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by strider77
Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:14 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Bill Wright
Replies: 24
Views: 2725

Re: Bill Wright

I have done it as requested :wink:
by strider77
Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:51 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Bill Wright
Replies: 24
Views: 2725

Re: Bill Wright

Hi Zoot,

Plummy (Dave Plumb), Colin Bradley, Me (Alan Wisniewski, Bill Wright, Paul Victory, Peter Weiss.

I will try to post it in the photos section too.
by strider77
Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:12 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Free Spirits CTC Participation and Leaderboard
Replies: 705
Views: 115321

Re: Free Spirits CTC Participation and Leaderboard

Rodger, thanks for this -125 I can hardly believe it-you used to publish a table of the total numbers, I think I am still behind Stan, Plummy, Steve and Paul :)
by strider77
Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:06 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Bill Wright
Replies: 24
Views: 2725

Re: Bill Wright

Chris, thanks for posting this, what incredibly sad news. I had assumed it was just an update on Bill doing something with the Marines and have only just read it properly. Like a lot of you who have posted already I had met Bill on several occasions at Evesham, Grimsby and elsewhere and considered h...
by strider77
Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:12 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: August ctc - 200m, standing start, free stroke rate
Replies: 46
Views: 3704

Re: August ctc - 200m, standing start, free stroke rate

Paul Victory wrote :- Having been told by my physio that it was OK to get back on the erg and row gently for 10 minutes, that's what I did today - 2351m @ 2:07.6 pace. Of course, being me, I couldn't resist having a go at the CTC afterwards. :roll: #-o DF was only 131 and I had no-one to anchor the...
by strider77
Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:47 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Happy Birthday Richard Underwood
Replies: 7
Views: 767

Re: Happy Birthday Richard Underwood

A belated happy birthday Richard :oops:
by strider77
Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:28 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2017 Weight Loss Thread
Replies: 141
Views: 12432

Re: 2017 Weight Loss Thread

Thomas is a legend ^O^ ( A very thin one too)

Thanks Zoot, I will weigh myself at the weekend and post next week :oops:
by strider77
Tue Aug 22, 2017 12:01 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2017 Weight Loss Thread
Replies: 141
Views: 12432

Re: 2017 Weight Loss Thread

Paul Victory wrote:- I'm currently slightly below my 31 December weight, so I figured I should start posting again. Hopefully, I'll manage to keep the overall trend downwards, particularly as I am under instructions to lose weight before our daughter's wedding in December. I think the idea is that ...
by strider77
Sat Aug 19, 2017 6:48 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: August ctc - 200m, standing start, free stroke rate
Replies: 46
Views: 3704

Re: August ctc - 200m, standing start, free stroke rate

Take it easy Ralf, sorry to hear that.
by strider77
Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:42 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: August ctc - 200m, standing start, free stroke rate
Replies: 46
Views: 3704

Re: August ctc - 200m, standing start, free stroke rate

Wolfmeister wrote:-I'm sure you will, and you have 35.0 as a target now :)
Show off :lol:

Well done Steve ^O^

I upped the DF to 170 and got a 36.4 :D
by strider77
Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:06 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Happy Birthday Strider!
Replies: 10
Views: 872

Re: Happy Birthday Strider!

Wolfmeister wrote:- Happy Birthday young Al :-)
Cheers Steve :wink:
by strider77
Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:03 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Happy Birthday Strider!
Replies: 10
Views: 872

Re: Happy Birthday Strider!

Jill wrote:- Very Many Happy Returns Of Yesterday, Young Mr. Alan. \:D/

My dad would have been 99 on the 6th - you still have a long, long, long long, long long, long, long, way to go yet. :fsbgrin:
Thanks Jill , my paternal Grandfather lived to 103!
by strider77
Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:00 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Happy Birthday Strider!
Replies: 10
Views: 872

Re: Happy Birthday Strider!

Paul Victory wrote:- You're the first Free Spirit I met in the flesh Alan. So that makes you my oldest rowing friend.
Paul, I never realised that, it must have been BIRC 2008 then one of the few times I have managed to beat you and the only time I went under 7 mins for 2k in a comp :D :wink:
by strider77
Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:20 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Happy Birthday Strider!
Replies: 10
Views: 872

Re: Happy Birthday Strider!

Thanks Paul and Felton :D
Paul Victory wrote:- A very happy birthday to my old friend Alan.
Less of the old, Paul, I am just maturing nicely :lol:
by strider77
Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:18 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Affiliation Standings
Replies: 5
Views: 1163

Re: Affiliation Standings

Thanks for this Rodger :D

We used to be top of the Affiliation Standings a lot in the early days of the club as I remember, nice to see us top again :D
by strider77
Fri Aug 04, 2017 7:59 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: August ctc - 200m, standing start, free stroke rate
Replies: 46
Views: 3704

Re: August ctc - 200m, standing start, free stroke rate

Well done to all who have done this so far ^O^ My stroke rate was 60 by the way Ian! Plummy wrote:- 38.5s for me - but I had just done 2k warm up, a 5k in 19:43 then another 5500 cool down so my legs weren't exactly "fresh" Excuses, excuses that's all we get from you Dave :lol: Seriously w...
by strider77
Wed Aug 02, 2017 8:05 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed
Replies: 60
Views: 6316

Re: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed

Paul Victory wrote:- Thanks Alan I guess it's good to have a physio who knows my proclivities. Now all I have to do is follow his instructions. :roll: :lol: I have the same proclivities :lol: Thankfully I have been extremely lucky over the years not to have had any serious injuries from erging apar...
by strider77
Tue Aug 01, 2017 7:36 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed
Replies: 60
Views: 6316

Re: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed

Sorry to hear that Paul, your physio clearly knows you very well :lol:

I hope that you can get over this latest injury you have really been through it recently mate :)
by strider77
Thu Jul 27, 2017 7:53 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed
Replies: 60
Views: 6316

Re: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed

Nice to see you posting again Greg, nice numbers considering your lack of sprint training ^O^ Peter Weiss wrote:- But Alan, you might want to have another go :twisted: :fswink: I don't think so my good friend, this month I bow to your greater efforts - very well done ^O^ That's a very strong effort.
by strider77
Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:28 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed
Replies: 60
Views: 6316

Re: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed

Good to hear Steve, well done with no training apart from a good walk spoiled :lol: thats a very good time ^O^
by strider77
Sat Jul 22, 2017 6:07 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed
Replies: 60
Views: 6316

Re: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed

WOW well done Peter ^O^
by strider77
Fri Jul 21, 2017 12:15 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed
Replies: 60
Views: 6316

Re: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed

Thanks Dave :wink:

You were the main motivation for me to go again, your time was really good and I have been failing all month to reach it.

Until I tried the lower DF, which seems to have made the difference.

So thanks for providing the motivation :wink:
by strider77
Fri Jul 21, 2017 9:53 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed
Replies: 60
Views: 6316

Re: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed

Well done Ian ^O^ That's quite normal , a red mist always descends whenever I start erging and brain goes to mush, just like this morning in fact :lol: 14:28.1-1:48.5-36 54.2-1:48.4-34 1:49.2-1:49.2-34 2:44.3-1:49.5-34 3:39.2-1:49.6-36 2:43.2-1:48.8-38 1:46.9-1:46.9-40 51.1-1:42.2-44 I used a very l...
by strider77
Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:01 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed
Replies: 60
Views: 6316

Re: July ctc - 4k pyramid / 1'r per 250m rowed

Great effort well done Calalli ^O^