Idea Rowing Club (IRC)
We love it so much that we've even written our own Mac OS X application to calculate the 500m pace over any given distance/time. You can download SplitTimer from here:
Best times so far
500m: 1:35.3
1000m: 3:22.9
2000m: 7:02.1
5000m: 18:47.8
10000m: 39:20.7
15000m: 59:24.7
30:00.0: 7,747m
60:00.0: 15,127
21,097m: 1:27:22.7
42,195m: One of these days...
Rowing totals since Jan 12, 2004
Martin: 2,011,597 m
Phil: 971,832 m
Josh: 294,555 m
Robin: 143,141 m
Ginger Whinger: 0 m
Richard: -1 m
George B: injured
This month's favourite routines
The Pyramid - each distance to be completed at a faster 500m pace than your 2000m best.
250m / 2 minute rest 500m / 2 minute rest 750m / 2 minute rest 1000m / 2 minute rest 750m / 2 minute rest 500m / 2 minute rest 250m / 2 minute rest
30 minute madnes 30 minutes at race pace then 90 minutes rest repeated 3 times. Try and get within 100m of your previous distance.