No, We're just saving our voices

I agree I should be able to do 1:44.5 (or better) for a mile. I'll have to try the 20' warm-up and another mile. I might vote for the mile for April when we get to choose the CTC challenge.

I didn't attempt the 300m cold start. Just went for a 25K UT2 @25SPM HR < 155 session this morning. Really enjoyed that 101mins of no pain steady rowing.

Just stuck it on level ten and pulled at about 32spm, can definatley go a bit quicker will try another one a week tomorrow! From your times in the last challenges i'm pretty sure you will beat me, Dwayne will murder everyone, who else is a Taff heavyweight?

owen

Just read this post, just got back from match, stink of cigarretes, want to cry/be sick, this hurts so much more than my 300m!

Owen
Got to agree with you there,300m hurts but the pain goes away,watching the old enemy stuff us really hurts and the pain will not go away for a long time

Had a go today 51.7 .. 50spm .. drag factor 145.Think if i up the drag factor i could faster

Chippy

Not a bad start, you'll probably overtake me before long.

Nice mile row Dougie!

As I was invited to join TA even though I'm English, and I'm very appreciative of the fact, I shall make no comment on yesterdays result...after all it's only a game

Mrs T just did exactly 1min temporarily displacing Krysta, I am sure this battle won't end here.

I think it was me standing over her shouting Swing Low that did it

Phil

Just checked up on the CTC website. Good show on your new 300m time, Helen Tilley! Hopefully we can have some friendly sparring for boat position this month... until Carla's feeling better, and reclaims it! (We'll just keep the seat warm for you, Carla)

The competitive bit of me wants to jump on the erg right now and see what I can do, but it's 3:00am and I'm sure I'd wake my husband and baby in the next room with the crazy erratic-stroked chain-clanking effort.

- Krysta

I was about to suggest that you move the erg outrside, when I realized that you're in Alberta, it's February, and it's the dead of night....

Yeah, it's not especially cold for this time of year but still -17C (1 fahrenheit) at the moment. I can imagine what that'd do to my gasping lungs!

Phil,

Hows the recouperation going mate?

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I remember Nelson in the rankings a few years ago and he was always way ahead of me. I am glad he is recovering and doing well.

Doctors coerced, belittled, threatened me and said I'd be dead in 30 days unless I did all their surgery, chemo, radiation and all that other crap that they do and that I'd have a 50% chance to live 5 years if I did. I told them to SHOVE it and walked out.

I have no use for any of the greedy and ignorant medical quacks. !!!!
Hey, Nelson, keep getting better and all the best.

This post has been edited by John Rupp: Yesterday, 09:15 PM

Who is this guy?

Owen

Nice going on the mile PB Dougie.

Owen,
Don't worry about John. He's pretty much a stinker.

Going to put off the 300 'til tomorrow. Still feeling the effects of the 3k relay from yesterday.

Speedy

Yay Krysta & Helen! Great to see Taff 1 in 2nd place! With times that tie and both being FH's, how does the thing choose which one of you gets in Taff 1 and which one in Taff 2??

I'm dancing with pom poms! Go Taffs & Taffettes!

I have a mental image of that now.. your pom-pom cheerleading action!

Helen posted her time first, so she gets top spot with our tie. But I will try again tonight and see if I can't put a new target up.

Good point - it's not actually coded into the SELECT statement that the earlier time takes precedence, but I think it should be. At the moment it's just dependent upon how mySQL decides to sort them (the only ordering clause currently is by result value). I'll add submission time to that, though, I think.

dOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT VO2 TESTING, I THINK IT MEASURES THE LUNG CAPACITY, BUT AM UNSURE WHAT IDEAL STATS FOR A ROWER ARE. WILL MY AGE HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE RESULTS. hOW WILL THEY DO IT AND IS THERE ANY WAY IN WHICH I CAN PREPARE FOR IT?

OWEN

Had a crack at the 300m yet Paul? You should use that adrenalin rush from your victory at rugby yesterday, because it wont be around again for a long time!

Don't think 300m features in Paul's plan right now, not unless its a 70*300m workout! Sure he'll have a pop though.

PS - I used a calculator to work that one out!

70*300m, now there's an idea....

I think you were suffering from what is known in the sporting world as "second season syndrome" - you caught everyone off guard last year, but everyone is ready for you now. You've not been helped by injuries though have you? I think it's the Jocks we've got to worry about after their performance yesterday and I'm sure there'll be a French backlash.

I'll be having a go at the 300m later this week after I've had a bit of a rest. I've got a bit of a recovery period now - only got hour rows for the next 2 weeks

Anyway I don't need rugby to motivate me, when I've got a big 17 year old ahead of me in the rankings

Didn't do any erging yesterday, so came to this with rested legs today. 2500m warm-up (leisurely pace, 2:18), then 300m sprint.

Result, another 0.5 seconds off. \o/

0:53.0 48SPM 1:28.3 180df

100m 0:17.7 47SPM 1:28.5
200m 0:17.4 48SPM 1:27.0
300m 0:18.0 50SPM 1:30.0

Same SPM as my previous best, but 1 or 2 hundredths of a second shaved off each 100m split. Pretty happy with this. Puts me on a par with Bore Da, and sets me up well to pass him ('cause he's too soft to push himself harder ).

Holy smokes Daren, nice row!

Great improvement being shown by you Daren. Keep it up mate.

Had a 45.8 300m run this morning. Didn't have the damper as high as I should have, so I know I can go faster. Still having issue with my password.

Daren or Dougie - Would you mind entering my time for me?

Dwayne

Nice time - but you can do better!

We had 14 players of our grand slam squad missing, many of them regulars, just goes to show that with proffesionalism the game is getting to be a far greater strain on the players body's. Scotland may well be the next Wales, listened to an interview with their new coach and he seems a very capable feller. I have plenty of motivation too, would love to beat some of the oppositions monsters

Owen

Is there some secret method that you have for doing this (I've done the Goodall technique)? I got another .9 off today (starting cold - only warm-up was cycling into the gym)

0:55.0 41SPM 1:31.6

100m 0:18.1 40SPM 1:30.5
200m 0:18.3 43SPM 1:31.5
300m 0:18.6 42SPM 1:33.0

Got a new 1:26 low pull in the process.

What was that?, A fat lady singing? No your mistaken.

Last week at the English IRC I did 2x 3k relays back to back. 1st one was the mens team against Steve Redgrave, and the next one was the mixed relay. Felt fine afterwards don't you know

I never had you down for being a softie Dwayne?!!

I read on the other thread you struggled a bit on getting on and off the erg...... I dunno Sir, 12 million meters in the last 9 months and you still can't get on/off the erg properly! Ah, bless

You should come to the UK for some relay practice if you ever get the chance!! We'll get you quicker, or your money back

Jono

Yeah Jon, the exchanges were a mess. 8:43.7 when all was said and done. And that was with nobody doing less than a 1:20 split the whole time. So you can imagine how bad the exchanges were.

Softie eh?? Check who just moved ahead of you on the CTC mate.

Daren/Dougie,
FYI - I logged in on the CTC, saw my score on the CTC, logged off, came back on, and the score was gone. Any idea what gives??

Dwayne

Should have a 44.8 logged in.

Your 44.8 is there, just behind Dave Bell's 44.7 and Graham's 44.5.

Ok, I see it now. That's weird, didn't see it last night.

Crikey, you guys are fast!

Not fast enough to put us into 3rd. Darn it!!

Will have another crack tomorrow night, pretty sure if i take damper down a bit and spm's up i can go a bit quicker, definatley by the end of the month, how much quicker you and the other big guys gonna go Dwayne, would love to stay in the top 10!

Owen

I can see at least another half second coming off of mine. I'm gonna push for sub-43.

Gonna be between you and Benton then, doubt anyone else can hold that kind of split, good luck!

Hi all

just wanted to introduce myself and ask if there was any room for another member of the Taff Attack crew?

I 'qualify' by way of a Cardiff mum and dad and a peverse desire to get hold of a Taff Attack all-in-one suit.

cheers

Paul Tulk
Lightwater Surrey UK

No Problem, Dude.
Stick Taff Attack in your log book and ROW ON

Excellent mate

tops off a good day.

I just pb'd for 60mins with 15,081m (previous 14725 in Nov '05)

Well chuffed with that thanks

paul

You may also want to be aware of the Concept 2 cross-team challenge (CTC). This months current challenge is a 300m piece. We could always use another team member.

Speedy

Whatever I can do for the cause!!

I'm still newish to the online log book and so on, so might need some advice on how to get started.

paul

Paul
Good choice fella,the Taff Attack AIO certainly gets us noticed on race days.
We might not win many medals but we always look the part

Chris
Just looked on E BAY and there are plenty of stablizers for sale for your bike ,
when have learned to ride it with out crashing you can take them of.

Gone down with a cold so taking a few days rest,just waiting for Paul to shove me out the 1st boat in the c2ctc ILL be back.

Chippy

Hope you improve quickly Chippy and I'm sure your berth is safe for now!

Now about that 300m... Can't be that hard surely!!??!!

It's sounds alot easier than it is....trust me.

Just to explain, I rode my push bike in to work today - sneaking some extra training in! Chippy (ex carpenter) is now responsible for all the roads where I work. He laid some new Tarmac on a corner - I came piling into it, and thought "Man that Tarmac looks nice and new", I wanted a close up view of it, but forgot to slow down - so ended up sliding cross the road at 30kph in LYCRA.

Just glad my good friend came over to help me pick the gravel out of my leg.

All Day - "Whats blue and full of holes?" - "Chris's new cycling kit"

Tidy Like

Good work everybody on the 300m!

Tulky: welcome aboard! have fun with the CTC challange. the 300m is easy!!!

Chris: the h*** with your leg, how is your bike!!?

I am racing my first 2k (since my first retirement from rowing in 1990) so I will be saving myself for the big day. If I still want to ever get on an ergo again I will take a crack at the 300m after sunday.

Whats a push bike anyway?