The Final Countdown

Nice wind up there.

Have you seen the solstice challenge? If so are you in?

That must be pleasing. Imagine if you did 'bust your balls' - you'd have smashed it.

What's your best 10k? (I know I could look on the C2 thread but I'm mid-post here and being shouted at by with wife to come down for my tea.) It's a hard life...

38:15 is my best 10km , I semi-ignore my old PB's so I think sub 39 would be good for me at the moment , i am slowly getting used to more time on the rower


i have a planned bike ride next weekend , but if that doesnt pan out, i may just do the summer solstice challenge JT

every time I read your journal title I get that f**king awful song from the 80's in my head!

Ed, We're leaving together,
But still it's farewell
And maybe we'll come back
To earth, who can tell?

• 5km on zwift warm up
  

Crossfit WOD called 'acid bath'

• 500m ski erg 1:53.3
  
• 500m row 1:48.8
  
• 1000m on wahoo kickr 1:29.0
  

5:11 total time ...'roughly' 5:45 with transitions as i wasnt as slick as i could be.

• 5km on zwift cool down
  
• 2km row
  

the WOD was done just to see what it was like, and it was pretty horrid , i could probably go a bit faster on all 3 but it was really unpleasant.I think i may have been ok at crossfit had it come along when i was a 20 somthing.

What do you think you could do max effort 500 on the rower?

I agree about the crossfit would of been good 25 years ago or so, my shoulder starts hurting just thinking about a chin up

Mabie 1:35-1:37 ? i seem to short on raw power

next week I am looking at a 1500 at race pace and may try for a 500m too

also, i have booked 2 days off work just so I am not knackered for the race

cracknell missed a sub 2:30 marathon today by 40 seconds ....he held the pace but you could tell once it wandered over in the last 5-6k , he wasnt getting it back

wowser 7.082k x21 some going that.

edited the wrong post !!

• 2000m row
  
• 1000m row
  
• 2000m row
  

Leaving your wife for a younger bird hhhhmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnn!

How does one verify a ranking piece? Do you have to have the inter wobble?

I have been soundly smashed from No1 spot on the 1K a little fella 6'5'' 3.02

did you have an old mrs JT that you left for the lovely current mrs ?

thats an upgrade by anyones standard.

there is a verification code on the monitor that you input into the C" log , your monitor doesnt need connecting to the internetz

• 2000m row
  
• 6 x 500m 1 rest @ race pace
  
• 2000m row
  

I know a 7:08 has been mentioned, but at this time i am pacing at 7:10 , which i will be delighted with !! snipping away at that 1;45 split....

https://i.ibb.co/vB9TKQ0/6-x-500-15-june-2020.jpg

That's a top session!

There must have been some serious sweating going on there??

I had my soiled blue dabbing towel on hand ! it lives in the shed.

finished early from work and was feeling pretty good and 6 x 500 is one of my fave sessions, always gives me a good idea how everything is going

Well things definitely seem to be going well.

Cheers Jm , as you know , i enjoy competing and there are a few rowing comps coming up and the virtual races are getting more common - the worlds is 'online' next Feb