TimbukTOO Team Room

PJM · Post by **PJM** » April 21st, 2009, 12:33 pm

Hello team TimbukTOO!!

This team room has been quiet and unvisited lately.

Just a few words of motivation to keep you all going..

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

We all have so much within us..let us use this to meet our goals and be healthy and fit, and happy!!!

It has been a pleasure rowing with all of you the past season and through the many challenges!!

Pat

HiAltRowgal · Post by **HiAltRowgal** » April 22nd, 2009, 1:39 pm

Hi Gang,

I pushed myself in March, so I ended up really blowing my goals in early April. I fell below my 7500 average, and I'm struggling now to decide whether or not to push for a return to the 7500 meter honor board before the end of the season. I'm hoping that by announcing this, it might bring out my competitive side and push me to complete a task that I know needs to be done! I've got the time available; I just have to find the energy!

~Linda

PJM · Post by **PJM** » April 24th, 2009, 7:01 pm

”We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. ”
- Aristotle

GO TimbukTOO!!!

Great rowing this season and hope to see ALL of you next season.

Pat

PJM · Post by **PJM** » April 27th, 2009, 10:59 pm

Way to row Sheryl!!!!

TimbukTOO's half marathon champion!!!

Pat

HiAltRowgal · Post by **HiAltRowgal** » April 28th, 2009, 1:20 pm

Congratulations, Sheryl, on meeting the half marathon challenge!

With the start of the new rowing season just ahead, I'm wondering what kind of individual goals team members are setting for themselves. I know from personal experience that it's much easier to stay on top of a goal beginning May 1 rather than trying to play catch up. Of course, life gets in the way of our goals sometimes, but it does help to start out the season with something specific in mind.

I'm grateful for the team challenges and for Pat's constant team updates throughout the year. I didn't meet any of my weight loss goals this past year (other than maintaining my current weight), but I can only imagine my state of health without the rowing!

With 31 members now, our team should have a great 2010 season!

~Linda

PJM · Post by **PJM** » April 29th, 2009, 4:55 pm

The 2009 Logbook/Ranking Year Ends April 30!

On May 1, your main logbook page will display a new 2010 online logbook which covers May 1, 2009 to April 30, 2010. After April 30, 2009, the main logbook page will only accept meters for the 2010 ranking season. After April 30, any meters you have to enter for the 2009 ranking season (or other past seasons) will need to be entered under History.

All of your meters will be accrued toward your Lifetime Meters, which show up under your name at the top of the logbook homepage. To see meters from past seasons, click History from your logbook homepage.

Coming Soon…

Watch your online logbook for a 2009 season certificate. You will be able to download an end-of-year certificate showing your total meters for the year. This is a great way to display your accomplishments!

Also, soon you will be able to order Million Meter Club prizes directly from your logbook (U.S. & Canada only)! Once you log over one million meters (or more!) on the indoor rower, Million Meter Club links will appear under Challenges. Remember, it doesn’t matter how long it takes you to reach your goal, and historical indoor meters count! Keep watching your Challenges page for details.

World Rowing Challenge (WRC) Wrap-Up

Two-hundred and thirty teams competed this year, racking up 504,791,396 meters in the World Rowing Challenge!

North Texas Rowing and Fitness Club, located in McKinney, Texas, rowed the most meters this year with over 49 million meters! With only 10 team members, Grenville Rowing Club in Ontario, Canada, rowed the greatest number of meters per participant—averaging over half a million meters each. Both these clubs won a new indoor rower, as did two randomly selected clubs: Manhattan Masters Rowing Club in Manhattan, Kansas, and Winston Family YMCA in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

The top ten eligible men and women with the most meters received an assortment of Concept2 goodies. Twenty randomly chosen participants won too! Visit the WRC page to access statistics, prize winners and the final standings for the challenge.

Happy New Ranking Year!

The Concept2 Crew

Concept2 Inc.
105 Industrial Park Dr.
Morrisville, VT 05661
800.245.5676

HiAltRowgal · Post by **HiAltRowgal** » April 29th, 2009, 7:54 pm

I was lucky enough to win a T-shirt sometime in March for one of the daily drawings!

~Linda

PJM · Post by **PJM** » April 29th, 2009, 10:24 pm

Congrats Linda!!!

You should have told us before!!
We are so proud to know that you were chosen.Wear that TEE in good health.I love the Concept2 tees.

Pat

PJM · Post by **PJM** » April 29th, 2009, 10:31 pm

With a new season upon us..remember:

Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.

Henry Ford

Set your goals
Set your sights and be there to help one another along the way.

TimbukTOO started small and we grew over the last 2 seasons.
I invite any new rower to join us or any rower who needs a team to join us.
No pressures..no expectations...just team spirit and team strength.

The strength of the team is each individual member... the strength of each member is the team.

Coach Phil Jackson

Pat

moodygirl · Post by **moodygirl** » April 30th, 2009, 7:16 am

Thanks!!!

My goals for this next year: wt loss (of course), keep a daily avg of 5000 meters, reduce my split times by 30 sec, row a marathon, get my first million and then try for 2 more, and complete all of the rowing challenges.

or are these goals too low?

PJM · Post by **PJM** » April 30th, 2009, 9:44 am

No..your goals sound great and I feel the measure of a goal is .."is it attainable?".If a goal ends up to be too "lofty" and creates frustration, then the goal is too high.If you feel that you can go further and "higher"..then you just add to your performance.Goals are individual and if you can be successful at what you have set for yourself..then you have achieved success and a sense of accomplishment.

Good luck and keep us posted!!!

Pat

PJM · Post by **PJM** » April 30th, 2009, 9:48 am

How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to? ~Anthony Robbins

Just a thought for today to get us ready for the new season.

Pat

PJM · Post by **PJM** » April 30th, 2009, 11:13 am

Just doing a roll call..looking for all team TimbukTOO-ians!!

Pat
Linda
Bryan
Andrew
E Lynne..ELF
Stu
Alison
Paul
Susan
Robert
Michael
Tim
Kathy
Sandi
Tom
Cindy
Sheryl
Kathleen
Ryan
Carol
Pat
Barb
Daiva
Mike
Patti
Jay D
Winona
George
Louis
David
Marvin

Great efforts for 2009 season..lets dust off the ergs and put the oars in the virtual waters.
get ready to row the 2010 season!!!

n1lul · Post by **n1lul** » April 30th, 2009, 11:46 am

Missed me on the roll call! My feelings are hurt.

Did my first 1/2 marathon two days ago. Missed my goal by 2 miniutes, but I finished!

There were MANY times whe I said to myself, "just quit,who will care". Well I figured out that, I would care.

New season, new goals.

Let's ROCK!

PJM · Post by **PJM** » April 30th, 2009, 11:59 am

n1lul wrote:Missed me on the roll call! My feelings are hurt.

Did my first 1/2 marathon two days ago. Missed my goal by 2 miniutes, but I finished!

There were MANY times whe I said to myself, "just quit,who will care". Well I figured out that, I would care.

New season, new goals.

Let's ROCK!

Congrats Ray on your half marathon!!!!

You are a true TIMBUK2-ian with the spirit we all have!!!

I see that you are a SubVet on the rowing season ranking list..but you are a TIMBUK2-ian.
That roll call will begin with the next challenge..in the fall I think

GO RAY!!!!!

Pat