New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[faach1]

Nice, I’ve never tried a dynamic before, does it feel differently?

It does, there's more emphasis on the leg drive out of the front. And also with your body not having to move back and forth up the slide with each stroke, higher ratings are easier to hold, but it's harder to get as much force per stroke because you're pushing against a moving foot plate rather than a fixed one.

There's no real tension on the handle once you've got the flywheel moving, which I do prefer, no need to yank the handle into you at the finish.

Wow, sounds so different. I’ve been itching to try a rower with slides and a dynamic and then the virus hit. Sadly I don’t have enough space at the moment for the slides, but it would be interesting to try them or the dynamic some time in the future.

[winniewinser]

#WRICH Final for Lightweight Men...racing against Olympians and professionals. I stuck to my plan and hit a new PB by 1.7s. Gutted not to get under 6:50 but I'll get that next time

Thanks to John Davies for his coaching and support. Big shout out to the crew in The Delivery Room team.

[JMac]

#WRICH Final for Lightweight Men...racing against Olympians and professionals. I stuck to my plan and hit a new PB by 1.7s. Gutted not to get under 6:50 but I'll get that next time

Thanks to John Davies for his coaching and support. Big shout out to the crew in The Delivery Room team.

Fantastic effort. Well done. Can I ask why you didn't enter the 40-49 race?

[max_ratcliffe]

#WRICH Final for Lightweight Men...racing against Olympians and professionals. I stuck to my plan and hit a new PB by 1.7s. Gutted not to get under 6:50 but I'll get that next time

Thanks to John Davies for his coaching and support. Big shout out to the crew in The Delivery Room team.

Outstanding effort Alex. I guess you'd be under 6.50 just from doing a normal (non- race) tt.

Racing against Olympians, eh? Does this mean you didn't win?

[nick rockliff]

#WRICH Final for Lightweight Men...racing against Olympians and professionals. I stuck to my plan and hit a new PB by 1.7s. Gutted not to get under 6:50 but I'll get that next time

Thanks to John Davies for his coaching and support. Big shout out to the crew in The Delivery Room team.

Nice one Alex, classic pacing too. Sub 6.50 next time for sure.

[Tony Cook]

#WRICH Final for Lightweight Men...racing against Olympians and professionals. I stuck to my plan and hit a new PB by 1.7s. Gutted not to get under 6:50 but I'll get that next time

Thanks to John Davies for his coaching and support. Big shout out to the crew in The Delivery Room team.

PB well deserved Alex. Your hard work paying dividends. Huge achievement to qualify for the open at your age.

[iangallagher]

#WRICH Final for Lightweight Men...racing against Olympians and professionals. I stuck to my plan and hit a new PB by 1.7s. Gutted not to get under 6:50 but I'll get that next time

Thanks to John Davies for his coaching and support. Big shout out to the crew in The Delivery Room team.

so very well done mate! Ive never competed but i hear you lose a second or so from the racing start. So on your own terms - the 6.49 is there!

A big congrats again! Loved watching it

[MartinSH4321]

#WRICH Final for Lightweight Men...racing against Olympians and professionals. I stuck to my plan and hit a new PB by 1.7s. Gutted not to get under 6:50 but I'll get that next time

Thanks to John Davies for his coaching and support. Big shout out to the crew in The Delivery Room team.

Woohoo, finishing with a new PB is a great Birthday present, well done

[Tony Cook]

Squeezed another 0.9 off the 2k PB in the WRICH. Came 5th in the Masters 55 class, pleased with that.
Hit my funny 200+ HR spike at 5 mins again but it’s all okay apparently.
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:33.7 2,000m 1:38.4 367 1563 31 180
1:38.3 500m 1:38.2 368 1568 31 160
1:38.8 1,000m 1:38.8 363 1548 32 170
1:39.2 1,500m 1:39.2 359 1533 31 198
1:37.4 2,000m 1:37.4 379 1603 33 192

[Dangerscouse]

Squeezed another 0.9 off the 2k PB in the WRICH. Came 5th in the Masters 55 class, pleased with that.
Hit my funny 200+ HR spike at 5 mins again but it’s all okay apparently.
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:33.7 2,000m 1:38.4 367 1563 31 180
1:38.3 500m 1:38.2 368 1568 31 160
1:38.8 1,000m 1:38.8 363 1548 32 170
1:39.2 1,500m 1:39.2 359 1533 31 198
1:37.4 2,000m 1:37.4 379 1603 33 192

Cracking result Tony, really good mate.

I watched the race, and I was looking at your name thinking that sounds familiar!! I don't think I knew you were racing.

[winniewinser]

Fantastic effort. Well done. Can I ask why you didn't enter the 40-49 race?

Thx
I did enter LM40 but didn't qualify. LM had 10 open qualification spots as opposed to 5 for LM40 too.

Outstanding effort Alex. I guess you'd be under 6.50 just from doing a normal (non- race) tt.

Racing against Olympians, eh? Does this mean you didn't win?

Thx Max...just missed out on the medals this time

Nice one Alex, classic pacing too. Sub 6.50 next time for sure.

Cheers Nick. Definitely better pacing this time just not quite the kick at the end . I'll get it

PB well deserved Alex. Your hard work paying dividends. Huge achievement to qualify for the open at your age.

Thx TC ....I've got a taste for this now ....next year's finals are in Hamburg I believe which is doable.

I watched your race this morning and that was a great time

so very well done mate! Ive never competed but i hear you lose a second or so from the racing start. So on your own terms - the 6.49 is there!

A big congrats again! Loved watching it

Cheers Ian and thanks for all your encouragement at TDR too

Woohoo, finishing with a new PB is a great Birthday present, well done

Thx Martin, appreciate your support

[KeithT]

#WRICH Final for Lightweight Men...racing against Olympians and professionals. I stuck to my plan and hit a new PB by 1.7s. Gutted not to get under 6:50 but I'll get that next time

Thanks to John Davies for his coaching and support. Big shout out to the crew in The Delivery Room team.

Awesome Alex! You deserve this so much, happy for you.
Keep crushing it and get ready for the 50 age group.

[Dangerscouse]

#WRICH Final for Lightweight Men...racing against Olympians and professionals. I stuck to my plan and hit a new PB by 1.7s. Gutted not to get under 6:50 but I'll get that next time

Thanks to John Davies for his coaching and support. Big shout out to the crew in The Delivery Room team.

You know my thoughts mate. It was in reality a sub 6:50 due to the racing start, and just look how far you've come from someone who was terrified from entering any competition to being gutted to not go sub 6:50.

[winniewinser]

Awesome Alex! You deserve this so much, happy for you.
Keep crushing it and get ready for the 50 age group.

Cheers Keith, appreciate your support and encouragement . Excited to keep this journey going now.

You know my thoughts mate. It was in reality a sub 6:50 due to the racing start, and just look how far you've come from someone who was terrified from entering any competition to being gutted to not go sub 6:50.

Thx Stu, you're spot on and who'd have thought I'd have entered 3 competitions in 4mths after feeling petrified before that. Really hope that they return to in person racing as that would be cool to meet people who have helped me do far.

[KeithT]

Squeezed another 0.9 off the 2k PB in the WRICH. Came 5th in the Masters 55 class, pleased with that.
Hit my funny 200+ HR spike at 5 mins again but it’s all okay apparently.
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:33.7 2,000m 1:38.4 367 1563 31 180
1:38.3 500m 1:38.2 368 1568 31 160
1:38.8 1,000m 1:38.8 363 1548 32 170
1:39.2 1,500m 1:39.2 359 1533 31 198
1:37.4 2,000m 1:37.4 379 1603 33 192

Fantastic Tony...5th in the world and with a PB in the low 6:30s! I will join the 55 class in a couple years but then you will be in the 60-64 class, glad I won't have to deal with you