New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[KeithT]

New 1K PB at 2:57.2

So, lots to discuss. I am thrilled to drop over 2 seconds off my PB and do it for the WRVIS (currently showing in first, see where I end up). I was confident going into the TT and I guess it was warranted...I was peaking just at the right time after a few months of working on the 1K.

The PB was my Thursday row and I did a 2nd attempt on Sunday and nearly matched the time at 2:57.4. For Thursday I felt good after a day off on Wednesday and a taper the days before. I did a pretty good warm-up and then set the monitor to 1K but changed the interval tracking to 500m as I wanted to try something I did in training. The plan was to go out a little hard to get the pace down thru 100M and then sit on 1:29 and get into a rhythm. I didn't want to look at the pace of every stroke like I usually do so went with the 500m to occasionally glance at the avg. pace and then try to get thru the 500m interval below 1:30. This worked well as I was at 1:28.1 pace at 500m and it really was the faster 100m followed by being right on 1:29. Then I just wanted to stay on the 1:29/1:30 pace as long as I could which I did until the last 200m when I could feel myself starting to freeze up, I countered with trying to go into more of a sprint mode, got some pulls lower but then started to fade but not drastically. All in all I think this was paced about as good as it could have been.

Sunday, I felt a little tired but thought I had nothing to lose. This time I divided my race plan into thirds and set the monitor to 333m interval tracking. The plan was to try for sub 2:57. So decided on 1:29 for first 333, then 1:28 for second 333m to get me to 1:28.5 pace with 334m to go. I did this almost exactly and then was hoping to hang on to 1:28/1:29 for the rest and I did until the very end and I completely tied up and faded hard at very end. Noticed my SPM was faster for this one too.

Anyway, here are the rows:

Thursday:
Time/Mtrs/Pace/SPM
2:57.2/1000/1:28.6/37

1:28.1/500/1:28.1/37
1:29.1/500/1:29.1/38


Sunday
Time/Mtrs/Pace/SPM
2:57.4/1000/1:28.7

:59.2/333/1:28.8/42
:58.5/666/1:27.8/40
:59.6/999/1:29.4/39
:00.2/1000/1:40.0

[MPx]

Well done Keith, fantastic result. I always set up to (control) die a bit more than this on the sprints up to 1k, so very impressed you managed this so flat with the die very much at the last stroke or two.

[Tandstad]

New 1K PB at 2:57.2

So, lots to discuss. I am thrilled to drop over 2 seconds off my PB and do it for the WRVIS (currently showing in first, see where I end up). I was confident going into the TT and I guess it was warranted...I was peaking just at the right time after a few months of working on the 1K.

The PB was my Thursday row and I did a 2nd attempt on Sunday and nearly matched the time at 2:57.4. For Thursday I felt good after a day off on Wednesday and a taper the days before. I did a pretty good warm-up and then set the monitor to 1K but changed the interval tracking to 500m as I wanted to try something I did in training. The plan was to go out a little hard to get the pace down thru 100M and then sit on 1:29 and get into a rhythm. I didn't want to look at the pace of every stroke like I usually do so went with the 500m to occasionally glance at the avg. pace and then try to get thru the 500m interval below 1:30. This worked well as I was at 1:28.1 pace at 500m and it really was the faster 100m followed by being right on 1:29. Then I just wanted to stay on the 1:29/1:30 pace as long as I could which I did until the last 200m when I could feel myself starting to freeze up, I countered with trying to go into more of a sprint mode, got some pulls lower but then started to fade but not drastically. All in all I think this was paced about as good as it could have been.

Sunday, I felt a little tired but thought I had nothing to lose. This time I divided my race plan into thirds and set the monitor to 333m interval tracking. The plan was to try for sub 2:57. So decided on 1:29 for first 333, then 1:28 for second 333m to get me to 1:28.5 pace with 334m to go. I did this almost exactly and then was hoping to hang on to 1:28/1:29 for the rest and I did until the very end and I completely tied up and faded hard at very end. Noticed my SPM was faster for this one too.

Anyway, here are the rows:

Thursday:
Time/Mtrs/Pace/SPM
2:57.2/1000/1:28.6/37

1:28.1/500/1:28.1/37
1:29.1/500/1:29.1/38


Sunday
Time/Mtrs/Pace/SPM
2:57.4/1000/1:28.7

:59.2/333/1:28.8/42
:58.5/666/1:27.8/40
:59.6/999/1:29.4/39
:00.2/1000/1:40.0

Boom, excellent work Keith!! This is superstrong

[Dangerscouse]

New 2k PB: 6.48.4.

Been training very hard for months for this so delighted to take 3.2" off my last PB from November 2020.

Get in Rob!! Great result

[hjs]

Great Stuff Keith, and not once but even twice. Your work on your aerobic fitness has payed off. Also looking at the rating.
Bodes well for your 2k and 500 also.

Congrats!

[Dangerscouse]

New 1K PB at 2:57.2

So, lots to discuss. I am thrilled to drop over 2 seconds off my PB and do it for the WRVIS (currently showing in first, see where I end up). I was confident going into the TT and I guess it was warranted...I was peaking just at the right time after a few months of working on the 1K.

The PB was my Thursday row and I did a 2nd attempt on Sunday and nearly matched the time at 2:57.4. For Thursday I felt good after a day off on Wednesday and a taper the days before. I did a pretty good warm-up and then set the monitor to 1K but changed the interval tracking to 500m as I wanted to try something I did in training. The plan was to go out a little hard to get the pace down thru 100M and then sit on 1:29 and get into a rhythm. I didn't want to look at the pace of every stroke like I usually do so went with the 500m to occasionally glance at the avg. pace and then try to get thru the 500m interval below 1:30. This worked well as I was at 1:28.1 pace at 500m and it really was the faster 100m followed by being right on 1:29. Then I just wanted to stay on the 1:29/1:30 pace as long as I could which I did until the last 200m when I could feel myself starting to freeze up, I countered with trying to go into more of a sprint mode, got some pulls lower but then started to fade but not drastically. All in all I think this was paced about as good as it could have been.

Sunday, I felt a little tired but thought I had nothing to lose. This time I divided my race plan into thirds and set the monitor to 333m interval tracking. The plan was to try for sub 2:57. So decided on 1:29 for first 333, then 1:28 for second 333m to get me to 1:28.5 pace with 334m to go. I did this almost exactly and then was hoping to hang on to 1:28/1:29 for the rest and I did until the very end and I completely tied up and faded hard at very end. Noticed my SPM was faster for this one too.

YES, YES, YES!!!!!!! Very happy for you mate, this is a really strong result, and to come off the back of period of low confidence too!!

Great write up too

[MartinSH4321]

New 1K PB at 2:57.2

So, lots to discuss. I am thrilled to drop over 2 seconds off my PB and do it for the WRVIS (currently showing in first, see where I end up). I was confident going into the TT and I guess it was warranted...I was peaking just at the right time after a few months of working on the 1K.

The PB was my Thursday row and I did a 2nd attempt on Sunday and nearly matched the time at 2:57.4. For Thursday I felt good after a day off on Wednesday and a taper the days before. I did a pretty good warm-up and then set the monitor to 1K but changed the interval tracking to 500m as I wanted to try something I did in training. The plan was to go out a little hard to get the pace down thru 100M and then sit on 1:29 and get into a rhythm. I didn't want to look at the pace of every stroke like I usually do so went with the 500m to occasionally glance at the avg. pace and then try to get thru the 500m interval below 1:30. This worked well as I was at 1:28.1 pace at 500m and it really was the faster 100m followed by being right on 1:29. Then I just wanted to stay on the 1:29/1:30 pace as long as I could which I did until the last 200m when I could feel myself starting to freeze up, I countered with trying to go into more of a sprint mode, got some pulls lower but then started to fade but not drastically. All in all I think this was paced about as good as it could have been.

Sunday, I felt a little tired but thought I had nothing to lose. This time I divided my race plan into thirds and set the monitor to 333m interval tracking. The plan was to try for sub 2:57. So decided on 1:29 for first 333, then 1:28 for second 333m to get me to 1:28.5 pace with 334m to go. I did this almost exactly and then was hoping to hang on to 1:28/1:29 for the rest and I did until the very end and I completely tied up and faded hard at very end. Noticed my SPM was faster for this one too.

Anyway, here are the rows:

Thursday:
Time/Mtrs/Pace/SPM
2:57.2/1000/1:28.6/37

1:28.1/500/1:28.1/37
1:29.1/500/1:29.1/38


Sunday
Time/Mtrs/Pace/SPM
2:57.4/1000/1:28.7

:59.2/333/1:28.8/42
:58.5/666/1:27.8/40
:59.6/999/1:29.4/39
:00.2/1000/1:40.0

Wow, superstrong result Keith, and doing it twice, incredible!
Very happy for you, well deserved as you put so much effort in, great to see when all perfectly fits together

[faach1]

New 1K PB at 2:57.2

So, lots to discuss. I am thrilled to drop over 2 seconds off my PB and do it for the WRVIS (currently showing in first, see where I end up). I was confident going into the TT and I guess it was warranted...I was peaking just at the right time after a few months of working on the 1K.

The PB was my Thursday row and I did a 2nd attempt on Sunday and nearly matched the time at 2:57.4. For Thursday I felt good after a day off on Wednesday and a taper the days before. I did a pretty good warm-up and then set the monitor to 1K but changed the interval tracking to 500m as I wanted to try something I did in training. The plan was to go out a little hard to get the pace down thru 100M and then sit on 1:29 and get into a rhythm. I didn't want to look at the pace of every stroke like I usually do so went with the 500m to occasionally glance at the avg. pace and then try to get thru the 500m interval below 1:30. This worked well as I was at 1:28.1 pace at 500m and it really was the faster 100m followed by being right on 1:29. Then I just wanted to stay on the 1:29/1:30 pace as long as I could which I did until the last 200m when I could feel myself starting to freeze up, I countered with trying to go into more of a sprint mode, got some pulls lower but then started to fade but not drastically. All in all I think this was paced about as good as it could have been.

Sunday, I felt a little tired but thought I had nothing to lose. This time I divided my race plan into thirds and set the monitor to 333m interval tracking. The plan was to try for sub 2:57. So decided on 1:29 for first 333, then 1:28 for second 333m to get me to 1:28.5 pace with 334m to go. I did this almost exactly and then was hoping to hang on to 1:28/1:29 for the rest and I did until the very end and I completely tied up and faded hard at very end. Noticed my SPM was faster for this one too.

Anyway, here are the rows:

Thursday:
Time/Mtrs/Pace/SPM
2:57.2/1000/1:28.6/37

1:28.1/500/1:28.1/37
1:29.1/500/1:29.1/38


Sunday
Time/Mtrs/Pace/SPM
2:57.4/1000/1:28.7

:59.2/333/1:28.8/42
:58.5/666/1:27.8/40
:59.6/999/1:29.4/39
:00.2/1000/1:40.0

Very, very nice work there Keith. Well done. As others have said to not just do it once but twice!

[KeithT]

Well done Keith, fantastic result. I always set up to (control) die a bit more than this on the sprints up to 1k, so very impressed you managed this so flat with the die very much at the last stroke or two.

I usually have more of a fly and die as well but these were flatter - especially the first one was a quicker first 100m followed by 900m almost all right at 1:29. Even when I went into sprint mode it all stayed close to the same.

[KeithT]

New 1K PB at 2:57.2

So, lots to discuss. I am thrilled to drop over 2 seconds off my PB and do it for the WRVIS (currently showing in first, see where I end up). I was confident going into the TT and I guess it was warranted...I was peaking just at the right time after a few months of working on the 1K.

The PB was my Thursday row and I did a 2nd attempt on Sunday and nearly matched the time at 2:57.4. For Thursday I felt good after a day off on Wednesday and a taper the days before. I did a pretty good warm-up and then set the monitor to 1K but changed the interval tracking to 500m as I wanted to try something I did in training. The plan was to go out a little hard to get the pace down thru 100M and then sit on 1:29 and get into a rhythm. I didn't want to look at the pace of every stroke like I usually do so went with the 500m to occasionally glance at the avg. pace and then try to get thru the 500m interval below 1:30. This worked well as I was at 1:28.1 pace at 500m and it really was the faster 100m followed by being right on 1:29. Then I just wanted to stay on the 1:29/1:30 pace as long as I could which I did until the last 200m when I could feel myself starting to freeze up, I countered with trying to go into more of a sprint mode, got some pulls lower but then started to fade but not drastically. All in all I think this was paced about as good as it could have been.

Sunday, I felt a little tired but thought I had nothing to lose. This time I divided my race plan into thirds and set the monitor to 333m interval tracking. The plan was to try for sub 2:57. So decided on 1:29 for first 333, then 1:28 for second 333m to get me to 1:28.5 pace with 334m to go. I did this almost exactly and then was hoping to hang on to 1:28/1:29 for the rest and I did until the very end and I completely tied up and faded hard at very end. Noticed my SPM was faster for this one too.

Anyway, here are the rows:

Thursday:
Time/Mtrs/Pace/SPM
2:57.2/1000/1:28.6/37

1:28.1/500/1:28.1/37
1:29.1/500/1:29.1/38


Sunday
Time/Mtrs/Pace/SPM
2:57.4/1000/1:28.7

:59.2/333/1:28.8/42
:58.5/666/1:27.8/40
:59.6/999/1:29.4/39
:00.2/1000/1:40.0

Boom, excellent work Keith!! This is superstrong

Thanks, I am very happy and a while I was confident this was more than I expected.

[KeithT]

Great Stuff Keith, and not once but even twice. Your work on your aerobic fitness has payed off. Also looking at the rating.
Bodes well for your 2k and 500 also.

Congrats!

Thanks Henry. It's funny, the 1K has always been my best row. I did a lot of work and got some PBs on the longer stuff but when I came back to the 1K it still proves to be my best distance but as you said the work on fitness made the difference to me. It took a few months of doing short intervals to get back into the right condition but having the added fitness showed.

[KeithT]

Great Stuff Keith, and not once but even twice. Your work on your aerobic fitness has payed off. Also looking at the rating.
Bodes well for your 2k and 500 also.

Congrats!

Thanks Henry. It's funny, the 1K has always been my best row. I did a lot of work and got some PBs on the longer stuff but when I came back to the 1K it still proves to be my best distance but as you said the work on fitness made the difference to me. It took a few months of doing short intervals to get back into the right condition but having the added fitness showed.

Also, I do plan to test both 500m and 2K soon......2K really should be better now.

[KeithT]

New 1K PB at 2:57.2

So, lots to discuss. I am thrilled to drop over 2 seconds off my PB and do it for the WRVIS (currently showing in first, see where I end up). I was confident going into the TT and I guess it was warranted...I was peaking just at the right time after a few months of working on the 1K.

The PB was my Thursday row and I did a 2nd attempt on Sunday and nearly matched the time at 2:57.4. For Thursday I felt good after a day off on Wednesday and a taper the days before. I did a pretty good warm-up and then set the monitor to 1K but changed the interval tracking to 500m as I wanted to try something I did in training. The plan was to go out a little hard to get the pace down thru 100M and then sit on 1:29 and get into a rhythm. I didn't want to look at the pace of every stroke like I usually do so went with the 500m to occasionally glance at the avg. pace and then try to get thru the 500m interval below 1:30. This worked well as I was at 1:28.1 pace at 500m and it really was the faster 100m followed by being right on 1:29. Then I just wanted to stay on the 1:29/1:30 pace as long as I could which I did until the last 200m when I could feel myself starting to freeze up, I countered with trying to go into more of a sprint mode, got some pulls lower but then started to fade but not drastically. All in all I think this was paced about as good as it could have been.

Sunday, I felt a little tired but thought I had nothing to lose. This time I divided my race plan into thirds and set the monitor to 333m interval tracking. The plan was to try for sub 2:57. So decided on 1:29 for first 333, then 1:28 for second 333m to get me to 1:28.5 pace with 334m to go. I did this almost exactly and then was hoping to hang on to 1:28/1:29 for the rest and I did until the very end and I completely tied up and faded hard at very end. Noticed my SPM was faster for this one too.

YES, YES, YES!!!!!!! Very happy for you mate, this is a really strong result, and to come off the back of period of low confidence too!!

Great write up too

Thanks Stu! I borrowed a bit from your "zone out" philosophy even on this short row as I tried to get in my rhythm and not fixate on the monitor each stroke. It's funny how I went thru a low confidence spell when I first went back to shorter intervals to being really confident going into the TTs. It took a couple months to get back to past scores and then I suddenly started going quicker than before and feeling good. I think I am prime to try a 500 and 2K before I go back to some longer stuff and the FM in May.

[KeithT]

New 1K PB at 2:57.2

Wow, superstrong result Keith, and doing it twice, incredible!
Very happy for you, well deserved as you put so much effort in, great to see when all perfectly fits together

Thanks Martin! This was the result of a lot of focus and effort which makes it that much more satisfying. I don't think I would have come close to these results had I just been doing "normal" training and not trying to get ready for this.

[KeithT]

New 1K PB at 2:57.2

Very, very nice work there Keith. Well done. As others have said to not just do it once but twice!

Thanks - Sunday was a surprise as I thought my legs were shot but it went well until the end where it kind of all caught up to me.