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- Thu Dec 29, 2016 1:46 pm
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Lactate based training
- Replies: 525
- Views: 65135
Re: Lactate based training
Hi Nick, Glad you chimed in. I'm on a short hiatus because of some knee surgery, but I'll hopefully be back at it within a week or so. I agree with you that drift over 20 minutes is a pretty good way to predict lactate and it's a lot easier to measure. I'm impressed by a 215w power at <2mmol/l. A co...
- Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:42 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: Beginners
- Replies: 460
- Views: 146914
Re: Beginners
Howdy Neighbor!
I'm Greg, and I hail from Hopkinton, MA. Welcome to Free Spirits.
If you ever get a hankering to get back on the water, let me know, I row with a great bunch of folks out in Worcester and we are happy to welcome newcomers.
Greg
I'm Greg, and I hail from Hopkinton, MA. Welcome to Free Spirits.
If you ever get a hankering to get back on the water, let me know, I row with a great bunch of folks out in Worcester and we are happy to welcome newcomers.
Greg
- Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:30 pm
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Injuries.....:(
- Replies: 1132
- Views: 115073
Re: Injuries.....:(
Paul: I'm certainly not one to talk, but I hope you take it very, very slowly in terms of getting back into rowing. Do you think that skierg might be an alternative that would be easier on your back? You could still do all the challenges and stuff tat way and take ess risk with your back (I think?) ...
- Thu Dec 15, 2016 11:42 am
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Crazy Bear Challenge-Row 30 HMs in 45 days
- Replies: 96
- Views: 10906
- Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:16 am
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Crazy Bear Challenge-Row 30 HMs in 45 days
- Replies: 96
- Views: 10906
Re: Crazy Bear Challenge-Row 30 HMs in 45 days
I stalled out at 9 when my knee gave out on me.
- Sat Dec 03, 2016 5:49 pm
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Injuries.....:(
- Replies: 1132
- Views: 115073
Re: Injuries.....:(
I had the surgery on the other knee when I was young and spry (touch football during lunch at work turned out to be a bad idea). The recovery was complete and I've never had any other problems with it. I suspect that the repair this time will be less certain because of the other issues in the joint....
- Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:17 pm
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Injuries.....:(
- Replies: 1132
- Views: 115073
Re: Injuries.....:(
No, the MRI clearly shows that there is some arthritic degradation, but the the tear appears to be repairable. Basically, it won't be perfect, but it might get better.
- Fri Dec 02, 2016 6:45 pm
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Injuries.....:(
- Replies: 1132
- Views: 115073
Re: Injuries.....:(
Diagnosis has turned out to be a tear in the meniscus cartilage. Arthroscopic surgery probably in sometime in December. I'm actually feeling hopeful, since the alternative would be living with how it is now and trying to figure out how to limit the range of motion to avoid causing more damage.
- Wed Nov 30, 2016 6:38 pm
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Injuries.....:(
- Replies: 1132
- Views: 115073
Re: Injuries.....:(
Maybe I made it sound a bit too dramatic. Yes, it's a problem and either I can get it fixed, or I'll figure out how to adjust to it. There are so many people that are dealing with much more difficult health issues than this.
- Wed Nov 30, 2016 2:10 pm
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Injuries.....:(
- Replies: 1132
- Views: 115073
Re: Injuries.....:(
quick update. I saw the orthopedist Tuesday morning. With some bending and flexing, pocking and prodding and a couple of xrays, he diagnosed me as having osteo-arthritis. In addition to that, there may be a tear or debris in the joint which could cause the intermittent locking, clicking and pain. He...
- Wed Nov 30, 2016 1:57 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: November ctc - 1k unrestricted, standing start
- Replies: 51
- Views: 5527
Re: November ctc - 1k unrestricted, standing start
i'm a bit hampered by my knee problems, but I wanted to at least post a score. I put a bandaid across the rail to give me a subtle reminder to avoid going to full compression and did a few 1K pieces. I started at 1:55 pace, which was not tough, but it was weird trying to get used to the short slide ...
- Sat Nov 26, 2016 8:00 pm
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Injuries.....:(
- Replies: 1132
- Views: 115073
Re: Injuries.....:(
I'm feeling pretty depressed. Kind of listless. I'll try to get a diagnosis next week, but I already miss working out.
- Sat Nov 26, 2016 2:27 pm
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Injuries.....:(
- Replies: 1132
- Views: 115073
Re: Injuries.....:(
Nothing as serious or scary as Dave's story. I managed to do something terrible to my knee and in the most humiliating way possible. While I was taking off my pants on Thursday night. I bent my knee to get my leg out of the pants and felt something go pop. This was followed by a shooting pain and an...
- Wed Nov 23, 2016 9:52 pm
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Crazy Bear Challenge-Row 30 HMs in 45 days
- Replies: 96
- Views: 10906
Re: Crazy Bear Challenge-Row 30 HMs in 45 days
Hi! This is awesome. I am very much enjoying doing this with a bunch of other folks. Tako: glad you're joining in. Zoot: I don't think I can swing a transcontinental jaunt to grind away for an hour and a half. But I have to admit it's a bit tempting. I might accidentally need to go see a customer ou...
- Wed Nov 23, 2016 1:12 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: The January CTC will be our choice
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3848
Re: The January CTC will be our choice
Not as good as a 4x1000 on 5' rest. Since it is time based, it will be close to 2k pace if your 2k time is close to 8 minutes. If your 2k is a lot faster than that, you'd need to pace this 1 to 2 seconds slower.
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 7:50 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: The January CTC will be our choice
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3848
Re: The January CTC will be our choice
Hi, Since January is prime prep time for indoor racing, I'd like to suggest that we consider one of the key race prep predictor workouts.
These are along the lines of 8x500, 6x750, 4x1000. To make it a bit different we could make it 4 by 4' with 4' rest. The Free Spirit cube.
These are along the lines of 8x500, 6x750, 4x1000. To make it a bit different we could make it 4 by 4' with 4' rest. The Free Spirit cube.
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 2:57 pm
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Crazy Bear Challenge-Row 30 HMs in 45 days
- Replies: 96
- Views: 10906
Re: Crazy Bear Challenge-Row 30 HMs in 45 days
#7 this morning. Even worse than yesterday. I feel really drained. I suspect I am still feeling the after effects from Sunday's all out effort.
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 2:21 pm
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Suggestions for speeding up pace in 3 weeks
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1463
Re: Suggestions for speeding up pace in 3 weeks
Hi, Welcome to the forum. Getting ready for a HM is a long term endeavor, and it sounds like you've been doing some great training. The best thing you can do is to maintain the aerobic fitness you have and make sure that you go into the race as rested and ready as you possibly can be. You might wan...
- Mon Nov 21, 2016 4:12 pm
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Crazy Bear Challenge-Row 30 HMs in 45 days
- Replies: 96
- Views: 10906
Re: Crazy Bear Challenge-Row 30 HMs in 45 days
Barb: Welcome to the fun. With Amazon Prime, you'll have a lot of distracting movies to keep you going. I agree with your thought about the PM ticking down to 999xm. Until then HMs seem endless, after that, the end is (distantly) in sight and getting closer. I did #6 this morning and boy was it a sl...
- Mon Nov 21, 2016 3:55 pm
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Suggestions for speeding up pace in 3 weeks
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1463
Re: Suggestions for speeding up pace in 3 weeks
Hi, Welcome to the forum. Getting ready for a HM is a long term endeavor, and it sounds like you've been doing some great training. The best thing you can do is to maintain the aerobic fitness you have and make sure that you go into the race as rested and ready as you possibly can be. You might want...
- Mon Nov 21, 2016 12:17 am
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Crazy Bear Challenge-Row 30 HMs in 45 days
- Replies: 96
- Views: 10906
Re: Crazy Bear Challenge-Row 30 HMs in 45 days
#5 for me today. It was a tough one. Very close to my limits.
1:21:38.8 (1:56.1 pace)
It destroyed me. More than an hour with my HR above 165.
The depressing bit is that it's still almost 3 splits slower than my PB. Tomorrow I go back to slow and controlled HMs.
1:21:38.8 (1:56.1 pace)
It destroyed me. More than an hour with my HR above 165.
The depressing bit is that it's still almost 3 splits slower than my PB. Tomorrow I go back to slow and controlled HMs.
- Sat Nov 19, 2016 3:52 am
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: Crazy Bear Challenge-Row 30 HMs in 45 days
- Replies: 96
- Views: 10906
Re: Crazy Bear Challenge-Row 30 HMs in 45 days
All of this talk of half marathons has gotten me jealous. I looked at my typical steady state session and saw that it was about 20km, so I decided to just extend that a bit and do HMs instead. For my standard endurance training session, I usually do 4x20'/1' rests, so I have just been setting up a h...
- Mon Oct 31, 2016 12:51 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: October CTC: 10k unrestricted
- Replies: 137
- Views: 12058
Re: October CTC: 10k unrestricted
Hi Y'all! I have returned to my landlocked state, having completed a completely lackluster OTW season. Most of my racing this year was in a double, which taught me a valuable lesson: I prefer to row a single. But enough about that. To get back in the groove I decided to get a late entry into the Oct...
- Wed Oct 05, 2016 11:06 pm
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: OTW results
- Replies: 124
- Views: 27223
Re: OTW results
Sorry I marked up your teammate! When I do the drill, I put my hands on the beginning of the fat part of the oar shaft.
- Wed Oct 05, 2016 9:17 am
- Forum: Training and Racing
- Topic: OTW results
- Replies: 124
- Views: 27223
Re: OTW results
Barbara, Your technique is so much better than mine that I hesitate to say anything. And frankly to find any real ideas of things to work on required me to slow the video down to 1/4 speed. Once I did that, I saw two things that you might want to work on. - There is a little bit of a pause at the ca...