TimbukTOO Team Room

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on deck, all decks having hearts in spades... Very solidly in 11th Place...
11 of our 55 erstwhile members (20%) logged 103,172 meters Sunday, causing Al Capone to decide to just send flowers!
Milestones achieved: Gary reached 1.3M, while Dennis hit 1.1M!Future Valentines: David quickly approaching 1 million (-21,099m), with Fred just behind him (-33,459m), Joel on the cusp of 600K (-1,998m), Lisa coughing & hacking towards 450K (-14,403m), Yolanda now approaching 350K (-12,345m), Mark a row from 300K (-3,965m), while Brenda's quite close to 150K (-3,863m)!

Posted Meters:
Fred B – 20,697 Nice looooong effort!
Dennis H – 20,000 Another milestone falls...
David W - 10,000
Joel W – 8,536

Karen R – 8,213 Welcome back!
Matthew R - 7,223
Jamie B - 6,859
Gary G – 6,650

Yolanda W – 5,890 Roaring back!
Glenn Y – 5,604
Yisroel H – 3,500 Gold in Cincy!

[kringel]

Ya, I spent about a week with a sore back after the blizzard (happens when you shovel out two feet of snow by hand), but I'm back in action now! -- Karen

[garygOP]

Congratulations to our Captain-
Gold is good-- perhaps not as the standard / anchor for our currency, as some would like ( sorry for the politics- anchors do bring things to a halt ) -
but gold is good to win in a race.

[freddy the human]

"Yisroel H – 3,500 Gold in Cincy!"

NICE Izzi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What was the event, 2,000 meters? I couldn't even come close!

[DavidA]

Congrats to Izz in taking the Gold in Cincy this weekend.....may your continued success predominate.

MAZAL TOV R. Homnick!

David

[Brenda J.]

ALL RIGHT IZZY!!!! CONGRATS. If I was a woot gal, I would give you a woot. Instead I will say "WHAT A RIDE...YEEHAW"

[Dennis B.]

Besides the congrats....I appreciate the demeanor and maturity....too often Captains/ Coaches have the fight but not the ability to keep personal conflicts out of decision making....TimbukToo has it's Captain/Coach like none before....you lead by example.....I am proud to be a member of IZZY's crew....First Mate Lisa thanks for all your patience and maturity as well.

[Izzzmeister]

Besides the congrats....I appreciate the demeanor and maturity....too often Captains/ Coaches have the fight but not the ability to keep personal conflicts out of decision making....

I definitely wasn't able to keep the exhaustion out of decision making. Half the time that I didn't post until the next day was from being knocked out by my training. As race week approaches, the long rows get longer, the fast rows get faster, the weight lifting gets heavier and "to failure". And as soon as I rest up enough to get my strength back, I sandbag myself again.
The good news: It's Taper Week, where you go down about 50% on meterage... but 0% on intensity. No weightlifting within 5 or so days of the race. This is when the body is supposed to recover from 14 weeks of building up.
I was going to say I'll never do this craziness again - except that I know I will...

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on deck! Have you kissed your erg today? Very solidly in 11th Place...
14 of our 55 debonair members (25%) logged 122,220 meters this Valentine's Day, causing Hallmark's Maxine to almost crack a smile!
Bliss: Mark reached 300K, while Brenda hit 150K!
As Yet Unrequited: David close to 1 million (-2,099m), with Fred behind him (-33,459m), Chris quickly approaching 700K (-14,409m), Joel on the cusp of 600K (-1,998m), Lisa quite near 450K (-6,387m), with Yolanda approaching 350K (-10,345m)!

Posted Meters:
Yisroel H – 25,097
David W – 19,000 Serious rows!
Jeff S – 11,000 Deja vu all over again...
Joseph W – 10,033 Good rest, good return row!
Dennis H – 10,000

Lisa H - 8,016
Glenn Y – 8,000 I hereby dub thee Stud!
Mark S – 6,023
Karen R – 5,816 Shovel-ready row!
Chris H – 5,500

Daiva S – 5,000
Brenda H – 4,229
Jamie B – 2,506 Did SOMETHING every day this week!
Yolanda W – 2,000

This post was dedicated to Frank Gusenberg, an enforcer for the Bugs Moran crime syndicate. After being shot 14 times on Feb. 14th, 1929, presumably on behalf of competitor Al Capone, police asked him who did it. He responded, “Nobody shot me!”

[garygOP]

unrequited.... The perfect usage for valentines day.
I love it.
How many teams display such erudition and scholarship?

[damselfly]

OW! Everything's PINK! I think my eyes are sprained!!!

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on deck, and all handles on flywheels & shock cords! In the immortal words of Hamlet, “CRASH-B or not CRASH-B – THAT is the question!”
11 of our 55 persistent members (20%) logged 95,188 meters this Wednesday, causing Superman to tell Lois Lane she must've put on 5 pounds since he caught her last!
Milestones: Jamie reached 950K!
Zeroing in: Fred has his sights on 1M (-22,226m), Chris one row from 700K (-5,409m), Lisa quite near 450K (-6,387m), with Yolanda (-7,492m) and Paul (-12,201m) approaching 350K!

Posted Meters:
Pam S – 16,944 Glad to see you back posting!
David W – 16,000 ...93K in 6 days!
Jeff S – 12,000 That 1K's been found! Whew!

Joel W – 9,606
Yisroel H – 8,940
Glenn Y – 8,000 Consistent!
Matthew R – 7,219

Paul E – 5,986 Becoming more steady!
Mark S – 4,022
Jamie B – 3,618
Yolanda W – 2,853 4 rows in 5 days...

Post-Valentine's Day Gal Tip: Buy yourself some flowers, bring them into work with an empty card envelope attached, and when asked about it, just light up and say nothing.

[Izzzmeister]

Don't know where yesterday's post disappeared to - it had posted properly, but here are the raw numbers from Tuesday. You'll have to insert your own jokes...
(I ended with a Post-Valentine Guy Tip: If a girl at the office got flowers from "A Secret Admirer", pop your head into her office, say "Oh, they were delivered? Good!", and walk away. Think that could've gotten it deleted?)

13 of 55 members logged 139,997 total meters (24% oars in the water) Tuesday.

New members: (none)
Returning members: (none)
Left the team: (none)


Milestones achieved:
David hit 1M!!!
Joel hit 600K



Approaching milestones:
Jeff is approaching 1.4M (-47,000m)
Fred is approaching 1M (-22,226m)
Chris is approaching 700K (-5,409m)
Daiva is approaching 600K (-48,143m)
Paul is approaching 350K (-18,187m)

Posted Meters:
David W - 20,000
Joel W - 19,623
Paul E - 17,158
Fred B - 11,233
Gary G - 10,154

Jeff S - 10,000
Dennis H - 10,000
Chris H - 9,000
Glenn Y - 8,000
Raymond W - 7,609

Matthew R - 7,157
Jamie B - 5,063
Daiva S - 5,000

[Izzzmeister]

OW! Everything's PINK! I think my eyes are sprained!!!

I thought the milestones would make you see red!

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on deck, and a slab of CRASH-Butterflies have made a home in my stomach!
An anemic 9 of our 55 persistent members (16%) logged a sad 63,300 meters this Thursday, giving Hosni Mubarak his first belly laugh in weeks!
Milestones: Move along, people, there's nothing to see here!
Zeroing in: Jeff is approaching 1.4M (-24,000m), Fred has his sights on 1M (-22,226m) followed by Jamie (-41,713m) in his Utilikilt, Chris a mini-row from 700K (-3,409m), Lisa quite near 450K (-6,387m), with Yolanda (-7,492m) and Paul (-12,201m) approaching 350K!

The Stout & The Brave
Jeff S - 11,000
David W - 10,000
Dennis H - 10,000
Yisroel H - 8,427
Raymond W – 7,620

Matthew R - 7,209
Jamie B - 4,747
Daiva S - 2,297
Chris H - 2,000

Come on, guys! Even with John on vacation, we can do better than this! Do it for the team, do it for your family, or do it for you – let's build back up our meters, even aim for 10th Place!
(I need to wake up 4 am to fly to Boston, so I'm signing off! Goal: Below 6:40, Top 10 finish of the 67 contestants.)