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[HornetMaX]

I find both these issues are sweat related. Haven't had BC issues since I started wearing both wicking underwear and rowing shorts, prior to that had a huge issue.

Citius Remex seat solved this for me. Completely gone. Any other solution tried only half worked. YMMV (and I haven't done anything past a FM or 70K rowing per week).

As for blisters, you probably sweated more profusely in the FM so not surprised worse than 100k in that regard.

Always wondered if a handle with a lot of holes could help that: maybe the movement can force some sort of airflow in it and out of the holes.

[Sakly]

@Sascha- I think we want to see you very comfortably below 2.45 bro!

Not sure, if "comfortable" is the right term for a 1:57 split
But that's around what I think could be managable...on a good day

[alex9026]

Not sure, if "comfortable" is the right term for a 1:57 split
But that's around what I think could be managable...on a good day

I could muster one up with you virtually I feel an endurance piece coming on some time in August (giving me three full months preparation).

[Sakly]

Not sure, if "comfortable" is the right term for a 1:57 split
But that's around what I think could be managable...on a good day

I could muster one up with you virtually I feel an endurance piece coming on some time in August (giving me three full months preparation).

I thought about going for it in May, but that sounds also very cool and motivating
Never did a kind of race session, either virtual nor in person!
In that case I could use my current momentum for the shorter stuff to reach some other goals for 5k, 6k, 10k, 30min and probably also 60mins. And go again for a 2k, as some of the gents here say I should be faster, than my PB reports...

[contdrift86]

Probably not the best prep on paper but it was effective. Took from Thursday off due to travelling to Fiji for work for the weekend. Didn't train whilst I was over there, but spent a lot of time walking around and then smashed about 27 beers in the pool on Saturday night, had a curry and then flew back Sunday morning. Walked around a farm yesterday with the kids and then did a 15 minute warm up today and then gripped it and ripped it for a 2km to finish the season off.

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M	
6:49.8	2,000m	1:42.4	325	1420	30	184
1:42.4	500m	1:42.4	326	1421	30	178
1:42.3	1,000m	1:42.3	327	1425	30	184
1:42.7	1,500m	1:42.7	323	1412	30	187
1:42.4	2,000m	1:42.4	326	1421	31	188

Seeing as I started the season at 7:09.5, dipped under 7 minutes for the first time in November, then did a 6:58 in Feb for the TOC, then a 6:53 for the CTC in March? Had one last crack today and under the 6:50 mark.

[Sakly]

Probably not the best prep on paper but it was effective. Took from Thursday off due to travelling to Fiji for work for the weekend. Didn't train whilst I was over there, but spent a lot of time walking around and then smashed about 27 beers in the pool on Saturday night, had a curry and then flew back Sunday morning. Walked around a farm yesterday with the kids and then did a 15 minute warm up today and then gripped it and ripped it for a 2km to finish the season off.

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M	
6:49.8	2,000m	1:42.4	325	1420	30	184
1:42.4	500m	1:42.4	326	1421	30	178
1:42.3	1,000m	1:42.3	327	1425	30	184
1:42.7	1,500m	1:42.7	323	1412	30	187
1:42.4	2,000m	1:42.4	326	1421	31	188

Seeing as I started the season at 7:09.5, dipped under 7 minutes for the first time in November, then did a 6:58 in Feb for the TOC, then a 6:53 for the CTC in March? Had one last crack today and under the 6:50 mark.

Well done and very good progress on the 2k this season

[nick rockliff]

Probably not the best prep on paper but it was effective. Took from Thursday off due to travelling to Fiji for work for the weekend. Didn't train whilst I was over there, but spent a lot of time walking around and then smashed about 27 beers in the pool on Saturday night, had a curry and then flew back Sunday morning. Walked around a farm yesterday with the kids and then did a 15 minute warm up today and then gripped it and ripped it for a 2km to finish the season off.

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M	
6:49.8	2,000m	1:42.4	325	1420	30	184
1:42.4	500m	1:42.4	326	1421	30	178
1:42.3	1,000m	1:42.3	327	1425	30	184
1:42.7	1,500m	1:42.7	323	1412	30	187
1:42.4	2,000m	1:42.4	326	1421	31	188

Seeing as I started the season at 7:09.5, dipped under 7 minutes for the first time in November, then did a 6:58 in Feb for the TOC, then a 6:53 for the CTC in March? Had one last crack today and under the 6:50 mark.

Nice one, well done.

[p_b82]

Probably not the best prep on paper but it was effective. Took from Thursday off due to travelling to Fiji for work for the weekend. Didn't train whilst I was over there, but spent a lot of time walking around and then smashed about 27 beers in the pool on Saturday night, had a curry and then flew back Sunday morning. Walked around a farm yesterday with the kids and then did a 15 minute warm up today and then gripped it and ripped it for a 2km to finish the season off.

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M	
6:49.8	2,000m	1:42.4	325	1420	30	184
1:42.4	500m	1:42.4	326	1421	30	178
1:42.3	1,000m	1:42.3	327	1425	30	184
1:42.7	1,500m	1:42.7	323	1412	30	187
1:42.4	2,000m	1:42.4	326	1421	31	188

Seeing as I started the season at 7:09.5, dipped under 7 minutes for the first time in November, then did a 6:58 in Feb for the TOC, then a 6:53 for the CTC in March? Had one last crack today and under the 6:50 mark.

Well done - that's great progress; and even better on that prep I reckon!

[robhely]

First PB in quite a while, I've been focussing on hypertrophy and finding it hard to juggle rowing and weights - especially on the same day.

3:26.2 1,000m 1:43.1 319 1399 35 178
0:41.0 200m 1:42.5 325 1418 34 165
0:40.8 400m 1:42.0 330 1435 35 176
0:40.7 600m 1:41.7 332 1443 35 182
0:41.9 800m 1:44.7 305 1348 34 184
0:41.8 1,000m 1:44.5 307 1355 37 186

Previous PB was 3:27.1, so nothing massive, but felt pretty good for this one. Have never seen my HR above 182 before, so I must have given it my all.

I've gained around 5kg, since taking up strength training, so sitting uncomfortably between LW and HW at ~75kg. I'm on a bit of a "mini cut" at the moment, so hoping to get just under 75 and stay there. I do think the extra muscle helped with this row as I don't think my fitness is at the same level as it was when I was getting PBs ever other week late last year.

[Kerry1960]

First PB in quite a while, I've been focussing on hypertrophy and finding it hard to juggle rowing and weights - especially on the same day.

3:26.2 1,000m 1:43.1 319 1399 35 178
0:41.0 200m 1:42.5 325 1418 34 165
0:40.8 400m 1:42.0 330 1435 35 176
0:40.7 600m 1:41.7 332 1443 35 182
0:41.9 800m 1:44.7 305 1348 34 184
0:41.8 1,000m 1:44.5 307 1355 37 186

Previous PB was 3:27.1, so nothing massive, but felt pretty good for this one. Have never seen my HR above 182 before, so I must have given it my all.

I've gained around 5kg, since taking up strength training, so sitting uncomfortably between LW and HW at ~75kg. I'm on a bit of a "mini cut" at the moment, so hoping to get just under 75 and stay there. I do think the extra muscle helped with this row as I don't think my fitness is at the same level as it was when I was getting PBs ever other week late last year.

Nice start to the new season.

[KeithT]

Probably not the best prep on paper but it was effective. Took from Thursday off due to travelling to Fiji for work for the weekend. Didn't train whilst I was over there, but spent a lot of time walking around and then smashed about 27 beers in the pool on Saturday night, had a curry and then flew back Sunday morning. Walked around a farm yesterday with the kids and then did a 15 minute warm up today and then gripped it and ripped it for a 2km to finish the season off.

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M	
6:49.8	2,000m	1:42.4	325	1420	30	184
1:42.4	500m	1:42.4	326	1421	30	178
1:42.3	1,000m	1:42.3	327	1425	30	184
1:42.7	1,500m	1:42.7	323	1412	30	187
1:42.4	2,000m	1:42.4	326	1421	31	188

Seeing as I started the season at 7:09.5, dipped under 7 minutes for the first time in November, then did a 6:58 in Feb for the TOC, then a 6:53 for the CTC in March? Had one last crack today and under the 6:50 mark.

Very impressive progress....now under 6:50! There has to be a scientific correlation between the beers and the time reduction.

[Dangerscouse]

First PB in quite a while, I've been focussing on hypertrophy and finding it hard to juggle rowing and weights - especially on the same day.

3:26.2 1,000m 1:43.1 319 1399 35 178
0:41.0 200m 1:42.5 325 1418 34 165
0:40.8 400m 1:42.0 330 1435 35 176
0:40.7 600m 1:41.7 332 1443 35 182
0:41.9 800m 1:44.7 305 1348 34 184
0:41.8 1,000m 1:44.5 307 1355 37 186

Previous PB was 3:27.1, so nothing massive, but felt pretty good for this one. Have never seen my HR above 182 before, so I must have given it my all.

I've gained around 5kg, since taking up strength training, so sitting uncomfortably between LW and HW at ~75kg. I'm on a bit of a "mini cut" at the moment, so hoping to get just under 75 and stay there. I do think the extra muscle helped with this row as I don't think my fitness is at the same level as it was when I was getting PBs ever other week late last year.

Well done Rob. I possibly value these type of small PBs more as they're harder fought for as you're so close to your limit.

A massive PB is a great ego boost, and also something special, but when all you do is squeeze out a little bit more, and you know you give if 100%, then that's maybe, just maybe more special.

[RWAGR]

Got my 10k sub-37 today, taking ~29 seconds off my PB. That was probably a little overdue given my solid fitness and recent HM PB, but milestones are always particularly nice, especially as I'm currently stuck on the wrong side of a milestone for the 1 hour!

36:49.9 10,000m 1:50.4 259 1192 28 167
7:21.1 2,000m 1:50.2 261 1198 28 160
7:23.0 4,000m 1:50.7 258 1186 28 162
7:23.8 6,000m 1:50.9 256 1181 28 168
7:23.8 8,000m 1:50.9 256 1181 28 172
7:18.1 10,000m 1:49.5 266 1216 28 178

[ahooton]

Got my 10k sub-37 today, taking ~29 seconds off my PB. That was probably a little overdue given my solid fitness and recent HM PB, but milestones are always particularly nice, especially as I'm currently stuck on the wrong side of a milestone for the 1 hour!

36:49.9 10,000m 1:50.4 259 1192 28 167
7:21.1 2,000m 1:50.2 261 1198 28 160
7:23.0 4,000m 1:50.7 258 1186 28 162
7:23.8 6,000m 1:50.9 256 1181 28 168
7:23.8 8,000m 1:50.9 256 1181 28 172
7:18.1 10,000m 1:49.5 266 1216 28 178

Fantastic stuff, well done mate.

[Dangerscouse]

Got my 10k sub-37 today, taking ~29 seconds off my PB. That was probably a little overdue given my solid fitness and recent HM PB, but milestones are always particularly nice, especially as I'm currently stuck on the wrong side of a milestone for the 1 hour!

36:49.9 10,000m 1:50.4 259 1192 28 167
7:21.1 2,000m 1:50.2 261 1198 28 160
7:23.0 4,000m 1:50.7 258 1186 28 162
7:23.8 6,000m 1:50.9 256 1181 28 168
7:23.8 8,000m 1:50.9 256 1181 28 172
7:18.1 10,000m 1:49.5 266 1216 28 178

It possibly is a little overdue, and expected, given your recent successes, but you still needed to actually do it, so this is a great milestone and PB.

The hour can be a strange session imo, so I'm not too surprised you're struggling al little bit with it. It's definitely becoming more and more low hanging fruit though, so it won't be long.