Two x 500m at TMS -10 with two minutes rest between
Two x 240m at TMS – 15 with one minute rest
TMS = 2000m split (1:57)
*This was based on most recent 2000m PR (7:46.4/1:56.6 split)
Distance Target Actual
1000m | 3:44 | 3:42.9
500m | 1:47 | 1:47.4
500m | 1:47 | 1:49.0
240m | 0:51 | 0:51.4
240m | 0:51 | 0:51.4
Notes: Took this from Top 10 Most Painful Ergs. Going into this session I knew it wouldn’t be easy, it required me pulling close to a PB 1k, 500m, and 240m consecutively, but I was optimistic and was blissfully unaware of what lay before me. This was incredibly tough, but it showed me that if you’re prepared for the pain you’re about to experience, and you know what it feels like, you can cope with it and push through. But if you’re not ready, and it comes as a shock, you have very little hope of fighting through it. Just like at the catch, you must be braced before the pressure hits it. From this session I concluded that 1.) One’s training program should occasionally have horrible ergs like this in them, just so that you’re ready for the pain when it hits you, and 2.) it is always possible to hurt more and you have definitely not reached your total potential yet.
Notes: Took this from Top 10 Most Painful Ergs. Going into this session I knew it wouldn’t be easy, it required me pulling close to a PB 1k, 500m, and 240m consecutively, but I was optimistic and was blissfully unaware of what lay before me. This was incredibly tough, but it showed me that if you’re prepared for the pain you’re about to experience, and you know what it feels like, you can cope with it and push through. But if you’re not ready, and it comes as a shock, you have very little hope of fighting through it. Just like at the catch, you must be braced before the pressure hits it. From this session I concluded that 1.) One’s training program should occasionally have horrible ergs like this in them, just so that you’re ready for the pain when it hits you, and 2.) it is always possible to hurt more and you have definitely not reached your total potential yet.
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