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Rick, nice talking to you on Sunday. I always look forward to your write-ups.

I love seeing Luanne Mills and Mari Friend in Boston. We also see them yearly at Ergomania in Seattle and they set a great example.

Relating to the conversation of non-conforming boats... look at the 7th place boat here: http://www.c2ctc.com/index.php?c_id=32

I'm trying to book a room at the Royal Sonesta for the CRASH-Bs based on the hotel link here: http://www.crash-b.org/regatta/travel/.
But the Group Code seems to be incorrect. Has anyone else had this problem? Solved it?

Hey Nav. I'll take you up on that. But I'd like to change the terms a bit... you make the attempt and I'll donate the money. 8-) You can donate, too, if you want.

2 hours on the ErgBike. It was supposed to be 60%-65% HRR which is a pace of about 2:02. However, I have trouble constraining my enthusiasm if I'm not actually wearing the HR monitor. Splits, 24 minutes dist -- pace -- watts -- cadence 12197 -- 1:58.0 -- 213 -- 97 12405 -- 1:56.0 -- 224 -- 99 12536 ...

10k with same target SPM as yesterday: 20, 24, 22, 26, 24. However, I was strapped in. Also, I pushed the last 250m to go sub 44. I think I'll set a goal of doing a sub 40. I was close years ago when I used a C2 in the gym. 10,000m 40:35.7 2:01.7 480 of 909 47th 08/20/04 33 Well done. The goal is e...

2500 meters warm up First attempt at the CTC. 2 x 15', 3' rest, slowest rep counts dist -- pace 4174 -- 1:47.8 4109 -- 1:49.5 x meters cool down With 6 minutes to go in the second rep my average was 1:47.2 and I knew I was over-cooking it. So I took a little break. When the break was over I had 5 mi...

Yep. Danny Graham (fellow Team Oarsome member) hold the current British HM record for 40-49 (1hr 13m) and his HR for a recent 10km 1:50pace r20 was circa 120 and he thinks his max is circa 168. Mind-bogglingly low for a 1:50 pace imo About 10 years ago I was watching coverage of the TdF on TV and t...

Yesterday:

90 minutes on the ErgBike, 44133 meters, 2:02.3, 94 cadence. HR was probably 60%-65% HRR.

Today:

2300 meters warm-up

3 x 8:00, 3' rest
meters -- pace -- spm
2201 -- 1:48.9 -- 25
2202 -- 1:48.9 -- 25
2202 -- 1:48.9 -- 26

1000 meters cool down

2001 meters warm-up

CTC: 500 m, 2' rest, 1250 meters, 2' rest, 500 meters
time -- dist -- pace -- spm
1:39.8 -- 500m -- 1:39.8 -- 34
4:12.3 -- 1250m -- 1:40.9 -- 35
1:37.2 -- 500m -- 1:37.2 -- 38

Totals: 7:29.3, 2250 meters, 1:39.8, 35

1015 meters cool-down

The Team Oarsome Challenge for February is 10 x 100 on 1' rest. Sprinting really isn't my thing. 3614 meters warm-up time -- pace -- spm 0:17.5 -- 1:27.5 -- 55 0:17.1 -- 1:25.5 -- 60 0:17.2 -- 1:26.0 -- 56 0:17.2 -- 1:26.0 -- 56 0:17.1 -- 1:25.5 -- 56 0:17.1 -- 1:25.5 -- 53 0:17.0 -- 1:25.0 -- 56 0:...

Lots of people posting here these days. Nice. Saturday (ErgBike): 1:45:00 51500 meters, cadence 94, 2:02.3/1000, AHR=127 (62% HRR) Sunday (ErgBike): This was supposed to be another 1:45:00. Oh, too long. Hour time trial instead, that would be fun. Target: 270 watts. 1 hour 33156 meters, cadence 94, ...

Hopefully none of you will have a mini slump like I did recently. It seems quite common with ergers after a big significant achievement, which seemed counter intuitive to me before it actually happened. In my head the buzz of achievement would just spur me onwards and upwards. I think it is common ...

My wife is interested in the BikeErg, myself a SkiErg, there's only one way to find out... Initial opinions of the BikeErg? So far I'm happy with it but I do have two complaints. 1) When I'm really going sweat drips onto the flywheel cage, and 2) when the damper is all the way down, a cadence of 90...

First two rides on the new BikeErg: Yesterday: 30', 16633 meters, 276 watts, 89 rpm. For the first couple of minutes the pace seemed reasonable, however, it didn't take long for me to realize that this was harder than I expected and by the end my HR had hit 173 (max of 175-176, maybe). Since my plan...