TimbukTOO Team Room

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Re: TimbukTOO Team Room

Post by BoB/335 » January 21st, 2012, 12:46 pm

Hummingbird wrote:
dpw4812 wrote:With the week that I have had ...
I remember a week like that, with its own thrills and chills: I was weight-training at the time, and while doing leg presses, I started stewing about the object of my fury (make that frothing at the mouth) and busted a rib because I was holding my breath. Oh that I had been rowing at the time!

I hope all is as well as it can be by now.

But what's this "being somewhere near the middle of the pack" guff? Last time I looked, you were #1 :lol: And yes, you were referring to the PB times, but doing the math and the time you're putting in for the meters you're doing, my comment stands. And good for you.

Now I've got to gear myself up for rowing after a day off; sometimes that loss of momentum...but someone's got to drive you on to your goal, and niggle the Blacksmith into getting back into the boat, so I guess it's up to me... :twisted:

You go get'em girl!!!

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Post by damselfly » January 21st, 2012, 1:37 pm

Good morning, team!! Good Friday progress on the road brought us to 7,330,910 meters last night, or 4,552 miles. Unbelievable progress since January 1. Pat yourselves on the backs!

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We were into New Mexico soon after dawn, and rowing through country made famous by the novels of Tony Hillerman, on the outskirts of the Navajo, Zuni, and Acoma nations. Then on down through Albuquerque and overnight in the tiny town of Moriarty. The land and sky seem to go on forever, with hardly a soul to be seen.

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Onward today towards the Texas border and Amarillo!!
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Try not! Do, or do not! There is no "try". -- Yoda

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Post by damselfly » January 21st, 2012, 1:38 pm

Get well soon to our ailing teammates!! :)
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Post by BoB/335 » January 21st, 2012, 1:48 pm

I managed a row this morning.

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Post by goyo » January 21st, 2012, 2:32 pm

Looks like we are not far from Roswell, NM.
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Post by APM » January 21st, 2012, 2:36 pm

Some awesome metres posted, well done everyone!
"A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more."
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Post by glenmbaker » January 21st, 2012, 4:28 pm

damselfly wrote:
Glen B - 30,000 Have fun rescuing the civilians!
Erging today, BUT....if you check out Squaw Valley's web page today (and probably today only) you'll get to see my back.

http://www.squaw.com. I'm the one on the left (and they really should admit that the picture was taken last year!)

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Post by CONLEJM » January 21st, 2012, 5:09 pm

I think I may take a well deserved day off today...possibly tomorrow, but we'll see. Stacking firewood and shoveling has tuckered me out and I haven't taken a real break in nearly three weeks.

I was thinking about how great it is that so many people here have taken to erging to improve their health; get off meds, stay off meds, lose weight, etc. It's great to hear all of the success stories on this board. If more people took the initiative to improve their health rather than just let themselves go (and suffer all of the medical consequences) ... I wonder if there would be as much of a "healthcare crisis". A $900 Concept 2 Rower is a lot less expensive than some prescription meds, and certainly less than most surgeries or hospital stays.

Keep up the great work, Team!

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Post by The Blacksmith » January 21st, 2012, 6:20 pm

Consider me "niggled" :lol: . Got whatever my daughter has (at least I don't have the barfing part) and took a looooong time to put in 25K , but I did it. Thanks for the push!

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Post by BoB/335 » January 21st, 2012, 7:28 pm

CONLEJM wrote:I think I may take a well deserved day off today...possibly tomorrow, but we'll see. Stacking firewood and shoveling has tuckered me out and I haven't taken a real break in nearly three weeks.

I was thinking about how great it is that so many people here have taken to erging to improve their health; get off meds, stay off meds, lose weight, etc. It's great to hear all of the success stories on this board. If more people took the initiative to improve their health rather than just let themselves go (and suffer all of the medical consequences) ... I wonder if there would be as much of a "healthcare crisis". A $900 Concept 2 Rower is a lot less expensive than some prescription meds, and certainly less than most surgeries or hospital stays.

Keep up the great work, Team!
I think we should all be expecting individual health care costs to be directly connected with an individual's FITNESS and health all not that much in the future.

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Post by The Blacksmith » January 21st, 2012, 7:58 pm

It might happen. But it would be another stomp on the poor. The people least able to afford good nutrition, and exercise equipment/gym memberships would bear the brunt of it. I heard a talk by a Dr on NPR (wish I could remember his name) about how poor people in this country have a shorter life expectancy due to lower quality nutrition and lack of proper health care. I'm going through a divorce and losing my health insurance. As a small business owner/individual the premiums for insurance are unaffordable by me due to the economic downturn-been looking for a "real" job-not much in my area above 10 bucks an hour-which is going to have a real impact on my health. Yuck.

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Post by BoB/335 » January 21st, 2012, 9:17 pm

The Blacksmith wrote:It might happen. But it would be another stomp on the poor. The people least able to afford good nutrition, and exercise equipment/gym memberships would bear the brunt of it. I heard a talk by a Dr on NPR (wish I could remember his name) about how poor people in this country have a shorter life expectancy due to lower quality nutrition and lack of proper health care. I'm going through a divorce and losing my health insurance. As a small business owner/individual the premiums for insurance are unaffordable by me due to the economic downturn-been looking for a "real" job-not much in my area above 10 bucks an hour-which is going to have a real impact on my health. Yuck.

There is PLENTY of exercises to do without exercise equipment and gym memberships!

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Post by damselfly » January 21st, 2012, 10:51 pm

The Blacksmith wrote:... I'm going through a divorce and losing my health insurance. As a small business owner/individual the premiums for insurance are unaffordable by me due to the economic downturn-been looking for a "real" job-not much in my area above 10 bucks an hour-which is going to have a real impact on my health. Yuck.
Mark, I'm so sorry to hear this. That really sucks. :x :x :x
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Post by damselfly » January 21st, 2012, 11:17 pm

All hands on deck, some with Kleenexes in their hands!! A sniffly 16 of 55 members (29%) logged 270,083 total meters on Saturday.

No milestones today, but coming up we have... Heather is flitting towards 2.5M (-5,000m), Mark is pushing towards 2.4M (-15,694m), Joseph is nearing 1.3M (-11,727m), Tyrone is coming up on 1M (-30,727m), Andy is closing on 900K (-29,912m), Glenn is close to encountering 700K (-11,356m), Cindy is being egged on to 700K (-42,612m), Glen is lifting towards 600K (-49,321m), Mark is brewing towards 350K (-17,277m), Daiva is closing on 200K (-6,600m). Row well, team!!

This week's frequent rowers (Sat 1/14 through Fri 1/20):
Jim C & Joseph W - 7
Adam M, Andy I, David W, Glen B, Heather R, Marius S, Mark E & Tyrone P - 6
Bob G, Lisa H & Matthew R - 5
Bill L, Glenn Y, Jamie B, Jeff S, Tom W & Yisroel H - 4

Posted Meters:
Glen B - 46,166 Holy cow. Brother, you're crazed!
Tyrone P - 38,092 Not fair, more daylight hours! ;)
David W - 27,552 Time for a day off!
Mark E - 26,000 Well done, man....
Heather R - 22,000 Got back in the swing of things...
Matthew R - 20,174 Nice number!
Joseph W - 12,779 Fabulous consistency...
Glenn Y - 11,142 Rowing to avoid the alien overlords...
Gary G - 10,026 Nice!!
Andy I - 10,000 Has found a groove!
Marius S - 10,000 An extra weekend push!
Bob G - 10,000 Kleenex in hand...
Daiva S - 8,000 Good row!
Mark S - 7,044 Nice....
Cindy R - 6,608 Kewl....
Elisa H - 4,500 Well done!
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Post by damselfly » January 21st, 2012, 11:28 pm

On the challenge front, a spiffy 23 of 68 members (34%) logged 354,590 total meters Saturday. Well done, team!! Still in 12th, but only by a few K, and since they seem to row non-stop, I don't expect that to last till morning.....

Posted Meters:
Mark A - 10,000
Glen B - 46,166
Mark E - 26,000
Gary G - 10,026
Bob G - 10,000

Dave H - 7,695
Elisa H - 4,500
Andy I - 10,000
Kyle J - 33,000
Michele M - 10,000

Tyrone P - 38,092
Heather R - 22,000
Cindy R - 6,608
Matthew R - 20,174
Don R - 7,108

Daiva S - 8,000
Marius S - 10,000
Mark S - 7,044
Tara V - 4,016
Margaret W - 12,688

David W - 27,552
Joseph W - 12,779
Glenn Y - 11,142


David is still climbing higher (he'll have nowhere to go but the rigging soon!) and has passed 550k!! Kyle passed 400k!! Nice work, men! Tyrone isn't far behind at 350k, and neither is Glen at 300. Wow. Margaret has surpassed 100k, and Elisa and Don have passed 50k! Well done, all!! We have 26 rowers (over half the folks that have put up any meters at all in the challenge) over 100k!!

Challenge Goals - Day 21 of 31 (67.7%):
Mark E - 448,644 of 275,000 (163.1%)
Glen B - 337,953 of 250,000 (135.2%)
Jim C - 349,251 of 300,000 (116.4%)
Heather R - 445,000 of 400,000 (111.3%)
Lisa H - 157,778 of 150,000 (105.2%)

David W - 560,682 of 600,000 (93.4%)
Andy I - 145,650 of 160,000 (91.0%)
Yisroel H - 230,222 of 300,000 (76.7%)
Bob G - 111,741 of 150,000 (74.5%)


Leif H - 104,293 of 155,000 (67.3%)
Margaret W - 100,032 of 150,000 (66.7%)
Cindy R - 66,120 of 100,000 (66.1%)
Matthew P - 45,189 of 100,000 (45.2%)
Gary G - 85,085 of 275,000 (30.9%)
Mike E - 21,304 of 100,000 (21.3%)
-- Lisa

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