New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[boomingaway]

1:34.4 500m 1:34.3 416 1731 41 178

0:19.2 100m 1:35.9 396 1661 44 166
0:18.7 200m 1:33.5 428 1773 38 176
0:18.6 300m 1:33.0 435 1797 42 180
0:18.7 400m 1:33.5 428 1773 42 184
0:19.1 500m 1:35.5 402 1682 41 184

I'm not sure where that came from, my stretch goal was sub 1:35! I coasted a little at the end when I knew it was in the bag, to avoid blowing up.

[Tony Cook]

1:34.4 500m 1:34.3 416 1731 41 178

0:19.2 100m 1:35.9 396 1661 44 166
0:18.7 200m 1:33.5 428 1773 38 176
0:18.6 300m 1:33.0 435 1797 42 180
0:18.7 400m 1:33.5 428 1773 42 184
0:19.1 500m 1:35.5 402 1682 41 184

I'm not sure where that came from, my stretch goal was sub 1:35! I coasted a little at the end when I knew it was in the bag, to avoid blowing up.

Good stuff. Sub 1:34 already in the bag on that performance!

[Dino]

1:34.4 500m 1:34.3 416 1731 41 178
I'm not sure where that came from, my stretch goal was sub 1:35! I coasted a little at the end when I knew it was in the bag, to avoid blowing up.

Well done! 500m is something I don't touch very often - in fact its been ~18 months now since did my PB and haven't tried it since!
Looks like more to come on this distance for you too.

[KeithT]

1:34.4 500m 1:34.3 416 1731 41 178

0:19.2 100m 1:35.9 396 1661 44 166
0:18.7 200m 1:33.5 428 1773 38 176
0:18.6 300m 1:33.0 435 1797 42 180
0:18.7 400m 1:33.5 428 1773 42 184
0:19.1 500m 1:35.5 402 1682 41 184

I'm not sure where that came from, my stretch goal was sub 1:35! I coasted a little at the end when I knew it was in the bag, to avoid blowing up.

Beat your stretch goal and had some left in the tank - very promising for even lower scores.

[boomingaway]

Well done! 500m is something I don't touch very often - in fact its been ~18 months now since did my PB and haven't tried it since!
Looks like more to come on this distance for you too.

Thanks, I'm really looking forward to zwift races!

Good stuff. Sub 1:34 already in the bag on that performance!

Thank you Tony!

Beat your stretch goal and had some left in the tank - very promising for even lower scores.

Thanks Keith!

[Tony Cook]

Not a PB as such but I’m still gonna brag because today I reached 1,000,000 metres since I started my current plan on 25 March.

[Tony Cook]

Accidental HM PB today. Had a 90 min UT2 on my plan and thought that would be just over a HM so set the distance to 21097. 19/20 SPM and 138 HR cap (almost) and did:
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:24:37.0 21,097m 2:00.3 201 991 19 137
16:28.5 4,300m 1:54.9 230 1093 20 136
16:53.6 8,600m 1:57.8 214 1035 20 135
17:43.5 12,900m 2:03.6 185 936 19 136
17:44.4 17,200m 2:03.7 185 935 19 140
15:46.9 21,097m 2:01.4 195 971 20 139

[Tandstad]

Accidental HM PB today. Had a 90 min UT2 on my plan and thought that would be just over a HM so set the distance to 21097. 19/20 SPM and 138 HR cap (almost) and did:
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:24:37.0 21,097m 2:00.3 201 991 19 137
16:28.5 4,300m 1:54.9 230 1093 20 136
16:53.6 8,600m 1:57.8 214 1035 20 135
17:43.5 12,900m 2:03.6 185 936 19 136
17:44.4 17,200m 2:03.7 185 935 19 140
15:46.9 21,097m 2:01.4 195 971 20 139

Real strong at low HR, congrats on the accidental PB(,) , are you thinking about going all in to see what you can do anytime?

[Dino]

Accidental HM PB today. Had a 90 min UT2 on my plan and thought that would be just over a HM so set the distance to 21097. 19/20 SPM and 138 HR cap (almost) and did:
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:24:37.0 21,097m 2:00.3 201 991 19 137
16:28.5 4,300m 1:54.9 230 1093 20 136
16:53.6 8,600m 1:57.8 214 1035 20 135
17:43.5 12,900m 2:03.6 185 936 19 136
17:44.4 17,200m 2:03.7 185 935 19 140
15:46.9 21,097m 2:01.4 195 971 20 139

Congratulations on this and reaching 1mm since March

[winniewinser]

Accidental HM PB today. Had a 90 min UT2 on my plan and thought that would be just over a HM so set the distance to 21097. 19/20 SPM and 138 HR cap (almost) and did:
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:24:37.0 21,097m 2:00.3 201 991 19 137
16:28.5 4,300m 1:54.9 230 1093 20 136
16:53.6 8,600m 1:57.8 214 1035 20 135
17:43.5 12,900m 2:03.6 185 936 19 136
17:44.4 17,200m 2:03.7 185 935 19 140
15:46.9 21,097m 2:01.4 195 971 20 139

Big congrats Tony...more to come I fancy!

[Dangerscouse]

Accidental HM PB today. Had a 90 min UT2 on my plan and thought that would be just over a HM so set the distance to 21097. 19/20 SPM and 138 HR cap (almost)

Tony, that's a very good HM at r20 nevermind with a 138 cap. Well done mate, you should be very proud of this

[philjoakley]

Accidental HM PB today. Had a 90 min UT2 on my plan and thought that would be just over a HM so set the distance to 21097. 19/20 SPM and 138 HR cap (almost) and did:
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:24:37.0 21,097m 2:00.3 201 991 19 137
16:28.5 4,300m 1:54.9 230 1093 20 136
16:53.6 8,600m 1:57.8 214 1035 20 135
17:43.5 12,900m 2:03.6 185 936 19 136
17:44.4 17,200m 2:03.7 185 935 19 140
15:46.9 21,097m 2:01.4 195 971 20 139

Nice row Tony. There's clearly a lot more in the tank here. Well done!

[KeithT]

Not a PB as such but I’m still gonna brag because today I reached 1,000,000 metres since I started my current plan on 25 March.

That's very much worth posting - great work!

[Hugh Trenchard]

Sometimes think it's better to just go for a long goal on the day rather than fret about it for weeks.

Yep. With something like a 100km you can't just fit it in whenever you want so I had no choice, not least as my 12hr charity challenge was rapidly approaching and I needed to start tapering.

If you're not too bothered about time it's not too bad, at least it wasn't when I did my 12hr session. My 100km day was extremely horrific and the only things that didn't hurt afterwards was my hair and fingernails but I suspect i had over trained leading up to it

How did you manage not to hurt your fingernails? I lost one fingernail completely, significantly damaged another with minor damage to two more, after a 100k row. A year prior I lost a fingernail after a marathon row. I'm wondering if there's anything special folks to do prep their hands for marathons or longe?

[KeithT]

Sometimes think it's better to just go for a long goal on the day rather than fret about it for weeks.

Yep. With something like a 100km you can't just fit it in whenever you want so I had no choice, not least as my 12hr charity challenge was rapidly approaching and I needed to start tapering.

If you're not too bothered about time it's not too bad, at least it wasn't when I did my 12hr session. My 100km day was extremely horrific and the only things that didn't hurt afterwards was my hair and fingernails but I suspect i had over trained leading up to it

How did you manage not to hurt your fingernails? I lost one fingernail completely, significantly damaged another with minor damage to two more, after a 100k row. A year prior I lost a fingernail after a marathon row. I'm wondering if there's anything special folks to do prep their hands for marathons or longe?

I taped a few fingers that get blisters before my first FM but still ended up with two black fingernails (smallest fingers) - never lost them though they are still half black 3 months later. I thought this was because they are both crooked from being broke many times and they get "squished" by other fingers but maybe this is more common than I think.