December ctc - 15 christmas crackers

[Ian Bee]

Great row Dave - it's really a tough row (I'm really not a fan of no active rest at this pace) which makes it all the more impressive that we've got so many results. Well done team!

[Grobi]

Well done Plummy, a big improvements on all intervals and gets you back into boat 4

2 more needed for a 6th boat! Well done all

I echo that, well done Dave, this challenge is a nasty one!

Re filling six boats, Ronald Roussaux just entered a score, so only one more needed for a sixth boat. Frank Röthlingshöfer (one of the new entries from rowing club) promised me to have his first go soon! So fingers crossed we‘ll have six boats floated

[Mat]

Well done Fred and Dave - great work

I figured I’d have my second go at this one after the temporary mid-interval HD last time, getting it done before the. Christmas festivities get out of hand

Similar approach to before, with similar pace, but feeling more controlled, and resisting the temptation to go to fast on that do-or-die 4th interval!
Still really tough to get through the fourth, and even the fifth was never really in the bag until right at the end (esp with the HR spike which threatened to curtail the whole attempt!)

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[Iain]

Well done Mat, you have thoroughly earned the Christmas pud with that session!

[plummy]

Well done all on this one. It was horrible - but intriguing enough a challenge to make it worth trying more than once

[JonT]

With one week remaining...

Total Number of boats afloat in CTC this month is 103.
Total number of Free Spirit boats afloat this month is 5.
Position of highest boat is 17.
Total number of Free Spirit rowers this month is 29.
There are 0 heavyweight, 2 lightweight and 2 female rowers still ashore. Hopefully we will have others to help float the next boat.

[Grobi]

We now have six boats floated

[spidermac]

Last chance saloon as per usual.
As others have noted a very tuff wout psychologicaly with every interval geting longer & standing starts adding to the difficulty!!!
Wup - 3k
Time dist spm HR split
01:00.0 268 34 152 01:51.9
02:00.0 527 33 161 01:53.8
03:00.0 780 31 164 01:55.3
04:00.0 1020 31 164 01:57.6
05:00.0 1270 31 167 01:58.1
15:00.0 3862 31 161 01:56.5
CD - 2k
Just didn`t have it in the legs or the lungs today but glad I finnished as I realised in R3 I would have to ease up a bit to finnish the wout!!

[Iain]

Well done to get it done on the first attempt Spider, it took me 3! Getting far too competitive for lightweight seats now!

[JonT]

As we approach the end of the month...

Total Number of boats afloat in CTC this month is 141.
Total number of Free Spirit boats afloat this month is 6.
Position of highest boat is 25.
Total number of Free Spirit rowers this month is 32.
There are 0 heavyweight, 1 lightweight and 1 female rowers still ashore.

[stumpy]

3369m 15:00
Only another two heavies required to get 7 boat’s afloat
Strider and William come on guys show us what you got.

A big thx to the ladies, and well done everyone and a happy new year all.

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[ArenT]

Well, this was a nightmarish challenge, with staggered intervals of increasing length. As always, I felt I "could/should have done better", though I did manage to nail two very consistent overall times for the last two intervals, though the last one took a sprint finish after a "dying lull". In theory I have some HR capacity left, I find it quite difficult to hit the same heart rates I can hit on a bike, the issue seems to be that I am muscular leg strength/power limited rather than CV limited; i.e. no matter the drag factor, the main muscles in legs/hips simply cannot put out the output at these lower cadences and so reach exhaustion before HR limit. Not something that occurs with cycling, as you can spin a 90-110 rpm to really shift the load onto your CV/heart instead.

Amazing times/power from my physiological "barometer" Ian Bee (given our near identical weight and height), don't think I can match your effor this month! Kudos!

My strategy was in fact to aim for a "flat split" across the intervals. If you go too anaerobic on the short intervals, any time gained there is completely negated by the effect on the later intervals. The contribution from the various energy systems is too interdependent for it to not have a dramatic effect, particularly as the 75 seconds rest is completely inadequate to have much in the way of meaningful recovery in the alactate-CP system. Anyway, I didn't achieve it, maybe if I try again I will target 1:50.00 for every interval from the outset.

If I'm feeling up for it, I might try and improve tomorrow. Maybe. It's a horrible challenge...

Anyway, great set of results from people, some impressive heavyweight power numbers and great participation overall.

[Iain]

Aren, interesting thoughts. I find that in 75Sec I have pretty much completely refreshed the CP system and made inroads into the lactic. As stated above I try and make the best of he limited rest, so with >100% recovery time after the first interval had to go out quite hard to still be getting much benefit from the final 30S rest.

You focus on cadence, to be pedantic I would say it is more the amount of time that significant power is being exerted but the point stands. However if that is the case for you, you should be able to rate higher to increase the proportion of time working, it is surprising the impact on rating of throwing your hands forward quickly at the finish as it acceloerates the whole recovery without much increased effort. The remaining issue is whether you can coordinate breathing as much in the reduced recovery as one breath per stroke would only be sustainable for the first interval. Anyway, great effort.

Thanks to Lesley's great effort we are now only 1 short of a 7th boat on the water!

[Caratacus]

Managed a last day entry of 4079m to get all 7 boats floated

[stumpy]

Thx Felton nice one.

[JonT]

A great team effort to end the year!

Total Number of boats afloat in CTC this month is 164.
Total number of Free Spirit boats afloat this month is 7.
Position of highest boat is 26.
Total number of Free Spirit rowers this month is 35.
There are 0 heavyweight, 0 lightweight, and 0 female rowers still ashore.