TimbukTOO Team Room

[The Blacksmith]

I don't know if any of you out in cyber land are ever looking for on the water equipment, but I had some awesome service from Adirondack Rowinghttp://www.adirondackrowing.com/. I recently bought a used alden ocean shell, needed some better oars. They had none, but Pete Gallo (the owner) called around some of his clients,found a reasonable pair for me-in Canada-and he went and got them. The point of the story is, I went up to pick the oars up and the guy spent over an hour talking to me about rowing techniques-for the price I got the oars for, he couldn't have made much, but he still gave LOTS of free advice and help. Really nice to see "old school" service in this day and age. If anyone is looking for somewhere to go get some help, it's the place to go. The guy is a wealth of rowing knowledge. They do rowing schools also.

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! A fast and frenzied 14 of 46 members (30%) logged 158,236 total meters Saturday!

Milestones achieved:
None... Say, what?!?!

Approaching milestones:
Keith is nearing 1M (-29,000m), Adam is closing on 800K (-27,000m), Gary is sighting 800K (-32,093m), Andy is about to trip over 600K (-891m), Lisa is nearing 600K (-35,718m) , Fred is streaking towards 300K (-13,109m), Rob is closing on 250K (-12,808m), and Kevin is on the cusp of 25K (-500m). Row strong, team!

This week's frequent rowers (Sat 8/18 through Fri 8/24):
Keith J - 7
Andy I, David W & Fred B - 6
Adam M, Jim C, Kyle J, Matthew R, Rivka L & Rob M - 5
John S, & Lisa H - 4

Posted Meters:
David W - 21,537 Yow!
John S - 20,142 Biggie-size that row!
Gary G - 17,259 Back after a short break!
Lisa H - 15,073 10k to dog through today...
Kyle J - 15,019 "Easy" day!
Ulla D - 13,363 Just under 8300 to go!!
Jim C - 12,001 Your speedo cable needs service...
Andy I - 10,408 Two day total? Is the streak alive?
Adam M - 9,000 Nice!
Brent C - 7,000 Back to Earth, Houston...
Rob M - 6,325 6 in a row!
Fred B - 4,109 Streaking!
Keith J - 4,000 Fell asleep at the PM...
Kevin K - 3,000 Building!! Excellent!

[damselfly]

Three more Tooians have made their way to the Dog Days Honorboard! John, Keith, and Jim have joined David and Kyle in completing the challenge. Well done, everyone! I am hoping to be up there myself by day's end. Who else is going for it?!?!

[CONLEJM]

Jim C - 12,001 Your speedo cable needs service...

That dang extra meter came back to haunt me! It turns out that the Dog Days week [Wed - Tue] is different that the regular C2 week [Sun - Sat], and so last night I found myself with 48,999 meters for the Dog Day week ... had to go down and row 1,001 meters to get the prize! Then this morning I went ahead and rowed 7,999 meters to even it out, and so on. In a couple more days this will work itself out!

[The Blacksmith]

So I hit the Hudson this A.M., and tried out some of the stuff I learned yesterday-what a difference. One of the thing that was suggested was to not "pull" myself back by the footstraps. When you pull yourself on the return you actually slow the boat down from the force of your return. So I slowed way down on the return, concentrated on the entry, stroke and getting the oars out of the water smoothly and ended up going way faster-. Sculling requires so much more finesse than my dory. In a work boat you just haul away and you go pretty good, but in a shell any little screw up really makes a big difference.

[tobyj1]

"Fell asleep"

No- that was 16 days on the bounce so I did just enough to complete dog days - and I took today off completely !!!!

1m for the end of the month then I think I will have a week on the cross trainer, I am sick of the sight of the C2 and a change may be as good as a rest but don't want to slip too badly on my 8k per day oh decisions decisions.

Keith

[Quatroux]

Andy I - 10,408 Two day total? Is the streak alive?

Afraid not. I felt like I needed a day off, but I don't feel like I had one. This was intervals - same today. No risk of boredom with those. Too tired to be bored.

[UllaD]

Three more Tooians have made their way to the Dog Days Honorboard! John, Keith, and Jim have joined David and Kyle in completing the challenge. Well done, everyone! I am hoping to be up there myself by day's end. Who else is going for it?!?!

I hope to be done today too!!
Getting sore!

Ulla

[damselfly]

All hands on deck, diligently digging deep to deliver on Dog Days! A fast and furious 14 of 46 members (30%) logged 130,949 total meters Sunday!

Milestones achieved:
Andy I hit 600K, Kevin K hit 25K!! Woot!!

Approaching milestones:
Matthew is close to 800K (-15,402m), Gary is nearing 800K (-16,041m), Lisa can see the 600K buoy floating just offshore (-25,690m), Ron is very close to 300K (-6,257m), Fred is closing on 300K (-9,598m), Rob is a hop, skip, and jump from 250K (-8,198m), Nancy is very near 200K (-8,329m), Ulla is dogging 200K (-17,167m), and Kevin is building towards 35K (-7,429m). Row strong, team!

Posted Meters:
Ron M - 20,000 Back after a short break!
Gary G - 16,052 Two-fer!
Yisroel H - 15,635 Back from various compass points!
Matthew R - 11,200 Steady on...
Andy I - 10,342 Unsinkable!
Lisa H - 10,028 Done dogging!
Ulla D - 8,360 Wonderful woofing!!
Jim C - 7,999 Evening out the bumps...
Mark E - 7,000 Making me want to row on water...
Rivka L - 7,000 Nice!!
Nancy W - 6,141 Excellent!
Rob M - 4,610 Streak of seven!
Fred B - 3,511 Can't beat that consistency!
Kevin K - 3,071 Getting stronger!

On a personal note, this report marks my 1,000th post in this forum. I want to thank you all for letting me participate on this team -- putting up with my drivel and silliness. You guys keep me motivated and active, so here's to millions more meters with Team TimBukTOO!!

[damselfly]

Dog Days are still in full swing for Team TimBukTOO!! Lisa, Ulla, and Rob have all completed the challenge!! Way to row, team!! There are still today and tomorrow to participate, if you need to squeeze in a few meters....

[Quatroux]

On a personal note, this report marks my 1,000th post in this forum. I want to thank you all for letting me participate on this team -- putting up with my drivel and silliness. You guys keep me motivated and active, so here's to millions more meters with Team TimBukTOO!!

You and Izz make this thing work. The rest of us are freeloading users. Even without rowing a 2k on your erg* we understand and appreciate the work that goes into making this team work. Thanks!

*walking a mile in your shoes

[ronmardix]

Dog Days are still in full swing for Team TimBukTOO!! Lisa, Ulla, and Rob have all completed the challenge!! Way to row, team!! There are still today and tomorrow to participate, if you need to squeeze in a few meters....

13k more should do it for me. Unless my ankle totally gives out, I should be able to get that done.

[ronmardix]

On a personal note, this report marks my 1,000th post in this forum. I want to thank you all for letting me participate on this team -- putting up with my drivel and silliness. You guys keep me motivated and active, so here's to millions more meters with Team TimBukTOO!!

Congratulations and thank you and izz for keeping tabs on us.

[garygOP]

Lisa:
1000 posts is a lot to write.
And you even add graphics.
Thanks for all you do to keep the team moving.
Gary

[dpw4812]

OMG over 1000 posts.... That is an outstanding achievement.... Thanks so much for all your hard work and graphics Lisa.
With you and the Captain keeping us on track and helping us all meet our goals & challenges.... is a lot of hard work...

Thanks so much........ to you and the Capt....

David