TimbukTOO Team Room

[johnb]

Welcome all new team members! I am going to stick with my 150K prediction, wish I could do more but I am doing a 300 Kettlebell swings a day challenge overlapping with the first half of the FTC. Go Team, and yes I probably am crazy.

[Poprow]

Welcome to Jeff H!
Team TimbukTOO now has 55 members.

With the influx of new members and a team that loves to row or is just downright determined to do it - Team TimbukTOO has passed 13 million meters!
Cheers all around to us!

14 posting meters on Tuesday
Jeff H 75,178
Marcel D 42,194
Matt H 17,537
Bob 17,000
Keir P 15,702
Jim C 14,000
Gary G 12,437
Jack F 10,074
Ray W 10,043
Capn Izz 9,569
Bobbie Z 8,381
John B 5,017
Scott W 1,998
Kelly M 1,859

240,989 Team meters
13,217,037 Total Team meters this season

Bob passed 700k
Bobbie Z passed 750k - I'm sorry that I missed this yesterday
Cap'n Izzy passed 250k
Marcel D passed 350k
Scott W passed 25k

updated meter markers ahead
Bob 45,794 m to 750,000
Bobbie Z 41,619 m to 800,000
Capn Izz 48,163 m to 300,000
Gary G 10,971 m to 100,000
Jack F 8,061 m to 350,000
Jeff H 24,822 m to 100,000
Jim C 18,000 m to 650,000
John B 10,000 m to 400,000
Keir P 1,638 m to 600,000
Kelly M 1,425 m to 25,000
Marcel D 11,261 m to 400,000
Matt H 23,578 m to 200,000
Ray W 2,416 m to 700,000
Scott W 23,421 m to 50,000

Go, Team, go!

Happy Wednesday! The weekend will be in view soon (Labor Day weekend for us here in the US).
-Angela P

[Poprow]

I forgot - John B - 300 Kettlebell swings a day does sound like a crazy challenge.
Good luck to you with that!

[jahester72]

Thanks for the warm welcome! I'm looking forward to the challenge.

[Poprow]

Congratulations to the Hummingbird! Heather R has passed 2 million meters this season!!

9 helped row us over the hump on Wednesday
Heather R 50,000
Neil Q 40,000
JD S 17,571
Jim C 15,000
Ray W 11,183
Bobbie Z 8,116
Daniel H 6,000
Angela P 5,461
John B 3,238

156,569 Team meters
13,373,606 Total Team meters this season

Daniel H passed 75k
Heather R passed 2M
JD passed 200k
Neil Q reached 750k
Ray W passed 700k

updated targets ahead
Angela P 34,100 m to 600,000
Bobbie Z 33,503 m to 800,000
Daniel H 22,028 m to 100,000
Heather R 35,000 m to 2,050,000
JD S 36,199 m to 250,000
Jim C 3,000 m to 650,000
John B 6,762 m to 400,000
Neil Q 50,000 m to 800,000
Ray W 41,233 m to 750,000

Happy Thursday!
-Angela P

[Poprow]

TGIF!

11 ergers brought us through Thursday
Elisa H 12,025
Capn Izz 10,730
Ray W 10,119
Jack F 10,072
Jim C 10,000
Neil Q 10,000
Bobbie Z 8,431
Jeff H 6,206
Bob 6,000
Greg H 5,890
George  M 5,604

95,077 Team meters
13,468,683 Total Team meters this season

Elisa H passed 150k
Jack F passed 350k
Jim C passed 650k

Updated meter targets
Bob 39,794 m to 750,000
Bobbie Z 25,072 m to 800,000
Capn Izz 37,433 m to 300,000
Elisa H 40,535 m to 200,000
George  M 10,297 m to 550,000
Greg H 16,700 m to 200,000
Jack F 47,989 m to 400,000
Jeff H 18,616 m to 100,000
Jim C 43,000 m to 700,000
Neil Q 40,000 m to 800,000
Ray W 31,114 m to 750,000

Have a wonderful weekend!
-Angela P

[Hummingbird]

Congratulations to the Hummingbird! Heather R has passed 2 million meters this season!!
-Angela P

Thanks for the cheers! Yes, I'm rowing well this season, thanks to all the grand bike tours: the Giro d'Italia in May; Tour de France in July; and now la Vuelta in Spain. For some reason, I row much better (stronger and faster) while watching the bike races. I love it when they go up really steep mountains; I can just about keep pace with them . With the bike races over, I'll find incentives in the September team challenge; then the Christmas challenge (have to keep adding to my pin collection) and then the next team challenge in January. Hopefully, I'll be able to keep up the momentum: my weight has definitely come down. I've lost ~27 pounds in the last 15 months with only another 10 or so to go to fit my true self-image and clothes.

Additionally, I ranked one of my better 5 k rows, only to find I was in less than the 50th percentile for my age group; then went flat out and got a better result that put me in the 60-65 percentile -- at which point I said enough. I can only row so fast if I want to get 20 - 25 k done per session.

And all this rowing has definitely improved my cardio--like we need proof? Joking aside, I rowed my fastest EVER 5 k lap and my heart rate at the end was 132 bpm. Back in 2004 and 2005, I was hitting 160 routinely. So, I'm pretty happy with these results.

Welcome to all our new members. Make sure to add to the posts to help revitalize our team pages: some people are quite clever and have posted humourous pictures from the web (not always rowing related either ). Sadly, I'm not one of the clever ones.

All the best,
Heather

[CONLEJM]

Congratulations Heather Hummingbird! It is great to hear of your excellent progress. Keep up the great rowing!

This is how I feel sometimes:

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[Poprow]

Happy Saturday!

10 were rowing on Friday - my row was cancelled due to dead batteries (sigh...)
Heather R 25,000
Bob 16,000
Keir P 15,676
Bobbie Z 13,738
Ray W 11,493
Neil Q 10,000
Jim C 9,000
Adam M 6,400
JD 5,000
Destin H 4,690

116,997 Team meters
13,585,680 Total Team meters this season

Keir P passed 600k

updated targets ahead
Adam M 13,334 m to 75,000
Bob 23,794 m to 750,000
Bobbie Z 11,334 m to 800,000
Destin H 1,811 m to 25,000
Heather R 10,000 m to 2,050,000
JD 31,199 m to 250,000
Jim C 34,000 m to 700,000
Keir P 35,962 m to 650,000
Neil Q 30,000 m to 800,000
Ray W 19,621 m to 750,000


Here are the # of days for the week Sat 8/29 - Fri 9/4

28 ergers posting meters - 50.9%
Is that the largest # posting meters this season?
Bobbie Z - 7!

Adam M 2
Alan D 1
Angela P 2
Bob 4
Bobbie Z 7
Capn Izz 3
Daniel H 2
Destin H 2
Elisa H 1
Gary G 1
George  M 3
Greg H 1
Heather R 4
Jack F 3
JD S 3
Jeff H 2
Jim C 6
John B 3
John S 1
Keir P 2
Kelly M 2
Lee C 1
Marcel D 1
Matt H 2
Neil Q 3
Ray W 6
Scott W 1

Go TimbukTOO!

I have collected 4 goals for the FTC - feel free to sent in a goal, or not - no pressure!

Hope you are having a beautiful weekend!
-Angela P

[johnb]

Hi team,

Been struggling to get my meters in lately, with the cross training I do it's a real challenge. Right now I am doing a 30 day 300 Kettle-Bell swings a day challenge that runs through September 30th. I am committed to my 150K FTC goal too and realize the two will overlap for a couple weeks. That's gonna be fun! Go team! Congrats Heather! That's incredible. When I grow up, I hope I can be half that good!

[Poprow]

Good morning from the US Eastern timezone!

We had 7 out for a row on Saturday
Heather R 20,000
JD 18,029
Angela P 10,203
Jack F 10,079
Bob 10,000
George  M 6,000
John B 3,434

77,745 Team meters
13,663,425 Total Team meters this season

Heather R passed 2.05M

Angela P 23,897 m to 600,000
Bob 13,794 m to 750,000
George  M 4,297 m to 550,000
Heather R 40,000 m to 2,100,000
Jack F 37,910 m to 400,000
JD 13,170 m to 250,000
John B 3,328 m to 400,000

Hope you are have a really nice day!
-Angela P

[Poprow]

Happy Monday!
It's easy to be happy on a Monday when you have the day off.

8 ergers were at work on Sunday
Bobbie Z 22,398
Gary G 13,392
Ray W 7,734
John B 6,501
Bob 6,000
George  M 5,231
Daniel H 2,000
Susan K 500

63,756 Team meters
13,727,181 Total Team meters this season - 14MM, we will pass you soon!

Bobbie Z passed 800k
Gary G passed 100k
George M passed 550k
John B passed 400k

updated meter goals ahead
Bob 7,794 m to 750,000
Bobbie Z 38,936 m to 850,000
Daniel H 20,028 m to 100,000
Gary G 47,579 m to 150,000
George  M 49,066 m to 600,000
John B 46,827 m to 450,000
Ray W 11,887 m to 750,000
Susan K 19,464 m to 25,000

I checked the Dog Days of Summer Honor Board and Neil Q also completed the challenge. Cheers to you!

If anyone is interested in setting a # of days of rowing FTC instead of/in addition to a meters goal, please let me know.

John B - you need more kettle ball! (yes, that was a bad joke)

I have a question for all of you - how do you post a photo to your forum profile?
Thanks for your help.
-Angela P

[CONLEJM]

I have a question for all of you - how do you post a photo to your forum profile?
Thanks for your help.
-Angela P

Hi Angela, if you look up at the top left corner of this page, you will see the "User Control Panel" link. Click that, and on the User Control Panel you should see a "Profile" tab. Select that, and you should then see how to upload a picture. If I remember correctly, it needs to be a pretty small picture.

I hope this helps!

[Poprow]

Happy Tuesday!

There were 7 laboring on US Labor Day
Bob 17,794
Jim C 12,000
Ray W 11,230
Bobbie Z 11,012
George  M 10,000
John B 6,640
Joshua B 6,180

74,856 Team meters
13,802,037 Total Team meters this season

Bob passed 750k

Here are the updated targets:
Bob 17,794 40,000 m to 800,000
Bobbie Z 11,012 27,924 m to 850,000
George  M 10,000 39,066 m to 600,000
Jim C 12,000 22,000 m to 700,000
John B 6,640 40,187 m to 450,000
Joshua B 6,180 22,290 m to 200,000
Ray W 11,230 657 m to 750,000

Have a great day! Go row!
-Angela P

[Bobbie_Zee]

Congratulations, Heather!

Put me down for 275K for the FTC!