I am a 19 year old female student and have only been using the indoor rower properly for a year. I'm 175cm and weigh 77.5kg. The last 2k test I did was back in April when I achieved my current PB of 7:27.5. At the time I was very happy with this but I would love to improve on it and potentially sub 7:20. This is a very important test for me as it will be a large determinant in which boat I row in this year so I really want to do well.
I have been training a fair amount over the summer so feel fairly fit and as though a PB is definitely not unachievable. However, in a group discussion with my coach he told us that we should definitely not be expecting to PB because we were trained to our peak fitness in April for the last test.
I did a few pieces recently to try and gauge what I would be able to achieve in this test. For 10 x 2' I pulled a pretty consistent average of 1:49 with 4' rests. My 30@20 PB is 2:05.5.
With this information in mind is it realistic for me to be hoping for a PB? What sort of split should I go off at and attempt to maintain in order to not blow too early but also come off the ergo feeling like I gave it everything? I would of course much rather not PB but achieve a decent score than blow too early and have to limp across the line.
Thank you so much!
