TimbukTOO Team Room

[cindyreck]

LISA!!! Holy my goodness! Those are such kind words! (that's me blushing) Thank you! Totally hilarious image of Wonder Woman holding my Harry goat-dude baby. You are a clever lady!

I am truly amazed by the studs (both male and female, in this case) on our team who rack up those meters day after day! I am lucky to put in a slim 6000-7000m every other day! I'd love to do more, but the priority right now is to just do enough to stay in shape, then move on to the next activity. Maybe when my little Gravy boat (son Grayson) goes to school in two years, I'll have lots of free time! (yeah, right!)

I am so lucky to have found this team! I like reading everyone's stories, especially those from folks who have gotten themselves on a path to better health through rowing. The energy and enthusiasm of our teammates comes through in these chats and does a great deal toward motivating me to row. I need that because it is easy and tempting to find something else to do with that half-hour.

New teammates: welcome aboard! This is a great place to be!

Cindy

[Izzzmeister]

Mayday! Mayday! Jump into the Life Boat! 14 of 14 members (100%) logged 199,801 total meters Tuesday, an amazing start for the new season!
A rousing TimbukTOO Welcome to new members Walter Washington & Kenny Holliman! Stick around and have fun!
Milestones achieved: Walter W hit 25K!
Approaching milestones: Walter is approaching 50K (-7,805m), while Jerry (-3,903m), David (-3,903m), Kyle (-4,852m), Heather (-5,000m) & Jim pursue 25K!

Posted Meters:
Walter W - 42,195 Full Marathon! (In lieu of “Hello”?)
Jerry H - 21,097 Half Marathon!
David W - 21,097 Half Marathon!
Kyle J - 20,148 Hot start!
Heather R - 20,000 Humming right along!

Jim C - 15,000 Getting a fast jump on the season - and I do mean FAST!
Lisa H - 13,979 Coming fast out of the gate!
Matthew R - 11,189 Yes, slow & steady really DOES win the race…
Joseph W - 10,342 No Navy Blues to be sung here…
Adam M - 9,000 Beginning right where he left off…

Kenny H - 5,500 Good start!
Brent C - 5,042 Back for the next round of torture…
Andy I - 3,383 Good break, good start!
Deb J - 1,829 Starting early…

[bcurry]

Hey there gang,

So i've been at it for a few months now and want to start to test myself, determine my current personal bests and all that. My question is two-fold:
1) What is a good challenging work-out I can intersperse into my regular workouts to push a little harder?
2) How does one enter a personal best or ranking piece into the logbook? (assuming that is where you enter it) The Concept2 FAQ says if a piece entered into my logbook is worthy of 'ranking' there will be a blue link in the status column. Since I've never seen this blue link I am wondering is this even what you refer to when entering a personal best?

[CONLEJM]

Hi Brent:

Regarding the ranking of you personal bests, After you enter your data into the logbook, you should see a column titled "Status" in the logbook section of the page (down at the bottom of the page http://log.concept2.com/log.asp ). Assuming you rowed a standard time or distance (i.e. 2K, 5K, 30min, 60min, etc.) you should see the work "rank" in the Status column. If you click the word "rank", you will be ranked for that time/distance in your age/gender/weight category.

If you want to really get geeky about it, you can make sure your entry is validated, either by uploading your entries through a log card reader, or through RowPro, or by entering in the validation code that is generated by your PM3/PM4 for every row. If you look on the rankings pages, in the last column, you'll see the entries IND, IND_V, C2Log, RowPro, RACE, etc. All entries but IND are validated; the entries with IND could be real, or could be fake.

I think our fearless leader Izzz can give you best advice about workout strategies. I think some common answers are doing intervals, doing long rows some days and a series of short fast rows other days. There are boards here on C2 devoted to training strategies and you might do well reading and asking over there.

I hope this helps! I hope you have great success!

[CONLEJM]

Since we're talking about ranking, I just shaved 0.4 seconds off my 2K PB. That's three PBs in a row for me this season! Having a good time doing it, too. I hope this is a great season for you all, too!

[Izzzmeister]

Coming back to the boat, two by two! 21 of 23 members (91%) logged 252,813 total meters Wednesday!
Our 2012 Team Studette Heather R, has sought asylum from Team Canada, presumably because she heard about the TimbukTOO Torture Rooms (where we tickle people until they cry)! We’ll miss you, Heather, on the other side of the Iron Ass Curtain!

Milestones achieved: Walter W reached 75K, David W, Jerry H & Kyle J passed 35K, while Jim C, Lisa H & Yisroel H glided by 25K!
Approaching milestones: David (-7,806m), Jerry (-7,806m) & Kyle pursue 50K (-9,548m), while Matthew, Adam & Joseph (-8,369m) approach 25K!

Posted Meters:
Walter W - 42,195 Two days, two Full Marathons!!!
Yisroel H - 25,097 HM plus!
David W - 21,097 Second HM!
Jerry H - 21,097 Two Hms & counting!
Kyle J - 20,304 Another huge row!

Jim C - 15,000 Starting the season near the top of the pack…
Lisa H - 13,215 She puts the ‘Darn!’ In Damselfly (or something like that)!
Matthew R - 11,178 Another fine row…
John S - 10,583 Doing the OTHER Marathon Challenge!
Adam M - 10,000 Ten K!

Keith J - 10,000 Ten K!
Glenn Y - 7,022 Good first row of the season!
Lee C - 7,000 Starts new season with a Lucky 7 row…
Cindy R - 6,754 Took time off from the kid & kids…
Joseph W - 6,289 The Prof not resting…

Jamie B - 6,000 Utili-kilt back for another season!
Kenny H - 5,500 Another day, another row!
Nancy W - 4,138 Having JB make space for her on the C2...
Bob G - 3,891 Starting small…
Andy I - 3,747 New streak beginning…
Fred B - 2,706 Starting the new season quickly…

[bcurry]

(i.e. 2K, 5K, 30min, 60min, etc.) you should see the work "rank" in the Status column.

So if I enter exact distances of 5009 meters etc it will never be ranked? I need to round down to the basic 5000 meters? I've never seen the "rank" option in the status column and i am betting this is why

[CONLEJM]

So if I enter exact distances of 5009 meters etc it will never be ranked? I need to round down to the basic 5000 meters? I've never seen the "rank" option in the status column and i am betting this is why

That's correct. If you go to the Rankings page, you can see the list of valid rankable times and distances.

Good luck!

[damselfly]

(i.e. 2K, 5K, 30min, 60min, etc.) you should see the work "rank" in the Status column.

So if I enter exact distances of 5009 meters etc it will never be ranked? I need to round down to the basic 5000 meters? I've never seen the "rank" option in the status column and i am betting this is why

You don't actually round down... You want to set your PM up to do that specific distance before you start your row. So you would set up a 5K piece and row till the meter meter hits 0.

[damselfly]

Hey, is that a mouse in a rowboat I see?

Welcome aboard, Pat!!!!! Yay!!!

[lcantey]

Lee C - 8,000 May still be eligible for Rookie of the Year next season…

Here I was all pumped up until I saw Walter come along with his two full marathons on his first two days!

Well done Walter and thanks for all the fun Cap'n.

Lee

[CONLEJM]

You don't actually round down... You want to set your PM up to do that specific distance before you start your row. So you would set up a 5K piece and row till the meter meter hits 0.

Thanks for clarifying, Lisa. Brent, the PM3/4 monitor has several standard and custom workouts already pre-programmed into it. Or you can enter in a new time or distance, and you can save them as "favorites" if you use a log card.

[bcurry]

Thanks guys and gals that really helps remove my confusion. I havent even looked at half the options on my PM3

[tobyj1]

CONLEJM

Not sure I appreciate the geeky epithet, bit too old to qualify as a geek!

But thanks for the tip about IND you can now look forwadr to my 13 minute 5k and 2 hour marathon and I will have my 2M for the season done by the end of next week

Keith

[CONLEJM]

thanks for the tip about IND you can now look forwadr to my 13 minute 5k and 2 hour marathon and I will have my 2M for the season done by the end of next week
Keith

That, sir, is some SERIOUS rowing!