Did same st 1:48.8 yesterday evening, r29.
It’s supposed to be 6x500m but I felt sick after the 5th and didn’t want to find out what would happen if I did another.
sounds ideal.
I even managed a scull yesterday, first one in ages and the steering and balance weren't too bad despite the wind - am spending too much time coaching to actually row. The squad did their 2k tests last night and everyone except 1 got a PB, so I can't ask much more.. Here's a clip of the 4 that are racing at Nottingham in 10 days on their first outing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djpzid-hBmY the woman at 2 (white t-shirt, second from the right) has only been rowing for about a year, I'm really pleased with how she's doing.
First outing? Not bad at all.
We did our first outing for our 4+ for Monmouth last week Thursday. We hadn't got the boat sitting at that stage which led to some frustration particularly from stroke. 4 water sessions since then and we're in a bigger, faster boat, and it's coming together. We've also changed our start sequence, and it seems to work better.
Out on the water this evening for a pair of 2-2-2-1 up 2s and then we're doing double session Saturday with another work session followed by 12km UT2.
My sculling has improved a lot this year as I've spent some time in the stable single. Being told it's time to try a fine single but will leave it until after Monmouth.
I'm interested* to find out how the new competition framework is going to work. Last year was mostly racing at IM3 due to one guy in our squad having a point. This year, no clue. I think under the old system we have 7 points in our boat as 3 seat is more experienced. But under the new system, I have 20 points and he has only 10 due to not having raced last year.
* Suspect it will be chaotic.