CTC for Aug 2006: 500m Unrestricted
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CTC for Aug 2006: 500m Unrestricted
I thought I'd start a new thread for this months challenge.
Good to see we have a boat in the points table already (currently 3rd of 6 boats).
When is everyone going to attempt this one?
My knees don't feel up to a sprint at the moment so I think I'll leave it for a couple of days.
If anyone reading this doesn't know about the CTC challenges the website can be found here: http://www.c2ctc.com/.
Good luck folks! Hopefully we can beat last months total of 12 full boats.
Good to see we have a boat in the points table already (currently 3rd of 6 boats).
When is everyone going to attempt this one?
My knees don't feel up to a sprint at the moment so I think I'll leave it for a couple of days.
If anyone reading this doesn't know about the CTC challenges the website can be found here: http://www.c2ctc.com/.
Good luck folks! Hopefully we can beat last months total of 12 full boats.
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You're a prophet!
Exactly right, but for different reasons Thomas! You are suffering from over-row, I am suffering from under-row for the last two weeks. Got to 400m with good chance of beating PB, then exploded to half a second outside it. Still allowed me to be top Free Spirit in the CTC Challenge for an hour or two, and jumped us up from 3 to 2. I wonder if I would have moved us to number one with a PB. Try again in a day or two - suppose I'll be down to boat five or six by thenThomas W-P wrote:After my HM PB yesterday, and my shocker in Cambridge today I suspect that I would get 400m then blow up. So not today. Maybe in a week or so.
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Yep
I should be fresh, so will have a first go this week.
Can't face the 246 billion ELM challenges right now!
Another short one - yuk!
Can't face the 246 billion ELM challenges right now!
Another short one - yuk!
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AWESOME
Awesome, What else can I say.johnglynn wrote:1:23.3
What can I say, I'm turning into a machine in the short distances, I put a giant post about this in the PB thread
I'm very very happy
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Re: AWESOME
Thanks Rob, hopefully one day you'll be able to get my short distance pace, and I'll be able to get to your long distance paceDerrylad wrote:Awesome, What else can I say.
If that happened I think I'd be getting the better deal though
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fark that was hard work - just posted a 1:30 flat.
have decided I must be a middle distance rower!!
Did a 500 at 1:40 to warm up, then had a go, got a 1:31, then 2 more 500s at easy paces, and then gave it another nudge, and got 1:30.
Might start rowing a few 'sprints' in my longer rows to get used to rowing that fast, and then work on holding it. Shit, it's 'just' for a minute and a half!!! Try and get sub 1:30 for as many strokes as possible, then recover, and then crank into it againa few minutes later.
Good fun these challenge things!
have decided I must be a middle distance rower!!
Did a 500 at 1:40 to warm up, then had a go, got a 1:31, then 2 more 500s at easy paces, and then gave it another nudge, and got 1:30.
Might start rowing a few 'sprints' in my longer rows to get used to rowing that fast, and then work on holding it. Shit, it's 'just' for a minute and a half!!! Try and get sub 1:30 for as many strokes as possible, then recover, and then crank into it againa few minutes later.
Good fun these challenge things!
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I had a go at the 500m tonight.
My shoulder is still sore, so I didn't go flat out because I got a twinge from it as soon as I started. I ended up doing 1:32.3, which is 2.3 seconds outside my PB, but at least I got a time in and I'm currently in Free Spirits II.
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My shoulder is still sore, so I didn't go flat out because I got a twinge from it as soon as I started. I ended up doing 1:32.3, which is 2.3 seconds outside my PB, but at least I got a time in and I'm currently in Free Spirits II.
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HELP!
Free Spirits III in need of a lightweight Male - where are you!!
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Lightweight Male
Reducing FB - "We need a lightweight - where are you?" - I'm here! I've been shaking off a virus this week so not done anything too extreme re rowing. Managed a 45 min session (10985m) yesterday with no ill effects other than usual tiredness so will stump up a 500m this afternoon after the F1 Grand Prix
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Re: HELP!
Oh dear!! Egg on face - what we need is a female crew member - apologies all round !!!ReducingFB wrote:Free Spirits III in need of a lightweight Male - where are you!!
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My XX's posted a 2:07.8 today, after a 10K. Yeah, I did read the previous posts on how doing 500m after a 10K might not be such a great idea, but ... I rowed a PB of 46:01.1 and figured the adrenalin high of that would help.Stan wrote:Boat 3 actually needs a lady.
Good luck with the comeback Plummy. I may have another go at the ctc this evening.
I'm definitely not a sprinter. This was my first 500m. I have done a few 1K's for time and my best there is 4:14.1, so the 2:07 time is about right. I'll give it a go a few more times this month.