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First time I've done a hard 30 minute effort. Training plan called for starting it at my 10k pace (1:52.5) and then speeding up near the end but I decided this was too easy and went a bit faster. Thought I'd overdone it During the middle section and then at the end I was really close to backing off ...

Armando*
Sorry, autocorrect on my phone changed your name.

Today I was doing 5 x 1500 metres at 1:48 pace and struggling a bit during the third rep and thinking of quiting the intervals, then I remembered armondo can do faster than that for a whole 10k, and convinced myself that most of wanting to stop was in my head, that I'd need more mental toughness if ...

you can't always beat your fastest time. if you're having an off day just scale things back that day and try again next time. if you're beating or getting close to your fastest time every row you could stick with the program till you aren't progressing anymore. changing to another program might be t...

can remember what its called but as part of a cycling training program i did the fitness test where you ride on a stationary bike and ride with the resistance ramping up gradually (like 10-15 minutes) till you can't go anymore at which point you try and sprint and theoretically hit your max heart ra...

nice mwalsh,keep at it the gains will come!
Armando how is that pace even possible? i struggle holding that for 2k

looks like you'll crack 8 minutes next time.

what sort of training are you doing atm? looks like you've done two max 2ks in a short amount of time

anyone got a link to where i can see the chart for training bands based on % of 2k time please?
used to race bikes and had a power meter so i understand how all this stuff works and would agree power is massively superior to heart rate for training.

well done jack! 1ks are my most hated intervals and the ones i struggle most with getting the pacing right, the fading at the end (or middle) feeling is horrid. new 10k pb for me 37:29.2 :) 40 second improvement on my previous time. had a goal of 1:54 pace in mind before i started and was just under...

broke the 7 minute barrier
now how do i drop the next minute?

yeah looking at it the record seems very low compared to whats on the logbook rankings for other age groups, just nobody has logged a fast 1 minute in that age group.
I'd better try it soon gaining 20m and beating it seems more realistic than 60m when/if its pushed up to 400m

how hard is it to improve max power and 1 minute power? never done any training on this type of stuff, i haven't been rowing very long and have been following the pete beginner plan which is long rows mixed with weekly intervals of 500m - 2000m and a few reps of each so never really near max or 1 mi...

these are the gloves i got, seem to be available from a few places, they weren't cheap but they work well.
got both with grips on

haven't been on the forum for a few days, so two new PBs to celebrate
did 10k in 38:09 on monday.
and 344m in one minute today