Around the World Row!

danwho · Post by **danwho** » July 29th, 2006, 3:48 pm

ulu wrote:Please tell me that is NOT a tub of Foster's that you are bathing in.

Well, it didn't start out that way, eh!

Tinpusher · Post by **Tinpusher** » July 31st, 2006, 1:08 pm

After 2 weeks of too much work both at the airport and at home, I managed to get a last attempt in at the CTC. I almost got there John, but almost is not quite good enough this month. Hopefully I'm safe in Boat 2.

I managed PBs at 5K yesterday and the 30min today so I'm creeping back up on you in the Nonathlon Kirk! I must improve my 6K, 10K and HM to be more equal with the other events. This is not the time of the year for HMs even though my basement is cool, fanned and ACd! Maybe I'll try the 500 and 2K, brutal lung-bursters that they are!

Congratulations to all who improved PBs this month. Well done!

Cheers

Dave

PS Is Brian OK?

Yukon John · Post by **Yukon John** » July 31st, 2006, 10:10 pm

Congratulations on your PBs Dave. Two in two days!!! If you hadn't done the 5k yesterday, I'm sure you would have passed me in the 30 minute row

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I don't envy you the heat. It's 17 C. out here right now and on the weekend when it was sunny we had a very nice 24C. I'm going to have to do a bit of a recovery before giving the 500 metre a go. This weekend we had the "Tour De Whitehorse" cycling races. Three races over 3 days. It was a great event with a 2k hill climb "sprint" on Friday evening (8 degree grade), a 35k time trial on Saturday and an 80k road race on Sunday. Luckily I'm not sore, but my muscles have a deep down tired feeling. I've been neglecting the erg this summer but I'm going to start slowly picking it back up here in August and get into a regular routine in September. I've got two more races in August, a time trial and the Yukon Championship Hill climb and a final time trial September 2nd. Then it's all erg after that!
I'm worried about Brian too. Has anyone noticed if he's logged any metres?

danwho · Post by **danwho** » August 1st, 2006, 7:56 pm

Whoa, Shannon!!! Already have a CTC time posted. Way to go.
Michelle, I guess you'll have to set your alarm clock for midnight next time.

Tinpusher · Post by **Tinpusher** » August 1st, 2006, 9:39 pm

Make that 3 in 3 days John! Another in the 6K today by almost 8 seconds.
I did it early before the temperature got to 36C.
Brian hasn't posted a time for maybe 3 weeks that I can recall.
Good luck to all in the 500.
Cheers
Dave

Shannon · Post by **Shannon** » August 1st, 2006, 11:31 pm

danwho wrote:Whoa, Shannon!!! Already have a CTC time posted. Way to go.
Michelle, I guess you'll have to set your alarm clock for midnight next time.

Yes Dan, I figured I might as well get it over with sooner rather than later!!

I got a PB by 1.5 seconds, so I was happy about that

. My pacing was terrible though, so I think there is room for improvement. The last 200 metres were pretty awful and really quite slow. My 100 metre splits varied by 7 seconds from fastest to slowest

!

Dave, great job on all the PB's!! You are cranking!! We don't seem to be having that much hot weather up here in the Yukon this year. It is 10C as I type this. Oh well, at least it isn't snowing

!!

Shannon

ulu · Post by **ulu** » August 2nd, 2006, 6:11 pm

Great rowin', everyone. I should be able to pull a 500 meter challenge.
Do I just throw the Drag Factor up to 10 or is there a more reasonable approach to this??

Our around the world row boat is just south of the Jack Hills in Australia.
This is the oldest rock on the planet.

Jack Hills, Australia : Oldest piece of earth on th Earth
The Jack Hills are located in the Narryer Gneiss Terrane of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, and comprise an 80 km long northeast-trending belt of folded and metamorphosed supracrustal rocks.This is the oldest piece of earth on the earth
Sedimentary siliciclastic rocks, interpreted as alluvial fan-delta deposits, are the major lithology. Minor mafic/ultramafic rocks and banded iron formation (BIF) are also found in the sequence. The overall sequence is generally considered to be a granulite gneiss, which has undergone multiple deformations and multiple metamorphic episodes. The protolith age of the Narryer Gneiss Terrane is variable, but generally considered to be in excess of 3.6 Ga (billion years).

See this link for more information: Jack Hills (scroll down to the section on Jack Hills)

Keep on rowin', eh.

Jim

danwho · Post by **danwho** » August 2nd, 2006, 7:33 pm

Thanks Jim. I have been wondering how to use the word "ultramafic" in a sentence... Seriously, you sent me to the dictionary on that one. And the dictionary insulted me by saying the definition was ultrabasic. If it were so ultrabasic, I wouldn't have had to look it up.

ulu · Post by **ulu** » August 3rd, 2006, 4:37 pm

24 million meters, eh!

Keep on rowin, hosers.

Jim

danwho · Post by **danwho** » August 4th, 2006, 7:36 pm

I was just checking out the lay of the land on Google Earth. Looks like you steered well clear of Lake Disappointment, Jim. That was probably a good plan, though, from here, disappointment looks pretty nice.

danwho · Post by **danwho** » August 4th, 2006, 7:51 pm

Hey Trevor, congratulations. I just noticed you were selected as a Weekly Winner: http://www.concept2.com/05/training/mot ... reeves.htm
I'm really happy you found a little corner of the world safe from the Exercise Valkeries.

Trevor · Post by **Trevor** » August 4th, 2006, 8:59 pm

Yes, well my corner is literally in a corner about as far as one can get from the Valkeries. I think that is so they will not be exposed to the unattractive sight of someone sweating. The valkeries never sweat as one must look good at all times.

When I turned fifty one I suddenly noticed that younger women were suddenly smiling back at me. Prior to this I had red circles on me from being fended off with with 11 foot poles. I was feeling rather good about this, until a 72 year old friend of my Mom's told me why. Once you get past a certain age you are no longer regarded as any form of sex object, just a friendly old guy. He told me to enjoy it while I could, because in twenty years if I smiled at young women I would fall into the dirty old man category

ulu · Post by **ulu** » August 6th, 2006, 10:13 pm

Great rows on the C2C challenge for the 500 by David, John & Mark. Congratulations.

It is going to be hard for me to get into and stay in our number one boat. I guess I should try while there is still an empty seat.

Keep on rowin', eh. Every meter counts.

Jim

tinnes · Post by **tinnes** » August 8th, 2006, 11:41 am

Great rowing guys - we're 11th on the c2ctc board! I'm still in the UK and have recently been staying at a place with a fairly beat up Model C. I swear the dust in the fly-wheel housing is naturally adding drag to the chain ... and wearing me out faster ... well, at least thats the excuse I'm using til I get back on a better machine. Will give it a go by the weekend I hope.
Cheers mates,
Troy

Krysta Coleman · Post by **Krysta Coleman** » August 10th, 2006, 6:46 pm

Hi Eh Team,

My 11 and 12 year old niece and nephew just did their first 500m attempts on the rowing machine today. I was wondering if they could put their times up on the CTC for the Eh Team, since they are born and bred Canadians (British Columbia).

- Krysta