The Club's Results
Marathon Erg, Mich Term 2023
A 42195m battle against oneself, and anyone else present.
Sat 2nd December
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Oscar, Time only
DNS
Falling down the stairs on the way to the boathouse and ending up in A&E does not appear to be the racing line.
Last time I made it 38k before my glutes stopped working. This time I made it half way down Whewell's I staircase before spraining my ankle. I wonder if I'll even make it to Cambridge for my next attempt.
Thomas, Time only
1st
Time: 2:53:46
Time: 2:53:46
PB
Having been bitterly disappointed to miss the Lent Term incarnation of this due to illness, I decided that 12pm the day after BCD was a good time to (try to) corral a large group of people into doing a marathon? Doing Fairbairns twice the day before was excellent preparation, of course, and the last erg I did before was a 2K over a week prior.
I really appreciated the support of those who came and fed me bananas (for the first 2.5 hours) and chocolate (for the last 25 minutes), or enabled me to drink water without stopping. The technique of banana delivery did improve throughout with my uvula getting less bashed each time.
Perhaps less so the support of those same people who decided to do a rate 18 2K next to us? It makes it hard to stay in the zone, but 7:07.2 and 7:14.9 ain’t half bad.
My final recorded 2k (2195-195 to go) was 7:48.1. I had planned to try to go sub-7. What egoism!
The second “History of Byzantium” podcast (on the development of the legal code) was much better than the first (revolt under Justinian), but I should stress that I feel neither are ideal for a marathon erg.
Still, that was a lot less painful than I thought that it would be, on the whole, and hasn’t even delayed the completion of my example sheet by very much.
Lily, Time only
2nd (1st in category)
Time: 3:49:38
Time: 3:49:38
Note for future: it may be possible to beat one's PB if food is eaten before the race, and over-indulging does not occur the night before.
Mears was unimpressed by my selected playlist. A combination of opera and Byzantine history podcasts is, apparently, not his cup of tea. Let It Go, however, was quite the bop.
The playlist was also well timed. The Winner Takes It All started playing as Thomas finished. He had not realised this was by design.
Thanks also go to the veritable Neil Talbott for the milk that sustained me, and for his excellent advice. Holy Ground was a good recommendation.
What category? “People whose rowing this term consisted solely of races?”
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