Rowing 1 million meters.

[Richieboy3008]

I've just started rowing again. Trying to do 1,000,000 meters in a year.

Need to average just under 19.3k per week, so i'm doing 5k per session at the moment 4 times per week. Doing the 5k in about 21min 30secs, I want to get that down to under 20mins.

Anyone else want to give it a go?

[PaulHogan]

No thanks

[miss10penceshort]

I bet I did this and then some at university!

That's a big commitment, I'd be doing the average amou ts like you are to start with, but then using good days to bank some metres for those days when you don't feel so good to try and ensure you don't fall behind.

Good luck with it, you'll be fighting fit by this time next year if nothing else!!!

[Richieboy3008]

miss10penceshort said:

I bet I did this and then some at university!

That's a big commitment, I'd be doing the average amou ts like you are to start with, but then using good days to bank some metres for those days when you don't feel so good to try and ensure you don't fall behind.

Good luck with it, you'll be fighting fit by this time next year if nothing else!!!

Thanks, eventually I want to start doing 10k sessions, but 5k is more than enough for me right now!

[MacGee]

I have my one million metre teeshirt and my two million mug!

[N88]

PaulHogan said:

No thanks

Pretty much this

[goldblum]

N88 said:

PaulHogan said:

No thanks

Pretty much this

+ lots.I'd rather stick pins in my eyes.


Do you have the sea in your blood? I mean if you want to row a lot why not get a boat and go somewhere.You could row me and the girlfriend to the states for a holiday

and get fit.I'd be doing you a favour.

[Richieboy3008]

goldblum said:

N88 said:

PaulHogan said:

No thanks

Pretty much this

+ lots.I'd rather stick pins in my eyes.


Do you have the sea in your blood? I mean if you want to row a lot why not get a boat and go somewhere.You could row me and the girlfriend to the states for a holiday

and get fit.I'd be doing you a favour.

Ha ha, no. Plus 1m meters is only about 600ish miles, won't quite make it to the states I'm afraid

Edited by Richieboy3008 on Wednesday 25th January 15:28

[goldblum]

Richieboy3008 said:

goldblum said:

N88 said:

PaulHogan said:

No thanks

Pretty much this

+ lots.I'd rather stick pins in my eyes.


Do you have the sea in your blood? I mean if you want to row a lot why not get a boat and go somewhere.You could row me and the girlfriend to the states for a holiday

and get fit.I'd be doing you a favour.

Ha ha, no. Plus 1m meters is only about 600ish miles, won't quite make it to the states I'm afraid

Edited by Richieboy3008 on Wednesday 25th January 15:28

How about the Isle of Man for the TT? I bet you're not into bikes...

[mybrainhurts]

Richieboy3008 said:

Trying to do 1,000,000 meters in a year.

Gas or electricity...? You'll cover a fair few metres doing that...

[King Herald]

Rowing 1000kms in a year? Does the world 'boring' even begin to cover what that will feel like after the first few hundred k??

Do you have a tv in front your rowing machine?

[Pugsey]

Hope to beat you in 2013 when I'm rowing the Atlantic with a mate. Gulp.

[Richieboy3008]

Pugsey said:

Hope to beat you in 2013 when I'm rowing the Atlantic with a mate. Gulp.

F-That!

[Victor McDade]

Good luck.

Have a read of this for motivation - this guy rowed 80 million+ meters in just over 2 years. He 'virtually' rowed the distance round the world.

http://www.worldrecordrow.com/

http://concept2.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&...

[Richieboy3008]

Hit 200k today. Need to try and fit in another 50k before the end of the month.

[MacGee]

since 01/05/2011 I've rowed 1.4 million metres...which is 4283m/day on average.

[clonmult]

Victor McDade said:

Good luck.

Have a read of this for motivation - this guy rowed 80 million+ meters in just over 2 years. He 'virtually' rowed the distance round the world.

http://www.worldrecordrow.com/

http://concept2.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&...

That guy was absolutely fantastic - did seem strange at the outset, but everyone warmed to him in a big way.

I'm definitely getting the rowing bug, but a million meters? I'll just do a few sessions a week, maybe 10-20km, and just see how it goes.

[Richieboy3008]

MacGee said:

since 01/05/2011 I've rowed 1.4 million metres...which is 4283m/day on average.

That's good! Don't think I'd manage that unless I started rowing every day.

Edited by Richieboy3008 on Friday 23 March 12:40

[MacGee]

mine is a sprint/2k plan. entails interval sessions 3 times per week and a 3 steady at 30-40 mins. It all adds up. Doing the British IRC at Nottingham on sunday. A fast 2k hoped for!
Sitting next to some of the big europeans...6:05-6:15 times.....they'll be in the showers by the time I'll be done!

[Richieboy3008]

At 350k now.

Managed 7415m in 30mins today, trying to break 7500m, so close