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[old] Prufrock · Post by **[old] Prufrock** » September 8th, 2005, 4:16 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(dadams @ Sep 8 2005, 09:09 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Welcome back Bernie. We can really use your meters!!! <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />Good to be back in the seat. Another 5k tonight. A little faster than the earlier one but not nearly back at training pace yet. I don't feel too bad considering I've not been rowing for a while. Tomorrow's possible stiffness may give lie to that last statement though. I feel as though I should be ok as long as I don't overdo it.<br /><br />Toying with the idea of doing 6k tomorrow morning, but will probably stick at 5ks till the weekend.<br /><br />I'll sleep well tonight.<br /><br />regards all<br />Bernard

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » September 8th, 2005, 4:44 pm

Great to see you back in the seat. Look forward to seeing you move up the team standings ladder!<br /><br />You'll be doing 10Ks before you know it and then the odd HM I'm sure! You're right not to push it though. Restraint now will pay dividends in the long term.

[old] seat5 · Post by **[old] seat5** » September 8th, 2005, 7:47 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(dadams @ Sep 8 2005, 02:07 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(seat5 @ Sep 8 2005, 12:13 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Absolutely! I think it's sick that we have 40 members and are behind Oarsome and they only have 26....I'm ready to pull my weight in the boat again! For all you that have been doing the job while some of us have been out smelling the roses, good job--let's pull together again and get some momentum. I miss that old Taff team spirit!<br /><br />Carla <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Well 39 really. My foster son is a member, but hasn't really been rackin' up those meters. Of course he is only 3 1/2. <br /><br />FYI - Currently ranked #2 in the world in the 4 minute distance with all the other three year olds. He says he wants to start beating some of the four year olds. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Never too young to start setting goals! Have you gotten him a Taff all in one suit? <br /><br />This week I've rowed 2 pokey 30 mins and 1 pokey 10K. Today I am so lucky, I can get my row in before dinner, so will do another easy 10K and actually get to bed before 1:30 in the morning!<br /><br />I have a goal for next summer. I want to bike Mt. Washington. Not in the race, I just want to bike up it without stopping.<br />

[old] bmoore · Post by **[old] bmoore** » September 8th, 2005, 9:29 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(dadams @ Sep 8 2005, 10:07 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(seat5 @ Sep 8 2005, 12:13 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Absolutely! I think it's sick that we have 40 members and are behind Oarsome and they only have 26....I'm ready to pull my weight in the boat again! For all you that have been doing the job while some of us have been out smelling the roses, good job--let's pull together again and get some momentum. I miss that old Taff team spirit!<br /><br />Carla <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Well 39 really. My foster son is a member, but hasn't really been rackin' up those meters. Of course he is only 3 1/2. <br /><br />FYI - Currently ranked #2 in the world in the 4 minute distance with all the other three year olds. He says he wants to start beating some of the four year olds. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Not to start a competition with our kids, but... <br /><br />I think your son is the top male 3 year old. My daughter Taylor turns 4 this month, so your boy will have the 3 year olds to himself.<br /><br />My 2 year old hasn't had the patience for 4 minutes just yet. I think they both just like to watch the rower on Rowpro go back and forth. Taylor designed her own pink boat and likes the girl's pony tail.

[old] Prufrock · Post by **[old] Prufrock** » September 9th, 2005, 5:15 am

Hi all<br /><br /><br />I slept a little too well last night. I missed my 6.00am call, but trust me, I don't feel one pang of guilt that I did. There is nothing like a good night's kip. Hopefully it won't be too long before I adjust physically and neurophysiclly and I just have my usual seven hours in the land of nod.<br /><br />I felt a little tired this morning but not stiff, which was a pleasant surprise. Rowed 6k this morning. It's amazing how much you lose after a layoff. In my warmup I will usually do some drills, like just arms, half slide and then full pelt for 10 pulls. <br /><br />Usually on the full pelts I see 1'22" for at least one pull. I was hoping for about 1'18-1'19" about now. The fact is I saw only one sub 1'30". Oh hum. It's getting tough already not to pick up the pace, but that's just my natural competitiveness trying to get me into trouble.<br /><br />Hopefully, I'll start to see 1'22" again by the end of next week.<br /><br />Later<br />Bernard<br /><br /><br /><br />

[old] dadams · Post by **[old] dadams** » September 9th, 2005, 9:10 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(bmoore @ Sep 8 2005, 08:29 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Not to start a competition with our kids, but... <br /><br />I think your son is the top male 3 year old. My daughter Taylor turns 4 this month, so your boy will have the 3 year olds to himself.<br /><br />My 2 year old hasn't had the patience for 4 minutes just yet. I think they both just like to watch the rower on Rowpro go back and forth. Taylor designed her own pink boat and likes the girl's pony tail. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />He doesn't really have the patience for it either. I need to sit there with him the entire four minutes telling him to keep rowing. Or should I say keep pumping your arms. His legs are to short to come into the equation.

[old] bmoore · Post by **[old] bmoore** » September 9th, 2005, 10:18 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(dadams @ Sep 9 2005, 09:10 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(bmoore @ Sep 8 2005, 08:29 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Not to start a competition with our kids, but... <br /><br />I think your son is the top male 3 year old. My daughter Taylor turns 4 this month, so your boy will have the 3 year olds to himself.<br /><br />My 2 year old hasn't had the patience for 4 minutes just yet. I think they both just like to watch the rower on Rowpro go back and forth. Taylor designed her own pink boat and likes the girl's pony tail. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />He doesn't really have the patience for it either. I need to sit there with him the entire four minutes telling him to keep rowing. Or should I say keep pumping your arms. His legs are to short to come into the equation. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />It's pretty funny to watch. Taylor's so serious when she watches the computer screen. They both just like being in the home gym with me. Their favorite is the stability ball. They "helped" put the Bowflex together. Then they like to vacuum with just the hose from the mini-shopvac.<br /><br />Hey, my wife grew up in Phoenix and she won a national volleyball championship with Scottsdale CC. Did you grow up there?<br /><br />Other than my time in the Army, I lived in California all my life until we moved to Boston last year. Although I'll miss the weather and my beloved Lakers, it will be good for the kids to be raised here.

[old] dadams · Post by **[old] dadams** » September 9th, 2005, 11:10 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(bmoore @ Sep 9 2005, 09:18 AM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'>Hey, my wife grew up in Phoenix and she won a national volleyball championship with Scottsdale CC. Did you grow up there?<br /><br />Other than my time in the Army, I lived in California all my life until we moved to Boston last year. Although I'll miss the weather and my beloved Lakers, it will be good for the kids to be raised here. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />I did not grow up in Phoenix. Here for the job. More importantly however, this is where I met my wife. So Phoenix has been pretty good to me. I could do without the bl**dy hot weather though.<br /><br />I grew up in So-Cal. (Glendale). Haven't followed the Lakers since the days of Magic. Do love the 49ers though.

[old] chippy · Post by **[old] chippy** » September 9th, 2005, 4:38 pm

Bernard<br /><br />Welcome back to the pain zone Going to get a bit mixed up with 3 BERNIES in<br />the team. <br /><br />Martin<br />Not much noise from down under <br /><br />Speedy<br />That sneaky thieving Pirate come rat in a hat seems to have gone away. <br /><br /><br />Chippy

[old] dadams · Post by **[old] dadams** » September 9th, 2005, 4:52 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(chippy @ Sep 9 2005, 03:38 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><br />Speedy<br />That sneaky thieving Pirate come rat in a hat seems to have gone away. <br /><br /><br />Chippy <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Lete's bl**dy hope so!!!

[old] Prufrock · Post by **[old] Prufrock** » September 9th, 2005, 5:25 pm

Rowed 7k tonight. Everything seems to be on course. I don't feel exhausted either. Still I'll resist the temptation to up the pace for the next couple of weeks. Just get used to hard work again. <br /><br />According to my machine I have rowed 23916 metres these two days, which I guess isn't so good. but I aim to be doing 10k in the morning and 10k in the evening on from Monday and a half marathon next Saturday. Then I should be ready for my 2x1hour daily rows.<br /><br />So that means 8k twice tomorrow and 9k twice on Sunday. Steady does it.<br /><br />good night all<br />Bernard

[old] dadams · Post by **[old] dadams** » September 9th, 2005, 5:28 pm

You're doing great Bernie. Especially after such a long lay off. Keep it up mate.<br /><br />Speedy

[old] AussieTaff · Post by **[old] AussieTaff** » September 9th, 2005, 8:16 pm

Hi Chippy and Taffs,<br /><br />Yes, been a bit quiet on the Oz front lately, nothing much happening except for ticking along at the gym with the 'squad', logging up my Ks to try to keep Byron in sight! In a bit of a lull after all the PB attempts and finding it hard to raise the enthusiasm for the 500m, 1K and 2Kers. how about doing that 6:50 at Enfield Chippy to fire me up <br /><br />Great to see you back Bernie and getting stuck into it and ready to resume the friendly rivalry on the metres board with Niall. He's on a strict training schedule to break 7 mins for 2K by ??? so there's an opportunity to catch him up with some long rows. Don't feel too disheartened by a lack of 1:22 pulls, I haven't seen a sub 1:30 yet in 2 years of erging <br /><br />Nice to have Carla fired up now the long hot summer is drawing to a close, how far is a Mt Washington bike ride by the way? Just need to energise Godfried/Jasmine/Mike Z and the big K regulars will all be back in harness.<br /><br />Q. Which of the D's willl be the first to 1 Million - Debra or Daren <br /><br />A. ???<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Martin <br /><br />

[old] Prufrock · Post by **[old] Prufrock** » September 10th, 2005, 7:20 am

Hi all<br /><br /><br />I went to bed at 11pm last night and woke up at 9.30am. There could have been a nuclear explosion during the night and I would have slept through it. I rowed 8084 metres this morning - this makes a round 32000 metres on my new rowmobile. I finished just in time to watch the continued annihilation of the Aussies at the Oval[cricket]. Sorry Martin, I had to mention the fact that the ashes are coming home!!<br /><br />I hope to be going under 7 minutes before BIRC. Much will depend on where this first month of distance work takes me. Hopefully, injury and illness apart, my base fitness should be up to allowing me to do the real power endurance stuff. We'll see.<br /><br />My max pull improved to 1'25" this morning but then I was really pulling in anger during the warmup. Still it shows that I haven't lost as much as I thought.<br /><br />Speedy, I have to give you the most respect because I don't see how you can row so many metres day in day out with absolutely no side effects.<br /><br />Must watch the cricket<br />Bernard<br /><br />

[old] Prufrock · Post by **[old] Prufrock** » September 11th, 2005, 1:27 pm

Hi<br /><br /><br />How do I go about getting/buying Taff shirts, all in ones etc?<br /><br />I rowed a total of 32k on Saturday and Sunday. I start the 10ks for a week tomorrow morning. My sleep patterns seem to be returning to normal.<br /><br />This is the quietest I've ever known this thread. I could swear I can hear my postings echo.<br /><br /><br />regards<br />Bernard

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