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[brotherjim]

Congratulations Fred on passing 600K season meters Way to row!!!
jim

[brotherjim]

Just copying the details for the next challenge. This is a great one because of the donations C2 makes to the selected charities. I f you paricipate in just one challenge this season, this is a great one. I really encourage you to do this one.
Thanks
jim

Holiday Challenge




Looking for a little extra motivation to row or ski this holiday season? Then look no further! Our Holiday Challenge is for you!

The Details
■Row or ski 100,000 meters or 200,000 meters between November 25 (U.S. Thanksgiving) and 11:59 p.m. ET December 24
■You do not need to be on a team to participate! Log your individual meters.
■Indoor rower and SkiErg meters only (no on water/on snow meters please)
■Kid's Holiday Challenge allows kids (aged 16 and under) to participate at 50,000 meters
■Adaptive athletes can choose to participate at the 50K, 100K, or 200K levels
■Deadline for entering meters: January 4th, 2011
Support a Good Cause with Your Meters!
As in the past two years, we have selected several charities to choose from for those who wish to allocate their meters to a good cause. This year, the theme is water—protection of this resource for both health and conservation.

For every person who rows or skis at least 100K during the challenge, Concept2 will donate $.02 for every kilometer (1000 meters) you accumulate to your choice of the following organizations:

■Water For People
■International Rivers
■charity: water
And once you get beyond 100K, we'll donate $.04 per kilometer. Our goal through this group effort is to reach a total $30,000 to support these causes. The usual prizes of pin and certificate will still be awarded as well. Note: For kids and adaptive athletes, the $.04 rate will take effect at 50K.

In recent years, we have had around 5000 people participate in the Holiday Challenge! We are hoping to reach 6000 this year, so we invite you to tell your friends about this opportunity to keep fit and support a great cause.

Over $27,000 Raised During the 2009 Holiday Challenge!
During the 2009 Holiday Challenge, we were rowing and skiing for food-based organizations. As a result of your efforts, 1,200,230,946 meters were completed, raising a total of $27,944.36. Every bit adds up! Here is the charity breakdown from last year.

Charity Amount Donated
Oxfam International $10,246.65
Slow Food USA $3,442.41
Feeding America $11,532.77
The Center for an Agricultural Economy $2,722.53
How to Participate
1.You must have an Online Logbook at concept2.com (it's FREE!) and all of your meters must be entered into your Online Logbook. If you don't already have one, visit the Online Logbook home page, click Register under New User and follow the directions. Kids Challenge participants need to set up an individual logbook (using a parent's email address is fine).
2.Under the Profile tab, enter your current mailing address. This is to ensure we have your correct mailing address for mailing your pin (see below for how to qualify).
3.After you row/ski, record your meters in your Online Logbook. The Online Logbook automatically calculates your meters during the challenge.
4.Visit the Challenges page in your Online Logbook. When you've reached your goal, the Challenges page of the Online Logbook automatically recognizes your achievement and displays instructions for claiming your rewards.
Don't have a Concept2 Indoor Rower or SkiErg? That's OK! Use our Indoor Rower Finder or SkiErg Finder to find a location near you with one of our machines.

Incentives & Rewards
The incentives and rewards available depend on which goal you achieve. Here's how it works.

200K, 50K Kids, and Adaptive
Participants who complete 200,000 meters, kids who complete 50,000 meters, and adaptive athletes who complete at least 50,000 meters are entitled to the following incentives and rewards:

■A free downloadable certificate of achievement
■A free downloadable heat transfer for making your own Holiday Challenge-wear
■A free Holiday Challenge pin: Pins are sent automatically to the address on file in your Online Logbook. Please ensure you have entered a valid address in order to receive your pin.
■Access to the Holiday Challenge shop through our third-party fulfillment vendor
100K Finishers
Participants who complete 100,000 meters are entitled to the following incentives and rewards:

■A free downloadable certificate of achievement
■A free downloadable heat transfer for making your own Holiday Challenge-wear
■Access to the Holiday Challenge shop through our third-party fulfillment vendor
Preparing for the Holiday Challenge
If completing 200,000 meters in a month is a new challenge for you, here are a few ideas to help prepare before the challenge begins:

■If you haven't tried it before, don't be intimidated! Each year we hear from folks who have never completed any long distances before and have completed the challenge.
■Gradually build your workout time. Try adding an extra 1000 meters per day, especially if you don't usually complete 7000 meters at a time.
■If you don't usually workout every day, try rowing/skiing for several days in a row. The workouts can be short, but see how it feels to row/ski more often.
■Be sure to keep some stretching in your routine or add it if you haven't been doing it regularly. See our recommended stretches.
■Think about when you will fit your extra Holiday Challenge rowing/skiing into your schedule. If it requires that you workout at a different time of day, you should try it out ahead of time. For example, if you don't usually workout first thing in the morning, keep in mind that it may take you longer to warm up at that time of day, and you should not expect to be able to row/ski as hard and as fast as usual right away.
■Will you miss any workouts due to travel or other commitments? If so, plan ahead, so that you can make up the missed meters. For example, you may want to row/ski twice a day on some of the weekends.
■Be sensible! Many people have commented that the Holiday Challenge pushed them to row/ski more than they ever thought they could, and it felt great! On the other hand, it is not wise to make a sudden jump in rowing/skiing time and distance so keep this in mind. You can build your daily meters gradually, even during the challenge itself.

[brotherjim]

Hello TimbukTOO and good morning/afternoon. We had a very good rowing day yesterday with 85458 meters rowed.
Congratulations to John for passing 3.3 million meters
Congratulations to Fred for passing 600K

Stats for 11/2

Ethan-----------------408
Ashlee----------------1500
Dalton----------------1506
Jackson---------------1629
Kaylee-----------------1651
Stu---------------------2000
Everett----------------2000
Tristan-----------------2200
Bobbie-----------------3000
Daiva-------------------5000
Fred--------------------6000
Matthew---------------7274
Jim---------------------8526
Jeff---------------------10000
Margaret---------------10000
John---------------------22764

Have a great day, row safe, row strong, row TimbukTOO.
jim

[PJM]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pat

[brotherjim]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pat

I second that, and many , many more buddy
jim

[brotherjim]

Congratulations to Bobbie on a 100K season It has been a long road back,

[brotherjim]

Congratulations to Yisroel for becoming our newest millionaire Way to row!!!
Congratulations to Ray for passing 400K Awesome rowing!
We had a great rowing day with these milestones being reached. We rowed 104205 meters .
Congratulations to Chuck for passing 250K season meters Almost missed that one.

Stats for 11/3

Ethan-------------------400
Ashlee------------------1500
Dalton------------------1600
Kaylee------------------1600
Jackson-----------------2610
Tristan------------------3000
Bobbie------------------3000
Stu----------------------5000
Ray----------------------5980
Matthew----------------7178
Cathie-------------------8100 Welcome back
Jim----------------------8608
Jeff----------------------10000
Chuck--------------------10000
Yisroel-------------------13860
John----------------------21769 HM plus

Have a great day TimbukTOO
jim

[PJM]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to BARB & RAYMOND!!!!!!!!!!


Pat

[brotherjim]

Happy Friday once more. We rowed 117738 meters yesterday

Stats for 11/4

Ashlee--------------------1500
Dalton--------------------1600
Kaylee--------------------1500
Tristan--------------------3000
Jackson-------------------3000
Bobbie--------------------3000
Daiva----------------------5000
Fred-----------------------6617
Jeff------------------------10000
Jim-------------------------13245
Cathie----------------------15001
Everett---------------------15508
Harold----------------------16000
John-------------------------22767 HM plus


Have a great day
jim

[brotherjim]

Good morning/afternoon team TimbukTOO. I hope everyone has a great weekend. Remember here in the States we turn the clocks back an hour tonight. I think that is for all of the US but I have an inkling some places don't.
Sorry about the change in profile picture. Tristan keeps getting in my profile and changing it, he says I look like that, so I shaved and got a haircut.
We had a very good day yesterday with 73494 meters rowed.

Stats for 11/5


Ethan-------------------------500
Ashlee------------------------1500
Kaylee------------------------1600
Dalton------------------------2500
Alison-------------------------3022
Bobbie------------------------4000
Jackson-----------------------4000
Tristan------------------------4000
Doug---------------------------4354
Stu-----------------------------5000
Chuck--------------------------5000
Matt---------------------------7162
Jeff----------------------------10000 almost at 700K
Margaret----------------------10000
Jim-----------------------------10855

Row safe, row strong, row TimbukTOO.
jim

[brotherjim]

Good morning/afternoon. Hope you remembered to set your clocks back an hour .
Huge day for us with 145106 meters rowed

Stats for 11/6

Ethan-----------------------------425
Ashlee----------------------------1500
Kaylee----------------------------1602
Dalton----------------------------2500
Tristan----------------------------2655
Jackson---------------------------4525
Daiva------------------------------5000
Chuck------------------------------6000
Bobbie-----------------------------7207
Joe---------------------------------8132
Gary--------------------------------10020
Matt---------------------------------13930
John---------------------------------23759 HM plus
Jim----------------------------------57851

Milestones to cheer on-

Matt--800K
John--3.4 million
Joe--1.1 million.

Congratulations to Gary for passing 750K

Have a great day, stay safe.
jim

[brotherjim]

Congratulations Joe on passing 1.1 million season meters
Congratulations John on passing 3.4 million season meters
Way to row !!!!
Milestones to cheer on-
Matt-800K
Jeff-700K

We had a super rowing day with 105842 meters rowed!

Stats for 11/7

Ashlee-----------------1500
Kaylee-----------------1505
Dalton-----------------2001
Tristan-----------------2009
Jackson----------------2050
Bobbie-----------------3000
Chuck------------------6500
Matt-------------------7155
Fred-------------------8508
Margaret--------------10000
Joe---------------------10349
Jim---------------------25500
John--------------------25765

Have a great day team. Row for your good health. Try and make the time to exercise even if for just 15 minutes. It doesn't have to be rowing.
jim

[brotherjim]

Congratulations Matt on passing 800K season meters Great rowing!
We had an awesome day with 137509 meters rowed! Nice to see Britt and Lisa add meters again

Stats for 11/8

Ethan-------------------------425
Kaylee------------------------1500
Ashlee------------------------1500
Tristan------------------------3000
Jackson-----------------------3000
Bobbie------------------------3000 Bobbie has lost 9 pounds since she started rowing again. It was difficult having the knee replacement and exercising. At our age, the weight comes back quickly.

Karen-------------------------5000
Ray----------------------------7070
Matt--------------------------7102
Joe----------------------------8486
Gary---------------------------10016
Britt---------------------------10065
Yisroel-------------------------15250
Everett-------------------------16000
Lisa-----------------------------16500
Jim------------------------------29595

Have a great day team. Please take care of yourselves.
Row safe, row strong, row TimbukTOO.
jim

[brotherjim]

Congratulations Jeff on passing 700K season meters
Congratulations to Lisa and Patti for passing 50K season meters
jim

[Izzzmeister]

Glad to see Bobbie putting up meters daily, even going over 7k one day, and reaching 125K.
Just hit a PB in the 30:00, in a RowPro Internet race. Old PB: 7,994m, which put me at #46 in the 50+ M HW. New PB: 8,126m, raises me to #23!