New Personal Best

[old] Carl Henrik · Post by **[old] Carl Henrik** » October 21st, 2004, 6:10 pm

Congrats Doug, that's one sweet 2k time...and with such uncertainty of being able to better last record. Must be feeling good!

[old] DavidA · Post by **[old] DavidA** » October 22nd, 2004, 12:41 pm

Doug, Congratulations! That injury makes me cringe in pain just hearing about it. Great to see that you are back in shape, although I'm sure it was a long 7 months.

[old] jjpisano · Post by **[old] jjpisano** » October 23rd, 2004, 6:33 pm

Congratulations Doug. I remember when you posted about your injury initially. I'm happy for you that you've recovered and have improved. I'm happy to report I rowed a 5k personal best on Friday. I was scheduled to do it on Saturday but because of details of my work schedule and my training schedule, I ended up juggling workouts so that I went for a 5k personal best on Friday - just three days after my 6k personal best. My previous personal best for 5k was 18:31 which is 253.2 watts. So my strategy was to get to 254 watts as soon as possible and defend that pace to the end. I fell into a 260 watt pace - which is around a 1:50.5/500m pace. I upped the pace in the last 200m and ended at 260.3 w (a 1:50.4/500m pace) and ended at 18:23.8. My training for the past 3 months has been almost pure long rows, strapless at either two general paces 222 w @ 20 spm (which is relatively high spi work)and 222w @ 26 spm (which works out to 10mps). My 6k and 5k personal bests were at higher paces than any pace I've trained at since February. The crown jewel of personal bests attempts, i.e. the 2k, is scheduled in about a week for me. My and 5k and 6k pb have each improved by about 7 watts - so it would be nice if my 2k improves by 7 watts also which would put me in the 6:50 ballpark. We'll see. Jim Pisano

[old] Nick Rockliff · Post by **[old] Nick Rockliff** » October 25th, 2004, 5:39 am

New 2k PB for me yesterday at Southampton Grand Prix: 6.19.7 Very pleased and more to come I think

[old] ranger · Post by **[old] ranger** » October 25th, 2004, 7:01 am

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (Nick Rockliff @ Oct 25 2004, 04:39 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>New 2k PB for me yesterday at Southampton Grand Prix: 6.19.7 Very pleased and more to come I think  </td></tr></table> Many, many congrats, Nick. IMHO, no one in and around this forum works harder, longer, or more consistently. You are reaping the rewards. Enjoy! ranger

[old] NavigationHazard · Post by **[old] NavigationHazard** » October 25th, 2004, 10:14 pm

Congrats on the 2k, Nick -- but can you lay off the 5k for about 3 months? That way I have a glimmer of hope of catching you before the end of the C2 season.... 17:13.6 5k tonight after 14 hrs at the University, and about 4 hours' sleep. True, that still leaves me about 20 seconds behind the good Mr. Rockliff, whose post inspired the piece. Since my last 500 was in 1:35 and change, it seems likely that a more even pace and some rest aforehand might allow me to chop that interval down. On the other hand, it's at least as likely that NR is ready for a 16:45 or so.... I wish I had your work ethic, Nick....

[old] c2jonw · Post by **[old] c2jonw** » October 26th, 2004, 12:27 pm

Not too shabby for a 5K- I just did my best 30 min in quite a while- 8286 meters. I was going for 8300 but just didn't have it in the middle 10 minutes. 120 drag; 30-31 SR JonW

[old] Ash · Post by **[old] Ash** » October 26th, 2004, 6:06 pm

A new test for me today: 2k at 18 spm - 6:48.1, 1:42 That brings all my rate restricted 2ks to: 18 - 6:48.1 (target was 6:48) 20 - 6:48.1 (target 6:42) 22 - 6:42.3 (target 6:36) 24 - 6:35.7 (target 6:30) If i i can meet all my restricted targets all the way down to 34 spm i should be acheiving a 6:00 2k! Still a little work to do then!

[old] wrez · Post by **[old] wrez** » October 27th, 2004, 9:35 am

did first ever test today on 30 mins and got 8300 meters exactly lol im pleased with myself but i think can do better

[old] TheHagueDragon · Post by **[old] TheHagueDragon** » October 28th, 2004, 8:06 am

today i decided to test me on my first 5K. I wanted to go easy because tomorrow i leave for Switzerland for the Armada Regatta in Bern. <a href='http://www.armadacup.ch/' target='_blank'>armadacup</a> It's my first 5K so it's my PB. My time was 19:08:5, that's about 1:55/500m average. It went ok but next time (about 2 weeks) i think it's possible to take 30 seconds off that time.

[old] lowwall · Post by **[old] lowwall** » October 29th, 2004, 1:13 pm

2k - 6:57.7 After 7 million meters erging over the last 3 years, I finally broke 7 minutes. Splits were 1:43.2, 1:44.8, 1:45.3 and 1:44.4. Alex Frakt

[old] andyArvid · Post by **[old] andyArvid** » October 31st, 2004, 4:05 pm

New PB for 6k today on-line. Went out at my PB pace for 5k. Held steady splits between 2:00.0 and 2:01.1. Past the 5k in 20:04.9 (PB by 4.7). Finished strong but safely with 1:59.7, 1:59.4, 1:58.0 and 1:53:5 to break 24 minutes in 23:56.4 (new pb by 33.7). I guess a week of taking it easy after le tour worked.

[old] Rocket Roy · Post by **[old] Rocket Roy** » October 31st, 2004, 4:53 pm

Nice row lowwall, almost a fly and die but you found something in the final 500. Very well done for digging deep!

[old] chickenlegs · Post by **[old] chickenlegs** » November 1st, 2004, 1:26 am

Inspired by Ash's rate restricted 2000 m piece, I rowed one too today: 2000 m: 1:42.0 @ 20 spm Honestly I was aiming for 1:42.0 @ 18 spm to match Ash, but couldn't hold the rate that low at the given split.

[old] ranger · Post by **[old] ranger** » November 1st, 2004, 9:51 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE </td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>If i i can meet all my restricted targets all the way down to 34 spm i should be acheiving a 6:00 2k! </td></tr></table> ASH-- What is the basis of these calculations? How do you determine your rate-restricted targets? ranger

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