May CTC: 5555m

Liefcat · Post by **Liefcat** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:14 pm

The choice has been made:

"May CTC challenge has been decided by Empty the Tanks indoor rowing team.

5555 metres.
No drag or rate restrictions."

High five

Shang-Chi · Post by **Shang-Chi** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:51 am

How ingeniously

hewitt · Post by **hewitt** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:39 pm

zootMutant · Post by **zootMutant** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:37 pm

hewitt wrote:

I thought you'd like this one, Jason!

strider77 · Post by **strider77** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:24 am

hewitt wrote:-

You could even take a splt at 5k-bound to be sub 17

millie · Post by **millie** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 2:51 am

Perfect! My OTW season will be over in 2 weeks and I was thinking it would be good to focus on 5k for a while so this is good timing!

plummy · Post by **plummy** » Thu May 02, 2013 7:38 pm

There's already 4 complete boats floated for other teams but we have a start with 4 FS'rs awaiting a lady to join then in FS1.

I managed a respectable 21:15.3 ( 1:54.8 ave.) which, given my all time 6k PB was at 1:53.1 (back in 2007) isn't too shabby for a first effort, especially as I had to back off a bit for 1000m or so.

hellorachel · Post by **hellorachel** » Fri May 03, 2013 1:43 pm

I'm going to give this a go this weekend. I'm back on the water so I'm not erging quite as much lately.

Post by **CamiCrew** » Fri May 03, 2013 6:04 pm

Hopped into FS Boat 1 until other ladies arrive... we currently top the leaderboard as well, which is fun. This and my unexpected leap up 160+ positions on the Meterboard have made for an exciting new season! Happy new year!

zootMutant · Post by **zootMutant** » Fri May 03, 2013 7:56 pm

CamiCrew wrote:Hopped into FS Boat 1 until other ladies arrive... we currently top the leaderboard as well, which is fun. This and my unexpected leap up 160+ positions on the Meterboard have made for an exciting new season! Happy new year!

160 positions in one day! Nice! Happy New Year!

Richard Lindner · Post by **Richard Lindner** » Wed May 08, 2013 8:49 pm

Managed a lazy 23:55.5 after work . FS Boat #3 afloat

zootMutant · Post by **zootMutant** » Thu May 09, 2013 2:26 am

I was in boat 3... for about an hour. Thanks Richard.

gregsmith01748 · Post by **gregsmith01748** » Thu May 09, 2013 2:31 am

I needed a nice middle distance workout today, so I gave it a go. I thought I could hold a 1:50 pace, but I was wrong, more like 1:52 today. Maybe it was the beer I had with lunch?

20:50.3. Right now that puts me in boat 2.

I think I'll give this one another go next week.

Richard Lindner · Post by **Richard Lindner** » Thu May 09, 2013 7:52 pm

zootMutant wrote:I was in boat 3... for about an hour. Thanks Richard.

Oops, sorry Zoot. I didn't realise I'd tipped you overboard.

I suspect my stay in boat 3 will only be temporary anyway.

billwright · Post by **billwright** » Fri May 10, 2013 8:49 am

My contribution:

21:28.1 5555 26 01:55.9
19:22.6 5000 26 01:56.2
02:05.5 5555 27 01:53.0

Bill

strider77 · Post by **strider77** » Fri May 10, 2013 11:16 am

Well done everyone so far

Nice target for me there Bill

Not sure when I will do it as trying to stick to L4s. L1s and L2s for the time being

gregsmith01748 · Post by **gregsmith01748** » Fri May 10, 2013 7:14 pm

Strider: I did the CTC and then another rep as a replacement for a 2x6K L3 workout. Worked out pretty well. My second rep was a lot slower, but it was a hella workout.

Stan · Post by **Stan** » Fri May 10, 2013 7:26 pm

First attempt today. 22:52.2
It can only get better.

Post by **Grobi** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:51 pm

At least you have set a marker and have helped floating a boat Stan. II have no doubt that your next attempt will be better

Had a go at this myself yesterday which I'm also not too happy about. But given my recent lack of hard distance rows I couldn't have expected more:

1111m / 1:57.3 / 28spm / 163EHR
2222m / 2:00.0 / 28spm / 170EHR

3333m / 1:58.7 / 28spm / 177EHR
4444m / 1:58.0 / 29spm / 183EHR
5555m / 1:56.6 / 29spm / 189EHR

Total: 21:53.0_____pace: 1:58.1

Start was a bit too ambitious obviously so I cut it back a bit in the second sector, but was able to speed up again from there. Hopefully with some decent training and a better pacing I will shave off some seconds in my next attempt.

strider77 · Post by **strider77** » Mon May 13, 2013 8:04 am

Well done Greg, Stan and Peter

First attempt yesterday in the gym after 10 mins warm up on the Treadmill for a change rather than an erg warm-up.

21:19.2 5555 27 01:55.1

19:12.2 5000 27 01:55.2
02:07.0 5555 27 01:54.4

Was targetting 1:54 to try to get under 19 mins for 5k then hang on, alas it was not to be

Reasonably happy with it, will have another go after a few weeks more on the Wolverine Plan, first week only just completed

OddI · Post by **OddI** » Mon May 13, 2013 11:45 am

Second attempt already on this month’s CTC

! The first go was mostly for getting started after a winter with less rowing and a period with more xc-skiing. With ave 1.49.5 the first time, the goal was to get under 20 mins and 1.47.9 ave. And I hope to do 1 or 2 more attempts as TT’s. Yesterday evening, on the terrace with fresh air

, I went for a negative split.

5555m – 19.57.2 – 1.47.8 ave spm 26

1000m - 1.48.3 – spm 27 - a bit faster than planned the first minute.
2000m - 1.48.7 - spm 26
3000m - 1.48.5 - spm 26
4000m - 1.48.3 – spm 26
5000m - 1.46.9 - spm 26
555m - 1.44.0 - spm 29

So very happy with that. Some more to come, and hopefully able to cut off another 1 sec average next time.

Well done everyone so far. Cathrine will have a go later in the month. Not room for her in FS1 anymore with the fabulous Rachel Harris aboard!

Cathrine and I finished the season skiing by taking part in Svalbard ski-marathon 2 weeks ago. They fly a helicopter to check that the course is free from polar-bears, and they have guards on scooters with rifles alongside the track just in case! We had a great time, and went for an 8 hour scooter trip the last day seeing some beautiful landscapes. And our guide was 25 years old and from Manchester UK

http://www.trollheimsporten.no/lasse-ro ... 37312.html

Click on one of the pictures here, and see some taken from the same trip as we had, both skiing and travelling with scooter. (you will not find us in the pictures)

But now back for some serious erging!

Odd

strider77 · Post by **strider77** » Mon May 13, 2013 12:24 pm

Fantastic erging as usual Odd =D>

Thanks for the photos, but surely that is you in Photo No. 1-you have the strength of a polar bear thats for sure

zootMutant · Post by **zootMutant** » Mon May 13, 2013 6:43 pm

Odd - mighty fast for having taking it easy during the winter. Well done. =D>

That looks like a splendid skiing marathon through lovely country! Love it!

plummy · Post by **plummy** » Mon May 13, 2013 7:15 pm

Incredible effort as usual Odd

- it put FS1 back in first place - briefly =D> =D>

We need a collective 5s improvement to bump us back into first and I think Jason probably has that in his locker alone

Post by **Grobi** » Tue May 14, 2013 6:28 am

Incredibly fast as always Odd, very well done! =D> And thanks for sharing those pictures of your skiing adventure. I could even understand (or I thought I did) some of the norwegian words. Are the norwegian and german language of similar origin?

Very impressive result by Amanda as well! =D>

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