kini62 wrote:ranger wrote:John Rupp wrote:Yes, Rich, because they are efficient.
No, John, because they are young, have a high aerobic capacity, and therefore can do a 2K at 44 spm.
I can't.
ranger
You claim to have the aerobic and anaerobic capacity as good as or superior to any LTW rower in the world since you are claiming that you can set an open LTW WR.
Using the erg is not rocket science. Unlike OTW rowing there is little technique involved. You just plop your ass on the seat and pull the handle as hard as you can for 2K.
Surprising it took you 60 million meters to figure out "how to row". Seems you teach a chimp to do it in say 60K.
And as for having "6 WRs" by setting 3. Your math is once again off since TTBOMR you currently hold NO WRs. They have all been surpassed while you were learning to row.
Gene
Well, as I said, words don't have anything to with it anymore.
I am now locked into target race pace and rate and am just doin' it, doin' it.
As far as I can tell, it is just a matter of time before I do it for 2K.
My stroking power is now 11.7-12.4 SPI at race pace, 1:34, 34 spm with a stiff stroke, 36 spm for a lighter stroke.
All of this is perfect.
The immediate goal, over the next three weeks, is 20 x 500m (paddle a 500m inbetween), just getting used to relaxing with the cadence.
20 x 500m is done at 2K pace.
Race pace and rate are already _very_ smooth and relaxed.
I am not sure whether I'll do it for 2K by the end of this racing season at a race venue, but if I don't, I'll just keep on sharpening until I do (at home).
I am now honing in on my final goal.
Nice feeling.
If I pull 6:16, there will be no words that can deny the importance of technique in erging.
This 6:16 will a dozen seconds better than my WR rows seven years ago, when I was in just the same physical shape and seven years younger.
The competitive swing in times, given these facts, is about 6 seconds per 500m.
6:16 is 24 seconds under the 60s lwt WR of 6:42.
In a 2K, at the same rate, even the best 60s lwts pull 9.5 SPI, as much as three watts per stroke less, as much as 100 watts in all.
The best 60s lwts row at WIRC so far is 6:50.8, over 8 seconds per 500m slower than 6:16.
Other than my two second improvement back in 2003 when I set the WR at WIRC and then bettered it twice, the last time at BIRC the same year, no male WR-holder 40-70 has ever gotten any better at all. They have just gotten (precipitously) worse.
A 12 second improvement in a 2K seven years later by a former WR-holder, then, would be astonishing.
At 60 years old, I would break the 40s lwt WR.
Nothing like that has ever happened in this sport.
So, let's see what happens.
Then we can just stop the speculation and contemplate the facts.
What we "think" will be irrelevant.
Nature will have spoken.
At 37 years old, Eskild E., the greatest lightweight rower in the history of the sport, both on the erg and OTW, the former Open lwt WR-holder, the present 30's lwt WR-holder, and the present 30s lwt hammer, is now pulling 6:16.
Honestly, from all the indications I am getting, I think I am going to do it, too.
In a few days, I will be 60 years old.
The task for this weekend is to approach 6:30 and put the 55s lwt WR out of reach of everyone rowing right now.
Then, next week, I will take aim at the 50s lwt WR of 6:25.
Then in my last regatta in Detroit on March 6th, I will take aim at the 40s lwt WR.
I am stably at weight and feel great.
No injuries, no sickness, no staleness.
High spirits.
I am just getting better and better.
My base indicates, again and again, that I am indeed capable of all this.
I am doing UT2 rowing at 1:49, UT1 rowing at 1:44, AT rowing at 1:39, etc., right on my targets.
At race pace, I am pulling 12.5 SPI, very close to 10 MPS, a near optimal combination of effectiveness and efficiency for a lightweight.
I just need to sharpen up and bring out the potential of this base and I will reach all of my goals.
ranger
Rich Cureton M 72 5'11" 165 lbs. 2K pbs: 6:27.5 (hwt), 6:28 (lwt)
