Why can I hit projected 2k splits in workouts but not hold them in a real test?
I’ve been doing a lot of erg workouts lately, both long steady state and shorter interval pieces, and they all seem to suggest I should be capable of a certain 2k time based on training splits.
The problem is, every time I actually try a full 2k, I just can’t seem to hold the split when it gets into the third 500m. I can usually sit at my target pace early on, but once I get deep into the piece, everything starts to fall apart and I lose the ability to keep it there.
On my most recent attempt, I felt like I was in control for the first part, but once I got to roughly the last 1000m, the split started to slip and I couldn’t bring it back to where I wanted it. I ended up just stopping around the 400m remaining mark because I couldn’t get the split back under control.
It feels like in training I can hit the numbers, but in the actual test I can’t sustain them once it gets painful in that middle-to-late section.
Has anyone dealt with something like this or got advice on how to carry training splits over into a full piece without the drop-off in the third 500?