Hello all!
Congratulations to everyone who completed
the holiday challenge.
I hope everyone had/is having a great
holiday!
Could someone please tell me the URL for the nonathlon? I have
it on my old (crashed) computer but not this new, fast one!
Thanks!
PS
We sure are creeping up on MIT! Maybe we could do a big 'New Years' push to
catch them?
| QUOTE (Dykie @ Dec 27 2004, 01:15 PM) |
A couple of PB's to post. Yesterday 10k in
39:44.5 and today rowed 12 x 2000 metres with 1 min rest completing the
last one in 07:17.1 after a slow start. 
Could have done with Chippy there for some verbal encouragement though 
Well done Graham (I had a Gander!!) Dykie |
[QUOTE]
Dykie
Would have loved to be there to encourage you on,next time you have a go at 2k
give me a call. Think it would be wise to do your best on the first set not the last
When ever i
have raced the worst part is after 1500 meters cos you think you going to
die,thats when Chris always says the same thing to me that always gets me
home."OK BOY TIME TO WIND IT UP" 
Graham/Dykie
Well done on hitting the 500 thou
Speedy
See the Pirate is throwing stones again,your so far out in front they wont hit you.
Chippy
| QUOTE (chippy @ Dec 27 2004, 10:36 PM) |
| Speedy See the Pirate is throwing stones again,your so far out in front they wont hit you.
Chippy |
Cheeky Chippy Chappy. I will catch him, Ho Yes!! and I will tell you how.
I learnt today that I am in fact reincarnated, My real name is Judas Heddwyn Jones IV, I was born in 1704 to Lord & Lady Wimbourne, 2nd cousins to the Duke of Mullbury, both who where located close to the Sussex borders in England.
An unwanted child, I was won in an oldie local Church fate raffle by some local peasants, who later filled my pockets with large rocks and told me to go for a swim in the local sea. The next thing I know it is the 21st Century and I am answering to the name of Sir Pirate.
So, getting back to chippys response, I am in fact just over 300 years old, this should give me a bit of a points boost with regards to the nonathlon. Looks like Dwayne WILL be playing catch up!!
Right, I have to go and take my medication now, as the nurse says its time for bed.
Sir Pirate
| QUOTE (Sir Pirate @ Dec 27 2004, 05:54 PM) |
| An unwanted child |
Can certainly believe that!
| QUOTE (Sir Pirate @ Dec 27 2004, 05:54 PM) | ||
Cheeky Chippy Chappy. I will catch him, Ho Yes!! and I will tell you how. I learnt today that I am in fact reincarnated, My real name is Judas Heddwyn Jones IV, I was born in 1704 to Lord & Lady Wimbourne, 2nd cousins to the Duke of Mullbury, both who where located close to the Sussex borders in England. An unwanted child, I was won in an oldie local Church fate raffle by some local peasants, who later filled my pockets with large rocks and told me to go for a swim in the local sea. The next thing I know it is the 21st Century and I am answering to the name of Sir Pirate. So, getting back to chippys response, I am in fact just over 300 years old, this should give me a bit of a points boost with regards to the nonathlon. Looks like Dwayne WILL be playing catch up!! Right, I have to go and take my medication now, as the nurse says its time for bed. Sir Pirate |
Haven't laughed that hard in a while Phil. VERY funny. Love that British humour!!
Speedy
gutted..................broke my right leg
today..........slipped n was sober....aus off gutted ...will tell all
later.............. 
| QUOTE (Debra @ Dec 28 2004, 07:14 PM) |
| Could someone please tell me the URL for the nonathlon? I have it on my old (crashed) computer but not this new, fast one! |
| QUOTE (Sir Pirate @ Dec 27 2004, 05:54 PM) | ||
Cheeky Chippy Chappy. I will catch him, Ho Yes!! and I will tell you how. I learnt today that I am in fact reincarnated, My real name is Judas Heddwyn Jones IV, I was born in 1704 to Lord & Lady Wimbourne, 2nd cousins to the Duke of Mullbury, both who where located close to the Sussex borders in England. An unwanted child, I was won in an oldie local Church fate raffle by some local peasants, who later filled my pockets with large rocks and told me to go for a swim in the local sea. The next thing I know it is the 21st Century and I am answering to the name of Sir Pirate. So, getting back to chippys response, I am in fact just over 300 years old, this should give me a bit of a points boost with regards to the nonathlon. Looks like Dwayne WILL be playing catch up!! Right, I have to go and take my medication now, as the nurse says its time for bed. Sir Pirate |
[QUOTE]
Sir Pirate
Tops ,sure your not a valley boy.
Chippy.
Very sorry to hear that Carole. I hope that it is one that heals well and quickly.
| QUOTE (CAROLE MAC @ Dec 28 2004, 02:16 PM) |
| gutted..................broke my right leg
today..........slipped n was sober....aus off gutted ...will tell all
later.............. |
That's terrible news Carole. Hope it's a straightforward break and so heals relatively quickly. I was so looking forward to reading about your impressions of Oz too. Have to cheer yourself up by reading about the magnificent Taff team achievements in 2005 and Pirate stories.
How's your one-legged erg technique (wooden-legged Pirate could help here) ?
Keep smiling
Martin
| QUOTE (CAROLE MAC @ Dec 28 2004, 02:16 PM) |
| gutted..................broke my right leg
today..........slipped n was sober....aus off gutted ...will tell all
later.............. |
NIGHTMARE!!! I'm really sorry to hear about your broken leg and genuinely hope it heals promptly for you. You can be assured of all our best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Best Wishes,
Niall
x
What awful bad luck we both wish you a 'Speedy' recovery,try to keep smiling
Carol 
Sue and Graham.
| QUOTE (CAROLE MAC @ Dec 28 2004, 02:16 PM) |
| gutted..................broke my right leg
today..........slipped n was sober....aus off gutted ...will tell all
later.............. |
Hi Carole
Sorry to hear you've broken your leg. Hopefully, it shouldn't be too long before you're back to full health as bones heal quickly in the young and fit.
Reading some of the earlier postings I guessed you were up North somewhere.
I'm glad to be going "home". I was born in Huddersfield, though I grew up in West Bromwich, hence my poor taste in football teams. I have family who still live in Yorkshire.
I'm looking forward to spending time up in the Lakes and I also have friends who live in Scotland. I hope to spend time there.
I'm sure I'll have the pleasure of meeting you at some stage.
Niall, I just read your mail. No, I'm not going to the company you mentioned. It's a company called Cattles which is a FTSE 250 company. Not quite in the same league as yours, but it suits me for what I want. Bytheway, if you think the first million was a tough battle, I hope you're ready for the next one. Battle is enjoined
.
Bernard
Hey Carole,
What's the news on your gimpy gam?
What a lousy bit of bad luck when your season was going so great. It'll be hard but keep a stiff upper lip and start planning for your recovery and come back! You're such a tough competitor you'll be back with a vengeance as soon as that cast is off, I'm sure. Probably the hardest thing will be for you to channel your energies while you're on sabbatical.
Hang in there!
Carla
PS You didn't reply to my email...did you throw a brick through the monitor?
What's the news on your gimpy gam?
What a lousy bit of bad luck when your season was going so great. It'll be hard but keep a stiff upper lip and start planning for your recovery and come back! You're such a tough competitor you'll be back with a vengeance as soon as that cast is off, I'm sure. Probably the hardest thing will be for you to channel your energies while you're on sabbatical.
Hang in there!
Carla
PS You didn't reply to my email...did you throw a brick through the monitor?
| QUOTE (seat5 @ Dec 29 2004, 10:29 AM) |
| keep a stiff upper lip |
We Brits are very good at keeping a stiff upper lip so I've full confidence in Carole that she'll keep herself focused throughout her convalescence.
wanted one skateboard..... Ste and I have a harebrained
idea that we can tie my leg with the pot to a skateboard and still
row!!!!
Carla I replied to you..................... loads of gremlins on here at the moment...
Looks like Aus is off will find out deffo tomorrow when see specialist at the fracture clinic.............................................I cant complain at least I havent lost my life like the earthquake area....
Carla I replied to you..................... loads of gremlins on here at the moment...
Looks like Aus is off will find out deffo tomorrow when see specialist at the fracture clinic.............................................I cant complain at least I havent lost my life like the earthquake area....
| QUOTE (CAROLE MAC @ Dec 29 2004, 06:02 PM) |
| wanted one skateboard..... Ste and I have a
harebrained idea that we can tie my leg with the pot to a skateboard and
still row!!!! Carla I replied to you..................... loads of gremlins on here at the moment... Looks like Aus is off will find out deffo tomorrow when see specialist at the fracture clinic.............................................I cant complain at least I havent lost my life like the earthquake area.... |
A sk8board might work, but C2 slides would work better. In fact Xeno Muller's training DVD has just such an exercise as a training tool.
If you don't have slides yet, this might be a good time to buy or borrow a set.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery young lady.
Rick
Hi Carole,
Can you do any rowing on wheels with a fixed seat such as rowbike with the seat locked, or better yet on an Irish Mail ? One of my children cruised around town on the Irish Mail when he broke his leg and had it in a cast.
I hope you recover quickly.
Byron
Can you do any rowing on wheels with a fixed seat such as rowbike with the seat locked, or better yet on an Irish Mail ? One of my children cruised around town on the Irish Mail when he broke his leg and had it in a cast.
I hope you recover quickly.
Byron
Carole
Hope its good news tomrrow .
Luv
Chippy
Hope its good news tomrrow .
Luv
Chippy
Just thought I'd let you know that I have completed the
Million Metre Rowing Challenge. Went through the Million Metre mark on the 28th
December.
For those that are interested, my progress chart can be seen here.
For those that would like to donate money to the Sophie Clarke Trust, please email me. Unfortunately as a charity can't be registered if it's an individual I'm unable to utilise facilities such as www.justgiving.com for you to donate directly. The only options I have, therefore, are Paypal or cash (not ideal I know).
Anyway, please get in touch if you'd like to make a positive impact on Sophie's life.
For those that are interested, my progress chart can be seen here.
For those that would like to donate money to the Sophie Clarke Trust, please email me. Unfortunately as a charity can't be registered if it's an individual I'm unable to utilise facilities such as www.justgiving.com for you to donate directly. The only options I have, therefore, are Paypal or cash (not ideal I know).
Anyway, please get in touch if you'd like to make a positive impact on Sophie's life.
Congratulations Niall and sorry to hear about the leg
Carole. I did the 1M for Leukaemia a few years ago before taking a break (sorry
Carole!) from the C2.
I managed to do the 200K holiday challenge this year but have faield to see a link telling me how to claim my t shirt - although I suspect this will be a problem for us in the UK ?
Season's greetings guys
Warnie.
I managed to do the 200K holiday challenge this year but have faield to see a link telling me how to claim my t shirt - although I suspect this will be a problem for us in the UK ?
Season's greetings guys
Warnie.
| QUOTE (Warnie @ Dec 30 2004, 04:24 AM) |
| I managed to do the 200K holiday challenge
this year but have faield to see a link telling me how to claim my t shirt
- although I suspect this will be a problem for us in the UK ? |
Well it's good news for us Brits. For the first time, the Holiday Challenge t-shirts are going to be made available to the UK as C2 US have got together with their UK counterparts to make sure it happens for us (see thread here).
Thanks Niall, I've jsut sent C2 UK an email and hope they
get back to me - would love a nice shiny t shirt !!!! I managed to do 250K, had
hoped to reach 300K but rellies got in the way !!!!
thanks everyone for the good wishes.... think I will be
bored soon.... I have the attention span of a goldfish....so you will all have
to keep me entertained with your wit and repartee...
.
.Hello Taffians,
Any word on the Tshirts or the rowing suits yet?
The Arizona Indoor Rowing Championships are coming up the first weekend in Feb, and I would love to be able to wear one.
Speedy
Any word on the Tshirts or the rowing suits yet?
The Arizona Indoor Rowing Championships are coming up the first weekend in Feb, and I would love to be able to wear one.
Speedy
Hey,
Check out how close we are to MIT!! Only about 75k! Amazing. We can get them! I'm cheering all of you high-milage people on because I can only manage about 50k a week. I'll do as much as I can though. Maybe I should do a HM this weekend to start the New Year off! Maybe. Maybe not. It would be terribly slow...
Carole,
Sorry to hear about your leg. I'm sure you will recover quickly. You are young and fit and healthy! You will just have to get creative with ways to amuse yourself...
Debra
Check out how close we are to MIT!! Only about 75k! Amazing. We can get them! I'm cheering all of you high-milage people on because I can only manage about 50k a week. I'll do as much as I can though. Maybe I should do a HM this weekend to start the New Year off! Maybe. Maybe not. It would be terribly slow...
Carole,
Sorry to hear about your leg. I'm sure you will recover quickly. You are young and fit and healthy! You will just have to get creative with ways to amuse yourself...
Debra
Hi Taffs and others,
As the 2005 is about to descend on Oz shortly thought I would get the ball rolling and wish everyone the very best for the New Year. May all your goals be achieved.
Congrats on the 1 MM Challenge Niall, was it covered by TV Wales ? Any footage ?
Time to put a cold one on ice (currently 30 C and its 9 pm !)
Martin
As the 2005 is about to descend on Oz shortly thought I would get the ball rolling and wish everyone the very best for the New Year. May all your goals be achieved.
Congrats on the 1 MM Challenge Niall, was it covered by TV Wales ? Any footage ?
Time to put a cold one on ice (currently 30 C and its 9 pm !)
Martin
Got another 14 hours to go here in the UK but I'd
certainly like to extend my best wishes to all the Taff Attack throng and to all
indoor rowers worldwide. Being part of the indoor rowing community and Taff
Attack in particular has been a major benefit to my rowing as well as hooking me
up with new friends.
Martin,
No news coverage of the challenge yet so it'll be a January event (when they have a quiet news day - which could be a while given the awful situation in Asia). I wont be telling them I've finished the challenge as I want the publicity to hopefully raise additional funds for Sophie.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!
Martin,
No news coverage of the challenge yet so it'll be a January event (when they have a quiet news day - which could be a while given the awful situation in Asia). I wont be telling them I've finished the challenge as I want the publicity to hopefully raise additional funds for Sophie.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!
well done Niall you should be mighty proud of
yourself.
And all the best to everyone for the New Year .
luv n stuff auntie Carole
Ps have a pink plaster cast looks wicked.............going to get Ste to paint my toenails the same colour heee heeeee.
And all the best to everyone for the New Year .
luv n stuff auntie Carole
Ps have a pink plaster cast looks wicked.............going to get Ste to paint my toenails the same colour heee heeeee.
Hey bronzo !!!
look after Victoria for me !!! Hope you have a great time tonight, sounds a very tempting barmy evening in Melbourne tonight !
With any luck my water rower will sell on ebay tonight and I can then afford to get a new Concept in the new year ;-)
Warnie
Happy new Year to you all.
look after Victoria for me !!! Hope you have a great time tonight, sounds a very tempting barmy evening in Melbourne tonight !
With any luck my water rower will sell on ebay tonight and I can then afford to get a new Concept in the new year ;-)
Warnie
Happy new Year to you all.
| QUOTE (Debra @ Dec 30 2004, 03:28 PM) |
| Hey, Check out how close we are to MIT!! Only about 75k! Amazing. We can get them! |
It's down to less than 59K now!!
I won't be able to contribute until Sunday now as I'm
stuck working ! However I plan to take my total past 400K for the year and maybe
do another HM on Sunday !
MIT must have all gone home for Christmas. I went home
for Christmas, too. 8 days without touching the rower, and counting.
| QUOTE (Daren C @ Dec 31 2004, 10:56 AM) |
| MIT must have all gone home for Christmas. I went home for Christmas, too. 8 days without touching the rower, and counting. |
Me too, well sort of. Had guests for Christmas so Andy made me put the erg away to make room for the dining table.
No rowing for 10 days, although thankfully I haven't put on any weight over the Christmas period.
It's been exactly a week for me not rowing...ate like a
pig at my mom's over Christmas, she is the best cook in the world! Got back home
and hopped on the scale the first morning we were back...lo and behold, what a
miracle! not an ounce gained! even though I ate more than usual and didn't work
out at all! ....well, isn't that what it means when the digital scale reads
"Lo"?
oh....guess
I'd better recharge the batteries
Back in the saddle tonight!!!
Carla
oh....guess
I'd better recharge the batteriesBack in the saddle tonight!!!
Carla
| QUOTE (Jasmine_Sharp @ Dec 31 2004, 11:17 AM) | ||
Me too, well sort of. Had guests for Christmas so Andy made me put the erg away to make room for the dining table. No rowing for 10 days, although thankfully I haven't put on any weight over the Christmas period. |
She speaks!!!! Good to hear from you Jasmine.
Niall,
Great job on the 1MM challenge. Congrats.
Taffs (and all you others as well),
A early Happy New Year wish (Still have about 14 hours to go). May this next year bring you all happiness and prosperity.
Taffs (only),
We've got less than 40k to go to catch MIT!!!
Speedy
Great job on the 1MM challenge. Congrats.
Taffs (and all you others as well),
A early Happy New Year wish (Still have about 14 hours to go). May this next year bring you all happiness and prosperity.
Taffs (only),
We've got less than 40k to go to catch MIT!!!
Speedy
WE DID IT!!!! We passed MIT!! Woo hoo!
Happy New Year everyone. Don't indulge too much. There are a lot of meters to row still to pull further ahead of MIT.
Hey, Andy and Robert - did you guys just do a HM or something?! Andy you just smoked past me!
Take care of that pink leg Carole! Make the best of this down time - Enjoy the New Year celebration!!
Carla, lucky for you that the scale didn't go up. Unfortunately, I can't say the same. I have to balance out the rowing and the stress eating better! Tons of essays and assignments to write in the next month.
Debra
Happy New Year everyone. Don't indulge too much. There are a lot of meters to row still to pull further ahead of MIT.
Hey, Andy and Robert - did you guys just do a HM or something?! Andy you just smoked past me!
Take care of that pink leg Carole! Make the best of this down time - Enjoy the New Year celebration!!
Carla, lucky for you that the scale didn't go up. Unfortunately, I can't say the same. I have to balance out the rowing and the stress eating better! Tons of essays and assignments to write in the next month.
Debra
Debra,
I'm sure when I put the new batteries in, the scale certainly will go up! It always says "lo" when the batteries are dead.
Carla
I'm sure when I put the new batteries in, the scale certainly will go up! It always says "lo" when the batteries are dead.
Carla
Looks to me like Bernard's put in an hour of rowing as
his total's increased by 15K today (see Bernard, I'm still keeping an eye on you
matey !).
Great job guys!! As Debra says, it's important we put as much daylight between us and MIT while they're celebrating the New Year. With 40 team members they're gonna be looking to claw back that 5th position from us.
!).
Great job guys!! As Debra says, it's important we put as much daylight between us and MIT while they're celebrating the New Year. With 40 team members they're gonna be looking to claw back that 5th position from us.
Just came across this and thought it looked like a Taff
Attack Team Xmas Party!!
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Yeah!!!!! Now that we've passed MIT (only by 13k at this
point), let's see if we can hang on to it. Well done
Taffs!!!!!!!!!!
Speedy
Speedy
Passing MIT - Nice start to the New Year Tafferoons
Survived the Oz celebrations thanks Warnie, pity you weren't here for the 35 C day yesterday. Usual Vic cool change has swept thru, today is 22 C and overcast.
Hope all are seeing in the New Year in style and looking forward to that first erg for 2005 ( if not erging already ) Better
paint the erg pink too Carole to match gammy leg.
Here's to 2005 with the Taff team ready to rock,
Martin
Survived the Oz celebrations thanks Warnie, pity you weren't here for the 35 C day yesterday. Usual Vic cool change has swept thru, today is 22 C and overcast.
Hope all are seeing in the New Year in style and looking forward to that first erg for 2005 ( if not erging already
) Better
paint the erg pink too Carole to match gammy leg.Here's to 2005 with the Taff team ready to rock,
Martin
Guys, I am thinking of attempting the marathon for the
first time in a couple of weeks and thought I would try and do this to raise
money for the Tsunami relief fund. Has anyone attempted to do this sort of thing
before (not the marathon!) and be able to offer advice on the best way to do
this? Is it a good idea?
Please feel free to PM me or reply on here with your thoughts. I have friends in Sri Lanka and felt I just had to try and do something.
Warnie.
Please feel free to PM me or reply on here with your thoughts. I have friends in Sri Lanka and felt I just had to try and do something.
Warnie.
| QUOTE (Warnie @ Jan 1 2005, 10:01 AM) |
| Guys, I am thinking of attempting the
marathon for the first time in a couple of weeks and thought I would try
and do this to raise money for the Tsunami relief fund. Has anyone
attempted to do this sort of thing before (not the marathon!) and be able
to offer advice on the best way to do this? Is it a good
idea? Please feel free to PM me or reply on here with your thoughts. I have friends in Sri Lanka and felt I just had to try and do something. Warnie. |
Niall would seem the most logical one to talk to concerning charity work.
Either him, or Carol Mac should be able to help you with setting up a charity row.
Speedy
The best way for people to sponsor you is to use the Just
Giving site, as they can use their credit card so you can get donations from all
over the world. We used it for our MAD Team 100k last year and many others have
found it to be the best way of getting people to sponsor you.
http://www.justgiving.com/Statements/articles/asian_earthquake.asp
You can set up your own personal webpage saying what you're doing and what it's for. There's a list of charities who are involved. See the link above to find out more.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Jon
http://www.justgiving.com/Statements/articles/asian_earthquake.asp
You can set up your own personal webpage saying what you're doing and what it's for. There's a list of charities who are involved. See the link above to find out more.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Jon
I would totally agree with what Jon suggests. I've often
found doing a charity event is the easy bit, getting the money in is the hard
bit. Sites like www.justgiving.com make it easy for people to donate money from
anywhere in the World. The easier it is for people to donate, the more money
you'll collect.
Let us know when you've got yourself set up (or if you want any further help) so we can start pledging our support.
Good luck.
Let us know when you've got yourself set up (or if you want any further help) so we can start pledging our support.
Good luck.
Thanks guys, once I get something set up I'll let you all
know. Looks like it will be either a week Friday or Saturday. Just feel it's
right to do something.
Taffs,
We've pulled out about 200k in front of MIT. That can disappear in an instant however, so let's keep it up. I think the next goal should be to try and catch Team Oarsome by the end of the season.
Speedy
We've pulled out about 200k in front of MIT. That can disappear in an instant however, so let's keep it up. I think the next goal should be to try and catch Team Oarsome by the end of the season.
Speedy
| QUOTE |
| Taffs, We've pulled out about 200k in front of MIT. That can disappear in an instant however, so let's keep it up. I think the next goal should be to try and catch Team Oarsome by the end of the season. Speedy |
Okay. I'll try to do what I can. I'm down with a bad cold right now but still might do a very slow and easy 5k. It couldn't possibly make me feel any worse!!
Dwayne, darn good thing we have you on this team! You're awesome!
Debra