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[old] dadams · Post by **[old] dadams** » October 15th, 2004, 3:06 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (Sir Pirate @ Oct 15 2004, 09:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> To make it more interesting, the team out of MAD Team and Taff attack that is further up the table at the end of the series..........Gets SPEEDY!!...Ha Ha Sir Pirate  </td></tr></table> Once a Taff, always a Taff. Tough luck bub!!

[old] Daren C · Post by **[old] Daren C** » October 15th, 2004, 3:41 pm

Only 10,500 metres in the Taffybank from me today, but the last 500 were done in a new PB time of 1:33.0 (from 1:34.0). I think I'd have gone faster if I hadn't been trying some "intervals" 5 minutes previous. The time decrease was good, but I was as pleased, if not more so, with the comparison in my stroke output. My stroke rate was down 9%, and distance per stroke was up 11% compared with that previous 1:34.0 row 3 weeks or so ago. Welcome to Taff Attack, Michael. =)

[old] dadams · Post by **[old] dadams** » October 15th, 2004, 3:45 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (Daren C @ Oct 15 2004, 02:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> Only 10,500 metres in the Taffybank from me today, but the last 500 were done in a new PB time of 1:33.0 (from 1:34.0). I think I'd have gone faster if I hadn't been trying some "intervals" 5 minutes previous.  </td></tr></table> Great PB Daren. Especially after doing 10k. I'm thinking you could cut more than a second off of that if you were to do it fresh. Dwayne

[old] Daren C · Post by **[old] Daren C** » October 15th, 2004, 3:50 pm

Thanks Dwayne, although I should note that I did 7500 this morning, and only 2500 this evening before the 500m PB attempt. The 2500 was in the form of 5 sets of 250m @ 2:06 pace followed by 250m @ 1:50->1:44 pace, with no rest between repetitions. My first attempt at any sort of varied pace session; up until now everything has been fixed rate (although I tend to speed up towards the end anyway).

[old] dadams · Post by **[old] dadams** » October 15th, 2004, 3:54 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (Daren C @ Oct 15 2004, 02:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> Thanks Dwayne, although I should note that I did 7500 this morning, and only 2500 this evening before the 500m PB attempt. The 2500 was in the form of 5 sets of 250m @ 2:06 pace followed by 250m @ 1:50->1:44 pace, with no rest between repetitions. My first attempt at any sort of varied pace session; up until now everything has been fixed rate (although I tend to speed up towards the end anyway).  </td></tr></table> I'm still willing to bet that your PB would drop considerably more. Not sure how hard the 7.5k was in the morning, but you basically did a 10-12 min warmup before the 500 attempt. You still had the fatigue of the morning session. Give it a weekend rest and try again on Monday. Dwayne

[old] Mikez · Post by **[old] Mikez** » October 15th, 2004, 10:43 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (AussieTaff @ Oct 15 2004, 12:48 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> Welcome to the Taff 'Fraternity' (is that the right word Carla ?) of Pain and Insanity Mike. Where people give their ergs pet names like "old Smokey" and erg hundreds of Kms on their honeymoon !  </td></tr></table> [/QUOTE] Thanks for having me, I feel quite at hom,e in insanity, I'll have to name my erg though. Hope to catch Martin and Carla this week, as Summer has faded and indoor rowing has sprung up for the winter months. Will not let you Taff's down. MIT is next.. Mike

[old] Mikez · Post by **[old] Mikez** » October 15th, 2004, 10:46 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (AussieTaff @ Oct 15 2004, 12:48 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Welcome to the Taff 'Fraternity' (is that the right word Carla ?) of Pain and Insanity Mike. Where people give their ergs pet names like "old Smokey" and erg hundreds of Kms on their honeymoon !  </td></tr></table> Thanks for having me, I feel quite at hom,e in insanity, I'll have to name my erg though. Hope to catch Martin and Carla this week, as Summer has faded and indoor rowing has sprung up for the winter months. Will not let you Taff's down. MIT is next.. Mike

[old] Bore Da! · Post by **[old] Bore Da!** » October 16th, 2004, 7:08 am

The third contest in the Risca Regatta series was ran last night. It was entitled 'The Rapid Risca Regatta'. A 4000 meter warm up was followed by a 500 meter sprint. In performing this sprint myself and chippy believe we have stumbled across (and consequently invented) a new rowing technique. Its called the wimp and groan! The name comes from the sound made by a 500m sprinter as he verges on the last 50m. In all out attack Chippy obseved me doing (inventing) the wimp, as calls of ohhhwwwww! left my dying body. I didnt notice anything untoward about Chippy's row, but shortly afterward a few of my neighbours (who were having a quiet friday night drink) commented on the phenonomun. They reported a loud NNNAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHH!!!, and the wimp and groan was born. We finished with a 5500m warm down for an even 10k. Well done Chippy on your new PB of 1:30.6!

[old] Daren C · Post by **[old] Daren C** » October 16th, 2004, 10:38 am

Excellent, Chippy. Nice 500m time. \o/ Since I passed the million metres last Friday, I haven't done any distance pieces - no 60 minutes or greater, and few 30 minutes even. So today I decided to do a half marathon. After about 20 minutes I thought it was feeling tougher than expected, and I realised that I hadn't had any breakfast, nor any lunch. Oops. Anyway, I decided to keep going. I wasted about 10 seconds getting up at 50 minutes to get some seat padding 'cause I was feeling uncomfortable, but in the end I still snuck inside my old PB time (1:29:17) to set a new time of 1:27:33. About 2:04.5 compared to 2:07. This just sneaks me into the top half of the table for my age group on the C2 online rankings. As before, my stroke output was noticeably different compared to my previous HM. This time, pace was up 6% and that was made up of a 7% decrease in stroke rate (29, down from 31) and 14% increase in distance per stroke. I'm not up to this 10m per stroke that I've seen mentioned though; I was doing about 8.5m/stroke for this piece I think, maybe 8.8.

[old] seat5 · Post by **[old] seat5** » October 16th, 2004, 11:05 am

Welcome MikeZ! You will not have trouble catching up with me pretty soon, I am finding that a recent bike crash seems to have caused more trouble than I thought. But I'll come back fighting! Awesome new PB on your 500, Chippy! I hope the groan was followed by a cheer! Daren I can't believe you got a PB on your HM after getting off and fiddling around with a seat pad! All you have to do to beat it next time is put the pad on to start with so you don't have to stop! Carla

[old] Mikez · Post by **[old] Mikez** » October 16th, 2004, 12:09 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (seat5 @ Oct 16 2004, 10:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Welcome MikeZ! You will not have trouble catching up with me pretty soon, I am finding that a recent bike crash seems to have caused more trouble than I thought. But I'll come back fighting!  </td></tr></table> Contrary to any possible rumors that may start, I did not place a log in front of Carla's Bike last week. Amazing PB's By Chippy and Daren. Sure makes me want to try speed , But Ill wait till the weight drops first. As for the wimp and Groan, I think I do that every night when I walk into my basement and get on my yet unnamed erg. Keep it up all of you folks. Mike

[old] Bore Da! · Post by **[old] Bore Da!** » October 16th, 2004, 12:48 pm

Frustrated by my 'wimpy' effort yesterday, and in answer to AussieTaffs question of a few weeks ago I decided on setting a 10k PB today. Old 39:34.2 now smashed into 10k PB of 38:41.5 Still not close enough to pressure you Martin, and based on your nonathlon scores for 5 & 6k I dont think I would break even until about 3k. I have the heart of a lion, but the stamina of a sloth! Saying that at halfway I was still under 160bpm, so I think I could have gone out faster (try 1:56, instead of 1:57), but for now PS - Loved the pain in the closing stages!

[old] chippy · Post by **[old] chippy** » October 16th, 2004, 5:24 pm

Had a great night at the Rapid Risca Regatta,Pain,Pbs, and LAUGHTER what else does a rower want.Only down side was that Chris and i both used my D model to row the 500 m and ole smokey was cast away in the shadows.Sh-t Happens Darren and Chris well done on the new pbs,this team is pbs mad. Chippy

[old] ramboyo · Post by **[old] ramboyo** » October 16th, 2004, 5:54 pm

Hello fellow Taffians,Sue and I off to NYC on Friday for 8 nights! Any suggestions from our American Taffs about little known places that we would find exciting/memorable?!!! We're staying in Hotel Pennsylvania on 7th Ave,they have a gym so we shall be able to erg U.S.style!!! We,re off training with Rickster and Holly tomorrow afternoon,weights,erging then sauna,steam room,heaven. Nos Da, Sue and Graham.

[old] AussieTaff · Post by **[old] AussieTaff** » October 16th, 2004, 9:13 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (Bore Da! @ Oct 16 2004, 11:48 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Frustrated by my 'wimpy' effort yesterday, and in answer to AussieTaffs question of a few weeks ago I decided on setting a 10k PB today. Old 39:34.2 now smashed into 10k PB of 38:41.5 Still not close enough to pressure you Martin, and based on your nonathlon scores for 5 & 6k I dont think I would break even until about 3k. </td></tr></table> I dunno Chris, that's a mighty impressive time considering your old PB ! I can almost feel the hot, sweaty breath of the 'Lion of Risca' on the back of my neck ready to pounce And don't forget the Nonathlon takes age into account so I've got a head start in the points calculations. And as for Chippy's 1:30 500 .... I can only dream of such times !! Great rows Boyos First to 1 mill is wide open again eh. Watch out for that 'dark horse' Daren - He's on your tail with a big first HM (and pretty soon on mine too once he stops stuffing around withn the seat etc). One of the great things about TA Mike is there is always someone about your standard you can have a 'friendly' challenge with to help knock off those PB's. Really spurs one on. Speaking of which, do I sense a race for that elusive 7 min 2K ?! Daren, Bernie (jnr), Niall, Chippy (esp after a 1:30 500 !!!) are all queueing up. Game on ??? Hope you recover soon Carla, didn't realise you had come off so badly injured. I need you pushing me to see off Mike ! Cheers Martin

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