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Still going well, even if i havent updated. I rowed my first 5k under 20 minutes during training. Today i did interval training. 250 meters fast, 250 meters slow. I used to do them at 30 spm at 1:55 pace and drop dead afterwards. Today i gave it a try, started out at 1:49 at stroke 25 and ended at 1...

To increase my amount of km's per month i also enlisted in the Holiday Challenge. If i row 100k before 25 december Concept2 will donate a certain amount to a charity. What I've been doing for the last month or so is rowing twice a day on quite a few days of the week. Keeping the rows varied (for me...

I did a HM few months ago. It wasnt pretty. Badly prepared, overconfident, bad form. Combine that and its a recipe for disaster. I learned my lesson. It took me 99 minutes and change and i was feeling horrible. Up to about 14k everything was smooth sailing, but then i took a small water break and s...

To increase my amount of km's per month i also enlisted in the Holiday Challenge. If i row 100k before 25 december Concept2 will donate a certain amount to a charity. Figures that would be the least i could do. Make miles and make it count for others who are far worse off than me. With the amount of...

Nothing wrong with ambitious! Go get that PR! If it doesnt work out, at least you will have had a very good training session. Testing the waters is a good thing, when enough recovery is taken into account.

Guess i am getting the hang of this new technique. Thought i would wake up feeling at least a bit fatigued, but felt totally brand new. So decided to give myself a good test. The longer pieces have been a real torture a few weeks ago. So i peptalked myself into a 60 minute set. Goal same as ever; tr...

60 min row. Achieved 14275 meters. Beat my previous best with 333 meters.

I can relate to that. My powerlifting days are def over. I just keep training cause i love it. My numbers have declined a lot ofcourse, but i am glad i can hold them steady for now. Even tho i accept that repping 550+ lbs off the floor is a memory now, i would sell my soul to be able to do it just o...

Progress is still being made. Got online and found a fellow rowster. She wanted to do 10k at 16-19; pace 2:10 Thought it would be interesting to see if i could keep a very low pace also. I was thinking of aiming for 2:05 Warmup went well, felt very immortal after that. Reality proved to me there is ...

10k
New PB: 41:08.6. Took 33 seconds off.

YAY.

DanielJ and Bob S. Everything i have done lately is training, focussing on lowering my urge to go for high stroke rates at high damper. So every PB lately is unintentional, i was not going for it. Ofcourse i do know where my PB are, so when they are in sight, i am not slowing down if it is well with...

Repeat of last time: 30 minutes of steady state. Tried to forget about preset numbers: in the first few 100 meters i 'felt' for a pace and tried to keep it. Turned out to be around 2:01 at 22 strokes. Went outstanding. Wont bore you all with the readout of my RowPro but it was all very stable. 2:02 ...

7422 meters in 30 minutes; beating my previous record by 125 meters with ease.

30 minutes of low drag low stroke
Went outstanding. Totally smooth ride.

Cant be great every session. After yesterdays rowing (a new PB on 2K) i did my squats and frontsquats. Woke up pretty sore in the legs, so even tho i feel great, i tempered my expectations. 1K strapless: awesome. Almost no loss of contact with the footrests, even when i play with changes in pace and...