5k TT 12.00 noon 30/12/09

stumpy · Post by **stumpy** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 5:56 pm

Any takers for the c2 challenge as time is running out

Doc RowSlo · Post by **Doc RowSlo** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:15 pm

I might do one on the Monday, but if not, then I'll be there.

badocter · Post by **badocter** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:13 pm

That sounds good to Colin - I'm in. My 5k is soft based on my 4x2k today, so I will definitely be going for it.

I will do a recovery 30' on Sunday, so hope to see you there as well.

Den-J · Post by **Den-J** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:44 pm

ok i'm in ..my seasons best is 19:54 so will have a go at beating that, its looking like a free spirits meet so far

cweed · Post by **cweed** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 4:50 pm

Okay I am in - will try to figure out how to login to a RP session before Wednesday.

Doc RowSlo · Post by **Doc RowSlo** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 5:30 pm

cweed wrote:Okay I am in - will try to figure out how to login to a RP session before Wednesday.

That's easy Christine.
First you need to register for the session. You can do this via RowPro itself: Control Center>>Oarbits>>Session list and just tick the box of the session that you want to join. Alternatively, you can sign up here: http://www.digitalrowing.com/Oarbits/Schedule.htm

When is comes to checking in for the row, just connect your PM3/4 to your PC and start the RowPro program. Select Session Setup>>On-line and the Scheduled Row (SR) that you've signed up for will appear (from 20 minutes before the designated start time), together with any Quick Rows (QR) that people may have set up. Highlight the row that you want to do, select the number of intervals that you want the data to be divided into (on the right of the screen - default = 20) and hit the big green ROW button. That's it! You will now magically join all of the others who've signed up for the suffering.

See you on Wednesday

badocter · Post by **badocter** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:37 pm

I have set up a 20' warmup session that starts at 11:30 GMT. That will give you 10 minutes rest before the main session. Will also give Chirstine a little practice logging into a session. Generally it is a good idea to login about 5 minutes before the session start time Christine

stumpy · Post by **stumpy** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:04 pm

Good thinking Batman!!!
Christine your soooooo going to enjoy this, it will be raining men for your first time, it is your first time is'nt it ?!

Doc RowSlo · Post by **Doc RowSlo** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:45 pm

colin bradley wrote:Good thinking Batman!!!
Christine your soooooo going to enjoy this, it will be raining men for your first time, it is your first time is'nt it ?!

Yes, good thinking Bill. See you all there

cweed · Post by **cweed** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:53 am

Geez the sacrificial RowPro virgin is getting nervous. I know why you are all excited - you guys don't have to worry about coming in dead last if I sign on!!

Signed up for the warm up too. But before you all have a chance to decimate me I have disappointing news - I picked a 20 min paddle tomorrow for my very first go so I don't have problems on Wednesday. You can all have the distinction of my first RP TT as tomorrow is merely recovery work for me.

Wolfmiester · Post by **Wolfmiester** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:50 pm

Ooh, I love a crowd. Me and my cold will be there

billwright · Post by **billwright** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:12 pm

What's the format for the Warm Up? Do we just start as per a race and do our own thing for the twenty minutes? Daft question maybe - elderly & confused

Bill Wright

richardp · Post by **richardp** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:12 pm

Any more room for a little 'un??

Never done a Rowpro over the net - only against a pace boat - and only rowed 7 or so times this year so way out of shape but what the heck lets give it a go...

This is assuming I can get Rowpro working - I recall it being fragile...

See you online tomorrow

Richard

cweed · Post by **cweed** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:50 pm

Richard there are 3 spots left! Come join us.

Bill my plan was to do my own thing for 20 min wu.

Plummy and Colin - thanks for a lovely first time!! (DenJ thanks for showing up to say hi!)

Doc RowSlo · Post by **Doc RowSlo** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:20 pm

richardp wrote:Any more room for a little 'un??

Of course there is. See you there

billwright wrote:What's the format for the Warm Up? Do we just start as per a race and do our own thing for the twenty minutes? Daft question maybe - elderly & confused

Bill Wright

Good question. No idea!
20 minutes is far longer than I'd normally take to warm up for a 5k. That's not to say that I shouldn't warm up for 20 mins.
I suspect that I'll prat around for the first 5 minutes, warm up for the next 10 or so and then coast home for the last 5.

stumpy · Post by **stumpy** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:49 am

Doc RowSlo wrote:
richardp wrote:Any more room for a little 'un??

Of course there is. See you there

billwright wrote:What's the format for the Warm Up? Do we just start as per a race and do our own thing for the twenty minutes? Daft question maybe - elderly & confused

Bill Wright
Good question. No idea!
20 minutes is far longer than I'd normally take to warm up for a 5k. That's not to say that I shouldn't warm up for 20 mins.
I suspect that I'll prat around for the first 5 minutes, warm up for the next 10 or so and then coast home for the last 5.

Sounds about right to me only at about half way through I'll put in 500m at race pace seems to work for me

badocter · Post by **badocter** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:37 am

Gaaahhhh...I'm already up an its only 3:20AM local time.

For the 20' warmup you do your own thing. Christine will most likely do Eddie Fletcher's warmup which is designed for 20 minutes
http://www.fletchersportscience.co.uk/u ... 735681.pdf
I will be doing mostly between 2:10-2:15 with power 10's every 2-3 minutes (similar in principle to Eddie's, but no stroke rate targets).

In addition to Eddie, Mike Caviston also appears to favor long warmups, although somewhat more intense going by his notes on the matter (about half way down this document: http://www.eudemonia.co.uk/wp%20notes.pdf (section titled Physical & Mental Preparation)).

As long as there is still a slot left, its fair game Richard. I don't think I see you in th list yet and there i ONE slot left...so better hurry and get registred. This is the current lineup from Oarbits and it looks like a Free Spirits convention

1 Colin Bradley GB 7:16.0

2 Lee Winslow GB 6:32.0

3 ross nathan GB 6:38.0
4 William Docter US 6:55.0

5 Denis Judd GB 7:13.0

6 Geoff Riley GB 0:00.0
7 Christine Wojcik US 8:13.0

8 William Wright GB 7:09.0

9 Jason Hewitt GB 6:24.0

10 Steve Smith GB 6:46.0

11 David Plumb GB 6:58.0

12 Jo Andrews GB 0:00.0
13 Catherine Sutherland CA 7:55.0
14 Larry Tait CA 6:40.0
15 Rolf Reuther-Nielsen DK 0:00.0

Wolfmiester · Post by **Wolfmiester** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:51 am

A note on the warm up. Whatever you do, do something.
Eddie's 20 minute session is excellent, however remember that it is specifically designed for a 2k. Just long enough to warm the core up, but not too long to enduce fatigue - for the 2k TT.
As a warm up for shorter distances therefore, you should do more. For longer (e.g. 5k) you should do less.
I plan on doing the 20 min EF today, but with less intencity and definitely miss out on the 3rd 30sec sprint piece.

richardp · Post by **richardp** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:02 am

Morning all,

Having a nightmare with Rowpro....

I can hook it up to the PM3 and row against a pace boat - all works fine - soon as I try to connect to the Internet it refuses and says Internet connection error!
I know the connection is just fine as I'm using it right now to post and I'm browsing quite happily - anyone know the in's and out's and can help with Rowpro or come across this error?

Hope to fix prior to 12 - if not then obviously I won't be able to join...

Thanks

Richard

billwright · Post by **billwright** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:32 am

Can't help you Richard - sorry.

I will be using EF's W/U but without all the sprints. About 18'45".

4' @2:09 18
4' @ 2:04 20
3' @ 2:03 22
1' @ 2:01 24
2' @ 2:09 18
45" @ 1:45 28-30
4' @ 2:09 18

Bill Wright

plummy · Post by **plummy** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:01 am

Richard,
I've had a few connection issues but tried 2 or 3 times and eventually it connects. I thought is was moving the laptop from the upstairs hard wired connection to the one in the "rowing room" that buggered it up but I think it's just an iffy and temperamental Oarbits server.

Plummy

richardp · Post by **richardp** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:05 am

Thanks Plummy - been trying again and again - messing around with TCP/UDP ports to see if I can sort it out but no joy....

Frustrating!

Will be trying support but not going to be working in time for Noon

Unless i have a miracle!

Richard

billwright · Post by **billwright** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:37 pm

Thanks for organising that Bill Doctor. =D> =D> Great TT in great company. I got a SB thanks.

Bill Wright

Doc RowSlo · Post by **Doc RowSlo** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:52 pm

billwright wrote:Thanks for organising that Bill Doctor. =D> =D> Great TT in great company. I got a SB thanks.

Bill Wright

Congratulations Bill =D> (BTW you need to change your 2k PB in your Oarbits profile

)

T'was great fun, apart from me dying with about 1500m to go, that is! Really nice to see so many FS

plummy · Post by **plummy** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:04 pm

Yep - enjoyed that (but for the fact it was my fourth row in 4 days so was a bit tired - and the warm up of 20 minutes was a tad long).

Felt solid and controlled through most of it (though working ruddy hard) and managed a decent sprint at the end. Finished with 19:05.1.

Only problem now is Rowpro won't generate any reports and keeps crashing/closing down so I don't know what the splits look like throughout

Cheers guys and gals

Plummy

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