So i've been updating the blog recently with my results from the challenge that Richard set me at work to break the 2 min per 500 metres (over 20 minutes) barrier.
I have been steadily improving... here are my times so far:
Wednesday 13/5 - 2.10.8
Saturday 23/5 - 2.07.7
Wednesday 27/5 - 2.03.8
Saturday 30/5 - 2.01.5
Well yesterday I jumped on the rower, actually quite sure that I was NOT going to break the 2 min mark. I really wasn't in a rowing mood, but I did it anyway and aimed to keep my average below 2 mins. The first 10 mins, I did that, almost always below 2 mins, but in the 2nd 10 mins I frequesntly was on the 2 min average, or even over it, occasionally going down to 2.01 or 2.02.
I was stuffed - totally, by the 15 min mark, but I kept at it and for the last minute managed to improve the pace back to under 2 mins. So did I do it? Did I manage to beat the mark or do i have more work to do?
The answer - more work to do...
But only because Richard has set me a new goal!! YES I DID IT!!
My average was 1.58.8 !!!!! Woo Hoo! At that rate, it was 5055 metres! Yeah!
Also a bit of research on the internet has shown me what the world record for 5000 metres is... it was set by New Zealander Rob Waddell in 2008 - He won Gold at the Olympics - so obviously is an elite athlete - his time for 5000 metres is 14.58.3 - which works out to be a 1.46 !! I'm only 12 seconds away from being a World Champion!! Awesome!
And Rob Waddell looks like this (i.e. he's a super fit muscle guy and i'm not!)...
Maybe when I get muscles like him, i'll be able to go faster!
See y'all!
a baby can do 1.46 (I did when I was 13 ^^). 15*60=900sek per 5000m. that is 90sek/500m, so 1.30/500m. as he did it in just under 15min, he actually got 1.29.7!! so you're 30sek/500m away from being a world champion. sry :)
ReplyDeletehe's a monster btw. got the 2k wr too! in his mother's kitchen... he was also a member of the america's cup crew and played semi-pro rugby league, whilst rowing xD hahaha
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