TimbukTOO Team Room

[damselfly]

Good luck, Mark!! Be safe, have fun (yeah, it sounds REAL fun...) and at least you can be reasonably sure your hands won't freeze to the oars!! Looking forward to a great race report!

[bcurry]

Good luck at the Challenge!

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! Cap'n is AWOL again, and will be confined to the galley peeling spuds for a week when he comes back aboard!! A svelte and sinuous 7 of 38 members (18%) logged 80,307 total meters Thursday!

Milestones achieved:
Andy I hit 350K!! Way to row, man!

Approaching milestones:
Kyle is very close to 900K (-12,485m), Gary is blazing towards 450K (-6,049m), and Lisa is closing on 350K (-20,431m)

Posted Meters:
Andy I - 21,097 Ho HM...
Jim C - 18,333 Seems to have converged on a new standard...
Kyle J - 16,070 Nice!
Gary G - 9,743 Sweet!
Lisa H - 6,018 Same ole', same ole'...
Brent C - 5,000 Nice, but take care of that shoulder!
Nancy W - 4,046 Looking good!

[damselfly]

Welcome back to the boat, Paul E!! Glad to have you aboard for another season! A tough and tenacious 10 of 39 members (26%) logged 218,811 total meters Friday!

Milestones achieved:
Kyle J hit 900K, Adam M hit 500K, Gary G hit 450K, and Paul E hit 75K!! Woot!

Approaching milestones:
Jim is a few good rows from 900K (-50,000m), Keith is on the cusp of 600K (-13,551m), Matthew is a smidge away from 500K (-19,882m), Lisa is close to 350K (-14,409m), Paul is on the brink of 100K (-8,178m), and Bob is about to best 50K (-1,109m)

Posted Meters:
Paul E - 91,822 Welcome back!!
Kyle J - 30,176 Holy moly!! Special occasion?
Keith J - 25,000 Big!! Two-day?
Jim C - 18,334 Rounded up on this one...
Gary G - 12,907 Great consistency!
Matthew R - 11,050 Nice!!
Yisroel H - 10,000 Hope you like taters....
Adam M - 8,500 Eights are great!
Lisa H - 6,022 Trying to get times back up...
Bob G - 5,000 Finally finding some erg time!

[tobyj1]

Hi Lisa

No that 25 was a 25!

Still deperately trying to get back to the 8k per day average, work stopped play on thursday so went for a biggy friday planning to bring up the 600 today but the first dry saturday for 6 weeks meant the garden called- well screamed really.
Never mind an HM will get me near.

Regards to all

Keith

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! A fearsome and fabulous 4 of 39 members (10%) logged 48,862 total meters Saturday!

Milestones achieved:
Joseph W hit 450K!! Way to row, Jo(seph)!!

Approaching milestones:
Matthew is on the cusp of a cool half-mil (-8,658m)!!

This week's frequent rowers (Sat 7/7 through Fri 7/13):
Keith J - 6
Gary G, Jim C & Kyle J - 5
Adam M, Fred B & Lisa H - 4

Posted Meters:
Gary G - 17,797 Getting some really good distances in!!
Kyle J - 12,309 Ditto!!
Matthew R - 11,224 One more to 500k!!
Joseph W - 7,532 Sevens are heavenly!

[The Blacksmith]

Hi All,
Ok-race report. Totally awesome event. 230 some boats-325 or so people. Everything from surf ski's to kayaks to stand up paddle boards, 6 man outrigger canoes,guide boats and traditional dories. Amazing people-from all over the States and Canada-made a bunch of new friends. Now for the good part-4 hours 35 minutes (approx-never checked my official results, due to awesome party at finish line). I was told by some long time racers that that is an amazing time for "a tank like that". Got blisters under my callouses-hands a bit hamburgery-I also caught up to and BEAT a 2 man dory-man-they were TOUGH. Started pushing hard at the 1/2 way point (10 miles out, if you're not familiar with the race)and kept it up to the end. Tiny bit sore today-nothing really. Means I'll have to go at it harder next year. Totally amazing time-gorgeous scenery (oh,yeah-I watched too much scenery the first half of the race). Found myself not rowing going "wow-that's pretty!" more than a few times-cost myself a bunch of time. I would HIGHLY recommend this race to anyone- competetive , but a totally friendly outing and a whole lot of fun. I was pretty much toast at the end-had some trouble walking, but it went away after a bit. Now, back to the erg, and get ready for next year!
Mark

[CONLEJM]

Congratulations Mark! That's a great accomplishment, and I am glad you had a good time doing it!

[damselfly]

I also caught up to and BEAT a 2 man dory-man-they were TOUGH.

Oscillatin' oarsman, Batman!!

Freakin' awesome accomplishment, man!! I'm so happy you're well, did GREAT, and enjoyed yourself thoroughly. You really deserve it.

Take today off, but we expect meters tomorrow.

[tobyj1]

Mark

Late here so I will limit this to congratulations.

keith

[ronmardix]

Now, back to the erg, and get ready for next year!

Congratulations and good luck on improving next year.

[Quatroux]

Mark-
Congrats! That is huge! I'm proud of my virtual teammate.
-Andy

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! An auspicious and audacious 8 of 39 members (21%) logged 123,410 total meters Sunday!

Milestones achieved:
Keith J blasted through 600K, Matthew R got himself a cool 500K, John S blazed past 350K, and Gary D bested 50K!! Nice rowing!!

Approaching milestones:
Gary is close to 500K (-9,004m), and Lisa is nearing 350K (-8,384m).

Posted Meters:
John S - 42,195 Looks like a full marathon to me! Woot!!
Keith J - 22,561 Awesome!
Gary G - 16,341 Going strong!
Gary D - 12,020 Welcome back, man!
Matthew R - 11,200 Three-fer!
Adam M - 9,000 Eights not so great anymore?
Lisa H - 6,025 Plugging along...
Nancy W - 4,068 Got some erg time!

[dpw4812]

wow I am so glad to be back on my turf again, It is always great seeing family, and a blessing to row every day still. Took a couple of days off. Congrats in order to "blacksmith" outstanding job...... finally updated my week of rowing sorry for the delays. arrrrrrgh...... back outstanding temp's close to 100...... I do miss the 80's and 90's temps during the day's and 70's in the night......

[Izzzmeister]

Many thanks to our fair damsel Lisa, whose sure hand guided the TimbukTOO vessel when mine own hand faltered…
All hands on deck, bringing me sacks of spuds! 11 of 39 members (28%) logged 174,334 total meters Monday!

Milestones achieved: David W heated up 1.6M!
Approaching milestones: Jim next pursues 900K (-34,000m), John closes in on 400K (-14,662m), Lisa peeling off towards 350K (-2,270m), Ron runs at 150K (-9,619m) while Glenn guns for 150K (-10,545m)!

Posted Meters:
David W - 95,534 Post-vacation post!
Jim C - 16,000 Nice break! Stronger?
John S - 15,265 After the biggie! Wow!
Ron M - 9,000 Feeling better?
Keith J - 8,990 Send some rain here, please…

Adam M - 7,000 Mixing it up…
Lisa H - 6,114 All hail Lisa!
Glenn Y - 5,369 Dude, it’s been too long…
Gary D - 5,000 Great follow-up!
Nancy W - 4,062 Third good row of the week!
Matthew R - 2,000 Timed?