Hi everybody, with the memory of Evesham freshly in my mind I wanted to keep the momentum and had a closer look at my 1k PB (3:23.1) tonight. Saturday I had pulled a 1:42.1 split for the mile, so I hoped for a pace around 1:40 for 1k. First 3k w/u, then set up the PM3 to 500m intervals (just very cl...

Thank you Alan and sorry for having beaten you :D Should we meet in Grimsby again I'm pretty sure you will be faster. You're better looking and have a training advantage of 15 years :wink: Jason, your row was excellent and great to watch! 8 seconds faster in that speed-region is an immense increase ...

Well done Trish on your new PB! =D> What a great way to start the day! Great to have met you at Evesham! Despite from meeting many Free Spirits in person I also had the pleasure of a new PB by 10.8 seconds for the mile with now 5:28.6 (old: 5:39.4). Beeing cheered up and coached by FSers surely help...

Good evening, I think I'm the last one to get home finally. Arrived one hour ago, unpacked everything and started my computer. Well, I have to say, it was a great weekend! I really enjoyed putting faces to names and to learn to know many Free Spirits I had been in contact with before, but only virtu...

Michael,

great to know you're coming to Evesham! Let's share it, I'll bring along my digital camera, you'll bring along pom-poms and skirt

Alan, I read it and I'm somewhat relieved Otherwise you should have had to tell me about your wonder food or wonder training programme

P.S. OMG - I am in the same race as Wolfie, Ironar$e and Peter. that's going to be messy as I fly and die and trail in 20 seconds behind them all. Seems we are five Free Spirits in that race: http://www.concept2.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18579&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=195 I ha...

Jason,

hewitt wrote:Peter.Ill sit behind you if you want,and spur you on.Just tell me the target pace on Saturday.

that'll be great! I have a race pace plan prepared for saturday which I'll give you then. See you on saturday mate!

Just back from the gym with another 8x500 session in my legs: Last time: Total: 13:42.1_____pace: 1:42.7 This time: 1) 1:42.6 @ 32 2) 1:42.6 @ 33 3) 1:42.4 @ 32 4) 1:42.5 @ 33 5) 1:42.3 @ 33 6) 1:42.6 @ 33 7) 1:42.5 @ 32 8 ) 1:42.0@ 34 Total: 13:39.5_____pace: 1:42.4 That was a tough session but tha...

Jason, Pete Marston said he would buy me a pint if i beat him. :o I think his pint is safe,this year. :twisted: you entered the erging business one year ago, PM did that eight years ago. Your career has been extremely successful, your 2k PB is just 15 seconds away from PM's. Next year the pint is yo...

Hi Steve,

my plan is to do another 8x500 session today and then no rowing until saturday. That would give me three days rest before the race on late saturday. I hope that will help.

I hardly dare posting my session of today (4x1k) amongst all these speed monkeys: Last time (July 5th): Total: 14:04.7_____pace: 1:45.5 This time: 1) 1:45.3 @ 30 2) 1:45.3 @ 30 3) 1:45.0 @ 30 4) 1:43.7 @ 32 Total: 13:58.8_____pace: 1:44.8 On July 3rd I did this session at 1:46.1 pace, so a gain of 1...

Gooner Neil wrote:You never know I may even give up drink next week

I like your serious approach to training but don't overdo!

Also an 8x500 session for me today. Target pace after saturday's session was 1:43.4: Last time: Total: 13:47.8_____pace: 1:43.4 This time: 1) 1:43.4 @ 31 2) 1:43.2 @ 32 3) 1:43.2 @ 31 4) 1:43.2 @ 33 5) 1:43.1 @ 33 6) 1:42.8 @ 33 7) 1:42.8 @ 33 8 ) 1:40.9 @ 33 Total: 13:42.1_____pace: 1:42.7 Quite ha...

Bill, just PM'ed you my mobile phone number. Looking forward to meeting you and Trish!

I'll arrive at Evesham already on friday by around 13.00 hrs. If any Free Spirit lives in or near Evesham I'd be happy to meet for a chat or coffee or dinner or beer etc.

Hi everybody, another 4x1k session for me tonight: Last time (July 3rd): Total: 14:09.0_____pace: 1:46.1 This time: 1) 1:46.1 @ 30 2) 1:45.8 @ 30 3) 1:45.6 @ 30 4) 1:44.8 @ 31 Total: 14:04.7_____pace: 1:45.5 Third PP sprint session in a row and still searching for old pace but going in the right dir...

Hi Iain, Nice improvement. As for a plan, rather you than me, don't you find that a tough short interval session is still in your legs the next day? At least yesterday's session felt nice with the 4x1k of the day before in my legs. But as soon as I'm feeling tired by overtraining I'll change to norm...

Stan and Thomas,

thank you for your help, if one of your shirts fits me I'd be glad to wear it and save us all from the the sight of me rowing naked. It wouldnt be fun for anyone

Hi Wolfie, Good progress Peter, now you will be in a little dilemma at what pace to pick next Saturday as you are on that improvement curve =D> yes, that's a tricky queston indeed! Any thoughts on this? On my desperate search for old performance towards Evesham I decided to concentrate on the 8x500 ...

Thank you Bill for updating the list. 1600 hrs race time sounds nice, I hate racing in the morning! Following Wolfie's remark I had a look at Thomas' blog and became aware of the fact that I don't have a FS team kit! :oops: Is it compulsory to wear the team shirt while racing? Or do I have to row na...

Well done Trish, congratulations! =D> Amazing you needn't stop for a drink under these humid conditions (at least I think it's as humid in Britain as it is in southern Germany at the moment).

Cheers Stan, I'm also looking forward to meeting you! Now I know why I had problems posting. Submitting my post I couldn't reach this site for some minutes. How did you know that I was writing?

Textbook pacing and a strong finish, well done Wolfie! What time are you expecting at Evesham? Had a go at the 4x1k session tonight. The last one was nearly 3 1/2 months ago, so high time for a new one. Like with my 8x500 session I added 3 seconds to old target pace to start with: Last time (march 2...

Jason, I'm afraid I couldn't help you too much with your progress, which indeed is extremely impressive. But knowing what you have achieved is an inspiration for us "normal" rowers. I'm glad you could improve with our motivation and we feel encouraged to keep on training watching your prog...