New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[Dangerscouse]

I managed a PB on my 10k today. Have managed a new PB each week for the last month starting at 42.23 on the 2nd May and hitting 39.49 today. Wasn’t really attempting a time trial and kept it steady at 24spm throughout so pretty chuffed with the progress. I’m definitely benefiting from training on fewer days a week whilst keeping the volume up.

There's a lot of things to really like about this, especially going sub 40. That's a really good trajectory of improvement for May.

[jodyleb]

I managed a PB on my 10k today. Have managed a new PB each week for the last month starting at 42.23 on the 2nd May and hitting 39.49 today. Wasn’t really attempting a time trial and kept it steady at 24spm throughout so pretty chuffed with the progress. I’m definitely benefiting from training on fewer days a week whilst keeping the volume up.

There's a lot of things to really like about this, especially going sub 40. That's a really good trajectory of improvement for May.

Thanks! I appreciate the comment. I’m very realistic about the fact that the gains will plateau off anytime now but I’m keen to stick to the plan I’ve been implementing for the last 2 months / cycles and see how it goes. I was working towards a 2k time trial (previous was 7:09 this time last year) but am actually losing interest in that and just enjoying the steady progress.

[KeithT]

I managed a PB on my 10k today. Have managed a new PB each week for the last month starting at 42.23 on the 2nd May and hitting 39.49 today. Wasn’t really attempting a time trial and kept it steady at 24spm throughout so pretty chuffed with the progress. I’m definitely benefiting from training on fewer days a week whilst keeping the volume up.

As others have stated - breaking the 40:00 barrier is big and you did it without planning a PB attempt. Definitely some good progress - keep riding that wave as long as you can.

[jodyleb]

I managed a PB on my 10k today. Have managed a new PB each week for the last month starting at 42.23 on the 2nd May and hitting 39.49 today. Wasn’t really attempting a time trial and kept it steady at 24spm throughout so pretty chuffed with the progress. I’m definitely benefiting from training on fewer days a week whilst keeping the volume up.

As others have stated - breaking the 40:00 barrier is big and you did it without planning a PB attempt. Definitely some good progress - keep riding that wave as long as you can.

Cheers Keith. A long way off your numbers still!

[Sakly]

I managed a PB on my 10k today. Have managed a new PB each week for the last month starting at 42.23 on the 2nd May and hitting 39.49 today. Wasn’t really attempting a time trial and kept it steady at 24spm throughout so pretty chuffed with the progress. I’m definitely benefiting from training on fewer days a week whilst keeping the volume up.

As others have stated - breaking the 40:00 barrier is big and you did it without planning a PB attempt. Definitely some good progress - keep riding that wave as long as you can.

Cheers Keith. A long way off your numbers still!

Don't let them bring you down! I started last year January and could already beat his 60min and HM last month as finishing off the season

[DavidA]

I managed a PB on my 10k today. Have managed a new PB each week for the last month starting at 42.23 on the 2nd May and hitting 39.49 today. Wasn’t really attempting a time trial and kept it steady at 24spm throughout so pretty chuffed with the progress. I’m definitely benefiting from training on fewer days a week whilst keeping the volume up.

Congratulations!
Breaking for 40 min is great!

David

[bassongirl]

I'm happy about my todays 10k as well, knowing that I will never breaking the 40 min
I started erging at march this year and did my first ever 10k today. So I didn't even know how to pace it properly. My best 2k was 2:13., my best 6k 2:25.9. So the Free Spirits Pace Predictor told me that I would end up at 50:37 min with a 2:31.9 pace. I decided to start at 2:30 which felt comfortable with a HR between 162 to 169. I coould keep that pace up to 7000m and felt that I had much energy left in the tank and pushed through. Eventually I finished at 49:00.7 min with an avg pace of 2:27.0. I'm pretty happy with that. But there is more to come.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
49:00.7 10,000m 2:27.0 110 678 21 167
4:59.6 1,000m 2:29.8 104 658 20 160
5:00.0 1,000m 2:30.0 104 656 20 166
5:01.0 1,000m 2:30.5 103 653 20 166
4:59.4 1,000m 2:29.7 104 659 20 165
5:01.0 1,000m 2:30.5 103 653 21 163
4:59.1 1,000m 2:29.5 105 660 21 166
4:56.6 1,000m 2:28.3 107 669 21 167
4:52.1 1,000m 2:26.0 112 686 22 171
4:43.4 1,000m 2:21.7 123 723 23 173
4:28.4 1,000m 2:14.2 145 798 25 182

Greetings, Julia

[Sakly]

I'm happy about my todays 10k as well, knowing that I will never breaking the 40 min
I started erging at march this year and did my first ever 10k today. So I didn't even know how to pace it properly. My best 2k was 2:13., my best 6k 2:25.9. So the Free Spirits Pace Predictor told me that I would end up at 50:37 min with a 2:31.9 pace. I decided to start at 2:30 which felt comfortable with a HR between 162 to 169. I coould keep that pace up to 7000m and felt that I had much energy left in the tank and pushed through. Eventually I finished at 49:00.7 min with an avg pace of 2:27.0. I'm pretty happy with that. But there is more to come.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
49:00.7 10,000m 2:27.0 110 678 21 167
4:59.6 1,000m 2:29.8 104 658 20 160
5:00.0 1,000m 2:30.0 104 656 20 166
5:01.0 1,000m 2:30.5 103 653 20 166
4:59.4 1,000m 2:29.7 104 659 20 165
5:01.0 1,000m 2:30.5 103 653 21 163
4:59.1 1,000m 2:29.5 105 660 21 166
4:56.6 1,000m 2:28.3 107 669 21 167
4:52.1 1,000m 2:26.0 112 686 22 171
4:43.4 1,000m 2:21.7 123 723 23 173
4:28.4 1,000m 2:14.2 145 798 25 182

Greetings, Julia

Congratulations Julia!
And never say never! 10k is mostly aerobic, so it can absolutely be possible for you

[deadlifting265]

31/5/23(Weds)

Shorter session today

2x7mins(2)-3949m(1.46.3)-R21-291w

1971m-1.46.5-R21-289w

1978m-1.46.1-R21-292w

various machine resistance exercises yesterday...................

[DavidA]

I'm happy about my todays 10k as well, knowing that I will never breaking the 40 min
I started erging at march this year and did my first ever 10k today. So I didn't even know how to pace it properly. My best 2k was 2:13., my best 6k 2:25.9. So the Free Spirits Pace Predictor told me that I would end up at 50:37 min with a 2:31.9 pace. I decided to start at 2:30 which felt comfortable with a HR between 162 to 169. I coould keep that pace up to 7000m and felt that I had much energy left in the tank and pushed through. Eventually I finished at 49:00.7 min with an avg pace of 2:27.0. I'm pretty happy with that. But there is more to come.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
49:00.7 10,000m 2:27.0 110 678 21 167
4:59.6 1,000m 2:29.8 104 658 20 160
5:00.0 1,000m 2:30.0 104 656 20 166
5:01.0 1,000m 2:30.5 103 653 20 166
4:59.4 1,000m 2:29.7 104 659 20 165
5:01.0 1,000m 2:30.5 103 653 21 163
4:59.1 1,000m 2:29.5 105 660 21 166
4:56.6 1,000m 2:28.3 107 669 21 167
4:52.1 1,000m 2:26.0 112 686 22 171
4:43.4 1,000m 2:21.7 123 723 23 173
4:28.4 1,000m 2:14.2 145 798 25 182

Greetings, Julia

Congratulations!
And now you have a better ideas of what you can do, and so are sure to 49 min next time.

David

[Dangerscouse]

I'm happy about my todays 10k as well, knowing that I will never breaking the 40 min
I started erging at march this year and did my first ever 10k today. So I didn't even know how to pace it properly. My best 2k was 2:13., my best 6k 2:25.9. So the Free Spirits Pace Predictor told me that I would end up at 50:37 min with a 2:31.9 pace. I decided to start at 2:30 which felt comfortable with a HR between 162 to 169. I coould keep that pace up to 7000m and felt that I had much energy left in the tank and pushed through. Eventually I finished at 49:00.7 min with an avg pace of 2:27.0. I'm pretty happy with that. But there is more to come.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
49:00.7 10,000m 2:27.0 110 678 21 167
4:59.6 1,000m 2:29.8 104 658 20 160
5:00.0 1,000m 2:30.0 104 656 20 166
5:01.0 1,000m 2:30.5 103 653 20 166
4:59.4 1,000m 2:29.7 104 659 20 165
5:01.0 1,000m 2:30.5 103 653 21 163
4:59.1 1,000m 2:29.5 105 660 21 166
4:56.6 1,000m 2:28.3 107 669 21 167
4:52.1 1,000m 2:26.0 112 686 22 171
4:43.4 1,000m 2:21.7 123 723 23 173
4:28.4 1,000m 2:14.2 145 798 25 182

Greetings, Julia

Well, that last 1k says it all: definitely more to come.

Great effort and you'll surprise yourself how much better you'll become with more practice. As an example, you could take off circa 25 seconds just from keeping it faster than your average pace.

[p_b82]

I'm happy about my todays 10k as well, knowing that I will never breaking the 40 min
I started erging at march this year and did my first ever 10k today. So I didn't even know how to pace it properly. My best 2k was 2:13., my best 6k 2:25.9. So the Free Spirits Pace Predictor told me that I would end up at 50:37 min with a 2:31.9 pace. I decided to start at 2:30 which felt comfortable with a HR between 162 to 169. I coould keep that pace up to 7000m and felt that I had much energy left in the tank and pushed through. Eventually I finished at 49:00.7 min with an avg pace of 2:27.0. I'm pretty happy with that. But there is more to come.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
49:00.7 10,000m 2:27.0 110 678 21 167
4:59.6 1,000m 2:29.8 104 658 20 160
5:00.0 1,000m 2:30.0 104 656 20 166
5:01.0 1,000m 2:30.5 103 653 20 166
4:59.4 1,000m 2:29.7 104 659 20 165
5:01.0 1,000m 2:30.5 103 653 21 163
4:59.1 1,000m 2:29.5 105 660 21 166
4:56.6 1,000m 2:28.3 107 669 21 167
4:52.1 1,000m 2:26.0 112 686 22 171
4:43.4 1,000m 2:21.7 123 723 23 173
4:28.4 1,000m 2:14.2 145 798 25 182

Greetings, Julia

Congrats - There's def a lot more left in the tank; next one you do you'll take a big chunk off again I predict!

[jodyleb]

I'm happy about my todays 10k as well, knowing that I will never breaking the 40 min
I started erging at march this year and did my first ever 10k today. So I didn't even know how to pace it properly. My best 2k was 2:13., my best 6k 2:25.9. So the Free Spirits Pace Predictor told me that I would end up at 50:37 min with a 2:31.9 pace. I decided to start at 2:30 which felt comfortable with a HR between 162 to 169. I coould keep that pace up to 7000m and felt that I had much energy left in the tank and pushed through. Eventually I finished at 49:00.7 min with an avg pace of 2:27.0. I'm pretty happy with that. But there is more to come.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
49:00.7 10,000m 2:27.0 110 678 21 167
4:59.6 1,000m 2:29.8 104 658 20 160
5:00.0 1,000m 2:30.0 104 656 20 166
5:01.0 1,000m 2:30.5 103 653 20 166
4:59.4 1,000m 2:29.7 104 659 20 165
5:01.0 1,000m 2:30.5 103 653 21 163
4:59.1 1,000m 2:29.5 105 660 21 166
4:56.6 1,000m 2:28.3 107 669 21 167
4:52.1 1,000m 2:26.0 112 686 22 171
4:43.4 1,000m 2:21.7 123 723 23 173
4:28.4 1,000m 2:14.2 145 798 25 182

Greetings, Julia

Well done! Great effort.

[Rick]

Not a PB, per se, but I topped 4 million meters today! Onward to the free long sleeve t-shirt!

[jodyleb]

Not a PB, per se, but I topped 4 million meters today! Onward to the free long sleeve t-shirt!