New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[Boomer]

Just dropped my 2K PB for the second time in 3 days. Was 7:59 last week, then 7:50 on Saturday, now 7:43 this evening. Very happy with that as it was at r21 with a bit in the tank at the end!

[Dangerscouse]

Just dropped my 2K PB for the second time in 3 days. Was 7:59 last week, then 7:50 on Saturday, now 7:43 this evening. Very happy with that as it was at r21 with a bit in the tank at the end!

Congrats on the PB. I expect 7:30 by the end of the month

[hjs]

Just dropped my 2K PB for the second time in 3 days. Was 7:59 last week, then 7:50 on Saturday, now 7:43 this evening. Very happy with that as it was at r21 with a bit in the tank at the end!

21? You can,t call that a pb, rating should be 30 of not higher. Right now you could already pull sub 7.20 if you rate up. Think you are sub7 in 3 months.

[Boomer]

Just dropped my 2K PB for the second time in 3 days. Was 7:59 last week, then 7:50 on Saturday, now 7:43 this evening. Very happy with that as it was at r21 with a bit in the tank at the end!

21? You can,t call that a pb, rating should be 30 of not higher. Right now you could already pull sub 7.20 if you rate up. Think you are sub7 in 3 months.

I get the point but when I rate up everything goes wrong, breathing, drive length, splits don’t improve. Yesterday I did 6k at 1k intervals r20-30, and at r28+ I was all over the place and the splits got worse.

[Boomer]

Just dropped my 2K PB for the second time in 3 days. Was 7:59 last week, then 7:50 on Saturday, now 7:43 this evening. Very happy with that as it was at r21 with a bit in the tank at the end!

Congrats on the PB. I expect 7:30 by the end of the month

Thanks. Yup I think 7:30 will be in the crosshairs in the next 3 weeks

[lancecampeau]

Thanks. Yup I think 7:30 will be in the crosshairs in the next 3 weeks

Like I've suggested.... 7:10 within 6 months, likely less because of your height.

With where you are currently at... give these routines a try...

A workout that won't knock you out the first time you try it
- 6 x 750m/3:00r @ 2:02 or better

A harder workout that will help build stamina for the 2K
- 5 x 750m/1:00r @ 1:58 or better

[Boomer]

Thanks. Yup I think 7:30 will be in the crosshairs in the next 3 weeks

Like I've suggested.... 7:10 within 6 months, likely less because of your height.

With where you are currently at... give these routines a try...

A workout that won't knock you out the first time you try it
- 6 x 750m/3:00r @ 2:02 or better

A harder workout that will help build stamina for the 2K
- 5 x 750m/1:00r @ 1:58 or better

Thanks Lance, Just the kind of advice I need. I’ll give it a go tomorrow.

[Neorticros]

Seeing Boomer improving his 2 k I thought about giving it a try. I think I have tested it like 2-3 times in a year. Done like 17 FMs but just a couple of 2 ks attempts in a year. Go figure how much I dislike those . I suffer rowing below 2:00/500 :__(

Last attempt (7-8 months ago?)I did something like 7:3X. Yesterday I went for 7:28 which I guess is my PB.
1:47,1:50,1:56 and 1:53 were my splits at around 25-24 SPM.

I did it at 16:00 PM without having lunch, after 3 weeks or so of going back at lifting (when I lift i lose time on the erg) and after another 7:45 or so aproach. I'll just edit the post if I cand find more excuses:P. Maybe I should try these more often, or maybe I'll just skip them for another 6 months ^_^

[Dangerscouse]

Great going Neo. Try and do some 5k and 6k sessions to get you slightly less scared of 2ks. Only doing 2ks will get you used to them.

[thewagster]

Improved my 10km record by 45s, only my third time at this distance. Very pleased with a 40.20.7. Setting of 5 , and generally around 22spm. Really concentrated upon my breathing which helped a lot.
I may be able to break 40min . I've never rowed more than this , and I'm in my first 3 months of rowing (55 yrs hvwght)

[Gammmmo]

Improved my 10km record by 45s, only my third time at this distance. Very pleased with a 40.20.7. Setting of 5 , and generally around 22spm. Really concentrated upon my breathing which helped a lot.
I may be able to break 40min . I've never rowed more than this , and I'm in my first 3 months of rowing (55 yrs hvwght)

Sub 40 next! A good milestone. Try to rate up a bit - 22 spm is very low.

[Dangerscouse]

Improved my 10km record by 45s, only my third time at this distance. Very pleased with a 40.20.7. Setting of 5 , and generally around 22spm. Really concentrated upon my breathing which helped a lot.
I may be able to break 40min . I've never rowed more than this , and I'm in my first 3 months of rowing (55 yrs hvwght)

Sub 40 next! A good milestone. Try to rate up a bit - 22 spm is very low.

I agree with this. Try and build up to 25spm. Don't do it too quickly as it will probably be tough to start with but going sub 40 on a 10k will be easier if you stroke faster.

Well done though that's really good progress after only three months. 10k seems a really long distance until you get used to it. Keep on pushing

[Minimoof123]

So its been a while since my last post, very lazy summer months, almost entire month with no rowing, so got back to it 11th Aug i did a couple of 10k then a couple of 10m, nothing during this week so back to another 10m this morning, shaved 40s of my PB, my thinking is I should be able to maintain the 1.52 pace that i have done on the 6 and 10k but i guess thats a bit optimistic at the mo with so little training involved....something to aim to

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:03:43.8 16,093m 1:58.8 209 1017 30
12:44.8 3,300m 1:55.8 225 1073 29
12:56.1 6,600m 1:57.5 215 1040 30
13:03.9 9,900m 1:58.7 209 1018 31
13:20.9 13,200m 2:01.3 196 973 31
11:38.2 16,093m 2:00.6 199 985 31

And with a birthday coming up I guess I need to reset all my times under a new age bracket..........

[H2O]

Finally a piece I am completely happy with: 5K 17:44.2 (1:46.4).
A cold front moved in (17C). Felt lousy during warmup to the point I was going to
cancel the attempt. Shows that this is often deceptive.

[Dangerscouse]

Finally a piece I am completely happy with: 5K 17:44.2 (1:46.4).
A cold front moved in (17C). Felt lousy during warmup to the point I was going to
cancel the attempt. Shows that this is often deceptive.

Solid session. You are close enough to sub 17:30 to give it a go now. Well done on this though especially as you came so close to not even trying.