Martin,

Are you having a laff? YOUR the second team stroke man! Nother great row mate. Lowers TAII's average pace by about 30 secs. Minter.

We got 5 boats in the water now, but alot of them lonelly!

Cheers mate - enjoy your new present
Chris

Well stated Chris. If we would have a couple of Lightweights put the effort in then we would have a thrid full boat.
I don't need to name names because they know who they are:



Is anybody going to Surrey 3 & 1/2? I wasn't going to bother but I have to be at a family birthday in Epsom on Sunday and so I might also make the Surrey event.

Merry Christmas to all Team mates. Is anyone training tommorrow? Somehow I don't think I will get out before the kids are up and I couldn't miss them seeing what Santa has brought.

Phil

New time for the CTC - 19:18.4.

Think that will be the last one I try. That was a serious b**ch!!!

Niall - Can you go ahead and add this one?

Speedy

Phil
I will be there and so will Chris.

Martin
Top row brother its nice to hear from you again,guess youve been busy buying dusters and polish to keep the new D model fully shined up

Grumpy did the 6k today 26.37 to celebrate his 68th birthday , He has got to be the oldest rower in the team challenge.Age that is,not the way he acts

Holz
Top row girl,have to get the Rickster to have a go now.

Niall

Where art thou,YOUR TEAM NEEDS YOU

Merry xmas

Chippy

Great one Speedy Fully understand why you wouldn't want to go through that again this year.
I have taken the liberty to update the site.

Paul,
You said you were going to give it a go again today. Any News?

Phil

I know, I know!! I'll be doing my 6K early next week for the 2nd or 3rd team (depending on the time).

I'll be there Phil. Put my name down for the 3K and 805m races.


Great work buddy. I've updated your time on the website.


I'm here Chippy. As I mentioned above, I wont let the side down and will be doing my 6K early next week. If I don't beat Dougie then I'll have a few days to sort out where I went wrong and attack it again!

Fantastic, Speedy! Hope you feel OK today after that one. (Was that at 22 spm? )

Martin, congrats on the new Model D!!! That one is staying at your daughter's so you can row while you are visiting? Nice. And great 6K. I can't imagine the surviving the paces you HWs are pulling. With a few days left before 1/1, planning to give it another shot?

I see also Grumpy & Holz updated their 6Ks for Taff Attack. What a team!!!

I have emailed Scott D.--he sure looks like a sub 21 6K to me, don't you Taffs all agree?

I am finishing my HC this afternoon with hopefully an HM PB; it will have to be at 2:07 or less to be better. Then off to my mom's till Tuesday night, and no rower for 3 days! After that nice rest I will give this 6K a 4th go. No promises but I will do my damndest to take of 10 seconds, that's only .5/500m. I am scared to death of it.

If I don't post Wednesday about it I'm probably dead on the rower and noone found me yet.


Merry Christmas to all!

Speedy - Well done fantastic time. I'd be interested in seeing your splits and spms if you don't mind posting them.

Grumpy - doing a 6k on your 68th birthday - YOU ARE NOT WIRED UP

As I promised earlier in the week I've had another go this morning and came in with 20.41.1 (previously 20.49.6) - chuffed with that

This stung a little In fact it stung so much you can humour me and read my splits:

1.45.2 @ 28
1.44.3 @ 28
1.44.1 @ 28
1.43.7 @ 28
1.43.1 @ 28
1.39.9 @ 30

Really pleased to have something in the tank for the last 1k.

Now Mr T back over to you - it's now your turn to re-visit the pain zone Let's have another few seconds off your time - but please, please, please, please, do not beat my time or that gremlin in my head will be nagging me to try and have another go - I just don't want to go there

Gareth - Let's have another big effort and have you go sub 22.00

Carla - Your going to have a crack at knocking another 10 secs off? !! Good luck with that - it would be a superb effort if you could and would give us a great chance of holding on to bronze For a 10 sec reduction negative splitting would me my advice if you need it - 6k is a long way to fly and die.

Happy Christmas to everyone

Paul

Because I havn't trained for so long Im a bit stuck for what pace to run an all out 6K at. I figure Paul B did a 2k at 1:36.2 pace on 4th Dec.

A week later I went 1:43.8 (slower than his 6K today!) for 2k.

Today paul went at 1:43.4 ave which is 7.2 secs slower than his 2k pace

So my 6k must be 1:43.4 plus 7.1 (just to really get the pain going), which is 1:50.9 or 22:10.8 total (30 second improvement on 1st attempt). There I said it now!

Can see why nobody is looking forward to repeat sessions.

Paul, you must have had Santa chasing you.
Simply awesome time Supreme effort

I was reckoning I may be able to get to 20.45 but to beat this. Not sure I want to go there either.

Parhaps I will need to forgo the wine over christmas and prepare myself.

Merry Christmas

Phil T

I've got two days off. I might do the 6K again on Tuesday. I'd love to go 1:50 for it. I'm also thinking about doing a HM sometime before the end of 2005.

I've entered the Surrey 3K, didn't go for the 805m. It's a puzzling distance, still can't find what pace to row it at.

Dougie:

Do that HM on 1-1-06 for the January Challenge!



-- Mark

Not really that puzzling. It is one half mile. For strategy, I would just split the difference between a 500m and a 1k pace - but then, I am not all that accustomed to strategy.

Bob S.

Note: On the water, you can get some really puzzling race distances. At Long Beach they do something like 850m. It just happens to be the most convenient stretch that can be used without getting into other boat traffic lanes.

New CTC 24:53.8 ( SB ) , down from 25:55.7

6 days left to gain 10 seconds to kick Ramboyo out TA-3

Great stuff, Godfried, nice one. I just did a steadyish 16k at 22-24spm this evening, to burn off some of my dinner.

Thanks , after Ramboyo you are next on my hit-list.

But I don't think I am able to do it that fast the next week.

Thanks for the advice. But I'm not rowing the half mile.
I'm still puzzling about what pace for the 3000m.

I'll do one next week - the gym is shut on 1/1. Then another one (or two) during January after the Surrey IRC.

Festive greetings all....

Finally over my cold now and it has done me some good as my weight is down to 75kg's again so can post a lightweight score. Did the 6k challenge today at my new slimline weight.

Time: 23.22.7

Daren C can you post for me?

Yeahhh:->

Good stuff, Mike, I see you've managed to post your time yourself.

It's great to see that our team is the join best-represented team in the inaugural CTC listing. We have 3 qualifying boats, the same as Team Oarsome, and one that only needs a LWT male time to complete it (Niall, although his time may qualify him for boat III or even boat II if he can beat Dougie). TO also have a 4-person boat, and we both have a fifth boat with one rower in it. None of the other teams have this sort of representation yet, not even MAD, so well done to everyone that has stepped up and posted a time for us.

PhilT,

how about that Taff session at JJB sports?

Mike

I posted Mike's time for him this morning just as I was rushing out the door for another family meal (how the h*ll is a guy meant to stay Lwt over Xmas?!?!?!)

Thanks Niall.

Just updated my Nonathlon : 7208 points.

I see Mark a few places above me with 7308 : a nice target to aim at.



That gives me a lot of action for the next weeks :

- CTC

- Virtual team challenge

- Nonathlon

- Marathon

Just get your priorities in the right order.

BTW : I have no problem at all staying Hwt.

Simple, you just row a HM PB today. Then tomorrow or Thursday you row an attempt at the CTC 6K.

I'm going to try to get the 22mins barrier for the 6K (that's 1:50 pace).

G
Thats funny

Chippy

Hey guys, don't feed the TROLL.

Hey Citroen, why don't you TROLL your own threads for a change!

Be Jewish

I am very impressed with all the times and boats you have in the CTC. I really like that idea of the team competition.

David

Why drag up a post from November 11th for this purpose? Don't you have anything better to do?

Hi Daren,

I aim to please! Here is a newer one!

Everybody just chill, there's no interest in this section of the forum for the likes of JR. We are small narrow minded people (mostly from wales) who know nuffing, bout nuffinck. We are not capable of constructing articulate arguments see butt, and are so thick that if when you insult us, we just won not be able to see it.

I don't see people like JR getting ANY replies here, mainly coz I dont understand what he's talking bout like.

I for one will continue to gather coal, and pull my little chain - suggest you all do same.

Failling that, you'll after learn Welsh!

Chris

Sorry Chris, I must have touched a raw nerve with a bit of JR baiting.

In case you haven't seen, we've been knocked off 3rd place in the CTC by MAD Team.

I'm afraid I'll not be improving my time as today is my last chance to row in December and I'm knackered after doing a 1.49.7 for 30 mins @ 20spm last night.

So it's over to Speedy, Phil, Gareth and Carla if we are going to take the bronze....GOOD LUCK

I can give it one more try, but I won't be takin' another three seconds off of my time...that's for sure!!

I think collectively we could do it though. How 'bout it folks??

Speedy

I'm due to try it today, for the 4th and last time. I'm aiming to hold .5 sec/500m faster than last time but don't think I really can do it. I'll start a tad slower than last time and try to negative split it. If I keep the goal in mind and block out everything else I might be able to take a few seconds off. What I have to do between now and when I try it is convince myself that it's even possible.

Just thinking about it is making my stomach feel yucky.

And you got the cheek to call me "The Tart!"

The words POT, KETTLE, and BLACK spring to mind Paul,

Tidy, The Original Tart!

I with ya on that one Carla. NOT looking forward to doing it again.

I was hoping I didn't need to do this. I will try in the morning but not looking forward to it.


I am not looking forward to January challenege either now Paul has gone public with his first attempt. I managed 1.50.3 a couple of days ago and so again it could be close.


Phil

Taff II has also been comprimised.
Pretty sure Martin is all tied up, I'm going again 2moro, I think Dougie got more in the tank, and maybe Niall will turn up with a whooping stick.

Are Mrs 'T' and Specre up for some more pain?

Chippy's chasing from the rear, and with his love of pain I would never count him out of a postion in the second boat - Chip your country needs you! You are the main threat to the Hwt members of this boat.

Awwww Jesus, time for talking is almost over!

Hey guys Citroen the troll is back at it again.



Daren this is a current post, so you can be sure it's up to date!

IGNORE CITROEN THE TROLL!

For what reason are you doing this?
Undo this posting now
Check what thread you're posting on
Keep off the Taff Attack thread.

Observe the forum rules.
For the sanity of everyone stop doing this.
Freedom of speech doesn't mean you need to be a right royal PITA.

This Ja(_kass Citroen has been following me around TROLLING the treads I post on and even did the same thing on a poll.

Now he is cussing at me in private messages.

Hey Citroen you WHIMP, TROLL YOUR OWN MESSAGES FOR A CHANGE.

IGNORE CITROEN THE TROLL!

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Daren,

Come on now, don't be a sissy whimp like Citroen.

Dragging your shit into an entirely unrelated thread is childish in extremis. You're clearly a small-minded attention seeker. Is this just the way you get your kicks? Either way, I very much doubt anyone's even slightly impressed.

Pardon me but my expertise is extremely valuable.

I was giving you a warning about the TROLL Citroen as he was posting here and it was good to inform you of his risque behavior.

Apparently you don't appreciate my letting you know, but then maybe he's a friend of yours which would explain your emotions.