New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[KeithT]

2km TT today. Plan was 6 or 7 fast pulls to start then settle into 1.36's - 1.37's for the remainder and hold on for dear life.
Pretty much thats what eventuated.

Was aiming to hold 33spm in the early stages so i could rate and pace up but my legs said otherwise. Tried for a sprint a minute out but i was awash with lactic by that point.

Severe erg cough afterwards and still now in fact. But very happy with a 6 second PB

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:24.7 2,000m 1:36.1 393 1654 36
0:47.0 250m 1:34.0 421 1750 36
0:48.0 500m 1:35.9 396 1661 35
0:48.3 750m 1:36.6 388 1636 35
0:48.2 1,000m 1:36.3 391 1644 35
0:48.4 1,250m 1:36.8 386 1628 36
0:48.4 1,500m 1:36.8 386 1628 36
0:48.3 1,750m 1:36.6 388 1636 37
0:48.0 2,000m 1:35.9 396 1661 40

Fantastic result!! Even if you flew by my PB

Looks paced pretty well too. I figured you had this coming. I feel you on the ERG cough, had it for a couple days after the 5K/1K TTs. With you rate of improvement I think you have sub 6:20 coming in the not so far future.

[KeithT]

Not the one I want, of course, but it was still way too hot to train properly this evening (and way too many mozzies about too). A desultory 2k w/u and I decided that... that... that I still had no idea what to do, but I certainly wasn't doing a long s/s piece.

Couldn't get the phone to connect for love nor money (not that I offered it any money, and certainly not any love - I expect that's a specialist website on the dark web...). The omens weren't good.

2x30" 2'r for pacing, cranked the DF up to 134 from my usual 115 and and dialled in a 500m.

1:34.0 500m 1:34.0 41 169

18.9 100m 1:34.5 41 141
18.2 200m 1:31.0 43 167
18.5 300m 1:35.5 42 177
18.9 400m 1:34.5 41 180
19.5 500m 1:37.5 40 181

Not sure I was breathing much at all for the last 250m, and I don't recall feeling my legs in the latter half either.

When I did sprint training in June, I set my 6k PB. Now, with my 5k plan, I set my 500m PB.

I am clearly a great coach

Huge improvement for the 500m! You can tell you gave it your all too which in itself is rewarding.

[KeithT]

30' TT PB +100m
Super Saturday again after a 5k PB last week I followed it up with 30' today . This felt tough, as any PB should, especially with so little speed training recently. A few doubts around 20' but cast aside and forced over the finish line. Not the 8k I was looking for but maybe I can tease that out during October with continued training.

30:00.0 7,958m 1:53.0 27
5:00.0 1,314m 1:54.1 26
10:00.0 1,318m 1:53.8 26
15:00.0 1,325m 1:53.2 27
20:00.0 1,322m 1:53.4 27
25:00.0 1,321m 1:53.5 27
30:00.0 1,358m 1:50.4 29

I've got the IRL (1609m) and LWT (1k) monthly challenges to do to at some point which should be fun.

Your fitness has improved and I can see many PBs falling for you now. Great job on this one with a strong finish!

[winniewinser]

30' TT PB +100m
Super Saturday again after a 5k PB last week I followed it up with 30' today . This felt tough, as any PB should, especially with so little speed training recently. A few doubts around 20' but cast aside and forced over the finish line. Not the 8k I was looking for but maybe I can tease that out during October with continued training.

30:00.0 7,958m 1:53.0 27
5:00.0 1,314m 1:54.1 26
10:00.0 1,318m 1:53.8 26
15:00.0 1,325m 1:53.2 27
20:00.0 1,322m 1:53.4 27
25:00.0 1,321m 1:53.5 27
30:00.0 1,358m 1:50.4 29

I've got the IRL (1609m) and LWT (1k) monthly challenges to do to at some point which should be fun.

Your fitness has improved and I can see many PBs falling for you now. Great job on this one with a strong finish!

Many thanks Keith.....I certainly hope to be able to make progress on the longer PB's in the near future. The shorter stuff may take longer as I'm really not that strong......but have been introducing some weights 2-3 times a week

[richabrahams]

Before I mention my recent rowing accomplishments, as a complete newbie, I’d like to say how impressed I am with the rowing online community. While I don’t get much of the jargon and inside jokes, I love how knowledgeable the posters are and the wide range of topics.

I started rowing for two reasons. First, as a long-time serious competitive masters swimmer there is currently no outlet for my strong competitive nature and none in the foreseeable future. Second, my shoulders are pretty shot with arthritis, but miraculously, don’t bother me rowing.

I’m 75 years old and a lightweight (barely at 164). So about 10 days ago, after talking to the nice people at Concept 2 who showed me how the monitor worked, I tried an all out 500 meters and went a 1:38.1 which I guess tied the American record for 70-79. I’m from Denver and my health club sits at 5,400’. It was brutal and I coughed for 2 days. I should mention that I have a sprinter physiology and my best swim events are around one minute or less. Anyway, this past Saturday I tried a one-minute row which suits my physiology better and managed 328 meters which breaks the old record of 324. Way less painful. So, as you might imagine I’m pretty pumped up and may actually start seriously training more that a couple of thousand a week though I doubt I’ll ever be up for a 2,000.

[Tandstad]

Before I mention my recent rowing accomplishments, as a complete newbie, I’d like to say how impressed I am with the rowing online community. While I don’t get much of the jargon and inside jokes, I love how knowledgeable the posters are and the wide range of topics.

I started rowing for two reasons. First, as a long-time serious competitive masters swimmer there is currently no outlet for my strong competitive nature and none in the foreseeable future. Second, my shoulders are pretty shot with arthritis, but miraculously, don’t bother me rowing.

I’m 75 years old and a lightweight (barely at 164). So about 10 days ago, after talking to the nice people at Concept 2 who showed me how the monitor worked, I tried an all out 500 meters and went a 1:38.1 which I guess tied the American record for 70-79. I’m from Denver and my health club sits at 5,400’. It was brutal and I coughed for 2 days. I should mention that I have a sprinter physiology and my best swim events are around one minute or less. Anyway, this past Saturday I tried a one-minute row which suits my physiology better and managed 328 meters which breaks the old record of 324. Way less painful. So, as you might imagine I’m pretty pumped up and may actually start seriously training more that a couple of thousand a week though I doubt I’ll ever be up for a 2,000.

Welcome to the forums Rich. I must say I am hugely impressed by the times you are posting! Good job, keep it up

[Dangerscouse]

Before I mention my recent rowing accomplishments, as a complete newbie, I’d like to say how impressed I am with the rowing online community. While I don’t get much of the jargon and inside jokes, I love how knowledgeable the posters are and the wide range of topics.

I started rowing for two reasons. First, as a long-time serious competitive masters swimmer there is currently no outlet for my strong competitive nature and none in the foreseeable future. Second, my shoulders are pretty shot with arthritis, but miraculously, don’t bother me rowing.

I’m 75 years old and a lightweight (barely at 164). So about 10 days ago, after talking to the nice people at Concept 2 who showed me how the monitor worked, I tried an all out 500 meters and went a 1:38.1 which I guess tied the American record for 70-79. I’m from Denver and my health club sits at 5,400’. It was brutal and I coughed for 2 days. I should mention that I have a sprinter physiology and my best swim events are around one minute or less. Anyway, this past Saturday I tried a one-minute row which suits my physiology better and managed 328 meters which breaks the old record of 324. Way less painful. So, as you might imagine I’m pretty pumped up and may actually start seriously training more that a couple of thousand a week though I doubt I’ll ever be up for a 2,000.

Very impressive results Rich, and I'd assume the higher altitude will be a limiting factor too.

Rowing is a very esoteric hobby, so I think it naturally engenders camaraderie, as we can all understand the sweat and swearing that progress involves

[winniewinser]

Before I mention my recent rowing accomplishments, as a complete newbie, I’d like to say how impressed I am with the rowing online community. While I don’t get much of the jargon and inside jokes, I love how knowledgeable the posters are and the wide range of topics.

I started rowing for two reasons. First, as a long-time serious competitive masters swimmer there is currently no outlet for my strong competitive nature and none in the foreseeable future. Second, my shoulders are pretty shot with arthritis, but miraculously, don’t bother me rowing.

I’m 75 years old and a lightweight (barely at 164). So about 10 days ago, after talking to the nice people at Concept 2 who showed me how the monitor worked, I tried an all out 500 meters and went a 1:38.1 which I guess tied the American record for 70-79. I’m from Denver and my health club sits at 5,400’. It was brutal and I coughed for 2 days. I should mention that I have a sprinter physiology and my best swim events are around one minute or less. Anyway, this past Saturday I tried a one-minute row which suits my physiology better and managed 328 meters which breaks the old record of 324. Way less painful. So, as you might imagine I’m pretty pumped up and may actually start seriously training more that a couple of thousand a week though I doubt I’ll ever be up for a 2,000.

Welcome aboard and congrats on breaking records already!....more to come no doubt

[Dino]

Before I mention my recent rowing accomplishments, as a complete newbie, I’d like to say how impressed I am with the rowing online community. While I don’t get much of the jargon and inside jokes, I love how knowledgeable the posters are and the wide range of topics.

I started rowing for two reasons. First, as a long-time serious competitive masters swimmer there is currently no outlet for my strong competitive nature and none in the foreseeable future. Second, my shoulders are pretty shot with arthritis, but miraculously, don’t bother me rowing.

I’m 75 years old and a lightweight (barely at 164). So about 10 days ago, after talking to the nice people at Concept 2 who showed me how the monitor worked, I tried an all out 500 meters and went a 1:38.1 which I guess tied the American record for 70-79. I’m from Denver and my health club sits at 5,400’. It was brutal and I coughed for 2 days. I should mention that I have a sprinter physiology and my best swim events are around one minute or less. Anyway, this past Saturday I tried a one-minute row which suits my physiology better and managed 328 meters which breaks the old record of 324. Way less painful. So, as you might imagine I’m pretty pumped up and may actually start seriously training more that a couple of thousand a week though I doubt I’ll ever be up for a 2,000.

What a way to start your erging career!
There are a few people from Denver on here and many people in their 70's pushing out some incredible times. I am sure for swimming you must have done reasonably long training sessions? Its much the same on the erg, once you get used to rowing, the longer sessions will get easier and will help all your distances even the shorter ones. When I first started erging properly (when I got my own) I considered a 5k training piece row a long way especially after being in the gym a long time ago when it was typically 2k and off to the next piece of equipment. But you do get used it! There are some real power-houses on here who have amazing 500m and 1k times, but who also then turn round top tier 10k+ times.
Check out the times Cyclingman1 (Jim Grattan) puts out in the rankings. He is 74 and had hip operations!
This is a very useful site put together by one of the forum members: https://www.rankedworkouts.com/
It allows you to search across all seasons, not just season by season.

[max_ratcliffe]

Before I mention my recent rowing accomplishments, as a complete newbie, I’d like to say how impressed I am with the rowing online community. While I don’t get much of the jargon and inside jokes, I love how knowledgeable the posters are and the wide range of topics.

I started rowing for two reasons. First, as a long-time serious competitive masters swimmer there is currently no outlet for my strong competitive nature and none in the foreseeable future. Second, my shoulders are pretty shot with arthritis, but miraculously, don’t bother me rowing.

I’m 75 years old and a lightweight (barely at 164). So about 10 days ago, after talking to the nice people at Concept 2 who showed me how the monitor worked, I tried an all out 500 meters and went a 1:38.1 which I guess tied the American record for 70-79. I’m from Denver and my health club sits at 5,400’. It was brutal and I coughed for 2 days. I should mention that I have a sprinter physiology and my best swim events are around one minute or less. Anyway, this past Saturday I tried a one-minute row which suits my physiology better and managed 328 meters which breaks the old record of 324. Way less painful. So, as you might imagine I’m pretty pumped up and may actually start seriously training more that a couple of thousand a week though I doubt I’ll ever be up for a 2,000.

Welcome Rich,

What a start! There's clearly something special about 328m

What did you rate when you did the one-minute? As you're so new to this, I expect that you can soon learn to rate up further, and that would definitely get you more metres. Another 15m would really be interesting!

I can't imagine anyone at altitude ever wanting to do 2k! It's tough enough at sea-level.

[max_ratcliffe]

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I am clearly a great coach

Huge improvement for the 500m! You can tell you gave it your all too which in itself is rewarding.

Thanks Keith,

I think I can probably die a bit less with a bit of focused training, but I've got other targets for this year now.

[jimmyshand]

I'm falling so far behind with keeping up to date on all the epic PBs here so I'm just really stopping by again to catch up - and of course to say congratulations to the PB speed demons, including:

Max - 500 metres of glory!
Rich - incredible time on the 500 considering everything, including altitude!
Winnie - 8k no problem next time I bet. Well, maybe not 'no problem' but with looking good.
Ian - I can only dream of such pain. Fantastic 2k.
Bardmars - great work taking a chunk off the 2k.
Martin - 10k of pure nastiness!

I really need to get some more PBs again. It's been too long, but I am building back to it and still putting in the metres.

[KeithT]

Thanks for all the responses about not listening to my body. I did a super easy row today but I did sign up for the comp this weekend. However, I am using the taper as a reason to rest some. Taking tomorrow off, then another easy row Thursday and then Friday off. I may not feel too prepared on the weekend but hopefully at least a bit recovered. Just realized I put this in the wrong section since not PB related, not sure how to move so sorry.

[Meek]

Tried a hard 5k. Lopped almost a minute off my old time. 18:45. Think I can go a little faster as I had a little sprint left in the end. I’m happy as I’m making solid progress.

[Dangerscouse]

Thanks for all the responses about not listening to my body. I did a super easy row today but I did sign up for the comp this weekend. However, I am using the taper as a reason to rest some. Taking tomorrow off, then another easy row Thursday and then Friday off. I may not feel too prepared on the weekend but hopefully at least a bit recovered. Just realized I put this in the wrong section since not PB related, not sure how to move so sorry.

Taking a day off, and deciding to take it easy, is a PB for you mate