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Very nice row Louise and very evenly paced, I agree you couldn‘t have gone any quicker. Now over to that christmas chocolate

Great efforts everyone!

Having done very little rowing, and what I have done being at r19, I knew this wasn’t going to be a pleasant experience.....hence putting it off until almost the end of the month.

It was horrid! I had no idea on pacing. I told myself that 1:50 would be sensible, if fairly conservative. The first interval ended up at 1:44. This should have been a warning, I took it as encouragement

Needless to say the pain grew and the pace dropped. The final interval was at 1:48 and that was pushing as hard as I could. An hour later I still feel sick

I won’t be trying this again. Ended with 1973.

Well done Louise. You set a nice target for me to aim at. Apologies for kicking you out of the boat though .

I didn't think this would be possible after all the Crazybear challenge HM's, all long slow pieces. Happy with this go after 3 days off the erg in recovery . Onwards for some serious 2K building for the next few months. Please don't ask me how come the pictures randomly go sideways

Great work, ladies. Close competition. And four boats afloat now.

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Ah, nicely done Lesley! You can tell by the fact my last rep wasn’t any faster that I was absolutely shot... I don’t think I’ll be sneaking that place back this month. Besides, I’ve started on the chocolate already

Great results everyone!

I did not really feel like having another go at this one, especially as I blew up twice in an attempt to improve my score.

Motivated by James and Jonathan, as they pushed Claudius into Boat II; hence giving me the chance to ensure my 2nd spot in the overall table for 2019

When registering the score I saw the advantage of entering a result early, because hitting the same score as others did before you, puts you behind them!

Well as Matt did his attempt still with the cast on his foot, I think he deserves the advantage



So now waiting to see whether this will be enough for Boat 2 or whether others like Felton fly by.....

Congratulations Tako, though fo course disappointing for me
Being this close to boat 2 decided to give it a try but HD'd after 4.5 reps. Lost confidence.
The first four were faster then necessary so perhaps another shot with another pacing on tuesday. I don't think you shuold be too worried though.

Could there be 1 more lady planning a last minute attempt and float one more boat?

Wolfmiester wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2019 8:42 am Could there be 1 more lady planning a last minute attempt and float one more boat?

Great idea. Nothing for me anymore this year. A sore throat and running nose, better luck in January...

It doesn’t float another boat, but seeing you lads all fight for your places made me feel I’d accepted boat 3 too easily. So I channelled the ethos of those lads from Skibereen (closed my eyes and pulled like a dog)... Boat 2 is mine again . Will I hang in there for the nnext few crucial hours?
Louise

Well done Louise, Paul and Gary would be proud of you

Thanks Peter. Ireland is proud of them

Had a last minute attempt at this as I was hughly disappointed with my first go (1971m / 1:46.5). My aim this time was to simply beat last time‘s pace in each rep. This is how it went:

Amazing what a one week stay at „mum‘s hotel“ and some „stretching exercise“ over christmas can do Really happy with an improvement by 75 m, especially as this was done two hours after the 5k for the IRL

Congratulations Peter, with this very productive last day of the year.

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Well done Peter! And a big shout out to Janet and Michelle for floating two more boats. Nice work Ladies!
Happy New Year to you all! May 2020 be a good one!
Louise

Peter, That's a very impressive end to the year .