2k RACE DAY! How fast can we go?!

See how Hien and I fared in our 2k erg tests!
We’d had Sunday, April 14th penciled in on our calendars for a 2k for the last few weeks. It would be an opportunity to for me to check my progress ~6 months since “un-retiring” and getting back on the erg, and an opportunity for Hien to do her VERY FIRST 2000m row.
Huge shout-outs to our friend Shiraz who joined us for his first 2000m row as well, my buddy and college teammate Marco for coxing me through my piece, and to all of our friends who came out to support. It made for an amazing day!
0:00 Good morning! (and Justin's warm-up)
1:11 Justin's full 2k
10:10 Hien and Shiraz's full 2ks
20:31 Closing thoughts and thank yous
View my and Hien's Google Sheets-based training logs here (and feel free to make a copy of the template if you'd like!): shorturl.at/acrDV
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[@JonathanCrossley]

Hien, Shiraz, and yourself all crushed! Very inspiring!

[@ianbarnett6027]

Great video to watch. Justin you make it look so easy even after the 1500m mark ( amazing time ). Hien finished really strong and I hope she keeps with it as obviously has much potential. Shiraz showed great grit as kept trying all the way. Thanks.

[@dadboddadvlog]

Thank you. Yes, tremendous effort by my wife and Shiraz, in particular that these were their first 2ks ever and in front of an audience, no less. We hope to make this an annual tradition and get more of our friends in the mix in the future.

[@user-lu7yz6yj1j]

All 3 of you crushed it! Hope your Mrs keeps up with it too. No doubt with another 12 week training plan she will smash 8 min!

[@dadboddadvlog]

Thank you! Yep I think 12 weeks would be enough to help her get there. Will update the channel if she decides to go for it!

[@juliaf_rowing]

Well done all 3 of you. But girl, Hien you were just rocking it. Smashing your own goal by half a minute. So strong 💪

[@dadboddadvlog]

Hien sends a huge thank you for the kind words and support! 🙏

[@MrTandstad]

Awesome job Justin, you seemed so in control all the way😎💪seems so much fun to have like-minded people coming together and supporting one another! Superb by your wife and friend too! By the looks and sounds of it, I don't think your friend in orange will be doing any new 2k's this coming week😅

[@dadboddadvlog]

Thank you. Indeed it was great to have friends over to enjoy the day with us. Truly, my wife and Shiraz's 2ks were the main event, and I'm proud of them both for going out on a limb and diving into uncharted territory by doing their very first 2ks with all of us watching. We'll see if my wife wants to push for sub-8; and I think with a couple quick brush-ups on technique, Shiraz could be off to the races as well!. As for me, this was the most "complete" test I've done since "un-retiring" in terms of executing the race plan nearly exactly as it was drawn up, so I'm very pleased! It's cliche but so true in all levels of rowing -- there's no secret to getting faster; put in the hard work, and the hard work will pay off.

[@elliot2871]

Hell ya dude, way to empty the tank during the sprint. 6:15 is a great 2k time for our age.

[@dadboddadvlog]

Thanks! Closing sprints have been a challenge for me lately so was stoked that I was able to crank it down towards the end, as modest of a sprint as it was. When I hopped back on the erg last fall I didn't think in my wildest dreams that I'd be pulling this sort of time EVER, and certainly not within ~6 months, so this is proof / a good reminder to myself that there's still a lot left in the tank at nearly 40 years old!