One of the attractions of this thread is that it is so predictable. It is like hearing the same song you have heard hundreds of times. Maybe you don't even like the tune, but it is comforting to know that the world goes along as it is supposed to. Here are a few from the many previous such postings:
Ranger wrote:Oct 16, 2006: You'll soon see why. FM in 1:48, HM in 1:45--coming up soon, a product of this sort of training.
March 2, 2007: FM, 1:48 @ 20 spm, I think, is in the bag. Just a matter of time (a month or so?), a little more training to get used to the distance.
March 21, 2007: First race, really, is a FM, in about three weeks or so.
March 29, 2007: I am doing a FM @ 1:48 in a month or so.
June 9, 2007: What seems to be in order now, at least occasionally, are FM rows, 1:47 @ 28 spm (10MPS), 95 df.
August 20, 2007: How about a FM, 1:48 @ 20 spm? Coming up!
September 19, 2007: Eventually, I will do a FM, 1:48 @ 19 spm.
November 26, 2007: Before long, I'll be doing a FM 1:48 @ 20 spm (14 SPI).
February 10, 2008: I will also get a lwt FM done this winter.
April 5, 2008: I am doing a FM trial at the end of the month. I'll do my FM trial at 22 spm.
May 7, 2008: This month I will take a slap at the FM and 60min WRs for the 50s hwts.
December 20, 2008: I think I will pull a FM, 1:48 @ 24 spm (12 SPI), before New Years.
April 6, 2009: At the end of the month, I am going to try a FM, 1:48 @ 22 spm.
Dec 18, 2009: I'm lovin' 1:46 @ 26 spm, HR in and around 160 bpm. Relaxing stuff. Before this winter rowing season is done, I think I'll do it for a FM.
Dec 27, 2009: I'll race a FM over the next couple of weeks, before I go back to teaching on January 7th.
Feb 11, 2010: That means that within the month, I will row a FM @ 1:45 and 60min at 1:40.
March 24, 2010: To start off, I think I'll do a FM at 1:48.
March 30, 2010: Before the end of the month, I will do all of the races, from 500m to FM--all as a lwt. I will do them IND_V and enter them in the 50s lwt rankings.
April 5, 2010: When the time comes, I'll be happy to give you the HRs on a FM, 1:48 @ 25 spm.HR should be flat at 155 bpm.
April 17, 2010: I am prepared for distance trials, so the result should much more impressive, hopefully in line with my 2K goal: 6:16.
May 7, 2010: Distance trials are coming soon. They will tell the story.
May 15, 2010: A nice summer goal from now until September would be to keep pushing up my pre-dawn meters on the erg until I get to that FM, 1:45 @ 27 spm--just naturally.
July 14, 2010: --snip-- But when I get the FM done, 1:48 @ 22 spm, then we'll know. --snip--We'll know the answer by September 1st.
Jan 21, 2011: A nice time to do a FM trial might be next week, right after I turn 60, so I can challenge Osterling's 60s hwt WR.
Feb 15, 2011: I'll test these things pretty soon, when I do my first FM trial this spring, rowing well (13 SPI) at low drag (119 df.) with my improved technique.
Feb 17, 2011: My first race will be a FM. If I do 1:48 for the FM, it will predict a 1:39
Feb 18, 2011: --snip--I think I should be able to get all of this training and racing in by the end of the indoor rowing season, April 30th. If I am successful in this training and racing, by April 30th, I should hold all of the 60s hwt WRs from 5K to a FM. Then, at the end of April, it might be interesting to do an at-home 2K trial to see if I can beat do better than Hendershott's 6:24. After that, all of my rowing will be OTW.
March 9, 2011: In just a short while, I will row a FM @ 1:48.
March 15, 2011: In a month or so, when I pull a FM @ 1:48, the row will demonstrate, without question, that I am now a 6:16 erger.
March 23, 2011: When I am ready to race, I'll pull a FM @ 1:48. That won't be too long, perhaps a month or so.
March 24, 2011: 1:48 will be my target for the FM when I do a FM trial in a month or so.
March 28, 2011: I'll row a FM trial in about a month and track my HR as I do it.
April 19, 2011: I think I can do my first FM trial (at 1:52) this week. Then I would still have a good bit of time before the end of the month for a couple more FM trials.
June 8, 2011: Well, we'll soon see. If I pull a FM @ 1:48, as I think I will, that will predict a 6:16 2K, a dozen seconds better than I was ten years ago.
June 23, 2011: When will I reach a FM, 1:48 @ 23 spm? I would be _very_ surprised if it didn't come along this summer, especially if I can get in a routine of 20K OTErg at 23 spm just before dawn followed by 20K OTW just after dawn.
June 23, 2011: So when I pull a FM @ 1:48 this summer, these things will be entirely clear.