TimbukTOO Team Room

[Izzzmeister]

Congratulations Heather on topping 1 MILLION!!

I second the motion! Heather's tops in my book! Congratulations, Hummingbird!!!

[johnb]

I thought I posted my FTC goal, but I don't see it anywhere. My intent is to exceed 200k, so that is my commitment. Last year I think I projected 300k for one challenge and was disappointed when I could only muster 280k. I find that to be ludicrous and so, I may be sandbagging a bit, but my goal is to over deliver and not let myself be disappointed after busting my tail for a month. So 200K is my projection.

[linneaf]

I see my ship mates have quite lofty goals for the fall!!
I have no idea what to aim for, with some travel plans and work interfering with my pirate ways!.
I'll toss out 100k and 'paddle' like mad so I won't have to walk the plank!

Congratulations on all the milestones people have been reaching!! Sooo great to see this!

[D6K9Cop]

Thanks Doug G. Good info and much appreciated.

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! A sweet and sweaty 16 of 63 members (25%) logged 116,275 total meters Friday!

Milestones achieved:
Gary G accrued 1.1M, and J.K. clobbered 700K!!

Approaching milestones:
Jim C is battling for 1.1M (-40,000m), Jay K. is converging on 800K (-30,456m), Neil Q is paddling towards 700K (-50,000m), Diana K is speeding towards 600K (-38,025m), Chris B is racing towards 400K (-15,115m), and Kevin K is catching up to 25K (-6,953m)

Posted Meters:
Gary G - 18,479
J.K. - 13,150 Big!
Chris B - 10,161 Yow!
Neil Q - 10,000 On target!
Diana K - 10,000 Super!
Mark St - 8,500 Strong!
John B - 8,043 Can't get enough!
Jim C - 8,000 Saving himself!
Bobbie Z - 7,506 5 in a row!
Tammy G - 5,200 Great!
Katerina M - 4,500 Three-fer!
Jay K. - 3,500 Nice!
Barbara B - 3,366 4 out of 5!
John Sc. - 3,315 Quickie!
Kevin K - 2,000 Crank up the A/C!
Jim K - 555 Sticking a (presumably booted) toe back in the water!

[damselfly]

A big welcome-back shout out to returning teammate Roger Gwinn, who hauls aboard over 570k meters of cargo to our little boat! Welcome back, Roger!! All told, 17 of 64 members (27%) logged 1,012,296 total meters Saturday!

Milestones achieved:
Diane M broke through 5.5M, and Heather R pushed past 1.1M!!

Approaching milestones:
Bobbie Z is intent on 1.2M (-41,895m), Doug G and Jay K are shooting it out for 800K (-7,645m and -22,956m), Diana K and Roger G are drawing near 600K (-28,025m and -29,906m), Adam M is making a run for 150K (-18,518m), and Kerim O is chasing 35K (-910m)

This week's frequent rowers (Sat 8/30 through Fri 9/5):
Jay K. - 7
Bobbie K, Jim C, John Sc. & Katerina M - 6
Bobbie Z, Doug G, Neil Q & Tammy G - 5
Andy I, Barbara B, Diana K, Gary G, J.K., John B & Mark St - 4

Posted Meters:
Roger G - 570,094 Welcome back!
Diane M - 300,000 Big upload!
Heather R - 20,000 Strong and fit!
Keir P - 15,920 Battling island fever!
Katerina M - 15,600 Whoa!
Bobbie Z - 15,052 Also Whoa!
Doug G - 13,437 Massive week!
Gary G - 12,663 Dynomite!
Diana K - 10,000 Two-fer 10s!
Stephen M - 10,000 Settling in nicely!
Jay K. - 7,500 Outstanding!
J.K. - 7,015 Aaarrrggg! It's back! 7015 is back!
Tammy G - 5,000 Sweet!
Kerim O - 4,000 Super!!
Adam M - 3,000 Sneaks in a quickie!
Bobbie K - 2,500 Back strong after a rest day!
Jim K - 515 Must not'a hurt too bad yesterday... Be carefull!

[damselfly]

Thus for for challenge goals I have (in no particular order):

John B - 200,000
Ron M - 177,000
Lisa H - 75,000
Kevin K - 75,000
Mark St - 150,000
Stephen M - 100,000
Linnea F - 100,000
Gary G - 225,000
Yisroel H - 250,000
Bobbie Z - 275,000

Get yours in today! (They can be added or changed during the challenge... never fear...)

[dag1]

Hey Lisa, you can put me down for 175k for ftc. I will be in Santa Barbara on vacation for 1 week so I'm counting on finding a rower, and getting some meters in while I'm there. I hope 24 hr fitness will let me in for a reasonable daily rate.

[johnb]

Some great rows today preparing for the FTC. Basically I rowed for a little over 5 miles. Did two time trials at 500 and 1000 meters, setting personal bests in both. I shaved 4 tenths of a second off of my 500 meter time. I cut much more off my 1000 meter time (over 7 seconds) but that is more reflective of how slow my prior 1K best time was. My new times are 1:46.4 and 3:49.5 respectively, I'm happy with them, but know that I can improve on them both. My next time trials will be 2000 and 5000 meters, although I haven't set a time table. I realize I still need to do a lot of training to improve and newd to plan my approach carefully. By the last 100 meters of the 1K I was flaming out, and the same may be true for the last 50 meters of the 500k.

[damselfly]

Some great rows today preparing for the FTC. Basically I rowed for a little over 5 miles. Did two time trials at 500 and 1000 meters, setting personal bests in both. I shaved 4 tenths of a second off of my 500 meter time. I cut much more off my 1000 meter time (over 7 seconds) but that is more reflective of how slow my prior 1K best time was. My new times are 1:46.4 and 3:49.5 respectively, I'm happy with them, but know that I can improve on them both. My next time trials will be 2000 and 5000 meters, although I haven't set a time table. I realize I still need to do a lot of training to improve and newd to plan my approach carefully. By the last 100 meters of the 1K I was flaming out, and the same may be true for the last 50 meters of the 500k.

Way to row!! You've come a long way, John!!

[johnb]

Way to row!! You've come a long way, John!!

Thanks Lisa. The part I am really happy about was on the 1000 meter row, I kept my average stroke rate down to 27. The positive feedback and input from teammates here really helps too.

[D6K9Cop]

Great job John.

[D6K9Cop]

Did some pyramid intervals today. 250,500,750, 1000,750,500 & 250 with 1:30 rest per 250. Rowed hard and rolled off. Good session. going to start doing some regattas after the team challenge.

[damselfly]

Did some pyramid intervals today. 250,500,750, 1000,750,500 & 250 with 1:30 rest per 250. Rowed hard and rolled off. Good session. going to start doing some regattas after the team challenge.

Studly!

[johnb]

Did some pyramid intervals today. 250,500,750, 1000,750,500 & 250 with 1:30 rest per 250. Rowed hard and rolled off. Good session. going to start doing some regattas after the team challenge.

WOW!!!
I have been doing intervals, and my best tomes are good, but if I go truly all out my next 2 intervals are dreadful. I have to try the pyramid soon too. I am thinking I need to go 85% for the hard interval and then about 65-70% for my recovery intervals. I haven't read up on it, I am really just guessing on what my rest rowing level should be