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Dec 2021
9:03pm, 17 Dec 2021
342 posts
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Craggy
*Christmas
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Dec 2021
8:54am, 18 Dec 2021
11,248 posts
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_andy
Thanks for the support Craggy.
And you were quite right about the 10k. After my Covid booster on Thursday, I had a rest day, and then hit 39:50 yesterday. Ouch, that was a toughie.
Have been reading more about UT2 vs UT1 training which feels like a good excuse for long, gentle rowing this weekend.
I might even go for my first run of the month...
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Dec 2021
8:25pm, 20 Dec 2021
343 posts
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Craggy
Nice one Andy, when I said you won't be too long before you're sub 2 pace for 10k I was imagining a few weeks rather a few days 💪 was you always on target or did you bring it under sub 2 pace towards the end? Hope your run went ok if you managed to get out!
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Dec 2021
10:30am, 21 Dec 2021
11,284 posts
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_andy
Cheers Craggy. Kept it at 1:59:xx throughout. That was quite enough! One of the trickier things was too much dripping sweat and not being able to dry my hands for the last 10/15 minutes. The push towards the end got a few extra seconds.
Doing a parkrun was tough. I think it's been about a month since I last ran and my calves are still aching today. My time was way off what I was used to doing - I hold the prized record for the slowest winning time at my local parkrun - and running over 23 minutes instead of an "easy" sub-20 is humbling. Bloomin' injuries.
Pushed the 2k down by a few seconds yesterday, and did so off a far slower stroke rate, so there's still lots to play around with.
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Dec 2021
11:16am, 21 Dec 2021
39,206 posts
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Nellers
Rowing on my own in the shed I usually have a towel ready next to me, a headband and Pat Cash- style sweatbands to stop the sweat running down my arms and onto the handles. Doesn’t solve the problem completely but it does delay the point where it gets tricky!
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Dec 2021
12:19pm, 21 Dec 2021
1,286 posts
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Muttley
Nice going, Andy ... going faster at a slower stroke rate is a particularly good sign.
Sweating is an issue for me too. I run and row with a buff as a sweatband. Otherwise I get sweat in my eyes -- one of the consequences of being a slaphead I guess. For longer sessions on the erg also sweat bands on the wrists as well, to stave off the slipper hand syndrome (have I posted pics of the lumps of skin sloughed off on my handle lately? :-))
Anyhoo, a nice lazy hour at UT2 this morning. Seems easy enough at the time but always leaves me feeling starving hungry after.
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Dec 2021
12:20pm, 21 Dec 2021
1,287 posts
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Muttley
*slippery* hands, obvs.
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Dec 2021
12:37pm, 21 Dec 2021
11,285 posts
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_andy
Now that's all good advice. As I'm pushing things further and faster, I'm finding all this stuff out. Yesterday I learnt that it's not possible to get a one minute PB straight after a 2k PB. Funny that, who'd have thought?
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Dec 2021
7:38am, 22 Dec 2021
344 posts
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Craggy
I'm also a headband and sweatband guy - multiple headbands during 20k sessions 😂
Congrats on the PB Andy. The one min sounds painful - you learnt the hard way there! The correct thing to do after a 2k PB is to drag yourself along the floor to get a cold beer out the fridge!
I completed the 200k Holiday Challenge last night with 3 days to spare 👍
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Dec 2021
7:53am, 22 Dec 2021
39,208 posts
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Nellers
One of my early attempts at a 2k, while I was still using the local gym before I got my own C2, ended with me lying on the floor next to the machine gasping and groaning and having a very nice young lady come over and check if I needed help.
That was embarrassing.
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