TimbukTOO Team Room

[damselfly]

Still in 13th, with a solid 6,109,879 meters!! Those wily Canadians are creeping up on us though!! Be on alert! They may try to distract us with some maple syrup** and try to slip by us! A hale and hearty 18 of 74 members (24%) logged 259,137 total meters Saturday!

**I happen to know that Cindy R makes her own maple syrup, so we have our very own team supply!


Posted Meters:
Rusty A - 12,653
Rachel B - 8,152
Dale C - 20,113
Brent C - 5,000
Amanda G - 5,015

Andy I - 30,024
Kyle J - 22,533
Kevin K - 2,000
Ron M - 10,027
Adam M - 10,500

Tyrone P - 42,000
Matthew R - 11,584
Steve R - 17,362
Glenn S - 8,039
Mark S - 8,543

Tara V - 8,141
David W - 26,340
Joseph W - 11,111


Challenge Goals - Day 19 of 31 (61.3%):
Pat M - 89,536 of 100,000 (89.5%)
Tara V - 85,818 of 100,000 (85.8%)
Dale C - 255,730 of 300,000 (85.2%)
Jonathan R - 209,244 of 250,000 (83.7%)
Kyle J - 382,853 of 500,000 (76.6%)
Cindy R - 80,213 of 110,000 (72.9%)
Adam M - 178,851 of 250,000 (71.5%)
Andy I - 275,541 of 400,000 (68.9%)
Amanda G - 97,179 of 150,000 (64.8%)
Ron M - 129,137 of 200,000 (64.6%)
Jim C - 230,000 of 375,000 (61.3%)

David W - 489,095 of 800,000 (61.1%)
Brent C - 60,243 of 100,000 (60.2%)
Rachel B - 58,181 of 100,000 (58.2%)
Mark S - 57,817 of 100,000 (57.8%)
Lisa H - 140,876 of 250,000 (56.4%)
Margaret W - 81,085 of 150,000 (54.1%)
Jamie B - 153,841 of 300,000 (51.3%)
Yisroel H - 147,494 of 300,000 (49.2%)
Mike M - 95,556 of 200,000 (47.8%)
Heather R - 66,000 of 150,000 (44.0%)
Mark E - 104,521 of 250,000 (41.8%)
Deb J - 19,789 of 50,000 (39.6%)
Bernie J - 28,872 of 75,000 (38.5%)


Milestones achieved:
Andy and Dale vaulted past 250K, Rusty hit 200K, and Mark and Kevin achieved 50K!!

[bcurry]

I have to come here to seek sympathy. I recently joined an arena soccer team. Haven't played since my teenage years. Sprinting is a whole different set of muscles apparently. I am amazed I am keeping up with my virtual challenge meters through this as well.

On the bright side, scored my first goal last night

[_Acorn_]

Sprinting is a whole different set of muscles apparently. I am amazed I am keeping up with my virtual challenge meters through this as well.

On the bright side, scored my first goal last night

Amen to that! As another former soccer player, it is soooo humbling to go back to a sport you were once halfway decent at.
Good on you for scoring! Yeeehaaa!

On that note - I'm off to Hawaii for five days for our long delayed honeymoon. No rowing for the week, but some excellent hikes, snorkeling and hopefully some beach time!

[damselfly]

Congratulations to you both!!

[The Blacksmith]

If they put the maple syrup on Hagen Daz Vanilla, I'm done for

[Quatroux]

If they put the maple syrup on Hagen Daz Vanilla, I'm done for

I was thinking this:
"If they put the maple syrup on ANYTHING, I'm done for."

[damselfly]

All hands on deck, jonesing for some luscious, syrupy goodness! A sweet and sticky 14 of 66 members (21%) logged 237,167 total meters Sunday!

Milestones achieved:
Matthew vaulted over 1.7M, John landed 1.3M in style, and Aditya and Dale each have a cool half mill!!

Approaching milestones:
Andy is sliding towards 2.2M (-43,795m), Joseph is ondering towards 900K (-1,456m), Jamie is nearing 800K (-31,230m), Mike is a marathon from 600K (-42,397m), Amanda is looking towards 250K (-9,527m), Mark is nearing 200K (-15,224m), and Marius is approaching 75K (-6,000m). Row strong!!

Posted Meters:
John S - 42,195 FULL MARATHON!! WOOT!!
Aditya P - 33,680 Welcome back to the boat!
Dale C - 28,926 Holy moly!!
Kyle J - 22,147 5th in a row higher than 22k!
Mark S - 17,654 Holy cow!!!
Andy I - 15,842 3rd 15k in two days!
Tyrone P - 15,000 No rest down under, either!
Amanda G - 11,935 A new personal distance record!
Matthew R - 11,500 Back to normal!
Joseph W - 11,111 Onederful!
Mike M - 10,000 10k from who knows where!
Jamie B - 6,177 Solid!
Marius S - 6,000 Won the coin toss for extra erg time!
Daiva S - 5,000 Need to sharpen those elbows!

[damselfly]

Still hanging on in 13th, giving those wily Canadians a good view of our stern... with 6,410,035 meters!! That puts us close to our target pace to reach 10MM for the challenge!! 18 of 74 members (24%) logged 271,202 total meters Sunday!

Posted Meters:
Rusty A - 12,657
Jamie B - 6,177
Dale C - 28,926
Amanda G - 11,935
Andy I - 15,842

Kyle J - 22,147
Mike M - 10,000
Mark O - 12,000
Aditya P - 33,680
Tyrone P - 15,000

Job R - 4,378
Matthew R - 11,500
Steve R - 5,000
Daiva S - 5,000
Marius S - 6,000

Mark S - 17,654
John S - 42,195
Joseph W - 11,111


Challenge Goals - Day 20 of 31 (64.5%):
Dale C - 284,656 of 300,000 (94.9%)
Pat M - 89,536 of 100,000 (89.5%)
Tara V - 85,818 of 100,000 (85.8%)
Jonathan R - 209,244 of 250,000 (83.7%)
Kyle J - 405,000 of 500,000 (81.0%)
Mark S - 75,471 of 100,000 (75.5%)
Cindy R - 80,213 of 110,000 (72.9%)
Andy I - 291,383 of 400,000 (72.8%)
Amanda G - 109,114 of 150,000 (72.7%)
Adam M - 178,851 of 250,000 (71.5%)
Ron M - 129,137 of 200,000 (64.6%)

Jim C - 230,000 of 375,000 (61.3%)
David W - 489,095 of 800,000 (61.1%)
Brent C - 60,243 of 100,000 (60.2%)
Rachel B - 58,181 of 100,000 (58.2%)
Lisa H - 140,876 of 250,000 (56.4%)
Margaret W - 81,085 of 150,000 (54.1%)
Jamie B - 160,018 of 300,000 (53.3%)
Mike M - 105,556 of 200,000 (52.8%)
Yisroel H - 147,494 of 300,000 (49.2%)
Heather R - 66,000 of 150,000 (44.0%)
Mark E - 104,521 of 250,000 (41.8%)
Deb J - 19,789 of 50,000 (39.6%)
Bernie J - 28,872 of 75,000 (38.5%)


Milestones achieved:
Kyle burst through 400K, Tyrone walloped 250K, John and Steve hit 150K, and Amanda and Mike surpassed 100K!!

[Quatroux]

John S - 42,195 FULL MARATHON!! WOOT!!
Aditya P - 33,680 Welcome back to the boat!
Dale C - 28,926 Holy moly!!

You three made my radar today. I don't know if that is good or bad, but I have emoticons and I'm not afraid to use them.

Congrats to John on the marathon! This is a big deal! I'm glad you took a break from jumping over campfires to cramp your backside on a rower. I wouldn't want to be your hip flexors today.

Aditya - Congrats on 500k! Your halfway to a big milestone. You'll have to tell us about your profile photo sometime. I hear Florida has nice mountain ranges so my guess is something outside of Miami.

Dale, seriously. I'm supposed to take the bronze medal in this group. I don't feel well as it is and now you've got a wild hair. This aggression against the man will not stand, man. I'm going to have to ask you to slow it down a bit for me.

Slow day for me on the rower. I'm still not feeling 100% so my pace is down. A slow pace makes it easy to pile on the meters, but that doesn't do a thing for my training. I almost think I'd rather swim or bike if I can't row fast. I can do those things slowly and just call it crosstraining. Otherwise, I'm too big to be a coxswain.

Either we'll pass Greenville or get passed by Canada soon. I'm not sure which.

[aadit]

John S - 42,195 FULL MARATHON!! WOOT!!
Aditya P - 33,680 Welcome back to the boat!
Dale C - 28,926 Holy moly!!

You three made my radar today. I don't know if that is good or bad, but I have emoticons and I'm not afraid to use them.

Aditya - Congrats on 500k! Your halfway to a big milestone. You'll have to tell us about your profile photo sometime. I hear Florida has nice mountain ranges so my guess is something outside of Miami.

I started rowing Feb 4 last year, so am hoping to finish my first million by Feb 3. Am at 895K... Getting there will also mean I go past my 100K goal for the Jan team challenge! Work has been heavy - hence my erratic rowing pattern last couple of months. Fingers crossed on hitting my goals!

My profile photo is from a visit to the Himalayas a few years ago. The five peaks are collectively called Panchchuli. Needless to say, it was heavenly!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchchuli

[CONLEJM]

Slow day for me on the rower. I'm still not feeling 100% so my pace is down. A slow pace makes it easy to pile on the meters, but that doesn't do a thing for my training. I almost think I'd rather swim or bike if I can't row fast. I can do those things slowly and just call it crosstraining.

Ditto for me. I'd almost rather not row than row slowly, but I have been rowing very slowly for the past week for the sake of the team challenge.

[markman]

Mark S - 17,654 Holy cow!!!
Andy I - 15,842 3rd 15k in two days!
Tyrone P - 15,000 No rest down under, either!

I've been super busy at work and was behind my goal. Yesterday was a little cold for an outdoor bike ride so I settled in and did the single longest row I've ever done! Now, my butt is pretty sore today but I managed to gt in 30 minutes worth. I'm back on track now.

I'm amazed how many meters people are piling on here this month. I don't know how you guys do it but I'm suitably impressed. Keep up the great work!

[cindyreck]

Hi folks! I haven't been to the forum in awhile and thought I'd check in.

Happy Honeymooning to "Acorn." Sounds great!

Lisa, how are you healing up? Well, I hope.

Izzz- Catching up with us from the ER? Oh, my! I hope that turned out on the good side of things.

Maple syrup- yes, I do that. In fact, it'll be time to tap in a couple of weeks. Those Canadians got NUTTIN' on my syrup!

That is all. I'm sorry I'm a little low on meters lately. I have a sick kid and a hubby who's out of town for the week. We're just making due around here for now. I'll be back up to speed soon, I'm sure.

-Cindy

[Izzzmeister]

(sitting in a Jerusalem ER with my mom- in- law at 2am as I type this.)...

Hope everything is OK!

Sorry to keep you in suspense! I did pull an all-nighter in the ER in Hadassah Hospital - Mt. Scopus (Har HaTzofim in Hebrew). My mother-in-law turned 90 in November, but is almost totally independent, even doing most of her own shopping and cooking.
They invited me to stay with them, and I did. The second night there, she complained of blood in her stool, then proceeded to go blank for 5 minutes - just sitting up in her chair but totally unresponsive. My father-in-law said that it's the first time he's ever seen her do that, so we called the volunteer Emergency Responders (Hebrew name: Hatzalah. They always beat the ambulance to the house, so they are working on the patient for a few minutes by the time the ambulance arrives. They literally have to turn away volunteers, as the work is very gratifying since they clearly saving lives - but they try to maintain a certain homogeneity.). By the time they arrived, she was totally lucid - and since she didn't want to be in the hospital for tests over the weekend when all her children were flying in for her party, she talked the Responders and Ambulance Corps (Magen David Adom - 'Red Shield of David') not to take her in.
A half hour later, she again went blank, first pulling off clothes because she was so hot, then slumping unresponsively. Hatzalah asked my father-in-law over the phone to pinch her to make sure it wasn't only sleep, and a solid pinch elicited nothing. This faint also lasted about 5 minutes, and though she was lucid when she came out of it, the ambulance took her to the hospital for tests over her protestations. My father-in-law, whose 90th birthday is in 2 months, was feeling overwhelmed and asked me to go along.
I attended to the paperwork as they checked her in. A nurse and later a doctor checked her for everything from demetia to epileptic seizures to internal bleeding. They seemed to decide (without giving us any clear response) that it was internal bleeding, and they put her in a surgery preparation unit (which made her furious, as she refused to miss the weekend festivities).
In the morning, the regular doctors came in, checked the test results, and decided to send a scope down into her stomach. There. they saw minor bleeding from stomach irritation. She admitted that besides taking a 1/4 aspirin daily on the advice of her cardiologist, she had started taking aspirin daily for pain. The doctor took her off all aspirin, as it had caused her gastrointestinal bleeding, and prescribed a non-NSAID for any pain.
She fully participated in the weekend, had no recurrences or bloody stools, and was back to complaining that none of the harried party planners were slowing down to listen to her excellent advice...

No, I haven't caught up my sleep yet, and now I'm back stateside. (I did 10K and a 2K cooldown, so at least I should stop dropping in the rankings...)

[Quatroux]

That's great news, Izz. Welcome back. It is good to have you back on an erg.