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[old] dadams · Post by **[old] dadams** » August 3rd, 2005, 9:26 am

Hi all, Been kinda quite out here lately. Everyone still around? Anyone noticed that the W.I.S.E. club is making some serious moves? They're now only 1M meters behind us, and threatening to take our #6 spot. Anyone else besides me against that happening??? Speedy

[old] seat5 · Post by **[old] seat5** » August 3rd, 2005, 9:51 am

Hiya Speedy, I'm agin it! My meters are low, but since I wasn't rowing at all the last few months, they'll be a help, and should be increasing as the weeks go on.

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » August 3rd, 2005, 10:22 am

Got to admit my focus had been on taking our 5th place sot back and took my eye of who was chasing us. There's no way WISE are going to take our 6th place! Man the oars guys, "RAMMING SPEED!!!"

[old] simon crawley · Post by **[old] simon crawley** » August 5th, 2005, 8:03 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(Niall @ Aug 3 2005, 10:22 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Got to admit my focus had been on taking our 5th place sot back and took my eye of who was chasing us. There's no way WISE are going to take our 6th place! Man the oars guys, "RAMMING SPEED!!!" </td></tr></table> hi guys, how do you get to view the board to see if we are close to having our 5th spot, i'm hoping to do HM when the NZvSA game is on tomorrow simon

[old] dadams · Post by **[old] dadams** » August 5th, 2005, 9:08 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(simon crawley @ Aug 5 2005, 07:03 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(Niall @ Aug 3 2005, 10:22 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Got to admit my focus had been on taking our 5th place sot back and took my eye of who was chasing us. There's no way WISE are going to take our 6th place! Man the oars guys, "RAMMING SPEED!!!" </td></tr></table> hi guys, how do you get to view the board to see if we are close to having our 5th spot, i'm hoping to do HM when the NZvSA game is on tomorrow simon </td></tr></table> On your personal log page there is a 'tab' for University/Club Standings. Click on that. Speedy

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » August 5th, 2005, 9:26 am

I think the focus needs to be more on retaining our 6th place right now as Team Oarsome are quite away ahead of us but WISE are closing us down. We need to get the metres done and logged. Simon, Once you've done your HM, take 5-10mins rest then do a VERY SLOW 5-10mins cooldown (and when I say slow, I mean 2:30-3:00 pace). This will reduce the impact on your muscles AND will add some extra metres into the pot.

[old] porky · Post by **[old] porky** » August 5th, 2005, 4:08 pm

Hello everyone been out of the game for about 9 days, been in the land of King Arthur,(Cornwall) if anyone wants to take a trip back in time try it but not, Newquay on a party night. Cornwall is the top place to relax, all of you Taffs around the world try it, then come home again to Wales. I know its not that easy but i think the summer is having an effect on the meters, maybe as the days bacome shorter we will all do more meters as Chippy said he has been on his bike (so have i). You wont want to bike in the dark, so I am sure shortly the meters will go up. Lets get a grip Taffs and build up through the winter. PORKY

[old] AussieTaff · Post by **[old] AussieTaff** » August 5th, 2005, 9:12 pm

Hi Porky, Your post did indeed take me back in time - bringing back pleasant memories of annual holidays spent by family in the 60's at Widemouth Bay (near Bude). Happy carefree days indeed, though with only one way into the West Country by road in that era we had to leave Reading (Berkshire) at 2 am to have any chance of arriving in Cornwall that day !! Still have memories of 20 mile queues, with Dad trying every narrow lane 'detour' only to end up back in the queue Enjoy the summer days, Martin PS 6K this weekend Chris or will you be sunbaking instead ??

[old] porky · Post by **[old] porky** » August 6th, 2005, 7:24 am

Martin, Thanks for your reply as follows, Your post did indeed take me back in time - bringing back pleasant memories of annual holidays spent by family in the 60's at Widemouth Bay (near Bude). Happy carefree days indeed, though with only one way into the West Country by road in that era we had to leave Reading (Berkshire) at 2 am to have any chance of arriving in Cornwall that day !! Still have memories of 20 mile queues, with Dad trying every narrow lane 'detour' only to end up back in the queue Enjoy the summer days, Martin, Glad it gave you some nice memories, traffic still the same even with the A30 being mostly dual carriageway now except for a couple of one laners here and there that seem to bring the world to stop. It is about a three hour run if you do really well, but it took us for hours and we went on the friday and came back yesterday not to be caught in the traffic. Funny you mentioned Bude, just spoke to a chap at the kennels this morning, he was dropping his dogs off and going down that way this afternoon. Funny thing about Cornwall is it can take you 12hrs to get there on a Saturday but when you get there everybody dissapears (magic). ta ra Porky

[old] wilko51 · Post by **[old] wilko51** » August 6th, 2005, 7:54 am

Afternoon everyone.... Just got back from Cornwall myself this week. It is a great place to visit but I still prefer West Wales. Didn't do much rowing despite finding the hotel had a rather creaky C2. I think I upset the locals in the gym whilst doing 500M sprints....the poor old rower was a bit noisey and drowned out the TV to the disgust of the ladies on recumbent bikes I'll be getting back into some serious meters this week - looking for a PB week at one distance. Mike

[old] Lynsey · Post by **[old] Lynsey** » August 6th, 2005, 9:56 am

Hello again. I've lost all my enthusiasm for going on the rower! I've had back problems and for the last five weeks or so have been seeing an osteopath but even though she's happy for me to continue I'm afraid I've lost my motivation. Anyone any ideas for conjuring up some?

[old] chippy · Post by **[old] chippy** » August 6th, 2005, 2:47 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(Lynsey @ Aug 6 2005, 08:56 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Hello again. I've lost all my enthusiasm for going on the rower! I've had back problems and for the last five weeks or so have been seeing an osteopath but even though she's happy for me to continue I'm afraid I've lost my motivation. Anyone any ideas for conjuring up some? </td></tr></table> Lynsey Best way to keep motivated is to enter a race,A few of us have entered one next month at Enfield and then its the run into the B.I.R.C. Another trick i use is to stand up striaght with my back against a wall ,look down to my feet and if i cannot see them cos my belly is in the way i head of the the rower. Chippy

[old] AussieTaff · Post by **[old] AussieTaff** » August 7th, 2005, 1:03 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'>QUOTE(Lynsey @ Aug 6 2005, 08:56 AM)</div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Hello again. I've lost all my enthusiasm for going on the rower! I've had back problems and for the last five weeks or so have been seeing an osteopath but even though she's happy for me to continue I'm afraid I've lost my motivation. Anyone any ideas for conjuring up some? </td></tr></table> Hi Lynsey, Sorry to hear you are suffering from back problems, I wondered what had happened to you as you were right up there with us on the metres ladder earlier on. For inspiration I use those close to me on the metres ladder to keep plugging away when I don't really feel like it - maybe you can use Chris and Chippy's dad to spur you along. For real inspiration though you can't do better than our Carla, who has suffered from chronic back pain for years and still is able to mix it with the best in her age group. If it's ok on your back to row, hope you find the urge to do so soon. All the best, Martin

[old] AussieTaff · Post by **[old] AussieTaff** » August 7th, 2005, 1:06 am

Chris, 6K done. Now for 5K next week all going well then the 2K showdown with Chippy Cheers, Martin

[old] wilko51 · Post by **[old] wilko51** » August 7th, 2005, 1:56 pm

Dwayne, congrats on taking back #1 total K's today.....how many K's did you do to get it back? Mike

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