Virtual Team Rowing Challenge – January 2006

[old] woolsmith · Post by **[old] woolsmith** » January 9th, 2006, 1:32 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(tjod @ Jan 9 2006, 01:29 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(woolsmith @ Jan 8 2006, 06:22 PM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Those straps are a cool idea! I would think that might help take some of the stress off of the hand and the fingers. Laurie could show a pic of that to her doc, perhaps. --Jen </td></tr></table> I can see using them for limited, specific use for short periods. I don't see them as a good long term solution because they look as though they change the angle of the wrist to the handle. and perpas lead to worse problems down the road. </td></tr></table> Ooops, yeah, I should have clarified that I didn't think they were a long-term solution or something to be used regularly or by someone who didn't need them! Most times, ya just can't beat ol' Ma Nature for doing things. For Laurie and her broken finger, she could show the pic to her doc or a physical therapist and see what s/he thought of using it for rowing. I shouldn't be typing notes after 11pm--the brain's gone by then. Thanks for the clarification, tj! --Jen in WI

[old] voodoogirl · Post by **[old] voodoogirl** » January 12th, 2006, 9:06 am

Vicarious chocolate! Yum! thanks Jen. And thanks to everyone for all the advice. I did go see the doc and he put a half splint on the finger, as it is only the very top bone that is affected. Actually the swelling from all the crushed tissue is the most painful part. So I tried rowing with that and it seemed to work okay and feel not too bad as long as I went fairly easy on it. Interestingly, rowing seemed to help reduce the swelling. Not sure what that is about....but all the suggestions were great. Rowing one-handed? I'm nowhere near good enough for that! There IS a story behind it, I'm not sure how interesting it is...I volunteer at a very old historic cemetery in Washington, DC--Congressional Cemetery--actually I found it because it's sort of a 33 acre dog park. The place in the 1970s was really overgrown and mainly a gathering spot for buying, selling, and doing drugs. People from Capitol Hill started walking their dogs there, the drug dealers moved on, the cemetery association organized the dog walkers and got them to pay some dues, and now they pay for the annual mowing budget (a big deal at a cemetery). ANYWAY I was there with my dog and saw one of the board members trying to move a gravestone (a military stone that had been replaced--so you get an idea of the size--although about 18" of those are buried--big chunk o' marble) and thought I'd help out. Keep in mind this is early Saturday, pre-caffeine (if I did caffeine), pre-newspaper, pre-official wake up. At least that's my excuse! SO we got the thing into a wheelbarrow and trundled it over the behind the shed (these stones are HEAVY it took us both to move the wheelbarrow, and this guy is no lightweight) and then he was going to tip it out and I suppose I thought I'd "guide" it. Ha! I had my hands on the edge of the wheelbarrow, palms up--the stone shifted, Patrick said "watch your feet" and as I did THAT it fell on my hands. After five minutes of jumping around shrieking (but trying to be stoic) the pain went away except that one finger, which in short order turned purple and green and swelled up etc etc. THIS is why I am a writer, it saves me from working with anything more dangerous than sharp pieces of paper. Geez louise. I have increased respect for large heavy objects. In any event, thanks for all the advice and I'm back rowing if not as much as I'd like--as long as it seems to help the swelling, I think it's therapeutic (and the doc gave me permission to try it). So Jen, you only need to row a few extra meters to cover for me! Laurie Mt. Rainier, Md

[old] MomofJBN · Post by **[old] MomofJBN** » January 12th, 2006, 12:10 pm

Owie, owie, owie, Laurie! My fingers hurt just thinking about it. Good for you for wanting to keep going while that heels. Be strong, Fowl! Schenley

[old] voodoogirl · Post by **[old] voodoogirl** » January 12th, 2006, 12:18 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(MomofJBN @ Jan 12 2006, 11:10 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Owie, owie, owie, Laurie! My fingers hurt just thinking about it. Good for you for wanting to keep going while that heels. Be strong, Fowl! Schenley </td></tr></table> Thanks Schenley! All encouragement helps. I'm so new to rowing that I didn't want to let anything get me unmotivated. And it makes me feel so great, the good feelings far exceed the finger pain! Just a clipped wing and a few damaged feathers

[old] MomofJBN · Post by **[old] MomofJBN** » January 12th, 2006, 12:39 pm

LOL. Damaged feathers. I'm trying to stay motivated, too. I started 2 days after Christmas. I would really like it if the scale would start showing some results. Maybe I need is a new scale.

[old] holladay · Post by **[old] holladay** » January 12th, 2006, 3:06 pm

You must have the same scale that I have. Mine is stuck in the same place. I rowed more than ever between Thanksgiving and Christmas and did not lose (or for that matter gain) any weight. For January, I have given up all fried foods including my favorite breakfast of a Burger King sausage biscuit and hash rounds. In exchange I am eating a healthy whole grain cereal, healthy snacks, watching portion size ETC. Plus I am rowing twice as far as I did for the HC AND NADA! So in frustration yesterday, I ate more than I should have (but no BK or fried food) and did not row, and I lost a pound. Go figure. HA HA. I do know it will pay off eventually etc. But I just think the scale is broken. It is just "fixed" on that number.... Susan PS: I tried that muscle weighs more than fat justification but my husband responded, "not that much more".

[old] loonylady · Post by **[old] loonylady** » January 12th, 2006, 10:47 pm

Susan and Schenley, We got our rower the end of Oct and both my husband and I have rowed faithfully 5 or 6 times a week since then. I row about 25-30K a week and my husband usually does quite a bit more. Neither of us has lost more than a pound or two in that time. We, too, had read the things about muscle weighing more than fat and also that it is a good idea to measure yourself to find results so the end of Nov we measured our waists and recorded the numbers. Today we finally did the measurements again and I was shocked to find that we have each lost a couple of inches around our waist in that six weeks since the last measurement. Also, I must say that overall I feel much better since I started to row, too. Anyhow, even though your scale isn't showing you the benefits of your efforts rowing, I'm sure they are there. Keep rowing!! Carol

[old] rhorva@hotmail.com · Post by **[old] rhorva@hotmail.com** » January 12th, 2006, 11:57 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(voodoogirl @ Jan 12 2006, 09:06 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Vicarious chocolate! Yum! thanks Jen. And thanks to everyone for all the advice. I did go see the doc and he put a half splint on the finger, as it is only the very top bone that is affected. Actually the swelling from all the crushed tissue is the most painful part. So I tried rowing with that and it seemed to work okay and feel not too bad as long as I went fairly easy on it. Interestingly, rowing seemed to help reduce the swelling. Not sure what that is about....but all the suggestions were great. Rowing one-handed? I'm nowhere near good enough for that! There IS a story behind it, I'm not sure how interesting it is...I volunteer at a very old historic cemetery in Washington, DC--Congressional Cemetery--actually I found it because it's sort of a 33 acre dog park. The place in the 1970s was really overgrown and mainly a gathering spot for buying, selling, and doing drugs. People from Capitol Hill started walking their dogs there, the drug dealers moved on, the cemetery association organized the dog walkers and got them to pay some dues, and now they pay for the annual mowing budget (a big deal at a cemetery). ANYWAY I was there with my dog and saw one of the board members trying to move a gravestone (a military stone that had been replaced--so you get an idea of the size--although about 18" of those are buried--big chunk o' marble) and thought I'd help out. Keep in mind this is early Saturday, pre-caffeine (if I did caffeine), pre-newspaper, pre-official wake up. At least that's my excuse! SO we got the thing into a wheelbarrow and trundled it over the behind the shed (these stones are HEAVY it took us both to move the wheelbarrow, and this guy is no lightweight) and then he was going to tip it out and I suppose I thought I'd "guide" it. Ha! I had my hands on the edge of the wheelbarrow, palms up--the stone shifted, Patrick said "watch your feet" and as I did THAT it fell on my hands. After five minutes of jumping around shrieking (but trying to be stoic) the pain went away except that one finger, which in short order turned purple and green and swelled up etc etc. THIS is why I am a writer, it saves me from working with anything more dangerous than sharp pieces of paper. Geez louise. I have increased respect for large heavy objects. In any event, thanks for all the advice and I'm back rowing if not as much as I'd like--as long as it seems to help the swelling, I think it's therapeutic (and the doc gave me permission to try it). So Jen, you only need to row a few extra meters to cover for me! Laurie Mt. Rainier, Md </td></tr></table> Laurie, NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED!! Sorry to hear you got hurt, but Kudus to you for taking care of the gravestones. One of my other hobbies is Civil War re-enacting, and I spend a lot of time in old graveyards looking up names, stories, etc. Too many of our old historic graveyards are neglected and forgotten. Way to go! Rubber Ducky

[old] MomofJBN · Post by **[old] MomofJBN** » January 13th, 2006, 12:31 am

Carol - I hope you're right. I'll be getting measured at Curves next week, so maybe that will give me the feedback I'm looking for. It's only been 3 wks for me, but I do think I'm seeing muscle development. (I'd been exercising before that, so I wasn't starting from zero.) Right now I feel like I'm coming down with something, so maybe that's why I was feeling down about things this morning. Schenley

[old] sirrobin · Post by **[old] sirrobin** » January 13th, 2006, 2:38 pm

Yeah! I'm finally above average... for the moment. With my 6,015 meters today, I'm over the Fowl Play team average! I'm also closing in on the 2 million meter mark. If I do a 1/2 marathon on Monday in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. (I Have a Dream!), and do two 10k's between now and then to work up to it, I shouldn't have any trouble getting to 2 million by Sunday week (1/22/06). I'm sure I will join the 2 million meter club by the end of this virtual team challenge for sure!! Woo! Hoo! Robin

[old] writingfool · Post by **[old] writingfool** » January 14th, 2006, 3:07 pm

I did 5300 meters today, which is chopped liver compared to most of you, but 300 more than I've been able to do up until now. Haven't lost any weight, but since I trained for and walked a marathon without losing weight, I'm despairing of having that happen, short of full body liposuction. How many meters to a half-marathon? That'll give me another goal. And did you notice the food reference in the first sentence? That might be a clue to my lack of weight loss. Wendy

[old] voodoogirl · Post by **[old] voodoogirl** » January 14th, 2006, 10:47 pm

Laurie, NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED!! Sorry to hear you got hurt, but Kudus to you for taking care of the gravestones. One of my other hobbies is Civil War re-enacting, and I spend a lot of time in old graveyards looking up names, stories, etc. Too many of our old historic graveyards are neglected and forgotten. Way to go! Rubber Ducky [/quote] Thanks for the encouraging thoughts...it's such a great cemetery--we've just started working on our bicentennial (in 2007) and are talking about having some re-enacters during the year. We have a lot of civil war graves, as well as many revolutionary war and war of 1812 graves. Every time I go there I learn something new.... Kudos to you too for your re-enacting! That must be a lot of fun. Once we get some of historical documents written up I can send you our civil war stories if you want. And the family is very happy that we got the old gravestone moved. And my rowing is going well--better than my typing--so that's good news too! Laurie

[old] rhorva@hotmail.com · Post by **[old] rhorva@hotmail.com** » January 14th, 2006, 10:53 pm

[quote=voodoogirl,Jan 14 2006, 10:47 PM] Laurie, NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED!! Sorry to hear you got hurt, but Kudus to you for taking care of the gravestones. One of my other hobbies is Civil War re-enacting, and I spend a lot of time in old graveyards looking up names, stories, etc. Too many of our old historic graveyards are neglected and forgotten. Way to go! Rubber Ducky [/quote] Thanks for the encouraging thoughts...it's such a great cemetery--we've just started working on our bicentennial (in 2007) and are talking about having some re-enacters during the year. We have a lot of civil war graves, as well as many revolutionary war and war of 1812 graves. Every time I go there I learn something new.... Kudos to you too for your re-enacting! That must be a lot of fun. Once we get some of historical documents written up I can send you our civil war stories if you want. And the family is very happy that we got the old gravestone moved. And my rowing is going well--better than my typing--so that's good news too! Laurie [/quote] Yes, I'd be VERY interested in receiving a copy of the stories. When you start researching the hardship lives of the Civil War era, it is just fascinating. If you read the book, or saw the movie, COLD MOUNTAIN, those people depicted there were sort of typical, actually, of what life was like all across the country. How's your hand and fingers doing?? After I wrote to you, I thought about this kind of pain-kiling creme (lidocain based), that the dermatologist uses when they are going to remove some moles or scrape off some growths.. It is VERY EXPENSIVE (like $60 a tube) but you rub it on your skin and it totally deadens any pain you feel in the SKIN... I use it in the summer for really bad mosquito bites, etc. Called LMX-4 (Lidocaine 4%), you can also ask for a prescription from your dermatoligst for a weaker mix that costs only around $20 bucks. Can you believe how great this rowing competition is giong?? Keep rowing strong. Rubber Ducky

[old] voodoogirl · Post by **[old] voodoogirl** » January 14th, 2006, 10:57 pm

[quote=rhorva@hotmail.com,Jan 14 2006, 09:53 PM] [quote=voodoogirl,Jan 14 2006, 10:47 PM] Laurie, NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED!! Sorry to hear you got hurt, but Kudus to you for taking care of the gravestones. One of my other hobbies is Civil War re-enacting, and I spend a lot of time in old graveyards looking up names, stories, etc. Too many of our old historic graveyards are neglected and forgotten. Way to go! Rubber Ducky [/quote] Thanks for the encouraging thoughts...it's such a great cemetery--we've just started working on our bicentennial (in 2007) and are talking about having some re-enacters during the year. We have a lot of civil war graves, as well as many revolutionary war and war of 1812 graves. Every time I go there I learn something new.... Kudos to you too for your re-enacting! That must be a lot of fun. Once we get some of historical documents written up I can send you our civil war stories if you want. And the family is very happy that we got the old gravestone moved. And my rowing is going well--better than my typing--so that's good news too! Laurie [/quote] Yes, I'd be VERY interested in receiving a copy of the stories. When you start researching the hardship lives of the Civil War era, it is just fascinating. If you read the book, or saw the movie, COLD MOUNTAIN, those people depicted there were sort of typical, actually, of what life was like all across the country. How's your hand and fingers doing?? After I wrote to you, I thought about this kind of pain-kiling creme (lidocain based), that the dermatologist uses when they are going to remove some moles or scrape off some growths.. It is VERY EXPENSIVE (like $60 a tube) but you rub it on your skin and it totally deadens any pain you feel in the SKIN... I use it in the summer for really bad mosquito bites, etc. Called LMX-4 (Lidocaine 4%), you can also ask for a prescription from your dermatoligst for a weaker mix that costs only around $20 bucks. Can you believe how great this rowing competition is giong?? Keep rowing strong. Rubber Ducky [/quote] I've read Cold Mountain but have not seen the movie...I'll put that on my list. And wow that pain cream sounds perfect--I really squished my finger and the skin is PRETTY sore, I'll tell you. And who are these Ancients? Do they have real lives or do they just row day and night? I've not been rowing nearly as much as I should, I need to get over this finger (it is sore I'm afraid) and get back on the erg. I'll certainly pass along stories when I find them out! that will be fun research to do. We're launching a new cemetery website and it might have some of the info on it, I'll let you know that too. thanks!

[old] woolsmith · Post by **[old] woolsmith** » January 16th, 2006, 1:26 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(voodoogirl @ Jan 12 2006, 09:06 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Vicarious chocolate! Yum! thanks Jen. And thanks to everyone for all the advice. I did go see the doc and he put a half splint on the finger, as it is only the very top bone that is affected. Actually the swelling from all the crushed tissue is the most painful part. So I tried rowing with that and it seemed to work okay and feel not too bad as long as I went fairly easy on it. Interestingly, rowing seemed to help reduce the swelling. Not sure what that is about....but all the suggestions were great. Rowing one-handed? I'm nowhere near good enough for that! <snip> In any event, thanks for all the advice and I'm back rowing if not as much as I'd like--as long as it seems to help the swelling, I think it's therapeutic (and the doc gave me permission to try it). So Jen, you only need to row a few extra meters to cover for me! Laurie Mt. Rainier, Md </td></tr></table> Hey Laurie! I'll bet typing with that squashed finger of yours is a trip, hey? Good thing you got that finger fixed, because the way I was feeling this week, I'm waaaay behind my in my rowing goals for the JVTC. I was shooting for 50k/week, and I think I'm about 20k down on that goal. I'm now feeling more humanoid (or should I say, "duckoid" ) today, so I got about 10k in without too much whining and groaning. Rotten time for me, but I didn't want to push too much. Just a nice, comfortable row while I was listening to my new iPod I got from Santa. I really like that thing. I found an arm strap for it--didn't like it at first, but I got used to it. Wendy, keep up the progress! You're doing just fine--your numbers are going up, and you're feeling good while you're doing it. Sometimes I'll get some big numbers in a day, but I may have made two or even three attempts at it. Then I'm pretty worthless the next day. And Robin! You sound like you're getting your groove back. Glad to hear it! You've had a tough last month, health-wise. As a team FOWL PLAY has nearly six million meters! That's over 3,700 miles. That would cover lots of trips around a really, really big mall. Nice job, everyone. --Jen in WI

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