TimbukTOO Team Room

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on deck, yanking their own chains! 8 of 46 members (17%) logged 67,100 total meters Wednesday!

Milestones achieved: 6 pebbles & one big rock!
Approaching milestones: Jim sneaking up on 1.1M (-17,000m), Adam is daily nearing 800K (-16,403m), Joseph closing in on 300K (-19,797m), Jamie catching 200K (-19,108m), Pat daily chipping away at 150K (-21,148m) while Dwayne is approaching 15K (-1,965m)!

Posted Meters:
Jim C – 17,000 Over the hour mark...
David W – 15,261 Faster?
Joseph W – 10,000 Ten K!
Adam M – 8,000 Seven in a row!

Andy I – 6,323 One day of rest, and back stronger than ever!
Jamie B – 6,066 Back to back!
Pat M – 2,737 Still cross-training?
Dwayne A – 1,713 Back on the beam!

[Hummingbird]

Hang in there with your thyroid issues,Ms Hummingbird!You can win the battle..

Pat

Thanks Pat. I will hang in there, though it feels more like 'sag in there'. Hypothyroidism is a very common condition for women over 50 (take notice ladies) but fortunately it's easily treated. Finding the right dose takes time however, as too high a dose can land one in the ER. Not my idea of fun. But yes, I suspect that it really is a lifelong condition, once present. Isn't it just sooo much fun being female???

It is nice to be rowing again, though. I felt like doing more this morning, but stopping at 5 k bodes well for being able to do another 5 k tomorrow. I'll just have to get used to being moderate for awhile...not so easy for us red-heads

[damselfly]

Isn't it just sooo much fun being female???

[damselfly]

All hands on deck, dogging the last days of summer! 10 of 46 members (22%) logged 70,205 total meters Thursday!

Milestones achieved:
Jim bested 1.1M, and John sailed past 500K!!

Approaching milestones:
Kevin is oh-so-close to 350K (-919m), Joseph is on track for 300K (-14,707m), Ron is nearing 250K (-16,568m), nd Pat is steaming towards 150K (-11,064m). Row strong, team!

Posted Meters:
Jim C - 17,000 Steady as she goes....
Pat M - 10,084 Setting a stellar example for us all!
Marco S - 10,000 Back after a break!
Andy I - 7,156 Training hard!
Jamus M - 6,825 Continues the trend!
Joseph W - 5,090 Solid!
Heather R - 5,000 On the road to recovery!
Ron M - 3,318 An extra few meters, just cuz!
Kevin K - 3,000 Looking good!
John S - 2,732 Quickie!

[Kyle J]

Get Well Soon, H! I remember working my tail off trying to keep up with you when I first started...

Thanks...and I'll be working my tail off trying to get back to my old form, too. That was a special year for me, hopefully to be repeated sometime.


[/quote]Speaking of hummingbirds, last week I saw a humming bird moth here in VT. Never seen one before, pretty cool though.-Kyle[/quote]



[/quote]I had no idea what you were talking about until I looked it up on the internet: what an incredible creature! Man, nature never fails to astound me. I won't give up my little hummingbirds, but I'd really like to see one of those moths up close and alive. I'm flabbergasted. How did you ever know about it in the first place???[/quote]

I was with a friend and it came swooping into some shrubs right in front of us. She had seen them before and told me what it was. AND last Tuesday I was working near Lake Champlain...sat on a stone wall to eat lunch and one of those moths buzzed in to pick at some flowers not two feet from me.
I swear I'm not drunk or making this up! What we see when we're not staring at our phones.

Here's to repeating special years
-Kyle

[Hummingbird]

Isn't it just sooo much fun being female???

Once more, a picture tells a thousand words.

(I love it when cats stick their tongues out; it looks so stupid and they are sooo proud. Truly a Zen moment for them--and us!)

[Hummingbird]

I was with a friend and it came swooping into some shrubs right in front of us. She had seen them before and told me what it was. AND last Tuesday I was working near Lake Champlain...sat on a stone wall to eat lunch and one of those moths buzzed in to pick at some flowers not two feet from me.
I swear I'm not drunk or making this up! What we see when we're not staring at our phones.

I trust that you are neither drunk nor making this up: I couldn't believe it when I saw the picture on the internet; I imagine I would be thinking I was crazy if I had ever seen one in front of my eyes before knowing a creature like this existed. Now I want to see one alive.... Vermont, is it?

Heather.

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! An ecstatic but estrogen-starved 11 of 46 members (24%) logged 131,387 total meters Friday!

Milestones achieved:
Kevin hit 350K!!

Approaching milestones:
David is close to 1.8M (-15,756m), Adam is approaching 800K (-8,403m), Jack is sighting 350K (-14,609m), Pat is a good row from 150K (-5,506m), and Tom is hunting 75K (-8,820m)

Posted Meters:
David W - 46,029 A little too much coffee!
Jim C - 16,000 Easy day!
Yisroel H - 15,397 Back on the boards!
Jack F - 12,610 Whoa!
Tom W - 12,172 Super!
Adam M - 8,000 Indefatigable!
Andy I - 6,295 Killin' it!
Pat M - 5,558 Streaking!!
John S - 3,774 'Nother quickie!
Heather R - 3,500 Solidly back in action!
Kevin K - 2,052 Keep 'em coming!

[outsidenote]

Pat and Hummingbird.

I've been there with the thyroid too. Mine was hyper. It was horrible. I had to take radioactive iodine to kill it off. Now I'm normal on synthroid and feel fine. It wont take long to get to back to normal.

Regards,
TomW

[PJM]

Pat and Hummingbird.

I've been there with the thyroid too. Mine was hyper. It was horrible. I had to take radioactive iodine to kill it off. Now I'm normal on synthroid and feel fine. It wont take long to get to back to normal.

Regards,
TomW

The thyroid is responsible for so many functions of the body and affects many functions..heart muscle etc.I have been controlled with Synthroid for the past 3 years and so far so good.Routine blood tests, ultrasounds of the thyroid every 2 years and an occasional stress test with echocardiogram..and i am in maintenance mode.Feeling pretty good and optimistic!
Take care and thanks for sharing your experience..thyroid issues are so common..we know more about this topic now than ever!

Row strong!

Pat

[PJM]

For anyone here who uses New Grip weight lifting/rowing gloves with wrist supports..there is a BOGO offer today..Saturday!
Buy a pair..get a pair free!
I have used these for several years and they have been a miracle for my wrists and forearms.
Super deal!! I stocked up!

Pat

[PJM]

http://www.weightliftinggloves.com/

[damselfly]

All hands on deck, eagerly awaiting the first mate's post!! 8 of 46 members (17%) logged 90,610 total meters Saturday!

Milestones achieved:
David surpassed 1.8M, Adam nailed 800K, and Pat passed 150K!!

Approaching milestones:
Matthew is on the road to 250K (-19,009m)

This week's frequent rowers (Sat 8/3 through Fri 8/9):
Pat M - 7
Adam M & Andy I - 6
David W, Jim C & John S - 5
Heather R - 4

Posted Meters:
David W - 25,890 Back to reasonable numbers!
Andy I - 19,677 Holy moly, batman! What's the occasion?!?!
Pat M - 13,831 Unstoppable!!
Adam M - 9,000 Solid and steady!
John S - 8,383 Lots-o-meters this week!
Lisa H - 5,085 Found the C2 again!
Matthew R - 4,744 Sweet!
Jim C - 4,000 Rounding out the week or speed work?

[CONLEJM]

Jim C - 4,000 Rounding out the week or speed work?

Hi Lisa, just rounding out the week, or season-to-date.

So far 70 rows this season, at an average of 16K meters per session; totaling 70 hours of rowing. An average pace of 1:52.5 / 500M, or I guess that would be 10 miles per hour.

Last season I tried to set all kinds of speed records, and did pretty well, but maintaining this fast average pace all season long has been far more challenging. And I think I am in much better shape than l was last year, though some of that improvement may be due to moving towards a more plant-based whole food diet.

[Quatroux]

Andy I - 19,677 Holy moly, batman! What's the occasion?!?!

My club hosts a visiting coach about once a month during racing season. I attended Saturday's clinic and it was great. It was 102F that day, but we got all of our rowing done before noon. I love the heat, but I think my new rule is no rowing in triple digits.