TimbukTOO Team Room

[Poprow]

Congratulations to Everett B and Bobbie Z for reaching 1MM!
Well done!!

Team TimbukTOO has passed 11MM!! and 12MM!! and 13MM!! and 14MM!! and 15MM!! and 16MM!!

So, you guys have been busy...
TimbukTOO is 17th of 1742 teams!

Team TimbukTOO welcomes David R and Dan S and welcomes back Warren F, Bob, Jim C, Joseph M, Scott W, Elisa H!
More people on the boat, more fun!!
Our team count is now at 49.

Thank you so much to John (our Army Padre) for keeping us together, sending cheer and tracking Team TimbukTWO in the Fall Team Challenge.


Here is a very long TimbukTOO update:

8/30-9/1
Neil Q 50,000
Everett B 29,998
Steve I 29,932
Karen O 26,000
Winston T 25,331
Bobbie Z 21,000
Ken C 18,739
George  M 18,212
Bel C 12,651
Josh O 11,021
Jack F 9,908
Capn Izzy 9,118
Bill M 8,567
John B 8,206
Tom W 6,781
Kevin M 6,483
John S 4,521
Stephen M 3,556
Angela P 3,173
Barbara B 2,417
Ray W 1,920

9/2-9/8
Winston T 124,533
Karen O 59,171
Steve I 49,383
Everett B 45,332
Army Padre 42,006
Bel C 33,641
George  M 33,229
Kevin M 32,958
Ken C 29,881
Josh O 25,062
Capn Izzy 19,749
Jack F 17,568
JD 14,377
John S 12,729
Bobbie Z 12,000
John B 11,634
Neil Q 10,000
Bill M 9,073
Tom W 6,911
Bob 6,000
Angela P 5,518
Kristin C 5,034
Jamie B 4,979
Joey W 4,042
Barbara B 3,688
Adam M 3,000
Warren F 2,500
Kevin K 2,000

9/9-9/15
Jim C 611,000
David R 590,000
Winston T 87,607
Steve I 79,184
Everett B 60,542
Army Padre 50,767
Karen O 32,000
Bill M 31,003
Josh O 30,000
Ken C 28,707
Mark S 24,112
George  M 21,513
Dan S 20,000
Jack F 17,005
Tom W 13,844
John S 12,522
Bel C 10,769
Neil Q 10,000
Bob 9,647
John B 8,884
Bobbie Z 7,500
Bob A 5,000
Barbara B 2,357
Joey W 2,019

9/16-9/22
Winston T 111,324
Army Padre 71,556
Stephen M 65,201
Joseph M 60,329
Steve I 52,831
Everett B 52,584
Jim C 50,500
Karen O 50,451
George  M 44,530
Ken C 43,982
Bill M 42,543
Mark S 39,981
Kevin M 32,656
Bobbie Z 30,500
Tom W 28,705
David R 25,000
Kristin C 24,100
Josh O 23,921
Dan S 20,000
Bob 20,000
John B 19,797
John S 12,570
Bel C 12,213
Capn Izzy 9,071
Victoria W 9,000
Joey W 5,117

9/23-9/29
Winston T 97,142
Joseph M 79,994
Steve I 59,476
Jim C 53,500
Bobbie Z 51,000
Neil Q 50,000
Army Padre 47,642
Karen O 46,000
Bill M 42,869
Kevin M 41,805
David R 38,000
George  M 37,728
Bob 36,000
Mark S 34,192
Stephen M 28,115
Everett B 21,913
Victoria W 21,000
Pam S 18,884
Josh O 18,000
Jack F 13,943
John S 12,623
Tom W 8,041
Capn Izzy 7,075
John B 5,271
JD 5,000
Adam M 2,500
Joey W 2,034
Ray W 1,740

9/30-10/6
Joseph M 95,620
Winston T 95,248
Steve I 71,871
Army Padre 60,210
Karen O 53,036
Jim C 50,000
Bobbie Z 48,500
Bob 46,000
Bill M 45,690
Kevin M 45,064
Ken C 33,452
George  M 32,699
Neil Q 30,000
Stephen M 27,832
Josh O 27,000
Mark S 25,086
Dan S 25,000
David R 20,000
Everett B 18,832
Jack F 17,572
Kristin C 13,248
John B 11,917
John S 10,538
Bob A 10,000
Capn Izzy 9,433
Tom W 7,246
Scott W 6,000
Victoria W 5,000
Riyad E 5,000
Joey W 4,085
Jamie B 3,000

10/7-10/13
Winston T 87,315
Bob 72,000
Steve I 69,765
Bill M 53,856
Bobbie Z 53,500
Jim C 51,000
George  M 47,727
Karen O 47,000
Joseph M 46,486
Everett B 43,943
Ken C 42,653
Neil Q 40,000
Stephen M 37,015
Kevin M 30,227
David R 27,000
Mark S 26,631
Josh O 22,000
Dan S 22,000
Tom W 19,021
John S 13,764
Army Padre 10,000
Jack F 7,096
JD 6,657
Scott W 6,000
Jamie B 5,000
Elisa H 2,200

307,534 team meters 8/30-9/1
625,998 team meters 9/2-9/8
1,765,982 team meters 9/9-9/15
958,462 team meters 9/16-9/22
881,487 team meters 9/23-9/29
954,179 team meters 9/30-10/6
889,856 team meters 10/7-10/13
11,146,260 total team meters this season

Meters This Season
Winston T 1,673,491
Everett B 1,153,585
Bobbie Z 1,051,000
Steve I 902,283
Jim C 816,000
George  M 738,354
Neil Q 730,000
David R 700,000
Karen O 652,383
Mark S 611,802
Bel C 570,291
Army Padre 560,236
Kevin M 557,750
Ken C 534,201
Josh O 484,845
Stephen M 454,303
John B 412,890
Bill M 369,141
Angela P 321,128
Capn Izzy 307,265
Jack F 300,926
Joseph M 282,429
JD 230,279
Heather R 193,800
Bob 189,647
John S 187,848
Gabi H 147,014
Matthew R 141,564
Kristin C 134,878
Ray W 134,078
Fred J 128,758
Tom W 124,186
Riyad E 124,000
Barbara B 103,335
Victoria W 93,050
Dan S 87,000
Kevin K 83,640
Marcel D 80,695
Bob A 70,000
Joey W 69,765
Pam S 57,897
Jamie B 41,417
Adam M 36,500
Vince M 28,158
Scott W 12,000
Robert R 11,316
Rachel B 3,018
Warren F 2,500
Elisa H 2,200

Targets passed
Barbara B passed 100k
Bel C passed 550k
Bill M passed 150k,200k,250k,300k,350k
Bobbie Z passed 850k,900k,950k,1.00M,1.05M
Dan S passed 5k,10k,25k,50k,75k
David R passed 5k,10k,25k,50k,75k,100k,150k,200k,250k,300k,350k,400k,450k,500k,550k,600k,650k, reached 700k
Everett B passed 900k,950k,1.00M,1.05M,1.10M,1.15M
George  M passed 550k,600k,650k,700k
Jack F passed 250k,300k
Jim C passed 200k,250k,300k,350k,400k,450k,500k,550k,600k,650k,700k,750k,800k
John B passed 350k,400k
Army Padre passed 300k,350k,400k,450k,500k,550k
John S passed 150k
Joseph M passed 5k,10k,25k,50k,75k,100k,150k,200k,250k
Josh O passed 350k,400k,450k
Karen O passed 350k,400k,450k,500k,550k,600k,650k
Ken C passed 350k,400k,450k,500k
Kevin M passed 400k,450k,500k,550k
Kristin C passed 100k
Mark S passed 500k,550k,600k
Neil Q passed 550k,600k,650k,700k
Pam S passed 50k
Bob passed 5k,10k,25k,50k,75k,100k,150k
Scott W passed 5k,10k
Stephen M passed 300k,350k,400k,450k
Steve I passed 500k,550k,600k,650k,700k,750k,800k,850k,900k
Tom W passed 50k,75k,100k
Victoria W passed 75k
Winston T passed 1.05M,1.10M,1.15M,1.20M,1.25M,1.30M,1.35M,1.40M,1.45M,1.50M,1.55M,1.60M,1.65M
Capn Izzy passed 300k

Meters to next target
Rachel B 1,982 m to 5,000
Warren F 2,500 m to 5,000
Elisa H 2,800 m to 5,000
Gabi H 2,986 m to 150,000
Bob A 5,000 m to 75,000
Joey W 5,235 m to 75,000
Heather R 6,200 m to 200,000
Victoria W 6,950 m to 100,000
Matthew R 8,436 m to 150,000
Jamie B 8,583 m to 50,000
Bob 10,353 m to 200,000
George  M 11,646 m to 750,000
John S 12,152 m to 200,000
Dan S 13,000 m to 100,000
Scott W 13,000 m to 25,000
Adam M 13,500 m to 50,000
Robert R 13,684 m to 25,000
Kristin C 15,122 m to 150,000
Josh O 15,155 m to 500,000
Ken C 15,799 m to 550,000
Ray W 15,922 m to 150,000
Kevin K 16,360 m to 100,000
Pam S 17,103 m to 75,000
Joseph M 17,571 m to 300,000
Marcel D 19,305 m to 100,000
JD 19,721 m to 250,000
Neil Q 20,000 m to 750,000
Fred J 21,242 m to 150,000
Vince M 21,842 m to 50,000
Tom W 25,814 m to 150,000
Riyad E 26,000 m to 150,000
Winston T 26,509 m to 1,700,000
Angela P 28,872 m to 350,000
Bel C 29,709 m to 600,000
Bill M 30,859 m to 400,000
Jim C 34,000 m to 850,000
John B 37,110 m to 450,000
Mark S 38,198 m to 650,000
Army Padre 39,764 m to 600,000
Kevin M 42,250 m to 600,000
Capn Izzy 42,735 m to 350,000
Stephen M 45,697 m to 500,000
Everett B 46,415 m to 1,200,000
Barbara B 46,665 m to 150,000
Karen O 47,617 m to 700,000
Steve I 47,717 m to 950,000
Bobbie Z 49,000 m to 1,100,000
Jack F 49,074 m to 350,000
David R 50,000 m to 750,000

I think I'll post monthly meters and # of days later.

You posted over 6MM since my last post.
Stunning!

Keep it going!
-Angela P

I'm sorry that I disappeared for so long.
While we did have a Cat 2 hurricane here, my home had no damage and we kept our power.
After that blew by, I was up in NJ for a few weeks - my father was in the hospital and then rehab and then in the hospital and then rehab, I'm hoping that he gets out in the next week or so.

I had a good month of rowing in August, I'll start again in October.
You can always start again...

[CONLEJM]

It's great to hear from you again, Angela!

[army padre]

I echo the sentiments expressed by the honorable gentleman from New Hampshire. We have been in desperate need of adult supervision for a long time. A certain senior citizen from Cibolo, TX had kidnapped the narrative for far too long. We will wait another day or so for the final FTC results to settle in, and I will offer a final report. I have one more running day on Tuesday but should get back on the erg for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

[hangtree]

Thanks Angela. Good to see you back.

[army padre]

As promised, here is one last look at the Fall Team Challenge Top 20 Timbuk Twoers:
Winston T. 422,221
Steve I. 276, 326
Dan P. 233,592
Karen O 220,487
Jim C. 216,000
An Old Chaplain 211,495
Bill M. 201,545
Bobbie Z. 200,000
Robert E. 200,000
George M. 174,592
Kevin M. 164,096
Everett B. 150,938
Stephen M. 138,612
Mark S. 136,350
Ken C. 133,363
Fred M. 127,941
John M. 124,407
David R. 117,000
Mark A. 115,000
Josh O. 106,421

Overall we finished in 21st place, but in 4th place when compared to teams of a similar size. Great job by everyone, and I will officially sign off and yield the rest of my time to Poprow!

[CONLEJM]

Well, we are halfway through the 2018 season! I always check in on my annual goal about this time of year.

I finally got up to 5K meters per day this season, and at a minimum I would like to stay there or higher. For the past six years I've averaged 8K per day, but I just can't sustain that level of effort any more. I plan on starting some weight training next week, plus I take days off here and there to log and split firewood in the winter months. So I believe 5K meters per day is sustainable while accomplishing everything else.

Best wishes to all.

[Poprow]

Congratulations to Steve I for passing 1 Million Meters!
Great work!

Team TimbukTOO has passed 17 and 18MM!!
That's a whole lot of meters and a tremendous effort! Go TimbukTOO!

Welcome back to our TimbukTOO teammates, Randy F and Glenn Y.
Glad to have you back onboard.
Our team count is now at 50.
One teammate has jumped ship - good luck! We'll always root for you!

TimbukTOO is in 18th place of 1805 teams!
Go, go, go!

Here are our teammates on the 2017 Skeleton Crew Honor Board (Oh yeah!):
Bel C
Bill M
Bob
Bobbie Z
Everett B
George  M
Jamie B
Jim C
Karen O
Ken C
Kevin M
Neil Q
Randy F
Stephen M



Team TimbukTOO weekly meters 10/14-11/3

10/14-10/20
Winston T 71,426
Bobbie Z 63,000
Steve I 60,989
Bob 52,000
Neil Q 50,000
Jim C 49,000
Karen O 48,000
Randy F 45,000
Bill M 41,174
George  M 39,130
David R 37,000
Army Padre 34,547
Kevin M 33,836
Ken C 28,331
Stephen M 28,031
Everett B 27,578
Mark S 25,504
Joseph M 21,578
Dan S 21,000
John S 20,976
Josh O 17,000
Tom W 16,741
Glenn Y 16,013
Angela P 14,143
Jack F 10,409
JD 8,922
Capn Izzy 6,639
Riyad E 5,000
Joey W 2,063
Barbara B 1,167

10/21-10/27
Kevin M 55,244
Bill M 48,524
Bobbie Z 48,000
Jim C 45,000
Karen O 44,000
Bob 36,000
George  M 35,455
Mark S 30,935
Everett B 30,617
Randy F 30,000
Ken C 26,696
Dan S 26,500
David R 25,000
Josh O 23,826
Army Padre 20,000
Bel C 16,680
Capn Izzy 15,656
Adam M 11,500
Tom W 11,143
Jack F 10,207
Jamie B 7,000
Ray W 5,191
Joey W 2,019

10/28-11/3
Neil Q 90,000
Randy F 60,000
Karen O 58,000
Jim C 50,000
Bobbie Z 48,000
Jamie B 42,000
Everett B 40,864
Bill M 40,840
George  M 39,336
Winston T 33,255
David R 33,000
Stephen M 31,532
Marcel D 31,097
Dan S 25,800
Tom W 25,000
Bob 22,000
Bel C 21,188
John S 19,670
Ken C 18,582
Kevin M 16,416
Josh O 15,000
Mark S 14,947
JD 11,361
Jack F 10,320
John B 10,282
Ray W 5,371
Bob A 5,000
Adam M 4,500
Joey W 4,077
Barbara B 3,267
Riyad E 2,000

896,197 team meters 10/14-10/20
605,193 team meters 10/21-10/27
832,705 team meters 10/28-11/3
18,073,669 total team meters this season (I had a typo last time -sorry!)


Targets passed
Adam M passed 50k
Bel C passed 600k
Bill M passed 400k,450k
Bob A passed 75k
Bobbie Z passed 1.1M,1.15M,1.2M
Dan S passed 100k,150k
David R passed 750k
Everett B passed 1.2M,1.25M
George  M passed 750k,800k,850k
Glenn Y passed 5k,10k
Jamie B passed 50k,75k
JD passed 250k
Jim C passed 850k,900k,950k
Joey W passed 75k
Army Padre passed 600k
John S passed 200k
Joseph M passed 300k
Josh O passed 500k
Karen O passed 700k,750k,800k
Ken C passed 550k,600k
Kevin M passed 600k,650k
Marcel D passed 100k
Mark S passed 650k
Neil Q passed 750k,800k,850k
Randy F passed 5k,10k,25k,50k,75k,100k
Bob passed 200k,250k
Stephen M passed 500k
Tom W passed 150k
Winston T passed 1.7M,1.75M


Meters to next target
Bill M 321 m to 500,000
Bob 353 m to 300,000
Rachel B 1,982 m to 5,000
Warren F 2,500 m to 5,000
Elisa H 2,800 m to 5,000
Gabi H 2,986 m to 150,000
David R 5,000 m to 800,000
Ray W 5,360 m to 150,000
Heather R 6,200 m to 200,000
Victoria W 6,950 m to 100,000
Matthew R 8,436 m to 150,000
Glenn Y 8,987 m to 25,000
Josh O 9,329 m to 550,000
Jamie B 9,583 m to 100,000
Scott W 13,000 m to 25,000
Robert R 13,684 m to 25,000
Angela P 14,729 m to 350,000
Randy F 15,000 m to 150,000
Kristin C 15,122 m to 150,000
Kevin K 16,360 m to 100,000
Mark S 16,812 m to 700,000
Pam S 17,103 m to 75,000
Jack F 18,138 m to 350,000
Riyad E 19,000 m to 150,000
Capn Izzy 20,440 m to 350,000
Fred J 21,242 m to 150,000
John S 21,506 m to 250,000
Winston T 21,828 m to 1,800,000
Vince M 21,842 m to 50,000
Joey W 22,076 m to 100,000
Adam M 22,500 m to 75,000
Tom W 22,930 m to 200,000
Bob A 25,000 m to 100,000
John B 26,828 m to 450,000
Neil Q 30,000 m to 900,000
Army Padre 35,217 m to 650,000
Stephen M 36,134 m to 550,000
Kevin M 36,754 m to 700,000
Marcel D 38,208 m to 150,000
Dan S 39,700 m to 200,000
Bobbie Z 40,000 m to 1,250,000
Jim C 40,000 m to 1,000,000
Bel C 41,841 m to 650,000
Ken C 42,190 m to 650,000
Barbara B 42,231 m to 150,000
Joseph M 45,993 m to 350,000
Everett B 47,356 m to 1,300,000
Karen O 47,617 m to 850,000
George  M 47,725 m to 900,000
JD 49,438 m to 300,000


Meters This Season
Winston T 1,778,172
Everett B 1,252,644
Bobbie Z 1,210,000
Jim C 960,000
Neil Q 870,000
George  M 852,275
Karen O 802,383
David R 795,000
Mark S 683,188
Kevin M 663,246
Army Padre 614,783
Bel C 608,159
Ken C 607,810
Josh O 540,671
Stephen M 513,866
Bill M 499,679
John B 423,172
Angela P 335,271
Jack F 331,862
Capn Izzy 329,560
Joseph M 304,007
Bob 299,647
JD 250,562
John S 228,494
Heather R 193,800
Tom W 177,070
Dan S 160,300
Gabi H 147,014
Ray W 144,640
Matthew R 141,564
Randy F 135,000
Kristin C 134,878
Riyad E 131,000
Fred J 128,758
Marcel D 111,792
Barbara B 107,769
Victoria W 93,050
Jamie B 90,417
Kevin K 83,640
Joey W 77,924
Bob A 75,000
Pam S 57,897
Adam M 52,500
Vince M 28,158
Glenn Y 16,013
Scott W 12,000
Robert R 11,316
Rachel B 3,018
Warren F 2,500
Elisa H 2,200

Great way to look at the season, Jim C. I don't think I'll break 1MM at this rate...Hope you are well!

SkiErgers - good luck with your sprints next week!

The Holiday Challenge begins 11/23!
I better get in ready for that - I want another pin!!

Go Team TimbukTOO!
Row strong!
-Angela P

[army padre]

Great update, Angela! We are so happy to have you back and rowing with us. Thanks to Jim for announcing that we are at the halfway mark of the season--I always seem to lose track of the calendar. On the 7th I celebrated my 56th birthday. During this past year I have made a dramatic shift away from running to the erg. I don't think I can ever retire from running, but I think my new "norm" is 4-5 days per week on the erg and 2 days running (to provide a ministry of presence for my Soldiers). In October I scored a 284 out of 300 points on the Army Physical Fitness Test, which consists of a 2-mile run and max push-ups and sit-ups in two minutes a piece. The erg has definitely made a significant improvement in my push-ups and sit-ups and enabled me to score 40 points higher than the test I took six months ago. Like Jim I have settled on a primary distance, which for me is 10K rows. I have some Army travel in the near future that will interrupt my erg training, but I am still aiming to break the one million meter mark by the end of the season. Happy rowing to all!

[CONLEJM]

Padre, congratulations on your Fitness Test performance! I know it does not get any easier as we get older.

For me, a moment to brag. I also just turned another year older, but I have lost 20 pounds since last year at this time. Furthermore, my total cholesterol dropped 10 points, LDL is below 100, HDL above 70, and my fasting blood glucose level dropped by 5 points and remains well below 100. I weigh less than I did in college, am about what I weighed in high school, and my BMI is firmly entrenched in the low 24s - "healthy". My resting heart rate has dropped from 53 in July to 46 in November.

All of this through rowing and ski-Erging. And adhering to a "plant-based whole-food" diet. In many ways I am in the best shape of my life but some days I sure don't feel it. Some days I can barely walk and can hardly remember my own name!

I tend to erg about 50K meters per week, but I've missed a lot of weeks this year. I hopefully will land somewhere between 1.8M and 2.0M by season's end.

[army padre]

Jim, that's not bragging; that's inspirational! All of us should feel encouraged to share our successes and setbacks. What a great year you have earned for yourself! And you are "preaching" a very important truth: diet is more than half the battle--especially as we hit the "nifty fifties." Congratulations and thank you for sharing your journey with all of us.

[BoB/335]

Just caught up my online logbook for the past year so that might mess up some tally's here. Getting myself geared up for the Holiday Challenge. It's been a while so I need to make sure that I am signed up. Going to check around the site some more. Hope to be around a bit more often than once a year! lol

[BoB/335]

The Holiday Challenge is NOT a Team Challenge?

[CONLEJM]

Bob, the next Team Challenge is the Virtual Team Challenge starting in January.

[army padre]

Good morning from San Antonio, Texas! The Holiday Challenge starts on the 23rd of November. You can pick a charity from the list and aim to get a minimum of 100K for the month. Concept 2 makes a contribution to the charity you have chosen, and if you reach 200K, they make a larger contribution. I have a nagging hip injury from running two weeks ago, so I just started rowing again last week. I can comfortably do 30 minutes (which for me is about 6200-6400 meters). I will leave in a week for about a week to a place where I won't have access to a rower. I still hope to get to 100K in my temporarily "downsized" rowing capacity.

[BoB/335]

Pretty quiet around here. Not even a welcome back! Going to check out another Team. Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!