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It's my birthday...so I bought a C2

Post by icomefrombirmingham » August 23rd, 2007, 3:10 pm

I went to look at a C2 Model D with PM3 last night here in Niagara Falls.
It is in excellent shape. Sounds great. Feels great. Quieter than the Model C I row on at the Y. Hardly used, not a scratch on it...just some dust!
So I went back at lunch time today and made it a birthday present to myself.
I paid $850 (Canadian $s) which is a little under $810 US$...but that "includes" taxes and shipping...i.e. I didn't have to pay them.
I think I got a great deal.
The strengthening kit is already on its way from C2 Customer Service...although no cracking is remotely evident.

So now I look forward to increasing my metres substantially, getting involved in my team here, getting a HR monitor, having completely calloused hands and one day, one day.....when my shorter distance times are cut in half.......racing on RowPro with Gerhard!!! :D
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Post by Tinpusher » August 23rd, 2007, 3:16 pm

You'll not regret it Brent and sounds like a great deal. Having your own machine has to make this easier. No driving somewhere else, especially in the winter, for you workout. You should add your driving time to your workout time and see how much more you do! :wink:

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Post by icomefrombirmingham » August 23rd, 2007, 3:32 pm

Tinpusher wrote:You'll not regret it Brent and sounds like a great deal. Having your own machine has to make this easier. No driving somewhere else, especially in the winter, for you workout. You should add your driving time to your workout time and see how much more you do! :wink:

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Good idea Dave!
I'll have my 1,000,000m T-shirt in no time!!!

What it will allow me to do is to try some of the shorter distance team stuff on what would have been "off" days for me. Once I got to the Y, even if I was thinking of doing that month's challenge, I would decide to just row for an hour instead....since the primary goal is to lose weight at this point. Now I don't need to sacrifice the long rows to try the other stuff.
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Post by icomefrombirmingham » August 23rd, 2007, 3:45 pm

Hey Dave,
What does "Low Pull" mean on Image Maker"?
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Post by Tinpusher » August 23rd, 2007, 4:34 pm

LP is Low Pull.
I believe you crank up the drag to higher than you would normally have it, then pull as hard as you can for maybe 10 strokes like at the start of a sprint. At some point in this 10 strokes, usually 4th or 5th stroke, your /500m split should be its lowest, hence Low Pull. Stroke rate would probably be well in excess of 40 and if done wrong will likely do your back no good at all.
Never done it, probably never will, although I did try some 100m sprints a while ago but was never below 1:22/500m. I've seen some as low as 1:04 :shock:

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Post by Storm Petrel » August 23rd, 2007, 10:02 pm

Happy Birthday!
Great gift choice B)
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Post by icomefrombirmingham » August 23rd, 2007, 11:49 pm

Storm Petrel wrote:Happy Birthday!
Great gift choice B)
Thanks! I always buy myself just what I always wanted....I'm really good at it!
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Post by icomefrombirmingham » August 23rd, 2007, 11:51 pm

Tinpusher wrote:LP is Low Pull.
I believe you crank up the drag to higher than you would normally have it, then pull as hard as you can for maybe 10 strokes like at the start of a sprint. At some point in this 10 strokes, usually 4th or 5th stroke, your /500m split should be its lowest, hence Low Pull. Stroke rate would probably be well in excess of 40 and if done wrong will likely do your back no good at all.
Never done it, probably never will, although I did try some 100m sprints a while ago but was never below 1:22/500m. I've seen some as low as 1:04 :shock:

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Hmmm....I don't think I'll try that any time soon either.
Some of those sprint times are sickening.
We get to do one evening of 500m sprints on the water this session...that could be worth an entry in America's Funniest Home Videos!
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Post by ckaiserca » August 26th, 2007, 4:54 pm

Congrats on the "new" Concept 2! You will love having it at home.

Looks like I'll have to work to stay ahead of you in the team standings now :) (and me with a head start!)
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Post by icomefrombirmingham » August 26th, 2007, 10:41 pm

ckaiserca wrote:Congrats on the "new" Concept 2! You will love having it at home.

Looks like I'll have to work to stay ahead of you in the team standings now :) (and me with a head start!)
Thanks!
I hope to do some of the team stuff now. However, the events I've seen so far are too short distances for me to be competitive.
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Re: It's my birthday...so I bought a C2

Post by Gerhard » August 27th, 2007, 5:56 am

icomefrombirmingham wrote: one day, one day.....when my shorter distance times are cut in half.......racing on RowPro with Gerhard!!! :D
Regards,
Brent
Your longer distances are already out of my league, so why wait? Most online workouts are 30 minutes or higher. See you soon.
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Re: It's my birthday...so I bought a C2

Post by icomefrombirmingham » August 27th, 2007, 8:34 am

Gerhard wrote:
icomefrombirmingham wrote: one day, one day.....when my shorter distance times are cut in half.......racing on RowPro with Gerhard!!! :D
Regards,
Brent
Your longer distances are already out of my league, so why wait? Most online workouts are 30 minutes or higher. See you soon.
OK, I'll try to download RowPro this week and get started. We have our first OTW race on Thursday too!
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