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[jackarabit]

Haven't been erging much in June - went over the handlebars while zooming down a hill near the end of May. Nothing broken but managed to tweak my back (apparently going from 27 kph to 0 kph in 1 second is a bit jarring on the body). Was taking it easy for a few weeks and started back on the erg mid-June. Slowly made it back to being able to row 5 k and posted a time for this month's CTC. A full 1:30 slower than the 5 k I did the day before my tumble - but it got Boat IV floating (Thanks also to our fearless Team Captain, who posted his result just before I posted mine.)

I see we are up for setting the August Challenge for CTC. How do we go about proposing suggestions? (I know it is still a bit early but the time off the erg left me time to dream up some things.)

July gets a bit busy for me, so in case I forget, I would like to submit the following suggestion for August (the 8th month of the year):
Crazy Eights - Triple Crown
3 intervals of 888 m with 88 s (1:28) of rest between the intervals

x /r

Eightish in the third degree, A .R. Sounds a plan. Anybody else got a devastating tidbit for the August ctc?

After the endover, I guess you’re pretty pleased to get off light to enjoy your remaining eight lives? Tuck n roll!

[MPx]

July gets a bit busy for me, so in case I forget, I would like to submit the following suggestion for August (the 8th month of the year):
Crazy Eights - Triple Crown
3 intervals of 888 m with 88 s (1:28) of rest between the intervals

Apologies for butting in to your thread, but saw this and thought I should point out that the PM will only allow you to set rests to the nearest 5 secs - so 1:25 or 1:30, but not 1:28. Sorry.

[AnnaRaeGreen]

July gets a bit busy for me, so in case I forget, I would like to submit the following suggestion for August (the 8th month of the year):
Crazy Eights - Triple Crown
3 intervals of 888 m with 88 s (1:28) of rest between the intervals

Apologies for butting in to your thread, but saw this and thought I should point out that the PM will only allow you to set rests to the nearest 5 secs - so 1:25 or 1:30, but not 1:28. Sorry.

Well rain on my parade - you are correct! Silly me - I thought the fact that it went to the nearest second meant the nearest second (not every 5). As a Canadian, I should have known better, we got rid on our 1 cent piece (penny) and round everything to the nearest 5 cents .

Maybe 80 seconds rest then (1:20)?

After the endover, I guess you’re pretty pleased to get off light to enjoy your remaining eight lives? Tuck n roll!

Jack - I feel pretty darn lucky that's for sure.

Anna Rae

[Slothful1]

Haven't been erging much in June - went over the handlebars while zooming down a hill near the end of May. Nothing broken but managed to tweak my back (apparently going from 27 kph to 0 kph in 1 second is a bit jarring on the body). Was taking it easy for a few weeks and started back on the erg mid-June. Slowly made it back to being able to row 5 k and posted a time for this month's CTC. A full 1:30 slower than the 5 k I did the day before my tumble - but it got Boat IV floating (Thanks also to our fearless Team Captain, who posted his result just before I posted mine.)

Good to hear you're recovering well, and glad my contribution wasn't completely wasted . I skipped a cycling session to make sure I put an entry in before going on holiday, so maybe that's a sign of putting more focus on the rower . I was in the middle of moving things around in the spare bedroom and the rower is being stored in the kids' bathroom. I just dropped it into position between the bath and basins, and got the session done. Maybe that's my next challenge to row in each room of the house .

I see we are up for setting the August Challenge for CTC. How do we go about proposing suggestions? (I know it is still a bit early but the time off the erg left me time to dream up some things.)

July gets a bit busy for me, so in case I forget, I would like to submit the following suggestion for August (the 8th month of the year):
Crazy Eights - Triple Crown
3 intervals of 888 m with 88 s (1:28) of rest between the intervals

AR

Thanks for kicking the process off! Let's just add any other suggestions to yours as they emerge, and then vote some time in the 3rd week of July. So far I'm liking what you've proposed.

Dave

[meerkats]

C2 CTC Stats update,

Top 250 rowers
Average 35 rowers per month
Boats floated 6.4 per month

Great to see Arno put a time in last month, long time no see, a family of many rowers

1 196 Nigel Farmer
2 193 Chris Whale
3 189 Will Haskel
4 167 Dan Farmer
5 165 Rick Bayko
6 159 Hjs
7 155 Steve Ockerby
8 129 Frank Noorlander
9 128 LindsayH
10 127 Arno Calonius
11 125 David Moores
12 122 Georgina Price
13 121 Macroth
14 115 Martin
15 111 Todd Carpenter
16 108 Kim Calonius
17 108 Dirk Moller
18 106 Taru Calonius
19 105 Andrew Crystal
20 103 Debbie Barber
21 102 Shirley
22 97 John Ferdinando
23 94 Terry
24 87 Wilbert De Jong
25 86 Jack Gilmore
26 76 Al Halberg
27 66 Weicher
28 64 The Ref
29 64 Roadrunner
30 63 Raoul Wiart
31 63 Graham Woodley
32 61 Martin B
33 60 W Gerssen
34 59 Mark Christie
35 59 Shane Shaw
36 55 Mikael Calonius
37 52 Glen Rhook
38 52 Steve G
39 51 Jean Gilmore
40 49 Kathy Schofield
41 49 Tom Rawls
42 47 Brad T 2
43 47 Glenn Teddy
44 47 Graham Lay
45 47 John Stock
46 46 Maryanne Maguire
47 46 Matt B Brown
48 45 Paul Harris
49 45 Anne Bandanes
50 39 Kris Kuzniar
51 39 Jo W
52 39 Rolf Boers
53 37 Liz H
54 37 Stephen Clarke
55 36 Kiwi
56 35 Fred Dickie
57 35 Carol Atwood
58 33 Mark M
59 33 Steve Burke
60 32 Marke
61 31 Peter Sheean
62 31 Paul Galliford
63 30 Bill Palmer
64 30 Paul Corrigan
65 30 Paul VZ
66 30 David Whale
67 29 Martin Stoeger
68 26 Peter
69 25 Odd Ivar Lindland
70 25 Susan G
71 25 Pete Burne
72 25 John Neufelt
73 24 Chris Hester
74 24 Marc Voorhees
75 24 Elliot CM Thomas
76 23 Jack Chidley
77 23 Jon Sarche
78 22 Jenny Rowe
79 22 Anna Rae Green
80 21 Chris
81 21 John Holden
82 21 Ben Rea
83 21 Sheena Patel
84 20 Spike
85 19 Canoeist
86 19 Grace Malicrida
87 19 James Slipetz
88 19 Suzanne Wittenbrink
89 18 Shawn Baker
90 18 Paul Gould
91 18 Hendrik Jan
92 18 Jacket
93 17 Linda Voorhees
94 17 Carsten Meiriing
95 17 Sabrina Rasmussen
96 16 Piers
97 16 John Adcock
98 16 Damien Roohr
99 16 Ashley Supinger
100 15 Emmie Baker
101 15 Maddie
102 15 Ivan Vukovic
103 14 Peter B
104 14 Neil 262
105 14 Jon Hayns
106 14 Dennis
107 14 Adam Balough
108 14 Petra Schouten
109 13 Kathleen H
110 13 Lana
111 13 Rohan Gifford
112 13 Ellie Brown
113 13 George NZ
114 13 Anthony Whittaker
115 13 Nadja Plosila
116 13 Harrythehamster
117 12 Bruce
118 12 Lis O
119 12 David Hayes
120 11 Rtbrouwer
121 11 Bennet Tucker
122 11 Slide Beetle
123 11 Tim Greaves
124 11 Catherine Martin
125 11 Mel G
126 11 Penny Glew
127 10 Carel Doreleijers
128 10 Hanna Hides
129 10 Luke Garbutt
130 10 Medusa
131 10 Andy Darling
132 10 Chris Williams
133 10 Sergie Suvorov
134 10 Alex Whale
135 9 Paul Newton
136 9 Miles Schofield
137 9 Lewy
138 9 Rich Pruyn
139 9 Dani
140 9 Troy
141 9 Elliot Barton
142 9 Inka Calonius
143 9 Sue Shaw
144 8 Brendan H
145 8 Richard Wolf
146 8 Ben Martinez
147 8 Margaret Botterill
148 8 J Hilston
149 8 Lisa
150 8 Carmelina
151 8 Andy Gannaway
152 8 Beth Lawrence
153 8 Doug Gormley
154 8 Adventure Island
155 7 Kyle Voorhees
156 7 Jo Andre Tandstad
157 7 Oliver Deparis
158 7 Dex
159 7 Rowing Kiwi
160 7 Kelly
161 7 Paul Baxter
162 7 Andrew Jones
163 7 Jim Barry
164 7 Parky
165 7 Sharon Yu
166 7 Dan Babbs
167 6 Siebe Jongebloed
168 6 Michelle Evans
169 6 Dragana Samardzija
170 6 Jeff Julian
171 6 Adam Duthie
172 6 Nylar Baker
173 6 Nick Mallory
174 6 Stacey Q
175 6 Marc Blackburn
176 6 Beerfordolphins
177 6 Harriet Morgan
178 6 Gary Rogers
179 6 Arjan
180 6 Cynthia P
181 5 Hazel Whale
182 5 Ben Lister
183 5 Peter S
184 5 Hennie Martini
185 5 Pete Burne (Jnr)
186 5 Oz Hassan
187 5 Louise De Montinigny
188 5 Daniel Cook
189 5 Mrs Dorsetrower
190 5 Kelebek
191 5 Jon Backman
192 5 Faach1
193 5 Rod Ladyman
194 5 Elizabeth Gilmore
195 4 Rebecca Terry
196 4 Jon Entriken
197 4 Marc Wilson
198 4 Patricia Stockdale
199 4 Michelle
200 4 Luke
201 4 Austin Barbisch
202 4 Jas
203 4 Pooja
204 4 Jamie
205 4 Sean
206 4 Kemery Kane
207 4 David Quinlan
208 4 Holm Miehlbradt
209 4 Chris Ellis
210 4 Jo Clark
211 4 Maia
212 4 Veronica Stoeger
213 4 Phil Elsdon
214 3 William Palmer
215 3 Robin H
216 3 KayT
217 3 Michelle C
218 3 Adam Rhook
219 3 Terry Hay
220 3 Mel Boz
221 3 Tlukyn
222 3 Kacken 66
223 3 Kym
224 3 Kevin
225 3 Liam
226 3 Nik
227 3 Jemma Rhook
228 3 Andrew Wylie
229 3 Amanda
230 3 Mary
231 3 Jo Gibbs
232 3 Thor Heller
233 3 Michelle Bligh
234 3 Dylan Shaw
235 3 Richard Haines
236 3 Frazer Halberg
237 3 Sally Currie
238 3 Ian Beston
239 3 Nicky Lyness
240 3 Claire H
241 3 Carol Chidley
242 3 Linda Fonmoa
243 3 Ed Heller
244 3 Brigitte Klawonn
245 3 Brad 1 T
246 3 Bella
247 2 Isabella Carpenter
248 2 Snorre W
249 2 Josh Voorhees
250 2 Sam Elsdon

[meerkats]

and in other injury news........

This time a labral tear (hip) - most unpleasant and possible associated nerve damage. It is taking some time and effort to progress anywhere with it. Likely result is keyhole surgery later in the year, in the meantime we bash on regardless.

Did the CTC, in just under 2:15 pace, and it nearly floored me, that is where we are, 12 month ago, i was having stupid thoughts of building toward sub 18!!! That may wait for a bit.

Great to see the names on there, new and old

[AnnaRaeGreen]

and in other injury news........

This time a labral tear (hip) - most unpleasant and possible associated nerve damage. It is taking some time and effort to progress anywhere with it. Likely result is keyhole surgery later in the year, in the meantime we bash on regardless.

Did the CTC, in just under 2:15 pace, and it nearly floored me, that is where we are, 12 month ago, i was having stupid thoughts of building toward sub 18!!! That may wait for a bit.

Sorry to hear about the injury. Glad you are able to bash on - but don't try to push too hard.

Thanks for the updates on the CTC stats. Can't believe that there are a handful of Flyers approaching the completion of 200 CTC - that's a lot of years of dedication.

AR

[skkipper]

I kept putting off the June CTC until I almost forgot! First time on the erg since the May CTC so not loving my time but it was actually a pleasant row so maybe I'll get my act together and row a couple times a week moving forward

Another suggestion for August (which may be a little cruel): 2 km/100 m/2 km/100 m with 2 min rests between.

[AnnaRaeGreen]

I kept putting off the June CTC until I almost forgot! First time on the erg since the May CTC so not loving my time but it was actually a pleasant row so maybe I'll get my act together and row a couple times a week moving forward

Another suggestion for August (which may be a little cruel): 2 km/100 m/2 km/100 m with 2 min rests between.

Thanks for the row - we almost got the 6th boat launched - left with four of us on the dock

Another great suggestion for the August CTC!

Did my first attempt at the July CTC. I entered it on the site, but I consider it more of a placeholder as I wasn't sure how had to push at the beginning - turns out I had a lot left at the end. Will have another go later in the month.

[meerkats]

My suggestion

Honest 30 Mins

ot a straight 500m

[Elizabeth]

We now have two boats launched.

Like Anna Rae, I started off too conservatively. My target pace was 2k-5, and I realized partway through that I had more in me. I finished it out, rowed an easy 10 minutes, and then gave it a second go at 2k-8. Even with that I was able to hit negative splits. If I were to start from scratch, I'd try to work 2x200 into my warmup to test out my initial target pace, and then adjust from there.

I like the idea of 888m intervals with an allowable rest time, but I'm open.

[meerkats]

We now have two boats launched.

Like Anna Rae, I started off too conservatively. My target pace was 2k-5, and I realized partway through that I had more in me. I finished it out, rowed an easy 10 minutes, and then gave it a second go at 2k-8. Even with that I was able to hit negative splits. If I were to start from scratch, I'd try to work 2x200 into my warmup to test out my initial target pace, and then adjust from there.

I like the idea of 888m intervals with an allowable rest time, but I'm open.

Blimey is that you being conservative!!!! THat is some awesome speed you have there. You need absolute backing up from the chaps this month. Top three is a possibility.

At the lower end of the scale, you can feel the rowing doing some good. Second attempt, 10 seconds faster, easy does it.

[Elizabeth]

We now have two boats launched.

Like Anna Rae, I started off too conservatively. My target pace was 2k-5, and I realized partway through that I had more in me. I finished it out, rowed an easy 10 minutes, and then gave it a second go at 2k-8. Even with that I was able to hit negative splits. If I were to start from scratch, I'd try to work 2x200 into my warmup to test out my initial target pace, and then adjust from there.

I like the idea of 888m intervals with an allowable rest time, but I'm open.

Blimey is that you being conservative!!!! THat is some awesome speed you have there. You need absolute backing up from the chaps this month. Top three is a possibility.

At the lower end of the scale, you can feel the rowing doing some good. Second attempt, 10 seconds faster, easy does it.

Thanks, Meerkat! I did two attempts on the same day and posted the faster time. I started off the session with the feeling that it's nearly 2k in intervals and that one minute recovery is pretty short, but the recovery seemed fine given how short the actual intervals were. If others want to go in fast, this is a good place to really drop the hammer. It was fun, too!

[AnnaRaeGreen]

Elizabeth - you are really tearing up the town (so to speak)!

Not only are you helping us out with an outstanding CTC time, I see you are also top of the Nonathalon as well - and that is without getting the 100 bonus for completing all the events (at least I am assuming that is you eltgilmore )

[Elizabeth]

Elizabeth - you are really tearing up the town (so to speak)!

Not only are you helping us out with an outstanding CTC time, I see you are also top of the Nonathalon as well - and that is without getting the 100 bonus for completing all the events (at least I am assuming that is you eltgilmore )

Thank you, Anna Rae! That is indeed me. I'm glad I found the CTC and the Nonathlon - they're a lot of fun.