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EIRC 2017

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If I'm not mistaken it's the English Indoor Rowing Championships tomorrow. As we don't seem to have a thread about that it's high time we start one :D

I know that Dave (Plummy) is going. Any other takers?

Good luck Dave! :fswink:
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Guy Blackburn is showing as entered in race 5 @ 10:50 and a new name to me - James Merrey is entered in race 16 @ 13:15 (same race as me). They are both in the age group below me so I'm not sure why the races are split.

Despite wanting to quit 2k racing a couple of years ago as a) I hate the training and b) hate the race pressure (and pain) I feel a bit of an obligation to support the support that has given me so much. If the only people turning up were the potential medal winners (who, let's face it we can usually name before the start) then the sport would die through lack of entrants (I suppose the demise of Grimsby/Evesham/Newark and various smaller events is testament to that) - so I'm happy to be just targeting an SB (<7:25.3 gets me that for the 2k and <1:41.7 for the 500 as I've decided to have a stab at that too (mainly for Nonathlon points)).

I've wobbled about entering several times but I was always going to be there anyway, so I know I would be regretting it a bit if I didn't climb aboard and give it a go.

Somehow I've ended up on erg 10 which I think is at the front, near the centre and near the display screen. That'll put the "crowd" right in my face when I would have been much happier hiding at the back.

My last training session last night (moved from Thursday) was a 4 x 750m r3 which went as follows:

2:44.9 - 1:49.9 - 32spm
2:44.5 - 1:49.6 - 32spm - wanted to quit after this one as I was struggling with breathing
2:44.0 - 1:49.3 - 32spm - was definitely stopping after this one
2:43.3 - 1:49.0 - 32spm
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Looking good Dave. Based on your latest training session I predict a 7:18 for tomorrow! :D :fswink:
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That would be very nice - Thanks Peter.

<7:17.6 would be a 4 year SB! (last year I did 7:18.8 at EIRC and the year before it was the 7:17.6)
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Good luck Plummy, I'll be looking out for the results with interest


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Plummy,

Best of everything in your race.

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Good luck Plummy!

(I went to take a look at the Norwegian IRC today as I saw Morten H. on the starting list, but I came too late to see him and to early to see the champs like Tufte, Borch (both bronze medalists in Brazil).

Originally I hoped to start as well but due to the pains from before Christmas I considered it unwise and my terrible cold these days tells me it was a good call.)

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Hoping for a smooth race, Dave!
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Smash it Dave! I'm sure you'll enjoy the day all the more (especially after you've rowed). I wish I'd started training a bit sooner, I'd have loved to have gone (as it is I'm working so can't attend to support even).

It's a great venue and a very well run event, and always good to see what's going on, on the scene.

My EIRC t-shirts are getting a bit faded and worn now, I'll need to pitch up sooner or later :lol:
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Good luck, Dave :!: =D> =D>

Yes, great venue, enjoy :!: 8)
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David, tomorrow, we should be able to wish you, Guy and several of my fellow Diamonds, Good Luck in person. :)

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7:18.3 - you were close Peter. No medals but not last.
2 year seasons best and more than 7s off my best this year (only 0.7s off a 4 year SB).
I'm doing the 500 later trying to beat my SB of 1:41.7 but my legs appear not to be wanting to play along.
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Well done Plummy! ^O^ ^O^ ^O^ Hope the 500m also goes well.
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Great effort to get a two year best, hope the legs aren't too shot for the 500!


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plummy wrote:7:18.3 - you were close Peter. No medals but not last.
2 year seasons best and more than 7s off my best this year (only 0.7s off a 4 year SB).
Well done Dave! If I had known that you'd follow my prediction so closely I would have said 7:17 :D Very well done nevertheless! And good luck for the 500m!

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Congratulations Dave! Superb result, you must feel well chuffed with yourself (if you're allowed to say this anymore)!?

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Good thinking - I'll blame you Peter for the lack of a 4 year SB.

My 500 was, er, interesting - started well, surprisingly (for me) even seeing 1:36's and 1:37's and was hanging onto them until about the 250m mark and then my lungs and legs both went on strike and it got very horrible for the next 100m at which point pretty much everything still functioning at that point just shut down I was subjected to a torrent of lactic (something my body VERY rarely experiences) so the last 150 was a blur of gritted teeth. gurning and considering and early exit from this planet rather than carry on as everything went into a treacly slow motion (mostly my split time).

Final result was 1:37.6 and a 4.1s SB - and in fact a 5 year SB beating anything I've done since the 2010/11 season.

I don't think I left anything on the erg - that was all I had as I had jelly legs and felt a bit awful for quite a while (for reference, my all time PB is 1:35.6 - in the 2010/11 season)
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Well done also on the 500 Dave! And thank you for the lively report :D
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Awesome Plummy! Well Done!

Even more impressive considering how you were hammering yourself even days before the competition!
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Wow, Dave. :shock: (I'm feeling very articulate today.)

Well done on both the 2k and the 500m. =D> ^O^ =D> ^O^ =D>
Grobi wrote:Well done Dave! If I had known that you'd follow my prediction so closely I would have said 7:17 :D
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Well done!!! Impressive!
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Brilliant 2k and 500 SBs Dave very well done =D> ^O^

Any news on Guy and how he got on anyone ?
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Guy got bronze in his category

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Results are finally online: https://indoorsportservices.co.uk/eirc/results

Guy won a bronze: https://indoorsportservices.co.uk/eirc/ ... 17&event=9 ^O^ ^O^ ^O^

Only 0.2 seconds ahead of #4. That must have hurt! :shock:
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