TimbukTOO Team Room

[glenmbaker]

Lisa, I think I am going to bump my personal monthly goal to 300k.

Gosh darn it, can't stand these over-achievers! How the heck am I supposed to catch up on back episodes of Pawn Stars if I'm always having jump on the erg just to stay in the same zip code as the big dawgs??

Sigh, OK Lisa...bump me up to 250K. However if it ever actually snows in Tahoe I reserve the right to jump ship!

..glen

[damselfly]

Boys, boys, boys.... Let's not get into a p***ing match here!!

Updated your goals.

Hey, we're at 2.93MM, think we'll go over 3MM today?

Someone (Jim C I think) mentioned tendonitis. I had a bad case of a form of tennis elbow (actually top of the forearm, hurt bad gripping anything or pressing up on something with the middle finger), and heard this story on NPR. I ordered the flex bars they talk about, and the results were great. I use them once in a while for maintenance, but the bad pain was gone in about a week. The stretch on the affected tendon was divine.

I am getting some issues with carpal tunnel though...

[damselfly]

So, Glen/Dug, about your avatar pic -- is that you crashing into the hard, unforgiving ground after having jumped out of a perfectly good, non-crashing airplane?

[BoB/335]

A lot of testosterone floating around here. Hope it's not contageous!

[The Blacksmith]

If you park your erg in front of the tv, you can catch up on all the episodes you'd like to

[glenmbaker]

So, Glen/Dug, about your avatar pic -- is that you crashing into the hard, unforgiving ground after having jumped out of a perfectly good, non-crashing airplane?

So many answers to that question....

I used to skydive. If you've ever been a skydiver then you know that the phrase "perfectly good airplane" in no way describes a jump plane. Getting out of the plane is probably the safest thing you can do...it was getting in that was a dumb idea!

But the real answer is that the avatar in question is the inverse of skydiving. I'm actually taking off, heading UP. These days my nylon often carries me several thousand feet upward using nothing more than whatever upward airflow I can mange to find.

[CONLEJM]

A lot of testosterone floating around here. Hope it's not contageous!

A few pages back, everyone was talking about thongs and spandex! We needed to offset the estrogen a bit! Talk of skydiving and blacksmithing should bring us back to normal.

[glenmbaker]

Talk of skydiving and blacksmithing should bring us back to normal.

..as long as we don't somehow combine the two. Somehow the thought of a wrought iron parachute just doesn't seem healthy.

[damselfly]

Talk of skydiving and blacksmithing should bring us back to normal.

..as long as we don't somehow combine the two. Somehow the thought of a wrought iron parachute just doesn't seem healthy.

LMAO!!!!

I was going to post a demonstrative picture about guys and thongs and spandex, but doing the Google search just about made my computer melt. I don't recommend it!!!!

Glen, very cool about the reverse sky-diving. So, no towing up into the air by anything? Just watch the buzzards and catch a good thermal with them? Sounds awesome!

Time to row for me. TO THE ERG, BATMAN!!!

[The Blacksmith]

Try keeping a fire going while plummeting towards the ground, much less what to do with the anvil
I am a firm believer in that the only time you jump out of an airplane is when it is falling out of the sky .

[CONLEJM]

Somehow the thought of a wrought iron parachute just doesn't seem healthy.

They once said the same thing about steel-hulled ships! You never know 'till you try it!

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on board, posting meters & cogent comments! A nice 18 of 54 members (33%) logged 195,670 total meters on a Sunday! Our hold on 9th Place is now by almost 3MM!

Milestones: Tyrone P whacked 700K, Mark S drafted by 300K while Glen B glided 1m past 300K!
Approaching milestones: Gary inching up to 1.4M (-20,421m), Chris a row from 1.1m (-4,999m), Jeff is sneaking up on 900K (-30,000m), Andy is approaching 800K (-29,954m), Elisa nearing 700K (-24,994m), Cindy (-8,732m) thinks she can hit 600K, Marius is pursuing 500K (-20,500m), Jim near 350K (-10,357m), Yolanda very close to 150K (-1,713m), Everett (-10,000m) nearing 100K, Tom near 50K (-6,814m), Barbara steadily seeks 35K (-5,287m), Pam (-9,145m) near 25K & George seeks 15K (-10,000m)!

Posted Meters:
Mark E - 27,000 Amazing weekly numbers!
Glenn Y - 22,110 Impressive!
Mark S - 15,013 Biggest row in a while!
Chris H - 14,000 Stretching your endurance!
Yisroel H - 13,000 Fast 1K, medium 10K!

Joseph W - 12,560 Big rows, day after day!
Jim C - 12,500 Seven nice rows in a row!
Lisa H - 12,061 Over 50K for the week…
Matthew R - 11,278 Steadily adding stamina…
Daiva S - 10,000 She’s back!

Tyrone P - 10,000 Came out of the gate with a vengeance…
Kevin K - 10,000 Biggest of 6 rows in a row…
Gary G - 6,899 Always bounces back!
Marius S - 6,000 Another 6K!
Bill L - 5,948 Working towards the 900K milestone now…

Jamie B - 5,000 Nice!
Barbara B - 2,299 Seventh row in the past 8 days!
Glen B - 2 That’s exactly 50K over 3 days!

Nice to see so much action on our team thread! Let‘s keep communicating, stretching (no, not with spandex)!

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on board, all eyes on our goals! A huge 21 of 54 members (39%) logged 297,649 total meters Monday! I salute thee all!

Milestones: Chris H skis through 1.1M, Cindy R chugs uphill to 600K while Jim C rocked 350K!
Approaching milestones: David almost to 4.2M (-6,241m), Mark E now nears 2.1M (-24,984m), Gary bites another chunk from 1.4M (-14,091m), Jeff is sneaking up on 900K (-30,000m), Andy is approaching 800K (-29,954m), Elisa nearing 700K (-24,994m), Marius even nearer 500K (-14,500m), Yolanda very close to 150K (-1,713m), Everett (-10,000m) nearing 100K, Tom near 50K (-6,814m), Barbara steadily seeks 35K (-5,287m), Pam (-9,145m) near 25K & new rowers George (-5,000m) & Louis (-5,613m) move towards 15K!

Posted Meters:
David W - 50,023 Whoa, Nellie!
Yisroel H - 28,393 Includes SB for 30min: 8,282m!
Cindy R - 27,072 Nice meters posted!
Heather R - 25,000 Sweet!
Mark E - 23,016 Three days, 75K!

Glen B - 22,000 Eleven thousand times more meters than yesterday!
Jim C - 15,604 At least 10K a day for over a week!
Lisa H - 12,061 Déjà vu, all over again…
Matthew R - 11,551 Nice!
John S - 10,524 Still 5K ahead of Heather…

Adam M - 10,000 Good!
Bob G - 10,000 Another 10K!
Chris H - 10,000 Hits milestone, rows big the next day…
Gary G - 6,330 Steady!
Kevin K - 6,013 The streak continues…

Marius S - 6,000 Third 6K in three days…
Jamie B - 5,000 Fifth row in a week…
Daiva S - 5,000 Getting back into the habit…
Louis V - 5,000 Second row with our team! Welcome!
George M - 5,000 Another newbie starting a great fitness habit!
Bill L - 4,062 Steadily amassing meters!

I didn‘t get to welcome Louis V & George M personally, so a huge, warm welcome to you both. Thanks, guys, for choosing the TimbukTOO Affiliation - and it’s great seeing you start to add meters regularly! This is an amazing machine, use it… and please participate in all our discussions and challenges.

[Hummingbird]

John S - 10,524 Still 5K ahead of Heather…[/i]

Not fair!! Someone e-mailed him and told him! I was #2 at 3:30 pm PST....

Boy, you men stick together, don't you? Well, watch out!

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[Izzzmeister]

A whopping 28 of 59 members (47%) logged an eye-popping 422,513 total meters Monday! We have well over 3 million meters now!

Posted Meters:
Glen B - 22,000
Jamie B - 5,000
Jim C - 15,604
Ulla D - 17,530
Douglas D - 15,023

Katerina E - 1,041
Mark E - 23,016
Gary G - 6,330
Bob G - 10,000
Lisa H - 12,061

Dave H - 8,629
Bruce H - 28,000
Leif H - 6,934
Yisroel H - 28,393
Chris H - 10,000

Kyle J - 17,000
Kevin K - 6,013
Adam M - 10,000
Michele M - 10,000
Heather R - 25,000

Cindy R - 27,072
Jeff R - 19,000
Matthew R - 11,551
Don R - 15,646
John S - 10,524

Tara V - 7,509
Lee W - 3,614
David W - 50,023

Challenge Goals - Day 9 of 31 (29.0%):
Mark E - 184,179 of 275,000 (67.0%)
Lisa H - 75,407 of 150,000 (50.3%)
Heather R - 175,000 of 400,000 (43.8%)
Glen B - 109,275 of 250,000 (43.7%)
Yisroel H - 121,011 of 300,000 (40.3%)
David W - 226,374 of 600,000 (37.7%)
Leif H - 57,121 of 155,000 (36.9%)
Jim C - 104,193 of 300,000 (34.7%)

Andy I - 45,608 of 160,000 (28.5%)
Bob G - 42,541 of 150,000 (28.4%)
Cindy R - 27,072 of 100,000 (27.1%)
Margaret W - 34,290 of 150,000 (22.9%)
Gary G - 48,450 of 275,000 (17.6%)
Mike E - 0 of 100,000 (0.0%)

Welcome, Mike Esposito, and thanks for setting goals! Congratulations to David W for being the first to 200K, Glen B, Jim C & Yisroel H for hitting 100K, and to Kevin K for reaching 50K!