April CTC: 639m.

[Shang-Chi]

No, this distance is not my thing... If I went for it I could probably get a 1:29 split...

Strange You're faster on the 1K, 4 min., 2K and anything else, even on the 500m earlier this season, so I'm quite sure you're not right, Erik.

[Liefcat]

No, this distance is not my thing... If I went for it I could probably get a 1:29 split...

Strange You're faster on the 1K, 4 min., 2K and anything else, even on the 500m earlier this season, so I'm quite sure you're not right, Erik.

I´m only human, so I´m not infallible...

But for the reference: ctc from January 2011 was my best shot as I remember it: 674m in 2 minutes giving a 1:29.0 average per 500m... I´m trying to reach my own goals not goals set by others. And right now I´m doing about 1 erging session per week, and I am not planning to "waste" one session exclusively on this ctc. So I don´t think I will have another go at this ctc.

[Richard Lindner]

Second attempt for me today.
2:19.1 --- 1:48.8 --- 28spm --- 156bpmEHR
5.6sec improvement but still in boat 3

[Shang-Chi]

No, this distance is not my thing... If I went for it I could probably get a 1:29 split...

Strange You're faster on the 1K, 4 min., 2K and anything else, even on the 500m earlier this season, so I'm quite sure you're not right, Erik.

I´m trying to reach my own goals not goals set by others.

I know Erik! But I still think you could if you really wanted to.

I, on the other hand, uses the challenges to get in shape (if my back allows me to. ) But it's very hard to hold up the shape and enthusiasm after an all out session. After rain comes sun and then it rains again for a while. At that point one can't see when the next bright period will pop up.

[Liefcat]

I´m trying to reach my own goals not goals set by others.

I know Erik! But I still think you could if you really wanted to.

I, on the other hand, uses the challenges to get in shape (if my back allows me to. ) But it's very hard to hold up the shape and enthusiasm after an all out session. After rain comes sun and then it rains again for a while. At that point one can't see when the next bright period will pop up.

Yes, Mikkel, I think I know exactly what you mean

[Liefcat]

Mikkel, just to prove I can do the ctc at a sub 1:30 pace did the ctc again today...

639m 1:54.7 1:29.7 39
213m 38.0 1:29.2 39
426m 38.3 1:29.9 39
639m 38.4 1:30.1 41

[plummy]

Second attempt and my lungs are still burning 30 minutes later! - 2:06.1 (1:38.7 split) for a 3 seconds improvement. We need to find another 5 seconds to bump FS1 into bronze medal position - I could maybe, maybe find another 0.5~1s absolute max with a longer warm up but no more.

I set my split at 500m and it recorded 1:38.1 and my SB for 500m is 1:38.0

Boy - that hurt!

[Wolfmiester]

Well done on the 2nd attempt Dave.

Plonked my monthly effort in today.
One of those rare days when the warm up felt really connected and I wanted to PB a 5k or something!
Anyway, smashed my mental target of <1:35 with 1:32.9 & 1m 58.7
Apologies to Gary, I really did think you were out of reach.

[strider77]

Well done Dave don't let me hear that you can't sprint =D>

Nice one Steve, I am sure that Gary will forgive you =D>

[Shang-Chi]

Well done Erik, Dave and Steve! =D> =D> =D>

[Gary Dakin]

[quote="WolfmiesterApologies to Gary, I really did think you were out of reach.[/quote]

Forgiven. I'm surprised more people didn't beat me.

well done buddy
G

[Stan]

Finally put in an attempt on Thursday night and managed 2:12.9. Nothing to set the world on fire but it did get another boat floated.
Come on everyone, put a time in! - its only 639m - and just think - only 639 of them will hurt

[zootMutant]

Come on everyone, put a time in! - its only 639m - and just think - only 639 of them will hurt

Ain't none of them gonna hurt at my pace... but I'll get in a boat before month's end. (It will probably sink.)

[zootMutant]

I stuck my oars in the water... so to speak. Very out of shape and quite embarrassed.

639 m - 2:27.7 - 227 w

200 m - 2:00.5 - R30 - 200 w
400 m - 1:53.7 - R30 - 238 w
600 m - 1:52.7 - R33 - 244 w
639 m - 1:52.8 - R28 - 244 w

On to next months challenge.

[gregsmith01748]

Well, I'm back. I think I'll try to do the CTC as a way to keep myself honest.

This month was a lesson in how badly my sprinting has faded.

I made 4 attempts in a row today and bailed on the first three after varying distances. Finally in the fourth, I managed to hold a pace throughout. Pity the pace was way slower than I could have done in my prime. Pity also that I had probably toasted my legs a bit before the final attempt.

639m, 2:03.1, 1:36.3 pace.

I think with proper pacing, I could probably nip under 2:00. I wish I had tried earlier in the month.

On to May.

By the way, I'm back into a full on Wolverine Plan right now, and pulling myself out of the doldrums.

[sander]

Having been ill for a big part of April, then on a business trip, I had no idea where I would stand. So I tried to average 1:36 and failed. With 250m to go my splits started to sink rapidly and had to fight real hard to keep the average under 1:38, which was my reserve goal.

Ended up in 2:05.0, a 1:37.9 average. Still in first boat though. Sorry Plummy.

[Shang-Chi]

Welcome in our boat Sander! =D>

[Paul Victory]

I noticed we were one female short of floating a 6th boat, so I asked the lovely Jennifer to hop on the erg when she arrived home from a two hour hike. Being the obliging soul she is, she hopped on and covered the distance in 2:47.8.
So that's 6 boats floated.

[zootMutant]

...and 12 points for the team! What a gal! =D> =D> =D> You ought to marry that girl!

[AlanS]

With just six boats floated, April wasn't one of the team's better months...

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[Paul Victory]

...and 12 points for the team! What a gal! =D> =D> =D> You ought to marry that girl!

Now there's a thought...