TimbukTOO Team Room

[garygOP]

My old knee injury- torn meniscus- was acting up- and rowing is the only cardio movement that I can go hard at- without any knee pain.
So my workouts are mostly erg and 3 days of lifting weights.
Good for the meters- but I prefer more variety- if I had the luxury of choosing my poison.

[garygOP]

I just noticed- I crossed 7 million meters this past week.
Slow but steady.... slow but steady..... repeat.....

[D6K9Cop]

Going for a little more diversity and reintroducing myself to other activities that i love. Dusted off the bike and did a nice 20 mile ride today. Felt good to excersize outside.

[damselfly]

I just noticed- I crossed 7 million meters this past week.
Slow but steady.... slow but steady..... repeat.....

Congratulations! Awesome accomplishment! Hope those knees rehab soon.

I've been off the rower a while now. Rotator cuff tendinitis in both shoulders, which I've had since last October, but was mis-diagnosed as arthritis. In PT now and it's feeling better, but rowing is off the table for a little while...

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! 10 of 43 members (23%) logged 147,086 total meters Saturday!

Milestones achieved:
Diane M hit 900K , Matthew R and Jack F tag-teamed 75K, and Kyle J hit 50K!!

Approaching milestones:
David W is nearing 500K (-11,458m), Gary G is approaching 200K (-16,146m), and Jamie B is sneaking up on 25K (-4,000m)

This week's frequent rowers (Sat 5/24 through Fri 5/30):
Bobbie Z, Diane M, George M, J.K. & Jim C - 6
Gary G - 5
John S & John B - 4

Posted Meters:
Diane M - 50,000 Yow!
David W - 25,087 Uber-solid!
Gary G - 15,597 Congratulations on 7MM!
Kyle J - 15,000 Inspired!
Matthew R - 10,000 Sweet!
Keir P - 10,000 Slacking!
Jack F - 7,272 Nice!
J.K. - 7,015 Can't beat the consistency!
Jamie B - 5,000 Nice!
John B - 2,115 Quickie!

[garygOP]

Shoulder tendinitis is nasty.
I have it in right shoulder, but can row. Can't dumbbell bench press.

[Quatroux]

Yay, did a 5K! I decided to try the jump from 2K to 5K, since my cardio stuff (bike, stair climber) showed good heart rate, so it was a matter of not overdoing my elbows. Did it in 19:10.4 (1:55.0/500m), feel fine. Try 7,500 Saturday night or Sunday? Let's see...

Nice work! Did you move up to 7.5k?

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on deck! 11 of 43 members (26%) logged 139,793 total meters Thursday!

Missing Wednesday?

Yup! Man overboard again!

Found a spare Flux Capacitor, went Back to the Future, and somehow plucked Wednesday from the Time Warp!
Welcome back to the boat, Marco Sauer & Yolanda Welch! A sizable 18 of 43 members (42%) logged 196,816 total meters last Wednesday!

Milestones achieved: David W impressively passed 400K, Keir P collected 200K while Gary G grabbed 150K!!
Approaching milestones: Diane M is approaching 800K (-32,805m), J.K. (-3,886m) fighting off John S (-8,900m), Mark St (-19,849m) & Jim C (-20,000m) in the race for 150K, Jack F (-9,507m) & John B (-9,574m) approaching 75K together, Cindy R nears 50K (-4,556m), as Yisroel H is anticipating 35K (-5,853m)!

Posted Meters:
Diane M – 50,000 Two days, 100K!
David W – 25,090 Hefty number!
John S – 17,572 Great supplement to running!
Keir P – 15,000 Fifth 15K this week!
Lee C – 12,843 Back to back BIG rows!

Gary G – 12,362 Huge week of rows!
Mark St – 8,000 Consistent!
Cindy R – 7,620 Grabs some time!
Bobbie Z – 7,370 Fits in her fitness!
Jack F – 7,280 Not allowing big gaps between rows!

J.K. - 7,015 Fifth day running with 7K+ rows!
Marco S - 5,016  We missed you, dude!
Yolanda W – 5,000 Hope this becomes a permanent part of your fitness!
Jim C - 5,000  Do what you need to stay injury-free!
John B – 4,419 So consistent!

George M – 3,208 Keeps on adding quality meters!
Daniel H – 2,021 Back to back!
Yisroel H – 2,000 Clawing back...

[Izzzmeister]

Now, back to the present...
All hands on deck, enjoying the weekend sun! A determined 8 of 43 members (19%) logged 128,822 total meters Sunday!

Milestones achieved: Bobbie Z bested 300K!
Approaching milestones: Keir P in reach of 250K (-10,500m), John S is working on 200K (-15,247m), Dana H is whittling away at 150K (-25,000m), Greg H is a whisker away from 100K (-447m) with Matthew R (-6,975m) close behind him!

Posted Meters:
Bobbie Z – 28,949 Two days or one?!
Diane M – 25,000 Six days, an eye-popping 275K!!!
Greg H – 21,587 Big numbers!
John S – 15,271 Strong!

Keir P – 15,000 Back to 15Ks...
Matthew R – 10,000 Back-to-back 10Ks!
J.K. - 7,015 Pounds out those meters daily!
Dana H – 6,000 Solid effort!

[Izzzmeister]

All hands on deck, packing on those meters! 14 of 43 members (33%) logged 191,925 total meters Monday! We're barely shy of 5MM!

Milestones achieved: David W drubbed 500K, Keir P clubbed 250K, Gary G gritted out 200K, Yisroel H yanked 35K & Brent C bested 15K!!
Approaching milestones: Diane M is astoundingly approaching 1 MILLION (-7,805m), John S (-1,488m) & Jim C (-25,000m) chase 200K, Lee C (-3,995m) closer to 150K than Mark St (-6,186m), George M (-11,313m) or Dana H (-17,000m), Yisroel H is chasing 50K (-8,853m) while Brent C seeks 25K (-7,275m)!

Posted Meters:
Diane M – 50,000 So the 25K was a REST day?!
David W – 24,894 Two solid hours!
Gary G – 16,625 Glad it's easy on your knees!
Jim C – 15,000 Almost back to your regular rows...
Keir P – 14,000 Three long rows, 3 days!

John S – 13,759 Over 80K this week!
Lee C – 10,227 Great meterage!
George M – 8,008 Rested & raring to go!
Dana H – 8,000 Four in 5 days!
Bobbie Z – 7,553 Nice!

J.K. - 7,006 Another!
Yisroel H – 7,000 Up to a 6K, with a 1K cool-down!
Brent C – 5,853 It's worth rowing consistently...
Mark St – 4,000 Well done!

[glenmbaker]

Sounds like a tech geek to me. What do you do for a job?

Guilty as charged. I'm a web app developer.

Translation: "I'm going to make up a profession so nobody will discover that I erg, run, travel back and forth to Central Oregon, and herd TimbukToo cats". You're not fooling me Lisa!

..glen (too many OTW meters to post, NW masters regionals in 16 days)

[damselfly]

Good luck, Glen!! We expect a stellar and highly entertaining race report, of course.

Headed back to Bend/Redmond in August. Can't wait!

[damselfly]

Welcome back to the boat, Elisa Harris, for the season!! 19 of 44 members (43%) logged 208,083 total meters Tuesday! Apologies for no commentary, but I'm outta time...

Milestones achieved:
Diane M annihilated 1M, John S blew by 200K, Lee C and Mark St accumulated 150K, Matthew R racked up 100K, and Cindy R squashed 50K!!

Approaching milestones:
Diane M is reaching for 1.1M (-50,000m), Jim C, Neil Q, and J.K. are battling for 200K (-5,000m, -10,000m, and -18,835m), George M is undertaking 150K (-4,103m), Yisroel H is paddling towards 50K (-1,853m), Brent C is stalking 25K (-2,772m), and Marco S, Elisa H, and Scott W are sneaking up on 15K (-4,962m, -5,975m, and -9,024m)

Posted Meters:
Diane M - 57,805
Jim C - 20,000
Neil Q - 20,000
Keir P - 15,000
Lee C - 10,006
Matthew R - 10,000
Elisa H - 9,025
Mark St - 8,500
Jack F - 7,284
George M - 7,210
Cindy R - 7,181
Yisroel H - 7,000
J.K. - 7,000
Gary G - 6,324
Marco S - 5,022
Brent C - 4,503
John S - 2,629
Scott W - 2,259
Noah C - 1,335

[CONLEJM]

I just noticed- I crossed 7 million meters this past week.

Just noticed this, Gary. Congratulations!

[garygOP]

All good things come to us eventually. 7 mill. just snuck up on me.
I'm just banging away on the erg these days.
I try to do about 90 minutes of cardio on the days I don't lift.
Recently I have been Erging for 60, walking a half mile, then sitting back down for another 30 min.ialso warm up and cool down with half mile walks. It's great having an indoor track.
I am going to start upping the erg I tempo- but I have to always watch how much back I put into my stroke.
And as much as my meniscus can take it, I try to include some form of elliptical low impact work. ARC Trainer seems to be the lowest impact for me.
I have just about given up on the AMT. I go too long, and pay for it the next day.