New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[MartinSH4321]

Weights and core work followed by what was intended to be a steady 5k but the rhythm was good so I carried on pushing and ended up with a 15s PB

21:13.8 5,000m 2:07.3 35
4:18.5 1,000m 2:09.2 33
4:15.7 2,000m 2:07.8 35
4:15.4 3,000m 2:07.7 36
4:15.0 4,000m 2:07.5 36
4:09.2 5,000m 2:04.6 39

Progress

Great improvement Alex, well done!

[winniewinser]

Great improvement Alex, well done!

Cheers bud

[Dangerscouse]

Weights and core work followed by what was intended to be a steady 5k but the rhythm was good so I carried on pushing and ended up with a 15s PB

21:13.8 5,000m 2:07.3 35
4:18.5 1,000m 2:09.2 33
4:15.7 2,000m 2:07.8 35
4:15.4 3,000m 2:07.7 36
4:15.0 4,000m 2:07.5 36
4:09.2 5,000m 2:04.6 39

Progress

In the words of Tony Robbins "where focus goes, energy flows". Great to see you progressing since you've decided to work on the skierg

[aussie nick]

Nice fat 18m PB for CTC's 1minute challenge this morning

1:00 /// 423m /// 47 spm
:10 /// 71 /// 1:10.4
:10 /// 72 /// 1:09.4
:10 /// 73` /// 1:08.4
:10 /// 72 /// 1:09.4
:10 /// 70 /// 1:11.4
:10 /// 66 /// 1:15.7

Nearly "perfect" pacing. If I let my third split be closer to 1:10 I imagine I could have finished a bit stronger and snuck out 1-2 more meters. But I'm splitting hairs.

congratulations on the huge PB

[winniewinser]

In the words of Tony Robbins "where focus goes, energy flows". Great to see you progressing since you've decided to work on the skierg

Cheers Stu..... looking forward to making more Skierg progress

[goldcd]

After bit of advice on my 5k PB (slow down, pull harder/longer), got a new 10k

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
42:46.7 10,000m 2:08.3 166 869 23 142
8:25.5 2,000m 2:06.3 173 896 22 138
8:38.3 4,000m 2:09.5 161 853 22 141
8:38.7 6,000m 2:09.6 161 852 22 142
8:36.5 8,000m 2:09.1 163 859 23 144
8:27.7 10,000m 2:06.9 171 889 24 148

Not particularly impressive - but I'm 300# and only a month into a half into this exercise/ergo malarky.

Not quite sure how the rankings work, but I seem to have got into the top half of 'everybody' - next goal, top half of men of my middle-age.

[winniewinser]

After bit of advice on my 5k PB (slow down, pull harder/longer), got a new 10k

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
42:46.7 10,000m 2:08.3 166 869 23 142
8:25.5 2,000m 2:06.3 173 896 22 138
8:38.3 4,000m 2:09.5 161 853 22 141
8:38.7 6,000m 2:09.6 161 852 22 142
8:36.5 8,000m 2:09.1 163 859 23 144
8:27.7 10,000m 2:06.9 171 889 24 148

Not particularly impressive - but I'm 300# and only a month into a half into this exercise/ergo malarky.

Not quite sure how the rankings work, but I seem to have got into the top half of 'everybody' - next goal, top half of men of my middle-age.

Congrats on the PB.....well done

[aussie nick]

After bit of advice on my 5k PB (slow down, pull harder/longer), got a new 10k

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
42:46.7 10,000m 2:08.3 166 869 23 142
8:25.5 2,000m 2:06.3 173 896 22 138
8:38.3 4,000m 2:09.5 161 853 22 141
8:38.7 6,000m 2:09.6 161 852 22 142
8:36.5 8,000m 2:09.1 163 859 23 144
8:27.7 10,000m 2:06.9 171 889 24 148

Not particularly impressive - but I'm 300# and only a month into a half into this exercise/ergo malarky.

Not quite sure how the rankings work, but I seem to have got into the top half of 'everybody' - next goal, top half of men of my middle-age.

congratulations on the PR and the consistent progress. keep it up!

[Dangerscouse]

After bit of advice on my 5k PB (slow down, pull harder/longer), got a new 10k

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
42:46.7 10,000m 2:08.3 166 869 23 142
8:25.5 2,000m 2:06.3 173 896 22 138
8:38.3 4,000m 2:09.5 161 853 22 141
8:38.7 6,000m 2:09.6 161 852 22 142
8:36.5 8,000m 2:09.1 163 859 23 144
8:27.7 10,000m 2:06.9 171 889 24 148

Not particularly impressive - but I'm 300# and only a month into a half into this exercise/ergo malarky.

Not quite sure how the rankings work, but I seem to have got into the top half of 'everybody' - next goal, top half of men of my middle-age.

Well done, but I don't agree with "not particularly impressive." This is your PB, so that is always something to be proud of. Don't ever lose sight of how long some of us have been doing this, so there is no comparison.

When you've lost weight and been rowing for years, then you can start to consider what is particularly impressive, and if you keep working hard, I'm sure that your current PB will be your training pace.

Erging is a meritocratic exercise, but there are no shortcuts, so keep doing what you're doing, and we'll be celebrating a sub 40 min 10k before too long.

[max_ratcliffe]

Weights and core work followed by what was intended to be a steady 5k but the rhythm was good so I carried on pushing and ended up with a 15s PB

21:13.8 5,000m 2:07.3 35
4:18.5 1,000m 2:09.2 33
4:15.7 2,000m 2:07.8 35
4:15.4 3,000m 2:07.7 36
4:15.0 4,000m 2:07.5 36
4:09.2 5,000m 2:04.6 39

Progress

Well done Alex. Last 1k shows that you've definitely got a bit more in you if/when you go all out.

[max_ratcliffe]

Nice fat 18m PB for CTC's 1minute challenge this morning

1:00 /// 423m /// 47 spm
:10 /// 71 /// 1:10.4
:10 /// 72 /// 1:09.4
:10 /// 73` /// 1:08.4
:10 /// 72 /// 1:09.4
:10 /// 70 /// 1:11.4
:10 /// 66 /// 1:15.7

Nearly "perfect" pacing. If I let my third split be closer to 1:10 I imagine I could have finished a bit stronger and snuck out 1-2 more meters. But I'm splitting hairs.

Crazily fast. Adding 18m to an already outstanding pb leaves me short of superlatives.

[max_ratcliffe]

After bit of advice on my 5k PB (slow down, pull harder/longer), got a new 10k

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
42:46.7 10,000m 2:08.3 166 869 23 142
8:25.5 2,000m 2:06.3 173 896 22 138
8:38.3 4,000m 2:09.5 161 853 22 141
8:38.7 6,000m 2:09.6 161 852 22 142
8:36.5 8,000m 2:09.1 163 859 23 144
8:27.7 10,000m 2:06.9 171 889 24 148

Not particularly impressive - but I'm 300# and only a month into a half into this exercise/ergo malarky.

Not quite sure how the rankings work, but I seem to have got into the top half of 'everybody' - next goal, top half of men of my middle-age.

Well done. Nothing unimpressive about your time. We're all competing against ourselves and any improvement is worth celebrating.

[max_ratcliffe]

Been struggling with motivation after the 1k but had a crack at the 1' on the skierg today.

Unusual warm up...
Front squats. 60kg 5x5

1:00.0 309m 1:37.0 382 1616 65
0:15.0 78m 1:36.1 394 1654 72
0:30.0 80m 1:33.7 425 1761 64
0:45.0 77m 1:37.4 379 1603 64
1:00.0 74m 1:41.3 336 1457 60

Classic fly and die. Saw projected distances of 327 (never going to happen), 323 and then 318 come and go and it was a bit of a battle to get any power into my arms from about 40 seconds.

Happy with this and hopefully mojo now regained.

[MartinSH4321]

After bit of advice on my 5k PB (slow down, pull harder/longer), got a new 10k

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
42:46.7 10,000m 2:08.3 166 869 23 142
8:25.5 2,000m 2:06.3 173 896 22 138
8:38.3 4,000m 2:09.5 161 853 22 141
8:38.7 6,000m 2:09.6 161 852 22 142
8:36.5 8,000m 2:09.1 163 859 23 144
8:27.7 10,000m 2:06.9 171 889 24 148

Not particularly impressive - but I'm 300# and only a month into a half into this exercise/ergo malarky.

Not quite sure how the rankings work, but I seem to have got into the top half of 'everybody' - next goal, top half of men of my middle-age.

Well done!

[MartinSH4321]

Been struggling with motivation after the 1k but had a crack at the 1' on the skierg today.

Unusual warm up...
Front squats. 60kg 5x5

1:00.0 309m 1:37.0 382 1616 65
0:15.0 78m 1:36.1 394 1654 72
0:30.0 80m 1:33.7 425 1761 64
0:45.0 77m 1:37.4 379 1603 64
1:00.0 74m 1:41.3 336 1457 60

Classic fly and die. Saw projected distances of 327 (never going to happen), 323 and then 318 come and go and it was a bit of a battle to get any power into my arms from about 40 seconds.

Happy with this and hopefully mojo now regained.

Well done Max, +11m is huge and pacing looks about right, around 40'' in is also the point for me where it gets nasty and painful, and when looking at the effort in the logbook I'm always a bit surprised that the watts weren't close to zero for the last strokes