What a weekend! It started out with a beautiful night of fishing Friday night (weather couldn't have been more perfect, but we were skunked once again). Then UW beat UNLV in football on Saturday. On Sunday, the Broncos creamed the Raiders & the Rockies beat the Cards with the most awesome double play I've ever seen (in person). The second baseman was absolutely horizontal when he made the line drive catch, hit the ground hard, picked himself up, and then threw to first for the last out. It's interesting how a great sports weekend can affect my Monday!
It was hard to get in all of the rowing, but staying on track has become important to me. I would love to say that the extra rowing is helping me with my weight loss plateau, but it's just making me hungrier!! I'm still doing several shorter rows; maybe I'll try for fewer, longer sessions. Wish I could row faster, that's for sure.
The team is doing great! Together we are strong!
~Linda
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damselfly
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Hey Linda, forgive a stupid question from a non-fisherman, but when you say you got "skunked", you surely don't mean you've become a victim of one of those cute little black-and-white guys, right? 
I should know this, since both my brothers fish, but I've never heard it!
Edited to add, Congrats on the 200k!
The movie thing is really helping the boredom factor with me and letting me row longer. There's NO WAY I'd have the meterage I've got now without the distraction. It's so different from running where I can go for one or two hours and not get bored in the slightest (outdoors, that is). But for sure I don't go fast! I try to keep my heart rate above 70% on the long rows, which for me makes a split time of around 2:40+, at a stroke rate of 19-20. Comfortable for a long haul.
Row strong everybody!
I should know this, since both my brothers fish, but I've never heard it!Edited to add, Congrats on the 200k!
The movie thing is really helping the boredom factor with me and letting me row longer. There's NO WAY I'd have the meterage I've got now without the distraction. It's so different from running where I can go for one or two hours and not get bored in the slightest (outdoors, that is). But for sure I don't go fast! I try to keep my heart rate above 70% on the long rows, which for me makes a split time of around 2:40+, at a stroke rate of 19-20. Comfortable for a long haul.
Row strong everybody!
-- Lisa
Try not! Do, or do not! There is no "try". -- Yoda
Try not! Do, or do not! There is no "try". -- Yoda
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chris hughes
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HiAltRowgal
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We've always used the term "skunked" to mean we didn't catch anything. I'm not a pro so I have no idea whether or not that's the correct terminology. What was even worse on Friday was the fact that we didn't even get any strikes (nibbles). We fished at sunset with a quarter moonrise, so we should have had something. It was calm and not too cold; the night was clear and the stars were beautiful. The lake is only 30 minutes away from town.
Rockies update: I just heard that the great line drive catch by Clint Barnes on Sunday was actually dropped, so the double play should not have happened! Well, a W is a win & they can't take it away... So sad, too bad for the Cards, but I imagine it made up for some of the bad pitch calls earlier in the game!
Congrats to Pats & Packers, too, for their Sunday wins!
~Linda
Rockies update: I just heard that the great line drive catch by Clint Barnes on Sunday was actually dropped, so the double play should not have happened! Well, a W is a win & they can't take it away... So sad, too bad for the Cards, but I imagine it made up for some of the bad pitch calls earlier in the game!
Congrats to Pats & Packers, too, for their Sunday wins!
~Linda
THE RACE TO THE CUP
TOP 10 OVERALL TEAMS:
1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 24,861,820 295 84,277
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 11,964,068 175 68,366
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 6,130,986 69 88,855
4 RowPro Online Virtual Club 5,274,170 80 65,927
5 'Big Blue' International Undefined 4,442,197 14 317,300
6 UK Rowers Virtual Club 4,043,816 75 53,918
7 TIMBUK2 Virtual Club 4,003,446 61 65,630
8 Greenville Indoor Rowing Health Club 3,818,771 88 43,395
9 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 3,610,617 19 190,032
10 SUB7 & PaddyPower FRC Team Virtual Club 3,582,195 42 85,290
TOP 10 VIRTUAL TEAMS:
1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 24,861,820 295 84,277
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 11,964,068 175 68,366
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 6,130,986 69 88,855
4 RowPro Online Virtual Club 5,274,170 80 65,927
5 UK Rowers Virtual Club 4,043,816 75 53,918
6 TIMBUK2 Virtual Club 4,003,446 61 65,630
7 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 3,610,617 19 190,032
8 SUB7 & PaddyPower FRC Team Virtual Club 3,582,195 42 85,290
9 Forum Flyers Virtual Club 3,422,324 38 90,061
10 Empty the tanks Virtual Club 2,904,017 57 50,948
TEAM TIMBUK2:
928 James Kielma TIMBUK2 M 55 253,857
929 Chris Hughes TIMBUK2 M 46 240,412
930 Lisa Hakesley TIMBUK2 F 47 225,133
931 Joel Westerhof TIMBUK2 M 41 214,368
932 Linda Brown TIMBUK2 F 59 202,764
933 Pat Mazzei TIMBUK2 F 59 198,849
934 William Fisher TIMBUK2 M 61 175,975
935 Andrew Augenstein TIMBUK2 M 57 150,210
936 Christopher John Green TIMBUK2 M 75 140,725
937 Michael Taft TIMBUK2 M 39 129,900
938 Sheryl Moody TIMBUK2 F 44 128,958
939 Raymond Wright TIMBUK2 M 46 126,280
940 mike esposito TIMBUK2 M 53 124,463
941 Bobbie Kielma TIMBUK2 F 57 121,160
942 David Heistand TIMBUK2 M 55 118,725
943 Paul Edgar TIMBUK2 M 41 111,041
944 Bryan Schreiber TIMBUK2 M 39 110,000
945 Charles Pester TIMBUK2 M 51 100,995
946 Yisroel Homnick TIMBUK2 M 50 83,556
947 Mike O'Rourke TIMBUK2 M 54 81,000
948 James (JD) Liddil TIMBUK2 M 49 75,047
949 Robert Hoffman TIMBUK2 M 67 73,297
950 Ted Parr TIMBUK2 M 50 70,914
951 Gabriela Caranfil TIMBUK2 F 46 66,911
952 Glenn Yaniero TIMBUK2 M 47 64,633
953 Jeff Rice TIMBUK2 M 60 63,180
954 Carol S TIMBUK2 F 37 52,714
955 Kathy Butters TIMBUK2 F 53 47,183
956 Alison Hughes TIMBUK2 F 46 46,948
957 Dalton B TIMBUK2 M 7 45,910
958 E Lynne Fitzmorris TIMBUK2 F 60 44,135
959 Tristan B TIMBUK2 M 10 34,056
960 Cindy Kepler Reck TIMBUK2 F 37 33,377
961 Erika Millen TIMBUK2 F 41 32,392
962 Allison Biggar TIMBUK2 F 26 31,884
963 Sanjeev Kulkarni TIMBUK2 M 48 29,075
964 Daiva Satas TIMBUK2 F 45 27,000
965 Sandi Jump TIMBUK2 F 42 22,665
966 MARY HILLMAN TIMBUK2 F 65 19,350
967 Leif Henecke TIMBUK2 M 48 15,750
968 Julie Dillon TIMBUK2 F 37 14,202
969 Brian Varney TIMBUK2 M 44 11,680
970 Joy Chan TIMBUK2 F 30 10,205
971 Bernie Julian TIMBUK2 M 58 10,000
972 Kelsey Olsberg TIMBUK2 F 21 7,026
973 Chris Tompsett TIMBUK2 M 48 6,320
974 Laura Southward-Ellis TIMBUK2 F 45 5,044
975 Dave Hall TIMBUK2 M 46 4,177
GO TEAM!!!!!!!!!
Pat
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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29th 2009
NOTES FROM THE BOAT
With 40 crew members with their oars in the virtual waters:
#14 in the overall rankings( out of 1118 teams)
#12 in the virtual rankings (out of 119 teams)
17,434,088 meters for the season
294,909 meters for the day
BRYAN...110,000( multiple rows)
meters 
LINDA...31,690 meters
MIKE E...22,280 meters
JIM...16,260 meters
JD...12,816 meters
ANDREW...12,220 meters
LISA...12,000 meters
SHERYL...11,758 meters
PAT...10,889 meters
PAUL...10,000 meters
TED...6,129 meters
CINDY...5,100 meters
LAURA...5,044 meters
STU...5,000 meters
GLENN...4,000 meters
DAIVA...4,000 meters
BOBBIE...3,600 meters
ALISON...3,414 meters
BERNIE...2,500 meters
TRISTAN...2,100 meters
DALTON...2,100 meters
SANDI...2,000 meters
I FEEL THE ENERGY!!!
GREAT ROWING AND AWESOME TEAMWORK!!!
”There ain’t no rules here. We’re trying to accomplish something.”
- Thomas Edison
You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.”
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HiAltRowgal
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- Location: Laramie, WY
It took a couple of months to get back, but I am now the very last person on the last page of the 10,000 meter board. The rest of the fall challenge will help me build up some meters for the days that I know I will miss over the upcoming holidays. Thanks team! Without the competiition, I would not have stuck to so many daily meters over the past two weeks.
~Linda
~Linda