how fast can you row 2000 metres ?
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Had no idea that existed - thank you. It really brings it home just how fit some people can be. The best time for 2000m on the wiki is still 13 * seconds behind the best time of the guy I know. I guess thats why he medalled in the World Championships in Florida last year! Reckon he stands a bloody good chance of an Olympic medal next time around.
- 13 seconds doesn't sound much does it but on actual water that would equate to a 65 metre gap at the end of a race which would be seen as something of a drubbing. I'm in absolute awe of him and all you guys. Disability prevents me doing this but even when I was able I think I only got down to around 8:15 or so (but very short legged, old and fat!!) tore my hip flexor and spent the next 6months recovering from it. Moral of the story - unfit fat gits shouldn't get competitive!
Edited by elanfan on Wednesday 28th February 10:06
elanfan said:
Had no idea that existed - thank you. It really brings it home just how fit some people can be. The best time for 2000m on the wiki is still 13 * seconds behind the best time of the guy I know. I guess thats why he medalled in the World Championships in Florida last year! Reckon he stands a bloody good chance of an Olympic medal next time around.
OTW and erg performance are not always directly related - there are some guys at olympic level who can happily do sub 6 on the erg, but that doesn't quite reflect with their OTW performance.- 13 seconds doesn't sound much does it but on actual water that would equate to a 65 metre gap at the end of a race which would be seen as something of a drubbing. I'm in absolute awe of him and all you guys. Disability prevents me doing this but even when I was able I think I only got down to around 8:15 or so (but very short legged, old and fat!!) tore my hip flexor and spent the next 6months recovering from it. Moral of the story - unfit fat gits shouldn't get competitive!
Edited by elanfan on Wednesday 28th February 10:06
Sub 6 would mean a good chance of place on an olympic squad.
Depends on the disability, but there are categories for TA (Trunks and arms), LTA (Legs Trunk and Arms) plus a bunch of others too. C2 only recognise records in the various categories over 1km - but I've seen people pulling an indecently fast 1k with just their trunk and arms and was in even greater awe of them than the able bodied athletes.
Adaptive athletes absolutely rock, they're way more inspirational than the medallists at the able bodied events.
AndStilliRise said:
Got a bloke at work who has an Olympic silver medal and a world championship 2nd place in the 4s. Unbelievable achievement. Also has a Harvard education.
We aren't quite at that level here; one of my colleagues is an ex team GB 8s rower. Even though that was 20 years back, he's still indecently fast - probably sub 6:30.He's also an ex rowing coach, which has been invaluable for me - apparently my technique is pretty good (therefore I'm slow due to fitness).
clonmult said:
We aren't quite at that level here; one of my colleagues is an ex team GB 8s rower. Even though that was 20 years back, he's still indecently fast - probably sub 6:30.
He's also an ex rowing coach, which has been invaluable for me - apparently my technique is pretty good (therefore I'm slow due to fitness).
Makes my 6:52 seem not to bad considering it was the second time i rowed in a very, very long time.He's also an ex rowing coach, which has been invaluable for me - apparently my technique is pretty good (therefore I'm slow due to fitness).
Not been on a rower for 2 to 3 years and generally regard my self as in pretty poor fitness. Did a 7:45 today though which I think is a PB.
Started off fairly calm just to see what I could get as a steady one. When I’d done 1000 in 3:50 I thought I might as well try keep it up.
Any advice for crappy old straps in an old gym that keep coming loose? No they won’t replace them! This is an old school spit and sawdust gym!
Started off fairly calm just to see what I could get as a steady one. When I’d done 1000 in 3:50 I thought I might as well try keep it up.
Any advice for crappy old straps in an old gym that keep coming loose? No they won’t replace them! This is an old school spit and sawdust gym!
Regiment said:
clonmult said:
We aren't quite at that level here; one of my colleagues is an ex team GB 8s rower. Even though that was 20 years back, he's still indecently fast - probably sub 6:30.
He's also an ex rowing coach, which has been invaluable for me - apparently my technique is pretty good (therefore I'm slow due to fitness).
Makes my 6:52 seem not to bad considering it was the second time i rowed in a very, very long time.He's also an ex rowing coach, which has been invaluable for me - apparently my technique is pretty good (therefore I'm slow due to fitness).
There is a fair bit of technique even to ergo rowing. I rowed a lot back at school and carried on with ergo training throughout university (3 times a week). I have never found a sub-8 minute 2,000 remotely difficult even when unfit, so I expect a lot of people would reduce their times more by improving technique than by getting fitter.
ORD said:
There is a fair bit of technique even to ergo rowing. I rowed a lot back at school and carried on with ergo training throughout university (3 times a week). I have never found a sub-8 minute 2,000 remotely difficult even when unfit, so I expect a lot of people would reduce their times more by improving technique than by getting fitter.
I have seen some truly hilariously bad technique at times; just as often from PTs as well. There are definitely levels of "unfit" - what you count as unfit may be other peoples "fit". I was first tought the technique on the erg in my late 20s (jeeze, about 20 years back now!), and a mate and me used to use the erg purely for a warm up - we really had no reference point for our pace at the time, but we were passing 2k in about 6:20-6:30. It was only when a poster was put up about an indoor rowing championship that we realised we were about 30 seconds away from Redgraves time. But for some reason we had no interest in competing. The erg was "just for fun".
I'll never get back to that sort of form.
clonmult said:
I have seen some truly hilariously bad technique at times; just as often from PTs as well. There are definitely levels of "unfit" - what you count as unfit may be other peoples "fit".
I was first tought the technique on the erg in my late 20s (jeeze, about 20 years back now!), and a mate and me used to use the erg purely for a warm up - we really had no reference point for our pace at the time, but we were passing 2k in about 6:20-6:30. It was only when a poster was put up about an indoor rowing championship that we realised we were about 30 seconds away from Redgraves time. But for some reason we had no interest in competing. The erg was "just for fun".
I'll never get back to that sort of form.
Impressive, I could only keep sub 1:35 for 1k certainly not 2k. My organs nearly came out of me doing that for 1k I was first tought the technique on the erg in my late 20s (jeeze, about 20 years back now!), and a mate and me used to use the erg purely for a warm up - we really had no reference point for our pace at the time, but we were passing 2k in about 6:20-6:30. It was only when a poster was put up about an indoor rowing championship that we realised we were about 30 seconds away from Redgraves time. But for some reason we had no interest in competing. The erg was "just for fun".
I'll never get back to that sort of form.
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