Holiday Challenge 2018!

[mjlawton]

Merry Christmas ladies! I gave up on the 200,000 goal as I was neglecting some of my other training. Will finish around 160,000 or so. Longer rows were impacting my back and it wasn't worth a back problem to finish the 200,000. Then I thought I would just focus on the CTC and getting back in a boat afloat, but I've gone handle down twice now as the effort required to do a 2:22 pace or better for 30 min. is seemingly a bit beyond me at the moment. I talk myself out of it mid row. Instead I will shoot for hitting 300,000 lifetime meters (since oct 6) by the end of the year.

Jill, no, my bike ride is not for charity. My husband and I are doing a Backroads Tour in Thailand the end of January. Some biking, some temples, some thai cooking classes and possibly a thai massage or two . Not hard core biking...max of around 30 miles per day. Looking forward to it and I have already learned how to say not spicy in Thai in preparation for the trip .

Hope you all have a great holiday season and a happy and healthy 2019!

Janet

[dykebert]

Hey everyone! Merry Christmas!

The 2018 Holiday Challenge is in the books! to everyone that participated!

Congrats to all that completed the challenge!

On to 2019 and the January challenges!

Sharky
keep on rowing, just keep rowing.

[occowboy]

I finished the HC with 200,000+ which felt good but fell short of my 2M goal for the year when my daughter came home for the holidays and got me sick right after Xmas. Oh well..... Happy New Year everyone!

P.S. Getting back on the erg feeling much better but with a little bit of a cough is harder than I thought. If breathing wasn't so necessary I would have been good to go

[dykebert]

Hey OCCowboy,
You've still got until April 30 for the rowing year to make your 2MM!

Sorry you're a bit under the weather. Hope you are breathing and erging free and clear soon!

Sharky
keep on rowing, just keep rowing.

[occowboy]

Hi Sharky,

I hit 2MM on the 2nd but I had it planned out to hit on the 31st til I got sick. The first week back it was definitely a learning experience to see how much form/technique and breathing tie together. When my breathing was off (or I was mouth breathing the whole time ) I felt a little off. Rowing constantly reminds me how technical it is and if I get sloppy good things don't happen.