10km Times
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[quote name='Kirwan']<br />
Good stuff bro, that's a good time.<br />
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My rower is back in a few weeks now.<br />
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It's good to finally get it done after having so many rows 10-20secs too slow<br />
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I've heard he's been making the most of his time back in NZ and eating Toffee Pops, Pineapple Lumps and Mince and Cheese pies all day........<br />
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...... PROVE US WRONG KIRWAN, JUST PROVE IT <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> -
<img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> I know. It was glorious coming home and putting on 10 kg's worth of Mince and cheese pies. Been home for nearly 2 years and still moving the excess
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[quote name='Hooroo']<br />
<img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> I know. It was glorious coming home and putting on 10 kg's worth of Mince and cheese pies. Been home for nearly 2 years and still moving the excess<br />
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First crack at 10,000 and punched out a 37:11.1. I was on 37.02 with 150m to go but was pushing it too hard and started to dry retch. Its not cool vomiting in the gym so I slowed down a bit. I reckon I can crack 37 with a bit of effort.<br />
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I still need a 5,000, 1,000 or 500 for the full collection but getting there.<br />
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great time Cutter - 10k is a bitch - you go out hard, and then keep going for the next 35 minutes!! Only way to get better too is just to keep doing it, and doing it, and doing it...!!<br />
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The most mind fucking of all the distances - although the 2000 is too, and then the 5, and then the...<br />
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No, the 10,000, as it takes forever, so you hvae to be mentally stronger for longer. -
Thanks Bart. I'm doing one a week so hopefully my mental strength will improve as well as my fitness. The time I didnt finish it wasnt because I was physically incapable, it was just a 'mind' quit. I had gone out hard, but I should have just backed off to a managable rating with a view to finishing irrespective of my time.
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yeah, it is hard to do that though - back off and finish anyway, when you do that you are mentally shattered, and just want to quit.<br />
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I am the same, I have never quit because I physically could not row anymore, always the mind that is weak.<br />
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The old, 'body willing, mind weak' thing.<br />
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Am going to get back into rowing again next week - have been walking and running with the Mrs, and 3 weights sessions a week over the last few weeks, and loving it. But time to up the ante again.<br />
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Those 10k times are most impressive though Cuts, well done. -
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That's a pretty good start and I reckon you'll be smashing records in no time. <br />
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If I have a week off my mind convinces itself I cant row at the level I rowed last time. There is no hiding on the rower its actually quite scary what a bloody quitter my mind is. Its a constant battle. When I'm off the machine I back myself to beat my last time, but once I get on there and am a few minutes in, all I can think about is how hard it is. I find it particularly hard if I am slightly below where I expect to be. -
times come down quick when you first start rowing, And it feels great beating your time every time. But when it starts being seconds, and you are full noise every time, that is when the 'mindfuck' begins!!<br />
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All good though, another 5000 at lunch today, another cruisy one though, and in a week start nidging the pace a little...! -
And in my efforts to encourage slow fuckers like me to post, there's my best time. Previous best was 46:35 on the 28-06-07, improved to 44:51 today.<br />
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Was feeling OK, kind of in pain and sprawled out on the floor in my recovery position (looks like a starfish with steam rising off of it) when my son - who though it was a game - ran up and kneed me in the guts. That didn't help so much.
