TimbukTOO Team Room

[brotherjim]

5 MILLION METERS!!! TimbukTOO has passed the magical, mystical 5 million meter season mark. Way to row TimbukTOO! Yisroel has passed the 200K meter mark for this young season.
Welcome back our cyclist Michael. Glad to have you back with us
We rowed 140118 meters yesterday, AWESOME!

Stats for 6/13

Raymond---------------10199
Michael-----------------4000
Ashlee-------------------2005
John---------------------21582 half marathon plus
Yisroel------------------15963
Audrene-----------------10000
Gerry---------------------6570
Chuck--------------------12500
Margaret----------------7730
Matthew----------------5000
Fred---------------------8173
Robyn-------------------5025
Tristan------------------3000
Dalton------------------3000
Kaylee------------------2001
Jim---------------------23370

16 rowers with oars in the water of our 37 rowers. That equates to 43%. That is excellent ! WE also moved back into 9th place. Go TimbukTOO!!! Row for your good health and the fun of it. Have a great day. If anyone has a rowing event or some new experience, or some other event you are participating in, please tell us, so we can cheer our teammates on. I am going to try and walk a 5K on June 26 for our local Brickfest ( we are the so called brick capital of the world) . My crutches are working great, just not sure if I want to leave Bobbie alone for the morning, but she may be more mobile by then.
Happy Flag Day to those here in the USA.
jim

[cventers]

I really enjoyed rowing to the world cup matches. I found that I could row a 10km piece easily during a half. The time flies by quicker because the pace of the game is just right for a row. Not too exciting but constant motion to keep you distracted from the meters clicking off of the monitor. With South Africa being 6 time zones from the east coast, it puts most of the matches during the day. So if you row in the morning, you can catch the early games and there are games all of the way up to a 2:30 EDT game each day (at least during group play for the next couple of weeks).

[brotherjim]

I really enjoyed rowing to the world cup matches. I found that I could row a 10km piece easily during a half. The time flies by quicker because the pace of the game is just right for a row. Not too exciting but constant motion to keep you distracted from the meters clicking off of the monitor. With South Africa being 6 time zones from the east coast, it puts most of the matches during the day. So if you row in the morning, you can catch the early games and there are games all of the way up to a 2:30 EDT game each day (at least during group play for the next couple of weeks).

That is a great idea Casey. Some sports I like to row to are baseball, football, and boxing. Boxing is very easy as the 3 minute rounds and one minute rest in between I row harder. I also like track and field but there are too many commercials.
jim

[kringel]

Hi all,

In an earlier post I promised to report back on my latest hand protection find if they worked out. Well, they do... I was looking for something specifically to pad the base joints of my fingers, and all the biking gloves I looked at were lacking. Anyway, the marvels of the internet led me to these:
http://www.amazon.com/Premier-Blister- ... B0028Q3K92

In all fairness, after getting them and looking them over, I could probably have made them for much cheaper. It's just a thin pad with two loops of elastic sewn on the back. Two fingers each go through each loop, and the pad provides protection from mid-palm to just past the first knuckle joints in my fingers. Thought I'd post them in case anyone needed something similar.

-- Karen

[brotherjim]

Hello Team , hope you have a wonderful day today. We rowed 171278 meters yesterday. Super! Congratulations to John for reaching 800K for the season Having an outstanding season. Casey rowed a half marathon We had 19 rowers adding meters with 51% of our oars in the water. Awesome !

Stats for 6/14

Matthew------------------5000
Audrene-------------------5000
Gerry----------------------6582
Margaret------------------5270
Karen----------------------5465 almost at 100K ,today?
John-----------------------21689 half marathon plus
Casey---------------------21097 half marathon YAY!
Tristan-------------------18025 very sore, tired grandson
Alison--------------------3000
Chuck--------------------7500
Michael-----------------5000
Chris--------------------14000
Adam-------------------8000
Everett-----------------12000
Robyn-------------------5050
Dalton------------------3000
Kaylee------------------1500
Ashlee------------------1500

Great rowing to all. Keep up the great work. Row for your health and the fun of it.
If I make any errors, please let me know. I am very tired and not too sharp lately, Bobbie's PT is tough on us both.
Have a great day.
jim

[brotherjim]

Congratulations to Karen for going over the 100K meter mark Yay!
On just the 15th of June . I believe Matthew will cross into 200K waters today. Awesome!
We are holding on to 9th place thanks to everyone's super efforts. We rowed 103093 meters on this day, with 12 rowers with oars in the water for a 32% participation rate. That is very good.

Stats for 6/15

Karen-----------------5179 100K
Margaret-------------5000
Raymond-------------9465
Stu--------------------5000
Matthew-------------5000 200K today????
Everett---------------2000
John------------------20569 way ahead of last years pace!!!!!!!
Robyn----------------10000
Dalton--------------- 1555
Kaylee----------------2050
Ashlee----------------2000
Jim-------------------35275


Have a great day TimbukTOO and keep up the awesome job you are doing. There are 939 teams participating so far and to be in 9th place seems surreal. Row for your health and the fun of it.
jim

[kringel]

Thanks Jim for the congrats on my first 100K for the season. I got off to a slow start in May, but now have my weekly meters over 20K and hope to keep it climbing going forward. I'm really looking forward to the new Dog Days of Summer August challenge to make those increased meters a habit.

Does anyone know if the "Summer Solstice" challenge is active this season? I see it listed in the general challenge list, but would have thought it would be on the logbook homepage as coming up. I need to know if I need to figure out how to fit a long row in on Monday.

[brotherjim]

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Karen of the 100K meter fame,
Yes the summer solstice row will be on June 21.Summer Solstice Row
June 21

In honor of the longest day of the year, we invite you to participate in the Summer Solstice Row.

The Details
Row or ski 21,000 meters on June 21.
Meters can be rowed/skied all at once in one workout or over several workouts throughout the day.
If you add on 97 more meters to row/ski 21,097 meters, or a half-marathon, it needs to be rowed/skied all at once in order to qualify to be a ranked piece.
This is an individual challenge. (You do not need to belong to a team to participate.)
Meters must be entered online.
Indoor rower, SkiErg, on water and on snow meters count.
Who Can Participate
Anyone with an online logbook at concept2.com can participate in this challenge.

Incentives and Rewards
Participants who meet the challenge can enjoy:

Name inclusion on the Summer Solstice Challenge Honor Boards.
A specially designed downloadable certificate.
Option to purchase a Summer Solstice Challenge T-shirt from our third-party fulfillment vendor.

[cventers]

I'm so excited. I rowed two 10km pieces over the weekend, a half marathon on Monday and then took yesterday off. I rowed a 30 minute piece this morning and blew my previous PB out of the water by over 200m!! I think that I can get to 7.500m by the end of the year, but I'd also like to get under 20 minute 5k and sub 7:45 2k. I guess if you always compete against yourself you will always be a winner!

[brotherjim]

Great news Casey, that is fantastic. Keep up the great work
jim

[brotherjim]

Howdy Team TimbukTOO (sorry, I watched 2 westerns last night)
We rowed 118493 meters yesterday Yippee ky yay! A battle between us and Ducks in a row ensued all day for 9th and 10 th place. Not sure who is there at the moment. WE had 12 rowers adding meters for once again a 32% participation rate. Sweet biscuits on the table!

Stats for 6/16

John----------21591 half marathon plus
Chris----------5000
Stu------------5000
Sandi---------7000
Raymond----8626
Casey---------8498
Alison---------3000
Yisroel---------15493
Robyn----------7500
Tristan---------1750
Dalton----------2010
Jim--------------33025 trying to get back to 20K average on the board

Have a great day and take care. Row for your good health and the fun of it.

[sandi jump]

Hello team,
I read Karen's post about hand protection. I use something similar to what Karen purchased, except it covers the whole hand. The pads attach with velcro to a wrist support band. You can order them with or without the elastic bands. Also when the pad wears out; it can be replaced. Anyway, here is the website if anyone wants to check it out.
http://www.newgrip.com
Sandi

[brotherjim]

CONGRATULATIONS to Matthew for reaching the 200K meter total. Way to row. TimbukTOO had a slightly slower day yesterday with 96634 meters rowed, but still a very good total Keep up the great work team, Go TimbukTOO!

Stats for 6/17

Matthew-------------5000
Stu--------------------5000
Robyn-----------------5000
Sandi------------------4500
Margaret--------------6000
Fred--------------------6510
Russ--------------------15000
John--------------------21763 half marathon plus
Tristan------------------2600
Ashlee------------------1550
Kaylee------------------2000
Jim----------------------21600

Have a great day team , take care of yourselves, and row for your good health.
jim

[brotherjim]

Congratulations to my grandson Tristan for reaching the 100K meter mark for this season.

[sandi jump]

Brother Jim,

I think it's GREAT that your grandbabies row with you and Bobbie! It should be an inspiration to all of us. They inspire me to be more consistent. I pray that Bobbie recovers from her surgery quicker than anyone thought possible. And thank you for putting in the time and effort to post our stats each day. You ROCK!

Sandi