New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[Dangerscouse]

I have now had my rower one month, and I am quite happy with my effort, I have had 20 rows and a total of 182k so fare.
As previous stated my goal is to get sub 7 for 2k. I still got a long way to go. But yesterday I did some kind of a record attempt on a 10k session. some kind, because the row was started as a “just row” effort. But I felt good during the fist couple of minutes and just decided to see if I could keep going.
Attached is two rows, one from yesterday, and also a similar one from 08.11.2019, and interesting enough the heart rate and stroke rate was quite similar, but the wats has improved.
Anyway I just wanted to share my improvement

Well done Bishop, that's a big increase in a short space of time and it's got improvement written all over it. Keep on pushing and you'll be sub 40 mins soon enough.

[Dangerscouse]

New PB for HM! 1:36:55 @2:18 24spm. That's three and a half minutes better than my previous try - that's the nice thing about being a beginner - you can knock big chunks off your PBs. Still, I reckon that I can get under 1:35 next time, if I can toughen up my buttocks .

Great going Hobbit. You have got it in you to go sub 1:35, but regardless you should enjoy your effort on this HM.

[Dangerscouse]

No real plan today so I decided to test my fitness with a fast 1k after a 2k warm up. Managed a 1k PB by best part of a second. Effort not quite 100% and pacing was bad but I was just winging it really. The good thing is that this tells me there is a bit more in the tank and also that I should probably try another 2k because I haven't really gone for it since April when I broke 7 minutes for the only time ever. The higher rating here seemed to help and drag factor was 119. 7k SS after to get some metres in.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
3:17.5 1,000m 1:38.7 363 1549 33 178
0:39.9 200m 1:39.7 353 1512 33 168
0:39.1 400m 1:37.7 375 1588 34 178
0:39.2 600m 1:38.0 372 1578 34 181
0:39.6 800m 1:38.9 361 1540 32 183
0:39.6 1,000m 1:38.9 361 1540 33 184

I don't think your pacing was bad, maybe a bit of a sprint for the last 200m would have been good but it bodes well for a 2k as you maintain a strong constant wattage, stroke rate and pace.

This is a solid effort Jimmy. Well done

[lindsayh]

I don't think your pacing was bad, maybe a bit of a sprint for the last 200m would have been good but it bodes well for a 2k as you maintain a strong constant wattage, stroke rate and pace. This is a solid effort Jimmy. Well done

I agree - that is very good - for me a flat pacing is by far the best for the 1k

[jimmyshand]

Thanks lindsayh and dangerscouse - yeah, maybe it wasn't as all over the place as I thought

[Gammmmo]

@jimmy - try some shorter efforts and find out what your 1min, 500m is like. You're a larger lad so should be able to pull some decent numbers and it'll put in context your 1K and show you what potential you'll have. Well done for PBing.

[jimmyshand]

Good idea Gammmmo, I might just do that. I'm a big lump but not a fast one!

[KeithT]

Wasn't sure what workout I wanted to do last night, so I warmed up with a 2K with some bursts and was thinking I would do an interval workout but then for no real reason decided to do a 1K test as I was feeling decent. Beat my previous best from October by almost 2 seconds and inched closer to a sub 3:00 with a time of 3:01.8. Wasn't going to post my 1K PR until I went under 3:00 but this moved me back ahead of Andrew in the rankings so now when he reads this he can go beat this time.

On a side note, I do most my test at home but did this at my gym on a rower that the gym just got but it obviously is either used or has sat in a box for many years as the date on the screen was February, 2012! Due to this the verification code didn't work, sent an e-mail to Concept2 with a screenshot to see if that can be used to verify the row. I never realized the date could be so far off on the monitor.

[hjs]

Wasn't sure what workout I wanted to do last night, so I warmed up with a 2K with some bursts and was thinking I would do an interval workout but then for no real reason decided to do a 1K test as I was feeling decent. Beat my previous best from October by almost 2 seconds and inched closer to a sub 3:00 with a time of 3:01.8. Wasn't going to post my 1K PR until I went under 3:00 but this moved me back ahead of Andrew in the rankings so now when he reads this he can go beat this time.

On a side note, I do most my test at home but did this at my gym on a rower that the gym just got but it obviously is either used or has sat in a box for many years as the date on the screen was February, 2012! Due to this the verification code didn't work, sent an e-mail to Concept2 with a screenshot to see if that can be used to verify the row. I never realized the date could be so far off on the monitor.

Great stuff, no matter what date, you pulled it

[KeithT]

Wasn't sure what workout I wanted to do last night, so I warmed up with a 2K with some bursts and was thinking I would do an interval workout but then for no real reason decided to do a 1K test as I was feeling decent. Beat my previous best from October by almost 2 seconds and inched closer to a sub 3:00 with a time of 3:01.8. Wasn't going to post my 1K PR until I went under 3:00 but this moved me back ahead of Andrew in the rankings so now when he reads this he can go beat this time.

On a side note, I do most my test at home but did this at my gym on a rower that the gym just got but it obviously is either used or has sat in a box for many years as the date on the screen was February, 2012! Due to this the verification code didn't work, sent an e-mail to Concept2 with a screenshot to see if that can be used to verify the row. I never realized the date could be so far off on the monitor.

Great stuff, no matter what date, you pulled it

Thanks HJS! - One odd thing, I used a little more drag this time (150 vs 130) yet my SPM was a little higher (37 compared to 35) - figured it would be the opposite.

[hjs]

Wasn't sure what workout I wanted to do last night, so I warmed up with a 2K with some bursts and was thinking I would do an interval workout but then for no real reason decided to do a 1K test as I was feeling decent. Beat my previous best from October by almost 2 seconds and inched closer to a sub 3:00 with a time of 3:01.8. Wasn't going to post my 1K PR until I went under 3:00 but this moved me back ahead of Andrew in the rankings so now when he reads this he can go beat this time.

On a side note, I do most my test at home but did this at my gym on a rower that the gym just got but it obviously is either used or has sat in a box for many years as the date on the screen was February, 2012! Due to this the verification code didn't work, sent an e-mail to Concept2 with a screenshot to see if that can be used to verify the row. I never realized the date could be so far off on the monitor.

Great stuff, no matter what date, you pulled it

Thanks HJS! - One odd thing, I used a little more drag this time (150 vs 130) yet my SPM was a little higher (37 compared to 35) - figured it would be the opposite.

Manny think that, but high drag goes with higher rates. Short pieces often get better with more drag. More drag slows the fan down more, so you need a bit less strokespeed. The fan slows down faster also.

[Dangerscouse]

Wasn't sure what workout I wanted to do last night, so I warmed up with a 2K with some bursts and was thinking I would do an interval workout but then for no real reason decided to do a 1K test as I was feeling decent. Beat my previous best from October by almost 2 seconds and inched closer to a sub 3:00 with a time of 3:01.8. Wasn't going to post my 1K PR until I went under 3:00 but this moved me back ahead of Andrew in the rankings so now when he reads this he can go beat this time.

On a side note, I do most my test at home but did this at my gym on a rower that the gym just got but it obviously is either used or has sat in a box for many years as the date on the screen was February, 2012! Due to this the verification code didn't work, sent an e-mail to Concept2 with a screenshot to see if that can be used to verify the row. I never realized the date could be so far off on the monitor.

Very solid time Keith. Well done

[johnlvs2run]

30 minute engine building rate capped to 40spm on the skierg(which ended in a PB )

Marius, congratulations for your continued successes and PB's.

I'm curious why you capped to 40spm, unless you feel that it's (or you want it to be) your optimum rate for that time.

[hobbit]

New PB for 10k! 35 seconds knocked off my previous best. After 3 consecutive days of 10k UT2, steady paddling for the holiday challenge, I felt like doing something nippy. So, what the heck, try a fast 10k. And it worked well. Concentrated all the way and no danger of an HD incident. Helped along by the funky music of the Talking Heads.

43:19.6 10,000m 2:09.9 25
8:43.6 2,000m 2:10.9 24
8:39.9 4,000m 2:09.9 24
8:40.1 6,000m 2:10.0 25
8:40.6 8,000m 2:10.1 25
8:35.5 10,000m 2:08.8 27

This effort is 160W or 2.90W/kg

If I weighed 75kg that would be 218W equivalent to 39:02 @1:57.
If I weighed 100kg that would be 290W equivalent to 35:30 @1:47

[KeithT]

New PB for 10k! 35 seconds knocked off my previous best. After 3 consecutive days of 10k UT2, steady paddling for the holiday challenge, I felt like doing something nippy. So, what the heck, try a fast 10k. And it worked well. Concentrated all the way and no danger of an HD incident. Helped along by the funky music of the Talking Heads.

43:19.6 10,000m 2:09.9 25
8:43.6 2,000m 2:10.9 24
8:39.9 4,000m 2:09.9 24
8:40.1 6,000m 2:10.0 25
8:40.6 8,000m 2:10.1 25
8:35.5 10,000m 2:08.8 27

This effort is 160W or 2.90W/kg

If I weighed 75kg that would be 218W equivalent to 39:02 @1:57.
If I weighed 100kg that would be 290W equivalent to 35:30 @1:47

Good work Hobbit!! That's a big chunk of time!