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http://www.concept2.com/us/motivation/c ... ympics.asp

This seems like a nice challenge to coincide with Olympic Games (and an opportunity for me to get back on the rower post the cycling madness).

Watching the daily highlights programme whilst on the rower anyone?
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15 hours in 15 days is a tough challenge.
Good job I like the colour Silver :-)
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Just noticed this one I took my hols so I can vegitate in a chair and watch the olympics :wink: but I decided 2 weeks in a chair is probably not a good idea so I have a screen set up above the erg and spent an hour or so on sat watching the road race and another hour today watching the rowing ..so far 2hours 8 min and 29k lets see if i can snatch a gold :D
my weekly av for the season so far is 15.6k so this may hurt and will move me up the Meterboard a bit as well [-o<
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Good luck Jon, Steve and Den. I'm going for Gold but FM programmed on the last day so might be Silver if I crash and burn.

Several FS Bronze Medals =D> already but congratulations to Wendy Munroe who was the first ^O^ and who will probably end up with a Double Gold :shock:
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Not made a start yet, and after all the excitement of the weekend have entered a cycling sportive.

However, I will aim for Bronze and start in earnest tomorrow.
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Got the Bronze today managing the hour or so a day I need but I tore a calf muscle yesterday ..I cant walk at the moment :( so I'm rowing one legged :shock:
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Got a silver but tomorrow is my rest day, so gold will wait until Saturday (all being well). I have a new CD to put on my MP3 player so I can do that tomorrow and listen on saturday. Husband will hate it but he'll put up with it if it's on while I row. It's Mark Tremonti's new one; a tad heavy in places :mrgreen:
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Well done Wendy =D> I hate to put this pressure on you but who will be first to get Gold? :wink:

29 FS medalists so far - brilliant team achievement ^O^ The thing about these medals is that they can change colour so Bronze can become Silver and Silver can become Gold 8) (I bet some real Olympians wish their medals could do that :lol: )

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This is proving to be a popular challenge. I'm guessing we'll have a lot of medals by next Sunday :fsbgrin:
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I don't think I'll be first to get a gold - either Richard or Dwayne, I think :fsgrin:. I have plans for my afternoon - really fascinating stuff like vacuuming :lol:. And as much as I'd rather climb on the erg I can't stand the crunching underfoot any more. And my legs are tired, whinge whinge.
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Reached bronze status today. Will certainly get to silver but gold will be tough
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Yay, got a gold :fsbgrin: . But Richard White got one before me; thought he would!
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Well done, Wendy and Richard! =D> =D>
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Well done on the golds folks ^O^
I got the silver yesterday and so far have moved up 51 places on the meterboard :o its taken my season total up to 337k 162 of them in the last 9 days :shock: my weekly average for the season has gone from 14k to 25 in a week ..my best week ever was 95k now its 129k and If I can keep this going till the end of my hols I could hit 250k in 2 weeks :? and at this rate my lifetime 7 million should happen sometime this week ..wish me luck cos its starting to hurt
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Well done to Wendy, Richard and Dwayne, our first Gold Medalists ^O^

Well done to you too Den for rowing through injury =D>

45 FS medals now =D>

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Den-J wrote: ..wish me luck cos its starting to hurt
Good luck... keep the wheelie bin full of ice just in case (to aid recovery)...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18237168

Congratulations to all medalists so far :fsbgrin: . I'm hoping to be on the list the next time Scoop reports.
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Great effort Den.
now keep it up (a little) for the rest of the season ;-)
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Day off yesterday but managed an hour and 46min today,the gold is mine :D
also went through the hm a min quicker than the last one and gained 9 whole points in the nonathlon ..still that puts me ahead of Stan and thats always a good day :lol:
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Always good to hear from you Den :lol: :evil:
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Well done on your GOLD Den ^O^ (For GBR ^O^ ^O^ ^O^ ^O^ ^O^ :D )

I suffered from Ergapathy tonight. A straight 60 mins which I just couldn't face after Binmania in the baking sun. I'm hoping against hope [-o< that I may get it done tomorrow morning otherwise the only Gold I'll get will be the stuff from Lidl that I spread on my toast :(
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Two days to go and it's going to the wire!

70 FS medals now ^O^ 8) well done everyone.

Medalists so far :
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My ergapathy has carried on due to what I call exhaustion and others would call slight physical exertion :lol: HM today and FM tomorrow - hopefully :roll:
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Hi Scoop, can we remove John Keller please, he is not a free spirit. Despite repeated efforts to get him to remove himself a couple of years ago he just carries on lingering. We were able to get him off the meterboard but we cant get him off the C2 site
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Good spot Stan!

Finally managed my silver medal today :fswink:
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Stan wrote:Hi Scoop, can we remove John Keller please, he is not a free spirit
Oh heck. I remember this discussion from a while ago. Sorry.

He will vanish from the final table on Monday morning :wink:
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What an amazing Rowlympics we've had. 76 FS medals and a lot of meters in the process ^O^ 8) Congratulations to everyone but especially to Dwayne Adams who with >32 hours effectively managed a double Gold =D>

Final Medalists table
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