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ive just read the 32 Million meters and that's over 87,000 a day, every day with out a break, and this season isn't over yet. I would like their job where I could stay on the machine all day. OK you made me go look and a 61 year old is supposedly on pace for nearly 37 Million this year - over 100K ...

1hr of heavy weights last eve! Which left me feeling quite tired and fatigued this morning. But none the less, i fancied cranking out a 30min sesh on the erg this afternoon. Felt pretty decent, and the cooler conditions were nice bonus, just a tad sweaty :D 30:00 - 2:06.1 - r21 - 7136m (df112) RPE ...

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February 12th, 2019, 5:09 pm

When racing or testing hard hf is often more distracting than helpful. For easier, aerobic work it could be usefull

Completely agree with both of these points... I view the ability to see heart rate during a time trial as a distraction.

The calculation is simple... Take your average watts and divide it by the stroke rate . You can do this for any workout in your logbook (as long as you made a record of the stroke rate at the time you entered it!) Lets take a look some entries from my log book (these are from last season...) Here is...

I have found the SPI (Stroke Power Index) to be a handy bench-marking tool but it needs to be used with caution as it can be misleading if used as a standalone metric. That is to say, it is more useful if you have a set of similar workout performances to compare with. For example... these figures sh...

Completed my first "Triple 60" cardio set tonight... Felt good and strong throughout. - 60 min row / 14,551m / 2:03.7 / DF 145 / SR 24 / 1041 calories (weight adjusted) - 2 min rest - 60 min Eliptical session / 625 calories - 2 min rest - 60 min treadmill session / 5k uptempo inclined walk / 550 ca...

Completed my first "Triple 60" cardio set tonight... Felt good and strong throughout. - 60 min row / 14,551m / 2:03.7 / DF 145 / SR 24 / 1041 calories (weight adjusted) - 2 min rest - 60 min Eliptical session / 625 calories - 2 min rest - 60 min treadmill session / 5k inclined walk / 550 calories Sh...

Cold start 500m today... I could have PB'd if I had bothered with a warm up...

500m / 1:30.8 / DF 155 / SR 37 / SPI 12.64

Check out that second interval... 15.75 watts per stroke!

My first 1k test ever tonight. Was after a day off, and I did a 20 minute low intensity warmup before attempting. Definitely fly and die on my end Time Meters Pace Watts Cal/Hr S/M BPM 3:36.7 1,000m 1:48.3 275 1246 30 174 0:40.5 200m 1:41.2 337 1460 31 146 0:40.4 400m 1:41.0 340 1469 33 181 0:44.0 ...

Took 9 days off... back to work tonight with a cold start 6K

6000m / 24:14.6 / 2:01.2 / DF 115 / SR 20 / SPI 9.85

Negative splits

2:06
2:03
2:01
2:00
1:55

2k race at the world championships in Long Beach. Time ............. 6:57.2 Position ......... Silver in the 60-64 Lightweights. Hi folks, I've only just got back today from a weeks holiday in Los Angeles after the world championships so not been able to post. I was delighted to get the Silver for ...

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Thinking of trying this... has anyone done this test recently ? (or in the past). Would like a bit more feedback, insight on how it went, what was learned, what to watch out for...

The average pace required to hit 11 minutes flat is about 1:41.6

Cracked 3,000,000 lifetime meters this morning with a "drag your lazy ass out of bed & row" session. Pushed a bit harder then usual to make up for the fact that I am not going to the gym this morning. 3421m / 12:48.4 / 1:52.3 / DF 155 / SR 26 / SPI 9.5 / cold start Time for a... https://i.postimg.cc...

Still fighting that naggy winter cold that everyone in Montreal seems to have these days... its mild, but annoying Tonight's session... - 6 x 1200m / 1:00r / 24:47.0 / 2:03.9 / DF 115 / capped @ SR 22 / SPI 8.36 - 1 min rest - 1 Min / 313m / 1:35.8 / DF 115 / SR 35 / SPI 11.37 Should have done a 500...

I might also have to try the 6k as I have never done one. When compared to the 5K, the timing on the 6K distance feels a bit odd... Much like how the 4 min distance feels compared to the 1K Its not perfect, but I've found the pace estimate tool is somewhat useful for determining a good target pace ...