New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[Dangerscouse]

An unplanned, unexpected 6km PB by 46s. I was trying to get the cardiologist some data and felt good so kept going . Not having the HR on the PM5 helped too.

Last ticker tests tomorrow so hoping to get some sort of diagnosis after that

22:20.8 6,000m 1:51.7 251 1163 26
4:32.3 1,200m 1:53.4 240 1124 25
4:29.9 2,400m 1:52.4 246 1146 25
4:27.6 3,600m 1:51.5 252 1168 27
4:26.9 4,800m 1:51.2 254 1175 27
4:24.1 6,000m 1:50.0 263 1203 27

1st PB in a loooonnnnggg time

Woah, I didn't expect to see you PBing for a while yet. Well done Alex, really good session mate.

Good luck with the cardiologist, my wife is going on Thursday to see one too

[winniewinser]

Huge improvement with great pacing!! Way to go! Hope your test are OK. Love the unplanned and unexpected PBs.

Big congrats mate, as fast as your 5k pace, without any speed training for such a long time!
Good luck, I hope your cardiologist will have good news for you, then you'll have a lot of posts in this thread

Woah, I didn't expect to see you PBing for a while yet. Well done Alex, really good session mate.

Good luck with the cardiologist, my wife is going on Thursday to see one too

Thanks chaps. I hadn't even planned to do a 6km let alone a faster one. Found a good rhythm so thought I'd go with it.

No sign of any issues either but it can be very sporadic. Hopefully I'll get some more info after tomorrow once the consultant has reviewed the results.

Fingers crossed for your wife Stu

[iangallagher]

An unplanned, unexpected 6km PB by 46s. I was trying to get the cardiologist some data and felt good so kept going . Not having the HR on the PM5 helped too.

Last ticker tests tomorrow so hoping to get some sort of diagnosis after that

22:20.8 6,000m 1:51.7 251 1163 26
4:32.3 1,200m 1:53.4 240 1124 25
4:29.9 2,400m 1:52.4 246 1146 25
4:27.6 3,600m 1:51.5 252 1168 27
4:26.9 4,800m 1:51.2 254 1175 27
4:24.1 6,000m 1:50.0 263 1203 27

1st PB in a loooonnnnggg time

Well done mate! And look at the pacing - a perfect session! Fingers crossed for a good diagnosis

[max_ratcliffe]

An unplanned, unexpected 6km PB by 46s. I was trying to get the cardiologist some data and felt good so kept going . Not having the HR on the PM5 helped too.

Last ticker tests tomorrow so hoping to get some sort of diagnosis after that

22:20.8 6,000m 1:51.7 251 1163 26
4:32.3 1,200m 1:53.4 240 1124 25
4:29.9 2,400m 1:52.4 246 1146 25
4:27.6 3,600m 1:51.5 252 1168 27
4:26.9 4,800m 1:51.2 254 1175 27
4:24.1 6,000m 1:50.0 263 1203 27

1st PB in a loooonnnnggg time

All your aerobic work has clearly paid off. Frankly, it was a bit scary watching your progress with all the steady volume as your HR for a given pace just got lower and lower. I think we've all been wondering what would happen once you released the shackles a bit.

Really good piece, and judging by the splits, not even that hard...? Well done.

[Dino]

An unplanned, unexpected 6km PB by 46s. I was trying to get the cardiologist some data and felt good so kept going . Not having the HR on the PM5 helped too.

Last ticker tests tomorrow so hoping to get some sort of diagnosis after that

22:20.8 6,000m 1:51.7 251 1163 26
4:32.3 1,200m 1:53.4 240 1124 25
4:29.9 2,400m 1:52.4 246 1146 25
4:27.6 3,600m 1:51.5 252 1168 27
4:26.9 4,800m 1:51.2 254 1175 27
4:24.1 6,000m 1:50.0 263 1203 27

1st PB in a loooonnnnggg time

Great job Alex! Hopefully you'll get the all clear as you need to revisit your 5k now!

[winniewinser]

Well done mate! And look at the pacing - a perfect session! Fingers crossed for a good diagnosis

All your aerobic work has clearly paid off. Frankly, it was a bit scary watching your progress with all the steady volume as your HR for a given pace just got lower and lower. I think we've all been wondering what would happen once you released the shackles a bit.

Really good piece, and judging by the splits, not even that hard...? Well done.

Great job Alex! Hopefully you'll get the all clear as you need to revisit your 5k now!

Thanks fellas. It was such a strange session as I had no plan or expectations and had intended to do 6km warmup before a weights stint but it started well and I just settled into a good breathing pattern and went from there.

It does make a few other PB's look a bit light now but I'll wait for the official diagnosis before taking too many risks. Nice to have a positive though as I was starting to lose interest.

[jsarche]

I decided today was the day to get the 5K time trial for the September Cross-Team Challenge out of the way. I was just hoping to keep fairly close to my previous personal best, but I wound up 7.5 seconds off it -- in the right direction. Everything was just clicking, and I even managed a sprint near the end to secure my new PB of 18:48.0, which I'm super happy with. Keep rowing, friends!

[MartinSH4321]

I decided today was the day to get the 5K time trial for the September Cross-Team Challenge out of the way. I was just hoping to keep fairly close to my previous personal best, but I wound up 7.5 seconds off it -- in the right direction. Everything was just clicking, and I even managed a sprint near the end to secure my new PB of 18:48.0, which I'm super happy with. Keep rowing, friends!

That's a great improvement, and nicely paced, well done!

[Dino]

I decided today was the day to get the 5K time trial for the September Cross-Team Challenge out of the way. I was just hoping to keep fairly close to my previous personal best, but I wound up 7.5 seconds off it -- in the right direction. Everything was just clicking, and I even managed a sprint near the end to secure my new PB of 18:48.0, which I'm super happy with. Keep rowing, friends!

Super effort. It's great when everything comes together and you take a big slice off
Looking at your times compared to mine and this 5k PB I would have thought sub 7.20 on the 2k and a big chunk off your 10k are probably there for the taking too.

[Dangerscouse]

I decided today was the day to get the 5K time trial for the September Cross-Team Challenge out of the way. I was just hoping to keep fairly close to my previous personal best, but I wound up 7.5 seconds off it -- in the right direction. Everything was just clicking, and I even managed a sprint near the end to secure my new PB of 18:48.0, which I'm super happy with. Keep rowing, friends!

Well done, 7.5 seconds is a great improvement

[winniewinser]

I decided today was the day to get the 5K time trial for the September Cross-Team Challenge out of the way. I was just hoping to keep fairly close to my previous personal best, but I wound up 7.5 seconds off it -- in the right direction. Everything was just clicking, and I even managed a sprint near the end to secure my new PB of 18:48.0, which I'm super happy with. Keep rowing, friends!

Well done on the new PB....looks well paced with a nice fast last too......congrats!

[jsarche]

Super effort. It's great when everything comes together and you take a big slice off
Looking at your times compared to mine and this 5k PB I would have thought sub 7.20 on the 2k and a big chunk off your 10k are probably there for the taking too.

Thanks, guys, and you’re absolutely right, Dino, that it’s time to take another shot at some of my other times. You targeted the two I’m looking at as next to fall.

[Tandstad]

I decided today was the day to get the 5K time trial for the September Cross-Team Challenge out of the way. I was just hoping to keep fairly close to my previous personal best, but I wound up 7.5 seconds off it -- in the right direction. Everything was just clicking, and I even managed a sprint near the end to secure my new PB of 18:48.0, which I'm super happy with. Keep rowing, friends!

Beautiful stuff jsarche, good power in the last k too, promising!

[max_ratcliffe]

I decided today was the day to get the 5K time trial for the September Cross-Team Challenge out of the way. I was just hoping to keep fairly close to my previous personal best, but I wound up 7.5 seconds off it -- in the right direction. Everything was just clicking, and I even managed a sprint near the end to secure my new PB of 18:48.0, which I'm super happy with. Keep rowing, friends!

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Great stuff Jon, very good pace at a low rate. Plenty of work in each stroke!

[KeithT]

I decided today was the day to get the 5K time trial for the September Cross-Team Challenge out of the way. I was just hoping to keep fairly close to my previous personal best, but I wound up 7.5 seconds off it -- in the right direction. Everything was just clicking, and I even managed a sprint near the end to secure my new PB of 18:48.0, which I'm super happy with. Keep rowing, friends!

Good improvement, good pacing, all came together and wasn't completely expected - love days like that, well done!