TimbukTOO Team Room

[goyo]

Keep that flu away! Drink plenty of fluids and don't forget this vitamin:

[Izzzmeister]

TimbukTWO is cookin’! A hefty 32 of 71 members (45%) logged 346,550 total meters Monday!

Posted Meters:
Rusty A - 12,389
Barbara B - 10,777
Rachel B - 10,000
Jamie B - 11,111
Jim C - 20,000

Dale C - 20,042
Brent C - 5,000
Amanda G - 11,917
Lisa H - 12,055
Bruce H - 10,000

Yisroel H - 23,000
Andy I - 16,393
Dave J - 8,320
Kevin K - 5,000
Adam M - 8,000

Pat M - 5,584
Jeff N - 5,155
Jesper N - 10,000
Tyrone P - 15,000
Job R - 4,359

Heather R - 15,000
Cindy R - 6,562
Matthew R - 11,500
Steve R - 10,000
Cliff R - 6,829

Jonathan R - 17,000
Marius S - 6,000
Pam S - 4,785
John S - 6,163
Jeff T - 7,000
Lee W - 20,498
Joseph W - 11,111

Challenge Goals - Day 7 of 31 (22.6%):
Pat M - 49,823 of 100,000 (49.8%)
Tara V - 32,358 of 100,000 (32.4%)
Rachel B - 32,000 of 100,000 (32.0%)
Cindy R - 34,406 of 110,000 (31.3%)
Mark S - 31,251 of 100,000 (31.3%)
Kyle J - 150,000 of 500,000 (30.0%)
Adam M - 75,000 of 250,000 (30.0%)
Jonathan R - 71,007 of 250,000 (28.4%)
Amanda G - 42,332 of 150,000 (28.2%)
Mike M - 55,556 of 200,000 (27.8%)
Yisroel H - 79,137 of 300,000 (26.4%)
Andy I - 101,618 of 400,000 (25.4%)
Jamie B - 73,468 of 300,000 (24.5%)
Lisa H - 60,118 of 250,000 (24.0%)
Ron M - 46,110 of 200,000 (23.1%)
Jim C - 85,000 of 375,000 (22.7%)

Brent C - 21,235 of 100,000 (21.2%)
David W - 155,719 of 800,000 (19.5%)
Dale C - 55,112 of 300,000 (18.4%)
Bernie J - 12,028 of 75,000 (16.0%)
Heather R - 46,000 of 300,000 (15.3%)
Deb J - 7,162 of 50,000 (14.3%)
Margaret W - 14,295 of 150,000 (9.5%)
Mark E - 0 of 250,000 (0.0%)
Warren F - 0 of 225,000 (0.0%)

Milestones achieved: Andy hit 100K, Lee, Lisa, Steve, Matthew, Dale & Barbara passed 50K!!

[damselfly]

Keep that flu away! Drink plenty of fluids and don't forget this vitamin:

Hope you feel better soon, Amanda!!

Go team go!

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on deck, spinning their flywheels! 21 of 63 members (33%) logged 242,000 total meters Monday!

Milestones achieved: Lisa surmounted 1.3M, Barbara bested 50K, Marius mauled 35K, while Pam passed 15K!!
Approaching milestones: Jim is approaching 3 MILLION (-23,000m), Andy is chasing 2 MILLION (-33,560m), John quite near 1.2M (-8,489m), Heather snooping on 900K (-29,000m), Joseph is one with 800K (-12,567m), Jamie bargaining for 700K (-17,780m), Brent on the cusp of 500K (-13,510m), while Pam nears 25K (-5,941m)!

Posted Meters:
Yisroel H - 23,000 Trying to get a good head start…
Dale C - 20,042 Amazing!
Jim C - 20,000 Huge!
Jonathan R - 17,000 Studly!
Andy I - 16,393 Ace the SWEAT? No sweat!

Heather R - 15,000 Pacing herself…
Tyrone P - 15,000 In high gear…
Lisa H - 12,055 Her best season ever continues!
Amanda G - 11,917 Impressive!
Matthew R - 11,500 Three in a row!

Jamie B - 11,111 Channeling the other JB?
Joseph W - 11,111 Over last 7 days, 77,777m!
Barbara B - 10,777 Where have you been hiding?!
Adam M - 8,000 Wow, what a week!
Cindy R - 6,562 Keeps rolling on!

John S - 6,163 Weekend foot race?
Marius S - 6,000 Fifth row this week!
Pat M - 5,584 Seven day streak!
Kevin K - 5,000 Top Tier TimbukTOOian!
Brent C - 5,000 Building steadily…
Pam S - 4,785 Impressing us all!

[Izzzmeister]

34 of 71 members (48%) logged 411,768 total meters Tuesday! We‘re closing in on 3MM!

Posted Meters:
Mark A - 10,000
Rusty A - 12,373
Barbara B - 8,693
Jamie B - 10,000
Jim C - 16,000

Dale C - 17,137
Mark E - 15,734
Lisa H - 16,078
Elisa H - 6,015
Yisroel H - 23,097

Andy I - 14,813
Kyle J - 22,000
Kevin K - 4,375
David K - 10,000
Ron M - 6,000

Adam M - 8,000
Joanne M - 5,566
Jeff N - 11,324
Mark O - 13,400
Tyrone P - 16,000

Job R - 4,230
Cindy R - 6,512
Matthew R - 11,500
Steve R - 5,000
Jonathan R - 18,015

Daiva S - 4,000
Mark S - 3,669
Pam S - 4,944
Jeff T - 13,071
Tara V - 3,316

Lee W - 16,185
David W - 52,324
Joseph W - 11,111
Glenn Y - 11,286

Challenge Goals - Day 8 of 31 (25.8%):
Pat M - 49,823 of 100,000 (49.8%)
Cindy R - 40,918 of 110,000 (37.2%)
Tara V - 35,674 of 100,000 (35.7%)
Jonathan R - 89,022 of 250,000 (35.6%)
Mark S - 34,920 of 100,000 (34.9%)
Kyle J - 172,000 of 500,000 (34.4%)
Yisroel H - 102,234 of 300,000 (34.1%)
Adam M - 83,000 of 250,000 (33.2%)
Rachel B - 32,000 of 100,000 (32.0%)
Lisa H - 76,196 of 250,000 (30.5%)
Andy I - 116,431 of 400,000 (29.1%)
Amanda G - 42,332 of 150,000 (28.2%)
Jamie B - 83,468 of 300,000 (27.8%)
Mike M - 55,556 of 200,000 (27.8%)
Jim C - 101,000 of 375,000 (26.9%)
Ron M - 52,110 of 200,000 (26.1%)
David W - 208,043 of 800,000 (26.0%)

Dale C - 72,249 of 300,000 (24.1%)
Brent C - 21,235 of 100,000 (21.2%)
Bernie J - 12,028 of 75,000 (16.0%)
Heather R - 46,000 of 300,000 (15.3%)
Deb J - 7,162 of 50,000 (14.3%)
Margaret W - 14,295 of 150,000 (9.5%)
Mark E - 15,734 of 250,000 (6.3%)
Warren F - 0 of 225,000 (0.0%)

Milestones achieved: David whacked 200K! Yisroel, Jim & Tyrone achieved 100K! Mark A & Ron M passed 50K!

[Quatroux]

Yisroel H - 102,234 of 300,000 (34.1%)

Two big days! Speed and distance, or just distance? Also, how do you feel?

[lightbeere]

Hi Folks!

My rowing machine (guess I should start calling it an erg) arrived today and I think I've got things set up correctly to join you for the VTC. I'm not sure how many meters I'll log as the next few days will be spent learning to row and getting a sense for my starting point. I've done a bunch of reading on proper technique and suggestions for getting started over the last week or so, but I may still have questions from time to time. These forums (and this team) seem like a great place to participate to keep me engaged an motivated.

I'll set my goal to row on 17 of the remaining 22 days in the month and see how it goes from there. Cheers!

-Brad

[damselfly]

Hi Folks!

My rowing machine (guess I should start calling it an erg) arrived today and I think I've got things set up correctly to join you for the VTC. I'm not sure how many meters I'll log as the next few days will be spent learning to row and getting a sense for my starting point. I've done a bunch of reading on proper technique and suggestions for getting started over the last week or so, but I may still have questions from time to time. These forums (and this team) seem like a great place to participate to keep me engaged an motivated.

I'll set my goal to row on 17 of the remaining 22 days in the month and see how it goes from there. Cheers!

-Brad

Hi Brad, and welcome to the challenge team!!! You've made an excellent investment in your health and fitness -- and joining a team is definitely the way to go to help stay motivated! We've got some great rowers in our ranks -- some quite serious and some like me that use it more for cross-training, but we all share the common goal of getting and staying healthy. You mention reading about technique, but there are also great videos here and on YouTube that can help a lot as well, so I hope you check them out as well.

If you enjoy our company during the VTC, please consider joining our year-round affiliation as well -- we're known in that list as TimBukTOO. We report stats daily and have fun with all the team and individual challenges too.

Welcome aboard!!

[giftogab]

Hello. I am Karen and I just joined. My Concept2 just arrived yesterday so I will begin rowing tonight after work. Needed batteries so just sort of stared in awe at the machine last night. I havve rowed as part of CrossFit WODS but that is about it. Loved it. I hope to lose weight and gain fitness. I ahve about 90 pounds to lose and have lost a good 70 already doing other stuff...including a trek to Mount Everest base Camp in 2012. I look forward to the fun. Hope to be a team asset as well!

[damselfly]

Hello. I am Karen and I just joined. My Concept2 just arrived yesterday so I will begin rowing tonight after work. Needed batteries so just sort of stared in awe at the machine last night. I havve rowed as part of CrossFit WODS but that is about it. Loved it. I hope to lose weight and gain fitness. I ahve about 90 pounds to lose and have lost a good 70 already doing other stuff...including a trek to Mount Everest base Camp in 2012. I look forward to the fun. Hope to be a team asset as well!

Welcome aboard, Karen!! And congratulations to you as well on a great fitness commitment. And what an exciting way to get fit -- in the Himalaya! I know we have another member who has been trekking there as well. What a well-traveled bunch we are... Some of us anyway!

Congratulations as well on your weight loss progress. That's really remarkable. I wish you every continued success, and hope TimBukTOO can be a part of that!

[barbbesal]

Hello. I am Karen and I just joined. My Concept2 just arrived yesterday so I will begin rowing tonight after work. Needed batteries so just sort of stared in awe at the machine last night. I havve rowed as part of CrossFit WODS but that is about it. Loved it. I hope to lose weight and gain fitness. I ahve about 90 pounds to lose and have lost a good 70 already doing other stuff...including a trek to Mount Everest base Camp in 2012. I look forward to the fun. Hope to be a team asset as well!

Welcome, Karen! I've been enjoying the WODs that Concept2 posts on their website: http://www.concept2.com/indoor-rowers/training/wod I hope you do, too! Welcome to the boat!

-Barb

[giftogab]

Hello. I am Karen and I just joined. My Concept2 just arrived yesterday so I will begin rowing tonight after work. Needed batteries so just sort of stared in awe at the machine last night. I havve rowed as part of CrossFit WODS but that is about it. Loved it. I hope to lose weight and gain fitness. I ahve about 90 pounds to lose and have lost a good 70 already doing other stuff...including a trek to Mount Everest base Camp in 2012. I look forward to the fun. Hope to be a team asset as well!

Welcome, Karen! I've been enjoying the WODs that Concept2 posts on their website: http://www.concept2.com/indoor-rowers/training/wod I hope you do, too! Welcome to the boat!

-Barb

Thanks you Barb! I am starting with 400 today and adding 200 a day until Saturday when I will do 1k and my kettle bells. I did NOTHING since getting back from Everest and really have a way to go but over the first month should get to a place where I can push pretty dang hard.

[JonathanRyan]

I ahve about 90 pounds to lose and have lost a good 70 already doing other stuff...including a trek to Mount Everest base Camp in 2012. I look forward to the fun. Hope to be a team asset as well!

Wow Base Camp - would love to go there.

Went to Machu Picchu via the "high" route last year and the altitude was brutal. Aclimatising in Cusco I felt like somebody was sitting on my chest. Good thing there weren't any ergs in the hotel gym

[giftogab]

I ahve about 90 pounds to lose and have lost a good 70 already doing other stuff...including a trek to Mount Everest base Camp in 2012. I look forward to the fun. Hope to be a team asset as well!

Wow Base Camp - would love to go there.

Went to Machu Picchu via the "high" route last year and the altitude was brutal. Aclimatising in Cusco I felt like somebody was sitting on my chest. Good thing there weren't any ergs in the hotel gym

Hello Johnathan. I had a great experience in the Himalayas and wish I had maintianed my fitness level. Got sick and it took about 2 months to recover from the overall trek etc. Then life got in the way. Knew I had to buickle down and make it happen so busted loose with 900 simoleans to get this rowing rig. I had used them in CrossFit during Everest prep so knew I loved them. Machu Picu is my next adventure! Hopefully 2015 for that.

I ahve had the big bad flu since the 30th so that combined with my general lack of fitness made yesterdays 400 meters feel like I was at altitude..vegas is only at 2,402 feet so I should be just fine.....

[Blarney Pilgrim]

Warren F - 0 of 225,000 (0.0%)
Lisa,
It looks like I'm not going to make make my goal for this challenge so if you don't mind putting me back in the slacker boat for the time being. Life has gotten in the way of my rowing time for the last couple of weeks and probably will for a little while longer. Hopefully I won't lose all those gains that I made this fall......Warren F.