New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[KeithT]

Squeezed 1.6 secs off my 500m PB. 7 weeks of Wolverine?
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:28.4 500m 1:28.4 507 2043 41 154
0:17.8 100m 1:28.9 496 2008 54 130
0:17.7 200m 1:28.5 505 2037 37 150
0:17.7 300m 1:28.5 505 2037 37 160
0:17.4 400m 1:27.0 532 2129 41 165
0:17.8 500m 1:28.9 496 2008 40 167

Great score and a very consistent row too.

[Tony Cook]

Squeezed 1.6 secs off my 500m PB. 7 weeks of Wolverine?
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:28.4 500m 1:28.4 507 2043 41 154
0:17.8 100m 1:28.9 496 2008 54 130
0:17.7 200m 1:28.5 505 2037 37 150
0:17.7 300m 1:28.5 505 2037 37 160
0:17.4 400m 1:27.0 532 2129 41 165
0:17.8 500m 1:28.9 496 2008 40 167

Great score and a very consistent row too.

Thanks Keith. I wanted to ‘fly and die’ but was afraid of too much fly meaning too much die. Was definitely dying away at the end! Good burn!

[KeithT]

Squeezed 1.6 secs off my 500m PB. 7 weeks of Wolverine?
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:28.4 500m 1:28.4 507 2043 41 154
0:17.8 100m 1:28.9 496 2008 54 130
0:17.7 200m 1:28.5 505 2037 37 150
0:17.7 300m 1:28.5 505 2037 37 160
0:17.4 400m 1:27.0 532 2129 41 165
0:17.8 500m 1:28.9 496 2008 40 167

Great score and a very consistent row too.

Thanks Keith. I wanted to ‘fly and die’ but was afraid of too much fly meaning too much die. Was definitely dying away at the end! Good burn!

Last 100m was just a tad slower than overall so judged it well. You can get by with a little more "fly and die" on the 500m but the fade can crush you.

[MartinSH4321]

Squeezed 1.6 secs off my 500m PB. 7 weeks of Wolverine?
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:28.4 500m 1:28.4 507 2043 41 154
0:17.8 100m 1:28.9 496 2008 54 130
0:17.7 200m 1:28.5 505 2037 37 150
0:17.7 300m 1:28.5 505 2037 37 160
0:17.4 400m 1:27.0 532 2129 41 165
0:17.8 500m 1:28.9 496 2008 40 167

Well done Tony, good improvement! As Keith said a bit more fly and die can help but can also crush you, it's a matter of experience and trial and error. A higher rating in the middle can propably work too.

[Stefan Strand]

12k today. 49:26
I know the distance kind of does not count. But it is my standard longer distance row. Today I felt like pushing it and I did end up with a little faster pace tan my best 10k.

[iangallagher]

Really pleased with this. Great talk from JD prior about not panicking when the splits increase. My training has proven that i can dig deep and finish strong so today was about trusting in that

Having said that, after a good start things started to feel impossibly hard pretty quickly. Desperately wanted to HD with 1200 to go but the emotion of failing was a strong motivator to keep going. And the plan was to finish regardless and just use this a training session if it all went south.

I was in a good rhythm throughout and with 400 to go my average was 1.35.3. so the next 400 was all about going hard to bring the average down. That in itself was quite motivating.

Glad to get this done. More relief than anything. The feeling of an HD is far stronger than the feeling of accomplishment i find so the next focus will be sub 6.19. If i can just hold the middle part a little stronger then that shouldnt be too far away.

Will continue to focus on 2km training whilst we're in one of the hottest summer months. The weather doesnt allow me to focus on anything longer, so that will need to wait.


Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:19.4 2,000m 1:34.8 410 1711 34
1:14.9 400m 1:33.6 426 1767 35
1:16.4 800m 1:35.5 402 1682 34
1:16.8 1,200m 1:35.9 396 1661 34
1:16.6 1,600m 1:35.7 399 1672 34
1:14.7 2,000m 1:33.3 430 1779 38

[max_ratcliffe]

Really pleased with this. Great talk from JD prior about not panicking when the splits increase. My training has proven that i can dig deep and finish strong so today was about trusting in that

Having said that, after a good start things started to feel impossibly hard pretty quickly. Desperately wanted to HD with 1200 to go but the emotion of failing was a strong motivator to keep going. And the plan was to finish regardless and just use this a training session if it all went south.

I was in a good rhythm throughout and with 400 to go my average was 1.35.3. so the next 400 was all about going hard to bring the average down. That in itself was quite motivating.

Glad to get this done. More relief than anything. The feeling of an HD is far stronger than the feeling of accomplishment i find so the next focus will be sub 6.19. If i can just hold the middle part a little stronger then that shouldnt be too far away.

Will continue to focus on 2km training whilst we're in one of the hottest summer months. The weather doesnt allow me to focus on anything longer, so that will need to wait.


Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:19.4 2,000m 1:34.8 410 1711 34
1:14.9 400m 1:33.6 426 1767 35
1:16.4 800m 1:35.5 402 1682 34
1:16.8 1,200m 1:35.9 396 1661 34
1:16.6 1,600m 1:35.7 399 1672 34
1:14.7 2,000m 1:33.3 430 1779 38

Very well done Ian. Your training has been completely on point and you deserve this great result.

[iangallagher]

Really pleased with this. Great talk from JD prior about not panicking when the splits increase. My training has proven that i can dig deep and finish strong so today was about trusting in that

Having said that, after a good start things started to feel impossibly hard pretty quickly. Desperately wanted to HD with 1200 to go but the emotion of failing was a strong motivator to keep going. And the plan was to finish regardless and just use this a training session if it all went south.

I was in a good rhythm throughout and with 400 to go my average was 1.35.3. so the next 400 was all about going hard to bring the average down. That in itself was quite motivating.

Glad to get this done. More relief than anything. The feeling of an HD is far stronger than the feeling of accomplishment i find so the next focus will be sub 6.19. If i can just hold the middle part a little stronger then that shouldnt be too far away.

Will continue to focus on 2km training whilst we're in one of the hottest summer months. The weather doesnt allow me to focus on anything longer, so that will need to wait.


Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:19.4 2,000m 1:34.8 410 1711 34
1:14.9 400m 1:33.6 426 1767 35
1:16.4 800m 1:35.5 402 1682 34
1:16.8 1,200m 1:35.9 396 1661 34
1:16.6 1,600m 1:35.7 399 1672 34
1:14.7 2,000m 1:33.3 430 1779 38

Very well done Ian. Your training has been completely on point and you deserve this great result.

appreciate that Max. cheers buddy!

[Tandstad]

Really pleased with this. Great talk from JD prior about not panicking when the splits increase. My training has proven that i can dig deep and finish strong so today was about trusting in that

Having said that, after a good start things started to feel impossibly hard pretty quickly. Desperately wanted to HD with 1200 to go but the emotion of failing was a strong motivator to keep going. And the plan was to finish regardless and just use this a training session if it all went south.

I was in a good rhythm throughout and with 400 to go my average was 1.35.3. so the next 400 was all about going hard to bring the average down. That in itself was quite motivating.

Glad to get this done. More relief than anything. The feeling of an HD is far stronger than the feeling of accomplishment i find so the next focus will be sub 6.19. If i can just hold the middle part a little stronger then that shouldnt be too far away.

Will continue to focus on 2km training whilst we're in one of the hottest summer months. The weather doesnt allow me to focus on anything longer, so that will need to wait.


Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:19.4 2,000m 1:34.8 410 1711 34
1:14.9 400m 1:33.6 426 1767 35
1:16.4 800m 1:35.5 402 1682 34
1:16.8 1,200m 1:35.9 396 1661 34
1:16.6 1,600m 1:35.7 399 1672 34
1:14.7 2,000m 1:33.3 430 1779 38

Nobody deserves this more than you do right now Ian, the capacity to go sub 6:20 has been there for some time, it is just a matter of finding the right day and the correct way to approach it You managed to keep the rating down quite well too, before going all out on the last part. Really well done!

Funny thing while you are having a very hot summer, we are having what for this part of Norway(out on the coast) is a cold winter, just hit 19 below this morning I do have to say since I am a big and sweaty guy, I much prefer negative 19 to positive 40 Positive 40 is only good for drinking cold beer IMO...wait, perhaps I do prefer that?

[hjs]

Congrats Ian, well done !

[iangallagher]

Really pleased with this. Great talk from JD prior about not panicking when the splits increase. My training has proven that i can dig deep and finish strong so today was about trusting in that

Having said that, after a good start things started to feel impossibly hard pretty quickly. Desperately wanted to HD with 1200 to go but the emotion of failing was a strong motivator to keep going. And the plan was to finish regardless and just use this a training session if it all went south.

I was in a good rhythm throughout and with 400 to go my average was 1.35.3. so the next 400 was all about going hard to bring the average down. That in itself was quite motivating.

Glad to get this done. More relief than anything. The feeling of an HD is far stronger than the feeling of accomplishment i find so the next focus will be sub 6.19. If i can just hold the middle part a little stronger then that shouldnt be too far away.

Will continue to focus on 2km training whilst we're in one of the hottest summer months. The weather doesnt allow me to focus on anything longer, so that will need to wait.


Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:19.4 2,000m 1:34.8 410 1711 34
1:14.9 400m 1:33.6 426 1767 35
1:16.4 800m 1:35.5 402 1682 34
1:16.8 1,200m 1:35.9 396 1661 34
1:16.6 1,600m 1:35.7 399 1672 34
1:14.7 2,000m 1:33.3 430 1779 38

Nobody deserves this more than you do right now Ian, the capacity to go sub 6:20 has been there for some time, it is just a matter of finding the right day and the correct way to approach it You managed to keep the rating down quite well too, before going all out on the last part. Really well done!

Funny thing while you are having a very hot summer, we are having what for this part of Norway(out on the coast) is a cold winter, just hit 19 below this morning I do have to say since I am a big and sweaty guy, I much prefer negative 19 to positive 40 Positive 40 is only good for drinking cold beer IMO...wait, perhaps I do prefer that?

Cheers mate. Yeah happy with the rating with this one.

Its actually not been a hot summer here in Sydney - not as hot as usual i mean. But February is always the hottest, most humid month. But compared to previous years we've had very few 40+ days where i live

Hot/cold - no issues when it comes to drinking beer

[faach1]

Really pleased with this. Great talk from JD prior about not panicking when the splits increase. My training has proven that i can dig deep and finish strong so today was about trusting in that

Having said that, after a good start things started to feel impossibly hard pretty quickly. Desperately wanted to HD with 1200 to go but the emotion of failing was a strong motivator to keep going. And the plan was to finish regardless and just use this a training session if it all went south.

I was in a good rhythm throughout and with 400 to go my average was 1.35.3. so the next 400 was all about going hard to bring the average down. That in itself was quite motivating.

Glad to get this done. More relief than anything. The feeling of an HD is far stronger than the feeling of accomplishment i find so the next focus will be sub 6.19. If i can just hold the middle part a little stronger then that shouldnt be too far away.

Will continue to focus on 2km training whilst we're in one of the hottest summer months. The weather doesnt allow me to focus on anything longer, so that will need to wait.


Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:19.4 2,000m 1:34.8 410 1711 34
1:14.9 400m 1:33.6 426 1767 35
1:16.4 800m 1:35.5 402 1682 34
1:16.8 1,200m 1:35.9 396 1661 34
1:16.6 1,600m 1:35.7 399 1672 34
1:14.7 2,000m 1:33.3 430 1779 38

Well done Ian, very deserving!

[iangallagher]

Congrats Ian, well done !

thanks very much Henry

[winniewinser]

Squeezed 1.6 secs off my 500m PB. 7 weeks of Wolverine?
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:28.4 500m 1:28.4 507 2043 41 154
0:17.8 100m 1:28.9 496 2008 54 130
0:17.7 200m 1:28.5 505 2037 37 150
0:17.7 300m 1:28.5 505 2037 37 160
0:17.4 400m 1:27.0 532 2129 41 165
0:17.8 500m 1:28.9 496 2008 40 167

Congrats on breaking 1:30....big milestone

Really pleased with this. Great talk from JD prior about not panicking when the splits increase. My training has proven that i can dig deep and finish strong so today was about trusting in that

Having said that, after a good start things started to feel impossibly hard pretty quickly. Desperately wanted to HD with 1200 to go but the emotion of failing was a strong motivator to keep going. And the plan was to finish regardless and just use this a training session if it all went south.

I was in a good rhythm throughout and with 400 to go my average was 1.35.3. so the next 400 was all about going hard to bring the average down. That in itself was quite motivating.

Glad to get this done. More relief than anything. The feeling of an HD is far stronger than the feeling of accomplishment i find so the next focus will be sub 6.19. If i can just hold the middle part a little stronger then that shouldnt be too far away.

Will continue to focus on 2km training whilst we're in one of the hottest summer months. The weather doesnt allow me to focus on anything longer, so that will need to wait.


Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:19.4 2,000m 1:34.8 410 1711 34
1:14.9 400m 1:33.6 426 1767 35
1:16.4 800m 1:35.5 402 1682 34
1:16.8 1,200m 1:35.9 396 1661 34
1:16.6 1,600m 1:35.7 399 1672 34
1:14.7 2,000m 1:33.3 430 1779 38

It's been a journey.....and what a final destination! Bloomin awesome to get this done and dusted. I felt the turmoil and traumas.....but it's been overcome and in great style Onwards for more Egg Beers

[Dangerscouse]

Really pleased with this. Great talk from JD prior about not panicking when the splits increase. My training has proven that i can dig deep and finish strong so today was about trusting in that

Having said that, after a good start things started to feel impossibly hard pretty quickly. Desperately wanted to HD with 1200 to go but the emotion of failing was a strong motivator to keep going. And the plan was to finish regardless and just use this a training session if it all went south.

I was in a good rhythm throughout and with 400 to go my average was 1.35.3. so the next 400 was all about going hard to bring the average down. That in itself was quite motivating.

Glad to get this done. More relief than anything. The feeling of an HD is far stronger than the feeling of accomplishment i find so the next focus will be sub 6.19. If i can just hold the middle part a little stronger then that shouldnt be too far away.

Will continue to focus on 2km training whilst we're in one of the hottest summer months. The weather doesnt allow me to focus on anything longer, so that will need to wait.


Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:19.4 2,000m 1:34.8 410 1711 34
1:14.9 400m 1:33.6 426 1767 35
1:16.4 800m 1:35.5 402 1682 34
1:16.8 1,200m 1:35.9 396 1661 34
1:16.6 1,600m 1:35.7 399 1672 34
1:14.7 2,000m 1:33.3 430 1779 38

Great post. Excellent result. I think it's so easy to get lost in your own fears and thoughts, and dismiss the reality that other people have to really suffer to get the result.

That feeling of desperately wanting / needing to HD with 800 to go is so all consuming I find I almost think no one else can be suffering as much as I am, and if they did they'd HD. Reading how hard this was for you is a great insight into what is required, and how horrific it can, and probably will, feel.

You've come a remarkably long way in a comparatively short erging career. You really are an inspiration for what can be done with A LOT of hard work, grit and perseverance.