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September ctc - 6k unrestricted

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Hi all,

team Oarsome have announced the ctc for September:

6000m, unrestricted (from a standing start of course)

Thankfully not another sprint session! In terms of pacing I'd recommend current 6k pace :D
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Great news! Really looking forward to this one :-)
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Grobi wrote: Sat Aug 26, 2017 6:44 am Hi all,

team Oarsome have announced the ctc for September:

6000m, unrestricted (from a standing start of course)
Exactly what I need! Very happy about this one. :fsbgrin:
Grobi wrote: Sat Aug 26, 2017 6:44 am Thankfully not another sprint session! In terms of pacing I'd recommend current 6k pace :D
You're a funny man, Peter. :lol:
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1st tentative effort at this. Wasn't feeling that strong so just went quite hard for 4k then eased off with a wee sprint at the end

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Thanks for a nice target ;-)
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Had a first try this morning, aiming at 23 minutes, made it to 22:52. With a finish that suggests I could start a bit faster, will see...
Was also a SB, climbed three places in Nonathlon, so a good beginning of the month.
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Some very competitive results already entered with four days only into the challenge, well done everybody!

Had a first go at this last Saturday thinking a 2:00 pace (24 minutes) would be good enough to start with as I was feeling a bit tired. Having started the row I realised that 2:00 felt a bit too easy so I decided to go a tad quicker:

1000m 1:59.2 27
2000m 1:58.2 27
3000m 1:58.0 27
4000m 1:57.8 27
5000m 1:56.7 28
6000m 1:54.4 28

Total: 23:28.8 / 1:57.4

Given how tired I felt before the row I'm surprised by a time only 4.3 seconds off my SB. I'd really like to get closer to the 23 min barrier in the course of the month. Let's see how that works out.
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Grobi wrote: Mon Sep 04, 2017 12:53 pm Some very competitive results already entered with four days only into the challenge, well done everybody!

Total: 23:28.8 / 1:57.4

Given how tired I felt before the row I'm surprised by a time only 4.3 seconds off my SB. I'd really like to get closer to the 23 min barrier in the course of the month. Let's see how that works out.
Nicely done - and well done indeed to the first rowers.

I similarly didn't feel happy with pacing for my first attempt (itself only the second time I've tried 6km). A flattering finish of 24.02 (aided by a sprint finish) left me slightly outside my target time (holding 2min/500), but happy to have a marker down.
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Thanks Ian! As I was feeling much fresher yesterday and had a rough idea now of how to pace this I decided to have a second go. I set myself three targets:

bronze: beat my previous time of 23:28.8 (1:57.4)
silver: beat my season's best of 23:24.5 (1:57.0)
gold: anything below 1:57 pace

This is how it went:

1000 / 1:58.3 / 27
2000 / 1:58.0 / 27
3000 / 1:57.0 / 27
4000 / 1:56.7 / 27
5000 / 1:55.7 / 27
6000 / 1:52.3 / 29

Total: 23:16.0 / 1:56.3

Very happy with an improvement by 12.8 seconds and a new SB by 8.5 seconds. I kept my powder dry in the first 2k and then decided to go a bit quicker as I was still feeling considerably fresh. The middle 2k were about 1 sec quicker in pace and by that time my overall pace was down 1:57.4, so the bronze target was met. Time to work on a new SB :twisted: With 900m to go that was done too, so time to see how by how much I can get below 1:57 pace. Quite happy with the outcome I have to say, hope to improve further more during the month.
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Some very good early entries. :D

Peter that is way too good for me this month well done ^O^

I have lost my base as have hardly rowed since coming back from Cornwall in May.

I need to get on with putting some metres in as am off again in a few weeks :oops:
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Couldn't resist another attempt - this time df down to 120 - with the following result:
Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M 23:53.5 6,000m 1:59.4 205 1006 24 4:44.9 1,200m 1:58.7 209 1019 24 4:48.6 2,400m 2:00.2 201 992 24 4:48.5 3,600m 2:00.2 201 992 23 4:50.2 4,800m 2:00.9 198 980 24 4:41.3 6,000m 1:57.2 217 1047 27

A sprinkle of nonathon points into the bargin :wink:
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strider77 wrote: Tue Sep 05, 2017 8:08 am
Peter that is way too good for me this month well done ^O^
Thank you Alan :fswink: I don't think I'm safe for now, there are more than three weeks left for the ctc, plenty of time for you get back to old fitness and speed.


Interesting pacing pattern Ian :D :fswink: But well done for going sub 24 minutes! I think we can expect Plummy's response to that very soon :D
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Very soon in fact Peter - a much improved effort at 23:33.3. Tried a different approach this time by dropping the spm by 2 to start with down to 26spm. Splits weren't quite negative but not so far off:
1:58.6
1:58.2
1:58.1
1:58.0
1:58.2
1:55.5 :-)

Also turned out to be a new SB by.......0.5s - tadaaaa!! Good job I sprinted the end as I thought it was 23:40 something
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Great job, Plummy. I see the first boat is afloat now.
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plummy wrote: Tue Sep 05, 2017 6:26 pm Very soon in fact Peter .....

Also turned out to be a new SB by.......0.5s - tadaaaa!! Good job I sprinted the end as I thought it was 23:40 something
Great time ^O^
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That's a huge improvement indeed, well done! Looking good for Devon :D
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Well done Dave =D>

Also too good for me in my pudding like state :oops:
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strider77 wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:33 pm Well done Dave =D>

Also too good for me in my pudding like state :oops:
You've got me to go at Al 8)

Great times guys, I'm hoping to have several attempts. But my goal is sub 2:00 for now
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Wolfmiester wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:24 pm
strider77 wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:33 pm Well done Dave =D>

Also too good for me in my pudding like state :oops:
You've got me to go at Al 8)

Great times guys, I'm hoping to have several attempts. But my goal is sub 2:00 for now
My turn to set a target for you, Wolfie.

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Turned out better than I expected, but still a long way to go to compete with Peter and Plummy.

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Amazing performances, Dave and Paul G :!: ^O^ ^O^
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thanks for the target Paul :^o
2nd go ... managed 4k at 2:00 before a rest this time. 40s improvement to 24:28.3
My plan is to fit in a few more goes, fingers crossed I have the desire ...

Could do with some very nice ladies to fill some seats please [-o<
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They don't even have to be nice! (although I'm sure they all are :D )
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Nice? Not sure. Lady? Nah. But my bum fills a seat. Wish granted, Wolfie!
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If you are not nice, Jane, I wouldn´t know who that should be... :wink: Welcome back, well done :!: =D> =D>
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Nice improvement there Steve, well done! =D> Next stop sub 24?

Nice performance Jane, thanks for floating another boat! =D>
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