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[[old] Carol]

I'm finally back to help you guys out. <br /><br />Dec. 21 - 1000 meters<br />Dec. 22 - 7000 meters<br /><br />Carol<br /><br />

[[old] ulu]

Welcome back, Carol. Take it easy on your back.<br /><br />We are currently tracking down the western border of New Brunswick, or the eastern border of Maine, for any of our American friends reading this post.<br />Beautiful country.<br /><img src='http://www.adamk.ca/images/P7250340.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /><br /><br />This is the terrain we would be rowing through now.<br /><br />On another note, we are on pace for our fastest 1 million meters yet. Our previous record was 14 days for 1 million meters. Our pace now should put us in at 10-13 days. <br /><br />The virutal Eh!Team continues to grow, with members signing up from around the world.<br /><br />I will post our membership later on, have to run out to a meeting.<br /><br />Keep on rowin', hosers.<br /><br />Jim

[[old] Yukon John]

[QUOTE]We are currently tracking down the western border of New Brunswick, or the eastern border of Maine, for any of our American friends reading this post.<br />Beautiful country.[/QUOTE<br /><br />I canoed the St. Croix River (near Calais) in this area back in the late 70's. It's one of the nicest canoe trips I've ever done, with lots of class 1-2 rapids to make it interesting and lots of wildlife. We saw lots of owls, ospray and bald eagels along with moose. <br />I'm not sure how a rowing shell would do in rapids. Does anyone know about that? Seems like it would be difficult unless you could turn your boat around and face downstream like when rafting and it would have a fair beam. Someday I would like to purchase a rowing shell. To my knowledge there aren't any in the Yukon, but we have so much water! If anybody has any information about touring boats or contacts, I'd appreciate it. I think it would be really fun to do the Yukon River Quest (the longest cauoe race in the world) that Joe Bishop on our team does, in a rowing shell!

[[old] Mark Keating]

Dec. 22 - 2x6K @ 2:11, 21 SPM and 2:10.5, 20 SPM<br />2K rest and cooldown<br /><br />Also tried a 500 sprint after the above - 1:38.9, a new PB but just by a couple of tenths. This is the first sprint work I've done in a long time so I think there is room for a bit of improvement yet.

[[old] FrancoisA]

<!--QuoteBegin-Yukon John+Dec 22 2005, 08:18 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Yukon John @ Dec 22 2005, 08:18 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I canoed the St. Croix River (near Calais) in this area back in the late 70's. It's one of the nicest canoe trips I've ever done, with lots of class 1-2 rapids to make it interesting and lots of wildlife. We saw lots of owls, ospray and bald eagels along with moose. <br />I'm not sure how a rowing shell would do in rapids. Does anyone know about that? Seems like it would be difficult unless you could turn your boat around and face downstream like when rafting and it would have a fair beam. Someday I would like to purchase a rowing shell. To my knowledge there aren't any in the Yukon, but we have so much water! If anybody has any information about touring boats or contacts, I'd appreciate it. I think it would be really fun to do the Yukon River Quest (the longest cauoe race in the world) that Joe Bishop on our team does, in a rowing shell! <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />John, I think you would enjoy a boat like the <a href='http://www.echorowing.com/index.html' target='_blank'>Echo Islander</a>. There is also a video on the web site of the boat being rowed in rough water.<br />I've got this link from one of Paul Smith's post on a thread about on water rowing.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Francois

[[old] ulu]

13k for me - dec 22.<br /><br />Jim

[[old] ed__d]

9.8k; 22 Dec

[[old] Yukon John]

<!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->John, I think you would enjoy a boat like the <a href='http://www.echorowing.com/index.html' target='_blank'>Echo Islander</a>. There is also a video on the web site of the boat being rowed in rough water.<br />I've got this link from one of Paul Smith's post on a thread about on water rowing.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Francois </td></tr></table><br /><br />This looks perfect Francois, Thanks!!! I just wrote them an e-mail to see if they could ship one up this way, although it will have to be on the 2 year (or so) saving plan. I like the idea that it could be used on the ocean too, since we're only 2 hours away from Skagway Ak. Thanks again! John.<br /><br />I did 3k this morning but I'm again taking the evening off (back's stiff again.) I got out a video called "Back Care Yoga, for beginners" from the library today. That will be the eveing entertainment for Shannon and I. I'll put on a post after a try or two to let everyone know if it helps.

[[old] rr1kirk]

<!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Wow, it's not very often you'll find a machine that's that bad. They need to have the fans cleaned. The drag should range from ~90 to ~200 on a clean machine. </td></tr></table> <br /><br />Thanks for the reply and the links.<br />I'll pass the info sheet along to them.<br /><br />Kirk

[[old] jetwbt]

December 23rd - 20K 1:11:28 -1:47.2 splits. <br /><br />Finished HC #3, somewhat shy of John's 682K, but I'm happy with it.<br /><br />Brian

[[old] Carol]

10,100 m. Dec. 23 <br /><br />Only completed the 100,000 m. Holiday Challenge this year. Wrong time of the year to have a back problem!<br />Carol

[[old] Yukon John]

<!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Only completed the 100,000 m. Holiday Challenge this year.  Wrong time of the year to have a back problem!<br />Carol </td></tr></table><br /><br />Doing 100k with back problems is impressive Carol! Bummer that you can't get the nice hoodie though .<br /><br />9.5k today in 2 rows. My back feels ok today. I think that yoga video we watched last night helped. We're going to try and do a mixture of yoga and pilates video's (curtesy Whitehorse Public Library) 3 times a week and see if that helps. <br /><br />I'm still going to try and race that 2k tomorrow and use Francois's advice on pacing. That way, if the race goes poorly I've got somewhere to put the blame .<br /><br />

[[old] jetwbt]

<!--QuoteBegin-FrancoisA+Dec 22 2005, 05:42 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(FrancoisA @ Dec 22 2005, 05:42 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-jetwbt+Dec 22 2005, 02:30 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(jetwbt @ Dec 22 2005, 02:30 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->December 22nd - 21605m - 2K warm-up - 6:32.0 and a 19605 pyramid upto 6 minutes and back down again 1:40.9 average splits on the work side.<br /><br />Brian <br /> </td></tr></table><br />Brian,<br /><br />A 2k warm-up in 6:32! <br />You are a machine! <br /><br />BTW, what is your PB on the 2K ? Just curious!<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Francois <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Francois,<br /><br />6:26 with the vents open all the way. I'd like to get down under 6:15 by the end of this season. Now that the Holiday Challenge is over, I'm going to start working on getting some times down.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Brian<br />

[[old] jetwbt]

<!--QuoteBegin-Yukon John+Dec 24 2005, 04:37 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Yukon John @ Dec 24 2005, 04:37 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Only completed the 100,000 m. Holiday Challenge this year.  Wrong time of the year to have a back problem!<br />Carol </td></tr></table><br /><br />Doing 100k with back problems is impressive Carol! Bummer that you can't get the nice hoodie though .<br /><br />9.5k today in 2 rows. My back feels ok today. I think that yoga video we watched last night helped. We're going to try and do a mixture of yoga and pilates video's (curtesy Whitehorse Public Library) 3 times a week and see if that helps. <br /><br />I'm still going to try and race that 2k tomorrow and use Francois's advice on pacing. That way, if the race goes poorly I've got somewhere to put the blame . <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />I have found some yoga stretches after my workout have helped enormously in wardin off the back troubles. <br /><b>Balance </b>- a reclined sitting with your feet stretched out, off the ground<br /><b>The boat</b> - lying on your back with your hands touching above your head and lifting your feet and hands off the ground<br /><b>The cobra </b>- where you are lying on your stomach, place your hands on the ground next to your head and lift your upper body off the ground, with your back arched back<br /><b>The crocodile </b>- where you do the same arch as the cobra without your hands<br /><b>The cat and cow stretches </b>where you start on your hands and knees and hang your head down and arch your back up like a cat and then roll your head up and back down<br /><b>Downward facing dog</b> - to stretch out the calves.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Brian

[[old] jetwbt]

December 23rd - 18 K - 1:04:04.4 - 1:46.7 splits<br /><br />Brian