The 2008 Team Moto Madmen and Women

GREGH · Post by **GREGH** » January 10th, 2008, 5:09 pm

Sean, I just talked to Jen and she will get it in the mail this week. You are the man!

yamadog · Post by **yamadog** » January 10th, 2008, 5:10 pm

Knocked out my first 1/2 marathon today. Stayed fairly conservative and finished in 01:38.10 . Did my last (2) 500 meters at sub 1:50 pace

7 Weeks out now from rotator cuff surgery and I think this rower has played a key role in my recovery and range of movement. My doctor can't believe how quick I've bounced back at 48 years old.

I guess the Marathon would be next

Wayne

C3H6O3 · Post by **C3H6O3** » January 10th, 2008, 5:34 pm

gypsy wrote:...that's great! Don`t you love the feeling of beating your best time...

As a matter of fact, I do

LiteTruckRider wrote:Wow, 6.4 seconds sounds like a lot. Congrats, Steve!

Thanks, LTR! I have to admit that I was quite shocked myself. I don't remember at what point in the row I looked at the monitor but I saw that I was on a 1:30-something pace

so I just hammered it home. It was actually supposed to be the first row of my five-interval block but, as you can imagine, I stopped after that one.

C3H6O3 · Post by **C3H6O3** » January 10th, 2008, 5:38 pm

yamadog wrote:Knocked out my first 1/2 marathon today. Stayed fairly conservative and finished in 01:38.10 . Did my last (2) 500 meters at sub 1:50 pace

Way to go, Wayne! Boring as hell isn't it?

2whlrcr · Post by **2whlrcr** » January 10th, 2008, 6:27 pm

gypsy wrote:A wife is crying in front of the mirror one day... her husband walks in and says "honey, what's wrong?"

"Well, look at my breasts, they're so small... you would think at my age they would have grown"

The husband says " I know what you have to do... take some tissue paper, rub it between your breasts 2-3 times a day, you'll see!"

Wife " what? How is that going to make them bigger?"

Husband " Well, it worked for your ass ! "

HA HA HA HA HA

Only women can get away with telling these jokes.

2whlrcr · Post by **2whlrcr** » January 10th, 2008, 6:29 pm

C3H6O3 wrote:Woo hoo! New personal best today in the 1x500m of 1:38.2 (-6.4 seconds). No joke
Also upped my 7-stroke average a few points to 372W (from 369W). Average watts over the 500m was 370W or 99% of my 7-stroke average.

It must be from all that long distance stuff you started doing.

RadioFlyer · Post by **RadioFlyer** » January 10th, 2008, 7:08 pm

LiteTruckRider wrote: Congratulate yourself for rowing all those marathons, Sean! Frankly, I think Jennifer should send you a couple of extra mugs.

LOL. Can you believe I've only rowed one true marathon? Two halfs in a day don't count.

BTW, does anyone know what determines team ranking for the VTC? Is it the total meters rowed by a team, or the average meters per member?

Well seeing as how they call it TEAM challenge, I would imagine that it is the total. If they go by average, then I don't think anybody is going to top the Breast Cancer Awareness **cough** Team.

Sean

RadioFlyer · Post by **RadioFlyer** » January 10th, 2008, 7:15 pm

LiteTruckRider wrote: Wow, 6.4 seconds sounds like a lot.

The power over time curve is not linear so yeah 6.4 seconds is a hell of an improvement!
If I'm not mistaken the power required is exponential. It takes more than double the power to cut your time in half!

Way to go Steve! That's giving 'er!

Sean

RadioFlyer · Post by **RadioFlyer** » January 10th, 2008, 7:18 pm

yamadog wrote:Knocked out my first 1/2 marathon today. Stayed fairly conservative and finished in 01:38.10 . Did my last (2) 500 meters at sub 1:50 pace

7 Weeks out now from rotator cuff surgery and I think this rower has played a key role in my recovery and range of movement. My doctor can't believe how quick I've bounced back at 48 years old.

I guess the Marathon would be next

Wayne

Dude, that's an awesome time! My PB sofar is 1:33:20. That was after I rowed my marathon earlier the same day so I know I can do better. I'll try for better times once this challenge is over.

Sean

C3H6O3 · Post by **C3H6O3** » January 10th, 2008, 7:38 pm

2whlrcr wrote:It must be from all that long distance stuff you started doing.

I knew this was coming.

Actually, I attribute my improved anaerobic POWER (performance in the 500m sprint) to the fact that I've returned to serious strength training in the last two weeks. I do know that I was generating WAY more power on every stroke (i.e. I was pulling harder; legs and arms). That, and I think my technique has improved. The 1/2's may have played a part in that, I'll admit.

One thing I did notice was that my anaerobic CAPACITY, as demonstrated by my 500m intervals, is way down. After a good rest, I tried to do some 500m blocks and all I could manage was 2 rows before I was toast.

Given the results of the last few weeks (i.e. pretty fair carry-over from "short to long", poor to none from "long to short"), I am further convinced of the superiority of high-intensity training (with respect to specificity, of course).

We'll have to continue this discussion later as I am off to dinner. Might even celebrate with a margarita or two.

yamadog · Post by **yamadog** » January 10th, 2008, 7:48 pm

Way to go, Wayne! Boring as hell isn't it?

[/quote]

If not for watching my GNCC Race tapes I would have never made it.

Congrats on the 500m time. Only bad thing about a new PB is it always leaves you thinking "How do I improve on this"

yamadog · Post by **yamadog** » January 10th, 2008, 7:55 pm

Dude, that's an awesome time! My PB sofar is 1:33:20. That was after I rowed my marathon earlier the same day so I know I can do better. I'll try for better times once this challenge is over.

Sean

[/quote]

After my shoulder grows back I think I could break into the high 1:20 range. The C2's are definitely addictive. I think my pursuit for the ultimate cross training device is over. Can't wait to try interval training.

I still think Sean must have been blessed with a great gene pool

2whlrcr · Post by **2whlrcr** » January 10th, 2008, 8:04 pm

yamadog wrote:Dude, that's an awesome time! My PB sofar is 1:33:20. That was after I rowed my marathon earlier the same day so I know I can do better. I'll try for better times once this challenge is over.

Sean

I still think Sean must have been blessed with a great gene pool

[/quote]

Bingo. If you didn't have the right parents, it doesn't matter how hard you train, you're never going to be an elite athlete. Of course this doesn't mean you can't be good or improve your health and fitness, but the chances of having a gold medal swinging from your neck is slim.

I blame my parents everyday.

C3H6O3 · Post by **C3H6O3** » January 10th, 2008, 9:13 pm

RadioFlyer wrote:The power over time curve is not linear so yeah 6.4 seconds is a hell of an improvement!
If I'm not mistaken the power required is exponential. It takes more than double the power to cut your time in half!

Way to go Steve! That's giving 'er!

Sean

Thanks, Sean!

Yeah, I averaged 29% more watts over that distance this time (370W) versus last time (287W). Strokes per minute were the same at 35.

C3H6O3 · Post by **C3H6O3** » January 10th, 2008, 9:35 pm

yamadog wrote:Congrats on the 500m time. Only bad thing about a new PB is it always leaves you thinking "How do I improve on this"

Thanks, Wayne!

That's the question isn't it? As I experienced such little drop-off from my 7-stroke average over this distance (370W/372W or 1%), I imagine the only way I can improve is to generate a higher 7-stroke average. So, how do I become more powerful? There is some research looking at a 5-stroke average so I will test that soon as well.