Ducks In A Row - Introductions

[[old] Canada Goose]

<br />We keep our snow into April usually. Still have lots left this year, but it is pretty icy. It is dropping down to about -7 Celcius at night, but warms up a bit during the day. I've always wanted to check out how to make maple syrup. Maple trees don't grow in the Yukon.<br /><br />Shannon<br /><br /><br /> How long do you have snow and ice where you live? We're making maple syrup in Vermont now - it's 20 degrees at night, 40 degrees during the day. Snow is melting but the lakes are still frozen over. The erg is still my main exercise during the week. <br /><br />-Harly/Linda <br />[/quote]<br /><br />

[[old] Dawnald_duck]

Hello, everyone! My name is Dawn, I'm 32, from Virginia, and a slow but steadily improving erger. You can see my photo toward the last pages of the 5K & fewer rankings. <br />I'm working on getting back in shape... oh, who am I kidding?! I've never been in great shape, but I decided last year that I didn't want to put off the goal any longer. Last year I would have laughed at the thought of getting through 5K nearly every day for a month, but I am so pleased that I'm actually doing it (March Madness!), I decided I wanted to "share" my meters with some other dedicated women. I've managed to log a little over 250K online since I started (barring some injury breaks).<br />Thanks for the inspiration!

[[old] KathiS]

<!--QuoteBegin-Dawnald_duck+Mar 24 2005, 08:30 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Dawnald_duck @ Mar 24 2005, 08:30 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Hello, everyone!  My name is Dawn, I'm 32, from Virginia, and a slow but steadily improving erger.  You can see my photo toward the last pages of the 5K & fewer rankings.    <br />I'm working on getting back in shape... oh, who am I kidding?! I've never been in great shape, but I decided last year that I didn't want to put off the goal any longer.  Last year I would have laughed at the thought of getting through 5K nearly every day for a month, but I am so pleased that I'm actually doing it (March Madness!),  I decided I wanted to "share" my meters with some other dedicated women.  I've managed to log a little over 250K online since I started (barring some injury breaks).<br />Thanks for the inspiration! <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Hi Dawnald_duck! Great name! Welcome to the pond!<br /><br />My husband used to be from Richmond VA. He has a brother still there that we plan to visit again this year. <br /><br />I wish I had worked on getting back into shape at 32, believe me, you don't want to wait until you are 41 like I did! <br /><br />It's great to have you on our team!

[[old] marialbertini]

Hi! My name is Mari and I'm 48. I moved from Brazil to Miami 3 years ago. <br />One year ago my son bought a C2 because he used to row in Brazil. I never thought I would like to use it. But after I moved to the US I gained 25 pounds that I want go get rid of. One day my son gave me some instructions on how to use it and I really enjoyed rowing. I'm becoming an addicted to it. All the free time I have I spend rowing. I try to keep my heart beats around 70% of my capacity, so I can't row too hard. It gets high very quickly. I think it is because I'm not very well conditioned. Since 03/03/05 when I started rowing I've only lost 3 pounds and I don't think it's very impressive maybe it is because I'm gaining muscles? I hope so. My only regular exercise before was yoga which I've done for the last 20 years. I hope you can understand my English since my first language is Portuguese. <br />

[[old] KathiS]

Hi Mighty Duck! Welcome to the Pond! It so exciting to see the team grow! I think your English is great! <br /><br />I am no expert, but I would suspect that you are turning fat into muscle and thus not losing as much weight as you might have thought. You will probably notice a difference in the way your clothes fit as if this is the case, you will more than likely be losing inches (which in my humble opinion is more important than pounds)!<br />

[[old] Avid Napper]

<!--QuoteBegin-KathiS+Mar 26 2005, 12:54 AM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(KathiS @ Mar 26 2005, 12:54 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I am no expert, but I would suspect that you are turning fat into muscle and thus not losing as much weight as you might have thought.  You will probably notice a difference in the way your clothes fit as if this is the case, you will more than likely be losing inches (which in my humble opinion is more important than pounds)! <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />I'm no expert either, but I've been rowing quite regularly since late December, and while I've only lost about 10 pounds without serious dieting (no small feat at 45, actually), I have noticed that my clothes seem to have changed shape on me .<br /><br />It seems my shoulders are bigger and I'm a wee bit taller (or several pairs of pants shrunk simultaneously--length-wise only). And energy--I have so much more energy than before I rowed (when I was an inert mass holding down furniture, truth be told). <br /><br />These results are not what I expected, perhaps, but signs of progress, nonetheless. <br /><br />And I just want to thank everyone for their comments here--I was feeling lethargic yesterday (I think spring is finally coming to Massachusetts, USA, and it was making me sleepy), and reading your stories inspired me to row 10K (much more than the 0K that was on my "to do" list for the day): THANKS!<br /><br />Ann/Avid Napper<br /><br />

[[old] Daisy Duckling]

Hi! I'm new to Ducks in a Row! My name is Santana and my duck name is Daisy Duckling. I'm 9 years old and I'm Canada Goose's duckling. I won't get you TOO many meters, but I can definately get a few! <br /><br />

[[old] Dawnald_duck]

Hello, Daisy Duckling! I must say I am quite partial to your moniker. I hope you have fun racking up the meters with the Ducks! (Canada Goose - Way to go as a role model!!)<br /><br />KathiS -- Thanks so much for the warm welcome. I saw your photo a few pages ago, and I'd say you look fantastic! Congratulations on all of your success so far, and I look forward to cheering you on for more!<br /><br />-Dawn

[[old] la_flaca]

WOW!! How the team has grown since it started!! <br /><br />First of all, WELCOME TO THE NEW DUCKS!!!, definitly we have a princess!!, Daisy Duckling as earn the title with her 9 years only!.<br /><br />We have Brazilian, Canadian and Argentinian Ducks! (that´s me ), besides all the rest of the bunch, mostly they are from the US, don´t you?. <br /><br />I LOVE THIS!!, I think this is just another prove that the world is really small... and how passion for something makes the people come togheter in the same goal.<br /><br />I hope the team keep growing like this, incorporating more womes from another countries!, so we can lear everything about erging in other parts of the globe. Ain´t that great??!!.<br /><br />As usual, I also hope that you can undestand my english... today I have some trouble translating my ideas! <br /><br />Cheers Ducks!!<br /><br />La Flaca... Argentinian Duck!! <br />

[[old] Daisy Duckling]

Wow, thanks for that warm welcome! Princess Daisy Duckling... that sounds great!!! Other than rowing, I do some other stuff like skating and swimming. I'm allso the proud owner of two cats named Tomas and Sequoia, a dog named Hunter, a fish named Spotty and two guinea pigs (just got them) named Maple and <br />Rip. <br /><br />Princess Daisy Duckling

[[old] KathiS]

Hi Pricess Daisy Duckling! I think its great that you and your mom both row, and are both Ducks too!! Welcome to the Pond! With starting at such a young age, I am sure that you will be blowing the rest of us out of the water with your meters before you know it!<br /><br />Canada Goose -- You must be very proud! <br /><br />Dawnold Duck -- Thank you for the very kind words. It has been a long road to getting healthy but worth every bit of effort.<br /><br />Wow.. the Ducks are moving right up on the team rankings.. with getting started so late in the season, I think we are making great progress. I can't wait to see how well we do next season, especially with our kickoff marathon!

[[old] Bufflehead]

Look at all the new Ducks!!<br />Welcome to the pond - all of you! I hope you have as much fun as I'm having rowing and posting on this forum. It has been a great way to "meet" people.<br />And just like La Flaca said - we're from all over the place! Wow! <br /><br />The Buffle

[[old] Bufflehead]

Hi Ducks!<br />The UK website has a picture from an article about the SLIRC that I went to last Sunday. Guess who is in the background? You got it! Your very own Bufflehead is located in the back of the picture if you look past the C2 monitor. Granted, you can't see much, but at least it shows I was there! I will try to put a link to it on this post. I've never tried that before, so we'll see what happens!<br /><a href='http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/sport/l ... rowers.php' target='_blank'>SLIRC Picture</a><br /><br />Hey - I think it worked! At least it worked from the preview post. As you can see, I wasn't really dressed for racing! I did, at least, take off the sweater! Just thought you might get a laugh out of it. <br /><br />The Buffle

[[old] marialbertini]

Thank you for the warm welcome!<br />For some reason after the new web has been updated I couldn't post. <br />Ducks in a row in Portuguese is: "Patos em fila" or "Patas em fila" since we are all girls. . In English it sounds much better. <br />Princess D.D. congratulations for starting erg so early. I wish I started many years ago.<br />Good to see what a diverse group of rowing girls we are! Go ducks!!!

[[old] sandikeenan]

Hi There,<br /><br />My name is Sandi and I have just joined you guys at Ducks in a row. I'm 42 and live in Christchurch New Zealand, but was born in Glasgow, Scotland. I have only been rowing since early March. but really enjoy it.<br /><br />Been reading the posts for a few weeks now and decided to jump on into the pond and join with you all. I've enjoyed reading the posts.