April ctc - The Sub 7 Sprint Spike

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Re: April ctc - The Sub 7 Sprint Spike

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I have to admit that this month's ctc really isn't my cup of tea. I have been busy eating meters for the WEC which seems to have impacted my (already poor) sprinting ability. After a first go early in April which I couldn't finish :oops: I had my second attempt a week ago which resulted in 6:32.

Easter sunday I tried again and could improve my score slightly:

177 / 1:45.3 / 32
177 / 1:43.9 / 33
177 / 1:43.9 / 31
777 / 1:47.7 / 30
177 / 1:43.3 / 33
177 / 1:42.5 / 35
177 / 1:41.1 / 35

Total: 6:27.0 / 1:45.2 / 32

There's no way I can beat you guys Alan, Dave, Steve and Joe this month. But I'll have one (or more) goes at this, don't count your chickens before they're hatched :twisted: :fswink:

Steve, really sorry to hear about your back problems. Hope you're on the mend soon!
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Re: April ctc - The Sub 7 Sprint Spike

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A well done everyone, normally i would say i do like sprints...but i am preparing for longer distances, as in fact i recently rowed my first half-marathon on the c2rower. As Peter i decided to made a go on easter sunday. My target was a sub 1:40 pace and it went well, really surprised that my last rep was the quickest...

1 0:33,1 177 1:33,5 428,1 42 143


2 0:34,2 177 1:36,6 388,1 35 147


3 0:33,7 177 1:35,2 405,7 39 153


4 2:34,7 777 1:39,5 354,8 36 172


5 0:33,1 177 1:33,5 428,1 42 158


6 0:34,0 177 1:36,0 395,0 42 162


7 0:32,6 177 1:32,1 448,2 41 166



5:55,4 1.839 1:36,6 387,9 162 40 166
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Re: April ctc - The Sub 7 Sprint Spike

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Well done Peter =D>

It is so rare that I manage to beat you on the CTC these days I will not rest on my laurels and may try this again one more time to make it even harder for you :lol: :twisted:

I noticed your meter munching on the WRC-well done =D>

Claudius-very well done I can only dream of such times =D> :oops:
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Re: April ctc - The Sub 7 Sprint Spike

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strider77 wrote:I will not rest on my laurels and may try this again one more time to make it even harder for you :lol: :twisted:
Alan, did you have anothe rgo in the meantime?

I had my third and last attempt last night. Plan was simply to beat my old time of 6:27.0, this is how it went:

177 / 1:44.5 / 34
177 / 1:42.5 / 33
177 / 1:42.2 / 33
777 / 1:46.2 / 31
177 / 1:42.5 / 33
177 / 1:41.4 / 35
177 / 1:39.1 / 36

Total: 6:21.9 / 1:43.8 / 33

Fairly happy with an improvement of 5.1 seconds, although it's by far not good enough to be anywhere near Alan's, Steve's or Joe's score. But at least I could beat Dave :twisted: :fswink:
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Re: April ctc - The Sub 7 Sprint Spike

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Well done Peter =D>

No, I will not be doing another one have started running again and fitting this in with rowing :D
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Re: April ctc - The Sub 7 Sprint Spike

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I persuaded the lovely Jennifer to do the CTC today. She was just home from a long walk but, being the obliging creature that she is, she hopped on and completed it in 9:30.8.

I think started to feel guilty that I hadn't done it so, back problems notwithstanding, I also had a go. I didn't push it too hard, but was still tired enough at the end to not feel like doing a cool down. I finished in 6:40.8.

Now I'm going to watch Spurs (hopefully) beat Arsenal in the North London Derby. [-o<

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Re: April ctc - The Sub 7 Sprint Spike

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Paul Victory wrote:Now I'm going to watch Spurs (hopefully) beat Arsenal in the North London Derby. [-o<

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