TimbukTOO Team Room

[Quatroux]

I have come up with a new "do" that shows my team spirit for TimBukTWO and the FTC. What do you think? Anyone else up for a trip to the barber?!?

I don't have any body art, but I'd get that as a tattoo before I'd shave it in my head. Maybe when I go sub-7 I'll have Izz & Lisa airbrushed on my back.

[damselfly]

I have come up with a new "do" that shows my team spirit for TimBukTWO and the FTC. What do you think? Anyone else up for a trip to the barber?!?

I don't have any body art, but I'd get that as a tattoo before I'd shave it in my head. Maybe when I go sub-7 I'll have Izz & Lisa airbrushed on my back.

LMAO! Dibs on the right scapula!!

[CONLEJM]

TimbukTWO is now in 5th place, having passed the Greenville team at ~ 1:30pm today.

Way to go team! Keep on rowing!

[CONLEJM]

OK, now we're 750K meters behind the Greenville team in a matter of a few hours. How did that happen? They must all upload their meters at once. Weird.

We were about 50K meters ahead of them earlier this afternoon.

[ronmardix]

Not sure I understand how this team challenge works. We are competing with teams that have over 100 members while we have half the number of people. So we as a team have to work twice as hard just to stay equal.

Where is the logic in that? Am I missing something?

[damselfly]

Holy crap, Greenville really launched ahead, didn't they? Yikes. People may still be joining teams too, which can add meters fast.

Yeah, we've always just considered overall total meters in terms of team placement for the challenge. We have some pretty heavy hitters so we do well compared to teams with more members. If you sort by average meters per member, we drop way back to 21st, behind "Row Bears" and "Rowing for Beer". How embarrassing!

Some of those teams are a hoot! There's another beverage-based team "Will row for beer", and one I can't even fathom, "Ken Dodd's Dad's Dog's Dead" (say THAT three times fast!) which has 2 members averaging 99,383 meters per member, whoopin' up on us!

And the ever popular, "The Erging Will Continue Until Morale Improves"!!

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! Cap'n sends his apologies, but is underwater... Anyone seen his life vest? A trim and tricked-out 23 of 54 members (43%) logged 260,766 total meters Monday!

Milestones achieved:
Kyle J blasted by 1.9M, Andy I whooped up on 900K, Jodie J hurdled over 500K, Ulla D soared past 250K, and Jeff S smacked down 75K!!

Approaching milestones:
Jerry is within inches of 1.9M (-189m), Jim is closing on 1.7M (-20,000m), Gary, Matthew, and Adam are about to be crowned millionaires (-19,300m, -24,178m, and -30,664m), Mark is nearing 600K (-13,223m), Ron is closing on 450K (-15,063m), Brent is about to best 350K (-8,168m), Kevin is one row from 150K (-3,291m), and James is nearing 15K (-5,418m). Row strong, team!

Posted Meters:
David W - 31,223 Can't keep a good man down!
Jeff S - 22,000 Doubled his last row! (I dare you to keep THAT up!)
Jim C - 20,000 Is 20 the new 18?
Jodie J - 16,000 Hasn't missed a day since joining, and all great rows!
Kyle J - 13,000 No bad luck here!
Gary G - 12,771 Unstoppable!
Mark E - 12,237 Kat's keeping him on the erg with her super-soaker...
Lisa H - 12,031 ... must remember to stretch ...
Andy I - 12,000 Finding his missing letters...
Matthew R - 11,266 Steady on...
Jerry H - 11,000 An irresistible force ...
Mike E - 10,027 That's how it's done!
Kevin K - 10,000 Excellent!!
Mike M - 10,000 Another tenner!
Adam M - 8,500 Looking good...
Ulla D - 8,130 Sweet....
Ron M - 8,000 Nice!
Bob G - 7,000 Carving out some row-time...
Warren F - 6,500 Back after a rest day...
Brent C - 6,000 Workin' it...
Keith J - 5,000 Must be nice weather on the Isle...
James C - 4,072 Back in the habit!
Jamie B - 4,009 Back from hiatus!

[damselfly]

Well, RowPro and Greenville really turned up the heat, Twoians, but we're still solidly in 6th. 29 of 46 members (63%) logged 405,768 total meters Monday! We're currently at 2.8MM!! Wow! Can we turn over 3MM today? Watch this space!

Welcome back to the challenge boat, Jamie Brewer and Terri Masters! Glad to have you aboard!


Posted Meters:
Jamie B - 4,009
James C - 4,072
Jim C - 20,000
Brent C - 6,000
Ulla D - 8,130

Douglas D - 3,018
Mark E - 12,237
Mike E - 10,027
Warren F - 6,500
Gary G - 12,771

Bob G - 7,000
Lisa H - 12,031
Bruce H - 10,000
Jerry H - 11,000
Andy I - 12,000

Jodie J - 16,000
Kyle J - 13,000
Keith J - 5,000
Kevin K - 10,000
Mike M - 10,000

Ron M - 8,000
Adam M - 8,500
Terri M - 75,000
Matthew R - 11,266
Cindy S - 13,622

Jeff S - 22,000
Lee W - 20,362
Walter W - 23,000
David W - 31,223


Challenge Goals - Day 10 of 31 (32.3%):
Ulla D - 65,194 of 100,000 (65.2%)
Mike M - 61,000 of 105,000 (58.1%)
Kevin K - 81,000 of 150,000 (54.0%)
Andy I - 140,481 of 300,000 (46.8%)
Lisa H - 85,043 of 200,000 (42.5%)
Jim C - 110,000 of 300,000 (36.7%)
Warren F - 42,138 of 120,000 (35.1%)
Aditya P - 33,261 of 100,000 (33.3%)
Ron M - 97,194 of 300,000 (32.4%)

Brent C - 54,731 of 180,000 (30.4%)
Mark E - 41,660 of 200,000 (20.8%)
Yisroel H - 54,461 of 300,000 (18.2%)


Milestones achieved:
Jodie blasted past 150K, Jim and Cindy clobbered 100K, Terri, Adam, Brent, and Bruce all ganged up on 50K!!

[CONLEJM]

Jim C - 20,000 Is 20 the new 18?

Ugh, that's a long row for an old man! I am going to try it for a few more days, but 15K or 16K per weekday feels good, with weekends off for rest. I'm really just trying to catch up on some meters as we approach the halfway point of the 2013 Season.

Today I rowed two 10Ks; one of them in 35:45.8, a 1:47.2/500M pace, and a new PB for me.

[Fat2Fit]

500 meters from 60k rowed meters this month - woot. Not bad for a novice I reckon I've lost weight off my back and I'm starting to see some definition in my calf muscles and arms. Still never seems to come off the stomach ';....;' though I guess it's always the last place for fat to come off.

I am getting really exhausted now though after 4k, so will set myself a goal of 4000 meters 3x a week instead of 6000 meters 3x a week, just until I can do more. Feel really burnt out, and my family and relatives said that when I trained with my personal trainer a few years back I did 5 minutes rowing and various other different exercises, so for me to basically do 32-36 minutes of rowing 3x a week for a month it's no wonder I'm exhausted. I think they're right, I need to take it a bit easier.

[dr. espo]

500 meters from 60k rowed meters this month - woot. Not bad for a novice I reckon I've lost weight off my back and I'm starting to see some definition in my calf muscles and arms. Still never seems to come off the stomach ';....;' though I guess it's always the last place for fat to come off.

I am getting really exhausted now though after 4k, so will set myself a goal of 4000 meters 3x a week instead of 6000 meters 3x a week, just until I can do more. Feel really burnt out, and my family and relatives said that when I trained with my personal trainer a few years back I did 5 minutes rowing and various other different exercises, so for me to basically do 32-36 minutes of rowing 3x a week for a month it's no wonder I'm exhausted. I think they're right, I need to take it a bit easier.

At 56 I have the same problems with fat around the middle...the only way you will truly lose it is to change your diet. The biggie is reducing carbs especially the bread/pasta type.

I dropped 12.5 lbs in 1.5 weeks after going NO carb for about 2 weeks...now I am very low carb (occasional piece of bread, some wheat pasta etc) Was 194.5, now 182 and still dropping in week 4.

After a week you don't even crave the carbs as long as you are getting enough to eat in general. See the Dr. Oz diet on his website, it will help!

Best of luck,
Mike
ps: when you do this in combo with exercise you will be a hard body in no time!

[BoB/335]

Many of you know that I have been diagnosed with Diabetes and have managed to get it under control with diet and exercise. (The Concept 2 has been a HUGE help!) (Message me anytime for any help)
I stumbled upon a Diabetes Walk for September 30 as I was searching for Diabetes Awareness Month info (coming up in November) and decided to ask if they could use any entertainment for the walk since I thought it was so late to get involved with the Walk and Fundraising. I was enthusiastically welcomed to come down to a Rest Stop and perform for 2 hours. I was also informed that I could still Fundraiser for this worthy cause. Won't you please help jump start my late efforts to help this worthy cause?

Go to Stepout.diabetes.org Click on the "Donate" link and then type in my name.


Bob Goodwin

[dr. espo]

Many of you know that I have been diagnosed with Diabetes and have managed to get it under control with diet and exercise. (The Concept 2 has been a HUGE help!) (Message me anytime for any help)
I stumbled upon a Diabetes Walk for September 30 as I was searching for Diabetes Awareness Month info (coming up in November) and decided to ask if they could use any entertainment for the walk since I thought it was so late to get involved with the Walk and Fundraising. I was enthusiastically welcomed to come down to a Rest Stop and perform for 2 hours. I was also informed that I could still Fundraiser for this worthy cause. Won't you please help jump start my late efforts to help this worthy cause?

Go to Stepout.diabetes.org Click on the "Donate" link and then type in my name.


Bob Goodwin

Hey Bob, good for you! So what type of guitar do you favor, I took up guitar a few years ago and love it, I'm not very good, but what I lack in talent I try to make up for in gear ) I have a few Martin acoustics amongst others, my favorite is a birth year 1956 00-18G. nuthin' like nylon!

Mike

[damselfly]

500 meters from 60k rowed meters this month - woot. Not bad for a novice I reckon I've lost weight off my back and I'm starting to see some definition in my calf muscles and arms. Still never seems to come off the stomach ';....;' though I guess it's always the last place for fat to come off.

I am getting really exhausted now though after 4k, so will set myself a goal of 4000 meters 3x a week instead of 6000 meters 3x a week, just until I can do more. Feel really burnt out, and my family and relatives said that when I trained with my personal trainer a few years back I did 5 minutes rowing and various other different exercises, so for me to basically do 32-36 minutes of rowing 3x a week for a month it's no wonder I'm exhausted. I think they're right, I need to take it a bit easier.

Definitely take it gradually! You don't want to burn out. You're in this for the long haul. It's great you're seeing some positive changes already -- congratulations!! Keep up the great work.

And Mike's right -- diet is THE biggest component in weight loss. I didn't start having any success until I got honest and started counting calories and really watching the nutrition. 4+ years later I'm 30 pounds lighter and a whole lot healthier. Eating habits have changed radically. I really recommend the magazine "Clean Eating" for anyone -- good whole foods, interesting and delicious recipes.

Now off for my snack. Strawberry-peach tofu-ricotta pudding. YUM!!!

[damselfly]

All hands on deck, backs bent to the challenge!! 22 of 54 members (41%) logged 248,482 total meters Tuesday!

Milestones achieved:
Jerry H passed 1.9M, Jim C bested 1.7M, Brent C blew by 350K, and Kevin K hit 150K!!

Approaching milestones:
David is approaching 3.1M (what, already?!) (-32,805m), Keith is nearing 1.1M (-41,269m), Gary is sighting 1M (-5,269m), Matthew is eyeing 1M (-12,912m), Adam is closing on 1M (-22,164m), Yisroel is oh-so-close to 900K (-177m), Lisa is bearing down on 800K (-49,279m), Ron is a short hop from450K (-3,063m), Jeff is on the K-away-plan to 100K (-1,000m), Warren is nearing 100K (-9,074m), and James is very near 15K (-1,225m)

Posted Meters:
Kyle J - 27,000 40k in two!
David W - 22,413 Nine in a row!
Jim C - 20,000 Would you like catch-up with your meters?
Jodie J - 15,050 Still strong and daily!
Jerry H - 14,500 Killah!
Gary G - 14,031 Big!
Lisa H - 12,040 Tired and would like to go running, please...
Ron M - 12,000 Nice!!
Matthew R - 11,266 I predict your next row will be... 11,266!
Keith J - 11,005 Back in da house!
Jeff S - 11,000 Sweet!
Yisroel H - 10,000 Back for a quickie!
Kevin K - 10,000 10k a day keeps the doctor away!
Brent C - 9,288 Nice...
Adam M - 8,500 Steady on...
Ulla D - 8,391 Leads the challenge goal pack!
Mike E - 7,550 Melting those pounds!
Nancy W - 6,140 Nice!
Jordan C - 6,000 Easy does it...
Andy I - 5,050 Missed only ONE day in the last 30!!
James C - 4,193 Excellent!!
Warren F - 3,065 Looking very good!!