500 Meter Rowing Time

Inspired by this 500 Meter Rowing Time Crossfit thread, I had to give it a go. I was pretty pleased with my 1:37 time (barely keeping my lungs in my chest towards the end) until I started reading up on the C2 drag factor. Sounds like for this distance setting the damper at 10 is as close as we have to a standard. Mine was set on 3. Dang. Not sure how much harder 10's going to be, but I'll try it next week.

One of the nice things about this particular distance is the C2 display shows you the 500 split pace you are currently rowing. You get feedback on each stroke what your time is going to look like if you keep pulling the way you are. As fatigue set in I'm sure I would have slacked if the meter didn't make it painfully apparent I couldn't afford to slack if I wanted to beat 1:40.