CTC for Aug 2006: 500m Unrestricted

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CTC for Aug 2006: 500m Unrestricted

Post by Gregor Andrews »

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.
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Post by Thomas W-P »

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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Thomas 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.
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 :oops: :oops: :oops: 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 then :(

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I will probably have to leave this until next week. In no fit state to do a flat out row at the moment.
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I should be fresh, so will have a first go this week.
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Another short one - yuk!
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Post by johnglynn »

1:23.3 :D :D

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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johnglynn wrote:1:23.3 :D :D

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
Awesome, What else can I say.

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Derrylad wrote:Awesome, What else can I say.
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 pace :D
If that happened I think I'd be getting the better deal though :wink:
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Post by BartMan »

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.

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Post by Stan »

Just tried a flat out 500 after a 10k. Thought I would be ok as my lungs seem to be clear now, but no. Had to stop at the half way mark. Probably went off too quick and should have settled for a slower row - after all I have all month to improve it. *sigh*.
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Stan wrote:Just tried a flat out 500 after a 10k.
I treid that once thinking that was a low HR 10k so I'll be fine, it is just 90 seconds. Er no.

I am plotting my first stab at this tomorrow evening after nearly three days away from the ergo.
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Post by Paul Victory »

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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Free Spirits III in need of a lightweight Male - where are you!!

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Post by Stan »

Just made another attempt at the ctc. Managed 1.38.7 which is 1.6 secs off my best. Rested 10 mins and tried again but only managed 1.38.9. Oh well something to build on.
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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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Boat 3 actually needs a lady.
Good luck with the comeback Plummy. I may have another go at the ctc this evening.
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ReducingFB wrote:Free Spirits III in need of a lightweight Male - where are you!!

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Oh dear!! Egg on face - what we need is a female crew member - apologies all round !!! :oops: :oops: :oops:

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Stan wrote:Boat 3 actually needs a lady.
Good luck with the comeback Plummy. I may have another go at the ctc this evening.
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.

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.
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Rita, post a 10k that's a time I would be pleased with! 8)

Good stuff and you can only get quicker. :lol:
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Am back from hols
Shattered from journey back - so will do a 500m tonight in the hope that I'll be too tired to notice the pain! :D
Anyway - It'll get another female score on the board....
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Welcome back Janet - hope you had a good holiday.
For some reason this 500m seems to have made our ladies very shy.
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OK - time posted. Not bad. :D
But a top tip boys & girls...... Using a 500m sprint as a 'welcome back' after 3weeks of leasurely swims as your only exercise hurts :shock:
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Post by Stan »

Had another go at the ctc today and managed a slight improvement to 1.37.8 but still havent got the pb I wanted this month :evil:
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Improved to 1:32.6 for 500m, rowing a minute or two after a 15K on first day back from business trip. Not bad, though the distance piece was rubbish. I have a 141,500m deficit to make up to regain my 10K per day average. Stupid travel. Stupid hotels with no C2s! It's gonna be a rough few weeks.
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Post by SandBaggerOne »

Rowed the 500m before the long piece today and it showed: 1:30.7. Boris (1:30.3) still edges me out of boat I though, nice 500m for a lightweight Boris!
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