New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[fancyoats]

Hey all,
Another PB by default - my first FM.
I stopped every 30 minutes for about 30-45 seconds to drink/eat a bite - some of the slower splits happened to have two stops in them - hard to pull the average pace back down for those.

Again, I know I don’t compare to all you fast guys, but I’m proud of myself. It’s not something I ever dreamed I would be capable of when this year began. My machine arrived at the beginning of May - so just about 8 months of erging and I’ve got 1.5 million meters in.

Splits
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
3:47:57.1 42,195m 2:42.0 82 582 17 155
43:10.3 8,000m 2:41.8 82 583 17 148
43:17.1 16,000m 2:42.3 82 581 18 148
43:37.7 24,000m 2:43.6 80 575 17 153
43:10.8 32,000m 2:41.9 82 583 18 157
43:29.7 40,000m 2:43.1 81 577 19 160
11:11.4 42,195m 2:32.9 98 636 20 169

[Kerry1960]

Fantastic effort Fancyoats! Glad to see you're still erging and pumping out some serious meters. Just to complete a FM is something to be very proud of!

[Dangerscouse]

Hey all,
Another PB by default - my first FM.
I stopped every 30 minutes for about 30-45 seconds to drink/eat a bite - some of the slower splits happened to have two stops in them - hard to pull the average pace back down for those.

Again, I know I don’t compare to all you fast guys, but I’m proud of myself. It’s not something I ever dreamed I would be capable of when this year began. My machine arrived at the beginning of May - so just about 8 months of erging and I’ve got 1.5 million meters in.

Splits
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
3:47:57.1 42,195m 2:42.0 82 582 17 155
43:10.3 8,000m 2:41.8 82 583 17 148
43:17.1 16,000m 2:42.3 82 581 18 148
43:37.7 24,000m 2:43.6 80 575 17 153
43:10.8 32,000m 2:41.9 82 583 18 157
43:29.7 40,000m 2:43.1 81 577 19 160
11:11.4 42,195m 2:32.9 98 636 20 169

Really well done. Just completing an FM is a massive achievement so you should be very proud. Not that many of us ever do it, although it might not seem like it.

[Gustel]

Hey all,
Another PB by default - my first FM.
I stopped every 30 minutes for about 30-45 seconds to drink/eat a bite - some of the slower splits happened to have two stops in them - hard to pull the average pace back down for those.

Again, I know I don’t compare to all you fast guys, but I’m proud of myself. It’s not something I ever dreamed I would be capable of when this year began. My machine arrived at the beginning of May - so just about 8 months of erging and I’ve got 1.5 million meters in.

Splits
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
3:47:57.1 42,195m 2:42.0 82 582 17 155
43:10.3 8,000m 2:41.8 82 583 17 148
43:17.1 16,000m 2:42.3 82 581 18 148
43:37.7 24,000m 2:43.6 80 575 17 153
43:10.8 32,000m 2:41.9 82 583 18 157
43:29.7 40,000m 2:43.1 81 577 19 160
11:11.4 42,195m 2:32.9 98 636 20 169

Congratulations. That‘s a great first FM. Perfect way to finish the year.

[HornetMaX]

Again, I know I don’t compare to all you fast guys, but I’m proud of myself. It’s not something I ever dreamed I would be capable of when this year began. My machine arrived at the beginning of May - so just about 8 months of erging and I’ve got 1.5 million meters in.

Just echoing what others have already said: FM is an achievement per se, but 1.5M meters in 8 months is also quite a lot. Congrats !

[Sakly]

Hey all,
Another PB by default - my first FM.
I stopped every 30 minutes for about 30-45 seconds to drink/eat a bite - some of the slower splits happened to have two stops in them - hard to pull the average pace back down for those.

Again, I know I don’t compare to all you fast guys, but I’m proud of myself. It’s not something I ever dreamed I would be capable of when this year began. My machine arrived at the beginning of May - so just about 8 months of erging and I’ve got 1.5 million meters in.

Splits
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
3:47:57.1 42,195m 2:42.0 82 582 17 155
43:10.3 8,000m 2:41.8 82 583 17 148
43:17.1 16,000m 2:42.3 82 581 18 148
43:37.7 24,000m 2:43.6 80 575 17 153
43:10.8 32,000m 2:41.9 82 583 18 157
43:29.7 40,000m 2:43.1 81 577 19 160
11:11.4 42,195m 2:32.9 98 636 20 169

Very well done!
Some things seem to be impossible - until you do them

[aussie nick]

Hey all,
Another PB by default - my first FM.
I stopped every 30 minutes for about 30-45 seconds to drink/eat a bite - some of the slower splits happened to have two stops in them - hard to pull the average pace back down for those.

Again, I know I don’t compare to all you fast guys, but I’m proud of myself. It’s not something I ever dreamed I would be capable of when this year began. My machine arrived at the beginning of May - so just about 8 months of erging and I’ve got 1.5 million meters in.

Splits
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
3:47:57.1 42,195m 2:42.0 82 582 17 155
43:10.3 8,000m 2:41.8 82 583 17 148
43:17.1 16,000m 2:42.3 82 581 18 148
43:37.7 24,000m 2:43.6 80 575 17 153
43:10.8 32,000m 2:41.9 82 583 18 157
43:29.7 40,000m 2:43.1 81 577 19 160
11:11.4 42,195m 2:32.9 98 636 20 169

a sub 4 hour marathon! brilliant achievement. well done.

[fancyoats]

Thanks for all your messages, guys. <3 I have found this community to be a huge source of inspiration, encouragement, information, and support these last 8 months and I am so grateful for it. I look forward to putting in some more meters this new year ahead, but today I am planning on being a loaf in my pajamas.

[p_b82]

Hey all,
Another PB by default - my first FM.
I stopped every 30 minutes for about 30-45 seconds to drink/eat a bite - some of the slower splits happened to have two stops in them - hard to pull the average pace back down for those.

Again, I know I don’t compare to all you fast guys, but I’m proud of myself. It’s not something I ever dreamed I would be capable of when this year began. My machine arrived at the beginning of May - so just about 8 months of erging and I’ve got 1.5 million meters in.

Splits
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
3:47:57.1 42,195m 2:42.0 82 582 17 155
43:10.3 8,000m 2:41.8 82 583 17 148
43:17.1 16,000m 2:42.3 82 581 18 148
43:37.7 24,000m 2:43.6 80 575 17 153
43:10.8 32,000m 2:41.9 82 583 18 157
43:29.7 40,000m 2:43.1 81 577 19 160
11:11.4 42,195m 2:32.9 98 636 20 169

Massive congrats - you've already rowed further than me in half the time total, and taken on and beaten a FM. That's a huge achievement!

[KeithT]

I finished my rowing calendar year with a FM PB. New PB is 2:53:47 which is a nice improvement over my old one (2:57:37.7).

Last week’s preparation for it was not great. I had planned to do it already two days ago, but failed to complete it. I went out fast (2:00 pace) and then lost all motivation at the HM distance. My HR was still below 150 and there was no physical pain at all. I just gave up. Here is the summary of it:

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
1:25:12.5 21,134m 2:00.9 198 980 24 146

I was really surprised by it. I then gave already up on my plan to row another FM in 2023 and started eating Christmas food and drinking nice wine.

But yesterday I felt really annoyed and decided to try it today once more but without any pacing targets. I decided to row the first part strapless as an experiment and also to distract myself. It worked well until the HM distance. Then again I really struggled to keep going. HR was 144 and I had no muscle pain. This time I was better prepared mentally. I strapped my feet in and just kept going with whatever pace felt right. Below are the details of that.

Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
2:53:47.0 42,195m 2:03.5 186 938 24 145
10:04.9 2,500m 2:00.9 198 980 23 146
10:06.5 5,000m 2:01.3 196 974 23 145
10:06.3 7,500m 2:01.2 196 975 23 147
10:05.8 10,000m 2:01.1 197 977 23 146
10:09.3 12,500m 2:01.8 193 965 24 146
10:11.3 15,000m 2:02.2 192 959 24 147
10:12.6 17,500m 2:02.5 190 954 24 146
10:16.0 20,000m 2:03.2 187 944 24 144
10:35.7 22,500m 2:07.1 170 886 24 143
10:20.2 25,000m 2:04.0 183 931 25 143
10:26.3 27,500m 2:05.2 178 912 25 143
10:07.5 30,000m 2:01.5 195 971 26 147
10:32.1 32,500m 2:06.4 173 896 25 146
10:25.8 35,000m 2:05.1 179 914 25 142
10:28.8 37,500m 2:05.7 176 905 24 146
10:31.1 40,000m 2:06.2 174 899 24 145
9:06.8 42,195m 2:04.5 181 923 24 151

Excellent - I love reading about the mental battle won.

[KeithT]

Today was the last real chance to go for the monthly team challenge, 4mins.
I have serious sore glutes and legs from Thursdays gym session, but I tried anyway, as tomorrow will be worse after todays gym session
I could improve my last PB by 17m:

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M
4:00.0	1,217m	1:38.6	365	1556	27
1:00.0	306m	1:38.0	371	1578	27
2:00.0	304m	1:38.6	364	1553	27
3:00.0	301m	1:39.6	354	1516	26
4:00.0	306m	1:38.0	371	1578	30

As I was sure to not be able to rate up, I chose a high drag (160) to rate low and thought about 1:38-39, which turned out well.
On a recovered day probably a second faster could be in there. But for today I'm satisfied

Good PB - I agree on a different day you could do more - the 4 minute TT is an odd one to figure out.

[Sakly]

Today was the last real chance to go for the monthly team challenge, 4mins.
I have serious sore glutes and legs from Thursdays gym session, but I tried anyway, as tomorrow will be worse after todays gym session
I could improve my last PB by 17m:

Code: Select all

Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M
4:00.0	1,217m	1:38.6	365	1556	27
1:00.0	306m	1:38.0	371	1578	27
2:00.0	304m	1:38.6	364	1553	27
3:00.0	301m	1:39.6	354	1516	26
4:00.0	306m	1:38.0	371	1578	30

As I was sure to not be able to rate up, I chose a high drag (160) to rate low and thought about 1:38-39, which turned out well.
On a recovered day probably a second faster could be in there. But for today I'm satisfied

Good PB - I agree on a different day you could do more - the 4 minute TT is an odd one to figure out.

Thx Keith. At least it gave me a good feel about the pace, as this would be around my go for in the next 2k. At this day in the gym I surely would have died before reaching 2k, but without sore body and fresh mind it seems possible to go for 2k at this pace. Hopefully.

[KeithT]

Today was the last real chance to go for the monthly team challenge, 4mins.
I have serious sore glutes and legs from Thursdays gym session, but I tried anyway, as tomorrow will be worse after todays gym session
I could improve my last PB by 17m:

Code: Select all

Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M
4:00.0	1,217m	1:38.6	365	1556	27
1:00.0	306m	1:38.0	371	1578	27
2:00.0	304m	1:38.6	364	1553	27
3:00.0	301m	1:39.6	354	1516	26
4:00.0	306m	1:38.0	371	1578	30

As I was sure to not be able to rate up, I chose a high drag (160) to rate low and thought about 1:38-39, which turned out well.
On a recovered day probably a second faster could be in there. But for today I'm satisfied

Good PB - I agree on a different day you could do more - the 4 minute TT is an odd one to figure out.

Thx Keith. At least it gave me a good feel about the pace, as this would be around my go for in the next 2k. At this day in the gym I surely would have died before reaching 2k, but without sore body and fresh mind it seems possible to go for 2k at this pace. Hopefully.

And as you prob know, I am a huge believer in spending time at the pace you want to achieve, no matter if intervals or shortened TTs - have to get comfortable with how the pace feels.

[DavidA]

Hey all,
Another PB by default - my first FM.
I stopped every 30 minutes for about 30-45 seconds to drink/eat a bite - some of the slower splits happened to have two stops in them - hard to pull the average pace back down for those.

Again, I know I don’t compare to all you fast guys, but I’m proud of myself. It’s not something I ever dreamed I would be capable of when this year began. My machine arrived at the beginning of May - so just about 8 months of erging and I’ve got 1.5 million meters in.

Splits
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
3:47:57.1 42,195m 2:42.0 82 582 17 155
43:10.3 8,000m 2:41.8 82 583 17 148
43:17.1 16,000m 2:42.3 82 581 18 148
43:37.7 24,000m 2:43.6 80 575 17 153
43:10.8 32,000m 2:41.9 82 583 18 157
43:29.7 40,000m 2:43.1 81 577 19 160
11:11.4 42,195m 2:32.9 98 636 20 169

Woo Hoo!
and BIG congratulations!
An FM is big deal to complete.

David

[Sakly]

And as you prob know, I am a huge believer in spending time at the pace you want to achieve, no matter if intervals or shortened TTs - have to get comfortable with how the pace feels.

Absolutely agree!