New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[MartinSH4321]

A season PB for me, I know there is 1 more day but Im not rowing tomorrow and that will give me 1 day more if I need it, to get even more meters next season.
Welldone @ MartinSH4321 & Jimmyshand on your recent PB's, how about I trade you some of my longer distance times for your shorter ones?
And I will thank Stu & Henry too as my recent mantra seems to be "Rate up chimp, Row Faster", perhaps I have been spending too much time on the forum?
So the numbers you are all waiting for after my 10k today

1.5m for the season, previous best was 1.1 in 2014/15

1,500,000 SEASON METERS
100:54:34.5 SEASON TIME
4,121 AVG DAILY METERS
11,628 AVG ACTIVE DAYS

todays 10k, was trying to match my PB, Fail
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
37:29.5 10,000m 1:52.4 246 1146 30
7:22.6 2,000m 1:50.6 258 1189 32
7:28.6 4,000m 1:52.1 248 1153 31
7:30.1 6,000m 1:52.5 246 1145 30
7:36.6 8,000m 1:54.1 235 1109 30
7:31.6 10,000m 1:52.9 243 1137 30

I would still trade one of my short distance PBs for your 10k PB fail
My season meters for rowing are a bit behind, I'll be at around 1,45mil, but have big goals for next season

[ukaserex]

I got a decent 15049 meters on the 60 minute row. Because of the new season, I'm #1 in the world!

I think it would have been a top 100 last week...but I'll take #1 for today, at least. (in my age group)

I've never sat on the rower that long without getting off at least a minute to get the blood moving in my legs. They always fall asleep after about 25 minutes. I just told myself it won't feel any worse, and if it does, I won't feel it, because I'll be numb!

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:00:00.0 15,049m 1:59.6 205 1003 26 157
12:00.0 2,890m 2:04.5 181 923 24 139
24:00.0 3,048m 1:58.1 212 1031 26 148
36:00.0 3,064m 1:57.4 216 1042 28 157
48:00.0 2,998m 2:00.0 202 995 27 166
1:00:00.0 3,048m 1:58.1 212 1031 27 176

[thewagster]

Just completed my first ever HM, had never rowed mor than 60 mins, was happy enough with 1:26:52.4, legs were sore and it's hard to sit down for that long - 'twas a continuous row.

That was after taking 4.3 secs of my 2km pb yesterday. Down to 7.25.7.

Onwards and more rowing ( rest day tomorrow)

[Rod]

Full Marathon

Time.................2:58:05.4
SPM..................31
DF....................105
Pace.................2:06.6

Full Marathon this morning for the Lwt facebook group and C2 challenges.

Delighted to have set a new (all time) PB as a 61 year old Lwt (73.0k/161 lbs yesterday) beating my old one (from 2011 when I was just a youngster of 53 and Hwt).

Felt good all the way so maybe a faster one before the end of the season....but other things to concentrate on first!

DF was 105...compared to my usual 110.

[jimmyshand]

Wow, great marathon! I am having daft thoughts about trying one this season so I might have to work up the distances.

My old 10k PB was a bit out of date at 38:57.1 so I tried today and managed 37:53.6 (1:53.6). 23spm and 116 DF which is a bit higher than I normally row 10k at.

This was tough, considered quitting at times but glad I stuck with it.

[MartinSH4321]

Wow, great marathon! I am having daft thoughts about trying one this season so I might have to work up the distances.

My old 10k PB was a bit out of date at 38:57.1 so I tried today and managed 37:53.6 (1:53.6). 23spm and 116 DF which is a bit higher than I normally row 10k at.

This was tough, considered quitting at times but glad I stuck with it.

Well done Alasdair, perfect start of the season!

[jimmyshand]

Thanks Martin, I was going to do a slow steady session but for some reason went mad and tried this instead! You know how it is.

[Minimoof123]

5 days into the season and no meters yet, lets put that right with a FM PB 2.53.18, will put some more info on the other thread
RATE UP CHIMP, ROW FASTER

[Dino]

Was feeling a bit deflated and needed something to get me going. Also was feeling (probably stupidly) that my fitness was maybe on the slide / dulled as what with the taper into the FM and the FM haven't done so much in last couple of weeks. My hour is looking a bit weak but thought that was a bit far, so 10k it was. My current PB was set 2 month ago at 40:27 so decided that looking at recent 30m PB, that could probably get inside 40m at a pinch.

I think I had minimoof's chimp on my shoulder whispering... "if you push harder you can post in the New PB thread.." whilst the other voice was telling me "the what have you done today thread will be fine!"

It turned into pretty much a max effort... my abductors were on fire from the FM on Wednesday after half way, but rated up a bit more than usual (another voice from the forum! ) and I could feel a mahoosive chunk coming off... so stuck with it to the end. Had to let the pace slip a bit at around 7500 but managed to get back on top of it and push hard in the last 500. 10k PB feels a bit more respectable now it starts with a 3

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
39:26.1 10,000m 1:58.3 211 1027 23
7:52.5 2,000m 1:58.1 212 1030 21
7:56.6 4,000m 1:59.1 207 1012 22
7:55.9 6,000m 1:58.9 208 1015 23
7:54.1 8,000m 1:58.5 210 1023 23
7:47.1 10,000m 1:56.7 220 1056 24

[Minimoof123]

Was feeling a bit deflated and needed something to get me going. Also was feeling (probably stupidly) that my fitness was maybe on the slide / dulled as what with the taper into the FM and the FM haven't done so much in last couple of weeks. My hour is looking a bit weak but thought that was a bit far, so 10k it was. My current PB was set 2 month ago at 40:27 so decided that looking at recent 30m PB, that could probably get inside 40m at a pinch.

I think I had minimoof's chimp on my shoulder whispering... "if you push harder you can post in the New PB thread.." whilst the other voice was telling me "the what have you done today thread will be fine!"

It turned into pretty much a max effort... my abductors were on fire from the FM on Wednesday after half way, but rated up a bit more than usual (another voice from the forum! ) and I could feel a mahoosive chunk coming off... so stuck with it to the end. Had to let the pace slip a bit at around 7500 but managed to get back on top of it and push hard in the last 500. 10k PB feels a bit more respectable now it starts with a 3

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
39:26.1 10,000m 1:58.3 211 1027 23
7:52.5 2,000m 1:58.1 212 1030 21
7:56.6 4,000m 1:59.1 207 1012 22
7:55.9 6,000m 1:58.9 208 1015 23
7:54.1 8,000m 1:58.5 210 1023 23
7:47.1 10,000m 1:56.7 220 1056 24

Well done mate, That chimp belongs to Stu, but I don't think he minds sharing....

[MartinSH4321]

Was feeling a bit deflated and needed something to get me going. Also was feeling (probably stupidly) that my fitness was maybe on the slide / dulled as what with the taper into the FM and the FM haven't done so much in last couple of weeks. My hour is looking a bit weak but thought that was a bit far, so 10k it was. My current PB was set 2 month ago at 40:27 so decided that looking at recent 30m PB, that could probably get inside 40m at a pinch.

I think I had minimoof's chimp on my shoulder whispering... "if you push harder you can post in the New PB thread.." whilst the other voice was telling me "the what have you done today thread will be fine!"

It turned into pretty much a max effort... my abductors were on fire from the FM on Wednesday after half way, but rated up a bit more than usual (another voice from the forum! ) and I could feel a mahoosive chunk coming off... so stuck with it to the end. Had to let the pace slip a bit at around 7500 but managed to get back on top of it and push hard in the last 500. 10k PB feels a bit more respectable now it starts with a 3

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
39:26.1 10,000m 1:58.3 211 1027 23
7:52.5 2,000m 1:58.1 212 1030 21
7:56.6 4,000m 1:59.1 207 1012 22
7:55.9 6,000m 1:58.9 208 1015 23
7:54.1 8,000m 1:58.5 210 1023 23
7:47.1 10,000m 1:56.7 220 1056 24

Wow, great work Dino, 1min faster is a huge improvement, well done!

[Dino]

Wow, great work Dino, 1min faster is a huge improvement, well done!

Well done mate, That chimp belongs to Stu, but I don't think he minds sharing....

Thanks guys! back to normal training this week, although still working out what that should be aiming at!

[KeithT]

WOW, tons of PBs coming in - not sure I am keeping up with them all but great work Dino, thewagster, Rod, jimmyshand, minimoof123....hope I didn't miss anyone. I love to see and hear about fellow forum members hitting PBs and Milestone numbers. Keep pushing!!

[ukaserex]

What a week! I have thought only a small amount of how I will train this year. I confess, as much as I enjoy rowing, I NEED to lift weights more often, and do longer/slower rows on the days in between.

Still, with the start of the new season, I thought it might be nice to compare my present fitness level with last seasons, so I am starting this season off with PR attempts for each category Concept2 tracks. (the marathon, 50k and 100k --- I don't discount those, but those require a vast amount of time to prepare. I barely survived sitting on the rower for 91:52 for the half marathon!! It wasn't "hard" in the way a 2k for time is hard, but it was still painful.

But, I do think I'm getting used to the longer sessions.

In summary -

Half Marathon: 1:31:52 (never done one before, so automatically, a PR)
10k 37:01.6 PR
60:00 15,049 meters PR
30:00 8203 meters PR

The rest of this week will be some slow steady stuff with some kettlebell and other weight work. Next week will be the 5 & 6k.

[Dino]

Half Marathon: 1:31:52 (never done one before, so automatically, a PR)
10k 37:01.6 PR
60:00 15,049 meters PR
30:00 8203 meters PR

The rest of this week will be some slow steady stuff with some kettlebell and other weight work. Next week will be the 5 & 6k.

Those are amazing PBs and in all one week!! Times and distances I can only ever dream about. I think you have a lot more to give in the HM though!! My first few I just treated as 20 mins more than an hour which doesn't seem too bad, then reset my brain for the last 2k