TimbukTOO Team Room

[damselfly]

Mark, thanks for the info. I shall have to investigate some cleaning sometime...

From my understanding though, these machines really do last a loooooong time. I think it is hard for them to wear out.

[damselfly]

Welcome back returning members Walter Washington and Gary Dean! Glad to have you back in the boat! With our returnees' numbers (over 1MM), 20 of 64 members (31%) logged 1,275,641 total meters Saturday!

Milestones achieved:
Heather R ran over 900K, Doug G navigated past 600K, Ulla D summited 50K!!

Approaching milestones:
Keir P and Walter W are drawing a bead on 1.1M (-16,947m and -24,909m), Randy F is dashing towards 900K (-28,903m), Katerina M is eyeing 700K (-17,998m), Jim K and Diana K are heading for 450K (and that's a lotta Ks!) (-18,870m and -19,022m), Jamie B is making strides to reach 150K (-3,866m), and Gary D is venturing to reach 15K (-10,000m)

This week's frequent rowers (Sat 8/9 through Fri 8/15):
Bobbie Z, Bobbie K, Jim K, Jay K. & Randy F - 7
Diane M & Jerry H - 6
Diana K, Doug G, J.K., John B, John Sc., Keir P, Michelle S & Ulla D - 5
Andy I, Gary G, Jamie B, Mark St & Neil Q - 4

Posted Meters:
Walter W - 1,075,091 Welcome back!
Heather R - 29,500 Next stop: 1MM!
Jerry H - 20,000 Dynomite!
Gary G - 18,750 That's a whopper!
Jay K. - 15,000 Feeling frisky!
Doug G - 13,649 Two-fer thirteens!
Katerina M - 13,000 Solid!
Ulla D - 10,975 Big!!
Michelle S - 10,000 Daily dose of the erg!
Randy F - 10,000 10k-mania!
Mark St - 9,826 Dust bunnies be damned!
Jim K - 9,025 Let the kid win today...
Tammy G - 7,500 Super!
Keir P - 6,140 Serenity now!!
Diana K - 5,500 Sweet!
Gary D - 5,000 Welcome back!! Been a long time!
Jamie B - 5,000 5k keeps the doctor at bay!
Lisa H - 4,254 Whoa! Actual meters from the first mate!!!!!
Bobbie K - 3,900 Nice!
John B - 3,531 Glad to be back!

[D6K9Cop]

So to recap, I was having difficulty with my resistance readings. As einal test I put the doer on 10 and rowed. Could not obtain a reading over 140 and was about go tear the machine down and clean it. Now I moved the machine from one room to another recently and one side of the housing was approx. 1 ft from the wall. Before tearing the machine down I moved it more towards the center of the room and the reading went up to approx. 170. So I moved it then more and my reading crept over 200, the target zone. So apparently machine placement is very important as well. I had a fantastic 8500 meter row and all felt right.

I have always done my normal maint. And cleaning. I agree Lisa and I hàve owned a lot of epuipment over the years. This is by far the best and most satisfying piece.

[damselfly]

So to recap, I was having difficulty with my resistance readings. As einal test I put the doer on 10 and rowed. Could not obtain a reading over 140 and was about go tear the machine down and clean it. Now I moved the machine from one room to another recently and one side of the housing was approx. 1 ft from the wall. Before tearing the machine down I moved it more towards the center of the room and the reading went up to approx. 170. So I moved it then more and my reading crept over 200, the target zone. So apparently machine placement is very important as well. I had a fantastic 8500 meter row and all felt right.

I have always done my normal maint. And cleaning. I agree Lisa and I hàve owned a lot of epuipment over the years. This is by far the best and most satisfying piece.

Great to hear it was your machine placement and not your machine conking out or you getting old.

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! 20 of 64 members (31%) logged 313,500 total meters Sunday!

Milestones achieved:
Diane M topped 4.4M , Keir P attained 1.1M, Yisroel H chalked up 400K, and Ron M collected 150K!!


Approaching milestones:
David W is nearing 2.1M (-13,311m), Walter W and Michelle S are adding meters to reach 1.1M (-5,909m and -41,654m), Gary G is gliding towards 1M (-40,657m), John St. and Katerina M are sneaking up on 700K (-3,195m and -9,498m), Jay K. is racing towards 700K (-33,856m), Jim K and Mark St are drawing a bead on 450K (-13,865m and -18,200m), and Bobbie K is heading for 200K (-22,189m)

Posted Meters:
David W - 64,267 Upload-fest!
Diane M - 50,000 Right on the money!
Jay K. - 21,097 HM!! Is this a weekly habit?
Walter W - 19,000 Super!
Keir P - 17,889 Too much time on his hands!
Doug G - 15,571 Smokin'!
Michelle S - 14,000 Solid!
John St. - 13,624 Nice!
Ron M - 13,121 Looking good!
Gary G - 12,525 Got the hammer down!
Yisroel H - 12,000 Nice! Back home?
Jerry H - 8,900 Dynomite!
Barbara B - 8,883 Big!!
Katerina M - 8,500 Super!
Mark St - 8,500 Ahhh, much better!
Tammy G - 6,500 Great!
Ulla D - 6,215 Three-fer!
Jim K - 5,005 Sweet!
John B - 4,903 Back to streaking!
Bobbie K - 3,000 Daily meters!!

[johnb]

Hey team, I am taking advantage of the dog days challenge to measure my ability on the C2 at different distances. Tonight I did my own version of a time trial for 500 meters, my time was far from earth shattering @ 1:46.8 ; but it was a PR for me by at least 5 seconds. Over the course of the next several of months I plan to establish my record times for 1K, 2K, 5K, 6K, 10K, 30 minutes, and 60 minutes. I was really pleased with my results tonight. My program tonight was to do an easy 10 minute warm up row, rest briefly and then do the 500 meter sprint. After that I did some lower body weight training and ab/core work. I finished up with an easy 4K row to chip away at the Dog Days challenge.

[Cyclingman1]

I plan to establish my record times for 1K, 2K, 5K, 6K, 10K, 30 minutes, and 60 minutes.

Planning is definitely required. 500m, while difficult, is close to an all out effort. You don't have to think about it much. Can't do that at any of the other distances. You have to somewhat know what you are capable of to set the right pace. I would suggest using past times and then assess current fitness and go from there in determining a pace. If you go too fast you will die. If you go too slow, then you sell yourself short.

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! A tried and true 21 of 64 members (33%) logged 220,224 total meters Monday!

Milestones achieved:
Brent C dominated 75K, and Daniel H blazed past 15K!!

Approaching milestones:
Michelle S is gaining on 1.1M (-29,654m), Gary G and Jerry H are battling for 1M (-28,001m and -48,100m), Randy F and Jim C are moving towards 900K (-8,903m and -16,000m), Katerina M and Jay K are dashing towards 700K (-3,498m and -27,756m), Neil Q is intent on reaching 600K (-50,000m), Jim K, Diana K, and John B are conspiring to reach on 450K (-7,565m, -14,022m, and -18,439m), Andy I is chasing 400K (-9,950m), Bobbie K is stalking 200K (-20,589m), Brent C is speeding towards 100K (-8,824m), and Daniel H is bearing down on 25K (-8,937m)

Posted Meters:
Bobbie Z - 25,714 Whoa! Multi-day?
Randy F - 20,000 Bingo!
Brent C - 19,217 Welcome back!
Keir P - 16,271 Nice, dude!
Andy I - 16,094 Sa-weet!
Jim C - 16,000 Yow!
Gary G - 12,656 Four biggies in a row!
Matthew R - 12,138 Excellent!
Jerry H - 12,000 Great!
Michelle S - 12,000 The streak continues!
Neil Q - 10,000 Right on target!
John B - 6,776 Testing his limits!
Jim K - 6,300 Back on top!
Jay K. - 6,100 No rest after his HM!
Katerina M - 6,000 Nice!
John Sc. - 5,000 Johnny Five is ALIVE! **
Diana K - 5,000 Looking good!
Barbara B - 4,733 Two-fer!
Tammy G - 4,600 Nicely done!
Daniel H - 2,025 Welcome back!
Bobbie K - 1,600 Keep 'em coming!



** Vague cultural cinematic reference. I haven't had my coffee yet.

[johnb]

Planning is definitely required. 500m, while difficult, is close to an all out effort. You don't have to think about it much. Can't do that at any of the other distances. You have to somewhat know what you are capable of to set the right pace. I would suggest using past times and then assess current fitness and go from there in determining a pace. If you go too fast you will die. If you go too slow, then you sell yourself short.

Nice to get feedback from you. I am definitely going to plan ahead and even with the all out sprint, I think I left a couple seconds on the table at 500 meters. I am regularly doing interval training these days and want to measure the effect on my performance over distances I have ranked in the past. I am hoping to be able to maintain a time of 1:50/500M in the 1000 meter row and I'd like to come in under 1:55/500M for the 2K distance. I will post my progress or lack there of as I tackle these goals.

[damselfly]

Hey team, I am taking advantage of the dog days challenge to measure my ability on the C2 at different distances. Tonight I did my own version of a time trial for 500 meters, my time was far from earth shattering @ 1:46.8 ; but it was a PR for me by at least 5 seconds. Over the course of the next several of months I plan to establish my record times for 1K, 2K, 5K, 6K, 10K, 30 minutes, and 60 minutes. I was really pleased with my results tonight. My program tonight was to do an easy 10 minute warm up row, rest briefly and then do the 500 meter sprint. After that I did some lower body weight training and ab/core work. I finished up with an easy 4K row to chip away at the Dog Days challenge.

Hey, John, looks like you're not the only one with this goal in mind, but this dude wants to do it all in one day....

We're rooting for Paul Buchanan (IRL) to break 9 records in one day on August 23rd!

On the 23rd August 2014 I ( Paul Buchanan ) will attempt to row and break 9 of the 40-49H Irish Indoor Rowing records on the Concept2 Rowing machine. The current records can be found here http://bit.ly/1pT2Za3 or see cover photo. They are the 500m, 1,000m, 5,000m, 6,000m, 30min, 10,000m, 60min, half marathon (21,097m) and full marathon (42,195m) in total this will add to 111,155m and take just under 7 hours of actual rowing time.

More on Paul's quest and fund-raising efforts...

https://www.justgiving.com/Paul-Buchanan2/
https://www.facebook.com/events/334755840022852/

[Cyclingman1]

Interesting that Paul is skipping 2K. I doubt very seriously that he can do it. Some of the current records are quite good.

[damselfly]

Interesting that Paul is skipping 2K. I doubt very seriously that he can do it. Some of the current records are quite good.

Well, he's fundraising, so it's really the action and effort that counts, isn't it? I threw him a few Hamiltons, and wish him the best!

[johnb]

More power to him! I love the Irish too, and it is a noble cause. I am no where near as ambitious, I only want to set my own P. R. and I hadn't committed to the HM and FM yet. What the heck, I am all in, by the end of this season I will establish a new P.R. in the HM and get my first FM in the books. You never fail to inspire Lisa.

[damselfly]

More power to him! I love the Irish too, and it is a noble cause. I am no where near as ambitious, I only want to set my own P. R. and I hadn't committed to the HM and FM yet. What the heck, I am all in, by the end of this season I will establish a new P.R. in the HM and get my first FM in the books. You never fail to inspire Lisa.

Don't you doubt for a minute that you inspire us your own bad-ass self, John!!

[damselfly]

All hands on deck! 22 of 64 bad-ass-in-their-own-right members (34%) logged a whopping 361,334 total meters Tuesday!

Milestones achieved:
Diane M drubbed 4.5M, Walter W galloped past 1.1M, Randy F and Jim C tag-teamed 900K, Katerina M shot past 700K, Jim K soared over 450K, and Jamie B reached 150K!!

Approaching milestones:
Diane M is closing on 4.6M (-25,000m), Michelle S and Bobbie Z are pursuing 1.1M (-18,154m and -41,318m), Jay K. is nearing 700K (-21,256m), Neil Q is close to 600K (-40,000m), los tres amigos Diana K, Mark St, and John B are on the road to 450K (-5,522m, -9,700m, y -11,399m), Lee C is making a run for 400K (-22,897m), Matthew R is going all out to reach 300K (-24,404m), Bobbie K is heading for 200K (-18,989m), and Daniel H is drawing a bead on 25K (-6,937m)

Posted Meters:
Diane M - 175,000 Whoa! The usual daily 50k and then some!!!
Heather R - 20,000 Outstanding!
Keir P - 16,231 One tough dude!
Jim C - 16,000 Solid!
Doug G - 13,012 Great!
Walter W - 12,000 Can't beat that!
Michelle S - 11,500 Unflappable!
Neil Q - 10,000 Right on the money!
Randy F - 10,000 Daily 10k!
Bobbie Z - 9,912 Indefatigable!
Diana K - 8,500 Super!
Mark St - 8,500 Strong!
Jim K - 8,239 Yow!
John B - 7,040 Rowing for the (pot o') gold!
Jay K. - 6,500 Solid!
Jamie B - 5,840 Strong as a brick!
Matthew R - 5,548 Two-fer!
Katerina M - 5,500 Killer!
Lee C - 5,007 Feeling stronger!
Barbara B - 3,405 Three-fer!
Daniel H - 2,000 Two-fer!
Bobbie K - 1,600 Tireless!