New Personal Best! Brag About That New Pb!

Carl Henrik · Post by **Carl Henrik** » February 24th, 2007, 9:34 am

Did some sprinting.
PB Low Pull: 881watt. It's still a 1:14, but one more watt and it would have been 1:13...ah, so close...

Ben Rea · Post by **Ben Rea** » February 25th, 2007, 11:43 pm

Carl Henrik wrote: 881watt. :

thats a bright light bulb

coggs · Post by **coggs** » February 26th, 2007, 12:26 am

7:02.3 at CRASH B. New PB by nearly 8 seconds. Wish I had decided to compete earlier and done some real 2K training.

sammac112 · Post by **sammac112** » February 26th, 2007, 12:52 am

good work coggs!

When was your last 2k attempt?

coggs · Post by **coggs** » February 26th, 2007, 1:29 am

>When was your last 2K?<

I was pulling 7:18 about 12 weeks ago and wasn't going to go the CRASH B's. Got some persuasion from poster (and co worker) Roger Radke and some other fellow ergers to go to Boston. I did a time trial at home a few days before registration closed and did a 7:10 so decided to enter. Pretty pleased with the 7:02.3 time today, especially since I was shooting for 7:06. The hurt just never set in and was able to keep the pace steady and finish strong. Think sub 7:00 may be in the cards.

chgoss · Post by **chgoss** » February 26th, 2007, 1:17 pm

New PB 2K: 6:59.6 at CRASH-B, previous was 7:03..

Unbelievable how long it took to crack 7 min.. I hope cracking 6:50 is easier?..

ancho · Post by **ancho** » February 26th, 2007, 2:01 pm

Well done, Chad!
It took me about 1 year more to get sub 6:50.
Next step: 6:40!

chgoss · Post by **chgoss** » February 26th, 2007, 2:35 pm

ancho wrote:Well done, Chad!
It took me about 1 year more to get sub 6:50.
Next step: 6:40!

Hi Ancho,
How long were you erging before you cracked 7 min? I am always curious to see what kind of progresion people see year-on-year if they really work at it..

cheers
-chad

ancho · Post by **ancho** » February 26th, 2007, 3:24 pm

Ten months after a 17 year rowing break... I did 6:52-and-something, not far from my actual very thin "sub 6:50" time...
I must say I made my PB during BIRC last november, and felt horrible(influenza+fever), so I should be able to do a bit better.
I'm not very keen on 2ks, but I suppose I'll give it another go next month, during the CTC 7 minute challenge...

I think your PB was during WIRC, double congratulations then!

jbell · Post by **jbell** » February 26th, 2007, 7:32 pm

Great job guys. I went to Crash B's and was soo caught up in weighing lightweight that I lost ~7 or 8lbs (bad move) and weighed in 161 (usually ~170). Pulled a 6:58

We got 6k's this thursday than 2k's the following Tuesday, so I hope to break 6:48.

Ben Rea · Post by **Ben Rea** » March 1st, 2007, 11:35 pm

30mins

OLD: 2:06.1

NEW: 2:01.2

my last one minute was pulled at a 1:38 , that helped bring it down a lot

felt very good. did it with a friend too

he scored around a 1:53 killing his PR aswell.

Bob S. · Post by **Bob S.** » March 6th, 2007, 12:09 am

A seasonal PB for the 1/2k, 1:49.6, bettering my earlier time of 1:52.7. In fact, it is 0.1 second better than my best 1/2k last season and that was done at sea level. Today’s was at 4000ft., where my 2k time is 15-20 seconds slower than what I can do at sea level. Average rate 38spm. Average HR 140bpm.

I also had a PB in the 1k on Feb. 22, 2007 on the practice C2s at Boston. It was a 3:50.9. My previous best 1k was at Long Beach on Jan. 25 at 3:54.7. My PB for the 2006 season was 3:56.9 also done on the practice C2s at Boston and, by coincidence, it was exactly a year earlier on Feb. 22, 2006. My PB for the 2005 season was 4:11.6, but that was done here in Big Pine.

Bob S.

Kiwi_Rower · Post by **Kiwi_Rower** » March 7th, 2007, 6:28 pm

Two new personal bests in the last week.

5000m old 24:45.9 new 23:55.8
30 mins old 5901 new 6174

Thanks James for letting me interrupt one of your work out sessions to give me a few pointers

I am sure the results reflect the changes I made after you helped me out.

Still slow compared to other 36 HWT females but hoping to break 9mins on a 2k in the next month or two!

dmtattny · Post by **dmtattny** » March 11th, 2007, 10:14 pm

My family was given a vacation after I committed to go to the WIRC, so I went to Boston alone. But for a warmup race at the CIRC, this was to be my first race. I arrived the night before, dined at a table for one, then went back to my hotel room and reviewed my race strategy.

When I arrived at the arena the next day, I watched a few races then went down to the floor and warmed up until it was time for my heat, when I found my erg, handed my results card to my volunteer coxswain and got ready to row.

Like other inexperienced rowers caught up in the excitement of the moment, I started too fast and by the time I settled near the end of the first 500, the damage was done. In the second 500 I really bagan to feel the effects; far too tired, far too soon. At the beginning of the third 500 I considered the possiblity that I might not finish. I noted the the location of the ambulance (other end of the areaa, too far away), thought seriously about giving up, and began to fall off the pace. Then my volunteer cox. began coaching. And for the last 1,000 meters, I wasn't alone.

She broke the work into manageable bits ("10 hard strokes now, 10, 9, 8 . . .keep the pace for two strokes, now two more); she had obviously crewed and knew of the overwhelming desire to do nothing but quit. There wasn't a stroke in the last 1,000 meters when she didn't offer some sort of encouragement.

I finished at 7:23.9, 23 seconds better than my previous PB. Every one of those 23 seconds belongs to my volunteer cox. So, to the volunteer cox. on erg 68, heat 30 at the WIRC, whoever you are, thank you.

gregory.cook · Post by **gregory.cook** » March 11th, 2007, 11:57 pm

dmtattny wrote:...

That is a great story. And congratulations on the new pb.

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