TimbukTOO Team Room

[CONLEJM]

You'll catch me pretty quick I seem to have hit a plateau. The record attempt today was a full out assault on the 5K, I gave it all I had. It wasn't much of an improvement over my last 5K record. I'm hoping that a month of March Madness will take me out of my slump. --- My last 10K record was 12/16/2012. I'll blame it on the weather. After all I did get some temporary frost bite damage to the tops of my ears in Denver during a minus 4 degree row.

My hat is off to you, Mike. I can't imagine rowing in many of the climates that you seem to find yourself in these days! And you are still improving despite the temperatures and altitudes. Keep up the great work!

I've not set a PR since Nov. 26, when I did a 5K in 17:17.5. My last 10K PR was on Sep. 25, when I rowed it in 35:45.8. But for the last few months I've had a series of minor ailments which pretty much took the wind out of my sails. I'm still chugging along, but I have had no inclination to try for a PR of any distance. I'm hoping by the end of this month to get back to it.

Not to mention the extra five or six holiday pounds I've seemed to acquire. I imagine moving an extra five or six pounds repetitiously back and forth on the rower can mean the difference between setting a new PR, or just coming close. Hopefully I can drop these by the end of the month also.

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on deck, dealing from the bottom of the deck! 21 of 71 members (30%) logged 308,854 total meters Sunday!

Milestones achieved: Warren achieves 600K, Michael M tops 400K, Daiva drubs 150K, David R & Marius pass 100K while Meg makes 15K!!
Approaching milestones: Kyle eyes 4.2M (-10,000m), Adam one row from 2.3M (-5,020m), Yisroel locks his sights on 2.1M (-29,891m), Gary toughing out 1.5M (-8,485m), Mike truckin’ towards 700K (-28,397m), Pamela pulling for 600K (-10,695m) with Brent (-13,502m) in pursuit, Mark S seeks 250K (-11,923m), Grace (-5,456m) leads Meg (-8,821m) to 25K!

Posted Meters:
David R - 106,246 Good “starter” total!
Kyle J - 25,000 Enjoy the top spot while you have it…
Marius S - 20,000 Good to see steady numbers from you again!
Michael M - 18,037 Four days, 68K! Over 110K in a week!
Yisroel H - 17,214 Have to build up my endurance again…

Jeff T - 12,800 Three strong rows in 3 days!
Matthew R - 11,500 Moving closer to 2nd season of 2MM+!
Adam M - 11,000 Relentless!
John S - 10,059 Six rows in 7 days!
Pamela H - 10,000 Daily rows!

Daiva S - 10,000 Getting ready for the WEC?
Amanda G - 9,212 Staying consistent!
Frank G - 9,000 First TimbukTOO row!
Gary G - 6,028 Keeps building up!
Mark S - 5,213 Two!

Meg McC - 5,028 Sharing the rower?
Lisa H - 5,017 Putting up daily rows!
Brent C - 5,000 Great to see you posting!
Warren F - 5,000 Back on the beam!
Mike M - 5,000 Too warm to row a 10K?
Grace McC - 2,500 Nice!

[Izzzmeister]

...I had been running 60-80 mile weeks until summer time and still doing a lot of running and biking when I started having issues. Pretty sure that's why I was able to get back to doing lots of rowing, when I was given the all clear to start. I'm still waiting for the all clear to run, but that may be a while...

When I heard you were an ultra-runner, I started looking up the endurance records for women 40-50 - 100Ks... 24-hour rows... full marathons... But with you having a back issue, I guess I'll have to wait... lol

Considering that every footfall lands with about 2.5x your body weight, and sends shock waves through your knees, hips, lower back, I can see why a doc would be cautious about sending you out there to run again!
You probably should work on smoothness & flow of each stroke, so you don't send shock waves through your hands, elbows, shoulders & back (or knees, hips & back if you hyper-extend your knees). Rowing's a great "core" exercise, so it could be great for you if done right!

[rockenmama]

...I had been running 60-80 mile weeks until summer time and still doing a lot of running and biking when I started having issues. Pretty sure that's why I was able to get back to doing lots of rowing, when I was given the all clear to start. I'm still waiting for the all clear to run, but that may be a while...

When I heard you were an ultra-runner, I started looking up the endurance records for women 40-50 - 100Ks... 24-hour rows... full marathons... But with you having a back issue, I guess I'll have to wait... lol

Considering that every footfall lands with about 2.5x your body weight, and sends shock waves through your knees, hips, lower back, I can see why a doc would be cautious about sending you out there to run again!
You probably should work on smoothness & flow of each stroke, so you don't send shock waves through your hands, elbows, shoulders & back (or knees, hips & back if you hyper-extend your knees). Rowing's a great "core" exercise, so it could be great for you if done right!

LOL

I haven't looked to how my form is though I have to say it feels very fluid. I feel like rowing comes naturally to me, of course I could be wrong. I guess I should spend some time today seeing about form since I seem to think I'm up for the 10k a day for March Madness. Don't think I have to worry about my core. My physical therapist has me doing so much core work (to work on my proprioception) that between that and rowing my 6 pack is getting a lot more definition

Thanks for the advice!

[cindyreck]

Hi Cindy, Pam from NE PA as well. Congrats to your daughter on qualifying for the district meet! Like you I am desperately awaiting the arrival of spring![/quote]


PAM, Hello, neighbor! Thank you for the congrats!

[bcurry]

Just dropping in to say hi. Having been to consistent of late with my rowing. Playing adult soccer has shifted my exercise regimen a bit. Trying to develop my running again and sprinting seems to be a whole new set of muscles. I've been sore for 2 months straight lol

Hope everyone is doing well I will probably be using the rower for warm-ups and interval training but not much more than that until I feel I am getting close to my fitness goals for soccer.

I try to stop in and stay caught up every week or so. Feel free to shoot me a reminder before the next team challenge.

Ciao!

[damselfly]

Just dropping in to say hi. Having been to consistent of late with my rowing. Playing adult soccer has shifted my exercise regimen a bit. Trying to develop my running again and sprinting seems to be a whole new set of muscles. I've been sore for 2 months straight lol

Hope everyone is doing well I will probably be using the rower for warm-ups and interval training but not much more than that until I feel I am getting close to my fitness goals for soccer.

I try to stop in and stay caught up every week or so. Feel free to shoot me a reminder before the next team challenge.

Ciao!

Good to see you, Brent! Glad to hear you're out there tearing up the turf!

And now that you mention the next team challenge...

[damselfly]

Ahoy, maties!! It's time to sign up for the World Erg Challenge!!! For our newer rowers, participation in this event takes a signup process. Our group actually consists of two entities -- the year-round affiliation TimBukTOO, and the challenge team TimBukTWO. To participate in the WEC, you need be a part of the latter. To join, follow the instructions on this page.

Even if you have joined our challenge team in the past, you will still need to click a link on that page to confirm that you want to participate in WEC 2013. To check your participation, see the team roster.

The challenge starts March 15th, so don't delay!! Cap'n Izz is digging his cat-o-nine-tails out of storage and warming up his flogging arm!

[rockenmama]

Ahoy, maties!! It's time to sign up for the World Erg Challenge!!! For our newer rowers, participation in this event takes a signup process. Our group actually consists of two entities -- the year-round affiliation TimBukTOO, and the challenge team TimBukTWO. To participate in the WEC, you need be a part of the latter. To join, follow the instructions on this page.

Even if you have joined our challenge team in the past, you will still need to click a link on that page to confirm that you want to participate in WEC 2013. To check your participation, see the team roster.

The challenge starts March 15th, so don't delay!! Cap'n Izz is digging his cat-o-nine-tails out of storage and warming up his flogging arm!

I actually ended up signing up for this BEFORE I actually got signed up with the group go figure. I of course LOVE challenges! Guess I better toughen up so I can handle the flogging I may incur

[rockenmama]

Being new to rowing sure has it's advantages. Just pr'd yet again in the 5k. This time I actually had the right program set up so in the end I could rank it (didn't set out to PR since I rowed long yesterday). Wonder how long this will last

[CONLEJM]

Being new to rowing sure has it's advantages. Just pr'd yet again in the 5k. ... Wonder how long this will last

Congratulations! You'll probably PR a lot at first, and then the "law of diminished returns" kicks in, especially if you find yourself up above the 95% percentile. But with proper training you should make steady gains for a long, long time. I know Andy (Quatroux) was doing the Wolverine Plan and he made some great gains. And there's also a Pete Plan. And there's probably a Cap'n Izzzmeister Plan; if there isn't, there should be. He is a great resource for advice on rowing technique and strategy.

This is a very addicting exercise, especially if you are competitive. These boards and online ranking applications are very motivating.

Good luck!

[damselfly]

And there's probably a Cap'n Izzzmeister Plan; if there isn't, there should be.

I'm fairly certain it's something along the lines of "Row like hell till you puke".

[rockenmama]

Being new to rowing sure has it's advantages. Just pr'd yet again in the 5k. ... Wonder how long this will last

Congratulations! You'll probably PR a lot at first, and then the "law of diminished returns" kicks in, especially if you find yourself up above the 95% percentile. But with proper training you should make steady gains for a long, long time. I know Andy (Quatroux) was doing the Wolverine Plan and he made some great gains. And there's also a Pete Plan. And there's probably a Cap'n Izzzmeister Plan; if there isn't, there should be. He is a great resource for advice on rowing technique and strategy.

This is a very addicting exercise, especially if you are competitive. These boards and online ranking applications are very motivating.

Good luck!

Thanks! I've actually checked out both the Pete Plan as well as the Wolverine and am hoping I get clearance from surgeon to start doing interval work on the rower next week. I'd be interested in the Cap'n Izzymeister plan is there is one HINT HINT. Of course I doubt I'd get into any training plan until after the WEC. I Figure like running a good base is just as important in rowing

[rockenmama]

And there's probably a Cap'n Izzzmeister Plan; if there isn't, there should be.

I'm fairly certain it's something along the lines of "Row like hell till you puke".

Well hopefully I'm better at this with rowing than I am with running. I have this way of pushing about 85-90% percent during a race managing to not only have my fastest pace the last part of the race but a smile on my face as well. I plan on fixing that this year. I swear I'm going to learn to work so hard I either feel like puking or I actually do!

[The Blacksmith]

If you're going for distance-do the marathon plan-some of the world record holders use it(Izz pointed me in that direction)
http://fletchersportscience.co.uk/uploa ... 392f41.pdf