TimbukTOO Team Room

[glenmbaker]

It has been a long time since I had a good story for you guys. Here is why I didn't row yesterday.
[..insert tale of woe..]

Ah now you've done it. I read that posting just after reading something a friend posted elsewhere. It's his version of the playoffs, and now I just have to share it:

oh man did you all see the socially positive televised sporting events today? they were so amazing!! There was the team and the other team and they played against each other and everyone was like "WOW, THE BALL!!" and the other team was like, "OH NO!!!" and the players ran and threw and fell and spit, and OMG that one play with the penalty and the fans cheered and the scores happened and PLAYOFFS and SUPERBOWL YAYYY!!! I almost forgot about the coach and the ball when the teams were like "we want the ball" and the other team was like "we want the ball" and then they were like "WE have more points, BOOM, where are my millions?" and budweiser was like "here are your millions, don't spend them all on cocaine... ah who are we kidding, snort away, you're on tv"

But not on Andy's TV because he's in Walmart abusing employees and setting examples for his 6 year old!

[johnb]

Hey team,
I have been steadily turning the crank on my meters and I am excited to be approaching 1 million lifetime meters. I just started rowing on August 1st, 2013 and will pass 1M at some point during the next couple of days! I really appreciate all of the support and encouragement the team has been giving me. Let's kick some ass in this VTC! Go TimbukTOO/TimbukTWO!

[dpw4812]

Sorry team I had to step away for a few days, had pretty bad sinus infection which just knocked me off of any activity and 2 after I recovered actually took a vacation. But I did get four days in. Glad to be back and see some great numbers.

David W

[Quatroux]

But not on Andy's TV because he's in Walmart abusing employees and setting examples for his 6 year old!

Pretty good sporting summary. I did finally row yesterday, which is what is important. When is your first OTW race? We're taking a 4X out on Sunday./ That will be my first time in a boat since 12/1.

[glenmbaker]

I did finally row yesterday, which is what is important. When is your first OTW race?

We've been OTW pretty steadily so far this winter. Weather on west coast has been terrible (which means too warm, no precipitation, ergo no snow!), so all we can do is say "darn...gotta go row on that awful glassy water again". Did a nice row in a quad on the 1st, which was my first time in a quad. Gotta say, when I look at an erg, then look at a quad, then look at an erg...the choice is pretty simple!

Not sure when the racing season will actually start...sometime in March/April would be my guess. Right now we're just slogging through the winter trying to balance the beer consumption with erg meters every Wednesday night!

[Izzzmeister]

A big thanks to Dale Crawford for grabbing an oar for Team TimbukTWO! 41 of 73 members (56%) logged 376,652 total meters Tuesday! On pace both membership & meterage-wise!
 
Posted Meters:
Mark A - 10,000
Chris B - 13,000
John B - 6,820
Jamie B - 5,000
Ken C - 13,040
 
Jim C - 16,000
Dale C - 5,025
Douglas D - 7,519
Monica D - 4,682
Jack F - 7,538
 
Bob G - 5,000
Jim G - 7,581
Roger G - 12,000
Lisa H - 6,057
Dana H - 6,000
 
Jerry H - 17,000
David H - 10,667
Jase H - 3,000
Kenny H - 12,000
Greg H - 20,000
 
Yisroel H - 33,205
Andy I - 7,204
Thomas J - 11,500
Susan K - 2,012
Kevin K - 6,016
 
Erik K - 10,000
Bob L - 10,018
Jamus M - 6,501
Dave M - 3,350
Ron M - 5,787
 
Pat M - 2,840
Sheryl M - 8,675
Steven M - 9,559
Heather R - 12,000
Diane R - 2,000
 
Matthew R - 3,000
John S - 14,148
Kari S - 9,983
Rahsaan T - 6,098
Lee W - 16,827
Bobbie Z – 8,000
 
Challenge Goals - Day 7 of 31 (22.6%):
Aditya P - 54,736 of 100,000 (54.7%)
Gary G - 71,534 of 150,000 (47.7%)
Lisa H - 36,317 of 100,000 (36.3%)
Erik K - 85,000 of 250,000 (34.0%)
Mark Si - 66,684 of 200,000 (33.3%)
Chris B - 66,365 of 200,000 (33.2%)
Susan K - 30,420 of 100,000 (30.4%)
Andy I - 59,989 of 200,000 (30.0%)
Yisroel H - 65,334 of 250,000 (26.1%)
Jamie B - 51,664 of 200,000 (25.8%)
Ron M - 38,742 of 150,000 (25.8%)
Ken C - 63,753 of 250,000 (25.5%)
John B - 48,760 of 200,000 (24.4%)
Steven M - 42,510 of 175,000 (24.3%)
Heather R - 48,400 of 200,000 (24.2%)
Jim C - 80,000 of 333,000 (24.0%)
Cindy R - 29,623 of 125,000 (23.7%)
 
Kristin C - 42,244 of 200,000 (21.1%)
Bobbie Z - 58,000 of 275,000 (21.1%)
Mark St - 28,500 of 150,000 (19.0%)
Kyle J - 14,598 of 200,000 (7.3%)
Kim N - 0 of 75,000 (0.0%)
 
Milestones achieved: Greg H hit 100K, while Yisroel H, Lee W, John S & Jamie B all hit 50K!!

[Izzzmeister]

A big TimbukTWO welcome to John Woods!
A humongous 39 of 74 members (53%) logged 514,272 total meters Wednesday! With today's half million, we're on track for over 12 million meters!
 
Posted Meters:
Chuck A - 10,000
Rachel B - 12,187
Chris B - 13,000
John B - 3,387
Ken C - 12,222
 
Kristin C - 13,037
Jim C - 16,000
Dale C - 8,084
Douglas D - 7,520
Monica D - 5,018
 
Gary G - 6,183
Jim G - 6,683
Roger G - 20,000
Dana H - 6,334
Jerry H - 24,000
 
David H - 6,514
Jase H - 7,014
Kenny H - 14,000
Andy I - 13,240
Thomas J - 3,000
 
Kevin K - 5,064
Bob L - 10,022
Jamus M - 6,770
Dave M - 1,017
Ron M - 6,500
 
Pat M - 6,407
Diane M - 75,000
Vince M - 1,159
Ed P - 22,000
Cindy R - 8,009
 
Diane R - 3,012
Mark Si - 7,129
John S - 13,688
Mark St - 8,000
Lee W - 12,160
 
David W – 98,600 Four days!
John W - 7,128
Raymond W - 7,184
Bobbie Z – 8,000
 
Challenge Goals - Day 8 of 31 (25.8%):
Aditya P - 54,736 of 100,000 (54.7%)
Gary G - 77,717 of 150,000 (51.8%)
Chris B - 79,365 of 200,000 (39.7%)
Mark Si - 73,813 of 200,000 (36.9%)
Andy I - 73,229 of 200,000 (36.6%)
Lisa H - 36,317 of 100,000 (36.3%)
Erik K - 85,000 of 250,000 (34.0%)
Susan K - 30,420 of 100,000 (30.4%)
Ken C - 75,975 of 250,000 (30.4%)
Ron M - 45,242 of 150,000 (30.2%)
Cindy R - 37,632 of 125,000 (30.1%)
Jim C - 96,000 of 333,000 (28.8%)
Kristin C - 55,281 of 200,000 (27.6%)
Yisroel H - 65,334 of 250,000 (26.1%)
John B - 52,147 of 200,000 (26.1%)
Jamie B - 51,664 of 200,000 (25.8%)
 
Mark St - 36,500 of 150,000 (24.3%)
Steven M - 42,510 of 175,000 (24.3%)
Heather R - 48,400 of 200,000 (24.2%)
Bobbie Z - 66,000 of 275,000 (24.0%)
Kyle J - 14,598 of 200,000 (7.3%)
Kim N - 0 of 75,000 (0.0%)

Milestones achieved: Diane M topped 200K!!! Roger G ripped 150K!! David W, Kristin C, Douglas D & John B all achieved 50K!!

[mathineer]

A big TimbukTWO welcome to John Woods!
A humongous 39 of 74 members (53%) logged 514,272 total meters Wednesday! With today's half million, we're on track for over 12 million meters!
 
Posted Meters:
Chuck A - 10,000
Rachel B - 12,187
Chris B - 13,000
John B - 3,387
Ken C - 12,222
 
Kristin C - 13,037
Jim C - 16,000
Dale C - 8,084
Douglas D - 7,520
Monica D - 5,018
 
Gary G - 6,183
Jim G - 6,683
Roger G - 20,000
Dana H - 6,334
Jerry H - 24,000
 
David H - 6,514
Jase H - 7,014
Kenny H - 14,000
Andy I - 13,240
Thomas J - 3,000
 
Kevin K - 5,064
Bob L - 10,022
Jamus M - 6,770
Dave M - 1,017
Ron M - 6,500
 
Pat M - 6,407
Diane M - 75,000
Vince M - 1,159
Ed P - 22,000
Cindy R - 8,009
 
Diane R - 3,012
Mark Si - 7,129
John S - 13,688
Mark St - 8,000
Lee W - 12,160
 
David W – 98,600 Four days!
John W - 7,128
Raymond W - 7,184
Bobbie Z – 8,000
 
Challenge Goals - Day 8 of 31 (25.8%):
Aditya P - 54,736 of 100,000 (54.7%)
Gary G - 77,717 of 150,000 (51.8%)
Chris B - 79,365 of 200,000 (39.7%)
Mark Si - 73,813 of 200,000 (36.9%)
Andy I - 73,229 of 200,000 (36.6%)
Lisa H - 36,317 of 100,000 (36.3%)
Erik K - 85,000 of 250,000 (34.0%)
Susan K - 30,420 of 100,000 (30.4%)
Ken C - 75,975 of 250,000 (30.4%)
Ron M - 45,242 of 150,000 (30.2%)
Cindy R - 37,632 of 125,000 (30.1%)
Jim C - 96,000 of 333,000 (28.8%)
Kristin C - 55,281 of 200,000 (27.6%)
Yisroel H - 65,334 of 250,000 (26.1%)
John B - 52,147 of 200,000 (26.1%)
Jamie B - 51,664 of 200,000 (25.8%)
 
Mark St - 36,500 of 150,000 (24.3%)
Steven M - 42,510 of 175,000 (24.3%)
Heather R - 48,400 of 200,000 (24.2%)
Bobbie Z - 66,000 of 275,000 (24.0%)
Kyle J - 14,598 of 200,000 (7.3%)
Kim N - 0 of 75,000 (0.0%)

Milestones achieved: Diane M topped 200K!!! Roger G ripped 150K!! David W, Kristin C, Douglas D & John B all achieved 50K!!

Kevin K 48,690/175,000 (27.8%) Note: KK goal is 175,000

[Quatroux]

We've been OTW pretty steadily so far this winter. Weather on west coast has been terrible (which means too warm, no precipitation, ergo no snow!), so all we can do is say "darn...gotta go row on that awful glassy water again". Did a nice row in a quad on the 1st, which was my first time in a quad. Gotta say, when I look at an erg, then look at a quad, then look at an erg...the choice is pretty simple!

Not sure when the racing season will actually start...sometime in March/April would be my guess. Right now we're just slogging through the winter trying to balance the beer consumption with erg meters every Wednesday night!

Sounds like a very challenging time for you. We had an early ice storm and then this Polar Vortex™. No indoor racing for you next month? Anyone else? I know Izz is racing.


Polar Vortex™ is a registered trademark of Coors Brewing Company. Look for Polar Vortex™ bottles at a store near you in early 2014!

[damselfly]

Row those glasses full today, Team!!!

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on deck, racking up incredible meters! 30 of 83 members (36%) logged 305,967 total meters Tuesday!

Milestones achieved: Jerry H drove past 1.6M!!! Jack F toppled 700K!! Sheryl M shot by 25K!
Approaching milestones: Walter W zipping towards 1.9M (-10,026m), Greg H breathing on 1.7M (-282m), John S one row from 1.6M (-1,136m), Bobbie Z is approaching 1.3M (-26,931m), Thomas J nears 1.1M (-10,916m) ahead of Roger G (-32,658m), John B (-9,194m) leading Jim G (-10,871m) in the race to 1 MIL, Heather R soon to reach 900K (-5,100m), Dana H seeking 700K (-33,344m), Matthew R moving steadily towards 500K (-17,956m), Jamus M pulling for 450K (-4,711m) ahead of Pat M (-18,839m), Dale C (-1,056m) leading Bob G (-6,844m) towards 400K, while Sheryl M is in reach of 35K (-2,019m)!

Posted Meters:
Yisroel H – 33,205 Two strong rows!
Walter W – 23,000 Huge rows day after day after day!
Greg H – 20,000 Three days, over 50K!
Jerry H – 17,000 No breaks!
Jim C – 16,000 Strong!

John S – 14,148 Like gangbusters!
Ken C – 13,040 Strong week!
Chris B – 13,000 The man who took us over 50MM team meters!
Kenny H – 12,000 Six days of big rows!
Roger G – 12,000 Terrific!

Heather R – 12,000 Like old times...
Thomas J – 11,500 Unstoppable!
Bob L – 10,018 He's back!
Sheryl M – 8,675 Sweet!
Bobbie Z – 8,000 Steady!

Jim G – 7,581 Long & fast!
Jack F – 7,538 Fourth this week!
Andy I – 7,204 Likely story!
John B – 6,820 Seven figures within reach!
Jamus M – 6,501 Six in a row!

Lisa H – 6,057 Almost daily now!
Kevin K – 6,016 Nice!
Dana H – 6,000 Two-thirds of a mil! Nice!
Ron M – 5,787 No breaks!
Dale C – 5,025 Ready to rumble!

Bob G – 5,000 Club Meds!
Jamie B – 5,000 Sixth row this week!
Matthew R – 3,000 Getting steadier!
Pat M – 2,840 The mouse that roared...
Susan K – 2,012 Getting the rowing bug...

[DavidA]

I'm not sure how this will turn out, but I saw this comic yesterday and couldn't help but think of you guys
http://assets.amuniversal.com/445942a05 ... 1dd8b71c47

[mathineer]

Row those glasses full today, Team!!!

Technically, the glass is always full!

http://www.snorgtees.com/technically-th ... 7AodBkIAaw

[blevac]

Bob L – 10,018 He's back!

Yep! Was off on a ski trip but i'm back now. Will try to catch up for the VC if I can. Looking to break my first million meters too. Only 23k to go on the machine but still 240k to go for the season! That's an afternoon row for David and Diane!

[damselfly]

Row those glasses full today, Team!!!

Technically, the glass is always full!

http://www.snorgtees.com/technically-th ... 7AodBkIAaw

Smarty pants.

Here is THEE most technically complete and geeky analysis of the whole "half full half empty" issue.

XKCD: What if a glass of water was, all of a sudden, literally half empty?

Caution: Content contains highly stylized pictures of stick figures suffering injury and blood loss.