New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

ssemone · Post by **ssemone** » April 9th, 2006, 11:22 am

You folks are rowing some fantastic times! I was getting a bit tired of my 5k rows and decided on a 10k today (my first this season since returning to rowing). It was a "feeling it out 10k" but is nonetheless a PB for me this season: 46:22.7

Cheers,

Sean

(5k 22:37.2) (10k 46:22.7)

mumbles · Post by **mumbles** » April 9th, 2006, 1:05 pm

Nice first attempt Sean

How long have you been rowing? How old, big etc are you?

Owen

ssemone · Post by **ssemone** » April 9th, 2006, 3:36 pm

Hey there mumbles,

I'm quickly closing in on 36. Time flies, even faster now that there's a kid kicking around!

I'm somewhere in the high 150's (5'8") but I don't weigh in very often.

I suspect like some others in these forums I've taken up rowing as a subsitute for running. That was a short career, so to speak, with a marathon, a couple half's a 30k and a number of 10ks thrown in for fun. With running, I always felt beat up afterwards, but with the rowing, none of that, and I can just roll out of bed and get on the D model (which I've had for about a year, and have really not started to use consistently until this March

). It really is an all weather workout!

Cheers,

Sean

Ben Rea · Post by **Ben Rea** » April 9th, 2006, 8:42 pm

nice row sean, im sure its better thatn i can do.

ancho · Post by **ancho** » April 10th, 2006, 7:48 am

Rowed the first 10k in ages.
Pretended to be an easy row during lunch break, but ended up not being that easy, with PB of 38:02,1
Anyway the feeling was that I could do much better...

Let's see when I'll give it another try.

mumbles · Post by **mumbles** » April 10th, 2006, 9:53 am

ssemone wrote:Hey there mumbles,

I'm quickly closing in on 36. Time flies, even faster now that there's a kid kicking around! I'm somewhere in the high 150's (5'8") but I don't weigh in very often.

I suspect like some others in these forums I've taken up rowing as a subsitute for running. That was a short career, so to speak, with a marathon, a couple half's a 30k and a number of 10ks thrown in for fun. With running, I always felt beat up afterwards, but with the rowing, none of that, and I can just roll out of bed and get on the D model (which I've had for about a year, and have really not started to use consistently until this March ). It really is an all weather workout!

Cheers,

Sean

Respect to any man who ran a marathon!

ssemone · Post by **ssemone** » April 10th, 2006, 9:32 pm

mumbles wrote:
Respect to any man who ran a marathon!

Hey thanks! Really, though, all a matter of lots of training. Good to have a training partner, too. In my case that was my trusty Labrador "Moxie".

Also good to have someone to run the race with, who in this case was my brother who's run a number of marathons and

ultramarathons (distances over 26.2 miles...commonly 50k, 100k and 100 miles. Makes mre tired just thinking about crewing one of those races.

I think that is the only bit I miss about running and with Moxie getting on in age that is okay. Who knows maybe I'll get another D model and some rails and be good to go!

Best,

Sean

Citroen · Post by **Citroen** » April 11th, 2006, 6:23 pm

Rowed a hard 5K.

New PB 18:41.7 (-8.0 secs)

Nearly refluxed my evening meal after that one.

ancho · Post by **ancho** » April 12th, 2006, 4:37 am

Citroen wrote:Rowed a hard 5K.

New PB 18:41.7 (-8.0 secs)

Nearly refluxed my evening meal after that one.

Congrats, Citroën:
You got me on the 5k and on the 10k, that puts me under pressure. Now I will to get rid of about 13 kg and then row a hard 5k and another 10k

At least, during the HORR Polaco and me purchased 2 packs Shredded Wheat for the SW-challenge. I feel I will be able to beat you with tese

Keep it on!

Alastair1989 · Post by **Alastair1989** » April 12th, 2006, 7:38 am

Age: 16
Height: 6 ft
Weight: 77kg
2k : 6:34

I am aiming to grow another inch.. put on about 8 kilo and pull about 6:18 by this time next year. I am aiming at going to the Australian Nationals and placing in a pair. Or eight.

chgoss · Post by **chgoss** » April 13th, 2006, 8:40 am

New 2K best: 7:09, previous was 7:13

wow, cracking 7 minutes sure is turning out to be a lot more difficult than I thought it would be

Ben Rea · Post by **Ben Rea** » April 13th, 2006, 11:26 am

alastair, you are amazing! great row buddy!

Francois · Post by **Francois** » April 13th, 2006, 11:30 am

Citroen wrote:Rowed a hard 5K.

New PB 18:41.7 (-8.0 secs)

Nearly refluxed my evening meal after that one.

Congratulations Dougie!

IMO you can go under 18:30 based on your recent 10K.
10K time ~ (5k time) x 2 + 1:00. That rule works well for running and has been quite accurate at predicting my 10k erg times based on my 5k.

tomraven · Post by **tomraven** » April 14th, 2006, 7:17 am

I cracked 2 000 000 meters today and cut 1.5minutes off my marathon time. Came in at just under 1h31m

johnnybike · Post by **johnnybike** » April 14th, 2006, 7:47 am

Francois, interesting formula. Of course if you follow that logic then the sub 18:30 sub 7 formula comes into play so Dougie proves that as he has gone Sub 7 already. So 18:30 5k is nailed on Dougie

Nice 60' Francois. That is a tremendous effort relative to say your 2K time and in relation to my sub 15600 60' best.

Tom, 2 nice records in one effort. well done. Sub 90 is the big target I assume.