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by jhaveman
Sun Apr 30, 2023 3:51 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Meter board banter
Replies: 3520
Views: 199041

Re: Meter board banter

I have to admire Jan's HM to push me down a place on the Meterboard on the last day of the season. Well played sir =D> =D> .....unless I do a sneaky 5K before bedtime that is! :wink: :lol: Sorry Jon, this is my first HM in a couple of years, thought it would make my Nonathlon score look a bit more ...
by jhaveman
Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:52 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: December ctc - 813m, standing start
Replies: 60
Views: 5443

Re: December ctc - 813m, standing start

Not so good but I was within 11 ranking places of Olli Zeidller for a very brief time ;-) Hopefully my asthma will settle a bit and I can push on a bit from here. Well done Crushy, and good luck with your next attempt! See you averaged about the same pace as in last month's challenge. I was targeti...
by jhaveman
Fri Oct 30, 2020 9:58 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: October ctc - 30 mins., standing start, unrestricted
Replies: 67
Views: 6274

Re: October ctc - 30 mins., standing start, unrestricted

Great rows this month from lots of people! Very strong lightweight result from Claudius, but also from Petr, Peter and Iain in boat 4 who threatened to leave me stranded on shore. Then on came Jill and Clare, and we now have 6 boats floating =D> =D> I'm ashamed to admit that for various excuses (&qu...
by jhaveman
Tue Oct 20, 2020 4:14 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: October ctc - 30 mins., standing start, unrestricted
Replies: 67
Views: 6274

Re: October ctc - 30 mins., standing start, unrestricted

Great row and writeup Jon, and no holding back there with a 186 HR!
I will probably try again, but would be very happy with anything over your original target of 7300m.
by jhaveman
Thu Oct 01, 2020 12:34 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: October ctc - 30 mins., standing start, unrestricted
Replies: 67
Views: 6274

Re: October ctc - 30 mins., standing start, unrestricted

Well done Jon, I had the same idea this morning. With medium effort and a bit of an end sprint I ended up at 7252m, a SB (however this is only my 2nd timed 30 minutes this season). I'm hoping to improve on this later in the month, but I'm not expecting to end up in boat 3 like last month. Hopefully ...
by jhaveman
Wed Sep 09, 2020 2:32 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Holiday in Northumberland
Replies: 4
Views: 1902

Re: Holiday in Northumberland

Here are some things I can think of, by no means complete. In and around Alnwick there are Alnwick castle and gardens, Barter Books, and Hulne Park just to the North of the town centre. There's a lot of coastline to visit, with great quiet beaches and the Northumberland Coast Path to link it all up....
by jhaveman
Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:46 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: September ctc - 5k, standing start, unrestricted
Replies: 59
Views: 6822

Re: September ctc - 5k, standing start, unrestricted

Had my usual early in the month stab and managed 20:20.2 - which annoyingly was only 0.7s slower than my SB. If I hadn't backed off 3 times there were a couple of Nonathlon points available possibly...grrr Thanks Dave, you gave me the motivation to keep going and get into boat 1 for the second mont...
by jhaveman
Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:40 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Holiday in Northumberland
Replies: 4
Views: 1902

Re: Holiday in Northumberland

Do you know yet where you will be staying?
by jhaveman
Wed May 27, 2020 7:38 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Nonathlon 2021
Replies: 162
Views: 24042

Re: Nonathlon 2021

Hi Stan, could you please add Sheena and me? shaveman and jhaveman.
Thanks, Jan
by jhaveman
Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:45 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: March ctc - 4x4'/4'r
Replies: 29
Views: 3053

Re: March ctc - 4x4'/4'r

Well done to everyone who completed this, I don't like (semi-)sprinty intervals very much! Decided to have a go yesterday to float our 5th boat, thought I shouldn't overdo it and targeted 1:59 pace. So I was quite pleased when I finished with 1:58.4 overall, and was ready to enter my time for the 4x...
by jhaveman
Sat Aug 03, 2019 12:38 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Lifetime Millionaires Club
Replies: 3565
Views: 285723

Re: Lifetime Millionaires Club

Don't worry Tako, I'm not going to race you for it (especially since you've got a healthy head start) :fsbgrin:
by jhaveman
Sat Aug 03, 2019 8:21 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Lifetime Millionaires Club
Replies: 3565
Views: 285723

Re: Lifetime Millionaires Club

Hi Dave, I managed to paddle to 7MM yesterday:
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Can I have another gold star please?
Thanks, Jan
by jhaveman
Tue Jul 16, 2019 7:34 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Millionaires club-Season
Replies: 3083
Views: 234198

Re: Millionaires club-Season

Jill, it's good to see that you're back to regular rowing this month :)
I hope you manage to keep going, and I'm looking forward to your messages on this thread! It will be a while though before I get to a million for this season :wink:
by jhaveman
Wed May 29, 2019 9:51 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: May CTC - 3 x 1k / 5 min rest
Replies: 40
Views: 5600

Re: May CTC - 3 x 1k / 5 min rest

Rodger wrote: Wed May 29, 2019 8:52 am Cheers, Jan. Looks like the target I set for you was just right then. :fsgrin:
Looks like it, I might wait for you to set me a target for next month's CTC (20x300m r 1 :shock:) :fsgrin:
by jhaveman
Tue May 28, 2019 2:33 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: May CTC - 3 x 1k / 5 min rest
Replies: 40
Views: 5600

Re: May CTC - 3 x 1k / 5 min rest

Actually wondering why so many wait with their entries until the last days of the C2CTC challenges. In my case it's just a case of delaying something unpleasant until there's so little time left that I can't wait much longer :oops: Especially sprinty intervals are not really my cup of tea, must do ...
by jhaveman
Mon May 13, 2019 9:17 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2018/19 Summary and Aspirations for 2019/20
Replies: 19
Views: 2828

Re: 2018/19 Summary and Aspirations for 2019/20

Last year started good for me, with PBs for the FM and 6k. Then things went a bit quieter, because I somehow wasn't able to push myself to keep going when things got hard. So I got a decent amount of meters logged and challenges completed, but rowing only at an average pace. This April I managed to ...
by jhaveman
Sun May 12, 2019 12:09 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Nonathlon 2020
Replies: 42
Views: 5370

Re: Nonathlon 2020

Hi Stan, thanks for setting up the team again!
Could you please also add Sheena and me (shaveman and jhaveman)?
Thanks, Jan


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by jhaveman
Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:22 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Lifetime Millionaires Club
Replies: 3565
Views: 285723

Re: Lifetime Millionaires Club

Hi Plummy, completed the 6th million earlier today, any gold stars going :fsgrin:
Thanks, Jan
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by jhaveman
Fri Dec 14, 2018 9:16 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: December ctc - 30 minutes, standing start
Replies: 76
Views: 6579

Re: December ctc - 30 minutes, standing start

Impressive row Claudius, and great improvement by Dave! =D>

My next cunning plan is for all other lightweights to row themselves into boat 1, so I could end up in boat 2 without doing any further rowing :fsbgrin:
by jhaveman
Sun Dec 09, 2018 8:41 pm
Forum: Training and Racing
Topic: BRIC18
Replies: 16
Views: 2248

Re: BRIC18

Well done all =D> =D> and thanks for sharing the results Michael!
by jhaveman
Sun Dec 09, 2018 8:38 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: December ctc - 30 minutes, standing start
Replies: 76
Views: 6579

Re: December ctc - 30 minutes, standing start

Thanks Plummy, am planning some doughnut research later this month :-)
by jhaveman
Sun Dec 09, 2018 12:47 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: December ctc - 30 minutes, standing start
Replies: 76
Views: 6579

Re: December ctc - 30 minutes, standing start

Some impressive results from the team already =D> =D> Good luck everybody with setting new season's and personal bests! I decided to give it a go today, starting conservatively because I was afraid of giving up halfway into the row. It went better than expected though, and I was able to speed up a b...
by jhaveman
Sat Dec 08, 2018 2:54 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Millionaires club-Season
Replies: 3083
Views: 234198

Re: Millionaires club-Season

Thanks Jill, what can I say ... that write up was worth every meter rowed :fsbgrin: Also thanks for reminding me of what I've been doing wrong in the last few months: no doughnuts #-o :shock: I had been wondering why it was getting harder to keep a decent pace for longer rows. Now I know what to do ...
by jhaveman
Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:46 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Meta-nonathlon 2018-2019
Replies: 139
Views: 15637

Re: Meta-nonathlon 2018-2019

Thanks Tako and David, the 60mins was an aborted PB attempt - it was just too hot last Sunday :(
My goal is to get everything nice and green (apart from the FM which I didn't do last year) and to get at least 910 points.
Also thanks to Rodger for doing this, it's a great way to track your progress!
by jhaveman
Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:27 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: July ctc - 555m/111m/444m/777m/333m/222m/666m 70“r
Replies: 59
Views: 3925

Re: July ctc - 555m/111m/444m/777m/333m/222m/666m 70“r

JonT wrote: Mon Jul 16, 2018 1:12 pm Over to you Jan. :twisted:
Well done Jon, that's an impressive improvement =D> =D>
You put me quite a challenge there, getting below 1:52 pace will be very hard :shock:
Still, I'll have to give it a try ...