New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

[winniewinser]

Excellent stuff mate. My guess is circa 21:30 for your 6k.

Thx....dunno about that.....I'd be happy to go sub 22.

[Dangerscouse]

Thx....dunno about that.....I'd be happy to go sub 22.

If you use the same pace difference as my 5k and 6k it will give you a 21:40 finish, and I think my 6k is a little bit soft as I hardly ever do them. Sub 22 is easily within your reach.

[winniewinser]

New 60' TT PB +218m
Approached this as my normal base building session at R22...more as a feeler for a more serious attempt ....but felt strong throughout and beat my previous best . Not rowed an hour for a while so some aches and pains now

2 days 2 PBs

1:00:00.0 15,504m 1:56.0 22
15:00.0 3,869m 1:56.3 22
30:00.0 3,870m 1:56.2 22
45:00.0 3,872m 1:56.2 22
1:00:00.0 3,894m 1:55.5 22

[nick rockliff]

New 60' TT PB +218m
Approached this as my normal base building session at R22...more as a feeler for a more serious attempt ....but felt strong throughout and beat my previous best . Not rowed an hour for a while so some aches and pains now

2 days 2 PBs

1:00:00.0 15,504m 1:56.0 22
15:00.0 3,869m 1:56.3 22
30:00.0 3,870m 1:56.2 22
45:00.0 3,872m 1:56.2 22
1:00:00.0 3,894m 1:55.5 22

That's a strong session at r22 Alex, can't be far off 16k with a tad higher rate. Am sure JD will get you there.

[MartinSH4321]

New 60' TT PB +218m
Approached this as my normal base building session at R22...more as a feeler for a more serious attempt ....but felt strong throughout and beat my previous best . Not rowed an hour for a while so some aches and pains now

2 days 2 PBs

1:00:00.0 15,504m 1:56.0 22
15:00.0 3,869m 1:56.3 22
30:00.0 3,870m 1:56.2 22
45:00.0 3,872m 1:56.2 22
1:00:00.0 3,894m 1:55.5 22

Boom, the day after a great 10k PB and at R22, great work! 16k coming

[Tandstad]

New 60' TT PB +218m
Approached this as my normal base building session at R22...more as a feeler for a more serious attempt ....but felt strong throughout and beat my previous best . Not rowed an hour for a while so some aches and pains now

2 days 2 PBs

1:00:00.0 15,504m 1:56.0 22
15:00.0 3,869m 1:56.3 22
30:00.0 3,870m 1:56.2 22
45:00.0 3,872m 1:56.2 22
1:00:00.0 3,894m 1:55.5 22

Oh my, look at him goinggreat job again Alex, 16k@26-27 rating on fresh legs coming soon!

[Dangerscouse]

New 60' TT PB +218m
Approached this as my normal base building session at R22...more as a feeler for a more serious attempt ....but felt strong throughout and beat my previous best . Not rowed an hour for a while so some aches and pains now

2 days 2 PBs

1:00:00.0 15,504m 1:56.0 22
15:00.0 3,869m 1:56.3 22
30:00.0 3,870m 1:56.2 22
45:00.0 3,872m 1:56.2 22
1:00:00.0 3,894m 1:55.5 22

Your purple patch is getting purpler

[winniewinser]

That's a strong session at r22 Alex, can't be far off 16k with a tad higher rate. Am sure JD will get you there.

Cheers
16k is definitely a huge milestone....8k 30' was pretty tough though so a lot more work to do

Boom, the day after a great 10k PB and at R22, great work! 16k coming

Thx....As above...more work needed before I can hit 16k I think . I'll try an all out 60' soon and that will be a better indication.

Oh my, look at him goinggreat job again Alex, 16k@26-27 rating on fresh legs coming soon!

Fingers crossed for the future hopefully.... cheers JA

Your purple patch is getting purpler

Picking

6km next up for CTC.

[Tony Cook]

Tweaked a bit more off my 2k in the Somerset 525 Virtual Rowing Champs. This rowing lark is a funny old thing, I should be delighted with another PB but I set out for a 6:30 and so have feeling of having failed. I just couldn’t hold it in the last quarter and my usual last 250 ‘sprint’ saw me going slower. My annoying HR spike happened earlier as well so I wonder if that held me back a bit. 175 BPM at 4 mins, then 20 seconds later it was 207 and stayed over 200 until the last 10 seconds.
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:31.6 2,000m 1:37.9 373 1583 31 184
1:37.7 500m 1:37.7 375 1591 31 166
1:37.9 1,000m 1:37.9 373 1583 31 174
1:37.5 1,500m 1:37.5 378 1599 31 205
1:38.5 2,000m 1:38.5 366 1560 32 193

[nick rockliff]

Tweaked a bit more off my 2k in the Somerset 525 Virtual Rowing Champs. This rowing lark is a funny old thing, I should be delighted with another PB but I set out for a 6:30 and so have feeling of having failed. I just couldn’t hold it in the last quarter and my usual last 250 ‘sprint’ saw me going slower. My annoying HR spike happened earlier as well so I wonder if that held me back a bit. 175 BPM at 4 mins, then 20 seconds later it was 207 and stayed over 200 until the last 10 seconds.
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:31.6 2,000m 1:37.9 373 1583 31 184
1:37.7 500m 1:37.7 375 1591 31 166
1:37.9 1,000m 1:37.9 373 1583 31 174
1:37.5 1,500m 1:37.5 378 1599 31 205
1:38.5 2,000m 1:38.5 366 1560 32 193

Nice 2k well done. You have made some big gains over a short period and probably at the point where gains become smaller and harder. Your training regime seems very sensible though so still think there is more to come.

[Dangerscouse]

Tweaked a bit more off my 2k in the Somerset 525 Virtual Rowing Champs. This rowing lark is a funny old thing, I should be delighted with another PB but I set out for a 6:30 and so have feeling of having failed. I just couldn’t hold it in the last quarter and my usual last 250 ‘sprint’ saw me going slower. My annoying HR spike happened earlier as well so I wonder if that held me back a bit. 175 BPM at 4 mins, then 20 seconds later it was 207 and stayed over 200 until the last 10 seconds.
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:31.6 2,000m 1:37.9 373 1583 31 184
1:37.7 500m 1:37.7 375 1591 31 166
1:37.9 1,000m 1:37.9 373 1583 31 174
1:37.5 1,500m 1:37.5 378 1599 31 205
1:38.5 2,000m 1:38.5 366 1560 32 193

Very good Tony, well done. It's a notable problem for most, if not all of us. I certainly suffer from it.

A HR spike like that will defo play with your head just when you need to be really nailing it.

[max_ratcliffe]

New 60' TT PB +218m
Approached this as my normal base building session at R22...more as a feeler for a more serious attempt ....but felt strong throughout and beat my previous best . Not rowed an hour for a while so some aches and pains now

2 days 2 PBs

1:00:00.0 15,504m 1:56.0 22
15:00.0 3,869m 1:56.3 22
30:00.0 3,870m 1:56.2 22
45:00.0 3,872m 1:56.2 22
1:00:00.0 3,894m 1:55.5 22

Another PB! I've lost track of these! This one looks so comfortable that a free rate HoP must be close to 16k. Loving your work, outstanding for a 40+ LWT.

[max_ratcliffe]

Tweaked a bit more off my 2k in the Somerset 525 Virtual Rowing Champs. This rowing lark is a funny old thing, I should be delighted with another PB but I set out for a 6:30 and so have feeling of having failed. I just couldn’t hold it in the last quarter and my usual last 250 ‘sprint’ saw me going slower. My annoying HR spike happened earlier as well so I wonder if that held me back a bit. 175 BPM at 4 mins, then 20 seconds later it was 207 and stayed over 200 until the last 10 seconds.
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:31.6 2,000m 1:37.9 373 1583 31 184
1:37.7 500m 1:37.7 375 1591 31 166
1:37.9 1,000m 1:37.9 373 1583 31 174
1:37.5 1,500m 1:37.5 378 1599 31 205
1:38.5 2,000m 1:38.5 366 1560 32 193

Nice one Tony,
Our horizons are always defined by our PBs and a perfect race is almost never going to happen.
If you'd had a strong negative split, you'd be berating yourself for starting too conservatively.

Unless you need to wear it for medical reasons, I'd be tempted to leave the HRM off for TTs, certainly for anything less than 10k.

[winniewinser]

New 60' TT PB +218m
Approached this as my normal base building session at R22...more as a feeler for a more serious attempt ....but felt strong throughout and beat my previous best . Not rowed an hour for a while so some aches and pains now

2 days 2 PBs

1:00:00.0 15,504m 1:56.0 22
15:00.0 3,869m 1:56.3 22
30:00.0 3,870m 1:56.2 22
45:00.0 3,872m 1:56.2 22
1:00:00.0 3,894m 1:55.5 22

Another PB! I've lost track of these! This one looks so comfortable that a free rate HoP must be close to 16k. Loving your work, outstanding for a 40+ LWT.

Cheers Max ....hoping to get 15750 at free rate but will need some more longer sessions to adapt I think.

1 more year til I jump to 50's

[winniewinser]

Tweaked a bit more off my 2k in the Somerset 525 Virtual Rowing Champs. This rowing lark is a funny old thing, I should be delighted with another PB but I set out for a 6:30 and so have feeling of having failed. I just couldn’t hold it in the last quarter and my usual last 250 ‘sprint’ saw me going slower. My annoying HR spike happened earlier as well so I wonder if that held me back a bit. 175 BPM at 4 mins, then 20 seconds later it was 207 and stayed over 200 until the last 10 seconds.
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M
6:31.6 2,000m 1:37.9 373 1583 31 184
1:37.7 500m 1:37.7 375 1591 31 166
1:37.9 1,000m 1:37.9 373 1583 31 174
1:37.5 1,500m 1:37.5 378 1599 31 205
1:38.5 2,000m 1:38.5 366 1560 32 193

That's still a great PB Tony ....a holy grail PB should always be ...