June CTC - Le Mont Blanc (4810m)

[Paul Victory]

Wrapped the CTC inside a 5k TT. Set the split for 4810 and used that time. May try it as a stand alone row as (if I can duplicate this effort and start sprint a bit earlier) it would be a bit quicker.

Yes, it should make a slight difference. Paul's Law suggest a difference of 2.7 seconds. Psychologically it might be a bit more than that. Not sure why - the power of suggestion, maybe?

[thornmaster]

Decided on CTC today and choose a pace that would give me a time that I would be happy with at the end of the month. Happy with the result and gives me the chance to go for sub 16 min later in the month.

4810 16:10.7 1:40.9 r27

[strider77]

Stunning row Andy a few rest days and look what you can achieve-well done =D>

[Grobi]

I had done a 18:40.8 previously which was part of a 5k at Madchester. My overall pace for the 5k was quicker than the first 4810m though. As I was uncertain about the ctc rules whether it's allowed to prorate from a longer piece or not (I think Paul opened a can of worms on facebook about that topic) I decided to have a proper stand alone attempt yesterday.

My old ctc pace for the 18:40.8 was 1:56.5, the prorated pace for the 5k was 1:56.0. So my plan was to start a bit slower than 1:56, maybe 1:56.5, and then slowly speed up until 1k to go and then be at 1:56.0 pace. I would then have a whole 1k to better that pace (or a whole 1k to suffer and talk to the h/d demons ).

That's how it went:

1000 / 1:56.3 / 28 / 163
2000 / 1:56.4 / 28 / 170
3000 / 1:56.2 / 27 / 176
4000 / 1:55.5 / 28 / 182
4810 / 1:50.8 / 29 / 189

Total: 18:28.6 / 1:55.2

The first 2k went pretty much according to plan, although the heart rate was a bit high for my liking. I then remembered our technique workshop at madchester and tried to concentrate on technique. This had to effects: my pace was quicker with a lower stroke rate and I was distracted from the pain After 4k (so a bit later than planned) I was at 1:56.0 exactly and I still felt "fresh" enough to speed up for a finish sprint. Very happy with my time below 18:30 (sorry Alan ) and looking at my end heart rate I think that was as fast as I could do yesterday. Looking forward to the scorpion challenge now...

[sander]

I have waited with this one until the very last day. On the water rowing is just a higher priority right now. Thinking that there would inevitably come a day in June where I would be stuck to the erg room due to weather, travel or time pressure, I never really sat down to do it.

So today was not ideal but just the last chance. An on the water session scheduled for 6pm in the quad (probably 3 or 4 times a 2k at 28spm), so I had to do it either before or after. A morning session would have been ideal, but I was too lazy to do it. So I deserted from Home office, sat down, did a quick warming up and went off.

The plan was to start at 2:00 pace and speed up by a second each 500m. I rowed 100% according to plan. It didn't feel hard, even though the heart rate graph suggests it was.

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Workout Summary - Jun 30, 2015
--|Total|-Total-|--Avg--|-Avg-|Avg-|-Avg-|-Max-|-Avg|-Avg
--|Dist-|-Time--|-Pace--|Watts|SPM-|-HR--|-HR--|-DPS|-SPI
--|04810|18:24.6|01:54.8|231.2|25.7|168.0|185.0|10.2|09.0
Workout Details
#-|SDist|-Split-|-SPace-|Watts|SPM-|AvgHR|MaxHR|DPS-|-SPI|Comments
01|00500|01:59.8|01:59.8|203.8|24.5|140.0|151.0|10.2|08.3|
02|00500|01:58.7|01:58.7|209.5|24.3|154.8|160.0|10.4|08.6|
03|00500|01:57.3|01:57.3|216.9|24.6|160.6|164.0|10.4|08.8|
04|00500|01:56.4|01:56.4|222.1|24.8|166.4|169.0|10.4|09.0|
05|00500|01:55.3|01:55.3|228.3|25.5|169.8|172.0|10.2|09.0|
06|00500|01:54.5|01:54.5|233.0|25.7|173.5|176.0|10.2|09.1|
07|00500|01:52.9|01:52.9|243.4|26.0|176.7|179.0|10.2|09.3|
08|00500|01:52.0|01:52.0|249.4|26.8|178.6|180.0|10.0|09.3|
09|00500|01:51.0|01:51.0|255.9|27.6|181.1|183.0|09.8|09.3|
10|00310|01:06.9|01:47.9|278.3|28.7|183.6|185.0|09.7|09.7|

[Rob C]

I have decided that my PM5 is telling me I shouldn't be attempting this challenge. Every time I do the workout results don't record.

So all I have is a dodgy photo that says 19:08.7. Consolidates a place in FS VI, and raises our boat a rank.

Must say it's a bit warm for an all out effort row