Paul G, Congrats on 35 million lifetime meters. That's awesome :shock: ^O^ Well I learnt that putting a hoped for prediction on here first doesn't half ramp up the pressure! The first 15 mins were surprisingly hard, the second 15 unsurprisingly were much, much harder. Was counting down strokes at th...

As this month's challenge fits closer to my current training I'm thinking of giving it an early go over the weekend. Based on my best relevant times over the past 3 months (see below) I'll aim for a nice round pace of 1.50.0. The first 15 mins should be fine it's the 2nd I'm worried about! Unfortuna...

Having decided to contine following the Original training programme for 3 months I thought it worth sharing my experience after c6 weeks... 1. It's rather hard. I've never rowed at slower spm and it's taking a while to adjust. 2. Currently I'm managing 4 sessions pw not the full 5 due to time commit...

Well that was painful, mentally as well physically! I'd honed my planned time based on Felton's / Caratacus's time and our respective times last month (thank you it should have made it so much easier). The plan was 500m 1.38 / 1250m 1.42 / 500m 1.37 for a total of 7.30.0 or a shade under. I'm rather...

Thank you for the warm welcome and I'll certainly give Feb's challenge a go. I think this could be horribly addictive!

Max

Did my 1st ever ctc yesterday! Based on the pacing advice I was hoping for c12 minutes so pleased with 11.55.8. Went hard during the first 250m (but not flat out) and eased off in the 2nd 250m so I didn't fly and die in the final 1,000. 1. 3.27.9 1.43.9 29 2. 46.9 1.33.8 36 3. 3.27.9 1.43.9 29 4. 47...

Currently I’m following The Original 2k Training Programme by Terry O'Neill but without a heart rate monitor. I'm wondering if I would be better following a different routine? In 2017 I managed very few sessions in the first half of the year due to injury but from July did the following 3 routines. ...