August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
Thank you Paul.
An extra special thank you and well done to Jennifer =D> =D> =D> and lots of admiration for the efforts of everyone else so far =D> - I see that Jan and Sheena have just improved their times by at least 3 seconds. =D>
An extra special thank you and well done to Jennifer =D> =D> =D> and lots of admiration for the efforts of everyone else so far =D> - I see that Jan and Sheena have just improved their times by at least 3 seconds. =D>
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
Dear All, I regret I will not be joining you for some time as I have just returned from 10 days in hospital having a defibrillator fitted. During a swimming training session I suffered palpitations and a racing pulse. No left arm activity for two weeks to allow control wire to bed into my heart and then gradual activity. Hope eventually to be back to full pace !!!!!!!!!!!! No driving allowed for 6 months. Roger
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
Roger,
Really sorry to hear that. Please take it easy and my good wishes for a speedy recovery.
Really sorry to hear that. Please take it easy and my good wishes for a speedy recovery.
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
Best wishes Roger, I'm sure we'll see you back at it.
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
This is definitely an unpleasant session so well done to all those who have had a go! Wasn't sure how well 'off season base building' and short sprints would go together but had a go at this today. Only wanted to sacrifice one session to short stuff so did all the sprints in one go with ~ 5 mins easy rowing between each. Not the most enjoyable session I have done but hey was only ~3 mins of pain all up and threw something different into the training mix! My strategy was to do the 100m first and then work up from there, thought that way I would be able to set a bit of a target based on the split for the session prior. Although meant that the efforts were getting longer each time which was a bit depressing!! So aim was to be only around 2-3 seconds slower for each sprint as they got longer. Not sure if this was the best plan but was reasonably happy with how it went and I'm not going to redo it to see if I can improve my time trying a different approach
100 18.5 1:32.5 52
200 37.5 1:33.7 46
300 57.7 1:36.1 46
400 1:19.0 1:38.7 42
Which gave me an overall 'score' of 6:21.3. Think this is the first CTC I have ever done that needed its own calculator tool!!
100 18.5 1:32.5 52
200 37.5 1:33.7 46
300 57.7 1:36.1 46
400 1:19.0 1:38.7 42
Which gave me an overall 'score' of 6:21.3. Think this is the first CTC I have ever done that needed its own calculator tool!!
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
Firstly - best wishes for a full and speedy recovery Roger. Looking forward to seeing you back paddling away.
Millie - very very impressive times, especially given you did them all in one sitting (please tell me you had a static flywheel though, as "five minutes of easy paddling" isn't a static flywheel)
Lastly, despite wrecking my right elbow again (still got tennis elbow), I managed to take 1s off my 200m time last night ( 37.6s = 1:34.0 ) and just bump JonT out of boat II
Millie - very very impressive times, especially given you did them all in one sitting (please tell me you had a static flywheel though, as "five minutes of easy paddling" isn't a static flywheel)
Lastly, despite wrecking my right elbow again (still got tennis elbow), I managed to take 1s off my 200m time last night ( 37.6s = 1:34.0 ) and just bump JonT out of boat II
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
Thanks Plummy and yes was definitely static flywheel - I programmed only one distance at a time, so the 5 mins easy rowing was 'Just Row' then a little walk around and then program next distance and repeat.
Best wishes to Roger with your recovery
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Millie, thats an oarsome performance, very well done =D>
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
Roger, praying for a speedy and complete recovery for you.
Finally finished this up. I think that floats another boat.
100 1:47.5
200 1:51.0
300 1:52.8
400 1:53.1
Total: 7:24.4
Not sure if I'll try any of them again this month or not. I seem to be trying to catch a cold. If I can knock it out before it gets established I may have another go at the 200. I think it's my best bet for shaving off a little time.
Finally finished this up. I think that floats another boat.
100 1:47.5
200 1:51.0
300 1:52.8
400 1:53.1
Total: 7:24.4
Not sure if I'll try any of them again this month or not. I seem to be trying to catch a cold. If I can knock it out before it gets established I may have another go at the 200. I think it's my best bet for shaving off a little time.
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
I'd finished with this challenge. But given you're a sitting duck with your gammy elbow David, and the gap is just 0.4s, I may just have to have another crack this weekendplummy wrote:Lastly, despite wrecking my right elbow again (still got tennis elbow), I managed to take 1s off my 200m time last night ( 37.6s = 1:34.0 ) and just bump JonT out of boat II
Well done all. Just one more rower to get five bots afloat. Any takers??
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
That's the spirit Jon, take advantage while you can
I'm a bit too far behind to get involved in this fight, was hoping to get below 6:30 but am almost there and the weather is more suited for a pint outside at the pub
I see that the ladies have risen to the challenge, well done to all and thanks for floating my boat
Roger, sorry to hear about your heart trouble - hope you make a speedy recovery!
I'm a bit too far behind to get involved in this fight, was hoping to get below 6:30 but am almost there and the weather is more suited for a pint outside at the pub
I see that the ladies have risen to the challenge, well done to all and thanks for floating my boat
Roger, sorry to hear about your heart trouble - hope you make a speedy recovery!
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
I will do it todayJonT wrote:
Well done all. Just one more rower to get five bots afloat. Any takers??
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Sorry to hear that Roger. Take it easy and look forward to seeing you back on the erg when you are fully recovered.RogerB wrote:Dear All, I regret I will not be joining you for some time as I have just returned from 10 days in hospital having a defibrillator fitted. During a swimming training session I suffered palpitations and a racing pulse. No left arm activity for two weeks to allow control wire to bed into my heart and then gradual activity. Hope eventually to be back to full pace !!!!!!!!!!!! No driving allowed for 6 months. Roger
Millie, super time for the CTC.
Well done to everyone else who's done this challenge.
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
ready and this are my times:
- 400m - 1:19,8 - 1:39,8 - 34
300m - 0:58,6 - 1:37,7 - 36
200m - 0:37,8 - 1:34,5 - 38
100m - 0:18,9 - 1:34,5 - 38
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
Well, that was fun!
My training schedule has been all disrupted, but I found myself at home with an hour to kill. I also saw that Sander had done the CTC, so I decided to give it a go.
I did a quick 2000m warmup and then set up all 4 pieces as a variable interval session with 5 minutes of rest.
I ended up with a score of 5:50.6.
Here is the data from the PM5, captured with ergdata and uploaded to the concept2 log.
This is definitely one of those challenges that would get better with practice. My start was terrible for the 300 and the 200. It was also very weird trying to rate up above 35. It might make a bit of difference to do the sprints in isolation, but with 5 minutes of active and passive rest, I felt pretty recovered. Despite the lure of improving, I don't think I will get another erg workout this month, so I'll probably need to stick with this score.
But it was a blast!
My training schedule has been all disrupted, but I found myself at home with an hour to kill. I also saw that Sander had done the CTC, so I decided to give it a go.
I did a quick 2000m warmup and then set up all 4 pieces as a variable interval session with 5 minutes of rest.
I ended up with a score of 5:50.6.
Here is the data from the PM5, captured with ergdata and uploaded to the concept2 log.
This is definitely one of those challenges that would get better with practice. My start was terrible for the 300 and the 200. It was also very weird trying to rate up above 35. It might make a bit of difference to do the sprints in isolation, but with 5 minutes of active and passive rest, I felt pretty recovered. Despite the lure of improving, I don't think I will get another erg workout this month, so I'll probably need to stick with this score.
But it was a blast!
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
Hello,
a well done to the new entrys...and to those who updated their times...so i was motivated to do it also...this time the 200m- changed here although it is a pure sprint my strategy to a nearly standard start: first 2x 1/4 shaft following 2x 1/2 shaft and the rest 3/4 shaft...the most benefit was to set the dumper to 10 instead of 7 i guess...so here are the splits:
a well done to the new entrys...and to those who updated their times...so i was motivated to do it also...this time the 200m- changed here although it is a pure sprint my strategy to a nearly standard start: first 2x 1/4 shaft following 2x 1/2 shaft and the rest 3/4 shaft...the most benefit was to set the dumper to 10 instead of 7 i guess...so here are the splits:
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
Wow! That's an incredibly fast 200m - particularly the first 100m! That's also some increase in your HR over the second half of the row. What warm up did you do?
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
My sprinting was handicapped by a worn out shock cord on my Model D. I finally replaced it yesterday, so hopefully next week I get finally round doing itWolfmiester wrote:Yeah, come on Peter
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
ha ha Peter, maybe that's why all my times are much lower these days
Just updated my 300 (now quicker than my 200 )
I have a nice round 5:55.5 and a seat back in boat 3 for now.
Just updated my 300 (now quicker than my 200 )
I have a nice round 5:55.5 and a seat back in boat 3 for now.
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
Well done on the 200m, Claudius =D> =D>
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
Today a stubborn improvement on the 400m after 1 HD: from 1:10.4 (1:28.0) down to 1:09.3 (1:26.6)
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
Well I can confirm that repeated efforts at this definitely leads to some improvement. I am so far away from being a sprinter that doing this a number of times was always going to help me, especially when combined with some top tips on this forum. I had another go at the 100, 200 and 300 today going higher again on the damper and using Claudius' 1/4 -> 1/2 -> full starting technique.
Improvements of the day were:
100m: 0:19.0 -> 0:18.4
200m: 0:38.5 -> 0:36.5
300m 0:57.0 -> 0:56.0
This moved from a score of 6:22.8 to 6:13.1, moved me up the ranking from 181 to 163, and promoted me from FS IV to FS II which also nudged up a place on the boat rankings.
My technique is still very lacking, so I don't see much more improvement coming my way, especially on the really short distances.
Now feeling guilty about demoting Plummy with his sore elbow. But he's off guzzling somewhere so I don't feel too bad
Six FreeSpirits boats afloat this month is a good result all round. Happy days.
Improvements of the day were:
100m: 0:19.0 -> 0:18.4
200m: 0:38.5 -> 0:36.5
300m 0:57.0 -> 0:56.0
This moved from a score of 6:22.8 to 6:13.1, moved me up the ranking from 181 to 163, and promoted me from FS IV to FS II which also nudged up a place on the boat rankings.
My technique is still very lacking, so I don't see much more improvement coming my way, especially on the really short distances.
Now feeling guilty about demoting Plummy with his sore elbow. But he's off guzzling somewhere so I don't feel too bad
Six FreeSpirits boats afloat this month is a good result all round. Happy days.
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
I do a 1500m warmup with 3x 50m sprints 90% power 300, 600 and 900m, 10min rest with a light streching and walk around and then go for it...Paul Victory wrote:
What warm up did you do?
sadly i had a acute ankle sprain...not from rowing ...so i cant do my improvement on the 100m
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
So I came finally round doing this and I wasn't looking forward to it. I think these are the shortest distances I've ever entered into my PM, so no experience at all how to do sprints and the results reflect that:
400m / 1:19.7 / 1:38.8 / 38spm
300m / 0:58.4 / 1:37.3 / 39spm
200m / 0:38.2 / 1:35.5 / 45spm
100m / 0:19.0 / 1:35.0 / 50spm
ctc score: 6:26.7
Amazing how 100m can hurt! I did this ctc in one session with long enough rest periods to let the flywheel come to a complete standstill. I might try one or anther distance again before month's end, just not sure which has the most potential to improve?
400m / 1:19.7 / 1:38.8 / 38spm
300m / 0:58.4 / 1:37.3 / 39spm
200m / 0:38.2 / 1:35.5 / 45spm
100m / 0:19.0 / 1:35.0 / 50spm
ctc score: 6:26.7
Amazing how 100m can hurt! I did this ctc in one session with long enough rest periods to let the flywheel come to a complete standstill. I might try one or anther distance again before month's end, just not sure which has the most potential to improve?
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Re: August ctc - 400/300/200/100 done separately, total of 500m splits counts
Ouch - so that's really just one long sprint with time to just about catch your breath! Something tells me there is definitely room for better times if you give it a shot. That must be the hardest possible way to do this eventGrobi wrote:I did this ctc in one session with long enough rest periods to let the flywheel come to a complete standstill.
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