New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[robhely]

Interesting Rob - you appear to have a very strong engine with that 5k but (relatively) less power as distances shorten. The FreeSpirits predictor works for many for distances over 500 so looking good for a sub7 2k!

I like the FreeSpirits prediction, although that is a lot to live up to! Interesting that it was bang on with my 10k time.

Perhaps to get a 1:32 for the 500m I need to throw technique out the window and just go nuts. Maybe on a higher DF as well.

[HornetMaX]

I like the FreeSpirits prediction, although that is a lot to live up to! Interesting that it was bang on with my 10k time.

Your 5K and 10K were entered to predict the others so yeah, they match

[robhely]

Your 5K and 10K were entered to predict the others so yeah, they match

Haha I didn't see that the 10k had been entered as well. Must be my failing eyesight...

[Kerry1960]

New 2k PB today. Slight cold last 2 days and thought about postponing but wanted to get it done. Recent interval work indicated 1:54 -1:55 and so it proved
Gives me some confidence I could perhaps break 7:30 by the end of the season.
Previous best 7:48.7 22ndJune 2023.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
7:39.6 2,000m 1:54.9 231 1094 30
1:55.9 500m 1:55.9 225 1073 28
1:56.1 1,000m 1:56.1 224 1069 29
1:54.7 1,500m 1:54.7 232 1098 31
1:52.9 2,000m 1:52.9 243 1137 32

[nick rockliff]

New 2k PB today. Slight cold last 2 days and thought about postponing but wanted to get it done. Recent interval work indicated 1:54 -1:55 and so it proved
Gives me some confidence I could perhaps break 7:30 by the end of the season.
Previous best 7:48.7 22ndJune 2023.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
7:39.6 2,000m 1:54.9 231 1094 30
1:55.9 500m 1:55.9 225 1073 28
1:56.1 1,000m 1:56.1 224 1069 29
1:54.7 1,500m 1:54.7 232 1098 31
1:52.9 2,000m 1:52.9 243 1137 32

Nice going, well done.

[Dangerscouse]

New 2k PB today. Slight cold last 2 days and thought about postponing but wanted to get it done. Recent interval work indicated 1:54 -1:55 and so it proved
Gives me some confidence I could perhaps break 7:30 by the end of the season.
Previous best 7:48.7 22ndJune 2023.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
7:39.6 2,000m 1:54.9 231 1094 30
1:55.9 500m 1:55.9 225 1073 28
1:56.1 1,000m 1:56.1 224 1069 29
1:54.7 1,500m 1:54.7 232 1098 31
1:52.9 2,000m 1:52.9 243 1137 32

About time you posted on this thread again Kerry. You've been a bit quiet recently

Well done, that's a big stroke in the right direction

[Kerry1960]

Thanks Nick/Stu. Got to be happy with a 9 sec 2k PB which I am but still think I could have done better. Didn"t quite get pacing right, first 1k was a little slow, but finished strong.

And Stu - Look out for further postings on this thread as I'll now turn my attention to 5k and 30mins.
I might even try to do a respectable 10k before long

[DavidA]

thought about having a go at the 10k on thursday, but had a thigh niggle so stopped when it didn't ease up after 5k..

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M	
44:37.3	10,000m	2:13.8	146	802	20	173
5:35.4	1,250m	2:14.1	145	798	21	160
5:37.3	2,500m	2:14.9	143	790	20	169
5:36.3	3,750m	2:14.5	144	794	20	169
5:36.7	5,000m	2:14.6	143	793	20	174
5:36.1	6,250m	2:14.4	144	795	20	175
5:36.4	7,500m	2:14.5	144	794	21	177
5:35.9	8,750m	2:14.3	144	796	20	179
5:23.2	10,000m	2:09.2	162	857	20	188

just smashed my previous open rate pb - was 47:17; there was a little more in the tank today too - I'd have loved to have sneaked under 44:30, but seeing as target was sub 45 I'm still chuffed!
Now to settle in and watch the rugby

Wow! Huge improvement!
Congratulations!

David

[DavidA]

To my surprise managed a 30 min PB today after only a few rows back following some health issues and 11 days off the erg. Felt good today and could have gone over 7200 if I'd totally emptied the tank.Gives me some confidence I can do some more damage during the coming winter season.
Previous best 7127m 21st August

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
30:00.0 7,182m 2:05.3 178 912 23
5:00.0 1,187m 2:06.3 173 896 25
10:00.0 1,189m 2:06.1 174 899 23
15:00.0 1,192m 2:05.8 176 904 23
20:00.0 1,194m 2:05.6 177 907 23
25:00.0 1,191m 2:05.9 175 902 23
30:00.0 1,230m 2:01.9 193 964 26

Woo Hoo!!
Congratulations!

David

[DavidA]

Finally sub 7 in the 2km, paced it awfully but got there.

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M	
6:59.5	2,000m	1:44.8	303	1344	29	179
1:43.5	500m	1:43.5	316	1386	29	171
1:44.3	1,000m	1:44.3	308	1361	29	179
1:45.5	1,500m	1:45.5	298	1325	29	183
1:46.2	2,000m	1:46.2	292	1305	29	184

Big congratulations!
That's a big milestone to beat.

David

[DavidA]

Managed to shave 30 seconds off my previous best 5k time, which I was very happy with! I know it's early season, but it feels good to hit the 90th percentile in the LW 50 - 54 category.

Up to week 11 on the BPP, which feels like it's really paying off in terms of fitness and technique.

Time Meters Pace S/M HR
18:46.0 5000 1:52.6 27 172
3:44.5 1000 1:52.2 29 161
3:45.1 2000 1:52.5 28 170
3:45.9 3000 1:52.9 27 174
3:46.2 4000 1:53.1 27 177
3:44.3 5000 1:52.1 27 182

I was hoping for a sub 19 with ~1:54 splits, so was really happy that I could hold the pace at 1:52.6. This bodes well for my 2k, where my ultimate goal is a 7min 2k. My best attempt so far is 7:22.6 / 1:50.6, but after today's row I feel like I could get that down to at least 1:49, working towards the goal of 1:45.

With my intervals, I'm managing 1:48s with 6 x 500m / 1r, which isn't quite where I'd like to be, but perhaps somewhat of a predictor for the 2k.

Wow!
That's a lot to take off, and to get to the 90th percentile is big deal!

David

[Kerry1960]

5k PB. Inching closer to 20 mins. Previous best 20:41 5th September. Definitely need a day or two rest now.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
20:27.6 5,000m 2:02.7 189 951 25
4:07.8 1,000m 2:03.9 184 933 24
4:07.6 2,000m 2:03.8 184 934 25
4:06.7 3,000m 2:03.3 186 941 25
4:05.4 4,000m 2:02.7 189 952 25
4:00.1 5,000m 2:00.0 202 996 26

[p_b82]

5k PB. Inching closer to 20 mins. Previous best 20:41 5th September. Definitely need a day or two rest now.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
20:27.6 5,000m 2:02.7 189 951 25
4:07.8 1,000m 2:03.9 184 933 24
4:07.6 2,000m 2:03.8 184 934 25
4:06.7 3,000m 2:03.3 186 941 25
4:05.4 4,000m 2:02.7 189 952 25
4:00.1 5,000m 2:00.0 202 996 26

Well done!

[p_b82]

Took some time off the erg to replace 32.5m2 of carpet with vinyl floor tiles on Thurs/Fri - Apparently my body didn't agree with the schedule I set as had bad DOMS until Monday. (still a niggle today).

Figured I'd rested enough and my mind felt good, so put in 5k.

Really struggled in the last split - almost HD'd as I paused for a couple of beats a few times, but told myself to get on with it.

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M	Hr
21:07.2	5,000m	2:06.7	172	891	19	175
4:12.3	1,000m	2:06.1	174	900	21	158
4:14.2	2,000m	2:07.1	170	886	20	171
4:15.6	3,000m	2:07.8	168	877	20	178
4:11.4	4,000m	2:05.7	176	906	20	182
4:13.8	5,000m	2:06.9	171	889	18	186

Def deep into the pain cave on this one, but hit target of sub 2:07 average, slightly annoyed I didn't dip under 21mins, but previous open rate pb was 21:55.6 (2:11.5) from earlier this year - previously my "strongest" pb - so I'll take it.

[Vcweiss346]

New 2k PB today. Slight cold last 2 days and thought about postponing but wanted to get it done. Recent interval work indicated 1:54 -1:55 and so it proved
Gives me some confidence I could perhaps break 7:30 by the end of the season.
Previous best 7:48.7 22ndJune 2023.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
7:39.6 2,000m 1:54.9 231 1094 30
1:55.9 500m 1:55.9 225 1073 28
1:56.1 1,000m 1:56.1 224 1069 29
1:54.7 1,500m 1:54.7 232 1098 31
1:52.9 2,000m 1:52.9 243 1137 32

That is a substantial improvement! Nice work