THE STORY OF THE CTC….

THE STORY OF THE CTC…

This month it was the turn of the Fitness Matters Indoor Rowing Team to choose the format of the CTC (www.c2ctc.com). This is an online monthly rowing challenge which provides lighthearted competition for those entering. I only formed the team a few months ago and was surprised that we had been asked to choose so soon. Originally I had something else in mind, but it was too similar to last month’s challenge so instead opted for some intervals. I chose something that I used a bit in my rugby playing days and from my memory  it was not nice lol.

Last time I did this was in 2006 when I did it weekly for 4 weeks taking it from 10m 13s down to 9.59.0 and I remember thinking now I am under 10 mins I won’t be doing that again! All that time has passed  and there I was sat there in front of the PM today knowing it was going to hurt. It did not disappoint! When I chose this challenge I was thinking I would aim to beat the time above – that was until someone posted 9.52! Oh dear. I set myself some new targets to attack that. I always know if I am really up for something as I am sick before the event and today I was. Ironically that was something I did weekly before a game…

The outcome today I was pleased enough with. Hard to see where I would shave anymore time off. I am trying to take my body to new levels at the moment and the end of each rep today I was lying on the floor trying to get the life back to my legs! I hope it is another 8 years till I see that screen again, and if I do it will definitely be in a slower time. Good luck to all those taking the CTC this month.

Photos won’t post at the moment will upload later (time was 9.43.4 @ 1.29.7/500m)