Welcome ZJ, 104,000 very very welcome ! Friday is looming and great to see a few others may also do a marathon.

Nonathlon - does it take into consideration height ? How much of an advantage do tall people have over us shorties when rowing ?

Had a day off yesterday and am ready for it tonight !!!

Warnie

Welcome ZJ. I am new like you. I havent been involved much in the banter as I dont know what I am doing with the rowing properley yet. my brother the chippy is starting to help me, and I did have acrack at the 10,000m yesterday and did 40.33, I must admit that was as hard as i could have tried at this stage in the game, but I think I did a good effort. Anyway good luck and happy new year to you all.
PORKY
noswaith dda, nosda

Welcome, Porky!

Your first 10K is faster than mine, which was certainly NOT my first. Great job!

Carla

Welcome ZJ, those meters will be very usefu staying ahead of MIT.

Porky- well done with the 10k. Great effort!

Carla - Nice 2k. Looks like a new 2k PB looming?

I'm always a bit wary of doing a flat-out 2k as they hurt like hell! Did my first one in ages last week though and took 11 secs off my time for a new PB of 6:43.7

Been awfully quite out here lately. Where the heck is everyone??

Speedy

I'm here speedy !!! Added another 12.5 K to the total tonight !!!

Mixed news from the Bat Cave,Sue has the dreaded lurgi,hence the lack of metres.We did climb the Blorenge on Sunday morning, H.R.'S 185/183 respectively at max. as we got near the top of the mountain!I am following a RowPro prog.on the erg that Bore Da set out for me, Sue follows the same when she's not suffering from the above!
Rickster put me through the mangle last night on our weekly squash training sess. Sue and I are off to Cardiff on Sat to watch him play in the Welsh closed champs. Ricky, Hollie, Sue and I climbed the Sugar Loaf on New Years day and on the way home had a pint in the Skirrid Inn arguably one of the oldest pubs in G.B.
Speedy, your Welsh speak needs a little bit of fine tuning, in place of "heck" you say " whats the crack boy's,is everything tidy"
Nos da, cadwch fynd bois

Me, and Robbie the RED challenged each other to set new 10k PB's today.
Red smashed his old PB by a minute, and is deservedley happy.

As for me - I CANT BELIEVE IT! - I'VE DONE IT AGAIN!!!!!

Didnt check Martins time prior to start!!!!

Martins existing 10k - 37:28.6, My New PB - 37:29.9!

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU DAFT TAFFY !

Hi all you butties!

We haven't heard from Godfried, Martin, and Bernard for a while. You guys ok? What's up?

Chris, you're just gonna have to do another 10K and fix that.

Carla

Hi Daren,

so sorry to hear that mate, I've been through it and it's not a good thing at all. If you need to talk then please feel free to PM me. My thoughts are with you

Warnie

Darren,

Also sorry to hear of bad news, keep your pecker up mate - time will heal.

Chris

Sorry Daren


I can only offer my deepest and sincerest condolences, which I know is nothing compared to what you must be feeling right now.

Bernard

Hey Daren, I'm really sorry to hear about your dad. I lost my dad just 2 years ago and it is a struggle. Remember all the good times, remember all his good qualities, know that all that is good about him and the things that make you love him cannot be destroyed, and be patient with yourself. My prayers are with you.

Carla

5:30PM and Im sat in work. Just got a text from Chippy it reads:

"Good intentions to row tonight.............but didn't make it past the fridge!"

He's probably sat in his favourite chair with a big cream puff making its way to belly!!! Top Boy!

Very sorry to hear about your loss Daren. Hope your feeling better soon.
Take care, mate.

Hello Taffians
Chippy talked me into joining even though this computer frightens me to death.
Must admit to prefer the pain of racing for the team than pushing these keys

Welcome aboard Eddy. Welcome to the pain.

Speedy

Jim,

The new 10k didnt go unoticed, real nice time, just 4 secs off going sub 37 - how much did it hurt mate?

Chris

Because I know you'll all be dying to know what a Chip Buttie is:
Its a buttered roll filled with "Chips" - and welsh chips are like american fries only thicker cut! Niall - do the honours and stick a photo on mate?

Then super impose chippy trying to jam it in his mouth!

Hiya Daren,
I am so sorry for you and your family on your recent loss. My mom past away this past December 30, after a prolonged illness, I was and still am like you a bit listless, I just started back up this past week and while my heart and yours may not be into it yet, I am sure you will come around and be yourself in a while. My deepest condolances to you and your family. Mike and ZJ

G'day Taffs,

Sorry 'bout the absence of posts - consumed by eldest daughter's wedding then straight off to Queensland for a month's stay with Mum (ailing health). No regular Internet access here, today's the first time I've been able to log on.

Sorry to hear youir father passed away Daren, leaves a big hole in one's life. Hopefully you were able to spend some quality time with him. How about dedicating that FM to him ?

Tough on that 10K Chris (and James's 2Ker) great time though and I'm sure you'll have me soon. Don't think I can do the FM yet as the elbow ligaments still a bit fragile. Up to you to be first through the 3 hr barrier (before James crunches it).

Great 2K Carla - but as Carole says, you have a 7:45 in you. Just need to let it rip. I haven't checked Nonathlon out - we must be pretty close on points now.

Cheers to all,

Martin

Thats it now - prior to the marathon attempt of friday I will be into risca to load up on Chip Butties - mine will have to much butter on it though so melts and runs down your fingers - this may also help with the blisters when doing the FM - cant wait!

He he, sounds like a plan but i won't have time to make mine before I start the marathon tomorrow evening. If anyone's around the Cardiff area tomorrow I'll be doing the charity row at LivingWell - PM me for details if interested

Mike,
My condolences go out to you and yours as well. Sorry to hear that so many of us Taffs are having such a rough go to start off the year.

Speedy

I am trying my first marathon today instead of tomorrow, as my family has gone skiing for the day. So I can take the phone off the hook and be sure of no interruptions, and Friday I have to ferry kids all over the world...

I don't know if I am ready for this, since I haven't rowed more than 12 or 14K on a day since Thanksgiving, at least. But I figure I'll be OK if I go s-l-o-w. I'm planning on holding 2:18, that will give me a little lee way to have drink, snack, put a new DVD in; I'm hoping for around 3:15. 3:02 would be at my HM pace and I know I can't do that. Just want to go the distance, finally, it really bothers me to have that empty square on the Nonathlon grid.

What some people will do for a lousy 100 points!

Carla

I can't imagine eating a french fry sandwich. That sounds awful!!!

A french fry sandwich would be rubbish, but a pukka chip buttie is awesome! Real thick chips, not your crappy thin McDonalds/BK/KFC things.

Actually, it does sound pretty good. So how much butter is to much?

Welcome Eddy Wenglish to Taff Attack.

Porky, Chip butties, slimmer brother.
Sorry to you all who have lost members of your family.

I am sorry to hear about your losses MikeZ, ZJ, and Daren.
I offer my sincere condolences and hope that you all will be comforted on your losses.

David

I love fried food, certainly including french fries, but am unclear about the chip buttie. Are you putting butter on fried potatoes? Or are they baked or something else, rather than fried? I am not sure I would want them in a roll - just eat them as is.

David

Carla,
Although here in the US a conservatory means a music school, it also means an indoor, garden room. Growing up in southern California there was no such thing, because the weather doesn't require such a thing, but in, for instance in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, there are large, public conservatories, for displaying all kinds of plants year round, even though many of the plants shown couldn't live outside in those cities.

David

A cautionary tale from the Bat Cave
Many years ago when PORKY (Chippy's brother) was a mere 252lbs weaner, he asked if he could train with Chippy and myself. He presented his porkesque physique at the appointed time to the gym (my garage). On inspection, my comment to him was "I suggest that a visit to the nearest bacon slicer would be advisable in order for you to lose 70lbs before you train with us"
23 years later the same applies!!!
The moral of the tale is Porky keep off the chip butties!

YES!!!!!


I did the )(**)&((&)*(&)* marathon. Stopped 4 times for quick sips. My back was sore to start with and just got more so as I went on. Started out following my plan of holding 2:20, and then by about 10K was doing about 2:17. Stayed that way until the half way point and then slowly upped it sort of by accident. By the time I was done I was doing 2:10, for a short while 2:05, finished with a sprint around 2:00 somewhere for a finish time of

3:10: 43.1

and ended up #1 in the rankings (I'm sure that won't last, but it's fun for now!) Probably somewhere in the 900's for Nonathlon so that will get rid of my horrible 2K score.

Meanwhile I am very lame.....tired.....but euphoric!

Carla

I can't make colors or fonts work for some reason, so you'll have to imagine this whole post in huge letters, bright red!!!

I can't resist letting you all know it was 1003 Nonathlon points!!

Whooooeeeee!

(That and $2.00 will get me a cup of coffee, right!)

Carla

Thankyou for that history lesson Graham, i believe the actual phrase was,"you dont want to come here sonny you want to go down Wiscos on the bacon slicer"(wiscos being the local butchers). To all fellow Taffians, you may have worked out that i have prefered the fuller figure look through my life, enjoying beer, chip butties with "ketchup butt?"( a phrase you can hear around most burger vans on a saturday), but there are a few of the greyhounds on this site who have been left in the dust on the mountain bikes, by the pig, hen eht. Time will tell? Anyhow i cant go to ramboyos without having to take in the very blood of Scotland.

Have to go pans going to catch fire!
Poooorky.