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Izzzmeister · Post by **Izzzmeister** » September 8th, 2011, 3:14 am

All hands on board, and Kim N has joined the galley! Welcome, Kim, hope you have a lot of “pull” around here!
An anemic 6 of the now 37 members who have already rowed (16%) contributed 61,631 meters Wednesday. Still in 12th Place, and there are still 5 teams within a million meters of us!

Milestones: Give me time, I‘ll think of something!
Approaching Milestones: The 2MM achievement closer for David (-24,544m), Matthew closing the gap to 700K (-8,377m), Adam now approaching 500K (-22,660m), Andrew is nearer 450K (-18,160m), Cindy moving towards 300K (-11,585m), Lisa buzzing towards 200K (-16,081m), Paul (-7,539m) & Andy (-12,545m) race to 150K, Raymond most of the way to 100K (-8,101m), Gary D near 75K (-10,000m), and Kim (-9,548m) & Everett (-10,000m) approach 15K!

Posted Meters:
John S - 21,547 Nice first post-Labor Day row…
David W - 21,097 HM!
Kim N - 5,452 Great first post!

Andy I - 5,000 Consistent!
Gary D - 5,000 Back-to-back rows!
Andrew A - 3,535 Sweet![ /size]

Two more sign-ups for the FTC – now at 36 team members and beefing up (for vegetarians, tofu-ing up)!
Welcome, Kim N to the TWO Timbuks, and welcome Marius Satas to TimbukTWO! We’re expecting great accomplishments in the FTC2011!
Please let us know what your personal goals are for this team challenge (so far: Yisroel 300K, Gary G 200K, Chris 185K+, Andy 160K, Gary D 150K, Kim 100K… and James C promises consistency) and Lisa‘s micro-macro will help you track them!

Izzzmeister · Post by **Izzzmeister** » September 8th, 2011, 3:50 am

damselfly wrote:Here's a little jolly from comedian and actor Hugh Laurie (from the series "House") on winning a race (on the water)...

http://youtu.be/cHq0kYgD1ZI

Enjoy!

Being a fan of the writings of P. G. Wodehouse, including the Jeeves series, I really liked the BBC series done with Hugh Laurie playing Bertie Wooster & Stephen Fry as Jeeves. Here (during the 2nd season of House), he is telling David Letterman about his father winning an Olympic Gold Medal in rowing in 1948.
http://youtu.be/ETLHO8kbi_c

APM · Post by **APM** » September 8th, 2011, 6:45 am

I have a running race on the first Sunday of the challenge which will disrupt my early metres, but I hope to erg over 130k.

Izzz, is it possible to provide a list of all TimBukToo entries into this challenge?

Kim6225 · Post by **Kim6225** » September 8th, 2011, 9:17 am

Thanks for the welcome! I've been rowing 20 minutes at a time and almost reaching 3,000 m, I know that's not a lot compared to all of you, but I will get there! I should be up to 3000 m by the start of the challenge, maybe even more! I will probably increase my rowing to 30 minutes by then, so will definitely be there. I'm at work and don't have more time to post, but I have questions on spm and a few other things, I'll ask them tonight, I hope you all don't mind!

damselfly · Post by **damselfly** » September 8th, 2011, 1:04 pm

Izzzmeister wrote:
damselfly wrote:Here's a little jolly from comedian and actor Hugh Laurie (from the series "House") on winning a race (on the water)...

http://youtu.be/cHq0kYgD1ZI

Enjoy!
Being a fan of the writings of P. G. Wodehouse, including the Jeeves series, I really liked the BBC series done with Hugh Laurie playing Bertie Wooster & Stephen Fry as Jeeves. Here (during the 2nd season of House), he is telling David Letterman about his father winning an Olympic Gold Medal in rowing in 1948.
http://youtu.be/ETLHO8kbi_c

Jeeves and Wooster was wonderful!!! If you liked that you might like "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" -- very silly comedy sketches with these two. Available on Netflix....

BTW, I'm down for 100k for the challenge. I will be missing some days right at the beginning for a family thing out-of-town, but do hope to exceed that goal...

damselfly · Post by **damselfly** » September 8th, 2011, 1:23 pm

OK, so I have these goals so far set up in the Fall Team Challenge database. Please post corrections, and for you who haven't set goals and want to, post or PM me. Thanks!!

(These are in no particular order -- they will appear in the posts in order of percent goal completed.)

Gary D - 150,000
Lisa H - 100,000
Adam M - 130,000
Andy I - 160,000
Kim N - 100,000
Gary G - 200,000
Chris H - 180,000
Yisroel H - 300,000

Izzzmeister · Post by **Izzzmeister** » September 9th, 2011, 3:09 am

APM wrote:Izzz, is it possible to provide a list of all TimBukToo entries into this challenge?

Yes: Go to the Teams Menu, go to "Your Team", and click on the highlighted word "TimbukTWO" for the full list.
(I get the list of those who are on the team, with checks and x's to tell me who's entered the Challenge, and with everybody's e-mail address, under a special "Manage The Team" feature for captains.)

Izzzmeister · Post by **Izzzmeister** » September 9th, 2011, 3:17 am

All hands on board, and all eagerly awaiting a Challenge!
An exciting 13 of the now 37 members who have already rowed (35%) contributed 115,246 meters Thursday. Still in 12th Place, and there are still 5 teams within a million meters of us!

Milestones: I‘d walk a camel for a milestone!
Approaching Milestones: 2MM within reach for David (-8,935m), Matthew closing the gap to 700K (-8,377m), Adam now approaching 500K (-20,410m), Andrew is nearer 450K (-18,160m), Cindy moving towards 300K (-11,585m), Lisa busily winging towards 200K (-10,211m), Paul (-7,539m) & Andy (-7,545m) race to 150K, Raymond right near 100K (-2,555m) with Kathy (-9,476m) on his heels, Gary D nearer 75K (-5,000m), and Kim (-5,968m) approaches 15K!

Posted Meters:
John S - 24,387 Back in the #1 slot…
Yisroel H - 18,907 Approaching full strength…
David W - 15,609 Time to take 2... Million!
Joseph W - 11,111 They are the Ones we’ve been waiting for!
Chris H - 7,000 What happened to the Hulk?

Lisa H - 5,870 Happy trails!
Gary G - 5,571 Overland or Overwater, Gary’s right there!
Raymond W - 5,546 He’s all Wright!
Kathy B - 5,415 Welcome back to the boat!

Andy I - 5,000 Clinging to his C2...
Gary D - 5,000 5K a day, keeps the Reaper away!
Kim N - 3,580 Nice, Nace!
Adam M - 2,250 Chipping away…

One more sign-up for the FTC – now at 37 team members and bulking up!
Welcome, TimbukTWOer Everett B to the FTC! We’re expecting great improvements in the FTC2011!

damselfly · Post by **damselfly** » September 9th, 2011, 10:20 am

Izzzmeister wrote:
Milestones: I‘d walk a camel for a milestone!

Oh good grief!!

Someone hit a milestone already and save us from this!!!!

Kim6225 · Post by **Kim6225** » September 9th, 2011, 1:44 pm

So, this is my first challenge, do we just row as much as we can in the 30 days? Are the standings by the amount rowed divided by the number of the people on the team? Sorry, I'm an accountant... Just trying to gather information. I'm all up for this, I'm on a roll, errr row!

DavidA · Post by **DavidA** » September 9th, 2011, 2:30 pm

Izzzmeister wrote: Milestones: I‘d walk a camel for a milestone!

That was one of your worst ones R.

(And may not be as appreciated by the younger ones as much as those of us of a certain age

)

David

theOtherOne · Post by **theOtherOne** » September 9th, 2011, 8:17 pm

Izzy,
Can you make sure I am signed up for the fall challenge...I think I did it a while ago & just wanted to make sure. By the 15th, I'll probably be on the erg more than the bike.
Also, put me down for a goal of 200k.
Thanks & have a great weekend!
~j

damselfly · Post by **damselfly** » September 9th, 2011, 9:27 pm

Ahoy maties!!! Quartermaster Lisa here with t'nights stats, as our trusty Cap'n is off for th' Sabbath. Normal rations and floggings will resume tomorrow eve.

Folks seem to be warming up for the fall challenge, with a hearty 10 of 37 members (27%) logging 111,831 total meters. We'll be hittin' them scurvy dogs a-broadsides, no question!

Milestones achieved: Our very own David W hit a very cool 2 Million meters for the season so far!!! Outstanding, man!! A double Woot! And Everett B hit 15K!! Keep on rowing, men!!

Approaching camels -- er -- stonehenges -- uh -- something-or-others: John is closing on1.2M (-18,144m), Adam is approaching 500K (-7,410m), Andrew is steaming towards 450K (-14,650m), Andy is oh-so-close to 150K (-2,545m), Glenn is in spitting distance (pa-tooie!) of 75K (-7,786m), Everett is closing on 25K (-7,000m), and Kim is just shy of 15K (-2,289m). Row strong, team!!!

Posted Meters:
David W - 28,837 Ouch! I hurt just thinking about this distance...
John S - 16,539 Off the road and onto the erg!
Adam M - 13,000 Big, big row!
Everett B - 13,000 Just as big!!! In fact, exactly as big!
Gary G - 12,266 Very big row, but didn't get the 13k memo!

Jeff S - 11,000 Back after a short hiatus...
Andy I - 5,000 Our most consistent rower!
Glenn Y - 5,000 Welcome back, man!! We've missed you!
Kim N - 3,679 Going strong!!
Andrew A - 3,510 Good row!!!

Not having access to the Cap'n's team page for the Fall Challenge, I won't report on that here...

Row on, team!!!

Quatroux · Post by **Quatroux** » September 9th, 2011, 10:07 pm

Congrats to David W!!!! What an awesome accomplishment!

garygOP · Post by **garygOP** » September 10th, 2011, 6:26 pm

Welcome aboard to our new and returning crew.

I passed the 3 million meter mark today- am on my way now to 4 million and beyond-- just as the Kansas motto states in Latin- To the stars and beyond-- Ad Astra, Per Astra.
I have always thought that was a goofy motto for such a conservative and some might say.... backwards State.
But the motto is a good one to row, and to live by.

My baby sister is in town for the weekend, celebrating her 60th birthday- and we have been eating and drinking up a storm.
Ad Astra, Per Astra.
Et tu, Brute?

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