Indoor Rowers League 2017 / 2018

[fkoene]

Well, had a very satisfying attempt on this today. My second best 10K ever. My goal was 38:40, a 1:56 pace and ended out with 38:19.4, only 9 seconds slower than my PB. The question is, can I get to that PB?? The last 500m in 1:47.4 shows I was not completely wiped out. Very reluctant to try though...
Now let's hope the boat fills up before the end of the month.

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[plummy]

0.4s faster than my all time PB (albeit 10 years ago!) - great effort Fred

[Grobi]

Great result Fred, well done! It must be extremely satisfying to be so close to a long standing PB!

[fkoene]

Thanks Dave, Peter, yes, it feels good, a result like this.

[Tako]

Gefeliciteerd Fred!
Great result!

Looks like we have some really strong entries this month!

[paulgould]

Great row, Fred
I will be delighted just to get anywhere near that.

Paul G

[fkoene]

Thanks guys, and Paul, I'm sure you can beat my time...

[Tako]

6 scores registered so far and currently we lead this month’s challenge

[Tako]

Now we have 7 entries !
So only missing one!!

Barbara, Chuck, Felton???

Thanks to my PB I have for once the best adjusted score

1 week left before we enter the final
Month of this season!

[fkoene]

Great time, Tako, very well done!!! We're still this month's number one team...

[Grobi]

Had my fourth go at this today with a finishing time of 39:03.0, 8 seconds short of my SB. Well done team so far, we need just one more entry

[Grobi]

Thanks to Barbara we now have eight scores and are back to spot #1 for the march challenge

[Tako]

Great! Thanks Barbara, also for the reminder regarding April 1st on C2CTC
Unfortunately I will not have access to an Erg that day.

Well done Free Spirits! Great team effort!
One month left!

[paulgould]

Managed to submit another time today.
Was expecting an SB as it was my first 10k(of 79) this season where I've rowed strapped in on a DF below 300.
Found it a bit of a struggle as I have done a lot of metres(for me) this month, so nowhere near Fred's effort, and many miles shy of Tako's entry!!
The row was on DF 225 with an SPM of 29.8

Tale of the tape:

Total : 38:44.9

2k @ 1:58.6
2k@ 1:55.9
2k@ 1:55.7
2k@ 1:55.7
2k@ 1:55.1

Paul G

[Grobi]

Very well done Paul! I can see your struggle in the final split, only 0.6 seconds faster than the ones before, so well done for hanging in there!

[paulgould]

Very well done Paul! I can see your struggle in the final split, only 0.6 seconds faster than the ones before, so well done for hanging in there!

Thanks Peter - you are right, I was just hanging in at the end - was feeling quite tired having done a lot of long, slow stuff lately and had to up the stroke rate to higher than what I am used to.
I may try and squeeze in one more attempt if I can find the energy

Paul G

[Grobi]

I may try and squeeze in one more attempt if I can find the energy
Paul G

Good luck with that!

Felton, what about you? When are you going to join the fun?

[plummy]

Tried and failed to improve my time last night. I got to 6268 metres at 1:59.1 so I was about 10s ahead of my previous best only if I could hold the pace but I'd been struggling a while and kept getting sharp pains in my right foot like I'd picked up a splinter. Eventually it wore me down and I called it quits (gave myself 5 minutes then did a 5k with neg splits at 20:29.8 - so I had some energy left).
The pain in my foot turned out to be the removal of skin off the top of my second toe - clue being my white sock having turned bright red! Now I remember why I moved to 4 holes showing. Moving back to 3 after last week's technique/PT session half solved one problem but recreated an old one.
There's a slight chance I might have another go before I go away on Monday

[Paul Victory]

That sounds painful plummy! Well done for getting back on the erg and doing a steady 5k afterwards.

It's not often I get to kill four birds with one stone, but I managed that this morning.

1 minute plus improvement in my IRL score

1 minute plus improvement in my 10k SB

48 points improvement in my nonathlon score

Now only one row away from completing the Mud Season Madness 10k challenge

Paul V

[fkoene]

WoW, a great achievement, Paul!!


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[Grobi]

The March challenge has come to an end and we could improve our team score again to 93.05 after 92.33 in February (and 87.33 in January). We finished 8th in March thus ensuring our 9th position in the overall table (out of 49 teams).

Well done team, let‘s see how we can do in the final challenge which is a simple 500m

[fkoene]

It's been very quiet in this thread this month. Looks like the 500m isn't very popular. Only four scores entered so far.
I know I don't like the distance but at least I rowed a season's best today. It was 1:34.2 and today I finished in 1:33.3. Now I don't have to use a CTC score, that's a relief.
I'm always in doubt: should I start as fast as I can and see where that leads me or start more easy. Today I chose the last strategy and realized a negative split.

Perhaps later this week I'll have another go, at least I have a score now.
It also made me cross the 8000 points threshold in the Nonathlon btw.

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[Tako]

Well done Fred! Congrats on the 8000!!! Great achievement!

[plummy]

I might have a go at this tomorrow to fill in one more blank for the team. I doubt it'll be anything special but it needs to be done...

[Paul Victory]

Well done Fred. And it looks as if you had something left in the tank. Most 500m rows are fly and die. I don't remember ever seeing one before with a negative split throughout.