After the 2000m

[koolman280]

How did this get 32k+ views...

[Avink100]

@koolman280 People expect him to be in complete pain. I know I did.

[GarnInSpace]

Im doing 5000 every saturday.. its killing me :P

[EllTarrant]

ardrumer, 1:29 is 5:59.... not so olympic..

[srsly101]

@EllTarrant quite a lot of olympic athletes are only around 6 mins and under, the smaller ones anyway, nearly all are 5:50-6:00, the ergs are the easy bit, thats just fitness, which nearly everyone at the top level has equal, olympic standard means nearly always technique and mental ability, the 2009 german world champ 8 only had average erg score of just under 6 mins for god sake!

[anthonymeyza]

@srsly101 sigh... dude trust me he knows what he's talking about..

[xXhavok1900Xx]

seriously... last january (2010) i pulled 6:40 2k and i was 14... keeping 1:29 isnt that great... oh and to all those NZ out there.... AUSSIE PRIDE!!!!!!!!!!

[pukislt1]

@xXhavok1900Xx bullshit much =?

[xXhavok1900Xx]

@pukislt1 none...

[icdedsquids]

@xXhavok1900Xx australia ....the armpit of planet earth

[jbibanezdude4]

I laugh so hard at these people saying "Oh yeah..when I was 14 I could pull 5.45"...Lol we all know you cant manage 8.00 and you're all 110 pounds and live in your mother's attic so STFU.

[321Donn1]

@jbibanezdude4

Plus the fact it's only a fucking machine and it's a bit cowardly :)

[kedo38]

how am i insecure....

I just turned 15 on 7 of april and i got '6:30' 2k.

Mind you im 6:3ft and weigh around 187lbs.

Plus im from NZ. REP!!!!

[kedo38]

im from NZ and i did 2k first time yesterday....btw im 14... in 6.40.

[TheLemonhead36]

@kedo38 your so good at rowing. holy shit. 14?! i wish i was as good as you, but at least im not as insecure as you are. that would be pretty bad. haha.

[LolOmmfgWtf]

thanks bro i do row for hbhs

my 8, quad, and 4 got 3 golds under 15 a maadi

[GrimmorAngel]

Haha, if he did that 2k the right way, his ass should be on the floor.

I barely have energy to unstrap my feet after a 2k.

My best time is 7:33.3. that was my freshmen year.

Im a sophomore next year.

[LolOmmfgWtf]

and just coz i get best erg scores doesnt mean that im the best in the crew

[LolOmmfgWtf]

lol yea i did use concept2 erg. and if you don't believe me then you need to look up NZ secondary schools under 15 4 sweep, quad sculls and the 8 winners. I'm 4 seat in the 8 and 2 seat in the other boats. 3 golds at nationals...

[LolOmmfgWtf]

wanna bet? i will bet u all my money i have

[Onlyformens]

considering you are only 14 years old will be about 10 bucks :)

[Abweisung]

keep your 10 Dollar together dude ;>

[LolOmmfgWtf]

2000m in 6:35. my coach says thats okay considering im only 14 in my 1st year of rowing

[NicoECvK]

you sure, 6.35? people with 6.30 have rowed for GB J18 in the past...

[seakay95]

theres no way a 14 year old can pull that with out juicing.

[NicoECvK]

maybe he didn't use concept2. other ergos often count funny.

[AxelPRC]

come to nz its common place i did 6:58 when i was 14 and lightweight. The NZ record for 14 year olds is 6:32. You cant make a NZ crew with a 6:35, most of our juniors are pulling around 6:20 with some in the low 6min i did 6:17 at my junior trial and i didnt make it. My pb mow is 6:12

[AxelPRC]

haha in NZ you can, all it takes is hard work and hes from the best rwing school in New Zealand

[AxelPRC]

i beleive you man im from NZ i know where your coming from i did 6:58 when in was 14 and lightweight and i could get down to 1:14. Are you hbhs? Go hard man you got potential

[nyasa87]

2000m in 9:40

[niueanskier]

yeah rob waddell is a new zelander! Go kiwis!

[zombiespecialist]

for a 2k i can do a beasty 8:10 lol

[KR3W797]

get that under 8:00!!!

[icdedsquids]

@zombiespecialist 

[bhcdarkness]

I actually think the Record is in the High 5:30's by a euro dude who doesn't actually row in a boat, just an erg fiend.

[conray57]

5:39 by a guy named wadell from new zealand

[wdeboer0]

I think the world record 2000m erg (5:36.6) is held by Rob Waddell, who's an olympic single scull gold medalist. So he does row in a boat.

[smoog]

SubSprinter is thinking of Matthias Siejkowski, a huge German who holds the 2500m erg WR. Rob set the 2k WR back in 2000 at 5.38.3 (WR for 19-29), but Mathias came back and broke it, lowering it 5.37 in 2001.

Rob lowered it again in 2007, to 5.36.6: Not bad for someone who'd been out of a boat for 6 years!

afaik, they're the only two people who have ever gone under 5.40

I rowed against him once in a 500m erg race. He did 1.17 (I did 1.23) and he didn't look like he was even trying :-)

[AxelPRC]

yea rob was actually out of it for 8 years and there has been one other person who went sub 5:40 but he only makes E finals in the single at world champs

[Sub11Sprinter]

No, I did two races that day; a 500 and a 2000. I improved on both of them this year: I think my 500 was 1:25.5, and I also recall the 500 preceded the 2000 this year, which helped. I'm not a rower (obviously) but I do enjoy erging for a few weeks each year in the winter, and being able to compete in it.

[9kervi]

wouldn't Steve Redgrave have a better ergo? coz he was the bigger man of the pair with Pinsent. hmmm....

[Guy3105]

Redgrave was about 6'5, but Pinsent was about 6'6 (and heavier) I believe

[9kervi]

but in his book he talked about how redgrave pulled him round in a game they did in the pair...strange....hmm

[Guy3105]

I think that was when Pinsent had just left the junior team and was having his first outing with Redgrave

[Leonisgoed]

My record is 7:13 on the 2k lol

[Maximilian1611]

best olympic time for 2k is like 6 mins roughly :P

[funfest101]

6:21, i think. but thats on the water, where people are a lot slower. The record 2k erg time is 5:36.

[funfest101]

yeah my bad. I don't know why I said it was 6:21.

[smoog]

That's the WR for the 8s (it's now 5.19.85, set at the 2004 Olympics).

I think the singles is a better comparison for this. The current WR for single is 6.35.4. Set by a kiwi, of course :-)

[rowearman]

that would be 6.33.35 now..

but still a kiwi :)

[ARDrumr]

holy shit ur split for a 2k was 1:29?!?!? no chance. thats like olympic time if not better

[Guy3105]

"(and minutes before the 500, where I placed 2nd in the 30-39yr age group with a 1:29.2)"

I'm pretty sure he's talking about his 500m split, plus quadruple Olympic gold medal winning Matthew Pinsent had an ergo of 5:42 (I think, and also a British record I think) which would if I'm not a mistaken be 1:25.5 split :o.

[Sub11Sprinter]

no my time (and split) for the 500m race was 1:29.

[blueduderanch]

@ARDrumr that isnt Olympic time.  that would be around 1:24

[tomate8511]

time?

[NicolaeConstantin]

i've seen worse :)), i bet his thighs are almost about to explode:)

[Assgas]

damn pretty raw.