New Personal Best

[[old] jfisher]

<!--QuoteBegin-michaelb+Dec 11 2005, 12:09 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(michaelb @ Dec 11 2005, 12:09 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->My goal in making lightweight was to make the top 10%, and as of today, at least I did that.  People are constantly adding rows (congrats to Yukon John for his row yesterday), and by the end of the season I will drop down quite a bit, but nice to see that today anyway (Jeff is still to come too in the rankings).  Thanks to Frank for the races, everyone for the support and challenge, and PaulS for the coaching.<br /> <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Good row Mike, sooo close. I've noticed that you really have to give it h*** that first few hundred meters to get on pace. Just one second arghhhh.<br /><br />I looked at the rankings and if you can drop just a couple of seconds you'll be in the top 10.<br /><br />Congrats.<br /><br />Jeff

[[old] jfisher]

New PB for me in the 2K. Went from 6:51.4 down to 6:46.3. I had targeted 1:40/6:40 pace but that was a little too optimistic. Especially coming off of the flu and almost no speed work.<br /><br />I was right on, well maybe a little fast, for 1300 meters and then died a thousand deaths the last 700 while only maintaining about 1:43 pace.<br /><br />I did have one perfect 100m split though 1:40 pace at 10mps. <br /><br />Sorry Mike, I pushed you down one place. <br /><br />Jeff

[[old] mpukita]

Jeff:<br /><br />Congrats on the new PB!<br /><br /> <br /><br />Regards -- Mark

[[old] johnnybike]

Welll done Mark, I have added the update

[[old] PeterWilkinson]

JohnnyBike,<br /><br />Well done mate. PB on HM and 5K in the space of a few days, and both faster than mine. You're getting scary now...<br /><br />I did a steady HM on Saturday morning @ 2:06 pace. Didn't know I was going to do it until I got to the gym, but still had a cold so couldn't get close to a PB time.<br /><br />P.S. Don't forget to update your signature block...

[[old] ancho]

<!--QuoteBegin-jfisher+Dec 11 2005, 06:13 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(jfisher @ Dec 11 2005, 06:13 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->New PB for me in the 2K.  Went from 6:51.4 down to 6:46.3.  I had targeted 1:40/6:40 pace but that was a little too optimistic.  Especially coming off of the flu and almost no speed work.<br /><br />I was right on, well maybe a little fast, for 1300 meters and then died a thousand deaths the last 700 while only maintaining about 1:43 pace.<br /><br />I did have one perfect 100m split though 1:40 pace at 10mps. <br /><br />Sorry Mike, I pushed you down one place. <br /><br />Jeff <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Jeff, well done! Those are my next steps to follow (not taking in consideration the height/weight differences). One question: why not making a 1,3k instead of a 2k. I mean, with our age, we don't deserve those 1000 deaths anymore... <br />Keep it on!<br />

[[old] johnnybike]

<!--QuoteBegin-PeterWilkinson+Dec 12 2005, 06:53 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(PeterWilkinson @ Dec 12 2005, 06:53 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><br />Well done mate. PB on HM and 5K in the space of a few days, and both faster than mine. You're getting scary now...<br /><br />I did a steady HM on Saturday morning @ 2:06 pace. Didn't know I was going to do it until I got to the gym, but still had a cold so couldn't get close to a PB time.<br /><br />P.S. Don't forget to update your signature block... <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Cheers Peter, Nice HM, hard effort when you are not 100%. Bought a C2 yet?<br /><br />I figured that if I was going to update my sig I might as well make it worthwhile so I knocked off a 10K PB today as well. Not by much, 4 seconds, now <b>38:12.3 27spm AHR 150 MHR 158</b>. Quite pleasing as it was one of my better times and therefore hard to beat. <br />I have had a good day all in all, see my diary for details. I never planned on the 10K attempt but I just felt so good when I got to the gym and my HR was very low when warming up so I went for it. Had already done a 6K and a yoga session this morning. <br />Life is good sometimes, then it reverts back to normal.<br /><br />

[[old] mpukita]

Wow! Congrats Peter and John! New PBs all around these days.

[[old] tennstrike]

Mark:<br /><br />Did my L2 WP workout today as 3 x 2K. Your two recent PB convinced me I had to try again myself so, on second, I went for 7:32. Hit 7:32.8 which lowered my PB by 3.1 seconds. Felt really good. Splits were 1:54.4, 153.5, 153.2 and 1:51.7. Followed Mike's plan to target +1 until 1200 left, switch to even until 600, pull -1 to 200 then see what was in the tank. Hardest was maintaining 1:52 between 600 and 200. Last 2K was target of average pace of 1:58 and hit 7:52 dead on with target inverse splits. I checked my log and my first continuous interval was Nov 28th.<br /><br />Regards

[[old] jfisher]

<!--QuoteBegin-ancho+Dec 12 2005, 11:55 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(ancho @ Dec 12 2005, 11:55 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-jfisher+Dec 11 2005, 06:13 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(jfisher @ Dec 11 2005, 06:13 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->New PB for me in the 2K.  Went from 6:51.4 down to 6:46.3.  I had targeted 1:40/6:40 pace but that was a little too optimistic.  Especially coming off of the flu and almost no speed work.<br /><br />I was right on, well maybe a little fast, for 1300 meters and then died a thousand deaths the last 700 while only maintaining about 1:43 pace.<br /><br />I did have one perfect 100m split though 1:40 pace at 10mps. <br /><br />Sorry Mike, I pushed you down one place. <br /><br />Jeff <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Jeff, well done! Those are my next steps to follow (not taking in consideration the height/weight differences). One question: why not making a 1,3k instead of a 2k. I mean, with our age, we don't deserve those 1000 deaths anymore... <br />Keep it on! <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /> <br /><br />I'll go for that 1.3K! That distance suits me just fine.<br /><br />Good luck getting down under the 6:50 mark.<br /><br />Jeff

[[old] mpukita]

<!--QuoteBegin-tennstrike+Dec 12 2005, 10:33 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(tennstrike @ Dec 12 2005, 10:33 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Mark:<br /><br />Did my L2 WP workout today as 3 x 2K. Your two recent PB convinced me I had to try again myself so, on second, I went for 7:32. Hit 7:32.8 which lowered my PB by 3.1 seconds. Felt really good. Splits were 1:54.4, 153.5, 153.2 and 1:51.7. Followed Mike's plan to target +1 until 1200 left, switch to even until 600, pull -1 to 200 then see what was in the tank. Hardest was maintaining 1:52 between 600 and 200. Last 2K was target of average pace of 1:58 and hit 7:52 dead on with target inverse splits. I checked my log and my first continuous interval was Nov 28th.<br /><br />Regards <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Jeff:<br /><br /><span style='font-family:Optima'><span style='color:blue'><b>Good work, and congrats on the new PB!</b></span></span> Sounds like we are on a very close trajectory.<br /><br />Got your e-mail. Will respond later. I have a tough week. Detroit day trip today (driving 6 hours for a 30 minute meeting), and an unscheduled trip to Italy Thursday through next Wednesday came up at the last minute. I need to find an erg or two over there to at least protect my training gains. Sounds like you were able to do that.<br /><br />Regards -- Mark

[[old] Citroen]

Rowed 5K warm-up, 6K challenge.<br /><br /><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>5K - New PB 18:49.7 (-2.1 sec)<br />6K - New PB 22:28.7 (-12.1 sec)</span></span><br /><br />5K split in 6K PB: 18:43.8

[[old] Polaco]

<!--QuoteBegin-Citroen+Dec 14 2005, 06:16 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Citroen @ Dec 14 2005, 06:16 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Rowed 5K warm-up, 6K challenge.<br /><br /><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>5K - New PB 18:49.7 (-2.1 sec)<br />6K - New PB 22:28.7 (-12.1 sec)</span></span><br /><br />5K split in 6K PB: 18:43.8 <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />Congratulations Dougie, the Pete Plan is working well for you!!

[[old] mpukita]

<!--QuoteBegin-Citroen+Dec 14 2005, 07:16 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Citroen @ Dec 14 2005, 07:16 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Rowed 5K warm-up, 6K challenge.<br /><br /><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>5K - New PB 18:49.7 (-2.1 sec)<br />6K - New PB 22:28.7 (-12.1 sec)</span></span><br /><br />5K split in 6K PB: 18:43.8 <br /> </td></tr></table><br />Congratulations, again, Dougie. The PBs just keep on coming ...

[[old] Citroen]

<!--QuoteBegin-Polaco+Dec 14 2005, 11:27 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Polaco @ Dec 14 2005, 11:27 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Citroen+Dec 14 2005, 06:16 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Citroen @ Dec 14 2005, 06:16 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Rowed 5K warm-up, 6K challenge.<br /><br /><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>5K - New PB 18:49.7 (-2.1 sec)<br />6K - New PB 22:28.7 (-12.1 sec)</span></span><br /><br />5K split in 6K PB: 18:43.8 <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />Congratulations Dougie, the Pete Plan is working well for you!! <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />I think rowing 300K between 2005-11-28 and 2005-12-08 makes the Pete Plan seem easier for me (since it's about 10K per day). I really enjoyed today's session, getting two PBs was the icing on the cake. <br /><br />I'm back in training for the next competition - 14th Jan - Surrey IRC.