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[old] Sir Pirate · Post by **[old] Sir Pirate** » November 12th, 2004, 4:43 pm

Well done to both Byron & Godfried, great PB's. Godfried, where did that come from? you will soon be sub 7 if you carry on taking those sort of chunks off. Sir Pirate

[old] Godfried · Post by **[old] Godfried** » November 12th, 2004, 5:56 pm

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (Sir Pirate @ Nov 12 2004, 10:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Godfried, where did that come from? you will soon be sub 7 if you carry on taking those sort of chunks off. </td></tr></table> It came out of the blue. Took me 14 weeks ( tried it in between , but crashed ) ; EIRC is in 5 weeks : no sub 7 there. I have been erging at L6 and L5 the last months , used higher settings only for PB-attempts for 500m and 1k. I have ( had ? ) a problem getting the pace under 1:38 for 500m or under 1:45 for 1000m. The day before yesterday I managed some 50m splits under 1:40 at L5 during my 1000m PB ( av 1:43.9 ) , today I went slower and started the first 200m under 1:42 and let the splits rice slowly after that ( av 1:47.9 ). So I am afraid my high-damper days are over , just need to get the pace down for a new 500m PB. Don't hold your breath for that.

[old] Bayko · Post by **[old] Bayko** » November 13th, 2004, 7:11 pm

New mark for 1000m by 0.1 second! Old one stood since December 29, 2002. 3:19.3 down to 3:19.2 Rick (we need a smilie for "thoroughly exhausted")

[old] TomR/the elder · Post by **[old] TomR/the elder** » November 13th, 2004, 8:31 pm

Impressive, Rick. How is it that you're still getting faster? I'm not, alas, but your result is inspiring. Tom

[old] Bayko · Post by **[old] Bayko** » November 14th, 2004, 8:21 am

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (TomR/the elder @ Nov 14 2004, 12:31 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Impressive, Rick. How is it that you're still getting faster? I'm not, alas, but your result is inspiring. Tom </td></tr></table> Hard to tell exactly Tom. With me, I think that the main thing has been finding that point on the edge of the envelope in which I'm training as hard as I can without slipping over into overtraining. For the past five months or so I think that I've found it. Two possible helps have been that 1.) I got slides last Spring and I think that using them may have altered the timing of when I push off. My upper back injuries may be from tugging with my arms too early instead of making the first movement with the legs. The slides seem to be helping me to get a little closer to doing it right. It seems to carry over when I take the erg back off the slides, as I did last night for the 1000m trial. And 2.) I've resisted the urge to train all seven days of the week. As someone who spent 30 years striving to train twice a day every day this is a hard thing to do. But I've taken one complete rest day every week (not even cross-training) this whole cycle and I'm sure that it has made a positive difference. I've trained myself to all-day weariness several times , but the day of complete rest has always brought me back to relative freshness. Keep searching Tom. Your answers may be different from mine, but they are out there. BTW I saw Gary a while back and he loves your Model C and thinks that you're a swell guy. Rick

[old] Godfried · Post by **[old] Godfried** » November 14th, 2004, 8:28 am

60mins 15,033 ( 1:59.7 / 500 ) , was 14,674 ( 2:02.7 / 500 ) ( sep 20 )

[old] NavigationHazard · Post by **[old] NavigationHazard** » November 14th, 2004, 10:36 am

Way to go, Rick! As if catching you in the nonathlon isn't hard enuf as it is .... (now I really have no excuse for putting off that marathon and gaining the hundred bonus points....)

[old] Atorrante · Post by **[old] Atorrante** » November 14th, 2004, 7:30 pm

10K in 38:39

[old] Bayko · Post by **[old] Bayko** » November 15th, 2004, 4:45 am

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (NavigationHazard @ Nov 14 2004, 02:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Way to go, Rick! As if catching you in the nonathlon isn't hard enuf as it is .... (now I really have no excuse for putting off that marathon and gaining the hundred bonus points....) </td></tr></table> You could do the marathon during the early football game on Thanksgiving Day. Lions vs. ??? Think how good that turkey dinner would taste then! (And how much you could eat) In the Nonathlon I had been as high as 9th. Then Little H blew by. Always a new sheriff in town. You can't rest too long if you want to hold your place. Rick

[old] TheHagueDragon · Post by **[old] TheHagueDragon** » November 15th, 2004, 9:28 am

3 weeks ago i did my first 2K in 7:00:2 Today i tried it for the second time. It resulted in 6:50:5! I moved from 185th place on the ranking to 111th. In 2,5 month i move to a better age category. I hope to become 40 years old in january so then i'm very young in the "40-49" catogory. With today's time i would be 50th on that ranking.

[old] Courtney_G · Post by **[old] Courtney_G** » November 15th, 2004, 3:09 pm

I rowed my best workout today since I got my erg two weeks ago. I did 5 five-minute pieces as follows: 5 min @ 20 spm for warm up 5 min @ 25 spm working on speed 5 min @ 20 spm focusing on technique 5 min @ 16-17 spm focusing on power 5 min @ 20 spm for warm down And I feel fabulous! This has been my longest and hardest workout since I got my erg, but I feel energentic and upbeat and I'm not sore like I have been after previous workouts! Not bad for a beginner, eh?

[old] Jazz · Post by **[old] Jazz** » November 16th, 2004, 2:23 am

Been at it 6 months and getting PBs every week at one distance or another. This week went for my 1000 PB and beat it by 4 seconds - 3:16.1. Seems on the longer races ( 30 min, 60 min, 10K) my mental toughness that day will determine if I get a PB or not. Cheers

[old] NavigationHazard · Post by **[old] NavigationHazard** » November 16th, 2004, 8:31 pm

17:11.2 for 5k tonight, inspired by Bayko I hadn't really intended to go that fast that far; about a third of the way into the unplanned row I decided to make it a 5k test and see what happened.... For the first time in a while I really had the sense I was moving the chain fairly effortlessly while maintaining form. I've been doing longer rows at what for me are slow SPMs (22-24), and that seems to be helping a lot as far as building endurance. Oddly, it also seems to be helping my speed-- at any rate, I was able to shift gears with about 750 meters to go and finish very strongly at what normally would be an absurd 35-36 SPM.... Here's to a recovery that's actually a conscious, controlled recovery and not just me recoiling back up the slide willy nilly....

[old] Bayko · Post by **[old] Bayko** » November 17th, 2004, 4:31 am

Good stuff Navigation Hazard. I hope that it's a jumping off point for more PB's yet. Rick

[old] Canoeist · Post by **[old] Canoeist** » November 17th, 2004, 8:59 am

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (Bayko @ Nov 13 2004, 11:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> New mark for 1000m by 0.1 second! Old one stood since December 29, 2002.  </td></tr></table> Congratulations Rick! It is very hard for an experienced erger like yourself to maintain a score close to PB over the years. An improvement, even by the smallest fraction of time recorded by the equipment - WOW! That should be great encouragement for you to keep up your training. Cheers, Paul Flack

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