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Added 99m to my 30min time today to finish with 7395m.

Matched the previous time's 2:03.4 pace boat for the first 20min then finished the last 10mins under the 2:00 split.
That's been my most enjoyable work out this season by far. \:D/

Think my problem has been that I've been trying to beat my PBs when I should be forusing more on beating my SBs. Slowly but surely and all that.
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Chipping away at my 5k time - I finally broke 26 min! My 25:42.8 moved me up two spots on the age group ranking, too. Still trying to break 2:30...
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Decided to try for a pb at 6k today. Blew up with 700 to go and had to stop for a few seconds. Ended up with a seasons best of 23:36.1. :evil: :evil:
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Reduced my 1k time by 4.2 seconds this morning to 3:24.2, now just have to hang on for another 36secs to make a big improvement on this months CTC :twisted:
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Improved my 60mins SB distance from 13,457m to 14,106m today.
Very satisfying row as I did the first half slowly due to being scared I was going to fly and die yet again. :?

First half in 2:13 splits I think, second half in about 2:02 splits. Need to start a bit faster if I want to get anywhere close to my PB though.

Hot shower ended up being a very enjoyable bath after pleasantly collapsing into the bath. (made all the better after addition of dodgy spanish shower gel that definitely works better as bubble bath) :)
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Can't believe I am having to post on this damn thread again. Decided to have another go at the 6k today and blew apart with 200 to go and finished in 23:32.3, a mere 3.5 seconds outside my pb.
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I now have 3 days off in Barcelona so I may well try again when I get back on Sunday
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Just attempted the 2k properly for the first time this season. I was aiming for splits of 1:52.0 - 1:53.0 but I started off at at 1:50 and only hit 1:53 for one 100m spell near halfway. Managed to speed up a tad to 1:43.0 split to finish with 7:18.3.
Very happy with that considering my PB is 7:13.7. I'll have to attack it again in a couple of weeks. :twisted:
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Did a 5k tonight and reduced my SB by 24secs to 18:43.9 - not too far away from a PB but that really would have been beyond me today. Had to hang on for last 600m or so but couldn't really expect anything else I suppose. :oops:
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Well done Big Wave and Gregor - =D>

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Post by Thomas W-P »

I have posted so little in the "bests" threads this year.

But I am happy tonight. :D I did a pace test for BIRC. :shock: Loads more in the blog (including a picture of the finished painting - phew) but I aimed for 6:50 and swept home in a somewhat agonised (and stunned) 6:46.9 :twisted:.

It looks like I have a shot at my PB at BIRC - Can I lose 4 seconds in 4 weeks?
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YES YES YES you CAN !!! Go Thomas Go !!!
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Excellent row Thomas - yes you can take the 4 seconds off at BIRC - its the other 10 that will be fun :twisted:
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That's quite a breakthrough Thomas. I'm very impressed by your pacing. Lately on the TT's I've been fly and die myself and I know it's not the way to go. That's one very blue gate. Surprised you didn't add a couple of orange stripes.

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Getting tired of posting on this thread when I should be posting on the pb thread :evil: :oops:
Seasons best 30 minutes today of 7538. Oh well there is always next time.
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New SB in the HM this afternoon, ended with perfect 2:00/500 splits - last 1k was really hard to get there, final time 1:24:23.6, really happy with that
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6.44.5 YESTERDAY AT THE WELSH IRC. I WAS LOKING FOR A 6.44 BUT POSSIBLY STARTED A LITTLE TOO CONSERVATIVELY. NEVER MIND, I WILL TRY TO LOWER THIS AT BIRC. 8-[
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Went out to local Irish Bar yesterday to watch Liverpool fail to beat the mighty Arsenal, feeling chuffed with myself for rowing 10k beforehand. Too many beers followed by a trip to Pizza Hut for stuffed jalapeños starter and a spicy mexican pizza (no, not the smallest one). Weight myself this morning to see my weight had risen 4.7lbs in 2 days. Not good, so I forced myself to do a 1hr row either side of a 1k warm-up/warm down.

Finished with 14,340m (2:05.5), a SB from 14,106m a fortnight ago.
Wasn't really going that fast but I seem to have a problem finishing the 1hr at the moment, so I decided to row at least 2:08ish splits for the first 30mins then at least 2:05ish for the rest.

Looks like I'll have to update my signature again. :D
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AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Sorry about that but really not happy despite the seasons best 30 minute of 7568. It should have been a pb ](*,) ](*,) :oops: :evil: :evil: 19 poxy metres!! :cry:
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First half marathon of the season and therefore a personal best:
1hr 29 mins 14.1 sec (2:06.8)
With 2k to go and the average splits over 2:07 I was really struggling but I sped up a bit for the final 1k.
Glad to have finished now. God that bath was good. :D
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Well done Gregor, Big Wave Dave, Brian, Thomas and Stan - all moving in the right direction.

Sorry for the late posting

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Cheers plummy.

After today's failed 2km I decided to try the 500m for the second time his season. SB down to 1:36.3 now from last month's poor 1:40.7 attempt.
I don't often row after midnught. Perhaps I should do it more often? :)
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Gregor Andrews wrote:I don't often row after midnught. Perhaps I should do it more often? :)
:lol: I remember when you and I were swapping PBS and you did something that afternoon that blew my time away (6000m?). I was marking at the time. When I finished, at about 11pm I went to the rower and beat your time. It damn near killed me. Those were the days.
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Thomas W-P wrote:
Gregor Andrews wrote:I don't often row after midnught. Perhaps I should do it more often? :)
:lol: I remember when you and I were swapping PBS and you did something that afternoon that blew my time away (6000m?). I was marking at the time. When I finished, at about 11pm I went to the rower and beat your time. It damn near killed me. Those were the days.
he he, I remember them well - That was great motivation for getting back on the next day and trying again. Think I've got a long way to go to catch up with you now. At least I'm slowly getting closer to my PBs all the time.
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Seasons best 10k this morning of 40:12.1. The first 5k was ok at 2:00.5 pace but lost a bit of concentration (or perhaps it was a wimpish idea to avoid pain) over the next 4k and left myself too much to do over the final km to get a pb. As I may have said before - there is always next time.
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A season's best 30 minute session of 7071 - on my own rower, not the gym ones that I think are dodgy.

Not a great distance but considering my season only really started in earnest a few weeks ago, I'm feeling pretty smug about it.

Will fess up though that it was a failed 10k attempt. I panicked when the clock was showing I'd finish in around 42:45 thinking that my previous SB was about 42:30. So decided to go for the half hour instead.

Finished the 30 min. Did a longish cool down to get me over 10k for the day (to go up 3 metre board places - and would have been 4 places with another 53m - :roll: ) and then found that my previous SB over the 10 was 43:49! Damn and blast!! :oops:

Still - try again tonight as I really enjoye the quicker pace.
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