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[jsarche]

for the first time ever I managed to get my 5k as the first ctc entry courtesy of the favourable time zone - beat Casey Clarke to it - he tries to make a habit of it. Just a steady training piece but we are on the board @2:04.8

Great start to the month - cheers!

[meerkats]

CTC all time Top 100 (to Aug 2020)

Macroth - 17th Flyer to reach the Tonne, great work


1 174 Nigel Farmer
2 171 Chris Whale
3 167 Will Haskel
4 159 Hjs
5 145 Dan Farmer
6 143 Rick Bayko
7 133 Steve Ockerby
8 126 Arno Calonius
9 122 Georgina Price
10 109 Frank Noorlander
11 109 David Moores
12 106 Taru Calonius
13 106 Kim Calonius
14 106 LindsayH
15 105 Todd Carpenter
16 100 Debbie Barber
17 100 Macroth
18 98 Dirk Moller
19 98 Andrew Crystal
20 97 John Ferdinando
21 96 Shirley
22 94 Martin
23 87 Wilbert De Jong
24 73 Terry
25 65 Weicher
26 65 Jack Gilmore
27 64 Roadrunner
28 64 The Ref
29 63 Raoul Wiart
30 63 Al Halberg
31 60 W Gerssen
32 59 Shane Shaw
33 59 Mark Christie
34 52 Steve G
35 52 Mikael Calonius
36 49 Tom Rawls
37 49 Kathy Schofield
38 48 Martin B
39 48 Jean Gilmore
40 47 Graham Lay
41 47 Glenn Teddy
42 47 Glen Rhook
43 47 Brad T 2
44 47 John Stock
45 46 Matt B Brown
46 46 Maryanne Maguire
47 45 Anne Bandanes
48 45 Paul Harris
49 42 Graham Woodley
50 39 Jo W
51 39 Rolf Boers
52 38 Kris Kuzniar
53 37 Stephen Clarke
54 36 Kiwi
55 35 Fred Dickie
56 33 Steve Burke
57 33 Mark M
58 32 Marke
59 31 Paul Galliford
60 31 Peter Sheean
61 30 Paul VZ
62 30 Paul Corrigan
63 30 Liz H
64 29 Carol Atwood
65 28 David Whale
66 26 Peter
67 25 John Neufelt
68 25 Pete Burne
69 25 Susan G
70 25 Odd Ivar Lindland
71 23 Jack Chidley
72 23 Chris Hester
73 22 Jenny Rowe
74 21 Ben Rea
75 21 John Holden
76 21 Bill Palmer
77 21 Chris
78 19 Grace Malicrida
79 19 Canoeist
80 18 Hendrik Jan
81 18 Paul Gould
82 18 Shawn Baker
83 18 Jacket
84 18 Martin Stoeger
85 17 Carsten Meiriing
86 16 Ashley Supinger
87 16 Damien Roohr
88 16 John Adcock
89 16 Piers
90 15 Maddie
91 15 Emmie Baker
92 15 Ivan Vukovic
93 14 Petra Schouten
94 14 Adam Balough
95 14 Dennis
96 14 Jon Hayns
97 13 Nadja Plosila
98 13 Anthony Whittaker
99 13 George NZ
100 13 Ellie Brown

[Swittenbrink]

I'm happy to see the new CTC is a 5k
Placed a new PR for the HM and I've been wondering what I can do for a 5k now. This will force me to do that TT.

What's the ranking? How many CTCs we've participated in?

[meerkats]

What's the ranking? How many CTCs we've participated in?

That is correct, so you need to 13+ to get in the top 100, so stay with us I've just kept the stats since I started and can't stop

[jackarabit]

There were Eight in the bed
And the little one said:
“Roll over, roll over!”

So they all rolled over
And one fell out.
There were Eight in the bed
And the little one said:
“80% of life is regular attendance.”

My educated guess is you could very well make the cut in less than 12 mo.

[neil262]

Hi all,

Just a quick post to introduce myself. My name is Neil, joined the team today! I'm 42 years old, just got into the rowing machine as a way to keep fit during lock down. Brought a cheap machine, which lasted 3 months before it broke! So I decided to invest in a model D. Anyway I will look forward to taking part in the team challenges and contributing a good few meters! Thanks for having me!

[jackarabit]

Hi all,

Just a quick post to introduce myself. My name is Neil, joined the team today! I'm 42 years old, just got into the rowing machine as a way to keep fit during lock down. Brought a cheap machine, which lasted 3 months before it broke! So I decided to invest in a model D. Anyway I will look forward to taking part in the team challenges and contributing a good few meters! Thanks for having me!

Kool.

[lindsayh]

Hi all,
Just a quick post to introduce myself. My name is Neil, joined the team today! I'm 42 years old, just got into the rowing machine as a way to keep fit during lock down. Brought a cheap machine, which lasted 3 months before it broke! So I decided to invest in a model D. Anyway I will look forward to taking part in the team challenges and contributing a good few meters! Thanks for having me!

Kool.

That's double Kool and welcome Neil

[lindsayh]

Ok all
It is time to visit the Indoor Rowers league for 2020.
It is another challenge opportunity but with a twist
It is a legacy competition from the old UK site that was "rescued" by a French guy named Sebastien and reinvented with a team component.
The idea is that there are 8 monthly challenges that are entered both as an individual and a team
Results are adjusted by formulae that allows for age and hwt/lwt based on proximity to WRs and as a result it actually favours older and lwts a bit llike the nonathlon so suits those who normally don't feature prominently
the team is up to 10 members and the best 8 count each month - we didn't get a team last year or in 2018 but actually won it the first year I think and erg buddy Terry has won the overall individual a couple of times as well as a 70+ lwt
We have a good chance of getting a team up this year I think with our growing membership so I have created a team called High Flyers 2020 to gauge interest. You need to sign up to IRL and nominate the team and then first entry by the end of the month. It is a good mix of challenges but does need to be done each month (at least 8 members) We could create a second team if over subscribed or not bother if not enough interest.
Need to know in the next few weeks if we are going to do it

https://indoorrowers.org/indoor-rowers-league

the challenges are:

September 4 minutes
October 1609m (One Mile)
November 6344m
December 5000m
January 1 minute
February 2000m
March 10.000m
April 500m

[neil262]

Ok all
It is time to visit the Indoor Rowers league for 2020.
It is another challenge opportunity but with a twist
It is a legacy competition from the old UK site that was "rescued" by a French guy named Sebastien and reinvented with a team component.
The idea is that there are 8 monthly challenges that are entered both as an individual and a team
Results are adjusted by formulae that allows for age and hwt/lwt based on proximity to WRs and as a result it actually favours older and lwts a bit llike the nonathlon so suits those who normally don't feature prominently
the team is up to 10 members and the best 8 count each month - we didn't get a team last year or in 2018 but actually won it the first year I think and erg buddy Terry has won the overall individual a couple of times as well as a 70+ lwt
We have a good chance of getting a team up this year I think with our growing membership so I have created a team called High Flyers 2020 to gauge interest. You need to sign up to IRL and nominate the team and then first entry by the end of the month. It is a good mix of challenges but does need to be done each month (at least 8 members) We could create a second team if over subscribed or not bother if not enough interest.
Need to know in the next few weeks if we are going to do it

https://indoorrowers.org/indoor-rowers-league

the challenges are:

September 4 minutes
October 1609m (One Mile)
November 6344m
December 5000m
January 1 minute
February 2000m
March 10.000m
April 500m

I've signed up!

[Swittenbrink]

Sounds like the Rower's League is similar to CTC. Why not?! I've signed up. Just waiting until there are enough signed up before we can start trying for a time to enter?

[neil262]

Sounds like the Rower's League is similar to CTC. Why not?! I've signed up. Just waiting until there are enough signed up before we can start trying for a time to enter?

I tried to see how to enter a time earlier, but it would not let me. I presume we have to wait till we have enough people signed up?

[kklabunde]

Quick intro, as I think I just successfully joined the Forum
Flyers! My name is Kenneth. I’ve had a Model D for a few years, and have recently started using it more consistently. Now I just need a community and some healthy competition to get past the noob stage. Really looking forward to being part of this!

[_Spike_]

I've just joined the Forum Flyers too.
Supplementing my virtual running races with some rowing challenges so I hope to have a go at the Indoor Rowers League as well as contributing to the Fall Team Challenge.

[lindsayh]

Sounds like the Rower's League is similar to CTC. Why not?! I've signed up. Just waiting until there are enough signed up before we can start trying for a time to enter?

well done
The only part of the IRL where the team is important is the 8on8 you can still do the other challenges each month for the individual challenge - six of the eight are C2 rankable pieces which gives you both a raw comparison with your group plus adjusted by formula to compare different age groups overall.
Having to do another piece every month does provide some focus for your training and puts you out of your comfort zone at times.
Just start doing it - you can enter each month as many times as you like - I think we will get the up to 10 in the team