TimbukTOO Team Room

[brick1101]

It is hard to believe I missed erging while on the road, but I really did. You are all such an inspiration to me! Will get my 200,000 mark in tomorrow.Want to finish out this challenge with at least 250,000 under my Utilikilt.....
ROW TEAM!!!!!

[damselfly]

It is hard to believe I missed erging while on the road, but I really did. You are all such an inspiration to me! Will get my 200,000 mark in tomorrow.Want to finish out this challenge with at least 250,000 under my Utilikilt.....
ROW TEAM!!!!!

Yay for your 200k!! Uh, your "Utilikilt"?!?!?



Who knew such things existed!! But I guess they'd be comfortable when erging....

[Izzzmeister]

Reasonably good day, but not enough if we wish to overtake a few teams! We reached 7 million on Thursday – and even the 10th Place team hadn't reached 8 million yet, so we're THAT close... But, we're now in 15th Place, and will need a big final sprint to pass a few teams...
18 of 43 team members (42%) posted 206,881 meters Thursday, poised for a strong finish.

In alphabetical order, here are the posters:

Posted Meters:
Jamie B - 13,251
Fred B - 10,619
Douglas D - 12,500
Monica D - 12,011
Doug E – 12,968

Yisroel H - 12,513
Dennis H - 20,048
Chris H - 10,000
Heather R - 9,000
Matthew R – 14,033

Mark S - 5,223
Pam S - 4,849
Jeff S - 12,000
David W - 16,103
Joel W – 6,117

Raymond W - 6,265
Joseph W - 12,077
Glenn Y - 17,304

Dennis hit 5*0*0*K, David reached 350K, Glenn stretched to 250K, Jeff S hit 200K and Raymond hit 100K!
AS of Thursday's close, that was 2@500K, another 4 at 300K, 8 more at 200K, 6 more had reached 150K, and 8 more 100K. THAT'S 28 OF 43 WITH 100K OR MORE! AWESOME!

[goyo]

Down to the last days of the challenge.
Finish Strong!

[Izzzmeister]

Concept2 shared this article on Facebook:

Fighting the 'erg'

"Rowers had to maintain the stroke rate Carlson barked out, starting at 20 strokes per minute and ascending to 30, with the final interval an all-out sprint. (The fastest rower reached 44 strokes per minute.)"

Yikes! I can't imagine 44 SPM!

Oh, and I'm really glad I don't need to keep a bucket next to the erg.....

Just shattered my PB again, this time going below the next psychological barrier of 6:45, and still have not needed the... ahem, biohazard... bucket, but there's always the CRASH-B's!
In the run-up to Saturday's Indianapolis Rowing Center C2 Regatta, the coach had those of us who can't make it on Saturday do our 2Ks. I came out of the starting gate too fast (even saw a 1:29 on my monitor), and though I was aiming for 1:41 splits, my first was at 1:37.0. But I survived (barely), and finished at 6:42.6 (copies to the C2 website as 6:42.7, so I must've been on the cusp), 6 seconds better than my 6:48.6 of 32 days before. That's a 17s improvement in 14 weeks of training! 3+ weeks to go!
And no, I can't imagine 44 long strokes a minute (33-36 is hard enough), are those incomplete 1/2 & 3/4 strokes?

[Izzzmeister]

Down to the last days of the challenge.
Finish Strong!

Great graphic, need to keep that - with the Food Pyramid one - for the future!
We had been #4 of the 50 teams with 20 or more rowers in meters-per-person - but we fell to 5th by a sliver yesterday!
Had a few more people done 17K like you did, Glenn, we would've held on. (Personally, it was a "hard day" for me yesterday - a 2K at PB speed, a 1K, and a 500m with 2K warmups and cooldowns - so those days don't pile on meters. It's my endurance rows - next should be 28K at 125-130 heart rate - that really add meters. Still, I'm glad I beat my month's goal... that would've been personally embarrassing if I'd fallen short while exhorting others to hit theirs.)
Yes, after-burner time has officially arrived!

[kringel]

Argh, I have been hit by what we are calling "The Plague" at work... running rampant through departments. I'm hoping I feel well enough for at least one more row before the VTC is over. Has not gone as well as I'd hoped, but there is always March Madness! Plus, I'm like 25K away from my first lifetime million... feeling like crap is really aggravating!

Grats to everyone who's put up so many meters this month! Well done!!
-- Karen

[Izzzmeister]

Thursday was a big day for hitting personal milestones! Congrats, all! (I'll leave the wooting to Lisa, Queen of Woots.)
16 of our 54 esteemed members (30%) have posted 207,017 total meters, causing the ambulators on the river bank to put down their parasols and pick up their monocles!
Milestones achieved: Joseph W hit 1.6M, Jeff S hit 1.2M, Dennis hit 900K, Coach Mike hit 900K, Jamie hit 800K, David hit 800K (the race to 1MM will be hot for the preceding 4 + Tyrone, Raymond, etc.!), Joel hit 500K and Mark hit 250K!
Just you wait!: Yisroel now approaching 2M (-32,298m), Raymond right near 800K (-8,906m), Tyrone one day from 700K (-10,578m) [okay, I peeked - he made it!], if Chris misses 600K, he'll hold his breath till he turns (deeper) blue (-7,409m), Daiva close to 500K (-14,425m), Lisa's back strong enough for 400K (-2,896m), Glenn has a jump on 400K (-15,344m), while Pam pursues 150K (-1,957m)!
John’s 5 Million Meter Countdown Clock: 4,928,699 down, 71,301 to go…

Posted Meters:
Mike K – 33,647 Gotta admit, man rides hard!
Dennis H – 20,048 Doesn't give up!
Glenn Y – 17,304 Watching Lungs of Steel videos?
David W – 16,103 Another 110K week!

Matthew R – 14,033 Hot stuff!
Jamie B – 13,251 Second big day back!
Doug E – 12,968 Another Baker's Dozen row!
Yisroel H – 12,513 Did 2K in 6:42.7!

Joseph W – 12,077 Nice row to 1.6MM!
Jeff S – 12,000 All those 12K to hit 1.2M!
Fred B – 10,619 Holding his own in a tough clutch of rowers...
Chris H – 10,000 Fifth 10K+ of the week!

Raymond W – 6,265 Hit 100K for the month!
Joel W – 6,117 Cool HALF MILLION!
Mark S – 5,223 A quarter of a million down...
Pam S – 4,849 Nice row!

[Izzzmeister]

Argh, I have been hit by what we are calling "The Plague" at work... running rampant through departments. I'm hoping I feel well enough for at least one more row before the VTC is over. Has not gone as well as I'd hoped, but there is always March Madness! Plus, I'm like 25K away from my first lifetime million... feeling like crap is really aggravating!

Grats to everyone who's put up so many meters this month! Well done!!
-- Karen

We have a lot of fluey bugs going around one state down, as well...
Do what you can, don't do what you can't (and bug Britt a bit)!

[goyo]

Still, I'm glad I beat my month's goal... that would've been personally embarrassing if I'd fallen short while exhorting others to hit theirs.)

Congratulations on the PB and beating your month's goal!!!
My January goal has been consistency: meters logged each day of the challenge. I'll rest on 2/1, but not as long as I did last year when spider webs formed between my C2's footrests.

[Coach]

I have really stepped up my game due to this VTC............but it sure feels great. I plan on reducing my meters to sane level next month!!

[damselfly]

Thursday was a big day for hitting personal milestones! Congrats, all! (I'll leave the wooting to Lisa, Queen of Woots.)

W00t W00t!! And an additional W00t to Izz for blowing away is previous PB!!

Yesterday was rest day, and today I did a 4-mile hilly trail with my buds. But if I have some energy this afternoon I will try to put in a few meters. I have 23.5k to go to hit 200 for the challenge, 6k a day. Way doable.

I'll be cutting back to probably only 2 days a week after the challenge too. I'm starting to lose my running chops, and haven't done any strength training since around Turkey Day (I lack discipline, big-time!).

[Dennis B.]

I have really stepped up my game due to this VTC............but it sure feels great. I plan on reducing my meters to sane level next month!!

The contest ends tonight...correct? I'm coughing terribly on your dust.......take it easy...relax this weekend ...you deserve it :

[damselfly]

The contest ends tonight...correct? I'm coughing terribly on your dust.......take it easy...relax this weekend ...you deserve it :

According to the info off the main page, it runs from 12:00 a.m. January 1 and 11:59 p.m. January 31. So we have till the end of Monday.... All hands still on deck!

[damselfly]

Avast me hearties! (I'm feeling pirate-y today I guess...)

A quick posting of today's meters before I have to vacate the premesis... A somewhat slow day in the VTC boat today, perhaps everyone is resting up for the final sprint this weekend!! We're still holding 15, but within easy spitting distance, so watch your back Coach Mike, biohazards may be flying!!

12 of 43 members logged 211,789 total meters (28% oars in the water). The good news is those that posted meters all posted really solid rows! Way to row, team!!

Posted Meters:
Jamie B - 21,097
Monica D - 15,014
Doug E - 13,018
Gary G - 15,112
Peter H - 10,000

Brenda H - 5,119
Dennis H - 24,109
Tyrone P - 37,066
Jeff R - 17,200
Jeff S - 12,000

David W - 23,539
Glenn Y - 18,515