TimbukTOO Team Room

HiAltRowgal · Post by **HiAltRowgal** » September 22nd, 2009, 9:42 pm

Lisa,

I grew up in Long Beach, so I know about the Santa Ana's. In the 90's my parents had a condo at the Lawrence Welk Resort in Escondido, so we'd bring the kids to Southern California every summer for 5 days at the beach (boogie boarding mostly at La Jolla shores) and visiting Disneyland. What wonderful memories (except for the sting rays). The lines at DL never bothered us; it trapped the kids so they were forced to communicate with us! The kids are grown, and I lost both of my parents in the past few years, so we haven't made another trip to Southern California since the last funeral. I really miss it, especially my 5 days per year at the beach. If I don't lose at least another 5 pounds, I won't be able to get back into my wet suit! I'd better keep rowing!

~Linda

damselfly · Post by **damselfly** » September 22nd, 2009, 10:10 pm

Linda,

I'm so sorry for your loss...

I still have my Mom left and am lucky she lives very near.

Keep on rowing! That wetsuit doesn't stand a chance!

And we'll keep Disneyland warm for you!

damselfly · Post by **damselfly** » September 22nd, 2009, 10:15 pm

michaelc wrote:RowStrong Timbuk2!!!!!!!!!!

Keep up the pace, and most of all, enjoy the ride!

Hey, Pat, Chris, and James don't slow down on my account, I'm going for the cup, and don't give any handicap meters for age You guys are pushing hard, my arms are tired, one fell off last night, put it back on with duct tape, I'm talking lots of trash, gonna get me in trouble, but I've been there before I'm keeping an eye on Lisa coming up the ranks fast.

I wonder what our point spread is in Vegas, the viking outfit is intimidating, but I'm putting money on Cap'n Pat!

Okay, enough talk, I'm going rowing!

LiveStrong.....................RowStrong.....................Timbuk2!!!!!!
michaelc

Ha ha! "Handicap meters!" The youngster made a joke! Mr. Thirty-Nine Guy!

How's that duct tape holding up?

PJM · Post by **PJM** » September 22nd, 2009, 11:54 pm

PAUL HAS PASSED THE 400,000 METER MARK!!!!!!!!!

WAY TO ROW!!!!!!!!!

Pat

PJM · Post by **PJM** » September 22nd, 2009, 11:56 pm

YISROEL HAS PASSED THE 500,000 METER MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!

WAY TO ROW

Pat

PJM · Post by **PJM** » September 23rd, 2009, 1:24 am

RAY HAS PASSED THE 300,000 METER MARK!!!!!
Way to row!!!

Pat

michaelc · Post by **michaelc** » September 23rd, 2009, 6:42 am

I think I might take a rest day tomorrow. This pace is tough. I'm not a fast or really strong rower, so it's just time in the saddle. But, I might just row through all the Pixar films by the end of the challenge.
_________________
-- Lisa

Hey Lisa, I heard this one Pixar film is really good, it's about this "OLD" toy being tossed aside for a "YOUNGER, HANDSOME" toy!

Pat, Hope your elbow heals, mine hasn't been too bad on the rower. I did get my support and it helps. Still impossible to swing a racket or baseball overhand. Working it out with weights seems to be getting it stronger, but still feels like

!

And now my latest personal saga, my "best-friend" Mack smashed me in my right eye yesterday with his paw while horsing around, the doctor made a funny when I walked in the office, So which eye is it?! So now I have duct tape holding on my left arm, an elbow support and ice pack on my right arm, and an eye patch on my right eye. All I'm missing is my peg leg! The eye patch does go well with our pirate theme

Linda, you can keep the snow for a while! Makes me cringe, means I need to get busy at work and no more playing hooky! I'll have to get the skis out and start waxing them up! Summer is over

THE RACE TO THE CUP

LANE 1-----------------------michaelc
LANE 2---------------------------------------------------Lisa
LANE 3-----------------------------------------Pat
LANE 4-------------------------------------------------------James
LANE 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chris
LANE 6------------?????????????????who's next? Linda you're so close to the 100k, I can hear your oars hitting the water!!!!!

LiveStrong........................RowStrong........................Timbuk2

michaelc

cindyreck · Post by **cindyreck** » September 23rd, 2009, 8:39 am

Ok, so I just got caught up on all this chit-chat. I used to live in Long Beach, too! We lived in Belmont Shore while I was in grad school at USC. I loved Southern Cal!!! I particularly like how there is sort of an exercise/fitness culture there. People are outside doing stuff all the time. Here in NE PA, it seems that only a small percentage of people even think about fitness! Isn't that a shame?

It's definitely fall weather here, but no snow! WOW! If we're lucky, we'll see some flurries by Thanksgiving.

Lisa- LOVE your creative Haiku! You are clever!

I'm envious of all of you who are watching movies while you row. My rower sits in my *** DELETE - SPAM *** - it's crazy. We have this small, old farmhouse...I really don't like the house, but we LOVE our property and location, so we'll probably never move. Anyway, there is, unfortunately, no better place for the rower than the *** DELETE - SPAM ***, and there is no TV in the *** DELETE - SPAM ***. There is one TV in the house, and usually it's acting as the babysitter while I row.

Off to my erg...
LET'S GO TEAM!!!

cindy

PJM · Post by **PJM** » September 23rd, 2009, 11:27 am

TOP 10 VIRTUAL TEAMS:

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 12,931,249 266 48,614
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 6,270,180 144 43,543
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 3,462,746 65 53,273
4 RowPro Online Virtual Club 3,007,803 69 43,591
5 UK Rowers Virtual Club 2,036,696 72 28,287
6 TIMBUK2 Virtual Club 1,995,537 52 38,376
7 SUB7 & PaddyPower FRC Team Virtual Club 1,967,715 38 51,782
8 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 1,845,276 18 102,515
9 Forum Flyers Virtual Club 1,723,375 35 49,239
10 Empty the tanks Virtual Club 1,581,451 54 29,286

TOP 10 OVERALL TEAMS:

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 12,931,249 266 48,614
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 6,270,180 144 43,543
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 3,462,746 65 53,273
4 RowPro Online Virtual Club 3,007,803 69 43,591
5 'Big Blue' International Undefined 2,056,276 14 146,877
6 UK Rowers Virtual Club 2,036,696 72 28,287
7 TIMBUK2 Virtual Club 1,995,537 52 38,376
8 SUB7 & PaddyPower FRC Team Virtual Club 1,967,715 38 51,782
9 Greenville Indoor Rowing Health Club 1,880,835 90 20,898
10 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 1,845,276 18 102,515

TEAM TIMBUK2:

2327 Chris Hughes TIMBUK2 M 46 140,000

2328 Pat Mazzei TIMBUK2 F 59 130,766
2329 James Kielma TIMBUK2 M 55 125,519
2330 Lisa Hakesley TIMBUK2 F 47 123,559
2331 Michael Taft TIMBUK2 M 39 119,900
2332 Andrew Augenstein TIMBUK2 M 57 95,655
2333 Linda Brown TIMBUK2 F 59 95,443
2334 Joel Westerhof TIMBUK2 M 41 87,470
2335 David Heistand TIMBUK2 M 55 73,405
2336 Raymond Wright TIMBUK2 M 46 71,806
2337 Bobbie Kielma TIMBUK2 F 57 68,355
2338 Jeff Rice TIMBUK2 M 60 63,180
2339 Mike O'Rourke TIMBUK2 M 54 57,000
2340 Sheryl Moody TIMBUK2 F 44 50,200
2341 Charles Pester TIMBUK2 M 51 49,708
2342 Paul Edgar TIMBUK2 M 41 49,485
2343 tait luste TIMBUK2 M 40 47,031
2344 Ted Parr TIMBUK2 M 50 43,664
2345 Yisroel Homnick TIMBUK2 M 50 43,097
2346 James (JD) Liddil TIMBUK2 M 49 39,382
2347 mike esposito TIMBUK2 M 53 37,531
2348 Glenn Yaniero TIMBUK2 M 47 37,449
2349 Sanjeev Kulkarni TIMBUK2 M 48 29,075
2350 Cindy Kepler Reck TIMBUK2 F 37 28,277
2351 Erika Millen TIMBUK2 F 41 27,312
2352 Alison Hughes TIMBUK2 F 46 26,054
2353 Allison Biggar TIMBUK2 F 26 23,733
2354 Carol S TIMBUK2 F 37 23,730
2355 E Lynne Fitzmorris TIMBUK2 F 60 23,475
2356 Gabriela Caranfil TIMBUK2 F 46 22,521
2357 Kathy Butters TIMBUK2 F 53 21,477
2358 Dalton B TIMBUK2 M 7 20,000
2359 Leif Henecke TIMBUK2 M 48 15,750
2360 Tristan B TIMBUK2 M 10 14,806
2361 Sandi Jump TIMBUK2 F 42 14,665
2362 MARY HILLMAN TIMBUK2 F 65 13,150
2363 Daiva Satas TIMBUK2 F 45 13,000
2364 Julie Dillon TIMBUK2 F 37 11,202
2365 Joy Chan TIMBUK2 F 30 10,205
2366 Bernie Julian TIMBUK2 M 58 7,500

GO TEAM!!!!!

Pat

PJM · Post by **PJM** » September 23rd, 2009, 11:29 am

Just a reminder:

THE TEAM CUP ( a large Cafe Press FRC09 mug) WILL BE AWARDED TO THE TOP TEAM TIMBUK2 ROWER
A FRC09 TEE SHIRT WILL BE AWARDED TO A RANDOMLY CHOSEN ROWER FROM ALL TEAM TIMBUK2 PARTICIPANTS.

GO FOR THE TEAM CUP!!!!!!!!!
Pat

PJM · Post by **PJM** » September 23rd, 2009, 11:46 am

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd 2009

NOTES FROM THE BOAT

With 40 crew members with their oars in the virtual waters:
#14 in the overall rankings( out of 1096 teams)
#12 in the virtual rankings (out of 118 teams)

15,966,639 meters for the season
232,350 meters for the day

MICHAEL...29,358 meters

LISA...22,910 meters
CHRIS...18,000 meters
LINDA...17,741 meters
RAY...16,381 meters
SHERYL...14,000 meters
BOBBIE...13,455 meters
JIM...13,355 meters
ANDREW...12,175 meters
JD...11,492 meters
LYNNE...10,094 meters
PAT...10,000 meters
CAROL...9,189 meters
PAUL...6,537 meters
DALTON...6,350 meters
GLENN...6,000 meters
TED..5,063 meters
ALISON...3,500 meters
DAIVA...3,000 meters
BERNIE...2,500 meters
TRISTAN...1,250 meters

I FEEL THE ENERGY!!!

GREAT ROWING AND AWESOME TEAMWORK!!!

”There ain’t no rules here. We’re trying to accomplish something.”
- Thomas Edison
You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.”

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Team Captain

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PJM · Post by **PJM** » September 23rd, 2009, 12:52 pm

Let's push those meters over the 2 million mark..SO close!!!

Pat

PJM · Post by **PJM** » September 23rd, 2009, 1:18 pm

IS THIS A HAPPY FACE OR WHAT?????

WE DID IT!!!

2 million meters.
I applaud the rower who pushed us over the mark..whoever that was!!!

Pat

HiAltRowgal · Post by **HiAltRowgal** » September 23rd, 2009, 2:05 pm

Lisa & Michael, "old age" is a relative term...

Cindy, one of my best friends lived in Belmont Shore. She and her husband still live close to the area. Did you ever attend the Christmas parades on the canals? My step-grandfather and his extended family lived on C Street in Philadelphia. I have fond memories.

Another friend from high school was a song girl at USC. She married Bob Chandler, a great wide receiver who ended up playing with O.J. in Buffalo. My two brothers graduated from UCLA, though, so I guess the only time I'd root for USC would be if they were playing BYU!

I don't have a tv down in the basement with my rower. I have a tiny, portable dvd player & I subscribe to Netflix. I bought the dvd player about 4 years ago, and it was about $100. I've run through tons of English mystery/detective shows and am now working my way through the Mary Tyler Moore Show and NCIS. No Commercials & no late fees!

We have so many sunny days here each year, but this past year has been unusually cloudy & rainy. The snow doesn't come and stay until Halloween (only remember one or two days when the kids didn't have to go out trick or treating in a blizzard). I used footed sleepers as a base for many of their costumes. Needless to say, they were one of a kind!

~Linda

PJM · Post by **PJM** » September 23rd, 2009, 2:18 pm

LINDA HAS REACHED THE 100,000 METER MILESTONE FOR THE FRC09!!!

Way to row!!

Pat