- Whole trial lasts about 10 days. - You will need a pen, paper and hopefully a way to measure HR - Start after a rest day - Clean your erg so you can really max out the drag factor. - Day #1: Set lever to 0, measure and record drag factor - Setup the PM for a 2K piece and row it as hard as you can...

For OTW rowers, I recommend a damper setting that "feels" like your boat type. This is different for faster boats than for slower boats.

For erg only rowers, I have no idea. I guess it boils down to trying a few settings.

Congratulations on the gold and on the PB! Soon you will be under 4 minutes on the 1k.

gregsmith01748 wrote:Congratulations Sander! Another fantastic result in a fantastic season of PBs for you.

Added another one. I improved my 6k PB from 22:19.4 to 22:13.1. More than six seconds, so I am very happy. Full details here:
https://rowsandall.wordpress.com/2016/0 ... winter-6k/

I've decided to embark on an aerobic base building program for a couple of months based on a lot of what's in this article. http://www.active.com/articles/aerobic-base-training-going-slower-to-get-faster Aerobic base building program (following a 3-4 week off season with only light cross training) ...

I did a 30 minute row today which, for the first time, brought me above 8000m. Full details here: https://rowsandall.wordpress.com/2016/02/10/lactic-acid-at-least-once/ http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/roosendaalsander/the30min_zpsms2fps3w.jpg About 15 minutes into the row I started to feel ve...

Grobi wrote:The can-only-enter-a-time-not-a-distance-issue on the ctc website is fixed now.

Hurray! I entered my score and we're leading the board!

Wow, a 10 second improvement.

Even though the site still has the January challenge up, I decided to swap my planned Pete Plan waterfall (3k/2.5k/2k) for the 3x7min from a standing start. I aimed for 1925m (1:49.0 pace) but I failed miserably in the last interval http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f318/roosendaalsander/3x7min_zpsx...

I guess even small improvements count if it is a PB. :D Yesterday I raced a 2k in Pardubice. The harvest: - Improved PB by 0.5 seconds to 6:55.6 (1:44.0/1:44.0/1:44.6/1:43.0) - Yes I was struggling in the third 500m - Got a medal for third place in the 40-49 age category. I just had to beat one guy ...

Sander > Monday 25/1 after 1800 GMT Friday 29/1 any time between 9AM GMT and 4PM GMT Saturday 30/1 any time between 10AM GMT and 3PM GMT Sunday 31/1 any time between 10AM GMT and 3PM GMT Sander, apologies, should have replied sooner. If you're putting up a session, I could likely do the first optio...

Here's my 5k PB: I managed 18:24.9 (previous PB 18:26.1). I didn't really rest before rowing this so happy with the result.

Complete story here: https://rowsandall.wordpress.com/2016/0 ... -gas-tank/

Nice targets. I don't have a set of hard targets. I guess I will be happy when I finally shave a few seconds off my 2k time. Otherwise I am looking at a very tough year at work so I will take the rowing without hard targets, just to try as hard as possible. Didn't shave "a few seconds" of...

Great effort. Congratulations. I will probably never do a 100k so my admiration is all the greater for that.

I am going to have to row this in the week of January 25th. If there are other Free Spirits, we could do an online session on one of the following dates: Monday 25/1 after 1800 GMT Friday 29/1 any time between 9AM GMT and 4PM GMT Saturday 30/1 any time between 10AM GMT and 3PM GMT Sunday 31/1 any ti...

Congratulations! I agree erging is a lot about mental barriers.

Recess wrote:Fantastic!!! Well done in the PB, and the entertaining read!!!

Thanks. Oh, and I got chicked. A junior girl (1998/1999) rowed a 6:52.1. I saw her row it. It was very impressive.

Yesterday I participated in the Czech Indoor Rowing Cup, round 2, in Neratovice. Full story here: https://rowsandall.wordpress.com/2016/01/10/neratovice-erg-race-pb-and-third-place/ My last official erg race must have been in the winter of 1990. After that I have just used the erg as a training tool...

gregsmith01748 wrote:5K. Was 17:46.1 set in 2014. Today: 17:44.3.

A lot of work for less than 2 seconds of improvement, but I am giddy about it.

It was a hell of a row. I am starting to think that my training plan is working. More details later.

Super effort Greg!

Yep

Looking at the stroke data, I discovered that I rowed the "final" hour of this half marathon, i.e. from 22:38.7 to 1:22:38.7 in 15380m, which is 37m further than my PB of 15343m. I consider it a regular PB and have added it to my signature. For the nonathlon, I used a regular prorated scor...

I have the "old" wooden handle on my home erg and I grip it with about 1.5cm showing on the outside. I am with Greg: It depends on the broadness of your shoulder and will impact on how efficiently you pull the finish. A side question: Are there more people like me who like the straight old...

I checked their site and the people behind it are real and known in the (small) world of Dutch rowing. I wouldn't be afraid to try it out. The guy behind the service is a former race rower and active Masters rower. I guess we can give you the same tips based on observing your videos, but there is va...

Today was going to be the day. To reduce the pressure, I told myself that I was going to row a  good half marathon (as opposed to setting a personal best). I would be happy with a well-executed row. I also decided to hold 1:59 until 6.5km to go, then accelerate slightly. To increase the pressure, I ...

Another international training presentation from World Rowing Conference (just posted at rowing illustrated forum) - http://www.worldrowing.com/mm//Document/General/General/12/19/43/CoachintheSpotlightFISA2015-ND_Neutral.pdf This one has a little more detail on training zones - Page 65 - Looks like...