Crash-b Challenge

[[old] ancho]

<!--quoteo(post=56728:date=Feb 22 2006, 01:15 PM:name=Citroen)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Citroen @ Feb 22 2006, 01:15 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--quoteo(post=56672:date=Feb 21 2006, 09:10 PM:name=Jbro)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Jbro @ Feb 21 2006, 09:10 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>I'll join, though I just started rowing 3 days ago! Sounds like fun!<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />What time are you trying to make?<br /><br />Since you're a new rower I'll assume you're rowing with the damper on 10. Drop the damper lever to somewhere between 5 and 3 (df between 135 and 115) and you'll enjoy your first 2K much better. It'll be more "fun".<br /><br />That's assuming that anyone can enjoy an all-out 2K.<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />UJust was wondering what you were trying to say until I read your last sentence!

[[old] mpukita]

Now up to 16 ... tell your friends ...<br /><br /> <br /> <br /><br /><!--quoteo(post=56737:date=Feb 22 2006, 08:45 AM:name=mpukita)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(mpukita @ Feb 22 2006, 08:45 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>We're up to 15 entrants thus far ... anyone else who wishes to join can just send me a PM or an e-mail. See my signature ...<br /> </td></tr></table><br />

[[old] Snajo]

make it 17.<br /><br />Jason Ferry "Snajo" 24/m 6'0" 182lbs Hill AFB, UT<br /><br />The rowers at my gym must be wacky... most of them have drag factors that top in the low 100's at highest settings... I found one that hits about 135 at highest setting. Our cardio equipment is in a pressurized 'bubble' building at an elevation around 4200ft. I doubt that has any noticable effect.<br /><br />As for my 2000 meters, I'm not feeling all that frisky. This will be my first try too.

[[old] mpukita]

<!--quoteo(post=56815:date=Feb 22 2006, 06:24 PM:name=Snajo)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Snajo @ Feb 22 2006, 06:24 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>make it 17.<br /><br />Jason Ferry "Snajo" 24/m 6'0" 182lbs Hill AFB, UT<br /><br />The rowers at my gym must be wacky... most of them have drag factors that top in the low 100's at highest settings... I found one that hits about 135 at highest setting. Our cardio equipment is in a pressurized 'bubble' building at an elevation around 4200ft. I doubt that has any noticable effect.<br /><br />As for my 2000 meters, I'm not feeling all that frisky. This will be my first try too.<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Snajo:<br /><br />I've got ya ... welcome ... get some of your buds there at Hill to join you ... even if they're not rowers ... anyone can hang on for 7 to 9 minutes!<br /><br /> <br /><br />-- Mark<br /><br />PS - Where did "Snajo" come from? Just curious ...

[[old] Snajo]

<!--quoteo(post=56830:date=Feb 22 2006, 06:57 PM:name=mpukita)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(mpukita @ Feb 22 2006, 06:57 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>PS - Where did "Snajo" come from? Just curious ...<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />short - mixed up jason.<br /><br />long - my family had all our names in magnet letters on the fridge and as a 13 year old I felt a little screwed up. So, I changed mine. It's short and so far always been available as a user name. If I could just find a sexy Sonja that had the same idea... well, anyway.<br /><br />mpukita sounds dirty. haha... j/k. what is it?<br /><br />oh, I put myself on the Taff team... i assume that's cool. i don't seem like such a loner now. anyway, I have a reasonable goal of 10k/day average until the weather better suits me for mountain biking.<br /><br />EDIT= 10k seems a bit much... gonna work on 50k/week, since I don't make it to the gym every day.<br /><br />-later

[[old] ancho]

<!--quoteo(post=56844:date=Feb 23 2006, 05:35 AM:name=Snajo)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Snajo @ Feb 23 2006, 05:35 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><br />short - mixed up jason.<br /><br />...<br /> If I could just find a sexy Sonja that had the same idea... well, anyway.<br /><br />mpukita sounds dirty. haha... j/k. what is it?<br /><br />...<br />-later<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />hi snajo, welcome!<br />Your story is sort of similiar to my nick (also twisted some letters). Also wouldn't mind finding a sexy Sonja, Anja or whatever <br /><br />Have fun on saturday (if you can...)

[[old] mpukita]

<!--quoteo(post=56844:date=Feb 22 2006, 11:35 PM:name=Snajo)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Snajo @ Feb 22 2006, 11:35 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>mpukita sounds dirty. haha... j/k. what is it?<br /> </td></tr></table><br />It's actually from Mark Pukita ... my name ... 100% Russian, likely "made up" from the cyrillic spelling at Ellis Island when my Dad's father entered the US as an immigrant at around the turn of the century (1900). <br /><br />Believe me, I took some serious s**t when I was a kid for my last name ... still do from my friends who have just not grown up (which is most of them).<br /><br /> <br />

[[old] mpukita]

Now, we're up to 19 ... with a few novice rowers joining recently, which says that anyone can join and take part in the fun ... no need to be fast, or a long-time rower/erger!<br /><br />Regards ... Mark ...

[[old] mimitap]

<!--quoteo(post=56959:date=Feb 24 2006, 08:14 AM:name=mpukita)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(mpukita @ Feb 24 2006, 08:14 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Now, we're up to 19 ... with a few novice rowers joining recently, which says that anyone can join and take part in the fun ... no need to be fast, or a long-time rower/erger!<br /><br />Regards ... Mark ...<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />What is the definition of novice?<br /><br />Marie

[[old] c2jonw]

<!--quoteo(post=56815:date=Feb 22 2006, 11:24 PM:name=Snajo)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Snajo @ Feb 22 2006, 11:24 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>make it 17.<br /><br />Jason Ferry "Snajo" 24/m 6'0" 182lbs Hill AFB, UT<br /><br />The rowers at my gym must be wacky... most of them have drag factors that top in the low 100's at highest settings... I found one that hits about 135 at highest setting. Our cardio equipment is in a pressurized 'bubble' building at an elevation around 4200ft. I doubt that has any noticable effect.<br /><br /> </td></tr></table><br />Jason: Tell the gym manager that the flywheel housings on the rowers need to be cleaned. Dirt and lint get trapped inside and eventually reduces the drag factor. Simple procedure of removing the flywheel cover and vacuuming out. Instructions for the Model C: <a href="http://www.concept2.com/05/rower/servic ... _clean.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.concept2.com/05/rower/servic ... pdf</a><br />and on page 26 of the Model D manual: <a href="http://www.concept2.com/05/rower/servic ... om0106.pdf..." target="_blank">http://www.concept2.com/05/rower/servic ... ..</a>.<br /><br />JonW<br />

[[old] mpukita]

<!--quoteo(post=56965:date=Feb 24 2006, 08:42 AM:name=mimitap)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(mimitap @ Feb 24 2006, 08:42 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--quoteo(post=56959:date=Feb 24 2006, 08:14 AM:name=mpukita)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(mpukita @ Feb 24 2006, 08:14 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Now, we're up to 19 ... with a few novice rowers joining recently, which says that anyone can join and take part in the fun ... no need to be fast, or a long-time rower/erger!<br /><br />Regards ... Mark ...<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />What is the definition of novice?<br /><br />Marie<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Marie:<br /><br />I wasn't using "novice" here as one might at a regatta/ergatta ... I just had a number of people recently join us who just started rowing/erging over the past few weeks. There is no classification at the CRASH-Bs for novices, from what I can tell, and we're using their breakdown.<br /><br />Sorry for the confusion.<br /><br />Regards -- Mark

[[old] mimitap]

<!--quoteo(post=56993:date=Feb 24 2006, 02:43 PM:name=mpukita)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(mpukita @ Feb 24 2006, 02:43 PM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--quoteo(post=56965:date=Feb 24 2006, 08:42 AM:name=mimitap)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(mimitap @ Feb 24 2006, 08:42 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--quoteo(post=56959:date=Feb 24 2006, 08:14 AM:name=mpukita)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(mpukita @ Feb 24 2006, 08:14 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Now, we're up to 19 ... with a few novice rowers joining recently, which says that anyone can join and take part in the fun ... no need to be fast, or a long-time rower/erger!<br /><br />Regards ... Mark ...<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />What is the definition of novice?<br /><br />Marie<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Marie:<br /><br />I wasn't using "novice" here as one might at a regatta/ergatta ... I just had a number of people recently join us who just started rowing/erging over the past few weeks. There is no classification at the CRASH-Bs for novices, from what I can tell, and we're using their breakdown.<br /><br />Sorry for the confusion.<br /><br />Regards -- Mark<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Thanks Mark. These days I am easily confused. <br /><br />Marie<br /><br /><br />

[[old] Snajo]

<!--quoteo(post=56966:date=Feb 24 2006, 06:56 AM:name=c2jonw)--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(c2jonw @ Feb 24 2006, 06:56 AM) </b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Jason: Tell the gym manager that the flywheel housings on the rowers need to be cleaned. Dirt and lint get trapped inside and eventually reduces the drag factor. Simple procedure of removing the flywheel cover and vacuuming out. Instructions for the Model C: <a href="http://www.concept2.com/05/rower/servic ... _clean.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.concept2.com/05/rower/servic ... pdf</a><br />and on page 26 of the Model D manual: <a href="http://www.concept2.com/05/rower/servic ... om0106.pdf.." target="_blank">http://www.concept2.com/05/rower/servic ... .</a>..<br /><br />JonW<br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />That's good advice. I'll ask one of the desk people, although given it's a military club I'll probably have 16 forms to fill out.<br /><br />I ussually use a certain one... I assume it's the newest (or least used). It also doesn't face any of the tv's. Coincidence?

[[old] gw1]

I'll do one for the Fat Boyz RC! It'll have to be late, we have a 10 and under baseball tournament over the weekend!<br />40HW division!<br /><br />FB1

[[old] Polaco]

OK online race this morning with Hennie and Jeff (Ancho has had tech problems)<br /><br />6:36.5 (two seconds above my PB )<br /><br /><br />Good luck to everybody