New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[Dangerscouse]

Slimmed down my 2k to 6:34.6 in coming 3rd in the Canadian Champs. https://regatta.time-team.nl/circ/2021/ ... 1e83e8.php
01:38.6
01:39.6
01:39.5
01:36.9

Whilst I'm really happy for you, I'm also painfully aware I now need to look at my 2k soon

Well done Tony, your training was building up to this PB

[winniewinser]

Yes Alex! Well done mate, and this is testament to your progress that you PBed, but there's a big chunk of improvement that you can still grab on a better day: the last 400m proves it

Yes mate, well done! Great row, and a very strong finish!
I hope it is good enough for qualification, you really deserve it!

Get in there Alex! Much deserved, is it the top 2 that qualify?

Excellent stuff Alex and very well deserved. It’s like training hard can bring results!!

Nice one Alex, you've put in the work and got the reward.

Thanks chaps. I think with stronger resolve in the middle I can do better so more to work on.

Re qualification for WRICH, it's via the open route where top 5 get in to LM40 or top 10 in to LM. Lots of good times in the US Qualifiers today so it may not be enough. We'll see.

[max_ratcliffe]

New 2k PB by 1.1s
It got a bit bitey in the middle, inner demons shouting about but pride kicked in to allow me to finish strong. Whether this will be good enough for WRICH qualification only time will tell but for today I'm happy

Thx @jdmad7 for getting me to this point (more to come!) and for the pep talk. Shout out to all the boys in The Delivery Room for their support too

Great work Alex. Banzai start there, but you conquered those demons and fished very strongly.

Hope it'll be enough for qualification.

[winniewinser]

New 2k PB by 1.1s
It got a bit bitey in the middle, inner demons shouting about but pride kicked in to allow me to finish strong. Whether this will be good enough for WRICH qualification only time will tell but for today I'm happy

Thx @jdmad7 for getting me to this point (more to come!) and for the pep talk. Shout out to all the boys in The Delivery Room for their support too

Great work Alex. Banzai start there, but you conquered those demons and fished very strongly.

Hope it'll be enough for qualification.

Cheers Max

[max_ratcliffe]

Slimmed down my 2k to 6:34.6 in coming 3rd in the Canadian Champs. https://regatta.time-team.nl/circ/2021/ ... 1e83e8.php
01:38.6
01:39.6
01:39.5
01:36.9

That's enormous. Taking that much off an already very strong pb is outstanding.

Testament to the wp and increased volume you've been doing.

Great stuff.

[faach1]

Slimmed down my 2k to 6:34.6 in coming 3rd in the Canadian Champs. https://regatta.time-team.nl/circ/2021/ ... 1e83e8.php
01:38.6
01:39.6
01:39.5
01:36.9

Wow Tony, Wolverine Plan has clearly worked well for you!

[max_ratcliffe]

New 2k PB by 1.1s
It got a bit bitey in the middle, inner demons shouting about but pride kicked in to allow me to finish strong. Whether this will be good enough for WRICH qualification only time will tell but for today I'm happy

Thx @jdmad7 for getting me to this point (more to come!) and for the pep talk. Shout out to all the boys in The Delivery Room for their support too

Great work Alex. Banzai start there, but you conquered those demons and fished very strongly.

Hope it'll be enough for qualification.

Cheers Max

Stupid autocorrect. No wonder you slowed a bit in the middle if you were fishing.

It's unlikely to be very productive on the erg in any case - maybe better in a boat?

[max_ratcliffe]

Set my new PB at 60min today. 14327m. What was nice my HR was only 128ave (67%mhr). Stroke rate was between 20-23.

Well done. That's an enormous improvement. Hr is very low. Mine redlines most of the way if I'm doing a tt.

[Meek]

Haha. Pretty sure it’s correct. Because I’ve just started back up it felt a little harder on the musculature vs the aerobic system.

Set my new PB at 60min today. 14327m. What was nice my HR was only 128ave (67%mhr). Stroke rate was between 20-23.

Wow, 627m improvement??!! Are you sure your HR monitor was working properly? That average sounds extremely low, for an effort that must have been really tough

[Meek]

Thanks Max. I was just teaching myself perseverance today.

Set my new PB at 60min today. 14327m. What was nice my HR was only 128ave (67%mhr). Stroke rate was between 20-23.

Well done. That's an enormous improvement. Hr is very low. Mine redlines most of the way if I'm doing a tt.

[max_ratcliffe]

SkiErg

2k warm up

5k TT

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
20:34.8 5,000m 2:03.4 186 939 36

2:03.3 500m 2:03.3 187 942 34
2:04.0 1,000m 2:04.0 184 931 33
2:03.5 1,500m 2:03.5 186 939 34
2:03.6 2,000m 2:03.6 185 937 34
2:03.6 2,500m 2:03.6 185 937 35
2:03.5 3,000m 2:03.5 186 939 37
2:04.7 3,500m 2:04.7 180 921 37
2:04.5 4,000m 2:04.5 181 924 40
2:04.1 4,500m 2:04.1 183 930 41
1:59.9 5,000m 1:59.9 203 998 44

Thanks to all for the great advice, especially Henry, who suggested free rate and slowing down a smidgeon between 3-4k.

Complete jelly legs at the end. Didn't have the cojones to start putting the hammer down until about 200m to go - no way was I getting under 20:30, but this beats the hell out of yesterday's HD.

[Meek]

Awesome Max.
I’d love to try a SkiErg. Sounds like more torturous fun.

[btlifter]

As a couple of you know, I was entering the 500m at Canadian Nationals today.

I had 2 goals:
1. win
2. establish a legitimate 500m pb.

Unfortunately, the internet gods had other ideas and I was removed from the race due to connection issues. I rowed it anyway to at least check off #2. Reasonably happy with my result (1:14.6), particularly the relative lack of fade. If anybody has a minute they want to kill here is the video (begins the moment I start)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzSTad1y0qc

[Meek]

Awesome power, brother!
Sorry about connection.
Is that textbook form? I ask as a relative noob, as your shins were more like 45 degrees vs 90. I’m just looking for best practices, Awe inspiring row.

As a couple of you know, I was entering the 500m at Canadian Nationals today.

I had 2 goals:
1. win
2. establish a legitimate 500m pb.

Unfortunately, the internet gods had other ideas and I was removed from the race due to connection issues. I rowed it anyway to at least check off #2. Reasonably happy with my result (1:14.6), particularly the relative lack of fade. If anybody has a minute they want to kill here is the video (begins the moment I start)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzSTad1y0qc

[max_ratcliffe]

As a couple of you know, I was entering the 500m at Canadian Nationals today.

I had 2 goals:
1. win
2. establish a legitimate 500m pb.

Unfortunately, the internet gods had other ideas and I was removed from the race due to connection issues. I rowed it anyway to at least check off #2. Reasonably happy with my result (1:14.6), particularly the relative lack of fade. If anybody has a minute they want to kill here is the video (begins the moment I start)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzSTad1y0qc

You made that look very easy (last few strokes excepted) but I'm sure it was anything but.

Damn those internet gods!