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[old] dadams · Post by **[old] dadams** » November 19th, 2004, 5:27 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (JSamuel @ Nov 19 2004, 03:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> What kind of pace would that be at?)  </td></tr></table> I was hoping to keep anywhere from a 2:10 to a 2:15. We'll see if that works out. Eight hours is a wee bit 'o time!!! Speedy

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » November 19th, 2004, 5:38 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (dadams @ Nov 19 2004, 04:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> Eight hours is a wee bit 'o time!!! Speedy  </td></tr></table> Master of the understatement Mr Speedy!

[old] Sir Pirate · Post by **[old] Sir Pirate** » November 19th, 2004, 5:43 pm

Dwayne Why don't you do a 100K? 2:00 pace will take you 400mins If I was not at BIRC I would do one with you Good luck what ever you do, !!crazy!! Sir Pirate

[old] Mikez · Post by **[old] Mikez** » November 19th, 2004, 6:15 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (dadams @ Nov 19 2004, 08:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Taffs, Since a good portion of you are getting ready for BIRC, and the meters won't be put in so much this weekend, I was thinking about doing a eight hour erg piece for the lot of you. Help us to keep in the hunt with MIT. I will dedicate this to all of you who are BIRC'ing it this weekend. The best to all of you. Speedy </td></tr></table> Well fellow tafts, I am of a like mind( which is sometmes lacking) as my fellow American Speedy. Since you will all be off having fun at the BIRC, I will row a four hour piece , Sadly it will not be at the Masters pace, but I will try to keep it under 2:25 - 2:30. Now Bernard please taper off prior to the race and you can catch me after. wishing all of youTaffs the best Mike

[old] AussieTaff · Post by **[old] AussieTaff** » November 19th, 2004, 7:38 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (Bore Da! @ Nov 19 2004, 05:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> The prep for birc has been a lot different, and I have felt different on the machine, ie pulling consistant sub 1:35 was always hard for me, and going under 1:30 nigh on impossible - the last few weeks I can pull and hold 1:33s and I can max at 1:28. Big improvements from where I was. I'll do 1:41 off start, then 1:42 till last 400m - just remains to see what I got left but if its sub 1:40 then i'll be close - either way I am confident of a new PB - BUT a race start is going to cost at least 1 second, which is alot when you so close to the boarderline. Im also guessing the NEC is going to be HOT! HOT! HOT! - as it doesnt have the moden aircon of my garage in Wales!  </td></tr></table> Great to hear Chris, sounds like that 6:45 is a REAL possibility. Your rate of improvement has been nothing short of phenomenal considering the severity of your injuruies to both legs. Good on you mate. One small point - Aircon ? Wales ? isn't there a bit of an "oxymoron" somewhere ! ('contradiction in terms' - in case your are starting to take offense ). Next you'll be telling me they sell suntan lotion over there ! Global warming must be worse than I thought. Thou I guess Risca IS closer to the equator than Aber Have a GREAT row on Sunday, Martin

[old] AussieTaff · Post by **[old] AussieTaff** » November 19th, 2004, 7:47 pm

Here's wishing our 'Magnificent Seven' Taffs - Chris, Chippy, Bernie Snr, Bernie jnr, Niall, Daren and Eddy - the very best of British for Sunday. Unlike Speedy and Mike I will be spending many hours travelling to Bundaberg, Queensland from Melbourne (2000K) so won't be contributing any logable metres. Have to make up for it later. Great training 'Maverick' - living up to your call sign And remember Taff "Top Guns" those immortal words - "I feel the need ... the need .... for SPEED" '"Viper" PS Above sentiments also for Carole 'Nicole' Mac and Phil ( your joke would have been enhanced by saying "ergument" ?!)

[old] ramboyo · Post by **[old] ramboyo** » November 19th, 2004, 8:11 pm

Hello,we shall be willing all the boys on at the BIRC,amazing offer Mike,Dywane!!! Mike i think it may have been my accent that confused your wife,there's not many Tredegar Taffs in Queens! We're off to the Stadium to-morrow watch Cymru stuff the Blacks!! On Sunday we're off to Pontypool my first skiing experience (dry slope), Sue ski's extremely well so here goes. Chris.Caldicot earlier this evening lost to Risca 3-2 at squash,although i recorded my first win of the season in the match,erging is begining to pay dividends!!! It's been a brilliant effort by Taff Attack,superb,cadwch fynd bois, Sue and Graham.

[old] chippy · Post by **[old] chippy** » November 19th, 2004, 8:15 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (Bore Da! @ Nov 19 2004, 05:27 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> [QUOTE=AussieTaff,Nov 18 2004, 05:35 PM] Hi Chris, how's the BIRC training going for Chippy, Bernie Snr and you ? I'm looking forward to Speedy's interview after BIRC. . Im also guessing the NEC is going to be HOT! HOT! HOT! - as it doesnt have the moden aircon of my garage in Wales!  </td></tr></table> [QUOTE] Chris I Will also miss your aircon garage when we are in Brum(NO GLASS IN THE WINDOW AND A BIG HOLE IN THE DOOR).We will have to rough it up there. Speedy 8Hours in the saddle,you sure likes the pain. Chippy

[old] seat5 · Post by **[old] seat5** » November 20th, 2004, 12:36 am

You guys are awesome! 8 HOURS?!?!?!?!!? Well, Mrs. Speedy must have known about your vice before you were married, so at least she won't be shocked! 4 hours is pretty nuts, too, Mike, but you're racking up the meters so fast you'll be at the top of the list pretty soon! All of you BIRC-ers, I'll be rooting for you, and expect to see lots of big letter posts about your PB's!!!! I would say Best of Luck but Taffs don't need luck 'cuz they've got what it takes! Carla PS I'm getting over a crummy cold as fast as I can so I can hit the Holiday Challenge with gusto.

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » November 20th, 2004, 5:31 pm

Many thanks for the words of encouragement Carla. As recommended by Speedy, I'm currently thinking through my strategy for my race tomorrow and thought I'd share it (as you'll appreciate, this helps me focus on it!). I've learnt from recent rows that going out too fast and getting over confident too early ends up with disastrous results. I'm therefore going to go out at a comfortable 1:48 pace (31spm) and stick to this for the first 1500m. With 500m to go, I'm going to up the rate to 32spm and hope for a 1:47 pace. With 300m to go it'll be the sprint home and I'm looking for something like 34-35spm and around 1:42-1:44 pace. That would give me a new PB of 7:08.6 which I'd be very happy with (sub 7:00 will come in time, I don't need to rush it through now). If times get hard then I'll be repeating "Heart of a Dragon"!! Good Luck to all my fellow TAs in BIRC and also Speedy and Mikez with their mamoth erg sessions!

[old] Godfried · Post by **[old] Godfried** » November 21st, 2004, 1:02 pm

And here are some of the results. </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>CODE </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'>Chris 6:48.1 Chippy 7:03.6 Bernie Snr 8:23.8 Niall 7:15.2 Daren 7:00.7 Eddie 8:20.0 Carole Mac 7:53.9 Nicole 7:51.2 Phil 6:33.9 </td></tr></table>

[old] chippy · Post by **[old] chippy** » November 21st, 2004, 4:14 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (Godfried @ Nov 21 2004, 12:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> And here are some of the results. </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>CODE </td></tr><tr><td id='CODE'>Chris 6:48.1 Chippy 7:03.6 Bernie Snr 8:23.8 Niall 7:15.2 Daren 7:00.7 Eddie 8:20.0 Carole Mac 7:53.9 Nicole 7:51.2 Phil 6:33.9 </td></tr></table>  </td></tr></table> [QUOTE] Taffians GREAT DAY AT THE BRITS,you have to go see it to belive it,so many people rowing and suffering...Was smack on target for a pb with 500m to go and went to kick hard but died a death,so no best for me but still happy. All the way to Brum i kept reminding Chris about the beatings i have given him of late over the sprint distances i new it would get him in the mood to shut me up,and so he did with a new pb of 6.48.1...WELL DONE MATEY.GREAT ROW. Met Nial and Daren but missed Bernard Jr. Well done Grumpy and Eddy leading the Taff assault early on.As there was a guy there 94 years old rowing the pair of you are only babies . The pirate was there with his scull and bones T shirt on to scare the kids ,but he did finish the race this time so well done. Need a beer. Chippy

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » November 21st, 2004, 4:47 pm

Despite my good intentions, the conditions got the better of me. The arena was extremely dry and very early on I found my mouth really as dry as a desert. Being a newbie, I timed my warmup pathetically and finished it with about 20-30 minutes to go to the race. Yeh, I hear you! Excuses, excuses! And you're right, I would have felt hard done by until I overheard others (except Chris!) were short by about 5 seconds of their expected times. All I can say to Chris is that he's used to these dry conditions in his garage so he's been acclimatising for weeks! I must say then that I'm fairly happy with my time of 7:15.2 consdiering. Next year will be different. I'll be wiser (and with any luck lighter and better equipped!). I have to say it was great to meet Daren, Chippy, and Chris from Taff Attack and of course our nemesis, Sir Pirate! It was an absolute pleasure to put faces to names and Daren was the perfect host for me as he introduced me to a multitude of people he'd clearly had beers with the night before. I was just sorry to have missed Bernard (my personal nemesis for the last month or two), Grimpy and Eddy though. I'm certainly fired up for next year though as there were some monumental performances today. I watched a 15 year old (Daniel Bream) go under 6:30 (beating his nearest rival by 13 seconds! And of course there was Graham Benton's win in the Open Hwt Men's (first non-rower to win the Open Hwt at BIRC; where were you Speedy!?). Roll on BIRC 2005! (See you in the Lwt Mens 35-39 Daren!!)

[old] dadams · Post by **[old] dadams** » November 21st, 2004, 5:30 pm

109,000+ meters in eight hours. Very tired. Will write more tomorrow. Speedy

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » November 21st, 2004, 5:41 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (dadams @ Nov 21 2004, 04:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> 109,000+ meters in eight hours. Very tired. Will write more tomorrow. Speedy  </td></tr></table> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (dadams @ Nov 21 2004, 04:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>109,000+ meters in eight hours. Very tired. </td></tr></table> What d'ya mean, you're tired??? If you want tired, ask Chippy what's it like travelling back to Wales from BIRC with Chris telling him about his PB the whole journey back. Now that's tiring!! Seriously though Speedy, absolutely awesome achievement. I can't even comprehend what it would be like to do that (2K at BIRC seemed bad enough!).

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