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Hey, Eh Teamers! I just caught up on two years of messages. Hard to believe I haven't read the forum for that long (No, I didn't forget my password, but it was changed on me anyway. When did that happen?). Jim: Nice job on the Round the World website, and I like the pictures you post here too. Gang:...

Know what you mean, Kirk. Reading the forums and getting to know the on-line community is inspiring. It's nice to know that other people do crazy things like 8 x 500 on 3:00 rest. What insane person dreamed that one up? Nursing an upper calf strain this month, doing lots of low rating, slow pace wor...

Thanks, Dave. That's the most Nonathlon points I've ever managed. But I've pretty much shot my bolt -- I won't get more than another 10 - 15 points plus the marathon bonus. Lots of people are going to pass me between now and April, judging from last year's final results. I won't be at all surprised ...

Hey, David: Awesome half marathon for you today in the Solstice Challenge. 1:18:50?! Saw it on the Nonathlon site. Saw that Charles also rowed a PB HM today. No dice for me. I was in good shape for a 20 sec PB at 17,000 m then hit the wall. Total collapse. The last 4000 m was very painful. At least ...

This is interesting. My wife just got a pedometer and she's done up to 20,000 steps in a day. My kids are using it too. I'm waiting my turn, just to see how many steps I take and recognizing that the number of steps isn't going to produce a very precise indication of the amount of exercise accomplis...

newbluesfan wrote:but the thought of staring at the walls in my garage/spare room are making me have second thoughts.

As a former competitive swimmer, let me assure you that staring at a PM is a heck of a lot more interesting than staring at the neverending line at the bottom of the pool!

Mike

Great 30 min row, Dave -- 948 Nonathlon points! I'll do mine later in the month. I rowed a second CTC 5000 on May 31st and got a 15 sec PB -- I need to recover!

Mike

Don't know if my ladies will do this month's CTC. Maybe. But Kiersten is only 11 and 5000 m might be just too far. Anna actually did last month's 2500 m CTC with a broken arm (hairline fracture) and three cracked ribs. Though she didn't know it at the time. Now she does, and she's taking it easy. Of...

Hey, Dave (aka Tinpusher):
Have you noticed we're neck-and-neck in the Nonathon?
I put up two more times today, a 500 (missed my 2003 PB by 0.2 sec) and a 1000 (a PB). Now that I'm 52, the Nonathon points are startling.

Any other Eh! Teamers doing the Nonathon?

Mike (aka miker)

Charles: Excellent job to get both a HM and a FM done during the marathon challenge. Slow doesn't matter, it's in the bank! That was my plan too: a HM early, then a FM later. Didn't happen. All I managed was a couple of preparatory hour rows (albeit, the second, yesterday, a PB). Going out of town S...

Dave: 5000 unresticted is good. It's probably too far for the rest of my crew, but I will do it. (Kiersten will do a 2500 for this month's CTC if filling the woman's seat will float boat number 2, but probaby not otherwise.) Jim: Great beach picture. Could have used it last weekend in cold, snowy Va...

(my first post! . . . ) I like the 5,000 m idea also. But what about 6000? An unrestricted 6000 was the first CTC challenge in Dec 2005 and hasn't been done since (except for an R24 last May). I think of the 5000/6000 as a pair anyway. If it comes to that, I'll do a 6000 in May and take the 5000 spl...