TimbukTOO Team Room

[damselfly]

We bid a fond adieu to John Schmit, who sets sail for waters unknown. Best wishes, John!! Meanwhile a stolid and stalwart 25 of 82 members (30%) logged 493,528 total meters Saturday!

Milestones achieved:
Diane M pounded past 12.5M, Adam M bagged 350K, Marco S blazed past 50K, and Bel C slammed 35K!!

Approaching milestones:
Bobbie Z is pursuing 2.4M (-2,500m), Lee C is marching towards 1.2M (-24,078m), Pete K edging ever closer to 1 MILLION, with Andy I hot on his tail (-16,846m and -46,515m), George M is chasing 900K (-40,548m), Kevin K is targeting 700K (-28,685m), Matthew R is aiming for 600K (-30,108m), Mark E is angling for 500K (-2,778m), Dana H is racing towards 400K (-20,300m), Glenn Y is heading for 300K (-8,758m), Kyle J is battling for 150K (-10,346m), and Chuck A is driving for 100K (-4,640m)

This week's frequent rowers (Sat 1/24 through Fri 1/30):
Pete K - 7
Bobbie Z, John Sc., Keir P, Kevin K, Mark E, Neil Q & Randy F - 6
Diane M, Heather R & Lee C - 5
Andrew A, Andy I, Dana H, Doug G, George M, John B, Linnea F & Stefan S - 4

Posted Meters:
Diane M - 225,052 Zowie!!
Lee C - 42,195 FULL MARATHON!! Woot!!!
Andy I - 22,000 This guy's getting SERIOUS!
Yisroel H - 21,097 HM!!
Pete K - 20,895 Two-fer @ 20+!!
Bobbie Z - 17,224 Long!
Jack F - 10,339 Extra distance!
Adam M - 10,239 Wow!
Matthew R - 10,000 Bingo!
Heather R - 10,000 Short and sweet!
Kyle J - 10,000 Snowed in??
Chuck A - 10,000 Double duty!
Stephen M - 10,000 Nice!
Randy F - 10,000 Chillin'!
Mark E - 9,990 Forging onward!
J.K. - 8,050 Great!
Linnea F - 8,013 Huge!!
Doug G - 7,726 Solid!
Marco S - 7,023 Back after a break!
Dana H - 6,000 Double-six!
Kevin K - 5,210 Sweet!
George M - 5,207 Great!
Bel C - 4,268 Setting up great habits!
Glenn Y - 3,000 Nice!

[damselfly]

Ho, Team! I can confirm the rumors that we are in a very solid 16th place, and have accrued over 11 MILLION METERS! Wow! Pat yourselves on the back!!! A few more meters may straggle in here and there, but this has been a performance you can all be proud of!! A very solid 35 of 86 members (41%) logged 642,086 total meters Saturday!


Posted Meters:
Chuck A - 10,000
Mark B - 37,637
Bel C - 4,268
Lee C - 42,195
Douglas D - 11,345

Monica D - 10,010
Mark E - 9,990
Linnea F - 8,013
Jack F - 10,339
Randy F - 10,000

Doug G - 7,726
Adrian G - 27,280
Dana H - 6,000
David H - 8,064
Yisroel H - 21,097

Teresa H - 31,500
Andy I - 11,000
Kyle J - 10,000
Pete K - 20,895
Kevin K - 5,210

J.K. - 8,050
Adam M - 10,239
Jason M - 7,000
Diane M - 225,052

Stephen M - 10,000
George M - 5,207
Michael N - 12,000
Heather R - 10,000
Carl R - 2,012

Matthew R - 10,000
Tara V - 9,733
John W - 10,000
Glenn Y - 3,000
Bobbie Z - 17,224



Challenge Goals - Day 31 of 31 (100.0%):
Pete K - 566,689 of 333,000 (170.2%)
Jeff R - 156,240 of 100,000 (156.2%)
Lee C - 250,775 of 200,000 (125.4%)
Heather R - 500,000 of 400,000 (125.0%)
Doug G - 233,880 of 200,000 (116.9%)
Stephen M - 104,614 of 100,000 (104.6%)
Mark E - 257,382 of 250,000 (103.0%)
Kevin K - 205,499 of 200,000 (102.7%)
Bobbie Z - 305,000 of 300,000 (101.7%)
Mark St - 151,362 of 150,000 (100.9%)

Carl R - 121,188 of 125,000 (97.0%)
Linnea F - 66,107 of 75,000 (88.1%)
Gary G - 262,918 of 300,000 (87.6%)
Yisroel H - 216,189 of 250,000 (86.5%)
Lisa H - 108,923 of 150,000 (72.6%)
John B - 108,710 of 150,000 (72.5%)
Gary D - 40,000 of 60,000 (66.7%)
Ken C - 64,084 of 100,000 (64.1%)
Katie S - 57,813 of 100,000 (57.8%)
Jamie B - 84,670 of 175,000 (48.4%)
Angela P - 92,352 of 200,000 (46.2%)


Milestones achieved:
Diane M vaulted over 1.5M, Pete K walloped 550K, Heather R blasted past 500K, Bobbie Z zoomed by 300K, Mark E and Lee C hit 250K, Yisroel and Douglas D soared over 200K, John W bested 150K, Stephen M and Mark B blew past 100K, and Adam M hit 50K!!

[Bobbie_Zee]

Hi Lisa. Ditto, to what everyone else said. Being a member of TimbukTOO is what has motivated me, and credit goes largely to you. I hope that you stay in the boat as a team member.

[CONLEJM]

Just wanted to add: in terms of meter updates, I personally would be fine with a weekly aggregate update of all the meters rowed. I know some people may like to see it daily, but for me weekly would be sufficient. Whoever takes over the role of Captain and Coxswain may feel compelled to update daily, so I wanted to voice my opinion, for what it's worth.

Really I just like to see the "chatter" on the board. Sharing in each others' pain and suffering (also known as "exercise") is what the team forum is all about, in my opinion!

My $0.02 in the jar.

[ronmardix]

Just wanted to add: in terms of meter updates, I personally would be fine with a weekly aggregate update of all the meters rowed. I know some people may like to see it daily, but for me weekly would be sufficient. Whoever takes over the role of Captain and Coxswain may feel compelled to update daily, so I wanted to voice my opinion, for what it's worth.

Really I just like to see the "chatter" on the board. Sharing in each others' pain and suffering (also known as "exercise") is what the team forum is all about, in my opinion!

My $0.02 in the jar.

I agree with this, though I think that during team challenges I may want to see additional posts.

[damselfly]

Just wanted to add: in terms of meter updates, I personally would be fine with a weekly aggregate update of all the meters rowed. I know some people may like to see it daily, but for me weekly would be sufficient. Whoever takes over the role of Captain and Coxswain may feel compelled to update daily, so I wanted to voice my opinion, for what it's worth.

That would go a long way to helping keep the commitment from becoming overwhelming, for sure.

[Izzzmeister]

Driving off in her VW Bug for now is our top meter accumulator Diane Michna. She will be very much missed. Also heading into the wild blue yonder is consistent erger Mark Stephens. If he looks back, he'll see us waving...
15 of 80 members (18%) logged 166,985 total meters Sunday!

Milestones achieved: Keir P collected 2.8M!!! Bobbie Z blasted 2.4M!! Mark E managed 500K! Chuck A accumulated 100K!
Approaching milestones: Lee C is nearing 1.2M (-19,006m), Pete K is within arm's length of 1 MILLION (-8,750m) with Andy I (-35,815m) close behind, Linnea F pulling for 400K (-19,185m), Alan D is approaching 300K (-9,686m) and our Bel C is excitingly close to 50K (-8,702m)!

Posted Meters:
Keir P – 26,767 Tops!
Heather R – 23,000 On fire!
Doug G – 20,522 Pulling out the stops...
Stefan S – 13,983 Four strong rows in 6 days!
Bobbie Z – 11,416 Consistent!

Andy I – 10,700 Impressive 2-day total!
Mark E – 8,877 Back into it!
Alan D – 8,383 Sweet!
Pete K – 8,096 No rest days?!
Linnea F – 8,014 Three in a row!

Chuck A – 6,664 Prioritizing his fitness!
John B – 6,491 Mixing it up...
Lee C – 5,072 After an FM!
Stephen M – 5,000 Back to back!
Bel C – 4,000 Really working hard! Good going!

[Izzzmeister]

Here is a cumulative post for last week's meters. I was alternatively busy & exhausted throughout the week...
20 of 83 members (24%) logged 280,886 total meters Sunday!
21 of 83 members (25%) logged 304,392 total meters Monday!
24 of 83 members (29%) logged 418,875 total meters Tuesday!
16 of 83 members (19%) logged 201,335 total meters Wednesday!

Milestones achieved: Diane M hit 11.9M, 12M & 12.1M, Keir P hit 2.7M and Heather R hit 2.6M!!!
Doug G hit 1.9M, John Sc. hit 1.6M, J.K. hit 1.5M and Lee C hit 1.1M!!
Pete K hit 900K, Stephen M hit 700K, Andrew A hit 700K and Stefan S hit 500K!
Mark E hit 450K, Jack F hit 350K, Greg H hit 250K, Joe H hit 200K and Bel C hit 25K!!!

Approaching milestones:
Bobbie Z is approaching 2.4M (-28,861m)! Gary G is approaching 2.3M (-4,946m)!
Randy F is approaching 1.8M (-8,903m)! Yisroel H is approaching 1.4M (-17,512m)!
John B is approaching 1.2M (-12,932m)! Jamie B is approaching 700K (-10,720m)!
Adam M is approaching 350K (-1,699m)! Glenn Y (-11,758m) & Greg H (-20,309m) are approaching 300K!
Gary D (-8,403m) & Kyle J (-20,346m) are approaching 150K! Elisa H is approaching 75K (-3,486m)!
Bel C is approaching 35K (-8,151m)!

Posted Meters:
Heather R – 30,000 28,500 –- --
John Sc. - 22,859 20,859 36,000 16,816
Stefan S – 21,097 13,892 –- -–
Randy F – 20,000 10,000 10,000 40,000
Pete K – 17,183 16,700 17,221 8,451
Kevin K – 16,000 -– 2,010 2,005
Kyle J – 11,032 –- -– -–
Neil Q – 10,000 10,000 10,000 --
Andy I – 9,950 -– 7,143 -–
Bobbie Z – 9,098 16,538 10,503 12,000
Lee C – 8,000 -– -– 11,948
Andrew A – 7,185 -– 5,605 -–
George M – 5,201 13,606 –- 5,200
Dana H – 5,000 4,000 –- -–
Barbara B – 4,730 –- -– -–
Glenn Y – 4,000 –- -– 10,087

Diane M - –- 75,000 75,000 75,000
Greg H - –- 53,520 -– --
Joe H - –- 31,338 -– -–
Yisroel H - –- 17,517 -– --
Keir P - –- 16,175 16,010 15,740
Mark E - –- 13,697 13,019 17,116
Elisa H – –- 12,340 -– -–
Gary G - –- 12,082 –- --
Matthew R - –- 10,000 10,000 10,000
Jamie B - –- 10,000 6,142 -–
Raymond W - –- 8,773 –- --
Jim C - –- 8,000 8,000 -–
Jack F - –- 7,282 –- --
Doug G - –- 5,601 8,151 9,197
John B - –- 3,455 6,569 -–

J.K. - –- –- 24,000 --
Ron M - –- –- 17,000 --
Stephen M - -– -– 10,000 10,000
Gary D - –- -– 10,000 --
Linnea F - –- -– 2,019 3,019

Angela P - –- –- –- 10,051
Adam M - –- –- –- 8,741
Mark St - –- –- –- 8,500
Chuck A - –- –- –- 5,000
Bel C - –- –- –- 2,015

[Izzzmeister]

Last night, I finally did a 2K for speed. I finished a few tenths of a second faster than 6:55. My race (at the Cincy Indoor Rowing Champs) is this coming Sunday. Last year, the race for 50+ vets finished as follows:
Eric Wuerfel: 6:41.2
Michael Robinson: 6:51.6
Yisroel Homnick: 6:54.6
Scott Downer: 7:14.9, etc.

I had started working out hard to beat The Wuerfel (who beat me in 2012 as well), but I've been slowed down by forearm tendinitis (from heavy tricep dips & presses), shoulder tendinitis (from heavy bench presses), lower back sensitivity (from heavy deadlifts) and hamstring cramps (after rowing speed work, from heavy hamstring curls & squats).
The good news is that I'm stronger than I was last year, having slapped on a few more pounds of muscle. The bad news is that I'm rowing at 7-10 pounds more than I did last year, which will slow me down some.
I don't see The Wuerfel signed up yet for the race, but Michael Robinson is. If he's at about the same speed as last year, I should be able to put on a strong finishing sprint to beat him. But my 6:54.7 last night puts me at essentially last year's speed (6:54.6), despite having aged another year, so I'm not complaining.

Then, I need to decide whether to invest in flying to the CRASH-B's in Boston on March 1, for the first time in 4 years...

[ronmardix]

Good luck, Izz and keep us updated on how it goes.

[Hummingbird]

Just wanted to add: in terms of meter updates, I personally would be fine with a weekly aggregate update of all the meters rowed. I know some people may like to see it daily, but for me weekly would be sufficient. Whoever takes over the role of Captain and Coxswain may feel compelled to update daily, so I wanted to voice my opinion, for what it's worth.

That would go a long way to helping keep the commitment from becoming overwhelming, for sure.

Add my vote in there, too, LIsa (and Cap'tn). I enjoy reading the posts (largely in a cumulative form at the moment for reasons that I don't want to know about so why would anyone else?) and although I know I haven't been contributing, I am still following all the threads that others are sharing, and laughing or commiserating with you from afar.

As proof: I have a cat. The picture I tried and failed to attach is of my former furry friend, the uber of all uber cats, Noni, who left this world 4 January 2014, leading to the grief stricken adoption of my current puddytat, Elsa, on 5 January 2014, whom I have only just recently come to love dearly. Rebounds, beware!

Vis-a-vis employment: long and chequered, with highlights as a hospital-trained RN (in Tasmania) when I was married, followed by a B.Comm when I divorced so I could get decent jobs and raise my son so he could have at least some opportunities unavailable to many single-parent families. Time passed, I've been on LTD for the past seven years and likely will be until 65 unless I can get my creative spark flowing again and hit the best-seller list. I'm painting as well, but everyone knows you only make it in art when you're dead, so I'll pass on that option, thanks all the same.

I'm rowing like hell these days because I'm fed up with the fatty aftermath of hypothyroidism: all is well on that front, but losing weight is harder these days, especially since I, too, love eating. Loved the post about caramelized onions and the picture of those crullers (I think that's what they were) had me drooling. More, please.

All the best to one and all,
Heather

[garygOP]

Those were crullers- and we both fried some and baked some.
I have been on vacation in SF and also am resting- trying to recover from some tendinitis in my hands.
Resisted the temptation to row at the JCC in SF-worked out on their Adaptive Motion Trainers- ATM for short.
Feasted on some regional Chinese cuisines- shanghaiese and Shangsi also on great Indian and on award-winning burritos( really), had a Korean-style oyster po'-boy, and roasted pork Bahn-mi.
San Francisco is where I go to eat and using the gym while there assuages any guilt.

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on deck! 16 of 80 members (20%) logged 126,701 total meters Monday!

Milestones achieved: We survived January!
Approaching milestones: Pete K on the cusp of 1 MILLION (-648m), George M is nearing 900K (-35,348m), Matthew R is working on 600K (-20,108m), Katie S whittling away at 500K (-7,983m), Linnea F (-11,168m) slightly ahead of Dana H (-14,300m) in the quest for 400K & Ulla D is in reach of 75K (-9,440m)!

Posted Meters:
Keir P – 16,090 Tops!
Bobbie Z – 11,316
Chuck A – 10,000 Four in a row!
Randy F – 10,000
Matthew R – 10,000

Neil Q – 10,000
Pete K – 8,102 Hasn't missed a day in recent history...
Linnea F – 8,017 Four strong rows, 4 days!
Jim C – 8,000
Yisroel H – 7,225 Speed!

Dana H – 6,000
Katie S – 5,823 Consistency is important!
Doug G – 5,648
George M – 5,200
John B – 3,230
Ulla D – 2,050 Sweet!

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on deck! 14 of 80 members (18%) logged 178,276 total meters Tuesday!

Milestones achieved: PETE K TOPPED ONE MILLION!!! Alan D accumulated 300K!!
Approaching milestones: Heather R quickly approaching 2.8M (-36,000m), Randy F ramping up for 1.9M (-38,903m), Neil Q is nearing 1.5M (-30,000m), Lee C one row from 1.2M (-4,968m), George M is seeking 900K (-12,933m), Dana H pulling for 400K (-8,000m), Joe H working on 250K (-23,162m), Dale C drawing alongside 200K (-4,762m) as Bel C nears 50K (-6,702m)!

Posted Meters:
Heather R – 25,000 Tops!
George M – 22,415 Huge!
Joe H – 20,000 Nice!
Alan D – 16,359 Impressive!
Keir P – 15,710

Lee C – 14,038
Mark E – 13,765
Neil Q – 10,000
Randy F – 10,000
Bobbie Z – 9,556

Pete K – 8,082 Daily!
Dana H – 6,300 Squeezed ot a few extra meters!
Dale C – 5,051 Solid!
Bel C – 2,000

[Izzzmeister]

Let's strum a few chords for Bob Goodwin on his return to TimbukTOO! 14 of 81 members (17%) logged 195,080 total meters Wednesday!

Milestones achieved: Bob G accumulated 75K!!
Approaching milestones: Heather R close to 2.8M (-6,000m), Randy F is a few rows from 1.9M (-28,903m), George M is closing in on 900K (-7,731m), Katie S fast approaching 500K (-2,390m), Linnea F one row from 400K (-1,130m) & Bel C is real near 50K (-1,702m)!

Posted Meters:
Bob G – 85,449 Glad you were busy...
Heather R – 30,000 Two days, 55K!
Linnea F – 10,038 Longer!
Randy F – 10,000
Bobbie Z – 9,386

Mark E – 8,688
Pete K – 8,131
Cindy R – 7,632 Found some time!
Katie S – 5,593
George M – 5,202

Chuck A – 5,000
Bel C – 5,000 WOW!
Andrew A – 3,255 Good!
John B – 1,706