New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[Dave_G1986]

Nice one dave, that is one of my aims. Really nice to dip below 1.30 I bet. What was your drag?

Thanks! I was on a PM3 monitor so only had a quick look after my warm up on “display drag factor”. It was low 140s for the couple of quick test strokes I pulled.

[Tony Cook]

Managed to get over a nice benchmark today. First time sub 1:30 for 500m. Wasn’t even planning on trying but didn’t know what else to do on my lunch break! Felt ok doing a warm up with some quick bursts so gave it a go after a few stretches. 1.8s off my previous best. Actually feel like a could go a bit quicker if my legs were fresh and not aching from squats.

Well done Dave. 1:30 is great one to crack.

[max_ratcliffe]

Managed to get over a nice benchmark today. First time sub 1:30 for 500m. Wasn’t even planning on trying but didn’t know what else to do on my lunch break! Felt ok doing a warm up with some quick bursts so gave it a go after a few stretches. 1.8s off my previous best. Actually feel like a could go a bit quicker if my legs were fresh and not aching from squats.

Absolutely destroyed that! Nice work and a great rating to keep up for 500m. Legs should be in agony after that. If not, you didn't go hard enough.

[Dangerscouse]

Managed to get over a nice benchmark today. First time sub 1:30 for 500m. Wasn’t even planning on trying but didn’t know what else to do on my lunch break! Felt ok doing a warm up with some quick bursts so gave it a go after a few stretches. 1.8s off my previous best. Actually feel like a could go a bit quicker if my legs were fresh and not aching from squats.

Well done Dave. Great milestone to break

[winniewinser]

Managed to get over a nice benchmark today. First time sub 1:30 for 500m. Wasn’t even planning on trying but didn’t know what else to do on my lunch break! Felt ok doing a warm up with some quick bursts so gave it a go after a few stretches. 1.8s off my previous best. Actually feel like a could go a bit quicker if my legs were fresh and not aching from squats.

Excellent new benchmark Dave....congrats!

[Dino]

Are you back to fitness and back on the erg now?

Erg? what's that?
Thanks for asking, but unfortunately not
Save myself for OTW in a single scull once a week at the moment but that is about it. After this weeks session my hands looked like they had been on the losing end of a fight with a potato peeler
Tried a complete break and things just bubble along without really completely going away so its all very annoying. I will be back though and still have goals I rather optimistically pen on here occasionally! I still browse through the forum and enjoy seeing the good work everyone else is putting in

[max_ratcliffe]

Are you back to fitness and back on the erg now?

Erg? what's that?
Thanks for asking, but unfortunately not
Save myself for OTW in a single scull once a week at the moment but that is about it. After this weeks session my hands looked like they had been on the losing end of a fight with a potato peeler
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That's no good - I hope for a complete recovery soon.
Enjoy the OTW sculling.

[row_boat_willie]

Since I changed my training plan at the start of this rowing year I can tell I've been getting a lot stronger. My 2K PB going into this season on 4/30/21 was a 9:49.5 @ 27 SPM (2:27.3 pace). This morning I managed to do a 9:06.6 @ 26 SPM (2:16.6 pace).

The joys of having a dedicated plan and being newer is seeing some rapid gains! I don't know where I'll plateau but am hoping in a few weeks to get a time that starts with an 8!

[winniewinser]

Since I changed my training plan at the start of this rowing year I can tell I've been getting a lot stronger. My 2K PB going into this season on 4/30/21 was a 9:49.5 @ 27 SPM (2:27.3 pace). This morning I managed to do a 9:06.6 @ 26 SPM (2:16.6 pace).

The joys of having a dedicated plan and being newer is seeing some rapid gains! I don't know where I'll plateau but am hoping in a few weeks to get a time that starts with an 8!

Newbie gains or not that is a very tidy improvement.....well done.....keep it up!

[KeithT]

Managed to get over a nice benchmark today. First time sub 1:30 for 500m. Wasn’t even planning on trying but didn’t know what else to do on my lunch break! Felt ok doing a warm up with some quick bursts so gave it a go after a few stretches. 1.8s off my previous best. Actually feel like a could go a bit quicker if my legs were fresh and not aching from squats.

Yes! Breaking 1:30 is a great achievement, looks like a really solid/consistent effort too.

[iain]

Since I changed my training plan at the start of this rowing year I can tell I've been getting a lot stronger. My 2K PB going into this season on 4/30/21 was a 9:49.5 @ 27 SPM (2:27.3 pace). This morning I managed to do a 9:06.6 @ 26 SPM (2:16.6 pace).

The joys of having a dedicated plan and being newer is seeing some rapid gains! I don't know where I'll plateau but am hoping in a few weeks to get a time that starts with an 8!

Well done on the improvement. I often find after I have not rowed for a while that I go through a few phases of increased work per stroke ("getting stronger") followed by increasing rating. To break 9 min you just need to manage that stroke at your previous 27SPM, so not far off now! That said, there's no reason that you can't push maybe another 10% extra work per stroke if you keep at it which would be pulling the same speed at 24SPM! Or perhaps sub 20' 4k at 20SPM could be your next target.

[winniewinser]

Skierg 2km PB....knocked 17s off previous best.

8:15.1 2,000m 2:03.7 36
1:37.6 400m 2:02.0 36
1:40.4 800m 2:05.5 36
1:40.1 1,200m 2:05.1 36
1:39.9 1,600m 2:04.8 35
1:37.0 2,000m 2:01.2 41

Next target sub 8:00

[max_ratcliffe]

Skierg 2km PB....knocked 17s off previous best.

8:15.1 2,000m 2:03.7 36
1:37.6 400m 2:02.0 36
1:40.4 800m 2:05.5 36
1:40.1 1,200m 2:05.1 36
1:39.9 1,600m 2:04.8 35
1:37.0 2,000m 2:01.2 41

Next target sub 8:00

Well done Alex,

A huge improvement - enjoy those newbie gains!

A slightly higher rate will get you sub-8 in no time. That'll use more of your rowing fitness rather than relying on strength. I rate too low on the skierg and even then I did my 2k at 40spm.

[max_ratcliffe]

Since I changed my training plan at the start of this rowing year I can tell I've been getting a lot stronger. My 2K PB going into this season on 4/30/21 was a 9:49.5 @ 27 SPM (2:27.3 pace). This morning I managed to do a 9:06.6 @ 26 SPM (2:16.6 pace).

The joys of having a dedicated plan and being newer is seeing some rapid gains! I don't know where I'll plateau but am hoping in a few weeks to get a time that starts with an 8!

Huge improvement. Well done Willie. With any luck at all, plateaus are some way off yet. The more patient you are with your training, the more you'll be able to keep them at bay. Of course, this is much easier said than done (Mr Grey Zone here).

Sub-9 is imminent I reckon.

[winniewinser]

Well done Alex,

A huge improvement - enjoy those newbie gains!

A slightly higher rate will get you sub-8 in no time. That'll use more of your rowing fitness rather than relying on strength. I rate too low on the skierg and even then I did my 2k at 40spm.

Thx Max

Tbh I struggle to generate any real speed on this machine, rating up or not. I think I need to review my technique . Definitely lacking in strength like the big guys but even rating up I'm not seeing splits below 2:00 that often. Something to work on though