Million Meter Challenge
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@steelworker @endo @sabergirl @Nkwkfld Thank you all for helping me get through the first week and in my opinion the hardest of any challenge.
I really appreciate your participation and it helps motivate me a lot.
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@tody I’m sorry, but I don’t have an online account with Concept 2. I can give you the basic info from the phone though. Anything specific you’re looking for?
You should really sign up for their website. The graphs really provide a much better view into what you are actually doing.
Constant stroke rate, constant 500m time and at best a gradually advancing heart rate somewhere between 130 at the beginning and 160 at the end - that's what I'm aiming for.
Here's one of my 45min pieces, disregard the heart rate monitor cutting out in the end:
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My niece is a novice rower and has so much promise that she had elite rowing programs fighting by over her and was 4th globally for females ages 19-29 on one of those. That portal is pretty rad!
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That's a little too inconsistent in my opinion.
I'd first aim for a much more steady stroke rate. It looks like you might nicely settle at 25 spm.
Second, get a heart rate monitor. Polar H10 is what I use, it can be paired with the PM5. That'll give you a better idea what your body is doing, especially if you're pushing it a little at the end.
Then I would aim for a more consistent pace. I usually look at the overall pace of my training piece, not the pace of each stroke. I guess you should aim for 2:18, and see where you are at 30 mins, and advance it a little if you feel well.I had a look into my logbook history. I am an ex rower, and picked the whole thing back up in 2019.
Started with 45 mins at 2:16 pace on my first piece in 2019, and now I am at 2:06 pace as you can see above.
I don't vary a lot, I normally do 45 min pieces in front of a TV running Netflix. 568km total in season 19/20, 998 in 20/21 and it really started going in 21/22 with 2347km.
For me, it's all about the stubbornness of spending that much time on the machine 5 or 6 days a week. If you are aiming at 1000km in 100days, that's a really high goal. My advice would be keeping the pace low in the beginning, just not to wear you out. There will still come the time when you need a day off… -
If overtraining is a concern, I know that power zone training works great for mitigating that on a bike, and since that erg has a power meter, I bet you could use the same approach there.
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@tody Is this one better? This was last year (1300 k’s for 7 month rowing) and in the middle of a 310,000 m training session for the month of August (10,000m - each day).
I’m 1.5 months post Covid and just returning back to full Aerobic capacity. I have the Polar HR monitor, but haven’t worn it the past week, but will in the next week or two.
Appreciate the insights!
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Thank you! Same just around Easter. Haven't rowed since the start of April and just started again June 1st.
The reason my daily was only 3849m was because I started out too fast and couldn't get into the groove. Called it quits for the day and started on a 10,000m the next day. Still not in the groove, but it's coming back quickly.
My drag factor is still low (like to be around 110-125), but I can feel that my form is still out of sorts. Today was the best day of the week, but still not where I was last year. Also will mix in HR zone training in the next few weeks when everything starts to settle again.
I really appreciate the help and advice!!
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Add 24km
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@sabergirl Can you tell me about the ring? Do you charge it daily? Fairly accurate? I didn’t know anything about it and had to look it up. If it’s reliable, I might consider something like that.
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Does riding my peloton count? If so, I'd be in, between the near obsessive amount I've been riding it and wanting to join a casual 5k run club on Wednesdays at a local brewery, this all sounds great
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Matt Wilpers is such a good coach. He and Denis followed by Olivia are my favorites.
