TimbukTOO Team Room

[damselfly]

Lisa, Please put me down for 150K for the Fall Team Challenge.

Message received!!!

[UllaD]

Hi Lisa,

I'm aiming for 125 k!

Ulla

[gholtman]

Thanks for the welcome. I'm looking forward to the challenge. Technical question: Do I have to post my daily numbers here on this forum?.....or will you be able to pick up the numbers from the log book?

[damselfly]

Thanks for the welcome. I'm looking forward to the challenge. Technical question: Do I have to post my daily numbers here on this forum?.....or will you be able to pick up the numbers from the log book?

I get them from this page: TimBukTWO Team Profile. I can't tell which day they were rowed -- I just take a "snapshot" once a day and calculate the difference. Anyway, just report your meters per usual into the C2 logbook, and you're good to go!

[damselfly]

Lisa, put me down for 200K. And I'm going to do my first half-marathon!

YEAH!!

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! A solid and super 12 of 57 members (21%) logged 89,306 total meters Thursday!

Milestones achieved:
John sailed by 150K, while Ulla mastered 75K!!

Approaching milestones:
Andy is pulling hard for 600K (-17,563m), Jim is a bit more than HM from 450K (-21,843m), Joseph and Bobbie are teaming up to reach 400K (-3,473m and -20,230m), Lisa and Ron are nearing 300K (-7,536m and -15,239m), and Dana is closing on 200K (-16,400m). Row for glory!!

Posted Meters:
Yisroel H - 16,458 That's better!!
John B - 10,850 Yow!!
Ed M - 10,110 Likes those binary rows! **
Andy I - 9,200 He's alive!!
Diane M - 7,507 Unstoppable!
Joseph W - 7,500 Ramping up for the challenge!
Lisa H - 6,065 Shoulders are holding up...
Dana H - 6,000 Devilishly good three-fer! (6k 6k 6k)
Bobbie Z - 5,000 Can't keep a good woman down!
Ulla D - 4,000 Four in a row!
Jim G - 3,602 Solid!!
Ron M - 3,014 Also a four-fer!!



** which reminds me of an old programmer joke (since I'm an old programmer). "There are only 10 kinds of people: those who understand binary, and those who don't!"

[ronmardix]

Ron M - 3,014 Also a four-fer!!

Actually its 110 but whose counting?

[glenmbaker]

Glen B – 9,500 Glad your son's pushing you!

Naah, he's gone back to rowing every day with his team now that school has started, which means that any non-Sunday OTW meters are almost certainly in a masters 8. Until the weather changes. Then it's back to the erg.

Oh wait...OTW meters don't count for fall challenge. Darn...guess I'd better start dialing up the erg meters now!

Note to self: develop hardware and software to have simulated cox yelling at me while strategically placed hoses periodically provide back-splash.

[damselfly]

Note to self: develop hardware and software to have simulated cox yelling at me while strategically placed hoses periodically provide back-splash.

Set up a Kickstarter campaign for this!

[Cikan Vuz]

I ordered my D today WOOHOO! I won't miss the gym at all....

Now I can row my 2 hours a day in peace with no more "are you through yet?"s

For the fall Challenge, I will be shooting for 450k since I try to row at least 20000m each day (when I am healthy) with row day M-F but when my rower gets here, I might change my schedule.

On a different note; today ended my 5th week since I started rowing. I initially gained 12 pounds the first two weeks so I shunned the scale but today I meandered into locker room and gave it a go. It was nice to me and said I have lost 16 lbs since last weigh in 3 weeks ago.

[damselfly]

I ordered my D today WOOHOO! I won't miss the gym at all....

Congratulations!!!! I hope you and your new C2 have many happy years together!

Now I can row my 2 hours a day in peace with no more "are you through yet?"s

You go to a pretty unusual gym if folks actually use the rowing machines!

For the fall Challenge, I will be shooting for 450k since I try to row at least 20000m each day (when I am healthy) with row day M-F but when my rower gets here, I might change my schedule.

On a different note; today ended my 5th week since I started rowing. I initially gained 12 pounds the first two weeks so I shunned the scale but today I meandered into locker room and gave it a go. It was nice to me and said I have lost 16 lbs since last weigh in 3 weeks ago.

Awesome! Congratulations! Keep up the great work!

Let's all burn some calories this weekend, especially starting SUNDAY!!

[Cikan Vuz]

"You go to a pretty unusual gym if folks actually use the rowing machines! "

Well, the way they use it ( and not in correct form or technique) is for 1 to 3 minutes at like 35 to 45 s/m, then they get up and stumble away like they did something good.... so when I am rowing for two or more hours, it interferes with their "work-out". Sometimes I feel like saying "I am going to take a water break, just row for me while I am gone" LOL In fact, one guy asked me today after he rowed for a minute at 45 s/m what all those numbers on the monitor meant.... heheheh

and THANKS!!!!! =])

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! A sleek and slinky 13 of 57 members (23%) logged 109,869 total meters Friday!

Milestones achieved:
Joseph hit 400K!! Woot!

Approaching milestones:
Jim C is closing fast on 1.5M (-28,000m), Adam is nearing 1.1M (-31,903m), Diane is sighting 600K (-38,928m), Jim G is approaching 450K (-15,821m), Kevin and Bobbie are double-sculling for 400K (-7,867m and-14,230m), and Ron is gonna beat me to 300K (-11,759m)!!

Posted Meters:
Diane M - 21,097 HM!!! Woot!!
Jim C - 16,000 Solid, as usual!
David W - 13,133 No triskaidekaphobian is our David!
John B - 11,050 Sweet!
Adam M - 8,000 What? You missed Thursday? For shame!
Jack F - 7,259 Nice!!
Jim G - 6,022 Great!
Bobbie Z - 6,000 Keep 'em coming!
Pat M - 5,449 Gearing up!
Kevin K - 5,000 Nice 5k!!
Joseph W - 3,779 Solid!
Ulla D - 3,600 The streaks...
Ron M - 3,480 ... continue!

[efk22]

Hi-

Just wanted to stop by and introduce myself seeing that I just joined the team for the Fall Challenge.

I started erging at the gym last year as a component of my weight loss. I erged off and on until last fall when I signed up for the Skeleton Crew. It was such a great motivator that I completed to 200k Holiday Challenge as well. This spring the erging slacked off as I was training for a 5k run with my daughter. I then did a lot of biking over the summer.

Well, the fall has arrived and I needed another challenge, hence signing up for the team challenge. I'm so motivated because my new model D/PM4 just showed up yesterday and I have already done 2 5ks.

Can't wait to rack up some meters starting Sunday.

Thanks for having me!

[ronmardix]

David W - 13,133 No triskaidekaphobian is our David!

Moral support and education. What sort of group is this, hmmmm?