Master's Open Sprint Championship

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » March 16th, 2008, 4:25 pm

Last night, I lifted weights and did not do the 1k. I will do it, today.

I have downloaded the beta version of rowpro. There appears to be some problems with it logging onto the internet.

I am will keeping working at it.

Right now I have the following times for week 2.

Dan 3:17.9
Marc 3:19.8
Michaelb 3:23.4

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » March 16th, 2008, 4:43 pm

OK, I got it working by restarting the computer.

It appears the results are on both oarbits so, there appears to be no one unaccounted.

I saw Joe Greco had also done four 1k's the same day as Dan.

Joe, did you want to participate? You would have to do one, today, under 3:20 to stay on par.

Later,
Thomas

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » March 17th, 2008, 2:01 am

I don't know why my 1k did not post. I tried to do it on the beta, but I got an error message that I did not have the lastest firmware. So, I went to the old rowpro with no problems. Nonetheless, my time did not post. My time was 3:19.7.

Week 2's results

Dan 3:17.9
Thomas 3:19.7
Marc 3:19.8
Michaelb 3:23.4

Adjusted (3:20 best possible):
Dan 3:20
Thomas 3:20
Marc 3:20
Michaelb 3:23.4

Total after week 2:
Dan 6:45.0
Thomas 6:45.0
Marc 6:45.0
Michaelb 6:57.0

Thanks for racing. Off to dinner!

chgoss · Post by **chgoss** » March 17th, 2008, 1:20 pm

Hi Thomas,
Dont know how I managed to miss this! Just found out about it... I want in!!

I'll see that I get my first 1k done this week, and will race this weekend with you guys.

best
-chad

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » March 17th, 2008, 2:06 pm

Hi Chad,

You actually need to do two 1k's, right now.

The first one has a minimum award time of 3:25 and the second has a minimum award time of 3:20. This weekend's will have a minimum award time of 3:15.

Good Luck,
Thomas

michaelb · Post by **michaelb** » March 17th, 2008, 2:46 pm

Chad, didn't you do 1ks the last two thursdays? I got Thomas to include "thursday" in the definition of the weekend (wish that would fly at work too) specifically to include you and Dan and others (where is Joe in this competition?).

Plus, your 1ks from last week can make up for this week if needed.

chgoss · Post by **chgoss** » March 18th, 2008, 12:47 pm

Looking back in my training log, I have
2/28/08 (pyramid: 500(1:46),1000(1:49.7), 1500(1:50.7), 2000(7:15.1),1500(1:49.2),1000(1:45.1),500(1:39.8))

2/16/08 (4x1k: 1:43.9, 1:43.5, 1:42.9, 1:43.2 )

can I use the 2 in bold?
1000m, 1:45.1, 3:30.2
1000m, 1:42.9, 3:25.8

If not, I will do the 2 of them this Thursday...

thanks!
-chad

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » March 18th, 2008, 9:26 pm

Chad,

It is now Tuesday. Everyone currently is on track with the schedule. We are going into Week 3. Knock out all of your 1k's, a total of three 1k', by Monday, March 24. Everyone will be caught up. Your goal paces are 3:25, 3:20, and 3:15 for the minimum time you may receive for each 1k, respectively.

Later,
Thomas

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » March 19th, 2008, 12:31 am

To add, I see Joe Greco has been doing 1k's, as displayed on the results. Joe, you are more than welcome to join. I can go back and pull your 1k results and add you to the list of competitors, if you like. Otherwise, you may not want to participate, therego I won't add unless you say so.

Later,
Thomas

snowitall · Post by **snowitall** » March 21st, 2008, 9:41 pm

I've set up a 1k on the beta for Saturday, starting at 15:00 GMT / 11:00EST / 10:00CST.

I will be online for a warm up probably 15 minutes before. Given the problems we have been having recently getting races off on the beta, we could switch back to the non-beta version of Rowpro if we have problems during the warm up.

Anyone welcome to join.

danburpee · Post by **danburpee** » March 22nd, 2008, 8:49 am

You can put that 3:19.7 as a placeholder. I also did a 3:18.4 after removing the 10 second head start I gave Chad & Marc. I guess that one won't be official.

I hope to squeeze a <3:15 in on Sunday???

snowitall · Post by **snowitall** » March 22nd, 2008, 7:43 pm

Masters_Series_1k, Sat Mar 22, 15:00GMT
3:11.9, hanging on for dear life at the end

PB by a long way

danburpee · Post by **danburpee** » March 23rd, 2008, 7:59 am

snowitall wrote:Masters_Series_1k, Sat Mar 22, 15:00GMT
3:11.9, hanging on for dear life at the end
PB by a long way

Nicely done!!! How high did you rate for that piece? I guess now I really need to do another to stay in the competition

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michaelb · Post by **michaelb** » March 23rd, 2008, 8:44 am

That is a great row, Marc, nicely done.

I have been feeling tired and off this week (maybe staying up too late watching basketball), so haven't really rowed very much. I will try to get in a 1k later just to post a time, but will have to save my attempt for a PB for next week or the week after.

How do people pace a 1k? Do we think it makes sense to go out as fast as possible and try to hold on? Steady pacing? I find that the 1k pace is so fast to begin with that I don't have much or anything left for a final sprint.

danburpee · Post by **danburpee** » March 23rd, 2008, 8:58 am

michaelb wrote:How do people pace a 1k? Do we think it makes sense to go out as fast as possible and try to hold on? Steady pacing? I find that the 1k pace is so fast to begin with that I don't have much or anything left for a final sprint.

Very good question. I've never done an all out 1k so I have no idea. My PB for the 1k was taken from my 4min CTC effort back in Oct. I did a 3:12.7 (1:34.8/1:37.9) split for my 1609m CTC this month. I will probably pace it similar to a 2k except the give back period in the middle will only be 500m and a smaller change in pace. At least we have a few weeks to figure it out

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