New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[Sakly]

Thanks Sascha. TP was 356 last time out (age 74!) but I'm pretty confident he's capable of 360.

Wow, both impressive numbers from you, especially given the ages!
20-30 years younger, I'm within that range hitting "only" 358m

Ha! You may be only just in front on the sprints...but we both conk out after a few minutes whereas you can keep going for hours - no competition there!

Sure, my engine is relatively big compared to my sprint numbers
But I think explosive power is more important as we age, so I would be pleased, if I can get these results at the same age! Until then I'll try to be as good as possible at the longer stuff as well

[Jbrown1215]

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all have had an enjoyable holiday season and are looking forward to an awesome 2025!

Sharing two somewhat unexpected PBs to wrap-up my 2024 -- quite satisfying Christmas presents for myself, if I do say!

I did a practice 2k on Monday in preparation for race day on Feb 1st. Very pleased overall as I executed my race plan well, just lacked a bit of juice in my closing sprint. Not entirely unexpected that I'd set a PB, but was a bit surprised to be this close to my sub-6:10 target. 5 weeks of the training plan left to hopefully get me there.

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M
6:10.5	2,000m	1:32.6	440	1815	35
1:32.1	500m	1:32.1	448	1841	35
1:33.3	1,000m	1:33.3	431	1783	33
1:33.2	1,500m	1:33.2	432	1787	34
1:31.9	2,000m	1:31.9	451	1851	39

This 10k was more unexpected and a bit out of the blue with my focus on the 2k the last couple months. Shaved ~20 seconds off my season best from a few months ago. I wouldn't have attempted this at all had my training plan not called for it this week. Turns out the 2k plan has had some nice side benefits as well for the longer distances...

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Time	Meters	Pace	Watts	Cal/Hr	S/M
34:07.5	10,000m	1:42.3	326	1422	28
6:48.8	2,000m	1:42.2	328	1428	28
6:49.8	4,000m	1:42.4	325	1420	28
6:51.7	6,000m	1:42.9	321	1404	28
6:52.1	8,000m	1:43.0	320	1401	29
6:45.0	10,000m	1:41.2	337	1460	31

Looking forward to seeing this group's updates and PBs in the new year!

[Dangerscouse]

Sharing two somewhat unexpected PBs to wrap-up my 2024 -- quite satisfying Christmas presents for myself, if I do say!

Very impressive results Justin, and the amazing thing is you're still going to get faster.

Merry Christmas to you too

[MPx]

Saw that 6:10 on the ITC Justin - looks like you've got the measure of Luke at the moment - very well done indeed.

[MPx]

TP was 356 last time out (age 74!) but I'm pretty confident he's capable of 360.

Correction! He just put in a 359 for a new WR - well done Jeremy! ...and I still think he can do a 360!

[Sakly]

TP was 356 last time out (age 74!) but I'm pretty confident he's capable of 360.

Correction! He just put in a 359 for a new WR - well done Jeremy! ...and I still think he can do a 360!

Wow, that's a great score! Congrats to your training partner

[Sakly]

I’ve signed up for an erg marathon in Hamburg 1st march, so will hopefully adding a marathon PB in a few months.

Have you signed up for in person comp or are you going to submit the marathon online?
I'm thinking about signing up...

[Chrysaor]

Hi everyone! Got my rower three weeks ago and did my first 2k at 9:09. Lungs were on fire. Best fun I've had in ages. Hope the new year brings many new pbs to everyone.

[ahooton]

I’ve signed up for an erg marathon in Hamburg 1st march, so will hopefully adding a marathon PB in a few months.

Have you signed up for in person comp or are you going to submit the marathon online?
I'm thinking about signing up...

Hello mate. Going to do it in Hamburg. Good excuse to get away for a few days.

I find marathon a bit much for grinding out in the garage. I get too easily bored and my head gives up well before my body. So will be the perfect setting to get it finished. I’m aiming for 2:48, which judging off recent 30km times (1:58.5 pace), I’m pretty sure I can manage.

Hopefully you make it and can meet up.

[Sakly]

I’ve signed up for an erg marathon in Hamburg 1st march, so will hopefully adding a marathon PB in a few months.

Have you signed up for in person comp or are you going to submit the marathon online?
I'm thinking about signing up...

Hello mate. Going to do it in Hamburg. Good excuse to get away for a few days.

I find marathon a bit much for grinding out in the garage. I get too easily bored and my head gives up well before my body. So will be the perfect setting to get it finished. I’m aiming for 2:48, which judging off recent 30km times (1:58.5 pace), I’m pretty sure I can manage.

Hopefully you make it and can meet up.

Oh cool, that's a perfect reason to go for it
I need to plan with my wife, but I'm fairly confident it will work.
Already booked a hotel? Where will you stay? Not informed about anything yet
Based on my recent 2h sessions I think I could go for 2:41-44, difficult to gauge. I definitely need to have some more sessions after getting well. Last 2-3 weeks my fitness went down due to illness

[ahooton]

Have you signed up for in person comp or are you going to submit the marathon online?
I'm thinking about signing up...

Hello mate. Going to do it in Hamburg. Good excuse to get away for a few days.

I find marathon a bit much for grinding out in the garage. I get too easily bored and my head gives up well before my body. So will be the perfect setting to get it finished. I’m aiming for 2:48, which judging off recent 30km times (1:58.5 pace), I’m pretty sure I can manage.

Hopefully you make it and can meet up.

Oh cool, that's a perfect reason to go for it
I need to plan with my wife, but I'm fairly confident it will work.
Already booked a hotel? Where will you stay? Not informed about anything yet
Based on my recent 2h sessions I think I could go for 2:41-44, difficult to gauge. I definitely need to have some more sessions after getting well. Last 2-3 weeks my fitness went down due to illness

Ambitious times but I’m sure you can. I’m staying at the Marriott. Flying over on Friday morning then back Sunday evening.

[Sakly]

Hello mate. Going to do it in Hamburg. Good excuse to get away for a few days.

I find marathon a bit much for grinding out in the garage. I get too easily bored and my head gives up well before my body. So will be the perfect setting to get it finished. I’m aiming for 2:48, which judging off recent 30km times (1:58.5 pace), I’m pretty sure I can manage.

Hopefully you make it and can meet up.

Oh cool, that's a perfect reason to go for it
I need to plan with my wife, but I'm fairly confident it will work.
Already booked a hotel? Where will you stay? Not informed about anything yet
Based on my recent 2h sessions I think I could go for 2:41-44, difficult to gauge. I definitely need to have some more sessions after getting well. Last 2-3 weeks my fitness went down due to illness

Ambitious times but I’m sure you can. I’m staying at the Marriott. Flying over on Friday morning then back Sunday evening.

I registered for a marathon in Hamburg right now
Huuh, I'm excited - it's my first competition
Need to check out hotels, but we will definitely meet there

[Dangerscouse]

Hi everyone! Got my rower three weeks ago and did my first 2k at 9:09. Lungs were on fire. Best fun I've had in ages. Hope the new year brings many new pbs to everyone.

Well done, and it hopefully won't be long until your sub 9 mins.

[Sakly]

Hi everyone! Got my rower three weeks ago and did my first 2k at 9:09. Lungs were on fire. Best fun I've had in ages. Hope the new year brings many new pbs to everyone.

Overlooked that one - agree to Stu, well done and more fun to come

[KeithT]

I've been spouting off to one of my training partners about how he could be quicker at the 1min. Thought maybe I should try taking my own advice! Being a Tuesday, was sprints night tonight and only needing a short session to get my 200k for the holiday challenge it was a good opportunity. Managed 355m which actually only equals rather than beats my lifetime best, but it is 1m further than my existing 65+ age group British Record so well chuffed with that.

Have a great Christmas everyone - I know I will!

Excellent work! The one minute is hard because it's almost a dead sprint the whole way.