TimbukTOO Team Room

[damselfly]

Mon plaisir, mon ami!!

[Izzzmeister]

Another wonderful day... very solid rowing!

We lost Tim Fairless, who was adding quality meters daily... Sorry to see you go!
Welcome, Daiva Satas, to the VTC Challenge!

A solid 21 of 41 members posted 222,749 meters Wednesday! That put us over a million and a quarter meters in 5 days. BUT... We slipped temporarily into 13th Place. I'm climbing on my rower...

Today's Heroes
Everett B – 11,063
Jamie B – 7,000
Pearse C – 7,000
Monica D – 10,040
Douglas D – 10,000

Doug E – 10,673
Peter H – 10,000
Dennis H – 15,879
Brenda H – 6,076
Kevin K – 10,000

Tyrone P – 16,148
Jeff R – 13,400
Matthew R – 7,119
Daiva S – 5,000
Mark S - 11,720

Jeff S - 11,000
John S - 22,547
David W – 15,000

Raymond W - 8,769
Joseph W – 8,315
Glenn Y – 6,000

We already have 5 rowers with over 50K meters, and John S has reached 100K! Hot stuff!

[markman]

All hands on board, and all eyes on Timbuktu! 11th Place in clear sight...

Milestones: John calmly reached 4.5 million, Mark at craft-beer-assisted 150K!
Inching up: Yisroel approaching 1.7M, Everett in reach of 700K, Dennis & David mere days from 500K, and Tyrone a whisker from 400K!

A reasonable 14 of our 54 TimbukTOOians flexed their taut arms Wednesday, 26%, adding a respectable 157,309 meters, causing the crickets to chirp counterpoint!

John S - 22,547 Hit 4.5M!!
Tyrone P - 16,148
Dennis H - 15,879
David W - 15,000 Pushed past the 10K standard!
Mark S - 11,720 Hit 150K!! Good to see longer rows!

Everett B - 11,063
Jeff S - 11,000
Doug E - 10,673 Whoa!
Raymond W - 8,769
Joseph W – 8,315

Matthew R - 7,119
Jamie B - 7,000 5...6...7... Pattern?
Brenda H - 6,076 New territory!
Glenn Y – 6,000

Super thanks to the Damselfly, who wrote a program to gather the information needed to simplify posting. In a couple of days, I may be able to retire my abacus to the attic where I keep the skeletons!

I'm following the Pete Plan so today was a longer workout (the 4x2k, which was a toughie). Tomorrow will be a longer row as well.

Speaking of beer, for any of you who might be interested, I have just released my health and fitness book aimed at lover's of good beer and food. It's titled "Beyond The Twelve-Ounce Curl" and is available from Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats. You can click the link in my signature to learn more about it and purchase a copy if you wish.

[kringel]

I had my best 5000m row of the season this morning, and just 9 seconds off my best from last year! Kind of wish I had set a new PB, but for rowing at 5:30am to get it in, I don't think I could have gone much faster.

[Izzzmeister]

Nice, Karen! I can't push too hard in the morning either, or I get nauseous. That's why I always warm up for 5-10 minutes first (yes, I post those meters too).
Keep putting up steady meters through the month, and try again at the end of January/beginning of February, bet you get it then!
One of the things I started doing, which has helped me hit new PBs (besides more long & steady work & more sprints!), is to watch my PM. Let's say your PB was at 2:05.5. Row 5 or 10 strokes until the monitor tells you your average is 2:04.5. Then row steadily, not allowing the speed to decrease unless you're going seriously anaerobic and won't make it. If you have some juice left at the end, speed it up to 2:02 or 2:03...
Again, since you'll put up relatively steady meters throughout the month, so you'll be better conditioned then, better to wait a few weeks and try after you had a day or two off.
Have a successful, relatively stress-free move, & enjoy your new digs!

[goyo]

Keep the C2s moving!

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on board, and all minds on continued success! 11th Place now within 300K...

Milestones: Yisroel hit 1.7M, David reached 500K, Dennis achieved 500K, and Tyrone blew through 400K!
Don't turn around now: Matthew is approaching 1.2M (needs 20,219m), Adam well nigh 1 MILLION (23,928m to go), Casey back on the march towards 600K (29,570m), Doug approaching 250K (-4,359m), and Brenda sneaking up on 50K (-3,753m)!

A spectacular 21 of our 54 TimbukTOOians put up meters Thursday, 39%, adding a terrific 285,666 meters, dropping jaws for miles around!

Today's Posted Meters:
Adam M - 43,500
Yisroel H - 36,279 Half marathon in PB 1:19:06.3!
Tyrone P - 21,064 Just gets stronger! 400K!
Joel W - 20,164 On fire!
Dennis H – 20,000

John S – 18,682
Fred B - 15,885 Wow! So it's humanly possible...
David W - 15,000
Doug E - 11,680 Sweet!
Lisa H – 10,134

Casey V - 10,000 Back on the erg!
Mark S - 10,000 Good time?
Jamie B - 8,000 5...6...7...8...
Chris H - 8,000
Matthew R – 7,068

Glenn Y - 7,000
Daiva S - 5,000
Karen R – 5,000

Brenda H - 4,881
Rik R - 4,667 Back in business!
Barbara B – 3,662

Merci beaucoup to mon ami Lisa, whose plaisir it was to write un programme to gather l'information needed to simplify posting. In a couple of days, I may be able to go Oui, Oui, Oui, all the way home! (Obscure reference?)

[tyrone]

Thanks to John S and Dennis H for helping with a good week - Today is a recharge day - and a well earnt beer break.
Back on Saturday my time (AEST). Great work all.

Regards

Tyrone

[Izzzmeister]

Another wonderful day... still averaging over a quarter million meters a day!

A sweet 24 of 41 members posted a whopping 319,018 meters Thursday! That put us over a million and a half meters in 6 days. BUT... We've been switching between 12th & 13th Place all day. Keep posting those meters! (We do have a couple of people who wait, and post a couple weeks of meters at a time...)

Barbara B – 3,662
Jamie B - 8,000
Fred B – 15,885
Pearse C – 9,000
Monica D – 8,019

Douglas D – 10,000
Doug E – 11,680
Peter H – 10,000
Lisa H - 10,134
Yisroel H – 36,279

Brenda H - 4,881
Dennis H – 20,000
Chris H – 8,000
Kevin K – 11,000
Adam M – 43,500

Tyrone P – 21,064
Karen R - 5,000
Matthew R - 7,068
Daiva S – 5,000
Mark S - 10,000

John S – 18,682
David W - 15,000
Joel W - 20,164
Glenn Y - 7,000

Rowers with 100K: John S, Dennis H & Tyrone P!
Rowers with 75-100K: Yisroel H!
Rowers with 50-75K: Joel W, Adam M, Joseph W, Jeff R, David W & Douglas D!

[Izzzmeister]

Sorry I haven't been keeping track of your stated goals for the VTC until now...
For our purposes, we are looking at this 31-day month as having 30 parts - with one alternate day, in case something comes up!
So far, we've had 6/30 days, or 20% of our allotted time gone. If you've completed more than 20% of your goal: Great, you're ahead of schedule! Less than 20: Time to climb aboard that Concept 2...

Barb B, 125K, 30%
Dennis H, 250K, 44%
Gary G, 195K, 15%
Jeff S, 125K, 35%

Joseph W, 200K, 26%
Karen R, 125K, 13%
Lisa H, 125K, 33%
Doug E, 125K, 36%

Mark S, 100K, 39%
Pam S, 45K, 26%
Yisroel H, 300K, 28%

[damselfly]

In a couple of days, I may be able to go Oui, Oui, Oui, all the way home! (Obscure reference?)

I love your mind, Izz!!

[DavidA]

In a couple of days, I may be able to go Oui, Oui, Oui, all the way home! (Obscure reference?)[/size]

I'm not sure if you allowed to be a little piggie

David

[damselfly]

Ahoy, me hearties! While Cap’n Izz is on shore leave for the Sabbath, he has asked me to fill his boat shoes and get the meters out to everyone so there’s no delay. I can’t promise the personality, puns, and playfulness, but I’ll do my best.

A kind of quiet day on the TimBukToo boat today, with 7 of 54 members logging 106,255 total meters (13% oars in the water). We’re holding #12 in the affiliation standings, with those wily Canadians ahead of us by roughly 280k… But it’s really cold up there and there's probably not much else to do, so they’re probably getting a lot of meters in.

Kudos for our oarsmen (oarspeople?) Doug and Brenda! Doug rowed by 250k, and Brenda blew by 50k!! Way to row, you two!

TimBukToo’ers with their glasses trained on the horizon for their next milestones: John is approaching 4.6M (needs 47,163 meters), Gary is closing in on 1.1M (19,063 shy), Jamie is sneaking up on 700K (36,237 needed), and Glenn is approaching 200K (20,412 to go).

Today's Posted Meters:
John S - 40,401 Yow!!
Gary G - 15,072 Great row!
Joseph W - 12,255
Glenn Y - 12,000 Wow! Almost the last two rows combined!
Doug E - 11,711
Jamie B - 9,000 7k, 8k, 9k... Where will he stop?!?
Brenda H - 5,816 Another good strong row! (And another horsewoman! Yay!)

Keep up the great work everyone!

[damselfly]

In the Virtual Team Challenge, we are in a solid 13th place (again with those wily Canadians taunting us from 12th!). John S. is within spitting distance of 150k, and Dennis and Tyrone are also above 100k for the challenge. Izz, Joel, Adam, Joseph, Douglas, Jeff, Doug, Kevin, Glenn, and David are all above 50k! Way to row, guys!

Keep those meters coming, TimBukTWO!

And this may be a little unorthodox, but hey, it's my keyboard. I just want to give a shout out to Darlene Brennan, from the Age Without Limits team, who at age 67 is leading the ENTIRE FIELD of the challenge with 450,330 meters. Wow. THAT is some awesome rowing. That will get me off my duff (well, and back onto my duff again, but on the erg seat this time), and do some rowing tomorrow. Who's with me?!?!

Besides, it’s the NFL playoffs, and my husband will be glued to the tube, leaving me free to row unmolested. Go Colts!

[APM]

Good afternoon Team,

after completing my 7th 14.5K Erg in 7 days, I am afraid to inform you that that will be my lions share of the JVC contribution done and dusted. I am moving house next week, and starting a new job the week after and so I will try and log as many metres as I can but it shall be understandably difficult.

Keep rowing though Team, and best of luck to each and every one of you!

Adam