cweed wrote:Daily total....just over 50k....and I have to be awake in less than 7 hours for my Saturday morning on RP.

Just amazing - you're an inspiration, you are! You Rock, girl!

Huw, how do you get your heart going that fast without passing out? That's a nice set... except for the part about the acid reflux. :wink: After giving it much thought... I've decided I don't care much for intervals. :lol: 5 x 1500. Wasn't sure how to pace this. I've read suggestions of 2k+5 and 5k....

cweed wrote: Actually it is version 1.0 that needs only oil, my version 1.1 requires chocolate.

A sensible upgrade.

10k recovery row today at a 2:14.1 pace. AHR 138, MHR 143. Nice and slow... that's the way I like it.
5x1500 tomorrow. Yikes! Looking for a 2k+5 pace? I guess that would be a 2:05?

I am humbled by the fact that Christine rowed more meters this week than I have all season. Just awesome!

edit - Oh, and her meters for the Fall Challenge already exceed my lifetime meters! Go-Go-Go!

Come on Eileen, Fairytale of New York, Bed of Roses. I was going to say I'd never heard of "Come on Eileen" or Dexy's Midnight Runners, but I queued it up on YouTube and as soon as I heard it, I recognized it. (I would have guessed The Kinks did it.) Anyway, I liked it, I just don't have i...

"Legs still shaking" - as you say, PB's don't come easy anytime. Initially it's 80% a physical battle, as the times drop, it becomes 80% a mental battle - just ask Scoop (5k) Plummy I guess I'm starting to understand that. I raced bicycles for a year when I was 16. A few years after that ...

I can't keep up! Lot of great music there Helium, Stan, and Paul. Paul - 9 of your 12 are actually on my mp3 player! 8) Stan - I hate to admit it, but I am sadly deficient in Rush. :oops: I'll give these a listen. Love Meatloaf, Queen, and Dire Straits. Helium - I was listening to The Good, the Bad,...

After a couple of days off, I felt I needed something more than the steady-distance I had planned for PP. So I decided to revisit the 5k. I feel that a lot of my PBs are soft... so this time, I decided to start at the pace that I wanted and just see how long I could hang on. Goal - 20:00 (2:00). 1:5...

Coming along nicely there, Huw! Nice negative splits, Wolf, with a great job of hanging in there after the missed stroke. And congrats on the new PB, spider! Today was supposed to be a steady distance for me. But I missed the last two days because of work. So I was well rested and chomping at the bi...

I think WMP is Windows Media Player. I use Foobar2000 which is a very simple, free music player that seems to be endlessly customizable. The database is proprietary, but very, very fast... although I have only about 175GB to search through. I liked Mumford and Sons rather a lot. Thanks for the tip! ...

Well, dang it... I was going for, eclectic. :oops: How about this list instead? 1. Loch Lomond - Paul Robeson (1938) 2. Play a Simple Melody - Bing Crosby (1950) 3. Everyday - Buddy Holly (1957) 4. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong (1968) 5. A Day in the Life - Beatles (1968) 6. Won't Get Foo...

I'm actually still working my way through your playlist... but I'm also installing a huge number of software updates, so I keep having to reboot. What do you mean by "music engine"? Are you downloading the songs? Or is this an online thing? Nope. Don't speak French... (or Karelian or Irish...

I was thinking that "You Can't Catch Me" would be a good theme song for Christine...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8-NqsY46PY

And you can find the last track here:
http://www.last.fm/music/Myll%C3%A4rit/ ... ra+Kaipaus

I've skimmed through the "Musical Opinions" thread and felt a bit lost. I've heard of most of Strider's groups, but the others? Maybe less than 10%. Can't tell if this is because they are mostly British bands... or I'm the wrong age... or don't listen to the radio much... or just totally o...

Nah. I was kidding, mostly. And making fun of myself. A few years ago, I thought that the Maximum Heart Rate was just that... the maximum. And if you tried to push harder than that your heart would explode or something. I was very careful not to push too hard.

Kaupungsman wrote:Looks like I'm going to get some use out of my ''I got nabbed by Christine'' t-shirt!! Wearing mine with pride again. Monster meter munching,Christine. =D>

Well done, Christine! =D> =D> =D>

Nice job, Mark, with the negative splits. HR=175? Er... don't take this the wrong way... but shouldn't you be dead?

20 secs? Very nice Spider! Zoot - anyone who gets 6 PB's in a week has to travel to the home towns of all FS and buy them a drink. I expect you'll get to me in about February so I'm looking forward to it :lol: 8) Sincere congratulations ^O^ ^O^ Ach, don't tell my wife... she'll be dragging me out to...

Not a bad week... PBs for 500m, 1k, 2k, 5k, 30' and 60'.

Thanks guys. Mark - I might have a slight edge right now, but I suspect you'll blow right by me pretty soon. :fsbgrin: Last night I tried my hand at a 60' row - 13,381. (The only other one I had completed was back in 2009.) And then this morning was an attempt at a PB for 500m (got it, too - dropped...

This plan looks promising. I like the idea of continuous improvement rather than training for a specific event. I think I'll give it a try for a couple of months and see how it goes. Started this morning with the 8x500m. Based on my 2K time, I decided to try for a 2:01 rate. 01__2:00.8__28 02__2:00....

Oops. Sorry. I was just stunned by the speed. It certainly would have been a PB in my book.
It's still darned fast as far as I'm concerned.

hewitt wrote:Just realised that i went past 5k in 17:23 during my 30min row today,r27.

I love those sneaky PBs!

Welcome, welcome, welcome, Clare.