TimbukTOO Team Room

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on deck, all flywheels whirring!
A rousing TimbukTOO welcome to Gary Dean, aka Prince Mishkin, who has decided to crawl down into the galley with the rest of us wretches!

Wednesday, a wonderful 19 of our 59 fittest members (32%) logged 186,711 meters which, with Gary's 154K, added 341,711 to our total! (But we're still less than 100K ahead of Team Canada in our battle to retain 11th Place...)

Milestones: Gary G reached 1 ½ M, while Gary D hit 150K! (Confused yet?)
Not yet stoned: John nearing 5.7M (-34,564m), Jeff elevening to 1.6M (-26,000m), David a giant leap closer to 1.5M (-10,676m), Adam much closer to 1.2M (-2,634m), Jamie utilierging to 1.1M (-19,623m), Lisa on the fly to 500K (-5,798m), Tom on the cusp of 450K (-3,122m) as is Yolanda (-11,320m), Brenda real close to 200K (-3,378m) and Yogi is approaching 35K (-7,637m).

Posters Galore
Gary D – 154,000 Good start!
David W – 26,097 Joined the HM Of The Day Club?!
Yogi G – 24,456 Concept2 Utility Strikes Again!
John S – 21,769 Always amazing!
Yisroel H – 12,000 One row from 4MM lifetime!

Chris H – 12,000 Nice skiing!
Joseph W – 11,111 You're #1!
Jeff S – 11,000 Fifth 11K of the week...
Gary G – 10,058 Even Dorothy knows there's no place like home in Kansas!
Adam M – 10,000 Our #1 recruiter can row too!

Raymond W – 8,328 Doesn't always make sense, but is always Wright!
Matthew R – 7,056 Hey, let's see 7,300s & 7,400s!
Lisa H – 6,157 Chipping away at the half million mark 3 days in a row!
Mike E – 5,335 Back man's back!
Tom W – 5,003 Good to see you back in the saddle!

Yolanda W – 5,000 30K for the week! Nice!
Jamie B – 5,000 Slap me five, bro!
Daiva S – 5,000 Tennis' version of March Madness!
Mark S – 2,341 Leave that fool bike, son, and get on some real fitness machines!

[damselfly]

Jeff and Wyatt, thanks! Your goal progress will show up in today's post from Izz...

Row team! And be sure when you row today either (a) wear green, (b) drink a Guiness as a recovery beverage, or (c) paint your C2 green for the day....

Row Green, Team!!

[DavidA]

Last night midnight, I set my PM3 for 2:00:00. I rowed 30,832 meters to help jumpstart our team.

Let the games begin!
Cap’n Izzy

Now I know that the rower of the day a few days ago isn't the only android posting meters here

David

[Izzzmeister]

Good day # 3, but below the 250K we'll need to average daily to compete! Whoops, we dropped to 12th Place in the Team Standings!
23 of 41 members logged 226,374 total meters (56% oars in the water)!

Posted Meters:
Jamie B - 10,522
Fred B - 16,740
Gary D - 5,000
Gary G - 10,042
Yogi G – 2,000

Peter H - 10,000
Dennis H - 15,000
Chris H - 11,000
Christopher H - 13,517
Kevin K – 6,000

Adam M - 6,000
Jeff R - 13,500
Matthew R - 7,063
Magnus R - 7,000
Daiva S – 5,000

Glenn S - 15,233
Mark S - 2,341
Jeff S - 12,000
John S – 22,566

Andrea W - 9,739
David W - 10,000
Yolanda W - 5,000
Joseph W - 11,111


Challenge Goals Progress [Day 3 of 31 (9.7%)]:
Gary D - 25,000 of 180,000 (13.9%)
Mike E - 10,335 of 100,000 (10.3%)
Yogi G - 4,515 of 48,000 (9.4%)
Lisa H - 12,479 of 100,000 (12.5%)

Yisroel H - 42,832 of 300,000 (14.3%)
Christopher H - 26,665 of 300,000 (8.9%)
Jeff S - 34,000 of 220,000 (15.5%)
Joseph W - 33,340 of 200,000 (16.7%)

Thanks to Fred Brovold, and Mark & Pam Sinderson for signing up for the WEC!
Congrats to John S for being second to 50K!

[garygOP]

Lisa,
Everyone needs a goal.
Unfortunately, I will not be hitting my March Madness 10K per day goal it seems - I ran out of gas today- was rowing next to a gym buddy- and I am not used to rowing next to others yet- I went too fast for my opening 30 minute row- just couldn't go after that- we pushed each other along- but at too fast a pace for me to carry on. I dont have time to go back to the gym later- another justification for buying my very own boat.

But put me down for 200K for the team row, please.
Thanks,
Gary

[Izzzmeister]

(Sorry for dropping such raw numbers on you today, but I'm in a major rush...)

All hands on deck! 16 of 59 members (27%) logged 152,526 total meters Thursday in honor of snakeless Ireland - and that ain't no blarney!

Milestones achieved: Adam hit 1.2M
Approaching milestones: John is approaching 5.7M (-11,998m)
Jeff is approaching 1.6M (-14,000m)
David is approaching 1.5M (-676m)
Jamie is approaching 1.1M (-9,101m)
Yolanda is approaching 450K (-6,320m)
Yogi is approaching 35K (-5,637m)

Posted Meters:
John S - 22,566
Dennis H - 15,000
Christopher H - 13,517
Jeff S - 12,000

Joseph W - 11,111
Chris H - 11,000
Jamie B - 10,522
Gary G - 10,042

David W - 10,000
Matthew R - 7,063
Fred B - 6,705
Adam M - 6,000

Yolanda W - 5,000
Gary D - 5,000 First TimbukTOO row!
Daiva S - 5,000
Yogi G - 2,000

[Izzzmeister]

Did exactly 13,034m to reach exactly 4MM lifetime!
These million meters took me 96 days and 64:31 (1:56.1/500m) rowing time! (My 4MM took me 263:24 to do, an average of 1:58.5/500m.)

[damselfly]

Lisa,
Everyone needs a goal.
Unfortunately, I will not be hitting my March Madness 10K per day goal it seems - I ran out of gas today- was rowing next to a gym buddy- and I am not used to rowing next to others yet- I went too fast for my opening 30 minute row- just couldn't go after that- we pushed each other along- but at too fast a pace for me to carry on. I dont have time to go back to the gym later- another justification for buying my very own boat.

But put me down for 200K for the team row, please.
Thanks,
Gary

You got it Gary. Hey, that was a pretty agressive goal!

[damselfly]

Did exactly 13,034m to reach exactly 4MM lifetime!
These million meters took me 96 days and 64:31 (1:56.1/500m) rowing time! (My 4MM took me 263:24 to do, an average of 1:58.5/500m.)

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S, IZZZMEISTER!!!

WOOT, WOOT!!

[chris hughes]

Congrats Izz, can't compete with your times

I can celebrate a slow first million ski erg meters, thanks C2 for the tee. On my way to total row/ski 9 mm

[damselfly]

Hi Gang,

First mate Lisa here with tonight's stats while Izz is on shore leave recuperating from his recent 4MM lifetime milestone. Way to row, Cap'n!!

Thanks for joining the challenge, Joel! And if you want to set yourself a meter goal for the WEC challenge, just let me know. It makes a great motivator to get busy in the challenge!

All hands on deck, recuperating from the excesses of Guiness, corned beef, and cabbage!! 22 of 42 members (52%) logged 213,790 total meters. But expect the Cap'n to thrash us when he gets back aboard, because we have slipped back to 13th place!! Though we're still ahead of those wiley Canadians (our long-time rivals), we've got 12 teams ahead of us!!! One is the Greensburg Rowing Team, which having just 7 members, has an average of 169km per member!! (But they're listed as a correctional facility, so maybe they have a lot of rowing time on their hands.... )

Izz, Christopher, and Jeff all joined the 50km club with today's rows! Way to row, men!

Challenge Goals - Day 4 of 31 (12.9%):
Gary D - 30,000 of 180,000 (16.7%)
Mike E - 10,335 of 100,000 (10.3%)
Gary G - 37,291 of 200,000 (18.6%)
Yogi G - 6,515 of 48,000 (13.6%)
Lisa H - 12,479 of 100,000 (12.5%)
Yisroel H - 55,866 of 300,000 (18.6%)
Christopher H - 60,984 of 300,000 (20.3%)
Jeff S - 46,000 of 220,000 (20.9%)
Joseph W - 33,340 of 200,000 (16.7%)


Posted Meters:
Jamie B - 6,500
Fred B - 3,712
Gary D - 5,000
Paul E - 5,727
Gary G - 7,169
Yogi G - 2,000
Yisroel H - 13,034
Dennis H - 15,000
Chris H - 7,000
Christopher H - 34,319 Yow! Killer meters!
Kevin K - 7,000
David K - 10,000
Adam M - 15,751
Ashley O - 5,647
Jeff R - 13,050
Magnus R - 7,000
Daiva S - 5,000
Glenn S - 8,847
Jeff S - 12,000
David W - 15,000
Yolanda W - 5,000
Joel W - 10,034

Row strong, TimBukTWO!!

[damselfly]

And our affiliation progress report for the day..... 16 of 59 members (27%) logged 157,454 total meters.

Milestones achieved: David hit 1.5M!! Way to row!!

Approaching milestones: Yisroel is screaming towards 2.4M (-43,783m), Jeff is about to smash 1.6M (-2,000m), Jamie is coming up on 1.1M (-2,601m), Chris is threatening 900K (-28,409m), Christopher is approaching 700K (-9,465m), Yolanda is oh-so-close to 450K (-1,320m), and Yogi is very close to 35K (-3,637m). Row strong, team!

Posted Meters:
Christopher H - 34,319 Humbling us all!
Adam M - 15,751 Great meters...
David W - 15,000 ... from
Dennis H - 15,000 ... all
Yisroel H - 13,034 ... these
Jeff S - 12,000 ... guys!
Gary G - 7,169
Chris H - 7,000
Jamie B - 6,500
Paul E - 5,969 Back in the boat!
Daiva S - 5,000 Our Timbuktoo marchers to madness....
Joel W - 5,000
Gary D - 5,000
Yolanda W - 5,000
Fred B - 3,712
Yogi G - 2,000

Row strong team!

[Izzzmeister]

Good day # 5, above the 250K we'll need to average daily to compete! Back up to 12th Place in the Team Standings, so cancel that Cat O’ Nine Tails thrashing!

20 of 44 members logged 272,999 total meters (45% oars in the water)!

Posted Meters:
Fred B - 11,026
Gary D - 14,901
Paul E - 7,039
Gary G - 10,059
Lisa H - 8,178

MARY H - 2,535
Brenda H - 8,523
Dennis H - 43,418
Chris H - 10,000
Christopher H - 10,000

Kevin K - 5,000
Tyrone P - 6,952
Jeff R - 10,500
Matthew R - 14,071
Daiva S - 5,000

Glenn S - 33,964
John S - 34,609
David W - 15,000

Yolanda W - 5,000
Joseph W - 17,224
John S – 22,566

Challenge Goals Progress [Day 5 of 31 (16.1%)]:
Gary D - 44,901 of 180,000 (24.9%)
Mike E - 10,335 of 100,000 (10.3%)
Gary G - 47,350 of 200,000 (23.7%)
Yogi G - 6,515 of 48,000 (13.6%)
Lisa H - 20,657 of 100,000 (20.7%)

Yisroel H - 55,866 of 300,000 (18.6%)
Christopher H - 70,984 of 300,000 (23.7%)
Jeff S - 46,000 of 220,000 (20.9%)
Joseph W - 50,564 of 200,000 (25.3%)

Thanks to Tyrone Patterson for signing up for the WEC, and welcome Mary Hillman to the boat!
Congrats to John S for being first to 100K! And to Dennis, Chris, Glenn and Joseph who reached 50K!

[damselfly]

Our affiliation progress for Saturday... 16 of 59 members (27%) logged 299,756 total meters.

Lots of milestones hit with today's rows!!: John smashed through 5.7M, Tyrone hit 800K, Christopher made 700K, Lisa hit 500K, Yolanda hit 450K, Brenda hit 200K. Good rowing, team!

Through the spyglass: Joseph is approaching 1.8M (-21,237m), Dennis is approaching 1.6M (-11,009m), Fred is approaching 1.2M (-44,702m), Chris is approaching 900K (-18,409m), Paul is approaching 450K (-24,974m), Gary is approaching 200K (-21,099m)

This week's frequent rowers (Sat 3/12 through Fri 3/18):
Chris H, Christopher H, Daiva S, David W, Dennis H, Gary G, John S & Yolanda W - 6
Fred B, Jeff S & Matthew R - 5
Adam M, Jamie B, Joel W & Yogi G - 4

Posted Meters:
Tyrone P - 85,708 Glad to see you back!
Dennis H - 43,418 Good heavens, man, don't hurt yourself!
John S - 34,609
Joseph W - 17,224 Breaks WAY out of the elevens!
David W - 15,000 Great consistent rows...
Gary D - 14,901 A big row from Gary!!
Matthew R - 14,071 ...and one from Matthew!
Fred B - 11,026 ...and Fred!
Gary G - 10,059
Chris H - 10,000
Christopher H - 10,000 Taking it easy after a massive workout...
Brenda H - 8,523 ...and Brenda!
Lisa H - 8,178
Paul E - 7,039
Daiva S - 5,000
Yolanda W - 5,000

[Izzzmeister]

Okay day #6 for a weekend, but well below the 250K we'll need to average daily to compete! However, we retained 12th Place in the Team Standings!
15 of 45 members logged 198,823 total meters (33% oars in the water)!

Posted Meters:
Fred B - 11,687
Mark B - 31,097
Gary G - 10,032
Brenda H - 5,000
Dennis H – 15,102

David K - 10,000
Jeff R - 18,010
Matthew R - 7,157
Glenn S - 19,538
Jeff S – 11,000

John S - 23,783
Joel W - 6,302
Raymond W - 15,014
Joseph W - 10,101
Glenn Y - 5,000

Challenge Goals Progress [Day 6 of 31 (19.4%)]:
Gary D - 44,901 of 180,000 (24.9%)
Mike E - 10,335 of 100,000 (10.3%)
Gary G - 57,382 of 200,000 (28.7%)
Yogi G - 6,515 of 48,000 (13.6%)

Lisa H - 20,657 of 100,000 (20.7%)
Yisroel H - 55,866 of 300,000 (18.6%)
Christopher H - 70,984 of 300,000 (23.7%)
Jeff S - 57,000 of 220,000 (25.9%)
Joseph W - 60,665 of 200,000 (30.3%)

A big TimbukTWO welcome to Mark Bucherl, who had joined Timbuk2 for a challenge in '08, and wants us to poke & prod him to heretofore unimagined ergometer heights (he's in the basement now)! So, no mercy, guys!
Congrats to Dennis & Glenn S for reaching 100K, and to Gary & Jeff for reaching 50K!