TimbukTOO Team Room

[damselfly]

Before I head out, I want to wish a warm TimBukTOO welcome to new affiliaiton members Allen and Sharon Hammer!! Welcome to the boat! Pick a comfy seat, grab an oar, and introduce yourself around. We hope you find good company, commiseration, and comraderie here as you strive to meet your rowing and any other goals you may have!!

[goyo]

[damselfly]

Love this!!!

[damselfly]

All hands on deck, clutching coffee cups and yawning! (Well, me anyway.) An energetic 21 of 58 members (36%) logged 273,532 total meters Saturday.

Milestones achieved: Adam M hit 1.5M, Tyrone P hit 1.1M, Jamie B hit 1M, Daiva S hit 200K, Sharon H hit 25K!! Congratulations!

On the horizon: David is steaming towards 4.7M (-21,738m), Matthew is a quick jaunt from 1.7M (-1,640m), Joseph is closing on 1.4M (-21,334m), Kevin is nearing 800K (-12,344m), Glenn is bearing down on 800K (-38,225m), Bob is coming up on 700K (-37,213m), Glen is about to blast through 600K (-11,552m), Marius is nearing 600K (-22,500m), Kathy is eyeing 450K (-8,324m), Mark is very close to 350K (-1,654m), and Pam and Sharon are approaching 35K (-1,664m and -3,997m). Row strong, team!

This week's frequent rowers (Sat 1/21 through Fri 1/27):
Joseph W - 7
Andy I, David W, Glenn Y, Heather R, Mark E & Tyrone P - 6
Jeff S, Jim C, Leif H, Lisa H & Matthew R - 5
Bob G, Cindy R, Kathy B & Marius S - 4

Posted Meters:
Adam M - 42,195 Full Marathon, Yay!!
Sharon H - 31,003 Welcome to the boat!!!
David W - 26,017 Time for a rest....
Glen B - 22,000 Nice!
Heather R - 21,000 Bring it on home now....
Glenn Y - 17,272 Gators got him hoppin'!
Tyrone P - 13,824 Resting up after a killer row...
Joseph W - 12,642 No rest here!!
Matthew R - 10,659 Nice....
Bob G - 10,000 The 10k man...
Gary G - 9,238 Looking good!
Kathy B - 6,554 Unstoppable since she found a new gym!
Allen H - 6,482 Nice.....
Ulla D - 6,440 Steady on....
Mark S - 6,004 Sweet!
Marius S - 6,000 Steady as she goes...
Pam S - 5,845 Welcome back!
Tom W - 5,357 Looks good!
Jamie B - 5,000 A confluence of
Daiva S - 5,000 5ks! Erg scientists
Kevin K - 5,000 are puzzled...

[glenmbaker]

Hmm...not much interest in the 30 minute team row. Is it due to the time, the day, or did I just forget to take a shower again?

If it's the time...we could set one up for later in the day, otherwise I'll just row all by myself today

[damselfly]

With me it's the time -- my husband isn't even up yet and the rower would disturb him.

RowPro looks interesting though, may need to check it out. How many TimBukTOOians are using it? But I don't think I could load it and get it going for a group row today, but it might be kinda neat to set one up each week or something.

(I wasn't going to mention the shower thing... )

[damselfly]

We're making good progress, team!! We've blazed a trail through the Florida panhandle, and have now turned south!! Nice work!!!



We spent the night just south of Lake City. Along the way, this little guy tried to join us, but as he couldn't manage an oar, we sent him on his way.



From here it's 155 miles to Orlando, but we can do better today! Can we make it to the coast? Those warm Atlantic waves are beckoning!!

[glenmbaker]

With me it's the time -- my husband isn't even up yet and the rower would disturb him.

RowPro looks interesting though, may need to check it out. How many TimBukTOOians are using it? But I don't think I could load it and get it going for a group row today, but it might be kinda neat to set one up each week or something.

(I wasn't going to mention the shower thing... )

OK, I'm still interested in some sort of team row to cap this thing off. I'm guessing that lots of folks probably row after work, which makes it difficult to have the east and west coast available at the same time, so how about this: since Tuesday is the last day of the challenge, how about an east to west coast relay? Set up 3 30 minute sessions, each one hour apart. That way the east-coasters can start us off, the mountain folk can do the middle bit, and us westies can bring it on home.

Heck, Tyrone could lead us off a day in advance!

[damselfly]

I'm up for that, it should give me time to load the demo version and figure things out. I'm home all day so I could join a different time zone row too...

[damselfly]

Hey TimBukTWO!!! We're at 9,928,729 meters... Can we break 10 MILLION today?!?!?! Row strong!!

[Citroen]

Thank you. My wife's reaction to that was exactly as predicted.

[APM]

Thanks for all out support during my marathon quest, it's really great to finally break the FM duck!!

[damselfly]

Thanks for all out support during my marathon quest, it's really great to finally break the FM duck!!

Great job, Adam, how did it feel?

[APM]

Thanks for all out support during my marathon quest, it's really great to finally break the FM duck!!

Great job, Adam, how did it feel?

It honestly wasn't too bad. I know I've trained well for it, but I was expecting much worse. After running a marathon a few years ago I was broken for days afterwards, I was expecting something similar but I only have mild discomfort in my shoulders and (apologies....) backside.

I went for a 3 stop strategy of stopping at 10.5, 21 and 31.5k to take on water/ energy gels, but I'm already considering rowing another in March on a 4 stop plan (resting every 8.4k) as I felt weak approaching the original sub-total. I would welcome any other Team members insight and experience though!!

Adam

[damselfly]