2000m / 1:37.1 / 382w / r32
500m / 1:37.4 / 379w / r33
1000m / 1:38.0 / 372w / r32
1500m / 1:37.5 / 378w / r32
2000m / 1:35.6 / 401w / r33

A hugely quick time! The last 500 is very rapid. A SB in a race is a great result. Congratulations

BRIC time was not quite what I had planned but I'll take 5th overall. No PB today...felt quite lightheaded when I'd finished and had dropped 1.5kg from weigh in so poor fuelling I think. 'Enjoyed' the experience

Another sub7 Alex. Very consistent. 5th is a great result... better than 45th! (me)

[Dino]

Well done Dino ... PB in a race is nothing to be sniffed at!!

Cheers Alex... you are right. PB to order on a set day is something to be pleased about. I was secretly hoping to get inside 7.15 but happy I pulled back what was looking like a 7.20 at one point.

That's a cracking result for your first race and a race full stop. It's not easy and there's lots that can go wrong.

Thanks Stu. It was quite a nervous time waiting for the start... especially as I didn't understand what the monitor was doing during my warm up each time it re-assigned my lane so wasn't sure if I should be rowing or not! With hindsight I should have got up earlier and had breakfast earlier too. The start was great though but the rest was a pacing mess and a sort of hybrid of my usual approach and the 750 intervals from earlier in the week. Hasn't put me off though

Well done Dino, Tony and Stu, excellent going by all of you !

Thanks Robbie!

Well done Dino, Stu and DNA. Alex still to go?

Cheers Tony

Well done DIno, well paced and ended with a PB, great race!

Thanks Martin - you should have entered - it was open to anyone!!
We wont let you off next time

[max_ratcliffe]

Wow - a lot of very good results today. Everybody's been bringing their A game to BRIC.

This is probably a fair result, but I didn't fall off the erg so maybe I should have been braver in the last 500m, not least as I could have edged under 6:37

I don't respond very well to race conditions, so I'm happy enough with this

Nice one Stu,
This close with a racing start must mean that your PB is about to fall. This looks quite comfortable (if a 2k can ever be that!).

Things went a bit better this time. A 7s improvement from the Scottish, and managed a sub-7 in the Lwt M40 2k. Positive splits, but it all counts in the end with 6:59.4! 9th place!

Still 3s off my PB, but I'm not complaining this time.

Sub-7 is a very enviable result especially as a LWT. Well done.

Pleased with my PB in the 55-59 group. 6:37.7 to finish 3rd overall behind two Scandinavians. Was trying to hold the split at just under 1:40. Race monitor didn’t seem to be working - showing 6000 metres difference between competitors!
Looked close so 300 to go I put my head down and went for it.
Anyone know if there is somewhere to watch a rerun of races. The live stream only showed the last 250m of my race.

Very fast Tony. You're quicker now than - what - 30 years ago? Outstanding. Being 6k behind in a 2k really would be a bad day at the office though!

Hit a season best today, 6:28.4. Second fastest 2k ever, racing nerves made it sting a little more, but really happy with sub 6:30

2000m / 1:37.1 / 382w / r32
500m / 1:37.4 / 379w / r33
1000m / 1:38.0 / 372w / r32
1500m / 1:37.5 / 378w / r32
2000m / 1:35.6 / 401w / r33

Looks almost perfectly paced. You've got to be happy with that.

BRIC time was not quite what I had planned but I'll take 5th overall. No PB today...felt quite lightheaded when I'd finished and had dropped 1.5kg from weigh in so poor fuelling I think. 'Enjoyed' the experience

WTF? 1.5kg. Did you hurl? Actually, perhaps don't answer that - TMI!
This must have affected your performance, but still a great result.

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Somehow I managed to scrape a new PB by 0.8s! Not sure how that happened

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
7:16.8 2,000m 1:49.2 269 1225 27
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Brilliant result Dino. A PB under race conditions, not to mention all the uncertainty about warm up and the unfamiliar monitor display, is an outstanding performance. And you rated 30 for the last 500

[Dino]

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Somehow I managed to scrape a new PB by 0.8s! Not sure how that happened

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
7:16.8 2,000m 1:49.2 269 1225 27
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Brilliant result Dino. A PB under race conditions, not to mention all the uncertainty about warm up and the unfamiliar monitor display, is an outstanding performance. And you rated 30 for the last 500

Thanks very much Max
..although you are still the 2k title holder (between the 2 of us anyway! ) but soooo close! I'll need to practice without looking at projected time as you don't get this display when connected to the race system.

I am not sure about that 30 spm in the last 500. I shortened a lot in the last 50m and the peak on the plot said 65spm!? which cant be right so this may have affected the average for this sector. I mistimed it a bit as well - akin to a swimmer gliding into the wall

Good experience, but back to 60min SS tomorrow

[winniewinser]

Wow - a lot of very good results today. Everybody's been bringing their A game to BRIC.

BRIC time was not quite what I had planned but I'll take 5th overall. No PB today...felt quite lightheaded when I'd finished and had dropped 1.5kg from weigh in so poor fuelling I think. 'Enjoyed' the experience

WTF? 1.5kg. Did you hurl? Actually, perhaps don't answer that - TMI!
This must have affected your performance, but still a great result.

I'll leave that to your imagination .

TBH, I think I peaked a couple of weeks ago at the Scottish Championships and in hindsight doing another sub 7 last weekend was stupid. Live, learn and move on.

Also weird that the guy that win the Scottish with 6:48 could only do 7:30 today .... so no idea what happened to him. Also Tim Male, ex Olympian, didn't race either and some Spanish dude who pushed 6:16 failed to weigh in on time.