New Concept II 2K WR by former UW rower

BleachedAnusDawg said:
That's cooking. At my peak, I could average about 1:50 for 2k. I really should buy a rower for the garage.
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1:50 for 2K for middle aged, average height, non ex rower is very respectable and puts you in a pretty good VO2 max most likely for your age. Respect.

Yeah, I can't think of better machine to have in the garage. Seems like you can get them used for like $600 ish vs $1100 new.

My PR at age 21 was 6:06 so 1:31.5 for 2K. That was pretty solid in those days. Anything sub 6:00 and you were national team material.

I'm too scared to try on now. Me and @whlinder prefer the old man distances like 5000 or 6000 meter.

I did sea level 5000 meters last year at 1:53 splits. In college I could hold 1:39 for 6000. The old man fall off is dramatic.
 
Two cars, bikes, storage racks, squat rack and bench, and a treadmill, along with a few other items. The wife is good about building toy donate piles and I take them to Goodwill regularly.
 
BleachedAnusDawg said:
Two cars, bikes, storage racks, squat rack and bench, and a treadmill, along with a few other items. The wife is good about building toy donate piles and I take them to Goodwill regularly.
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WTF? 2 cars and a home gym in the garage? Do you live in fucking Texas or something?

I'll tell you though, parking both cars in the garage is a hill I will fucking die on. Parking your cars outside is shit AF. Decreases the lifespan of the vehicle and it you live in a rainy, snowy climate, etc. it's such a pain in the ass.

A lot of the garages in our hood are too small, and these packrats have so much gear and what not that they have to park 1 or both cars outside. I laugh at them as they scrape windows daily.

Mrs Snow was about to divorce me over our Seattle house's piece of shit model t garage.
 
flatus said:
These days? That was standard a few years back?
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No, it was not. It made me go look up what I pulled in a 500m race about 10 years ago, which was 1:25.x. Sigh. Memory always glorifies the past but evidence says otherwise.

Maybe I could hit 1:23 for a single stroke.
 
YellowSnow said:
Don't be too hard on yourself.

Old man erg splits are always gonna suck.

I got gurl'd on a 6K recently by a 24 year chick. Granted she's 5'10" and fit as fuck.
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There is some indoor world rowing champion lady who lives in VA and logs everything on the C2 website. Puts up sub 1:50 pace 5Ks. Whenever I look up the rankings in VA I feel like a loser. But then I remember that's the very best of the best and I have different goals for erging at this point in life.
 
YellowSnow said:
WTF? 2 cars and a home gym in the garage? Do you live in fucking Texas or something?

I'll tell you though, parking both cars in the garage is a hill I will fucking die on. Parking your cars outside is shit AF. Decreases the lifespan of the vehicle and it you live in a rainy, snowy climate, etc. it's such a pain in the ass.

A lot of the garages in our hood are too small, and these packrats have so much gear and what not that they have to park 1 or both cars outside. I laugh at them as they scrape windows daily.

Mrs Snow was about to divorce me over our Seattle house's piece of shit model t garage.
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You (royal you, not you specifically) poor if you ain't parking all your vehicles under cover. And all your toys like golf carts, UTVS, boats, etc.

And buy a fucking house that can fit whatever stairmaster, treadmill, bike, rowing machine without putting it in your goddamned bedroom.
 
PurpleThrobber said:
You (royal you, not you specifically) poor if you ain't parking all your vehicles under cover. And all your toys like golf carts, UTVS, boats, etc.

And buy a fucking house that can fit whatever stairmaster, treadmill, bike, rowing machine without putting it in your goddamned bedroom.
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We're not REAL rich, but these rules are followed to a T.

I also love living in a neighborhood with tight CCNR's- i.e., no boat, RV, etc parking on property. If you wanna have all the fucking toys, then you go buy a proper Guns n' Religion compound.
 
YellowSnow said:
We're not REAL rich, but these rules are followed to a T.

I also love living in a neighborhood with tight CCNR's- i.e., no boat, RV, etc parking on property. If you wanna have all the fucking toys, then you go buy a proper Guns n' Religion compound.
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If you can't pee in your front yard, you're not a free man.
 
YellowSnow said:
WTF? 2 cars and a home gym in the garage? Do you live in fucking Texas or something?

I'll tell you though, parking both cars in the garage is a hill I will fucking die on. Parking your cars outside is shit AF. Decreases the lifespan of the vehicle and it you live in a rainy, snowy climate, etc. it's such a pain in the ass.

A lot of the garages in our hood are too small, and these packrats have so much gear and what not that they have to park 1 or both cars outside. I laugh at them as they scrape windows daily.

Mrs Snow was about to divorce me over our Seattle house's piece of shit model t garage.
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I'm still annoyed that I have one of the four 2-car garages in the neighborhood - the other 40 houses have 3 car garages. But if you don't buy new it's tough to be as picky about that stuff. The garage is still fairly large, though, I believe I measured it at 24' x 24'. Racks and ceiling mounted shelving are your friend.
 
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