Jainser - WELL DONE!!
Fantastic time and a dramatic way to get to 3 million metres!
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Work up and felt great. Did a quick 10k this morning to get over 3m and whilst doing this had time to reflect.
Now please note this is just me talking not by any means saying this is the way it should be done.
Prep.
Didn't do any!! Only thought about doing the marathon about 5 minutes befor starting. Was planning to do a 2 - 3 hour row in an attempt to keep the 2 Pauls in and around the 100k ahead of me mark. As I put my heart rate monitor on it struck me that 3 hours is my target time for a marathon so what the hell I'll have a go.
Told myself if I bomb out doesn't matter as the metres will help either way. (Think was a key part as I didn't have any pressure on myself - last time I put loads on, know Mike had said keep in around 2:10 and just concentrate on finishing but I knew in my head I could row faster)
As I didn't plan this my food intake was a round of sandwiches at lunch and 2 doughnuts. Got home and had my chocolate out of my advent calendar (who said there just for kids ) and half a pack of Sainsburys Pork breakfast sausage.
Row
Throughout the row I had half a litre of an energy drink.
Post row
pint of water, 2 large barcardi & cokes, the rest of the Pork breakfast sausage and a slice of cheese cake ("Cheese cake - a cake made of cheese")
So in my opinion you can do all the prep work work in the world, eat your own body weight in pasta etc but if your (I'm) not straight in my head that I can do this, it ain't gonna happen.
Once again I would like to stress these are just how I do things. Not be any means saying this is the right way and reading back through it I'm sure it isn't but it worked for me.
Based on how good I feel now when I said never again I shall now change that to 'never again, this year'
Now please note this is just me talking not by any means saying this is the way it should be done.
Prep.
Didn't do any!! Only thought about doing the marathon about 5 minutes befor starting. Was planning to do a 2 - 3 hour row in an attempt to keep the 2 Pauls in and around the 100k ahead of me mark. As I put my heart rate monitor on it struck me that 3 hours is my target time for a marathon so what the hell I'll have a go.
Told myself if I bomb out doesn't matter as the metres will help either way. (Think was a key part as I didn't have any pressure on myself - last time I put loads on, know Mike had said keep in around 2:10 and just concentrate on finishing but I knew in my head I could row faster)
As I didn't plan this my food intake was a round of sandwiches at lunch and 2 doughnuts. Got home and had my chocolate out of my advent calendar (who said there just for kids ) and half a pack of Sainsburys Pork breakfast sausage.
Row
Throughout the row I had half a litre of an energy drink.
Post row
pint of water, 2 large barcardi & cokes, the rest of the Pork breakfast sausage and a slice of cheese cake ("Cheese cake - a cake made of cheese")
So in my opinion you can do all the prep work work in the world, eat your own body weight in pasta etc but if your (I'm) not straight in my head that I can do this, it ain't gonna happen.
Once again I would like to stress these are just how I do things. Not be any means saying this is the right way and reading back through it I'm sure it isn't but it worked for me.
Based on how good I feel now when I said never again I shall now change that to 'never again, this year'
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Well done Pete
Good prep, if not different. At this rate the cricket, football and rugby teams of England will be approaching you for advice.
If you don't mind I will steal your idea but replace the bacardi with brandy. Girl's drink bacardi.
D'oh just remembered how big Jainser was at BIRC. Did I mention how much I like bacardi..............
Good prep, if not different. At this rate the cricket, football and rugby teams of England will be approaching you for advice.
If you don't mind I will steal your idea but replace the bacardi with brandy. Girl's drink bacardi.
D'oh just remembered how big Jainser was at BIRC. Did I mention how much I like bacardi..............
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Mister Shrek - fantastic time! Did you realise you were within seconds of beating my Season's Best???? That is an awesome result for first time round, especially with your 'unusual' preparation techniques. Am sure you can go faster than that (and not looking forward to it, as it'll force me to go and do a faster time again).
And Simsy:
The 10 tonnes of kit was the sound system, and it helped me!
The PM2 monitor indeed, will not work on a Model D. Not a great time to find out, I know. Ah well....
The flashy performance top is too hot for me to row long distances in, and I'm not 100% certain about the seams. It is excellent for racing 2ks etc though. I prefer cycling tops for ultra distance because they are cooler and have full length zips. At least I didn't look like I'd had a shower
Stopping for a drink is better than inhaling it and choking as I believe both you and Stan demonstrated...
And Simsy:
The bubblewrap is VERY important, although I'm coming round to the fluffy towel tactic. The strategically placed plasters are important too - ask Max.I thought it was all about...
the bubblewrap
the 10 Tonnes of kit to set up beforehand
the cr@p PM2 monitor that doesn't work....
the flashy FS Performance top - that you take OFF to row!!
the time wasted by stopping to have a drink (lightweight)
The 10 tonnes of kit was the sound system, and it helped me!
The PM2 monitor indeed, will not work on a Model D. Not a great time to find out, I know. Ah well....
The flashy performance top is too hot for me to row long distances in, and I'm not 100% certain about the seams. It is excellent for racing 2ks etc though. I prefer cycling tops for ultra distance because they are cooler and have full length zips. At least I didn't look like I'd had a shower
Stopping for a drink is better than inhaling it and choking as I believe both you and Stan demonstrated...
5'11", 50 - older, slower, greyer, fatter (and needs to update the sig times too)