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[old] seat5 · Post by **[old] seat5** » October 17th, 2005, 12:01 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(AussieTaff @ Oct 17 2005, 12:03 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(Prufrock @ Oct 16 2005, 06:58 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Hi all The coming week sees the sixth week since my return to regular training, so I think now is a good time to gauge where I am. On the negative side. My max pull has still not gone under 1'20". I have not yet done a 2k and need to do some sharp power work and strength endurance stuff. Breaking the seven minute barrier is now just a question of when rather than if. Naturally, it won't count unless I do it in competition, but I don't see any problem in doing so at a prescribed location in the coming months. regs Bernard Pru </td></tr></table> Hi Bernie, I wouldn't be too worried about the Max Pull, I haven't seen a sub 1:32 this year when I've had a go and still managed a 6:52 at the AIRC yesterday (2nd in the 55 - 59 age group category introduced for the first time at AIRC this year). So probably not much correlation between Max Pull and Sub 7 apart from sounding like a couple of dudes out of an Austin Powers movie Going to try for a 7:0x soon to see how close you are to it ? You may be pleasantly surprised judging by your recent training. Best to go sub 7 in training first in my opinion as Race Day is a strange animal indeed as I found out yesterday - anything can happen to waylay the best of plans (and did !). Cheers and good luck in your quest, Martin </td></tr></table> Hiya Martin, Well, that was just .2 slower than your 2005 SB...I'm sure you were trying to beat it, but congratulations anyway! The extra tension of the real McCoy I think must make it harder to do your best than when you can totally focus more easily in your usual training place. What happened to "waylay" your plans? I'd like to hear about the experience.

[old] seat5 · Post by **[old] seat5** » October 17th, 2005, 12:16 am

It's about 6 weeks since I started rowing again, too, and I'm starting to feel more like the real me again. Today I managed a 10K (no stops, hurrah!) in 41:57.7; that's a minute and half slower than my PB, but it was a good row, slowly speeding up throughout and finishing strong. I really had no idea of what to aim for, since I don't think I'd done a non-stop 10K at any sort of reasonable pace at all so far this season,so I wrote the finishing times for a 10K done at 2:06, 2:08, and 2:10 on my white board and ended up averaging 2:05.9. 2:08 was what seemed sensible when I set out.

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » October 17th, 2005, 12:26 am

Fantastic result Martin, well done on the 2nd place (silver medal/podium placing!!) at the AIRC. When do we get a full report on: - how the race went, - did you stick to the race plan? - what was your race plan? - did you take any guym bunnies with you for motivation? - what was the event like (good turnout)? - did you get to sign autographs afterwards? Carla, Well done on your 10K. Iy's a starting point to work from and it sounds as if you rowed a sensible, controlled set and with the powerful finish, I'm sure there's more to come. Good for you!

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » October 17th, 2005, 1:26 am

Congratulations to Dykie who's has now reached 900,000m for the season (only 100K to the big 1M!!). Also, a big Well Done to Carla for breaking through the 500,000m mark (good way of celebrating that solid 10K row Carla!). We've got a couple (Hollie Matthews, Pete Shillingford) who very close to the 100,000m mark. C'mon guys, big push now!!

[old] AussieTaff · Post by **[old] AussieTaff** » October 17th, 2005, 3:03 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(Niall @ Oct 16 2005, 11:26 PM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Fantastic result Martin, well done on the 2nd place (silver medal/podium placing!!) at the AIRC. When do we get a full report on: - how the race went, - did you stick to the race plan? - what was your race plan? - did you take any guym bunnies with you for motivation? - what was the event like (good turnout)? - did you get to sign autographs afterwards? </td></tr></table> Thanks Niall and Carla for the congrats. Here's how it all happened (well you did ask for it !) :- Race plan was based on picking the eyes out of Niall/Chris and Chippy's suggestions and it all went to plan at the start of the day (acknowledgements in brackets) - Got there nice and early for a bog (Chris) and enjoyed it (Niall). !K warmup to familiarise myself with the PM3 and feel of the 'D' - like a Rolls compared to the 'C'. Felt out of sorts (had been for past few days) so restricted proper warmup to 10 mins instead of 20 mins (Niall). Was sweating like a pig and burning up inside so contemplated withdrawing - flu ? Went for a last minute nervous bog instead (Chris) and enjoyed it (Niall) so decided to give it a go, Race Plan totally up in the air at this stage - sat on the erg for the pre-start and stuffed around putting socks on handles (for sweaty hands) and photo-shoot. Went to warm up and check DF only to see message "Stop Rowing" !! So had NO idea what the DF was (no numbers on the lever setting for a 'D') and just took a stab for where the lever should be (Stuff Up #1 Carla). Had a great start and was actually in front at the 1900-to-go mark, glanced at Ave Pace to see what to do next only to find it showing TIME instead !! (Stuff Up #2 Carla - I should have figured out how to put it on Ave Pace and not assumed it would show it automatically). Was too scared to push any buttons in case I 'lost' the screen altogether so rowed the race 'blind' - I really rely on Ave Pace to work out what to do the next 10 strokes in when going flat out. With 400 to go was in 3rd place locked in a mighty struggle with 2nd. First place aleady in the bag for a chap who does about 6:30 so it was me and the 2nd guy. Mentally called for an effort (Chris) but the body had called it a day by now so I hung in listening to the announcer calling the race for 2nd - kept saying I was catching and about to pass only to find at the end I was 1.5 secs behind (in 6:51.9) !! What a con job. Anyway the first guy rowed a great 6:33 and as the guy who finished 2nd was in the 50-54 category (we all raced together as a 50-59 group and split into 2 for the results) I got 2nd for the 55-59 category. Beauty !! Was really pleased with the 6:51.9 Carla -only 0.1 secs outside PB - as I had no Ave Pace to help in the middle stages and was feeling a bit off (later that evening I passed yet another Uric Acid sludgy kidney stone - that was why I was a bit off I think). Great atmosphere Niall and a really well organised event. Probably nowhere as big as BIRC but still a good turnout and lots of events well patronised by the schools and rowing club youth. No need for gym bunnies !! No autographs for 2nd old son and as the 6:30 guy is 55 it looks like I'll be the bridesmaid for the next 3 years unless I can go sub 6:30 ! Will organise display of photos when my son gets around to loading them onto the computer. Well done on 500K Carla and regaining some old form, Cheers, Martin

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » October 17th, 2005, 5:05 am

Fabulous report Martin. Certainly sounds like a great even and that you've learnt a few things (set up monitor and DF before racing!) for next time (there will be a next time wont there?! Look forward to the photos (if for no other reason than to see the socks on the handle ). Glad you enjoyed it!!!

[old] Jumpsoda · Post by **[old] Jumpsoda** » October 17th, 2005, 6:58 am

Carla - I raise a glass to you on the 500,000 meters Chippy - Cool challenge. I think it is time for me to give more of an effort to the team, I do not like being in sixth place.

[old] Prufrock · Post by **[old] Prufrock** » October 17th, 2005, 7:46 am

Hi Congratulations to Carla on reaching 500k and the impressive 10k. Great performance Martin in your competition. You must be some rower. I hope I'm doing those kind of times when I'm 55+. I don't think I'll be ready in time for BIRC, so I'll probably race in Cardiff, though I will be in Birmingham to see what's going on in the world of indoor rowing. I guess all the superstars will be there. But enough about Taff Attack. Added to which I may be coming down with something. I struggled with my 1 hour row this morning. Only the Bernard Pru cussedness and some Lighthouse Family tunes enabled me to finish it. For the time being I'll put it down to running on empty - nothing to eat yet - and having a complete rest day yesterday to play chess. I'll do a 3x10 minute UT1 session tonight, which will tell me whether there is some little animal doing battle with my immune system or, as I hope, this morning's suffering was simply due to a lack of fuel. I like your attitude Jumpsoda! It's just occurred to me how hungry I am. Time to pig out a little. Ok Pig out a lot! regs Bernard

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » October 17th, 2005, 9:37 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(Prufrock @ Oct 17 2005, 06:46 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> Great performance Martin in your competition. You must be some rower. I hope I'm doing those kind of times when I'm 55+. [right] </td></tr></table> Don't know about you Bernard, but I'd like to be able to do that kind of time now

[old] Prufrock · Post by **[old] Prufrock** » October 17th, 2005, 2:37 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(Niall @ Oct 17 2005, 08:37 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Don't know about you Bernard, but I'd like to be able to do that kind of time now </td></tr></table> So funny Niall and yet there is a bitter truth in what you say! There's no way I'd even attempt to go that fast until AT LEAST this time next year Ah well. Where did I put that chicken leg? regs Bernard

[old] seat5 · Post by **[old] seat5** » October 18th, 2005, 9:19 pm

Well, a half decent 30 minute row today, 7320, av 2:02.9, 25 spm. I put the meters for av. 2:05, 2:04, and 2:04.5 and was really surprised to find myself pretty comfortable at 2:03. I hadn't bothered to look at the rankings either so was surprised to find it needed a code and will be in the top 3 (but of course, no "v"--my cat is not a good enough witness). It's still pretty far off last year's time, though.

[old] Jef · Post by **[old] Jef** » October 18th, 2005, 11:46 pm

Good morning... well it is here at a wet n windy 4:42 am Just seeing what the forums are like this side of the water. hey, as my Gran was a Williams from the Newport do you want my 400K ? it would be more but I've only been rowing 6 weeks.

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » October 19th, 2005, 12:51 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(Jef @ Oct 18 2005, 10:46 PM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Good morning... well it is here at a wet n windy 4:42 am Just seeing what the forums are like this side of the water. hey, as my Gran was a Williams from the Newport do you want my 400K ? it would be more but I've only been rowing 6 weeks. </td></tr></table> Jump on board the merry ship that is Taff Attack! Good to hear from you this side of the big pond Jef (I see you're a regular over at C2 UK). We'd be happy to have you in the Taff Attack team and appreciate you not taking the easy route and offering your metres to Team Awful!

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » October 19th, 2005, 1:11 am

Carla, you're definitely well down the road to recovery. That's a terrific 10K and it must have been a great feeling to be prompted for a code More to come, I guarantee it!

[old] seat5 · Post by **[old] seat5** » October 19th, 2005, 7:16 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(Niall @ Oct 19 2005, 05:11 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Carla, you're definitely well down the road to recovery. That's a terrific 10K and it must have been a great feeling to be prompted for a code More to come, I guarantee it! </td></tr></table> 7320 would be a kind of odd 10K....

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