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Just curious, is it possible to false start at a competition? I know there is some sort of "ready, row" at the start, but does the time start at the "row" or does it start when my flywheel moves?

Yes.

The sequence is sit ready, attention, random pause, ROW.

If you pull before the ROW you will false start. The clock starts before you start rowing.


With a gym workout you start rowing and the PM starts the clock when it detects the first stroke.

With a PM4 or PM5 you can use the wireless racing feature to practice your racing starts.

mg6682 wrote:Just curious, is it possible to false start at a competition? I know there is some sort of "ready, row" at the start, but does the time start at the "row" or does it start when my flywheel moves?

Yes, and a race start will be a cold shower the first time. The first pull is 4.xx pace. Cause the reaction time is included. Not like a standalone start where the pm follows the rower. So you split will start out slow. Simply ignore that and follow your race plan.

Nice, thanks for the tips. Although highly improbable, can you imagine losing a race on a slow reaction time

mg6682 wrote:Nice, thanks for the tips. Although highly improbable, can you imagine losing a race on a slow reaction time

It's happened when we've run 100m races. Those are pure madness and enormous fun.

mg6682 wrote:Nice, thanks for the tips. Although highly improbable, can you imagine losing a race on a slow reaction time

Mwa, its the same for everybody, make sure you are allert at start. A poor reaction will be 0.1 0.2 seconds extra.

Citroen wrote:

mg6682 wrote:Nice, thanks for the tips. Although highly improbable, can you imagine losing a race on a slow reaction time

It's happened when we've run 100m races. Those are pure madness and enormous fun.

Agree with all of the above. I've done a dozen or so "official" erg events including two visits to CRASH B's. I guess the thing to watch for isn't so much the actual start but the lead up. Things seem to happen pretty quickly. We're used to piddling around in the gym. Make sure you locate your erg ahead of time. When they call your heat to the line; get to your erg, adjust the foot stretchers. Drag is permanently displayed lower right. Do a few quick pulls and set your damper. Finish whatever warm up you can, do about ten pulls at race pace to make sure your machine is okay. There will be a call to stop rowing so all the wheels can stop. Then ready, attention, row. Don't worry about trying to jump the start, as mentioned it isn't that critical on a 2k. Just be paying attention. Ignore the clock while you go through your start sequence. I like to practice 500's at 2k race start pace. In other words do a 500m as if it were part of a 2k. The goal being to hit the end at the pace you want to carry into the race. Don't fall victim to trying to get a few extra strokes to "bank" extra time. Figure it all out ahead of time, ignore the monitor for the first 100m, and get it dialed in.

Edward4492 wrote:Agree with all of the above. I've done a dozen or so "official" erg events including two visits to CRASH B's. I guess the thing to watch for isn't so much the actual start but the lead up. Things seem to happen pretty quickly. We're used to piddling around in the gym. Make sure you locate your erg ahead of time. When they call your heat to the line; get to your erg, adjust the foot stretchers. Drag is permanently displayed lower right. Do a few quick pulls and set your damper. Finish whatever warm up you can, do about ten pulls at race pace to make sure your machine is okay. There will be a call to stop rowing so all the wheels can stop. Then ready, attention, row. Don't worry about trying to jump the start, as mentioned it isn't that critical on a 2k. Just be paying attention. Ignore the clock while you go through your start sequence. I like to practice 500's at 2k race start pace. In other words do a 500m as if it were part of a 2k. The goal being to hit the end at the pace you want to carry into the race. Don't fall victim to trying to get a few extra strokes to "bank" extra time. Figure it all out ahead of time, ignore the monitor for the first 100m, and get it dialed in.

Thanks.