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[[old] wilko51]

Good to meet everyone at last. <br /><br />Well done Phil....didn't realise the guy next to you was in second. Maybe I shouldn't have been so vocal about his limitations <br /><br />Must admit I had misgivings about racing as I had a cold all weekend. I was so concerned Sunday Morning I rowed a 1.46 for 1000M to see how I felt. Answer, not great but not dead either so I thought I'd row a contained race down in Cardiff. So pretty pleased on one hand to finish without feeling too knackered but disappointed that I didn't hit the throttle hard.<br /><br />Apparently some guy came flying off his machine in my race but I was concentrating so hard I didn't see anything.<br /><br />Put me down for next weekend. Do you have to register or is it a matter of turning up on the day?<br /><br />Mike<br />

[[old] dadams]

Well done Taffs. I bet those AIO's are becoming quite well known by now eh?

[[old] chippy]

[quote=philt,Dec 4 2005, 05:02 PM]<br />[quote=Niall,Dec 4 2005, 09:39 PM]<b>Cardiff - Welsh Indoor Rowing Championship 2005</b><br /><br />Fantastic to see so many Taffs at this event and all (apart from me) performed well.<br />PhilT yet again had s storming performance with a 6:26 for <b><span style='color:yellow'>GOLD</span></b>. Fantastic result Phil and great to meet you.<br /><br />1xgold<br />1xsilver<br />1xbronze<br /><br />I think it's fair to say that it's the best result we've had for the team in one competition. <br /><br /><b><span style='color:red'>Taff's Rule!!!</span></b> <br />[/quote]<br /><br /><br />Great to meet everyone. Thanks Niall, Chippy, Grumpy, Wilko51 et al for the welcome and support.<br /> <br />Well done to all fellow competitors a great Taff showing.<br /><br />Thanks Niall for the report. <br /><br /><br /><br />I was feeling very nervous before the race and felt like my stomach was tied in knots, mentally I didn't feel well prepared. 500Metres in and things settled down a bit, once in the lead I eased back a little and then with 500 to go I heard Wilko shouting, warning Andrew Crook alongside was catching. Pleasingingly I managed to pull away from him again and finished in a satisfactory time of 6.27.5. <br />1 Second off BIRC but given how I felt beforehand I was just pleased to finish under 6.30 again. Winning the gold for Taff Attack was a real bonus. <br />I am looking forward to seeing the Stroke Data, any idea when it will be available and on which site? <br /><br /><br />A great event and the extra warmup machines made a big difference this year. <br /><br /><br />So now it is time for a role call for Abergavenny.<br />I'm in.<br /><br />Phil <br />[/quote<br />*******************<br />Great day at Cardiff for the team. Gold for Phil in the 40+HWT, fantastic <br />Niall with a silver and Paul B nealy killing himself to get bronze.<br />Must mention Grumpy and Eddy in the 60+hwt because you just had to be there<br />to see the effort they put in. <br /><br />Martin<br />The Emporer has got his thumb pointing down,Its time to finish me of. <br /><br />Hope to be at Abergavenny on Saturday,a guy called Chris Adams said he might<br />have a row to,think he might have rowed for us before. <br /><br />Chippy <br />

[[old] Niall]

<!--QuoteBegin-chippy+Dec 5 2005, 12:27 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(chippy @ Dec 5 2005, 12:27 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hope to be at  Abergavenny on Saturday,a guy called Chris Adams said he might<br />have a row to,think he might have rowed for us before. <br /><br />Chippy    <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />"Chris Adams"? Name rings a bell but can't quite place him (memory isn't what it used to be). Trying to picture him on an erg but just can't see it. Hopefully Saturday will be the reminder I need!<br /><br />Have to agree with Chippy about what he says about Grumpy and Eddie's effort. From my poor vantage point behind the ergs, you could tell every sinu and muscle was stretched to the max on every stroke. True Taffs!!!

[[old] AussieTaff]

Hi Niall, Chippy, Phil and Mike Wilko,<br /><br />Thanks for the great posts guys, made me feel like I was there and not 15,000,000 metres away.<br /><br />Top row Phil to go sub 6:30 again so convincingly and get a gold as well.<br /><br />Nice going on the silver medal Niall and top effort to stick the 2K out at race pace for so long when battling a virusy thing. Is Abergavenny the last roll of the dice for you this season ? If not then perhaps a long break over Christmas to recover may be in order - you may be a bit run down through overtraining ? How did your other event go by the way.<br /><br />Chippy, where's those sub 7's gone ? The 'Emperor' may well have the thumb slowly rotating downwards but needs to make sure he is fully clothed first ... <br /><br />Not sure what your time was Mike, hope you enjoyed the experience of your first race as I did recently and recover in time for Aber.<br /><br />Well done to all the other Taffs - any PB's for Eddie, Grumpy etc ?<br /><br />Should put your write up in TaffWeb Niall for posterity - any photos for Taff Gallery ?<br /><br />Cheers and good luck for Abergavenny Taffios,<br /><br />Martin

[[old] Niall]

Hi Martin,<br /><br />I'm planning on doing as many events as I can this season so, no, Abergavenny wont be my last (planning on doing Surrey and Manchester in February and Croydon in March).<br /><br />I've got no photos of the event but will update TaffWeb as soon as the official photos are available. <br /><br />I foolishly put my name down for the 500m race at Cardiff too. This went surprisingly well considering. IMy PB is 1:38.1 so I planned to go out hard and then try and hang on. If I saw anything in the 1:40s then I knew the chest infection was dragging me down. As it was I did see some 1:41/1:42s but managed to rally towards the end and finish in 1:39.6. Thought this wasn't too bad under the circumstances. <br /><br />Instructions from coach for Abergavenny is to start off at 1:50 pace (i.e. based on my 7:20 finishing time at Cardiff) and then hopefully speed up at the end. We'll see....

[[old] Paul B]

Good to meet up with some of the team on Sunday - Chris (get back racing you tart ), Chippy, Niall, Ramboyo, Chippy's dad (is that Grumpy?). It's a pleasure to be associated with such a friendly group <br /><br />Set out to go for sub 6.25 and came in with 6.24.9. Not seen the splits yet, but I think they'll be something like:<br /><br />1.35.5<br />1.36.5<br />1.36.5<br />1.35.5<br /><br />Felt really good up to 1500m - I'd cruised the middle 1000m in 1.36/1.37 comfortably, so was a bit disappointed that the last 500 wasn't a little quicker. Thanks for the support from the sidelines - it was a pleasure to bring a medal home for the team.<br /><br />I dread to think what my medal ceremony picture looks like -I felt like absolute death - it will not be one for the gallery!!!<br /><br />Still the time and the 10 minutes puking up afterwards has exorcised my 6.38 at BIRC where I quit at 1000m because it was hurting too much and I'm now looking forward to 6 weeks good training before Manchester and hopefully a serious attempt at 6.20.<br /><br />I have to say the Cardiff event along with Evesham is my favourite event of the season - the venue is really top notch.<br /><br />On a seperate note - the site of Ramboyo filling his AIO so elegantly has inspired me to want one Does anyone else want to order one, so we can get a discount?

[[old] Daren C]

<!--QuoteBegin-Paul B+Dec 6 2005, 09:25 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Paul B @ Dec 6 2005, 09:25 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Does anyone else want to order [an AIO], so we can get a discount? </td></tr></table><br /><br />I do, but I won't know what size to get until I'm lightweight, probably. Unless the sizings cover a reasonable range, anyway.<br /><br />Edit: Looking at the <a href='http://www.godfrey.co.uk/articleviewer.php?selarticle=5' target='_blank'>sizing charts</a>, I'd best wait until I'm where I want to be before ordering. The sizes change with each 2 inches on the waist, and I'm aiming to lose at least another 2 - 4.

[[old] Citroen]

<!--QuoteBegin-Daren C+Dec 6 2005, 11:44 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Daren C @ Dec 6 2005, 11:44 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Paul B+Dec 6 2005, 09:25 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Paul B @ Dec 6 2005, 09:25 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Does anyone else want to order [an AIO], so we can get a discount? </td></tr></table><br /><br />I do, but I won't know what size to get until I'm lightweight, probably. Unless the sizings cover a reasonable range, anyway.<br /><br />Edit: Looking at the <a href='http://www.godfrey.co.uk/articleviewer.php?selarticle=5' target='_blank'>sizing charts</a>, I'd best wait until I'm where I want to be before ordering. The sizes change with each 2 inches on the waist, and I'm aiming to lose at least another 2 - 4. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />I'm up for one. Medium chest(38) waist(32).

[[old] chippy]

Paul b<br />The results are now on the UK site.Think the same as you,only Ramboyo can model the AIO,s properly <br /><br />Chippy <br />

[[old] dadams]

Big Mike....Happy birthday mate. <span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>The big 50!!!!</span></span><br /><br />Speedy

[[old] Godfried]

<!--QuoteBegin-dadams+Dec 8 2005, 08:44 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(dadams @ Dec 8 2005, 08:44 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Big Mike....Happy birthday mate. <span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>The big 50!!!!</span></span><br /><br />Speedy <br /> </td></tr></table><br />Even more nonathlon points!<br /><br />Happy birthday Mike.

[[old] Citroen]

<!--QuoteBegin-Godfried+Dec 8 2005, 09:33 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Godfried @ Dec 8 2005, 09:33 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-dadams+Dec 8 2005, 08:44 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(dadams @ Dec 8 2005, 08:44 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Big Mike....Happy birthday mate. <span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>The big 50!!!!</span></span><br /><br />Speedy <br /> </td></tr></table><br />Even more nonathlon points!<br /><br />Happy birthday Mike. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Many happy returns.

[[old] seat5]

Great job at Cardiff Taffies!! What a team. Hats off to all who have the courage to put it on line and put out the best effort whatever the circumstances! <br /><br />Tonight was supposed to be an HM at my last years's PB pace but I quit at 60 minutes as the tendons right above my knees began to hurt and I thought I'd better cool it as I haven't rowed this far in a while. It was about 250 m short of last year's 60 min PB so it was a good workout anyway. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

[[old] Citroen]

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>WARNING: THE ARE DUCKS ON OUR TAIL.</span></span><br /><br />Come on Taffs we need to log more metres. <br />It's a good job I've added 300K in the last two weeks. <br /><br />The Ducks in a Row are now only 300K behind. <br /><br />Log those missing metres, update your logs. <br /><br />[Yes, I know the DIARs have a membership ratio of 110 to our 48.]