TimbukTOO Team Room

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on the poopy puppy deck, where crappy orders are barked out! 8 of our 44 groggy members (18%) logged 134,492 total meters Sunday, avoiding floating blackboards & victuals.

Milestones: John S hit 1.6M!
Approaching milestones: Mark striking towards 1.4M (-22,741m) while the iron is hot, Yisroel is someday soon getting around to 1.3M (-13,022m), Gary closer to 900K (-14,808m), Chris using his 9-9-9 plan to hit 700K (-24,999m), Andrew is approaching 700K (-32,044m), Andy is one pretty good row from 450K (-7,065m), Kathy knifing towards 300K (-11,646m), & Glenn is really close to 250K (-9,313m)

Posted Meters:
John S - 58,379 First post in 10 days a biggie…
Yisroel H - 18,193 One hour, 15,993 meters!
Mark E - 18,071 Back’s back!
Gary G - 15,047 Back-to-back big rows!

Joseph W - 11,111 The Big Unit back on the mound!
Kathy B - 6,128 Nice!
Kevin K - 6,000 6K for KK!
Andy I - 1,563 Quatroux almost cinq!

[damselfly]

Andy I - 1,563 Quatroux almost cinq!

Better than almost sink!

[The Blacksmith]

2,000,828 as of this A.M.
Now on to 3.

[mathineer]

"Kevin K - 6,116 Palindrome rower..."

Mama don't take my palindrome away!

Apologies to Paul Simon

[Quatroux]

Andy I - 1,563 Quatroux almost cinq!

I really wanted to take Sunday off, but I was reading this article about the importance of stretching after your warmup. I couldn't think of a better warmup than the rower. However, I'm still not sold on stretching. I'll give it a shot for a few weeks.

I did have a PB time on the 10k on Saturday, but still no meters like David W, John S , Yisroel H, and such. I know those three don't row at my YMCA.

[damselfly]

2,000,828 as of this A.M.
Now on to 3.

Congratulations!! You're on track for a really awesome season!

Re: stretching... For running at least, I tend to agree with what I read about static stretching being a bad idea for cold muscles. I have a dynamic stretching routine I follow before a run, then do static stretches afterward, when everything's all nice and warm. I don't do any stretches before rowing, and only with the greatest of discipline do I do anything after. Since the rower is at home, I get sucked into doing chores or starting dinner instead of stretching. There's something to be said for using the rower at the Y!

[The Blacksmith]

I don't stretch before or after. I do a slow warmup for 5 minutes. Probably should stretch before and after with thee aftermath of spinal surgery on my body The Doc that did my surgery thinks I'm out of my mind. He found out how much I routinely lift during my work day and was adamant that I find a "less strenuous" form of work. Yeah,right-what can I switch to at my age (even if I wanted to-being an Artist is all I want to do anyway).

[damselfly]

He found out how much I routinely lift during my work day and was adamant that I find a "less strenuous" form of work.

This begs the question, how much weight DO you lift during your work day?

Capturing meters a tad early today... Off to Zion National Park tomorrow. Hoping my hubby is in good enough shape to make it up to Observation Point (2100' gain). Wheeeee!!!!

[damselfly]

All hands on the poopy puppy deck, where crappy orders are barked out! 8 of our 44 groggy members (18%) logged 134,492 total meters Sunday, avoiding floating blackboards & victuals.

Methinks me posts arrrr bein' made light of....

[The Blacksmith]

It all depends on the size of the project. For instance, I've built 40 foot rails (8'-10' foot sections) by myself-each section weighed 250 or so lbs. When I put it together you weld up one side first-then the fun part is flipping it to do the other side-with no overhead crane in the shop Then get it out to and on to the truck. Then install it in the house without dinging floors and walls- I usually hire help to move them in the home-too easy to create lots of damage with moving a long heavy rail.
REALLY nice picture, by the way

[damselfly]

Holy cow!! Well, that would certainly explain the back trouble!!

That will be our view from Observation Point if we make it. I can't claim the photo -- I just google for images and inject them into my posts. (I did photoshop the coxswain with the cake one though...)

Have a great week, everyone!

[Quatroux]

(I did photoshop the coxswain with the cake one though...)

Then we expect to see a photo of a pirate rowing on a C2 somewhere in Zion National Park.

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on deck, consuming virtual victuals! 12 of our 44 members (27%) logged 128,872 total meters Monday, posted on our new SmartBoard.

Milestones: Mark E hit 2MM lifetime & TimbukTOO hit 21 million meters!
Approaching milestones: Mark showing spine in pursuing 1.4M (-5,982m), Yisroel is someday sooner getting around to 1.3M (-13,022m), Gary closer to 900K (-14,808m), Chris using his 9-9-9 plan to hit 700K (-14,999m), Andrew angelically approaching 700K (-24,704m), Andy is one wimpy row from 450K (-1,542m) with Cindy (-17,155m) in pursuit, Kevin counting on reaching 350K (-18,130m), Kathy knifing towards 300K (-11,646m), & Glenn is really close to 250K (-9,313m)…

Posted Meters:
Cindy R - 19,060 Good first post in a week…
David W - 17,005 No catchin’ this dude!
Mark E - 16,759 Four days, 62K!
Adam M - 12,000 Good distance!

Jeff S - 11,000 Even with a few beautiful riding days…
Chris H - 10,000 Good ski weather in your house?
Matthew R - 9,045 Good rest, good row…
Kevin K - 8,119 You took your own palindrome away…

Elisa H - 8,021 Best to avoid breaks longer than 72 hours…
Andrew A - 7,340 Staying young & strong…
Andy I - 5,523 Clinging to his erg daily…
Jamie B - 5,000 Getting his land legs back…

[Izzzmeister]

This is an invitation to all TimbukTOOers who want to improve their speed to join me in some serious training. This will last 12 weeks, and should improve your 2K times about 1 second per week (but that will depend on how close to your potential you‘re rowing now). It will be based on “The Pete Plan” (http://thepeteplan.wordpress.com/the-pete-plan/), though I must admit I’ll be modifying it for myself.
Some notes:
1) I don’t recommend you jump more than one workout per week. So, if you were doing 3 a week, don’t do more than 4, etc. If you were rowing daily, try not to do more than one hard day in a row - so, if you did speed work one day, follow it with a slower “long and steady” session the next. (Consider a very long & steady session a hard day.) Closer to race season, you may want to do 2 or three hard days followed by a day of complete rest.
2) If you’re relatively new to rowing, start with Pete’s plan for beginners (click “Beginner Training” at the above blogsite). Your body can handle amazing amounts of stress - but you have to build up to it.
3) Pete Marston’s plan lacks 2 aspects - strength training & stroke “rating.” The best thing would be if you could lift weights twice a week, and twice a week practice explosive but even strokes with long recovery in between. However, we don’t all have that much time & energy. Pete’s Plan will work without those aspects, and there are some reasonable alternatives…
4) Please post your times and improvements to the Affiliation thread. Keep the posts short: Times, improvement, perhaps a comment. If you don’t feel like posting, please drop me a line with your times.
5) The 12 weeks will put you on the cusp of racing season. You may choose to pick up a local race listed on the C2 website (http://www.concept2.com/us/racing/calendar/default.asp) , or to buy RowPro and race virtually against people around the world. And there’s always the CRASH-B’s…

Any takers?

[Izzzmeister]

Capturing meters a tad early today... Off to Zion National Park tomorrow. Hoping my hubby is in good enough shape to make it up to Observation Point (2100' gain). Wheeeee!!!!

Observation: I knew you were off to Zion when I heard you were condemned by the UN...
Point: He's skinny enough - just carry him on your back!