New Personal Best

[old] PeterWilkinson · Post by **[old] PeterWilkinson** » March 3rd, 2006, 7:47 am

Been posting mostly on the UK forum lately, so thought I would update my profile on the US forum for those who remember me... New PBs set this year: 30r20 - 7743m - 23rd January 5Kr20 - 19:14.3 - 2nd February 60r20 - 15014m - 5th February 30 mins - 7906m - 8th February 60 mins - 15545m - 18th February FM - 2:53.40.5 - 25th February 40r20 - 10305m - 27th February 6000m - 22:29.1 - 2nd March

[old] mpukita · Post by **[old] mpukita** » March 3rd, 2006, 8:04 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(TurboCog @ Mar 2 2006, 12:25 PM) </div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>5k 20:11.4 - 46 sec off Got the pacing wrong again too fast 1st k (1:58. and doing last split in <2:00. Just had trouble with the bit in the middle - but I'm learning Used 115df R34 av157HR </td></tr></table> VERY nice improvement!

[old] RowtheRockies · Post by **[old] RowtheRockies** » March 3rd, 2006, 2:31 pm

19:22.8 today for 5K. Started out at last PB pace but found myself bumping ahead slightly so went with it. Tried to let it rip the last 500m but not much left in the tank. God is that painful! Never hurt that much in a 5K road race before.

[old] Ben Rea · Post by **[old] Ben Rea** » March 3rd, 2006, 5:58 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(RowtheRockies @ Mar 3 2006, 01:31 PM) </div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>19:22.8 today for 5K. Started out at last PB pace but found myself bumping ahead slightly so went with it. Tried to let it rip the last 500m but not much left in the tank. God is that painful! Never hurt that much in a 5K road race before. </td></tr></table> 5K'S are fun, weather its erging or a road race, i have finally done both, erging came out with a better time....odd.

[old] mpukita · Post by **[old] mpukita** » March 3rd, 2006, 6:03 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(RowtheRockies @ Mar 3 2006, 01:31 PM) </div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>19:22.8 today for 5K. Started out at last PB pace but found myself bumping ahead slightly so went with it. Tried to let it rip the last 500m but not much left in the tank. God is that painful! Never hurt that much in a 5K road race before. </td></tr></table> PB? If so, congrats!

[old] tomhz · Post by **[old] tomhz** » March 3rd, 2006, 7:08 pm

I planned to try a HM PB today. After 6K I was on schedule for sub 1h25, but I got an important phone call that I couldn't ignore. It messed up my PB and the online Rowpro race. I rested an hour and tried again for a 1h PB.

Well, I suprised myself with a new PB: 15122. Old was 15088 from a year ago. (thanks, Geert-Jan, for waiting). Tom

[old] mpukita · Post by **[old] mpukita** » March 3rd, 2006, 7:14 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(tomhz @ Mar 3 2006, 06:08 PM) </div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>I planned to try a HM PB today. After 6K I was on schedule for sub 1h25, but I got an important phone call that I couldn't ignore. It messed up my PB and the online Rowpro race. I rested an hour and tried again for a 1h PB.

Well, I suprised myself with a new PB: 15122. Old was 15088 from a year ago. (thanks, Geert-Jan, for waiting). Tom </td></tr></table> The "surpise" PBs are the best Tom ... that's a nice improvement at that level, no? Go celebrate!

[old] Ben Rea · Post by **[old] Ben Rea** » March 3rd, 2006, 7:24 pm

an hour row with 6k warm up? haha, sounds reasonable!

[old] RowtheRockies · Post by **[old] RowtheRockies** » March 3rd, 2006, 7:26 pm

Tom, Congratulations on that 1hr PR! I agree, 5K's are fun. I seem to be able to pace myself better than on 2K's so as someone suggested I think I'll stick with those for a while before another honest effort on a 2K. Blowing up on 2 of three attempts has made me a little gun shy. rich

[old] jjpisano · Post by **[old] jjpisano** » March 4th, 2006, 9:15 am

I've never posted here before among the the PB reports but I'm especially proud of the effort and training that got me to my latest PB. It's been a week since CRASH-B's and I am happy to report I did a 2K Personal Best there: 6:52.0. My goal was exactly that. My previous best was 6:53.1 from 2 years ago at Pittsburgh Indoor Rowing Championships. CRASH-B's was an incredible venue. Jim Pisano 40 y.o. Lightweight

[old] tennstrike · Post by **[old] tennstrike** » March 4th, 2006, 1:48 pm

Not me, just bragging on my son, 20 and a LW, did a 6:32.1 today shooting at 6:32.0 Jeff

[old] mpukita · Post by **[old] mpukita** » March 4th, 2006, 2:06 pm

Jim: Nice PB ... and a long time coming, ehh? Jeff: Congrats to your son ... even better than a personal PB, no? Regards ... Mark

[old] medicineman · Post by **[old] medicineman** » March 4th, 2006, 5:13 pm

I never competed before today and usually go for the long, slow row. I never timed myself for a 2K or even 500 meters for that matter either. I was really trying to go sub 8 minutes. Having never rowed a sub 2 minute 500 before, I thought this would be an accomplishment. So today, at my first competition (veterans category) I placed fourth. My first 500 was 1:49.1 and the 2K was 7:22.0. Stroke rate was a pretty consistent 33spm (+1 spm from time to time). On top of that, at the 669 meter mark of the race, logged my first million meters (started day after Thanksgiving). All in all, I'm pretty happy with that. Thanks to all forum posters who have provided a lot of great information and tips. Kim

[old] mpukita · Post by **[old] mpukita** » March 4th, 2006, 7:41 pm

Kim: Wow, awesome time, and great that you cracked your first million meters. Pretty amazing that you've never done a sub-2:00 for 500M to then pull a time like that! Imagine what a liitle speed work will do for you ... sub-7 no problem, I surmise. What race did you do? Congratulations ... Mark

[old] medicineman · Post by **[old] medicineman** » March 4th, 2006, 11:04 pm

Mark, Thanks for the kind words. This was the "Brighton Burn Ergatta", a yearly event in Rochester New York that caters to the local college and high school crowd. Of 16 events, only the last 3 involved anyone over 30 years old. I'm still pretty pumped about my result. I did everything wrong in training for this event. I got hung up on getting the million under my belt so I've rowed 80k in the last week (15k each of the last 2 days and even 4k this morning before the event) with no rest days. I did no speed work, per se, but I spent some time with Xeno's DVD's focusing on technique and breaking down the stroke. I plan on backing off some on the daily meters and phasing myself back into some cross-training/weights. Also, going to approach my next event with more structure. Kim

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