how fast can you row 2000 metres ?
Discussion
Vladimir said:
I got 1m34s for a 500m the other day which was hard for me but probably rubbish. I do very little rowing though.
Concept 2 website, just looked at the various times posted for the 2014 season.1m34 would put you at 320th. In the world. Across all ages/weights/genders. Out of 1,366. Top quarter of the active rowers in the world so far this season. Thats pretty good.
Saw a chap down the gym a few weeks back. Reasonably tall, early 20s. Going for it on the erg. And to say he was fast is an understatement. His partner mentioned that he occasionally used to row for his uni, but he didn't really care for it.
Apparently he used to do a 400m row in just under 1 minute. That is 1m15 500m pace. Which would be amongst the best rowers in the world. But he just wants to play golf ....
clonmult said:
Anyone here doing the inaugural Shrewsbury Mile on Sunday?
1,609m rowed as fast as you can.
And then a little later, and apparently for "fun", some of us are going to be trying a 100m sprint. Which is probably the hardest thing to do on an erg. I just can't get the start right.
Brother did it, he said he won his category by 20 seconds. Just asked how fast he rows 2000 meters, he said 6.47. Good, bad, indifferent? 1,609m rowed as fast as you can.
And then a little later, and apparently for "fun", some of us are going to be trying a 100m sprint. Which is probably the hardest thing to do on an erg. I just can't get the start right.
Willy Nilly said:
clonmult said:
Anyone here doing the inaugural Shrewsbury Mile on Sunday?
1,609m rowed as fast as you can.
And then a little later, and apparently for "fun", some of us are going to be trying a 100m sprint. Which is probably the hardest thing to do on an erg. I just can't get the start right.
Brother did it, he said he won his category by 20 seconds. Just asked how fast he rows 2000 meters, he said 6.47. Good, bad, indifferent? 1,609m rowed as fast as you can.
And then a little later, and apparently for "fun", some of us are going to be trying a 100m sprint. Which is probably the hardest thing to do on an erg. I just can't get the start right.
I did a stupid fly and die on the mile - went out way too hard, got an early lead - adrenaline got the better of me. Legs were shot with 1k still to go. Still managed 5:36.7, beaten to second by half a flippin' second.
100m was fun; think I may have actually won that one by a tenth.
MacGee said:
what was your 100m time?
It was dire. 18.1, think Planky was behind me at 18.2.In training I've been putting in 17.1 secs (repeatedly). So it really was horribly slow, but everyone had tired legs from the mile.
I should have stayed to watch the relay, it was apparently mad.
MacGee said:
indeed...the 100m is explosive power and if you'd given it all for the mile then no way could you perform well in it!
I've yet to get under 17 secs - your sub 16 is seriously impressive!Whilst I royally screwed my mile (should have gone out at 1:45 pace, then slowly sped up), I do now know I can do a sub 7 2k.
Some major leg work coming up in the next few weeks
clonmult said:
Concept 2 website, just looked at the various times posted for the 2014 season.
1m34 would put you at 320th. In the world. Across all ages/weights/genders. Out of 1,366. Top quarter of the active rowers in the world so far this season. Thats pretty good.
Saw a chap down the gym a few weeks back. Reasonably tall, early 20s. Going for it on the erg. And to say he was fast is an understatement. His partner mentioned that he occasionally used to row for his uni, but he didn't really care for it.
Apparently he used to do a 400m row in just under 1 minute. That is 1m15 500m pace. Which would be amongst the best rowers in the world. But he just wants to play golf ....
Wow; I had nothing to compare it to! I might try again; while not tall, I have been training hard (especially upper body) in others ways for two decades. Time to try again...1m34 would put you at 320th. In the world. Across all ages/weights/genders. Out of 1,366. Top quarter of the active rowers in the world so far this season. Thats pretty good.
Saw a chap down the gym a few weeks back. Reasonably tall, early 20s. Going for it on the erg. And to say he was fast is an understatement. His partner mentioned that he occasionally used to row for his uni, but he didn't really care for it.
Apparently he used to do a 400m row in just under 1 minute. That is 1m15 500m pace. Which would be amongst the best rowers in the world. But he just wants to play golf ....
clonmult said:
MacGee said:
indeed...the 100m is explosive power and if you'd given it all for the mile then no way could you perform well in it!
I've yet to get under 17 secs - your sub 16 is seriously impressive!Whilst I royally screwed my mile (should have gone out at 1:45 pace, then slowly sped up), I do now know I can do a sub 7 2k.
Some major leg work coming up in the next few weeks
The key to a good time is practising your final build phase to death. You need to be able to work out at what distance you can start to build rating AND effort and when you can nudge them up again, and again, and again, etc. To do this you really need work out what your anaerobic threshold is so you can hang on to the last stroke. As you get fitter this will change so you need to keep tabs on where the threshold is.
One final thing that is often overlooked - especially by big strong lads - is getting the shoulders completely forward on the catch. Big lads tend to keep their shoulders square so when they hit the catch their shoulders roll forward losing 5-8 inches of stroke distance. It may not sound like much, but it's a big loss when you're chasing 10ths. So make sure on the catch that the shoulders are as far forward as you can get them, so that when you apply leg pressure there is no 'give' in the system.
Willy Nilly said:
If you can do X distance in Y time indoors, what will your time be on the water?
It doesn't work like that as rowing on water is really rather difficult. Imagine a tug of war on a tight rope and you'll get the idea - the winning crew is the one that can pull hard AND still stay on the tight-rope.So considering i have spent the last few months with rowing as my main cardio in the gym i cannot believe that:
a) i didn't notice there was a rowing thread.
b) how much slower i am than some of you lot of those distances.
Currently tending to stick to 5k in about 21-23minutes, 7k i can consistently manage times below 33mins and the one 10k i have rowed was about 48minutes.
I think i need to work on my 2k times as 8 minutes seems to be very slow compared with some of you.
a) i didn't notice there was a rowing thread.
b) how much slower i am than some of you lot of those distances.
Currently tending to stick to 5k in about 21-23minutes, 7k i can consistently manage times below 33mins and the one 10k i have rowed was about 48minutes.
I think i need to work on my 2k times as 8 minutes seems to be very slow compared with some of you.
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