New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[MartinSH4321]

Ok that's enough talk about the weather..
Here's my 60min P.B. 16557m @ 1:48.5 26spm DF 133. 273w No warm up. C' Breeze,tall fan, patio door open.
Splits,
12mins 3314m 1:48.6
24mins 3322m 1:48.3
36mins 3293m 1:49.3 ( thoughts of why?)
48mins 3300m 1:49.0 (told myself to shut up and get on with it, literally).
60mins 3349m 1:47.4

4k c/d

Wow, well done Andrew, congrats!

[KeithT]

Ok that's enough talk about the weather..
Here's my 60min P.B. 16557m @ 1:48.5 26spm DF 133. 273w No warm up. C' Breeze,tall fan, patio door open.
Splits,
12mins 3314m 1:48.6
24mins 3322m 1:48.3
36mins 3293m 1:49.3 ( thoughts of why?)
48mins 3300m 1:49.0 (told myself to shut up and get on with it, literally).
60mins 3349m 1:47.4

4k c/d

Awesome row!!

[Dangerscouse]

Ok that's enough talk about the weather..
Here's my 60min P.B. 16557m @ 1:48.5 26spm DF 133. 273w No warm up. C' Breeze,tall fan, patio door open.
Splits,
12mins 3314m 1:48.6
24mins 3322m 1:48.3
36mins 3293m 1:49.3 ( thoughts of why?)
48mins 3300m 1:49.0 (told myself to shut up and get on with it, literally).
60mins 3349m 1:47.4

4k c/d

Are you sure you're 52 and not 32?!?!?! This is a very envious result Andrew. You've got me tempted to give my PB another tickle, but I won't get close to this.

Really well done

[Andrew Shuck]

@ Martin, Keith & Stu,
Many thanks, i surprise myself sometimes. I didn't realise how doggedly determined i can be. The pain markers were 36-48 min in, when doubts tried to derail me.I'm fitter now than when i was 32 ? I think i was still around 22stone back then.I'm not going to compare myself with the really quick guys (17000mtrs) though. Thanks again.

[hjs]

@ Martin, Keith & Stu,
Many thanks, i surprise myself sometimes. I didn't realise how doggedly determined i can be. The pain markers were 36-48 min in, when doubts tried to derail me.I'm fitter now than when i was 32 ? I think i was still around 22stone back then.I'm not going to compare myself with the really quick guys (17000mtrs) though. Thanks again.

Told you before, you are far beyond average talented, you still make pretty rapid progress on not overly much training. Last years 2k was after a relative short trainingblock. Keep the focus, you have more to come!

[Anth_F]

Ok that's enough talk about the weather..
Here's my 60min P.B. 16557m @ 1:48.5 26spm DF 133. 273w No warm up. C' Breeze,tall fan, patio door open.
Splits,
12mins 3314m 1:48.6
24mins 3322m 1:48.3
36mins 3293m 1:49.3 ( thoughts of why?)
48mins 3300m 1:49.0 (told myself to shut up and get on with it, literally).
60mins 3349m 1:47.4

4k c/d

Hehe thats an awesome 60min PB... really strong finish too. Big congrats on that one Andrew!!!

[Dangerscouse]

The pain markers were 36-48 min in, when doubts tried to derail me.I'm fitter now than when i was 32 ? I think i was still around 22stone back then.I'm not going to compare myself with the really quick guys (17000mtrs) though. Thanks again.

That's where it really bites for me as well, 40ish mins in to a long row if I'm really pushing hard.

Yeah, breaking 17km is a really massive effort but 16.5k is also a very good result so don't downplay what you have done.

[DavidA]

Ok that's enough talk about the weather..
Here's my 60min P.B. 16557m @ 1:48.5 26spm DF 133. 273w No warm up. C' Breeze,tall fan, patio door open.
Splits,
12mins 3314m 1:48.6
24mins 3322m 1:48.3
36mins 3293m 1:49.3 ( thoughts of why?)
48mins 3300m 1:49.0 (told myself to shut up and get on with it, literally).
60mins 3349m 1:47.4

4k c/d

Congratulations on a terrific PB!
(Although it appears to be a wind-aided result )

...C' Breeze,tall fan, patio door open

David

[lindsayh]

I'm fitter now than when i was 32 ? I think i was still around 22stone back then.I'm not going to compare myself with the really quick guys (17000mtrs) though. Thanks again.

One of the great things about the erg I think is that even when you have done something that seems really special there is always someone faster ahead of you setting a goal to aspire to (unless your name is maybe TJ Oesterling or Ollie Zeidler). Like Henry I reckon you still have some serious Blue Sky Andrew.

[tgarrett3794]

I'm a little late, but saw this thread and decided to post my recent achievement with the 2019 summer solstice challenge.

I have a history in triathlons, so the HM didn't really scare me, and I previously been doing some work on the rower due to crossfit. Got my Erg in april 2019, and really started doing solid workouts starting in june. After hearing about the challenge, I decided to give it a shot.

I wanted to keep a 2:20 pace for a time of 1:38:00.00, and I was really close to that.



Time

Meters

Pace

Watts

Cal/Hr

S/M

1:39:48.9 21,097m 2:21.9 122 721 25

19:53.0 4,300m 2:18.7 131 751 25
20:14.5 8,600m 2:21.2 124 727 25
20:35.4 12,900m 2:23.6 118 706 26
20:58.0 17,200m 2:26.2 112 684 26
18:08.1 21,097m 2:19.6 129 742 27

I hope to complete my first FM next year

[JimS]

No rugby game today so thought i would give a 2k pb a go. Previous PB in feb. 6.45.0

2k. 6:43.1

500 1:39.2
1000. 1:41.2
1500. 1:41.4
2000. 1:41.3

Hadnt tried in a while. Thought 640 was possible, but pacing was a big stab in the dark. Also. This was a midday row on a fullish stomach, very different to my empty stomach morning usual.

Breathing was harder with the full stomach.

Still. Happy enough.

[max_ratcliffe]

No rugby game today so thought i would give a 2k pb a go. Previous PB in feb. 6.45.0

2k. 6:43.1

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Very well done.

Breathing was harder with the full stomach.

Great line.

[jimmyshand]

I'm a little late, but saw this thread and decided to post my recent achievement with the 2019 summer solstice challenge.

I have a history in triathlons, so the HM didn't really scare me, and I previously been doing some work on the rower due to crossfit. Got my Erg in april 2019, and really started doing solid workouts starting in june. After hearing about the challenge, I decided to give it a shot.

I wanted to keep a 2:20 pace for a time of 1:38:00.00, and I was really close to that.



Time

Meters

Pace

Watts

Cal/Hr

S/M

1:39:48.9 21,097m 2:21.9 122 721 25

19:53.0 4,300m 2:18.7 131 751 25
20:14.5 8,600m 2:21.2 124 727 25
20:35.4 12,900m 2:23.6 118 706 26
20:58.0 17,200m 2:26.2 112 684 26
18:08.1 21,097m 2:19.6 129 742 27

I hope to complete my first FM next year

Great job! Looks like you paced it conservatively so would be able to go a good bit faster next time.

[max_ratcliffe]

Ticked over the 1M rowing metres mark today.

I have a rather sobering 935,670m to go on ski erg, though!

[Dangerscouse]

I'm a little late, but saw this thread and decided to post my recent achievement with the 2019 summer solstice challenge.

I have a history in triathlons, so the HM didn't really scare me, and I previously been doing some work on the rower due to crossfit. Got my Erg in april 2019, and really started doing solid workouts starting in june. After hearing about the challenge, I decided to give it a shot.

I wanted to keep a 2:20 pace for a time of 1:38:00.00, and I was really close to that.

1:39:48.9 21,097m 2:21.9 122 721 25

19:53.0 4,300m 2:18.7 131 751 25
20:14.5 8,600m 2:21.2 124 727 25
20:35.4 12,900m 2:23.6 118 706 26
20:58.0 17,200m 2:26.2 112 684 26
18:08.1 21,097m 2:19.6 129 742 27

I hope to complete my first FM next year

Well done mate

No rugby game today so thought i would give a 2k pb a go. Previous PB in feb. 6.45.0

2k. 6:43.1

500 1:39.2
1000. 1:41.2
1500. 1:41.4
2000. 1:41.3

Hadnt tried in a while. Thought 640 was possible, but pacing was a big stab in the dark. Also. This was a midday row on a fullish stomach, very different to my empty stomach morning usual.

Breathing was harder with the full stomach.

Still. Happy enough.

I know from experience it's a horrible feeling to row with a seemingly full stomach as I almost always row first thing in the morning like you. As well as affecting your breathing you'll be concentrating on it too much when you need to focus on positive thoughts

Two seconds faster is a great improvement and with more training and an empty stomach you'll defo go faster