how fast can you row 2000 metres ?
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dtmpower said:
I am going to have to redouble my efforts now to get that sub 7:30 2000m.
You will definitely get there - and as MacGee says, in time you'll be laughing at the thought of doing such a slow 2k!I'm still working on technique and strength - my form is tending to drop a fair bit towards the end of any distance, so will work on that for another few weeks before trying for that 7 minute barrier - primary reason for that isn't just the league here, but I really have to beat our gym manager.
Have been going to the gym for a couple of week and a half and have been hovering around the 10min mark for 2000 metres however last night I - according to the machine and the clocks - managed 5:57.5... I was pumped up and ready for it but surely there must've been some kind of error with the machine 
MacGee said:
Sub6 is very unlikely. .......very,very,very unlikely!
unless you are a God!
Check monitor on machine. you can achieve supreme results if you put a towel over the fan!
I felt like a God when I'd finished... I took a pic on my phone as well just to make sure I wasn't misreading it. I'm there again tonight so will use a different machine and see what my time is.unless you are a God!
Check monitor on machine. you can achieve supreme results if you put a towel over the fan!
Edited by MacGee on Friday 11th May 13:41
the towel stops air entering the fan and is worth a try for a laugh. I was on target for 1:10 for 500m until the towel fell off! sometimes the monitor isnt calibrated for the machine and hters a way to sort it..which I can hunt down and tell if you want.
Im not saying its impossible for your feat..but its a titanic performance which is usually level Olympic rowers must achieve...approx 6:10 is their minimum time for 2k!
Im not saying its impossible for your feat..but its a titanic performance which is usually level Olympic rowers must achieve...approx 6:10 is their minimum time for 2k!
Well, not been in this thread for a couple of years (that sounds weird).
And not been on a rower since my last post, so my two times are from back then (retrieved from this thread.
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But I shall endeavour to persevere to beat them...anon.
2000m Top Ten:
1) Fergie87 6:25.2 76kg (24 years)
2) MacGee 6:47.6 6'3" 103kgs (50years)
3) samwilliams 6:53
4) Flook 7:15.7 5'10" 70kg (43 years)
5) Driller 7.23 6'3" 82Kg
6) clonmult 7:26 6' 100kg
7) AJLintern 7:38 6' 67Kg
8) dtmpower 7:41 6'1" 100kg (31 years)
9) Halb 8.40 6'3
10)
5000m Top Ten:
1) Derek Chevalier 17:29.9 (@R26) 6' 3" 97kg 37 yo
2) MacGee 18:22.9
3) samwilliams 18:59
4) clonmult 19:48
5) Driller 19.55
6) dtmpower 20:41 6'1" 100kg (31 years)
7)
8)
9)
10)
500m Top Ten:
1) Derek Chevalier 1:17.5
2) Fergie87 1:27.2
3) MacGee 1:28.6 silver at English indoor 2012 in HWT 50+.
4) dtmpower 1:34.1
5) Halb 1:35
6) Driller 1:35.8
7) clonmult 1:36
8) AJLintern 1:42
9)
10)
And not been on a rower since my last post, so my two times are from back then (retrieved from this thread.
)But I shall endeavour to persevere to beat them...anon.
2000m Top Ten:
1) Fergie87 6:25.2 76kg (24 years)
2) MacGee 6:47.6 6'3" 103kgs (50years)
3) samwilliams 6:53
4) Flook 7:15.7 5'10" 70kg (43 years)
5) Driller 7.23 6'3" 82Kg
6) clonmult 7:26 6' 100kg
7) AJLintern 7:38 6' 67Kg
8) dtmpower 7:41 6'1" 100kg (31 years)
9) Halb 8.40 6'3
10)
5000m Top Ten:
1) Derek Chevalier 17:29.9 (@R26) 6' 3" 97kg 37 yo
2) MacGee 18:22.9
3) samwilliams 18:59
4) clonmult 19:48
5) Driller 19.55
6) dtmpower 20:41 6'1" 100kg (31 years)
7)
8)
9)
10)
500m Top Ten:
1) Derek Chevalier 1:17.5
2) Fergie87 1:27.2
3) MacGee 1:28.6 silver at English indoor 2012 in HWT 50+.
4) dtmpower 1:34.1
5) Halb 1:35
6) Driller 1:35.8
7) clonmult 1:36
8) AJLintern 1:42
9)
10)
Well I had a crack at it after my legwork.
The time said 1.25 for the first 300 metres and then it started to tail off, slowly climbing until it got to 129. I thought I could pull some back in the last 30 but it didn't happen.
I felt weird afterwards, lungs completely used, light headed and my teeth hurt for minutes afterwards. Showed I worked hard, not had that since I did the ViPR challenge.
2000m Top Ten:
1) Fergie87 6:25.2 76kg (24 years)
2) MacGee 6:47.6 6'3" 103kgs (50years)
3) samwilliams 6:53
4) Flook 7:15.7 5'10" 70kg (43 years)
5) Driller 7.23 6'3" 82Kg
6) clonmult 7:26 6' 100kg
7) AJLintern 7:38 6' 67Kg
8) dtmpower 7:41 6'1" 100kg (31 years)
9) Halb 8.40 6'3 (120+kg at the time)
10)
5000m Top Ten:
1) Derek Chevalier 17:29.9 (@R26) 6' 3" 97kg 37 yo
2) MacGee 18:22.9
3) samwilliams 18:59
4) clonmult 19:48
5) Driller 19.55
6) dtmpower 20:41 6'1" 100kg (31 years)
7)
8)
9)
10)
500m Top Ten:
1) Derek Chevalier 1:17.5
2) Fergie87 1:27.2
3) MacGee 1:28.6 silver at English indoor 2012 in HWT 50+.
4) Halb 1:29.2
5) dtmpower 1:34.1
6) Driller 1:35.8
7) clonmult 1:36
8) AJLintern 1:42
9)
10)
The time said 1.25 for the first 300 metres and then it started to tail off, slowly climbing until it got to 129. I thought I could pull some back in the last 30 but it didn't happen.
I felt weird afterwards, lungs completely used, light headed and my teeth hurt for minutes afterwards. Showed I worked hard, not had that since I did the ViPR challenge.
2000m Top Ten:
1) Fergie87 6:25.2 76kg (24 years)
2) MacGee 6:47.6 6'3" 103kgs (50years)
3) samwilliams 6:53
4) Flook 7:15.7 5'10" 70kg (43 years)
5) Driller 7.23 6'3" 82Kg
6) clonmult 7:26 6' 100kg
7) AJLintern 7:38 6' 67Kg
8) dtmpower 7:41 6'1" 100kg (31 years)
9) Halb 8.40 6'3 (120+kg at the time)
10)
5000m Top Ten:
1) Derek Chevalier 17:29.9 (@R26) 6' 3" 97kg 37 yo
2) MacGee 18:22.9
3) samwilliams 18:59
4) clonmult 19:48
5) Driller 19.55
6) dtmpower 20:41 6'1" 100kg (31 years)
7)
8)
9)
10)
500m Top Ten:
1) Derek Chevalier 1:17.5
2) Fergie87 1:27.2
3) MacGee 1:28.6 silver at English indoor 2012 in HWT 50+.
4) Halb 1:29.2
5) dtmpower 1:34.1
6) Driller 1:35.8
7) clonmult 1:36
8) AJLintern 1:42
9)
10)
2000m Top Ten:
1) Fergie87 6:25.2 76kg (24 years)
2) MacGee 6:47.6 6'3" 103kgs (50years)
3) samwilliams 6:53
4) Flook 7:15.7 5'10" 70kg (43 years)
5) Driller 7.23 6'3" 82Kg
6) clonmult 7:26 6' 100kg
8) dtmpower 7:34.1 6'1" 100kg (31 years)
7) AJLintern 7:38 6' 67Kg
9) Halb 8.40 6'3 (120+kg at the time)
10)
5000m Top Ten:
1) Derek Chevalier 17:29.9 (@R26) 6' 3" 97kg 37 yo
2) MacGee 18:22.9
3) samwilliams 18:59
4) clonmult 19:48
5) Driller 19.55
6) dtmpower 20:41 6'1" 100kg (31 years)
7)
8)
9)
10)
500m Top Ten:
1) Derek Chevalier 1:17.5
2) Fergie87 1:27.2
3) MacGee 1:28.6 silver at English indoor 2012 in HWT 50+.
4) Halb 1:29.2
5) dtmpower 1:34.1
6) Driller 1:35.8
7) clonmult 1:36
8) AJLintern 1:42
9)
10)
Today's effort brings a slight improvement and a place jump up the 2000m leaderboard. The last 100m was hanging on for dear life - I just couldn't drive on. All my splits were roughly the same. ~1:54. So just didn't have any sprint for the line energy left. I finished and recovered ok though. No dizziness, no nausea.. 7:30 is close !
1) Fergie87 6:25.2 76kg (24 years)
2) MacGee 6:47.6 6'3" 103kgs (50years)
3) samwilliams 6:53
4) Flook 7:15.7 5'10" 70kg (43 years)
5) Driller 7.23 6'3" 82Kg
6) clonmult 7:26 6' 100kg
8) dtmpower 7:34.1 6'1" 100kg (31 years)
7) AJLintern 7:38 6' 67Kg
9) Halb 8.40 6'3 (120+kg at the time)
10)
5000m Top Ten:
1) Derek Chevalier 17:29.9 (@R26) 6' 3" 97kg 37 yo
2) MacGee 18:22.9
3) samwilliams 18:59
4) clonmult 19:48
5) Driller 19.55
6) dtmpower 20:41 6'1" 100kg (31 years)
7)
8)
9)
10)
500m Top Ten:
1) Derek Chevalier 1:17.5
2) Fergie87 1:27.2
3) MacGee 1:28.6 silver at English indoor 2012 in HWT 50+.
4) Halb 1:29.2
5) dtmpower 1:34.1
6) Driller 1:35.8
7) clonmult 1:36
8) AJLintern 1:42
9)
10)
Today's effort brings a slight improvement and a place jump up the 2000m leaderboard. The last 100m was hanging on for dear life - I just couldn't drive on. All my splits were roughly the same. ~1:54. So just didn't have any sprint for the line energy left. I finished and recovered ok though. No dizziness, no nausea.. 7:30 is close !
dtmpower said:
2000m Top Ten:
1) Fergie87 6:25.2 76kg (24 years)
2) MacGee 6:47.6 6'3" 103kgs (50years)
3) samwilliams 6:53
4) Flook 7:15.7 5'10" 70kg (43 years)
5) Driller 7.23 6'3" 82Kg
6) clonmult 7:26 6' 100kg
8) dtmpower 7:34.1 6'1" 100kg (31 years)
7) AJLintern 7:38 6' 67Kg
9) Halb 8.40 6'3 (120+kg at the time)
10)
Today's effort brings a slight improvement and a place jump up the 2000m leaderboard. The last 100m was hanging on for dear life - I just couldn't drive on. All my splits were roughly the same. ~1:54. So just didn't have any sprint for the line energy left. I finished and recovered ok though. No dizziness, no nausea.. 7:30 is close !
You really aren't that far off me .... and I haven't tried the 2k for well over a month - last time was when I put in my 7:26. Got a boxercise class today, that'll likely be a good warm up in preparation for hammering in a 2k, but the arse is aching from some deadlifting yesterday.1) Fergie87 6:25.2 76kg (24 years)
2) MacGee 6:47.6 6'3" 103kgs (50years)
3) samwilliams 6:53
4) Flook 7:15.7 5'10" 70kg (43 years)
5) Driller 7.23 6'3" 82Kg
6) clonmult 7:26 6' 100kg
8) dtmpower 7:34.1 6'1" 100kg (31 years)
7) AJLintern 7:38 6' 67Kg
9) Halb 8.40 6'3 (120+kg at the time)
10)
Today's effort brings a slight improvement and a place jump up the 2000m leaderboard. The last 100m was hanging on for dear life - I just couldn't drive on. All my splits were roughly the same. ~1:54. So just didn't have any sprint for the line energy left. I finished and recovered ok though. No dizziness, no nausea.. 7:30 is close !
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