Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

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Re: Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

Post by flabby100 » August 10th, 2023, 2:37 am

W2 off script again

4x15:00/2:00r
2:27.2 19spm
Lots of time spent at 140bpm

I’ll get back on the program and do the 5.5k tomorrow.

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Re: Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

Post by fancyoats » August 10th, 2023, 6:37 am

W15S3 3x10:00/2:00
target was 2:23.9 from the 4x8:00 last week. Not too bad.

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Re: Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

Post by badge48 » August 10th, 2023, 9:27 pm

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5:20.6 1,200m 2:13.5 147 805 22 123
5:17.6 2,400m 2:12.3 151 819 22 128
5:16.5 3,600m 2:11.8 153 825 22 130
5:17.3 4,800m 2:12.2 151 821 22 134
5:21.5 6,000m 2:13.9 146 801 23 134
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Re: Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

Post by flabby100 » August 11th, 2023, 1:28 am

W2S3: 5.5k / 2:14.5 / 22spm

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Re: Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

Post by fancyoats » August 11th, 2023, 6:48 am

W15S4 8000m
Pete says to take this one easy and not worry about the pace, so I actually covered the PM with a post-it note (except for the meters, so I'd know when I finished). Felt very relaxed and steady. Obviously ended up a lot slower, but I'm not supposed to worry about that. Not today anyway.

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Re: Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

Post by Rowan McSheen » August 11th, 2023, 7:29 am

W5 S5 2 x 10 mins 2 min rests. Instrux are to go a little bit quicker than the 20 mins of S4 but I thought that undemanding so turned it into stroke ladders instead. 4-3-2-1 minutes at 20-22-24-26 spm. Which I enjoyed so much that I decided to showboat and did a third one.

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Re: Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

Post by iain » August 11th, 2023, 10:56 am

flabby100 wrote:
August 11th, 2023, 1:28 am
W2S3: 5.5k / 2:14.5 / 22spm

https://imgur.com/a/nZoplNc
I notice that your SR increases much more than the pace decreases. To me this suggests that you are either going a bit quick, or you are trying to push the drive too hard at the start. I think it is better to maintain a similar stroke rather than an unsustainable one.
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Re: Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

Post by flabby100 » August 11th, 2023, 3:34 pm

iain wrote:
August 11th, 2023, 10:56 am
flabby100 wrote:
August 11th, 2023, 1:28 am
W2S3: 5.5k / 2:14.5 / 22spm

https://imgur.com/a/nZoplNc
I notice that your SR increases much more than the pace decreases. To me this suggests that you are either going a bit quick, or you are trying to push the drive too hard at the start. I think it is better to maintain a similar stroke rather than an unsustainable one.
Thanks for flagging that. I wasn’t actually looking at my stroke rate during the workout. I think what happens is that I’m trying to maintain a consistent pace, but as I fatigue I subconsciously increase my stroke rate to compensate.

Sound like I just need to aim for a slower pace, and stick to 20spm?

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Re: Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

Post by fancyoats » August 12th, 2023, 9:33 am

W15S5 4x1500/3:00r
Target was 2:17.1 from the 3x2000 last week. Pete says to resist the temptation to do a faster last rep, so I held steady, which was tough enough. Next week I'm supposed to do 5 reps, which I'm not super looking forward to!

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Re: Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

Post by Rowan McSheen » August 12th, 2023, 12:35 pm

W6 S1 7,500 at UT2.

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Pink Floyd in headphones, brain in neutral ... Noticeable drift towards the end, to finish on 2:20.0 against 2:19.2 for the preceding week's 7,000m. To be expected as the distance increases. A good workout, felt strong throughout.
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Re: Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

Post by Rowan McSheen » August 12th, 2023, 12:38 pm

fancyoats wrote:
August 12th, 2023, 9:33 am
W15S5 4x1500/3:00r
Target was 2:17.1 from the 3x2000 last week. Pete says to resist the temptation to do a faster last rep, so I held steady, which was tough enough. Next week I'm supposed to do 5 reps, which I'm not super looking forward to!

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Nicely controlled at low spm. You'll smash it next week!
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Re: Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

Post by fancyoats » August 14th, 2023, 6:58 am

W16S1 10500m

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Rowan McSheen wrote:
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Nicely controlled at low spm. You'll smash it next week!
Thanks for the encouragement! Though it's always possible it'll be the other way around, and it will smash me! :lol: Also funny that to you 23spm is low when that was me trying pretty hard to rate up! That continues to be one of my biggest challenges -- you can see that I'm much more comfortable in that 17-19 range. I don't think I've ever gotten up past 25 spm and even that only for a short bit.
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Re: Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

Post by Rowan McSheen » August 14th, 2023, 12:56 pm

W6 S2 3 x 2,000m, maintain the pace of the 2 x 2,000m of W3 (so aim for 2:10-ish on the screen). As back then I felt 4 mins rest was too long so cut it to 2.

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Pacing pretty much on the nose, and easing off a little to not get ahead of myself. Third rep did feel a little harder than the others but I guess that was the whole point of the workout.
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Re: Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

Post by Rowan McSheen » August 14th, 2023, 1:04 pm

fancyoats wrote:
August 14th, 2023, 6:58 am
Rowan McSheen wrote:
August 12th, 2023, 12:38 pm
Nicely controlled at low spm. You'll smash it next week!
Thanks for the encouragement! Though it's always possible it'll be the other way around, and it will smash me! :lol: Also funny that to you 23spm is low when that was me trying pretty hard to rate up! That continues to be one of my biggest challenges -- you can see that I'm much more comfortable in that 17-19 range. I don't think I've ever gotten up past 25 spm and even that only for a short bit.
You gotta have faith, FO.

Folk often start off on the erg at too high spm and then need to adapt to going long strong and slow. I'd say that you're in a better place having mastered that before rating up. By way of contrast I find 18 spm difficult and am much more at home at 20-22 for the distance pieces.
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Re: Pondering the Beginner Pete Plan

Post by flabby100 » August 14th, 2023, 9:49 pm

flabby100 wrote:
August 11th, 2023, 1:28 am
W2S3: 5.5k / 2:14.5 / 22spm

https://imgur.com/a/nZoplNc
W3S1: 6k / 2:17.1 / 20spm

Slowed it down, both the pace and the stroke rate. Felt like I had something in the tank at the end, which was nice.

https://imgur.com/a/1ywOHHl

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