TimbukTOO Team Room

[Izzzmeister]

Welcome back to our boat, Joel Westerhof! You’ve been missed! 17 of our mushrooming 55 members (31%) logged 212,928 total meters Thursday!

Milestones achieved: David W has moved on to 3.1M, Jeff S toughed past 100K, and Warren F also bested 100K!!
Approaching milestones: Kyle in sight of 2 MIL (-26,955m)!! Matthew oh-so-near 1 MIL (-1,646m)! Adam in reach of 1 MIL (-10,954m)! Elisa approaches 200K (-5,496m) with Kevin (-21,291m) and Aditya (-24,157m) drafting behind her!

Posted Meters:
David W - 28,032 Six huge rows AFTER a FM!
Aditya P - 21,097 Yet another HM!
Jim C - 20,000 Four 20Ks in 4 days!
Jodie J - 19,000 She’s a gift to Lisa from the erging gods…
Kyle J - 18,000 Competition’s getting fierce…

Elisa H - 12,015 Got back her Eye of the Tiger…
Kevin K - 12,000 Great rowing, any way you do the math!
Jerry H - 12,000 Daily solid rows…
Matthew R - 11,266 Very familiar…
Jeff S - 11,000 We’re glad it’s getting cold in Michigan…

Andy I - 9,123 Following the great tips from the jocks is really paying off!
Ron M - 8,512 Relentless…
Lisa H - 8,040 You trying to make me look bad, lady?!
Joel W - 6,478 Off to a great start!
Warren F - 6,000 Moving up the ranks…

Adam M - 5,365 Steady!
Bob G - 5,000 Part of a well-rounded fitness regime…

[Izzzmeister]

Did we give the food diary lecture yet? If not, if goes like this:... I think Izz once had a wise quote. If we tried 50% as hard to eat right as we do to row, we'd all look like Shannen Doherty (maybe he said Alyssa Milano I don't really know what era he's pulling names from)."..

The way I feel right now, I probably said Helen of Troy (although Roseanne Barr is my Ideal Woman)!

[The Blacksmith]

I thought I ought to give the team a heads up-I'm out of commission for a bit-got a really nice case of shingles. Rather uncomfortable (well,painful)-hope it goes away soon.

[BoB/335]

Hey Mike,
I have a Collings Dreadnaught (D2H) in a beautiful sunburst. I've always been an electric player and am the original owner of a 1968 Gibson ES335 in beautiful condition.
Check out my acoustic "Demo" sometime at http://www.soundcloud.com/AcousticSkyline

Holy crap Bob, I thought that was Neil Diamond singing, no kidding, that was right on! So you can sing AND play the guitar, good for you

And that 68 Gibson must be a killer, NICE! I went and got a Jeff Beck Signature Strat earlier this year, in Surf Green no less...I am stuck in the 60's with Surf Music!

I grew up in Flushing, Queens but am now in Bethlehem, PA, where on LI are you located?

Mike

Thanks! Was never really a Neil Diamond fan (though I like a couple of his tunes) but I thought his stuff was in my key and fit my voice. If it fits, wear it! I consider myself a guitarist first who can sing some. (not the other way around) Never sang much in the bands of old. I bought the Eric Johnson Strat a couple of years ago because of a deal TOO GOOD to pass up. And not that I'm an Eric Johnson fan but I got to see him a week or so ago. That guy can play! Even though I would have rather seen Larry Carlton the night before.

Anyway, hope to get a good row in a little later today. Looking forward to the Diabetes Walk tomorrow on the Jones Beach Boardwalk. Suppose to be a beautiful day.
Step Out Fall 2012
donations.diabetes.org

[damselfly]

I thought I ought to give the team a heads up-I'm out of commission for a bit-got a really nice case of shingles. Rather uncomfortable (well,painful)-hope it goes away soon.

Oh no!! I've head that's really painful. Hope you mend soon.

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! A sweet and savvy 16 of 55 members (29%) logged 194,490 total meters Friday!

Milestones achieved:
Our newest millionaire!! Gary G hit 1M!! Yisroel H hit 900K, and Mike M hit 75K!!

Approaching milestones:
Kyle (-1,955m) and Jerry (-48,689m) are in the hunt for 2M, Jim is nearing1.8M (-40,000m), Adam is about to join Gary with 1M (-5,619m), Lisa might be at 800K by Monday (-20,030m), Jodie is blazing towards 600K (-18,247m), Ron is a couple tenners from 500K (-21,551m), Kevin is closing on 200K (-10,291m), and Jamie is about to best 150K (-23,572m). Row strong, team!

Posted Meters:
David W - 26,043 Our en-ERG-izer bunny!
Kyle J - 25,000 Yow!
Jim C - 20,000 Caught up yet?
Yisroel H - 16,277 Oarn't you glad you got in some rowing?
Jodie J - 15,000 Streak still unbroken!
Gary G - 14,089 A cool mill!
Jerry H - 12,000 Stupendous!
Ron M - 11,000 This row goes...
Kevin K - 11,000 ... to Eleven!
Mike M - 10,000 Has found his rhythm!
Lisa H - 7,121 ... after hot hilly run...
Nancy W - 6,552 Nice!
Jamie B - 6,043 On kilter!
Adam M - 5,335 Squeezing it in...
Warren F - 5,030 Looking good! Looks like the program is in place...
Andy I - 4,000 How'd the stress test go? Green light for the Crash-B's?

[damselfly]

We bid sayonara to Walter Washington who is travelling to points unknown, taking his meters with him. We're sad to see him go (if unsurprised). We have dropped into 8th, tho we're still ahead of the Tweeters... A tired and tenacious 24 of 47 members (51%) logged 279,072 total meters Friday!


Posted Meters:
Danny A - 10,000
Rusty A - 3,830
Jamie B - 6,043
Jim C - 20,000
Warren F - 5,030

Gary G - 14,089
Lisa H - 7,121
Bruce H - 10,066
Jerry H - 12,000
Yisroel H - 16,277

Andy I - 4,000
Jodie J - 15,000
Kyle J - 25,000
Doug K - 10,000
Kevin K - 11,000

Mike M - 10,000
Ron M - 11,000
Adam M - 5,335
Terri M - 7,500
Cindy S - 16,219

Tara V - 7,332
Lee W - 19,635
David W - 26,043
Nancy W - 6,552


Challenge Goals - Day 14 of 31 (45.2%):
Kevin K - 124,000 of 150,000 (82.7%)
Mike M - 81,000 of 105,000 (77.1%)
Ulla D - 73,585 of 100,000 (73.6%)
Jim C - 190,000 of 300,000 (63.3%)
Lisa H - 126,332 of 200,000 (63.2%)
Andy I - 175,704 of 300,000 (58.6%)
Aditya P - 54,358 of 100,000 (54.4%)
Warren F - 62,733 of 120,000 (52.3%)
Ron M - 140,706 of 300,000 (46.9%)

Brent C - 73,031 of 180,000 (40.6%)
Yisroel H - 80,738 of 300,000 (26.9%)


Milestones achieved:
David sailed past 350K, Kyle blasted by 250K, Lee nailed 150K, and Terri blew through 100K!!

[BoB/335]

Hi All,

So maybe it's been a while since I posted on the forum. I KNOW that most of you here know how rowing helped me get control of my diabetes, lose weight (which I never knew that I even had 25 lbs to lose), and get into about the best shape I've ever been in.
I've been pretty bummed by the results I have gotten from the 228 "friends" on facebook with helping with my Fundraising efforts for the Diabetes Walk that I am participating in. The results I got from my "Team" was even worse. For people who are so into rowing and the benefits it has it's really disheartening.

I think I'm just going to bow out of this team and teams all together and just row myself away. Wish I could say it's been great!

Bob

[The Blacksmith]

Hey Bob,
Couple of random thoughts. It's really impressive about your journey in getting healthier. I am most definitely not a facebook guy, and didn't know that you were even raising money to help finds a cure (my participation has been low here for a while-mostly due to health stuff). Diabetes runs in my family, and I did a 60 some mile ride a while back to raise money for the same thing. Hate to see you leave-we need people like you around here-especially people who are willing to put forth a bunch of effort to help others. I am willing to put up some dough to help your effort-don't have a lot (took a beating because of the economy and health crap) but pm me and I'll pony up some dough.
How about we all try to help Bob as a team with his effort and see if we can do our part to help other people out?? A couple bucks from those who can do it might be the couple bucks that helps to fund a cure for this terrible disease.

[damselfly]

Hey Bob, I'm really sorry to hear you feel that way. I feel doubly bad because I truly did have the intention to pledge your efforts (as I did Matthew Patton when he did something similar last March). I have been swamped with my own stuff lately and I was surprised when you posted that the walk was already occurring, and chagrined that time had gone by so quickly and I didn't do what I had intended. I didn't realize we could still pledge after the event (if we can). I'd be willing still to do so if it's possible.

I do want to say though that I feel your expectations of the team might be a bit high. As someone who posts here almost daily, has a thumb on the pulse of the forum participation, and also closely follows the rowing participation, I can say that it seems most folks don't check in here too often, and are many times distracted by life and their own physical and fiscal challenges. Remember when I PM'd you a while back because you'd dropped off the map and I was concerned for you? You were OK but had gotten really busy with work (which is a good thing!). Well, that's par for the course. You let us know on Sept. 25 about the walk, and the walk was Sept 30. Probably most people on the team didn't even see the message, like Smitty said.

It would be a shame to lose you from the team, but do whatever you need to do. I'm sure we all wish you the best, including continued good health and fortune, and am glad that hopefully for a while this team was able to support you in that quest, at least a little bit.

Best wishes,

Lisa

Edit to add: Well, that's how out of it I am, as I didn't realize the 30th was tomorrow. (I haven't been sleeping well lately. Oh well.) I've made a donation. Good luck with your fund-raising, and I hope you have a great walk tomorrow.

[damselfly]

All hands on deck, all eyes on the horizon! An elite and elated 11 of 55 members (20%) logged 144,019 total meters Saturday!

Milestones achieved:
Kyle J bested 2M, Matthew and Adam tag-teamed 1M, Kevin K blasted 200K, and Tom W sailed past 35K!!

Approaching milestones:
Jerry is nearing 2M (-36,689m), Lisa is close to 800K (-7,980m), Jodie is can see the white's of 600K's eyes (-247m), and Ron is on the verge of 500K (-13,721m). Row strong, team!

This week's frequent rowers (Sat 9/22 through Fri 9/28):
Andy I, David W, Jerry H, Jodie J, Kevin K, Lisa H & Ron M - 7
Adam M, Kyle J & Warren F - 6
Jim C & Matthew R - 5
Brent C, Gary G, James C, Mike E & Mike M - 4

Posted Meters:
Kyle J - 25,000 An unstoppable force!
Jodie J - 18,000 Fueled by Red Bull?
Gary G - 17,373 A big 'un!
Kevin K - 14,000 A little extra for Saturday!
Lisa H - 12,050 Good thing we'll never run out of TV!
Jerry H - 12,000 Looking good!
Matthew R - 11,266 Steady on...
Tom W - 10,000 Excellent!!!
Adam M - 10,000 Long row day!
Ron M - 7,830 The streak is alive!
Warren F - 6,500 Looking very good!

[damselfly]

As we say bon voyage to two more teammates (Bob and Terri), we still hold a solid 8th place, and we're closer to 7th than 9th is to us, if that makes any sense. A tired but toned 12 of 45 members (27%) logged 164,567 total meters Saturday!


Posted Meters:
Warren F - 6,500
Gary G - 17,373
Lisa H - 12,050
Jerry H - 12,000
Jodie J - 18,000

Kyle J - 25,000
Kevin K - 14,000
Ron M - 7,830
Adam M - 10,000
Matthew R - 11,266

Cindy S - 20,548
Tom W - 10,000


Challenge Goals - Day 15 of 31 (48.4%):
Kevin K - 138,000 of 150,000 (92.0%)
Mike M - 81,000 of 105,000 (77.1%)
Ulla D - 73,585 of 100,000 (73.6%)
Lisa H - 138,382 of 200,000 (69.2%)
Jim C - 190,000 of 300,000 (63.3%)
Andy I - 175,704 of 300,000 (58.6%)
Warren F - 69,233 of 120,000 (57.7%)
Aditya P - 54,358 of 100,000 (54.4%)
Ron M - 148,536 of 300,000 (49.5%)

Brent C - 73,031 of 180,000 (40.6%)
Yisroel H - 80,738 of 300,000 (26.9%)


Milestones achieved:
Gary sailed past 100K!!

[damselfly]

Today's rowing tip: Stay in the boat!

[Quatroux]

I thought I ought to give the team a heads up-I'm out of commission for a bit-got a really nice case of shingles. Rather uncomfortable (well,painful)-hope it goes away soon.

Get well soon. This is the best I could find for you:

Bubba walked into a doctor's office and the receptionist asked him what he had. Bubba said, "Shingles." So she wrote down his name, address, medical insurance number and told him to have a seat.
Fifteen minutes later a nurse's aide came out and asked Bubba what he had.
Bubba said, "Shingles." So she wrote down his height, weight, a complete medical history and told Bubba to wait in the examining room.
A half hour later a nurse came in and asked Bubba what he had. Bubba said, "Shingles." So the nurse gave Bubba a blood test, a blood pressure test, an electrocardiogram, and told Bubba to take off all his clothes and wait for the doctor.
An hour later the doctor came in and asked Bubba what he had. Bubba said, "Shingles." The doctor asked, "Where?"
Bubba said, "Outside on the truck. Where do you want them?"



source: http://www.jokebuddha.com/topic/Shingles#ixzz283OBS2LZ

[Quatroux]

Andy I - 4,000 How'd the stress test go? Green light for the Crash-B's?

I did 12 minutes on the treadmill. I made the mistake of chatting the guy up at the beginning and then he kept asking me questions while I was running straight up a wall at 6 miles per hour! His final questions was, "We've gone 12 minutes. Do you want to do 3 more?". Seriously? Of course I don't want to do 3 more. Why would you even ask that? If I had known that I had the option we would have stopped at 9.
Anyway, no one has called. They'd call if it was bad. I have a physical today so we'll see if my internist and cardiologist new computers systems really talk to each other.
What I do know is:
1) surviving a 3-day weekend of college football and brewery tours in Seattle proves that my liver is working great.
2) Running and rowing are very different.
3) I've dropped out of the top 100 for the FTC so I need to get rowing again