Plummy, great things are done by people who think they are ordinary, it's how they are perceived by others that makes them great! You qualify...

S mile broadly Plummy, you're doing exactly what you love to do!

Thank you Stan, order placed.

duffyoz wrote:Happy to note I have moved upwards well into the 150's , actually 152, from a low of 163. More consistency in training days hopefully will see me move up some more. The metre differences between people down here are closer than for those in the top positions

Climb that board, well done =D>

Paul, If it was easy we'd all have a BMI OF 18-25. I've got to my target weight, now the challenge is to ensure I don't allow a year's good work to be compromised. I've increased my calorie intake to stop the weight loss which has been most pleasant over Christmas and January, but I do have my work ...

I decided to be sneaky and pick up some "easy" points by doing an FM, thereby qualifying for 100 bonus points. I actually picked up 141 points in total because my nonathlon score for the FM was 41 points higher than my lowest score for the other distances. :mrgreen: I'm now only 14 points...

Thank you Barbara, I've committed to do a half marathon, they are also looking for people to do, 5K, 10K and 15K. The condition has also touched my family which spurred me do register. As it's planned for May it also has the added benefit of putting some metres on the board at the start of the new s...

Stan 1 x XXL performance t shirt. Thomas W-P 1 black XXL rowing shorts - (the Essentials - not sure they are on the club discount!) Thomas W-P 1 blue XXL rowing shorts - (the Essentials - not sure they are on the club discount!) Thomas W-P 1 XXL Grey - Cotton Tee Phil Lamb 1 x Large Custom Performan...

Well done Paul, very pleased you managed to dispel the demons, not quite so pleased that you've bumped me down a boat....! =D>

plummy wrote:I shall be awarding myself a gold star later - hope that's OK

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Congratulations, you'll have to update your signature block, well done!

2:00 per 500m is 15,000m per hour. At that speed, it would take 7,420 hours to row 111.3 million meters. That's 309 days and 4 hours. We would then need to add another 16 minutes and 1.9 seconds for the last 4,008 meters. Of course, there's also the possibility that you might slow down slightly if ...

I saw this and thought I could raise some money for a worthy cause whilst pulling the handle.

http://www.thebraintumourcharity.org/ra ... 6574124db9

Placed in the forum to raise the profile of the charity

I'm a classic example of the yo-yo dieter as can be seen from my signature. It tends to be correlated to the amount of exercise I do, but in recent months, the fact that I have completely given up chocolate, crisps, peanuts, popcorn and biscuits is probably a significant factor. Now if I could just...

[-X Unfortunately, I began to struggle around the half way mark and then found myself HDing with around 1700m to go. The HD happened without warning (I just suddenly decided to stop rowing) and I will try to keep going for at least another 10 strokes the next time this happens and hope that this wil...

What worked for me? I had a habit of buying a snickers bar and a bag of crisps every time I filled the car with diesel, I was obese (according to BMI) and came to the conclusion that if I rowed off the calories I could eat what I liked. I became a little obsessed with knowing the calorific value of ...

Two seconds off my 500m PB early this morning! Little steps..... Onwards

Two new PBs at the Cornish IRC in Newquay yesterday. :D 2000m... 7:17.4... 1:49.3 :D Waiting for the splits to be published. Write up of my race on facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/freespiritsrowing/ :D 500m in 1:36.9 :D A very good write up it is too, congrats Richard ^O^ ^O^ ^O^

A massive 7 seconds off my HM PB, a 7 second improvement gains one extra point on the Nonathalon! I should be pleased but one point!.....1:31:11.4, another tenth of a second and I could have doubled my increase. My next target is a modest increase of just one tenth of a second, 1:31:11.3 is so far a...

I realised that the Mud Season madness challenge was last season - it will be coming up again - so removed it. I know that would make some people sad, so there is a new Free Spirits Forum Follower challenge, that should turn up who is both a forum user and a meterboard watcher. Seems to be a pretty...

Part of the problem is that our LWTs are too fast - FSII and FSIII both have 2 LWTs in them. Sorry :) Would we benefit as a team if I re-rowed at a slower pace? Depends on how you define benefit. We would float another boat, but the boat you are currently in would fall down the rankings. If some mo...

Managed to drop just over 1kg this week. Happy with that. I'm going to see how close I can get to my year end target of 100kg by my birthday on March 21st. #-o Paul V Date_________Mass (KG)_______Weekly change_______Total change 31/12/13______108.6___________n/a__________________n/a 05/01/14______1...

Having had a cold and chesty cough over Christmas I knew it would be difficult to get in a boat in the 5K January CTC. My cunning plan was to encourage my daughter to join the team and post a time thereby improving my chances of getting into a floating boat. My daughter posted her time last night wh...

Paul Victory wrote:Congratulations on the PB, Barbara.

We have a lot of MHWTs sitting on the shore. We need ladies and lightweights to float a few more boats.

I encouraged my youngest to post a time and she is now floating. I'm not sure that the PB I've just done will get in a boat!

Thomas W-P wrote:
N.B. I took out the numbers on the bars because they looked messy. I guess I can make it an option another day.

You're right the graphs do look better without the numbers, it looks good! Thank you.

My goals for 2014:

1 Row further and a little faster each week and enjoy it more than I currently do!

2 Smile more often

There is quite a lot of work to put in to achieve the first goal, strangely that does bring a smile even if it is wry! ...... Halfway there already!