Rowing 2K challenge - Hall of Fame / Shame

[Rob]

CURRENT RANKINGS - 2000 Metres on a Concept II Rowing Machine at resistance level 10

Champions League (under 6mins 30sec)

Europa League (under 7 mins)

Premier League (under 7min 30sec)

Muzzinho 7.26
Unc Si 7.28

Championship (under 8mins)

7.33.7 Takeshi Kovacs
7.43.0 Hotpot
7.48.0 Neath Boy
7.50.5 Chocs
7.53.0 Stick
7.59.2 SOBD


Div 1. (Under 8mins 30sec)

8.05.0 Gazwood * (approximate time)
8.32 paisleypark
8.11.0 DJNuttie
8.20.0 URKiddingMe
8.22.0 Knulpuk
8.22.8 -DC-
8.25.5 AKNel1

Div 2. (Under 9 minutes)

8.40.0 The Charlton Fan
8.40.0 lcfctom
8.56.0 Paisley Park

Vauxhall Conference (Under 9 minutes 30 seconds)

9.05.6 -DC- *(Level 7 resistance)
9.13.0 murf

Blue Square (Under 10 minutes)

Sunday League (Over 10 minutes)

Done

[mad dog]

You need to take out my 9.05

[paisleypark]

Looks like I am in 2 different divisions and my latest time is 8.10.
Any chance I can have (Vet60) after my name?

[mad dog]

CURRENT RANKINGS - 2000 Metres on a Concept II Rowing Machine at resistance level 10

Champions League (under 6mins 30sec)

Europa League (under 7 mins)

Premier League (under 7min 30sec)

Muzzinho 7.26
Unc Si 7.28

Championship (under 8mins)

7.33.7 Takeshi Kovacs
7.43.0 Hotpot
7.48.0 Neath Boy
7.50.5 Chocs
7.53.0 Stick
7.59.2 SOBD


Div 1. (Under 8mins 30sec)

8.05.0 Gazwood * (approximate time)
8.10 paisleypark ( vet60 )
8.11.0 DJNuttie
8.20.0 URKiddingMe
8.22.0 Knulpuk
8.22.8 -DC-
8.25.5 AKNel1

Div 2. (Under 9 minutes)

8.40.0 The Charlton Fan
8.40.0 lcfctom


Vauxhall Conference (Under 9 minutes 30 seconds)

9.13.0 murf

Blue Square (Under 10 minutes)

Sunday League (Over 10 minutes)

[Takeshi Kovacs]

Can't see a challenge on here for 2500m, but I managed it in 9:31.6 today. That's a full 41 seconds slower than my best of 8:50 set years ago, but still I'm heading in the right direction.

[Digsby]

Had my 1st attempt on Saturday.....harder than I thought

7 mins 52 secs and knackered

[murf]

I bettered my time on there a few weeks back (see original thread)

[Synyster]

My world record breaking time is still taking its affect on me, and despite going gym quite a few days a week, the rower isn't looking tempting to say the least

[MHiggi]

I managed 2k for the first time this morning and kept a steady pace to clock 9:02 for 2k. Carried on for another 500m for good measure so I'm pretty happy at 2:15/500m for now.

I quite enjoyed it as I was rowing alongside a guy with horrible technique, going hell for leather and doing over 3min/500m. I gave him a 450m headstart and caught him in about 7 minutes

And now I've got a time on the board so to speak I've got something to beat next time.

[Foxtrot]

First attempt at 2k on level 10 - Registered 8:47.

I do a fair amount of running on the treadmill and outdoors but the rower is a real killer

I have to admire anyone who has done sub 8 mins (assuming it really is on resistence 10)

[muzzinho]

Still the top man out in front.

[MHiggi]

9:02

8:48 8:38

Edit:
8:28.0

[Ashers]

Best is currently 8 minutes and 32 seconds.

Aiming for 8 minutes by the end of September.

[hammerddh]

Is there a 5K challange Thread out there ?

[hammerddh]

i did the 5K on Monday 21:07
2K today in 7:54

[hammerddh]

Managed to 5K down to 20:58
Well chuffed with that

[hammerddh]

2K today in exactly the same time 7:54
Painful

[hammerddh]

did the 1K on Monday in 3:49

[hammerddh]

Valuable lesson learned today.
PACE yourself
started a 5K row but went off way to quick. At the 2K stage I was on a projected finish of around 2:15 which would have been around a 45 second improvement.
But as heading into the 3K point man oh man did I pay for that. Really blew up in second half finishing with a disappointing 21:24. Not troubling the leaderboard today
White / Marco - any tips around this subject ? Or is just self discipline ?

[hammerddh]

[quote="hammerddh"]Valuable lesson learned today.
PACE yourself
started a 5K row but went off way to quick. At the 2K stage I was on a projected finish of around 2:15 which would have been around a 45 second improvement.
But as heading into the 3K point man oh man did I pay for that. Really blew up in second half finishing with a disappointing 21:24. Not troubling the leaderboard today
Anyone got any tips around this subject ? Or is just self discipline ?

[MHiggi]

Just self-discipline I think (though I'm far from an authority!)

I did 5k in 22:59 the other day, having not rowed for ages and solely focusing on distance. Hopefully I can work on getting that down as I went sub-41 mins for 10k a few years ago.

In general though, I find it's extremely difficult to recover from going too fast on the rower, certainly compared to running, so consistency is the order of the day (maybe leaving a bit in the tank/giving it your all for a quicker finish if possible).

[Neath boy]

I haven't used the rower in a few years but might have a go next week again.

[Neath boy]

Back on the Concept 2 for some cross training. Aiming to beat my 2km time with a bit of training. Managed 4x500 metre intervals today at 1.49 pace each. Why is rowing so hard!

Is there still a league table for the 2km?