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Lol, yeah 3rd quarter is always the worst no matter what the distance.
When I used to row I used to drill into all my crews to make a big move in the 3rd quarter. Most crews will make a big push at half way (1000m) so I used to get my crews to have a big technical focus to hang with them and then as soon as their speed began to drop back to normal we'd counter with our own big push and knock a length out of them. It's hard to psychologically come back from that in the 3rd quarter.
I think the third quarter is the worst on long runs 😣
Well done on comfortably getting under your target time.