Another solid day... still averaging over a quarter million meters a day!
A nice 20 of 41 members posted a steady 231,444 meters Thursday! That put us over 2 million and a half meters in 10 days. Keep popping up these numbers, it will pay off!
Only 5 days before teams close! Get your friends and teammates to join TimbukTWO, to help us catch some other teams that outnumber us greatly!
Pearse C - 12,000
Monica D - 10,120
Douglas D – 25,350
Doug E – 11,791
Peter H – 10,000
Lisa H – 11,591
Dave H – 10,000
Dennis H – 20,000
Bernie J – 8,574
Jeff R – 17,220
Matthew R – 7,116
Don R – 9,118
Daiva S – 4,519
Pam S - 8,784
Mark S – 8,345
Jeff S – 11,000
John S - 21,682
David W - 10,000
Joseph W - 6,764
Glenn Y - 7,470
John & Dennis are past 200K, Tyrone, Adam & Joseph passed 100K, Yisroel, Douglas, David, Doug, Kevin & Jeff are beyond 75K!
TimbukTOO Team Room
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Izzzmeister
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Izzzmeister
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Re: TimbukTOO Team Room
Here's another update of how we've been doing individually moving towards our stated goals for the VTC...
For our purposes, we are looking at this 31-day month as having 30 parts - with one alternate day, in case something comes up!
So far, we've had 10/30 days, or 33.3% of our allotted time gone. If you've completed more than 33.3% of your goal: Great, you're ahead of schedule! Less than 33.3%: Time to climb aboard that Concept 2...
Barb B, 125K, 30%
Dennis H, 250K, 80%
Doug E, 125K, 64%
Gary G, 195K, 39%
Jeff S, 125K, 53%
Joseph W, 200K, 50%
Karen R, 125K, 18%
Kevin K, 250K, 33.5%
Lisa H, 125K, 50%
Mark S, 100K, 54%
Pam S, 45K, 52%
Yisroel H, 300K, 42%
Hey, there's nothing wrong with pushing beyond your goals, of course!
For our purposes, we are looking at this 31-day month as having 30 parts - with one alternate day, in case something comes up!
So far, we've had 10/30 days, or 33.3% of our allotted time gone. If you've completed more than 33.3% of your goal: Great, you're ahead of schedule! Less than 33.3%: Time to climb aboard that Concept 2...
Barb B, 125K, 30%
Dennis H, 250K, 80%
Doug E, 125K, 64%
Gary G, 195K, 39%
Jeff S, 125K, 53%
Joseph W, 200K, 50%
Karen R, 125K, 18%
Kevin K, 250K, 33.5%
Lisa H, 125K, 50%
Mark S, 100K, 54%
Pam S, 45K, 52%
Yisroel H, 300K, 42%
Hey, there's nothing wrong with pushing beyond your goals, of course!
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wyattwyatt
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Re: TimbukTOO Team Room
111,111 on 1/11/11 
and, yes, my birthday is on 11/11
what a geek...
wyatt
and, yes, my birthday is on 11/11
what a geek...
wyatt
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http://jbwyatt.com
http://jbwyatt.com
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damselfly
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Re: TimbukTOO Team Room
I got all excited because I thought you POSTED 111,111 meters today!wyattwyatt wrote:111,111 on 1/11/11
and, yes, my birthday is on 11/11
what a geek...
wyatt
-- Lisa
Try not! Do, or do not! There is no "try". -- Yoda
Try not! Do, or do not! There is no "try". -- Yoda
Re: TimbukTOO Team Room
Happy Birthday Joe....my Mother shared the same birthday years ago....go get 1.5 million and enjoy your day 
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Oops...sorry I misread...a senior moment I'll blame it on the stroke...I thought today was your birthday Joe ...sorry...just a little early or way late. 
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Izzzmeister
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Re: TimbukTOO Team Room
As the great philosopher Curly said, "Do you know what the secret of life is?" Mitch: "No, what?" Curly: "This." Mitch: "Your finger?" Curly: "One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and everything else don't mean [excrement deleted]." Mitch: "That's great but, what's the one thing?" Curly: "That's what you got to find out."wyattwyatt wrote:111,111 on 1/11/11
and, yes, my birthday is on 11/11
what a geek...
wyatt
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Izzzmeister
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Re: TimbukTOO Team Room
All hands on board, with a smile of quiet confidence playing upon our lips! Our pursuit of 11th Place, sans Chuck, re-commences...11th Place now within 400K...
Milestones: Gary hit 1.1M, Dennis rolls through 600K, and Glenn not cowed by 200K!
Yoo-hoo, they're coming...: Yisroel is eyeing 1.8M (-30,849m), Joseph near 1.5M (-21,416m), Fred a couple of rows from 800K (-22,849m), Jamie is one row from 700K (-6,237m), Daily Doug near 300K (-7,277m), Lisa one damselfly flight from 300K (-7,799m)!
An above-average 17 of our 53 TimbukTOOians put up meters Thursday, 32%, adding a terrific 199,342 meters, attracting cheering throngs!
Today's Posted Meters:
Yisroel H – 40,204 Two good rows (26K, 14,024)...Go, me!
John S - 21,567
Dennis H – 20,000 110K in 4 days!!!
Gary G - 15,054
Jamie B – 12,500
Doug E – 11,836 Twelve days, 10 rows!
Raymond W – 11,087 Nice!
Joseph W – 10,769 The ONES we've been waiting for!
David W - 10,000
Lisa H – 8,675
Matthew R - 7,116
Fred B - 6,215
Glenn Y - 5,889
Alison H – 5,546 Nice row!
Barbara B – 5,090 Welcome back from a short hiatus!
Daiva S - 5,000
Rik R – 2,794 2nd row in the past few days...
Milestones: Gary hit 1.1M, Dennis rolls through 600K, and Glenn not cowed by 200K!
Yoo-hoo, they're coming...: Yisroel is eyeing 1.8M (-30,849m), Joseph near 1.5M (-21,416m), Fred a couple of rows from 800K (-22,849m), Jamie is one row from 700K (-6,237m), Daily Doug near 300K (-7,277m), Lisa one damselfly flight from 300K (-7,799m)!
An above-average 17 of our 53 TimbukTOOians put up meters Thursday, 32%, adding a terrific 199,342 meters, attracting cheering throngs!
Today's Posted Meters:
Yisroel H – 40,204 Two good rows (26K, 14,024)...Go, me!
John S - 21,567
Dennis H – 20,000 110K in 4 days!!!
Gary G - 15,054
Jamie B – 12,500
Doug E – 11,836 Twelve days, 10 rows!
Raymond W – 11,087 Nice!
Joseph W – 10,769 The ONES we've been waiting for!
David W - 10,000
Lisa H – 8,675
Matthew R - 7,116
Fred B - 6,215
Glenn Y - 5,889
Alison H – 5,546 Nice row!
Barbara B – 5,090 Welcome back from a short hiatus!
Daiva S - 5,000
Rik R – 2,794 2nd row in the past few days...
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Izzzmeister
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Re: TimbukTOO Team Room
Another solid day... still averaging over a quarter million meters a day, beyond our initial expectations!
A very nice 23 of 41 members posted a strong 281,128 meters Thursday! That put us over 2.8 million meters in 11 days. Keep popping up these numbers, it will pay off! We were #13 for a few hours last night, but have slipped back to 14th.
Only 4 days before teams close! Please get your friends and teammates to join TimbukTWO, to help us catch a few of the other teams who outnumber us greatly! We have more meters per team member than 8 of the 13 teams that lead us!
Barbara B – 5,090
Jamie B – 12,500
Fred B – 6,215
Pearse C – 10,000
Monica D -10,106
Douglas D – 15,000
Doug E – 11,836
Gary G – 15,054
Peter H – 10,000
Lisa H – 8,675
Yisroel H - 40,204
Dennis H - 20,000
Kevin K – 10,000
Heather R – 16,000
Jeff R – 17,020
Matthew R - 7,116
Daiva S – 5,000
John S – 21,567
Raymond W - 11,087
Joseph W – 10,769
David W – 10,000
Yolanda W – 2,000
Glenn Y - 5,889
John & Dennis are past 200K, Tyrone, Adam & Joseph are joined by David W, Yisroel & Douglas who passed 100K, Doug, Kevin & Jeff are joined in the 75K+ club by Heather, Matthew, Glenn & Gary!
A very nice 23 of 41 members posted a strong 281,128 meters Thursday! That put us over 2.8 million meters in 11 days. Keep popping up these numbers, it will pay off! We were #13 for a few hours last night, but have slipped back to 14th.
Only 4 days before teams close! Please get your friends and teammates to join TimbukTWO, to help us catch a few of the other teams who outnumber us greatly! We have more meters per team member than 8 of the 13 teams that lead us!
Barbara B – 5,090
Jamie B – 12,500
Fred B – 6,215
Pearse C – 10,000
Monica D -10,106
Douglas D – 15,000
Doug E – 11,836
Gary G – 15,054
Peter H – 10,000
Lisa H – 8,675
Yisroel H - 40,204
Dennis H - 20,000
Kevin K – 10,000
Heather R – 16,000
Jeff R – 17,020
Matthew R - 7,116
Daiva S – 5,000
John S – 21,567
Raymond W - 11,087
Joseph W – 10,769
David W – 10,000
Yolanda W – 2,000
Glenn Y - 5,889
John & Dennis are past 200K, Tyrone, Adam & Joseph are joined by David W, Yisroel & Douglas who passed 100K, Doug, Kevin & Jeff are joined in the 75K+ club by Heather, Matthew, Glenn & Gary!
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Re: TimbukTOO Team Room
Here is a rowing article from Sunday's SF Chronicle- a story with a moral!
Just as there is runner's high, there is rower's high.
It's the moment you train for all year, when it feels as if your lungs are about to explode like Jiffy Pop through your rib cage, but you don't care because you realize you are about to win.
Cristina and I hit the high together, in minute 22 of a winding race down the lagoon in Foster City. Our shell felt like it was levitating. The other boats in our event had long since disappeared in the distance.
"Coxswain, give way!" Cristina called behind me.
Did she really say that? That meant we had caught up to the novice eight-person boats in the event ahead of ours. Following the rules of rowing, slower crews must move off the buoy line to let the faster rowers slip by. We were about to blow past eight people.
I felt a surge as we kicked our legs down a little harder.
"Coxswain, move starboard!" Cristina tried again.
No response. Our bow ball was almost touching their boat.
"Coxswain, MOVE NOW!"
Finally, the novice women's crew from UC San Diego steered aside, and we took the inside line. Forty strokes to go. I forgot my muscles were screaming - because the private stadium in my head was screaming louder, cheering us on.
"We got this," Cristina whispered in my ear.
I stole a peripheral peek at the eight. It looked a little too close. A smack reverberated in my left oar as the San Diego coxswain steered her boat into us. We went careening to starboard, a millimeter from flipping over. Imagine a Hummer swerving into a Smart Car. Like prey in a spiderweb, we were immobilized, our starboard oars tangled with theirs and our port oars caught in the buoy line. By the time we maneuvered apart, we had added at least a minute to our overall time - epochs on the rowing clock.
"Oh, no, Meredith, we had that!"
Once free, there was nothing to do but pull the hardest 40 strokes of our lives to gain back whatever we could. I thought of Seabiscuit, who at the top of his game, would slow down on the last lap to let the other horses within reach before blasting away again to win. Anger helped. We sprinted to the finish and then raised our hands - signaling to officials we wanted to file a protest. The judges disqualified the errant San Diego crew, but they couldn't subtract that additional minute.
I made some lame attempts to lift our spirits: Crashing builds character! At least we didn't flip! We didn't give up! Ah, who cares? It's the last race of the season - let's go get a beer!
She wasn't having it. Truth was, neither was I.
About an hour later, the finish times were calculated. We WON. By four seconds, even accounting for that the little pit stop. That rower's high came flooding back.
I've never been so happy to win a race. This one had nothing to do with physical fitness - it was all about character. It was true - we hadn't given up, despite what appeared to be an obvious loss.
I think that is why Seabiscuit is one of the greatest athletes who ever lived. Despite critics who laughed at his short legs, his crooked gait, and his lazy approach to training, he was the most mentally fit on the track. In his mind, there was only one winner.
Some might say it was just dumb luck. But if we'd given up after getting locked up on the lagoon, we'd be wearing the second-place medal right now.
E-mail Meredith May at mmay@sfchronicle.com.
This article appeared on page V - 2 of the San Francisco Chronicle
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... z1Ar969bkM
Just as there is runner's high, there is rower's high.
It's the moment you train for all year, when it feels as if your lungs are about to explode like Jiffy Pop through your rib cage, but you don't care because you realize you are about to win.
Cristina and I hit the high together, in minute 22 of a winding race down the lagoon in Foster City. Our shell felt like it was levitating. The other boats in our event had long since disappeared in the distance.
"Coxswain, give way!" Cristina called behind me.
Did she really say that? That meant we had caught up to the novice eight-person boats in the event ahead of ours. Following the rules of rowing, slower crews must move off the buoy line to let the faster rowers slip by. We were about to blow past eight people.
I felt a surge as we kicked our legs down a little harder.
"Coxswain, move starboard!" Cristina tried again.
No response. Our bow ball was almost touching their boat.
"Coxswain, MOVE NOW!"
Finally, the novice women's crew from UC San Diego steered aside, and we took the inside line. Forty strokes to go. I forgot my muscles were screaming - because the private stadium in my head was screaming louder, cheering us on.
"We got this," Cristina whispered in my ear.
I stole a peripheral peek at the eight. It looked a little too close. A smack reverberated in my left oar as the San Diego coxswain steered her boat into us. We went careening to starboard, a millimeter from flipping over. Imagine a Hummer swerving into a Smart Car. Like prey in a spiderweb, we were immobilized, our starboard oars tangled with theirs and our port oars caught in the buoy line. By the time we maneuvered apart, we had added at least a minute to our overall time - epochs on the rowing clock.
"Oh, no, Meredith, we had that!"
Once free, there was nothing to do but pull the hardest 40 strokes of our lives to gain back whatever we could. I thought of Seabiscuit, who at the top of his game, would slow down on the last lap to let the other horses within reach before blasting away again to win. Anger helped. We sprinted to the finish and then raised our hands - signaling to officials we wanted to file a protest. The judges disqualified the errant San Diego crew, but they couldn't subtract that additional minute.
I made some lame attempts to lift our spirits: Crashing builds character! At least we didn't flip! We didn't give up! Ah, who cares? It's the last race of the season - let's go get a beer!
She wasn't having it. Truth was, neither was I.
About an hour later, the finish times were calculated. We WON. By four seconds, even accounting for that the little pit stop. That rower's high came flooding back.
I've never been so happy to win a race. This one had nothing to do with physical fitness - it was all about character. It was true - we hadn't given up, despite what appeared to be an obvious loss.
I think that is why Seabiscuit is one of the greatest athletes who ever lived. Despite critics who laughed at his short legs, his crooked gait, and his lazy approach to training, he was the most mentally fit on the track. In his mind, there was only one winner.
Some might say it was just dumb luck. But if we'd given up after getting locked up on the lagoon, we'd be wearing the second-place medal right now.
E-mail Meredith May at mmay@sfchronicle.com.
This article appeared on page V - 2 of the San Francisco Chronicle
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... z1Ar969bkM
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damselfly
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Re: TimbukTOO Team Room
Great story, and great lesson in never giving up!
Was going to row today, but it is SOOOOOO nice outside I''ve got to go for a run!! (Sorry all you folks who may be buried in snow or in a deep freeze somewhere!)
Was going to row today, but it is SOOOOOO nice outside I''ve got to go for a run!! (Sorry all you folks who may be buried in snow or in a deep freeze somewhere!)
-- 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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Izzzmeister
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Re: TimbukTOO Team Room
All hands on board, with a look of steely determination in our eye! We just hit a team average of 500K per person...
Milestones: Jamie reached 700K, and Pam hit 100K!
Yoo-hoo, they're coming...: Yisroel is eyeing 1.8M (-30,849m), Joseph near 1.5M (-21,416m), Jeff two strong rows from 1.1M (-23,000m), Fred a couple of rows from 800K (-22,849m), Alison soon to reach 350K (-6,404m), Doug near 300K (-7,277m), Lisa one row from 300K (-7,799m), and Mark needs only 13,466m to reach 200K!
A below-average 11 of our 53 TimbukTOOians put up meters Thursday, 21%, adding a reasonable 153,258 meters!
Today's Posted Meters:
Joel W – 40,273 Joel pops another big bunch of meters on us!
Dennis H - 18,680
David W – 15,000 15K after a 10K!
Jamie B – 13,707 Nice row for 700K!
John S - 12,545
Pam S – 11,793 The first 100K is the hardest...
Jeff S - 11,000
Mark S – 9,158
Glenn Y - 9,000
Raymond W - 7,234
Alison H - 4,868
Milestones: Jamie reached 700K, and Pam hit 100K!
Yoo-hoo, they're coming...: Yisroel is eyeing 1.8M (-30,849m), Joseph near 1.5M (-21,416m), Jeff two strong rows from 1.1M (-23,000m), Fred a couple of rows from 800K (-22,849m), Alison soon to reach 350K (-6,404m), Doug near 300K (-7,277m), Lisa one row from 300K (-7,799m), and Mark needs only 13,466m to reach 200K!
A below-average 11 of our 53 TimbukTOOians put up meters Thursday, 21%, adding a reasonable 153,258 meters!
Today's Posted Meters:
Joel W – 40,273 Joel pops another big bunch of meters on us!
Dennis H - 18,680
David W – 15,000 15K after a 10K!
Jamie B – 13,707 Nice row for 700K!
John S - 12,545
Pam S – 11,793 The first 100K is the hardest...
Jeff S - 11,000
Mark S – 9,158
Glenn Y - 9,000
Raymond W - 7,234
Alison H - 4,868
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Izzzmeister
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Re: TimbukTOO Team Room
Another solid day... still averaging over a quarter million meters a day, beyond our initial expectations!
19 of our 41 shipmates posted a strong 227,472 meters Thursday! That put us over 3 million meters in 12 days. Still a solid 14th.
Only 3 days before teams close! Please ask your friends and teammates to join TimbukTWO, to help us catch a few of the other teams who outnumber us greatly! We have more meters per person than 8 of the 13 teams that lead us!
Jamie B - 13,707
Pearse C – 7,000
Monica D – 10,039
Douglas D – 10,000
Peter H – 10,000
Dave H – 5,000
Dennis H – 18,680
Kevin K – 12,000
David K – 12,000
Don R – 4,512
Mark S - 9,158
Pam S - 11,793
Jeff S - 11,000
John S – 12,545
Tom W – 8,531
David W – 15,000
Joel W - 40,273
Raymond W - 7,234
Glenn Y - 9,000
John passed 250K, Kevin & Joel reached 100K, Jamie, Monica and Jeff S joined the 75K+ club!
19 of our 41 shipmates posted a strong 227,472 meters Thursday! That put us over 3 million meters in 12 days. Still a solid 14th.
Only 3 days before teams close! Please ask your friends and teammates to join TimbukTWO, to help us catch a few of the other teams who outnumber us greatly! We have more meters per person than 8 of the 13 teams that lead us!
Jamie B - 13,707
Pearse C – 7,000
Monica D – 10,039
Douglas D – 10,000
Peter H – 10,000
Dave H – 5,000
Dennis H – 18,680
Kevin K – 12,000
David K – 12,000
Don R – 4,512
Mark S - 9,158
Pam S - 11,793
Jeff S - 11,000
John S – 12,545
Tom W – 8,531
David W – 15,000
Joel W - 40,273
Raymond W - 7,234
Glenn Y - 9,000
John passed 250K, Kevin & Joel reached 100K, Jamie, Monica and Jeff S joined the 75K+ club!
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damselfly
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Re: Captain's Message (email)
Regarding Izz's Captain's call to arms, I pledge to do 10k today and 15k each Saturday and Sunday. That will bring me almost to my challenge goal of 125k on the 16th. I think I can do it -- may have to break up the rows..... Row strong TimBukTWO!!
-- 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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theOtherOne
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Re: Captians Message
1) I don't hit the water...but loved the article. Solid motivation.
2) re: email - this is a bad month as far as travelling for both work & fun and have been battling a cold, but will publicly up my commitment to 220km for this challenge.
~j
2) re: email - this is a bad month as far as travelling for both work & fun and have been battling a cold, but will publicly up my commitment to 220km for this challenge.
~j