TimbukTOO Team Room

[princemishkin]

Thank you all but realize I shall not be rowing for at least 7 days.

You know how when you work out and are sore, but get up and do it all over again and just keep moving to keep the soreness at bay? well, the soreness slammed me today LOL. I woke up and went to get out of bed I am was like OH, ya... I forgot about that after-effect LOL

So, I am gonna let my old bones and muscle rest for at least a week, I think they need and deserve it.

And ya Damsel, that has to be left over as I have not posted any rows in my logbook since the early PST time of the 16th, regarding my 15th's rowings

An amazing feat, Diane. I'm awestruck at what you achieved. Enjoy your rest!

Cheers
Gary D

[mathineer]

Thank you all but realize I shall not be rowing for at least 7 days.

You know how when you work out and are sore, but get up and do it all over again and just keep moving to keep the soreness at bay? well, the soreness slammed me today LOL. I woke up and went to get out of bed I am was like OH, ya... I forgot about that after-effect LOL

So, I am gonna let my old bones and muscle rest for at least a week, I think they need and deserve it.

And ya Damsel, that has to be left over as I have not posted any rows in my logbook since the early PST time of the 16th, regarding my 15th's rowings

I'm utterly amazed! 3M meters at 2:30/500m pace: that's over 8 hours of rowing per day, every day, for a full month. And the final logged amount of 275,000 meters on the final day is almost 23 hours of rowing at 2:30 pace. Just wow!

[Dodgers@66]

Thank you all but realize I shall not be rowing for at least 7 days.
Good time for it as we have a short break b4 the next challenge
You know how when you work out and are sore, but get up and do it all over again and just keep moving to keep the soreness at bay? well, the soreness slammed me tfoday LOL. I woke up and went to get out of bed I am was like OH, ya... I forgot about that after-effect LOL

So, I am gonna let my old bones and muscle rest for at least a week, I think they need and deserve it.

And ya Damsel, that has to be left over as I have not posted any rows in my logbook since the early PST time of the 16th, regarding my 15th's rowings

An amazing feat, Diane. I'm awestruck at what you achieved. Enjoy your rest!

Cheers
Gary D

[damselfly]

Hi Lisa, Bobbie has been in and out of hospital past 4 weeks. She had pancreatitis and had gall bladder removed finally 2 Mondays ago. Thanks for asking.

Hey Jim, thanks for the update. So sorry to hear she has been having such trouble! I'm sure I speak for the team in asking to pass on our very best wishes for a speedy recovery!

[damselfly]

Timbuktoo bids a fond farewell to teammate Chris Blore, who is moving on to other waters. Hope to row with you again someday! Meanwhile, 18 of 74 members (24%) logged 141,175 total meters Friday!

This and Saturday's reports will be quick.... Sorry!

Milestones achieved:
Heather R soared over 1.5M, Jim C eclipsed 1.4M, Roger G attained 1.1M, and Barbara B bagged 300K!!

Approaching milestones:
Gary G is fighting to reach 1.5M (-7,556m), Tammy G is catching up to 1.1M (-11,654m), Neil Q is seeking 900K (-40,000m), Angela P is bearing down on 400K (-788m), Andrew A is making a run for 350K (-12,190m), Kevin K is angling for 150K (-6,686m), and Kelly M is undertaking 75K (-3,619m)

Posted Meters:
Heather R - 20,000
Keir P - 13,033
Gary G - 12,754
Jim C - 12,000
Lee C - 11,007
Neil Q - 10,000
Bobbie Z - 9,333 9 = 3+3+3
Angela P - 8,044 8 = 0+4+4
John B - 6,851
Barbara B - 5,719
Andrew A - 5,595
Kelly M - 5,519
Tammy G - 5,500 5 = 5+0+0 What's going on here...
Katie S - 5,186
Roger G - 4,000
Doug G - 2,525
Jim K - 2,109
Kevin K - 2,000

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! A super and never superfluous 17 of 74 members (23%) logged 164,057 total meters Saturday!

Milestones achieved:
Gary G walloped 1.5M, Yisroel H clobbered 700K, Angela P annihilated 400K, and Lisa H shot past 250K!!

Approaching milestones:
Keir P is reaching for 1.7M (-42,596m), Katerina M is eyeing 1.2M (-6,833m), J.K. is aiming for 900K (-1,669m), Andrew A is close to 350K (-6,455m), Adam M, Linnea F, and Katie S are cranking along towards 200K (-5,834m, -12,196m, and -15,069m), and Kevin K is targeting 150K (-1,686m)

This week's frequent rowers (Sat 10/11 through Fri 10/17):
Bobbie Z, Jim K & Tammy G - 6
Andrew A, Angela P, Barbara B, Gary G, Jim C, Jay K. & Keir P - 5
Diane M, Doug G, Gary D, Heather R, John Sc., John B, Katerina M, Katie S, Kelly M, Kevin K, Lee C, Neil Q & Roger G - 4

Posted Meters:
Keir P - 31,420 Whoa!!
Gary G - 17,014 Yow!
J.K. - 14,100
Bobbie Z - 11,699
Jay K. - 11,000
Katie S - 10,814
Yisroel H - 10,000
Jim K - 8,800
Lisa H - 8,054
Katerina M - 7,500
Adam M - 7,006
Angela P - 6,019
Barbara B - 5,779
Andrew A - 5,735
Kevin K - 5,000
John B - 2,097
Linnea F - 2,020

[glenmbaker]

Good luck, Glen! And we need a race report, preferably with video. Especially if embarrassing or disastrous things happen.

OK, start with this picture and then click the "next" button a couple of times. That will give you an idea of what can happen (and no it's not my team, but I was standing on the bridge watching it happen):

http://www.row2k.com/hocr/photo.cfm?act ... EV1Jvl4rFk

And if you must have video, well we can oblige that as well: http://www.hocr.org/the-regatta/live-webcast/

• in the "Race" field Select 22 (Men's Master Eights 40+)
• in the "Entry" field select 22: Station L Rowing Club

Not very exciting which is good. Reasonable but not excellent rowing because we were making a hard (very) left turn and us starboard dudes were attempting to apply more power than the ports.

Highlights of the race:

• Didn't get killed by the Cambridge team. This wasn't for lack of trying. While we were in the warm up area they decided to do a full power piece. Unfortunately they were aimed directly at us, completely in our cox's blind spot and their cox's blind spot as well. We were sitting still. They, umm, weren't. Insert lots of yelling and screaming to get their attention, add huge saucer-like eyes from their bow man when he heard us and turned to look, sprinkle liberally with big plumes of spray as they all threw it into reverse...good fun. No paint scraped, but it was rather close and we almost ended our race before it ever started.
• Rowing under the Riverside bridge. The bridges are very low arches but fairly deep (width of the roadbed). Essentially they are concrete megaphones. We were overlapped and passing a boat and when we got under the bridge our cox yelled in the loudest (amplified) voice possible "aaaaaTAAAAAACK!". Our boat squirted out of there like a watermelon seed while apparently all of the heads on the other boat snapped over our direction. Our 5'4" cox managed to scare the bajeezus out of 9 people while simultaneously motivating 8 others.
• Our cox totally nailed the entire course. That's no small feat, it's probably one of the most challenging courses out there.
• Walking around the massive crowds and suddenly realizing that at 6'5" I was medium sized.

In the end we got 16th out of 23, and apparently 15th after some penalties were assessed. That might not sound great, but the first six boats were being rowed by former Olympic and/or National Team athletes and it was just a gas and a half to even be on the same water with those people. From a personal perspective, this was my third head race ever, and I first set foot in a boat a year and 4 months ago, so I'm blown away that I got the chance to be a part of this thing. Cool beyond words.

I highly recommend supplementing erging with some rowing...who knows, maybe we could field a TimbukTOO 8+ in the race one day!

Sigh...two more races this season then it's back onto the torture device that all of the rest of you have been playing with all year.

[damselfly]

Outstanding, Glen!!! You guys actually look like you know what you're doing.

I'd hate, hate, hate to be a cox!

Do you guys take your own boat and oars or do you have to get them from Budget or Avis when you get there? If you have to take your own, how the heck do you get it there?!?!

[glenmbaker]

I'd hate, hate, hate to be a cox!

Does anybody else see the irony of Lisa saying she'd hate to be a cox? (Hint: what do you think you're doing for TimbukTOO? )

Do you guys take your own boat and oars or do you have to get them from Budget or Avis when you get there? If you have to take your own, how the heck do you get it there?!?!

Strange as it may seem, you can actually rent boats from other clubs. We had a very nice 2010 Hudson heavyweight 8+ provided by a club in Hartford, CT. Those guys get the "coolest people ever" award for letting us totally re-rig their boat and oars to match what we wanted.

Sigh. Three more weeks of regattas then it's back to <ugh> erg time!

[damselfly]

I'd hate, hate, hate to be a cox!

Does anybody else see the irony of Lisa saying she'd hate to be a cox? (Hint: what do you think you're doing for TimbukTOO? )

Last time I checked, the probability I'd run you guys into a bridge abutment or crash you into the Luna-tics was pretty damn low!

Keir's old team, Haaaaaah-vaaaaaaaahd, getting crashed into by some goof-balls from some lame school or other... Keir obviously wasn't rowing that day or Harvard would have been farther ahead.

[CONLEJM]

I think ramming into the other boats is a perfectly good strategy, and takes Crew to a whole new level! Imagine the spikes, barbed wire, clubs, battering rams, etc. that could be affixed to your boat to better disable your opponents!

[damselfly]

I think ramming into the other boats is a perfectly good strategy, and takes Crew to a whole new level! Imagine the spikes, barbed wire, clubs, battering rams, etc. that could be affixed to your boat to better disable your opponents!

I don't want our boat damaged... I think we should invest in cannon!

[damselfly]

Well, all you OTW rowers who will miss the moisture post-season, you could always do this:

[Quatroux]

Not very exciting which is good. Reasonable but not excellent rowing because we were making a hard (very) left turn and us starboard dudes were attempting to apply more power than the ports.

Congrats! We sent a few boats including the 3rd place finisher in the masters womens 2X.
One more race for me - actually looking forward to the offseason.

[brotherjim]

50,000,058 million lifetime meters today. Can't believe this. I started 11/30/04. Have had some good rowing years and some poor ones. This has been a tough season for me , but hanging in there.