Indoor Rowing
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Apr 2018
2:51pm, 11 Apr 2018
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becca7
Nice work lammo.
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Apr 2018
3:53pm, 11 Apr 2018
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Oranj
I hate 2k tests, nearly-but-not-quite flat out for 7 or 8 minutes and plenty of potential for it all to go tits-up with a minute or two left. It's telling that I did my best ever one in practice when there was no pressure. I wasn't quite able to match it when I raced it at BIRC a couple of weeks later, fully tapered too (this was 20 years ago, mind). Cruelly, there's one to start this month's c2ctc ( c2ctc.com ), I've been putting it off but must have a go soon. |
Apr 2018
6:16pm, 11 Apr 2018
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Nellers
Ouch. That’s all. Just ouch!
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Apr 2018
5:09pm, 12 Apr 2018
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Oranj
Did it this morning. A fairly conservative 7:37.6 for the first 2k given that it was 7 AM and I’d barely downed a cup of tea, and then 1:49.7, 1:49.3, 1:48.8 (I am not a sprinter) for the 500s. I could likely nip under 7:30 for 2k at the moment, but CBA. While I was doing it I remembered that it's actually the old indoor rowing distance of 2500m that's even worse, but I only raced one of those, at the Southern Indoors when it was in Basingstoke. Raced to 2000m and tried very, very hard not to blow up in the last 500m :-/ |
Apr 2018
5:10pm, 12 Apr 2018
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lammo
Nice one
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Apr 2018
9:55pm, 12 Apr 2018
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Nellers
Blimey Oranj! That's hardcore mate. Well done though. I did 2000m warm up, 5 x 1000m with 2 minutes recovery and 2000m warm down. the 1000s were at about 8.15-8.20 pace for 2000m so I'm pleased with the progress so far. I'm away at the weekend so won't get another session in until Tuesday now. Wondering about doing a 2000m time trial then as I'll be well rested. |
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Apr 2018
8:14pm, 15 Apr 2018
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Nellers
Had a bit of spare time this evening after we got home from Leicester so I nipped to the gym. Half an hour of rowing done including a fairly well rested 2k tt. 8:09.7. That's getting pretty close to the sub-8 target already. Quite pleased with that. I'm going to give it another couple of weeks and have another go. |
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Apr 2018
8:27pm, 15 Apr 2018
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lammo
Great job Nellers, you’ll nail it next time
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Apr 2018
8:44pm, 15 Apr 2018
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Nellers
I think I need to start doing some shorter stuff to get my pace/power up a bit. I was able to do the last 300m or so at about 2.00/500m pace and I reckon I could have upped it to that earlier but I didn't have the confidence to go for it. I reckon doing more hard, short efforts will give me the strength, and the confidence in the strength, to really go for it next time. |
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Apr 2018
10:23pm, 15 Apr 2018
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lammo
You can do it Nellers. You only need to find 1 second every minute. |
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