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Re: Indoor Rowers League 2016/2017

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Tako wrote:Did I hear RowPro?? Should we try a common IRL session??
Hi Tako I'd be happy to join an online IRL session. We have a time change this Sunday, and my sched is a bit odd, but often the 19:00-ish GenFits timeframe can work for me.
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Those are also my favourite as it allows me to put at least one of the kids to bed before disappearing into my "Erg-cave" :-)
I guess you will jump an hour ahead, while GMT stays, correct?
Here we are until the end of the month (last weekend) 1 hour ahead of GMT. Then 2.
Would a 10k for the IRL at 19:00 GMT on Monday, Tuesday... work for you?
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I was going to say yes, let's do Tuesday.

However I have managed to aggravate a lower back issue, so no 10k this week. Had the chiro work on it today, and she wants me back Thursday for more ultrasound. Meantime, ice is my friend. :(

Good luck with it!
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Sorry to hear that!
Take good care of your back! Long car drives are a real challenge for the body.
Personally I prefer the Fysio over the Chiro, but that is a topic for a different forum.
Hope you get better soon!
I think I will have a rest day today and retry the IRL tomorrow or Thursday.
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Take care with your back, Barbara!

As for my medical update, my GP and physio now believe I have a frozen shoulder. It could easily take a year (or longer) to fully recover.
My GP was okay for me to row gently, as long as I stopped if I noticed any aggravation.

Last month as a team we had 8 entries in the IRL, the minimum required to get a full score. So I thought I'd better get a score in now, even if it's slow. It was my first time on the rower this month. And slow it was: 10k in 44:41.1 (2:14.1/500m).
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Sorry to hear about your back problems Barbara! Is ice still your friend? Or are you allowed to have back your old friend erg? :fswink:

Sorry to hear about your shoulder problem Roger! One year for full recovery sounds like an awful lot of time :shock: Thank you for your contribution to the team under these circumstances! =D>
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Rodger and Barbara I would like to add my own good wishes to Peter's -thank you both and please take it easy on the road back :D
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Best wishes & recovery to all!
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Thanks to everyone putting in the effort to log a time!
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Thanks guys! I managed a second attempt today, in 44:14.7.
We still need (at least) three more entries.
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Bedankt Rodger!

What happened to Seb? No time logged for several months now. And what about zoot, Kirsten and Barbara? Injuries all over???
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Finally got around to doing this. My primary objective was to finish, but I was hoping I might get under 42 minutes (2:06 pace) if everything went smoothly. I realised early on that this was not something I could achieve without risking blowing up, so I settled around 2:08 pace and managed to pick it up a bit over the last kilometre to finish in 42:27.0 @ 2:07.35 pace.

This is just under 5 seconds slower pace than the CTC I did last week, so probably about as much as I could expect. Hopefully, if I start erging more regularly, I'll start to see some improvement.
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Tako wrote:And what about zoot, Kirsten and Barbara? Injuries all over???
Hey Tako,

Injuries all over (I think), but a very busy month without much rowing. I'll post a time on Thursday... but it won't be fast. :oops:

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Hi Tako - not on the bench much longer. I've done a couple sessions on the water and one on the erg yesterday. I'm sorry to say I am not sure what a "fysio" means exactly -- for me I think that would either be an orthopedist, physical therapist or primary doctor? Anyhow you're right that's a question for a different thread. I'll find an opportune time to log a session in the next day or 2.

Rodger argh on the shoulder. Have heard of the condition, wow on the recovery time estimate.

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Well done everyone! We managed to enter 8 results!

Now the last challenge/month for the season is up: the 500m !!! Go for it!!!
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Did my bit today to complete the IRL season. I think I would have had to go much harder at the beginning to challenge for a pb but happy with a fairly decent effort
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I'm sorry, but I won't be posting a time this month (see the injuries thread).
Hopefully we still get 8 results on the board. It would be a shame to stumble at the last hurdle of this IRL season.
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Still coughing and spluttering and it will be another 3 weeks before I get my back seen to, but how hard can it be to row 500m? :lol: :shock: :^o
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Paul Victory wrote:Still coughing and spluttering and it will be another 3 weeks before I get my back seen to, but how hard can it be to row 500m? :lol: :shock: :^o
Paul, you crack me up. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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zootMutant wrote:
Paul Victory wrote:Still coughing and spluttering and it will be another 3 weeks before I get my back seen to, but how hard can it be to row 500m? :lol: :shock: :^o
Paul, you crack me up. :lol: :lol: :lol:
I aim to please! :lol:

Anyway, being a man of my word, I did the 500m challenge today. Five minutes warm up and then off I went. Classic positive split with 18.5 for the first 100m, slowing down by approximately 1 second for each subsequent 100m and averaging well over 1:40 pace for the second half. After 150m, I felt like HDing, but I figured I'd never live it down if I did, so I persevered and finished in 1:38.8.

Still very stuffed up, so breathing not great, but at least I got it done. Not sure how I feel about doing the CTC, but I might give it a go over the weekend if I can stop coughing for long enough. :roll:
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Paul Victory wrote: zootMutant wrote:

Paul Victory wrote:
Still coughing and spluttering and it will be another 3 weeks before I get my back seen to, but how hard can it be to row 500m? :lol: :shock: :^o


Paul, you crack me up. :lol: :lol: :lol:



I aim to please! :lol:

Anyway, being a man of my word, I did the 500m challenge today. Five minutes warm up and then off I went. Classic positive split with 18.5 for the first 100m, slowing down by approximately 1 second for each subsequent 100m and averaging well over 1:40 pace for the second half. After 150m, I felt like HDing, but I figured I'd never live it down if I did, so I persevered and finished in 1:38.8.

Still very stuffed up, so breathing not great, but at least I got it done. Not sure how I feel about doing the CTC, but I might give it a go over the weekend if I can stop coughing for long enough. :roll:
Paul mate, you are a star and a real team player, thanks for your efforts even though you are unwell =D>
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Entered a v-e-r-y s-l-o-w 500m today.

I have been struggling with injuries for the last 6 months. :oops: The latest is a very sore lower back that arrived while sleeping about 5 weeks ago. Have no idea what the cause was, but it is very slow to heal. I am back to doing most of my strength exercises (except for leg presses and dead-lifts). Sitting is sometimes quite painful.

Sorry guys. :oops: Hope to do better next year.

Looks like we have 6 times entered so far for this month.

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I entered mine probably just after you. Did a couple 500s as a warmup for my equally unimpressive CTC #-o But hey, whatever it takes to keep that chain rolling. I do appreciate these challenges for that reason.

Glad you managed to fit it in! Sorry about the back :(
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