New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

General discussion on Training. How to get better on your erg, how to use your erg to get better at another sport, or anything else about improving your abilities.
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Post by snowitall » May 7th, 2006, 8:59 am

New (by virtue of being my first attempt at this distance) PB for 500m

1:30.7 @ 38spm, DF=139

The new stroke is definately producing a lot more power than the old one.

Rowan,
Glad you enjoyed the 2k video, my next 2k time trial is next Sunday, and is the last of my current training cycle. I'll video it and post a link. I'm going to pace for 7:10, hopefully a little more controlled pacing than last time. You are correct, it was painful at the end.

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Post by Citroen » May 9th, 2006, 6:35 am

New 5K PB 18:22.8 (-18.9secs)
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Post by rowan » May 9th, 2006, 7:57 am

Citroen wrote:New 5K PB 18:22.8 (-18.9secs)
Man, it amazes me how fast you row...you're forcing me to abandon being short as an excuse for my slow times.

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Post by tennstrike » May 9th, 2006, 8:35 am

Citroen wrote:New 5K PB 18:22.8 (-18.9secs)
Congratulations Dougie! Almost 2 full seconds reduction in your pace. Wow.

Did you hold 1:50 all the way or pull down at the end?

Jeff
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500 1:38.7 | 1K 3:29.2 | 2K 7:16.9 | 5K 19:14.0 | 6K 23:12.3 | 10K 39:40.5 | Started rowing June05

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Post by Francois » May 9th, 2006, 10:05 am

Citroen wrote:New 5K PB 18:22.8 (-18.9secs)
Congratulations Dougie! :D Huge improvement! Any particular stroke rate or damping factor that were instrumental in this big improvement?
BTW, you have just passed Yukon John, one of our fellow member on the CTC, but he is going to strike back! :wink:

Cheers!

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1k 3:19.6 | 2k 6:42.8 | 5k 17:33.8 | 10K 36:43.0 | 30' 8,172m | 60' 16,031m

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Post by Citroen » May 9th, 2006, 10:06 am

tennstrike wrote:
Citroen wrote:New 5K PB 18:22.8 (-18.9secs)
Congratulations Dougie! Almost 2 full seconds reduction in your pace. Wow.

Did you hold 1:50 all the way or pull down at the end?

Jeff
I got a quick start, struggled between 1000 and 500 to go.

18:22.8 5000m 31SPM 177HR 01:50.2 (weird PM3 maths)

01] 1:46.1 0500m 33SPM 163HR
02] 1:48.4 1000m 33SPM 169HR
03] 1:50.1 1500m 31SPM 169HR
04] 1:49.4 2000m 32SPM 172HR
05] 1:50.3 2500m 30SPM 175HR
06] 1:51.1 3000m 31SPM 176HR
07] 1:51.2 3500m 31SPM 177HR
08] 1:51.4 4000m 30SPM 177HR
09] 1:53.2 4500m 30SPM 177HR
10] 1:51.6 5000m 31SPM 177HR

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Post by michaelb » May 9th, 2006, 11:34 am

Wow, Dougie, great row. Although early in the season, that should be top 10% for a 40L for the season (it was in 2006 at least). Sub18 is not out of the question, and is my new long term goal.

Your pacing though does seem odd. I would think you would be faster negative splitting a 5k. You could go out at 1:50 or so for the first 3k, and then bring it down from there. I can't imagine holding on like you did after going out so fast.
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Old PBs 500m-1:33.9 1K-3:18.6 2K-6:55.4 5K-18:17.6 10K-38:10.5 HM-1:24:00.1 FM-3:07.13

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Post by tennstrike » May 10th, 2006, 8:03 am

Citroen wrote:
I got a quick start, struggled between 1000 and 500 to go.

18:22.8 5000m 31SPM 177HR 01:50.2 (weird PM3 maths)

01] 1:46.1 0500m 33SPM 163HR
02] 1:48.4 1000m 33SPM 169HR
03] 1:50.1 1500m 31SPM 169HR
04] 1:49.4 2000m 32SPM 172HR
05] 1:50.3 2500m 30SPM 175HR
06] 1:51.1 3000m 31SPM 176HR
07] 1:51.2 3500m 31SPM 177HR
08] 1:51.4 4000m 30SPM 177HR
09] 1:53.2 4500m 30SPM 177HR
10] 1:51.6 5000m 31SPM 177HR
Good solid comeback on the last 500. That's the toughest, the not giving up after it has just become too much for a little while. Again, WELL DONE!
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Post by tennstrike » May 11th, 2006, 9:05 pm

Old
2:02 for 40:40.9 25Jan06
New
1:59 for 39:40.5 11May06
6'1" 192lb 60
500 1:38.7 | 1K 3:29.2 | 2K 7:16.9 | 5K 19:14.0 | 6K 23:12.3 | 10K 39:40.5 | Started rowing June05

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Post by ancho » May 12th, 2006, 6:03 pm

Just finished my 5k for the CTC.
New PB: 18:05,1; 39 sec down from my previous PB. Still room fro some improvement when not rowing at about midnight B)
Trying a steady to negative splitting:
01. 1:49,3 0500m 27SPM 161HR
02. 1:49,3 1000m 28SPM 166HR
03. 1:48,4 1500m 29SPM 169HR
04. 1:49,0 2000m 28SPM 171HR
05. 1:48,1 2500m 29SPM 175HR
06. 1:48,6 3000m 29SPM 174HR
07. 1:49,0 3500m 29SPM 173HR
08. 1:49,5 4000m 29SPM 175HR
09. 1:48,1 4500m 31SPM 176HR
10. 1:45,9 5000m 31SPM 181HR

Think I'm gonna sleep quiet fast tonight! :D
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Post by eyespliced » May 12th, 2006, 9:12 pm

ok, i know this is not really a PR, but this is still in my book one.
last month I had a very nast sinus/lung infection. to say the least it really messed up my lungs... still recovering from it.

approx 2 weeks ago I had a 2k erg test. i got a 6:58.6. i was terribly dissapointed in myself for that time.

today we had our last 2k erg test of the season and it was a really awesome one. my time today was 6:49.2. a little under 5 seconds slower than my pre-infection PR. (6:44.4)
anyways, i thought that I would share that little bit.



p.s. my goal was just to get under 6:50 today. and i did, by almost a second. yay! :D :D :D

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Post by whp4 » May 12th, 2006, 9:21 pm

ancho wrote:Just finished my 5k for the CTC.
New PB: 18:05,1; 39 sec down from my previous PB. Still room fro some improvement when not rowing at about midnight B)
Hey, that was the last PB of mine that you had yet to beat! No, wait, you still have to do a 100k piece :)

Great row! Based on my 5x1k experience the other day, I don't think I'll be beating you over 5k by the end of the month - or even the end of the year!

Rowing at midnight - isn't that a little close to dinner time? :lol:

Bill

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Post by lintonwilson » May 12th, 2006, 11:00 pm

went over 2mm lifetime today. started 8-19-05. and on we go.
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Post by ancho » May 13th, 2006, 2:01 am

whp4 wrote:
ancho wrote: Hey, that was the last PB of mine that you had yet to beat! No, wait, you still have to do a 100k piece :)

Great row! Based on my 5x1k experience the other day, I don't think I'll be beating you over 5k by the end of the month - or even the end of the year!

Rowing at midnight - isn't that a little close to dinner time? :lol:

Bill
Bill: Thanx! Nice hearing from you. I think it will also take me some time to beat your 100k :shock: probably my whole life!)

The nice thing about rowing after supper is that you ocasionaly can "retaste" what you have been eating :?

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Be cadeful not bending your erg..." :wink:
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Post by krisi » May 13th, 2006, 8:11 am

10km in 40:46.8min...sub40min is within grabs...:)
500m [b]1:38.0[/b], 1000m ? , 2000m [b]7:37.3[/b], 10000m [b]40:46.8[/b]
5000m ?, HM [b]1:29:59.4[/b], 30min [b]7500m[/b], 60min [b]14451m[/b]
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[color=red][b]2007 - 89928m[/color][/b] [i]Erging Jan 06[/i]

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