Great rowing everyone! Wow, we're at 8.1MM for the challenge!! Amazing!! We somehow slipped to 16th place though, but are less than 100k behind 15th, so if anyone has extra meters they still need to enter.... hint, hint...goyo wrote:Congratulations Team!!!
MAZAL TOV!Izzzmeister wrote:Ouch! Of course, having told everybody I was going to do a "long & steady" 28K today, I couldn't let well enough alone.
I stopped at Walgreen's on my way home, and bought a couple of quarts of Powerade and a sippee cup. I lined up a couple of cups (with straws) of half Powerade, half Crystal Light (as a diabetic, I need to limit my simple carbs, but as a person doing a marathon, I need to replace some of the glycogen and electrolytes I'm using up), and a cup of yogurt.
The 28K I do without a break, but I decided to do a marathon instead. The last time, I took five 40-second breaks (:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00 & 2:30) - this time, I took three 30-second breaks (at :50, 1:35 & 2:05) of one soup spoon of yogurt and 8 ounces of liquid. My RowPro pace boat never moved, and RowPro blew up after about 5 minutes. But I rowed on, through blisters, numb derriere, upper back twinges, and a leg cramp. I finished in 2:43:02.3, 3rd best in my age group (3 of 43), 14th of 212 among all male heavyweights. (Almost 6 1/2 minutes better than last time.)
Guess I hit 2 million with a splash, though I feel like last year's tennis shoes right now. Considering that I did 1.336M meters all of last year, I've already done 50% more than all of last season with 3 months left.
Still aiming for a Top-10 finish in the CRASH-Bs, definitely have the aerobic base part, but still need to sharpen my efficiency and speed...
I'm hurting, but I'll try to post as soon as I feel non-zombielike.
Congrats on your first (I'm sure of many!) million, Coach!Coach wrote:Easy week for me. I hit my Lifetime Million last night and hope to hit my seasonal million by the end of the week.
I am taking it easy after a very tough month!!
And, a GREAT BIG SHOUTOUT 
for Izzi and Lisa for keeping us UP and the info posted and flowing. We gots a lotta good boats in our group! Glenn, Did you make this from scratch with all the crinkly paper and faint print and rough edges? Sweet! Of course, you now have to keep this kind of production up for all our challenges, you know.goyo wrote:
Who would have expected this result after the rough waters in December?
I didn't make it from scratch--I took a shortcut on that one.damselfly wrote:Glenn, Did you make this from scratch with all the crinkly paper and faint print and rough edges? Sweet! Of course, you now have to keep this kind of production up for all our challenges, you know.
Hope to be back in the erg seat tomorrow.Hey, Jeff, don't go rowing through the wall now! If your hat is tipped NOW, it would be completely askew then!theOtherOne wrote:Great rowing Team! I too wanted to give a definite tip of the hat to Izzi & Lisa for the inspiration all month long. The call to arms and daily updates were always there to kick my ass back on the erg every morning at an obscenely early hour.
...now, where is that next wall to row thru?
~j
