TimbukTOO Team Room

[APM]

All hands on board with our fund-raising activities! A very nice 18 of 49 members (37%) logged a whopping 382,617 total meters Wednesday! That moved us for the moment into 9th Place among Affiliations!

Posted Meters:
Adam M - 10,500 What’s the goal? BIRC? CRASH-B’s?

So far, our Affiliation has raised $86.56 for relief charities, with David W further widening the lead. (David W: $14.20, Heather R: $9.80, Gary G: $6.68, Jamie B: $5.20, Adam M: $5.12, Yisroel H: $4.12, Glenn Y: $4.00, Chris H: $4.00, Andy I: $3.72, Lisa H: $3.20, Mark E: $3.12, John S: $3.04, Bob G: $2.92, Jeff S: $2.84, Mark S: $2.64, Matthew R: $2.60, Kevin K: $2.52, James C: $2.44, Tyrone P: $2.32, Marius S : $2.08) Only 10 more days to go...

The aim is rowing a marathon in January.... I hope!

[damselfly]

Congratulations to our esteemed Cap'n, who hit 6 (count 'em, 6!) million lifetime meters!!! Woot to the power of woot!

[glenmbaker]

Posted Meters:
Yisroel H - 25,000 Under 100 minutes…
Heather R - 20,000 You had me worried there…
Glen B - 12,000 Pushin’ it… please work to stay injury-free!

Too late, my butt is sore and my pride has been mortally wounded by watching other rowers disappear over the horizon during those 10k's!

[damselfly]

From Concept2's Facebook feed:

Helpful video on how to row with greater intensity featuring National Team athlete Caryn Davies: http://ow.ly/80DvV

Good video. I had thought I was tending to lean back to much at the end of the drive, but I think I about match this. My main problem these days is crunching up too much at the catch and getting my shins forward of vertical.

[damselfly]

Ahoy, shipmates!! A goodly 13 of 49 members (27%) logged 168,153 total meters Friday. Only 8 more shopping, oops, I mean ERGING days till the end of the challenge!!

Milestones achieved -- we've got some some biggies!! David W hit 3.7M , Yisroel H hit 1.7M , Matthew R hit 1.3M

Approaching milestones: Heather is steaming towards 1.9M (-29,000m), Mark is hammering at 1.8M (-34,129m), Chris is swinging the axe at 1M (-39,999m) (for clarification, check out his picture on the affiliation page!), Glenn Y is a couple good rows from 450K (-16,139m), and Glen B is closing on 75K (-9,592m). Row strong, team!!


Posted Meters:
David W - 42,851 No rest for the wicked...
Heather R - 20,000 Steady on...
Adam M - 15,000 Marathon-bound!
Yisroel H - 14,615 Off on sabbatical...
Chris H - 12,000 Consistency is key...
Jamie B - 11,111 That's 31 in binary...
Matthew R - 10,246 Above 10k all week!
Mark E - 10,020 Back in the saddle...
Glenn Y - 9,861 Good row!
Andy I - 8,390 Excellent consistency, and lots of rows this week!
Lisa H - 8,059 Aragorn was crowned king and Frodo has sailed into the West with Gandalf, Elrond, and Galadriel...
Kevin K - 3,000 It's all adding up!!
Glen B - 3,000 A well-deserved rest!

Total Team Holiday Challenge Earnings: $96.92!! We should hit our initial goal of $100 tomorrow! Way to row!! (David W : $15.92, Heather R : $11.40, Gary G : $6.68, Jamie B : $6.04, Adam M : $5.84, Yisroel H : $5.72, Glenn Y : $4.60, Chris H : $4.48, Andy I : $4.40, Lisa H : $4.00, Mark E : $3.92, John S : $3.04, Matthew R : $3.00, Bob G : $2.92, Jeff S : $2.84, Kevin K : $2.64, Mark S : $2.64, James C : $2.44, Tyrone P : $2.32, and Marius S : $2.08). Steven F is poised to become our next money-maker... We've got a crowd of folks in the 50-60k range -- there's still time to make it to 100k!!

[BoB/335]

Bob G - 2,500 Off your “meds” for 3 days?!

Who ever said "rowing" was my meds???


Try to hit 10,000 today but I backed off and settled for 8,000. That "spot" still seems a little sensitive. Guess I'm not going to make it to 200,000 for this one.

[BoB/335]

To those following my diabetes success, I have just received the results of my latest A1C test after 3 FULL months of NO meds I am at 5.9 which is up from 5.7 that was read from 3 months of decling Metformin doses. I am extremely pleased with these results but will be making a few more changes in my eating plan in the new year to try to get it down to the 5.5 range. Time to research a little further into the low glycemic recipes in the Low G.I. Handbook.

[mathineer]

8:34.7 (previous best was 8:46.4 on 10/7/2010). I've been training for this for a while.

[damselfly]

Howdy folks, and a happy Saturday to all... A light weekend-before-Christmas 10 of 49 members (20%) logged 117,884 total meters. Show of hands -- who went shopping today? I couldn't even do my grocery shopping today, since the parking lot Trader Joe's shares with Target was PACKED. Bah, humbug.

Milestones achieved: Glen B hit 75K!! Congratulations!! Hope your backside is adjusting, especially after today's row!!! Maybe you'd better ice it...

Approaching milestones: Heather is less than half a row from 1.9M (-9,000m), Glenn is about to pass 450K (-6,137m), Bernie is steaming towards 150K (-22,507m), and Deb is on approach for 75K (-4,184m). Row strong, team!

This week's frequent rowers (Sat 12/10 through Fri 12/16):
Adam M, Andy I & Glen B - 6
Jamie B, Kevin K, Lisa H, Mark E & Matthew R - 5
Alison H, Chris H, David W, Glenn Y, Heather R, James C & Mark S - 4


Posted Meters:
Glen B - 24,000 Holy moly, man!! A half-marathon PLUS!! Woot!
Heather R - 20,000 Steady as she goes...
Matthew R - 17,000 Killer meters!
Lisa H - 11,585 Planning on trail tomorrow...
Glenn Y - 10,002 Nice....
Deb J - 8,650 Good row!
Bob G - 8,000 8k is better than no-k, however high you get in the challenge!
Mark S - 7,295 Steady on...
Bernie J - 6,023 Deb has bragging rights today!
Kevin K - 5,329 Doing well!

Well, we made our initial goal, team! Our total Team Holiday Challenge Earnings today stand at: $100.08!! Congratulations! Can we make it to Izzz's stretch goal of $150?!?! Stay tuned, and stay erging! (David W : $15.92, Heather R : $12.20, Gary G : $6.68, Jamie B : $6.04, Adam M : $5.84, Yisroel H : $5.72, Glenn Y : $5.00, Lisa H : $4.48, Chris H : $4.48, Andy I : $4.40, Mark E : $3.92, Matthew R : $3.68, Bob G : $3.24, John S : $3.04, Mark S : $2.92, Kevin K : $2.84, Jeff S : $2.84, James C : $2.44, Tyrone P : $2.32, Marius S : $2.08)

[Izzzmeister]

...Great to be off the meds BUT EXERCISE IS NOW MY MEDS AND I STILL NEED MY MEDS EVERYDAY!!! Funny how getting off of meds suddenly makes you think you're cured or something. I AM A DIABETIC. I AM A DIABETIC. I AM A DIABETIC. And guess I always will be. My sweet tooth still wants to tell me otherwise...

...I KNOW that I have to exercise everyday as my "meds". Hoping that some weight traing every other day will put some weight back on AND be enough to control my diabetes on the days I don't do cardio...

Bob G, that was from your Oct.8 post. I see now that you were talking about ALL your exercising, including weights, spinning, etc. But that's where I got the idea that you saw rowing as an important part of your diabetes control (as it is mine, though I'm nervous about getting off the metformin, so I just cut out the Actos), and as your "meds" replacement.

[BoB/335]

...Great to be off the meds BUT EXERCISE IS NOW MY MEDS AND I STILL NEED MY MEDS EVERYDAY!!! Funny how getting off of meds suddenly makes you think you're cured or something. I AM A DIABETIC. I AM A DIABETIC. I AM A DIABETIC. And guess I always will be. My sweet tooth still wants to tell me otherwise...

...I KNOW that I have to exercise everyday as my "meds". Hoping that some weight traing every other day will put some weight back on AND be enough to control my diabetes on the days I don't do cardio...

Bob G, that was from your Oct.8 post. I see now that you were talking about ALL your exercising, including weights, spinning, etc. But that's where I got the idea that you saw rowing as an important part of your diabetes control (as it is mine, though I'm nervous about getting off the metformin, so I just cut out the Actos), and as your "meds" replacement.

October 8??? That seems sooo long ago. And I was rowing everyday during the Fall Challenge that we were in the middle of at that time. And for the record, rowing IS an important part of my exercise program and wish I had one here in my home.
I HAD to take a few days off to allow the catheritization point heal and probably should have taken the time from day one instead of possibly injuring myself badly. I was striving to keep going for this challenge when I should have been taking it a little easy.

Anyway, if I do 10,000 everyday till the 24th I can still make it to 200,000. I take it day by day right now and if I feel I should stop I will.

[damselfly]

So, you think you've got distractions while you're getting your meters in?

[BoB/335]

Sorry but that's NOTHING compared to the distraction I had yesterday next to me on a treadmill at the gym while I was rowing. WOW!!!

[Izzzmeister]

8:34.7 (previous best was 8:46.4 on 10/7/2010). I've been training for this for a while.

Congratutations! Improvement in 2K speeds correlate directly with improvements in strength, aerobic & anaerobic endurance & skill! You're more fit than you were a year ago!
(I'm still challenging you to break 8:30 before the end of the year...)

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on decks of holiday cards, wondering what they’ll do next week with a full house! 13 of 49 esteemed members (27%) logged 159,461 total meters Sunday! In 10th Place among Affiliations, only 10K back!

Milestones: Heather R mowed through 1.9M, Glenn Y reached 450K, while Glen B butted through 100K! Lifetime Milestone: David W hits 6 Million!
Approaching milestones: John leaps closer to 2.2M (-33,508m), Mark hammering away at 1.8M (-19,892m), Chris chopping away at 1M (-25,999m) with Joseph (-37,066) in pursuit, Jeff a row from 800K (-7,000m), Marius (-12,500m) now has to ward off Bob (-21,122m) in his pursuit of 450K, James C chipping away at 250K (-12,279m), Raymond right near 200K (-4,611m), Paul E (-1,167m) approaches 150K with Bernie (-22,507m) sneaking up on him, Yolanda near 100K (-2,910m), Deb just shy of 75K (-27m) while Alison’s close to 50K (-7,609m)!

Posted Meters:
David W - 22,664 #33 among all rowers for the season!
Heather R - 20,000 Four 20K’s in 4 days!
Raymond W - 15,543 Welcome back to the boat!
John S - 14,875 Good first row back!
Mark E - 14,237 Biggest row of the week!

Chris H - 14,000 Sick of 12Ks?
Joseph W - 13,215 Prof, let’s get that mil mark out of the way!
Glen B - 10,593 No rest for the restless!
Matthew R - 10,148 A couple weeks of noticeably longer rows…
Bob G - 10,000 Too distracted to stop…

Glenn Y - 9,529 Three big rows in 3 days…
Deb J - 4,157 Keeping us in suspense on the 75K!
James C - 500 Now for an endurance row…

So far, our Affiliation has raised $106.72 for relief charities, with less than 6 days to row. (David W: $16.80, Heather R: $13.00, Gary G: $6.68, Jamie B: $6.04, Adam M: $5.84, Yisroel H: $5.72, Glenn Y: $5.40, Chris H: $5.04, Mark E: $4.48, Lisa H: $4.48, Andy I: $4.40, Matthew R: $4.08, John S: $3.64, Bob G: $3.64, Mark S: $2.92, Kevin K: $2.84, Jeff S: $2.84, James C: $2.48, Tyrone P: $2.32, Marius S : $2.08, Glen B:$2.00)