LUNA-TICS TEAM ROOM: Year-round "Looney" fun.

[Kona2]

Woohoo! Overall Concept2 is at 95 percent....just a little more everyone, just a little more!



Merry Christmas to all our Southern Hemisphere teammates today...hope it is a good day for all of you. You rowed an awesome Holiday Challenge! And...all brought home their reindeer! That's excellent!

Will work on capturing the highlights today and next day....did capture numbers, but little time to do a lot with them. Right now, focusing on the overall Concept2 goal! Gotta get my own last 10K meters in for the challenge.

Rudolf (Kaylee)

Blue (Ashlee)

Gold (Ethan)

As is our team tradition for some of our youngest rowers, Kaylee has the most junior meters (that I know of) and will lead the Northern Hemisphere sleigh tonight. Ashlee and Ethan will be right behind her helping light the way as their reindeer wear blue and gold flashing noses. Good rowing by all !

Meanwhile, back at Reindeer Central...enrage is very close to getting his donation meters done....just a little less than 10K to go! C'mon! You can do it!

Rodrigo and Wim are very close to earning their 200K and the coveted Holiday Challenge pin. Keep going, keep going!

[BAZzy]

Merry Christmas to all our fellow Lunies....Baz, TomO, and Janet!! Sunday morning in Sydney....

Cheers, BBB

[Dave_H]

And a Merry Christmas to all from the Blue Mountains!

Had Christmas breakfast with one half of the family in Warrimoo this morning, off to Blackheath at the other side of the mountains for an evening meal with all the trimmings! Just snuck in a 5k effort between visits to counter some of the extra "energy food" that will be consumed tonight!

Well done on the challenge meters to all... a mighty herd of Reindeer indeed!

Cheers,
Dave

[Rumping]

Merry Christmas one and all! And I hope everyone enjoyed their Holiday challenge. Mine was a struggle, but I made it. I'm proud of myself, the entire team, and the rowing community in general.

As of writing, $29,198.24 has been raised. Hopefully the last $801.76 will come in still, but even if it doesn't, it's still a massive effort at 1.23B meters. Wow.

Enjoy a very well deserved Christmas .

Oh, and last but not least, a big thank you to K2 for the updates, and C2 for the challenge and their donations. Motivation is always a struggle for me, especially during the holiday season. The challenge really helped.

[kgallagher]

Merry Christmas too all my Lunatic friends! I hope the challenge went well for all and according to Kona's updates, it seems to have gone extremely well. Congratulations to everyone on personal bests, joining the team, meeting the challenge, or simply trying their best.

Thanks to everyone for all the support, camaraderie, and motivation you offer. I couldn't ask for a better virtual team.

Happy New Year and on to a better year in 2012.

Karyn

PS(I'll erg some next week, but likely take it easy and rest up for more erging in the JVTC.)

[j1415]

What's this??
Something else under the tree??
1MM

Merry Christmas to all.

[Kona2]

What's this??
Something else under the tree??
1MM

Merry Christmas to all.

Hah! Under the tree you say?! These kinds of accomplishments aren't hidden under any tree...they blaze across the skies of the rowing universe! What a way to bring home the Holiday Challenge!! Still, well said in an understated kind of way...



Woohoo and hooyah! Congratulations, Kim, on achieving a ONE million meter rowing season! We wish you many, MANY more!

[Kona2]

Woohoo! Just in the nick of time, enrage races to the stables to get his reindeer out for the long flight across the rowing universe! Congratulations on achieving the 100K milestone, freeing up your reindeer and earning the Concept2 donation! Way to row, dude!

Nick (enrage aka James G)

[enrage]

Woohoo! Just in the nick of time, enrage races to the stables to get his reindeer out for the long flight across the rowing universe! Congratulations on achieving the 100K milestone, freeing up your reindeer and earning the Concept2 donation! Way to row, dude!

Nick (enrage aka James G)

Ha, i had to play some catch up after being sick for a few weeks but i wanted to at least make the 100k goal.

[Kona2]

And all through the night....

We have rowed an astounding 20,563,265 m during this Holiday Challenge - and I'll bet there are still some as yet unreported meters out there in our rowing universe, and in the collective Concept2 rowing universe. Rowers all over the world have truly poured it on during the last two days as we went from 85 percent of goal to what is now 98 percent of goal. Meters will continue to accumulate in the next couple of days, and there is hope that we will close the gap on the remaining 2 to 2.5 percent of the Concept2 donation. It would be a first ever fulfillment of the FULL donation - and you know how we love to celebrate first evers!



Hope this finds you and yours celebrating good times with family and friends. Here at Reindeer Central, this astrogator is the only EARLY riser which has proven helpful on Christmas mornings past. There was that one year of the Moon Bouncer gift that Santa was bringing...hooboy, thought we were going to have heart attacks getting that bouncer filled with air BEFORE Santa arrived. I know you've all been there.

Reindeer Milestones:


1 MILLION : Ron

800 K: Jay

700 K: Cathie, Jerry

500 K: Jim, Will S, Michelle

400 K: Minnie, Rosi, Ronnie, Anita, bg, Roger, Richard T

300 K: David A, Baz, Bernie, Christa, AJ, Rivka, Zander,Tammy, Sarah, Robyn, Elton, Katerina, Ken G, Kristine

200 K: Ross, Danno, Sam, Harold, Terri M, Dave H, Kim, Mitch J, Wim, Ted, K2, BJ, Greg H, Greg C, Nathan, Andrea, Tony, Karyn, Gail, Rodrigo-go-go

100 K: David T, Dennis, Kevin, Bobbie, Chuck, Marty, Mike G, Dan E, Jack, Wim, Sunny, Jeff P, Gene, Jodi, Peter H, Angelo, enrage

50+ K: Nataliya, Lily, Kaylee, Ashlee

Have reindeer: Ethan

Be delighted to add more as more meters get added!

[andreacs]

[quote="Kona2"] And all through the night....

[quote="Kona2"] ]

Merry Christmas to all Lunies!
Thanks for all the yearlong gifts of encouragement, sharing, personal milestones, progress tracking and many others!

Happy rowing!

Andrea
P.S. Good that there are 12 days of Christmas, as this comes a bit late...

[bg]

and woooo hoooo and congrats kim...and yes a huge thank-you to k2 and ron...and hope i didn't forget anyone....

[bg]

Woohoo and hooyah! It is truly a season of meter millionaires! Congratulations, Christa, on achieving a TWO million meter rowing season! We wish you many, MANY more!! Way to row !!

wooo hooo christa...and to all the luna-tics ....what a great holiday challenge....and my posts are being wacky and not coming through in order....

[Kona2]

Woohoo! What a great Holiday Challenge indeed! Now we just have to extract that last $385.96 from the Rowing Universe and we will be at 100 percent of goal. As for the Lunies, hooboy - blew the lid right off that goal thermometer by pulling in a whopping 231 percent of team goal to contribute one percent of the total amount of the Concept2 donation. And what a tremendous reindeer herd! The Luna Herd had 70 reindeer....up from 48 the previous year. We rowed over 20 million Holiday Challenge meters, and we celebrated many meter milestones.

Ron understates the importance of his contributions - as do many quiet contributors on this team. There are so many different stories and inspirational people on this team....we don't always remark upon them, but we definitely feel their impact. Many teammates have had some very hard losses and tough situations in their lives in this past year. Seeing them pick themselves up, and through sheer willpower keep going is one of the best gifts we can receive. Helps us be better humans I think.

I haven't quite figured out how to manage the changing overall meter numbers with respect to our adventure to the moon and back travel distances. Our team grows during a Challenge, then sometimes shrinks a bit when individual choices are made to go "off the grid" when the team isn't in a Challenge. Definitely respect the independence of those who choose to be less visible for awhile...and delighted when they pop back into this rowing universe! I believe we mirror the new realities of teams and businesses in other parts of our world...perhaps we just have to live in the moment and develop an ability to chart our course towards our destination. As Baz says...it is all about the journey!

So get your jetpacks ready for continuing adventures in our rowing universe! Not only is the Calendar New Year coming up soon...it's the January Virtual Team Challenge. Sign on....sign on....sign on! The team roster is OPEN!!!



Season meters as of 240/365 = 107,182,715 m

Total meters on the day = 308,378 m

Oars in space (participation) = 22 percent (really good for Christmas day and the day after!)

MILESTONES..Bragging Rights...Celebrations: (including the last 3 days..because celebrating personal milestones is a biggie ...)

5.1 MM Jay
4.9 MM Ron
4.5 MM Will S
3.25 MM Minnie
3.1 MM Michelle
3.0 MM Jerry
2.95 MM Jerry
2.95 MM Rosi
2.8 MM Jim
2.75 MM Ronnie
2.65 MM David A
2.5 MM Baz
2.3 MM Bernie
2.05 MM AJ
1.95 MM Zander
1.85 MM bg
1.2 MM Elton
1.15 MM Katerina
1.0 MM Kim
900 K enrage
750 K Angelo
750 K Ted
750 K Wim
700 K Ken G
600 K Sunny
300 K Rick
180m 175 K Kaylee
150 K Ashlee

Million Meter Watch:



Ron with (61,266 m) to go!


Million Meter Watch :


Rosi with (27,571 m) to go!

Jim with (178,529 m) to go!

Ronnie with (231,046 m) to go!


Million Meter Watch:



Rivka with (1,286 m) to go ! Savoring the moment!

Zander with (26,983 m) to go! Wowzer, zooming along!

Ross with (137,089 m) to go!

bg with (141,054 m) to go!

Million Meter Watch:



Kenny H with (10,057 m) to go!

Terri M with (21,103 m) to go!

Charles B with (29,340 m) to go!

Chris H with (70,650 m) to go!

Dave H with (76,691 m) to go!

James G "enrage" with (92,635 m) to go!




Thanks to all who rowed today !

Lily m
Tony m
Gene 1,200 m
Sunny 1,500 m
Marty 3,000 m
Nataliya 3,200 m ...getting close to that 100K milestone!
Sam 3,400 m
Rivka 4,000 m
Sarah 4,000 m
Elton 4,600 m
BJ 6,014 m
Tammy 7,000 m
Roger 7,100 m
Katerina 7,800 m
Harold 8,160 m
Christa 8,450 m
Michelle 9,200 m
Anita 9,500 m
Zander 9,500 m
Jim 10,100 m
Ronnie 10,200 m
Bernie 12,010 m
Robyn 14,500 m
David T 16,000 m
Minnie 16,187 m
Baz 20,000 m
AJ 21,097 ...whoa...a Christmas Day half marathon!
Rosi 21,500 m
Cathie 22,000 m
Jay 22,000 m
David A 22,930 m

And the day before...

Ethan 1,000 m
Kaylee 1,000 m
Ashlee 2,000 m
Bobbie 2,000 m
Anita 3,000 m
Nataliya 3,000 m
Roger 3,000 m
Tony m
Christa 3,420 m
Nathan 3,523 m
Tammy 4,000 m
Ted 4,000 m
Zander 4,000 m
Jodi 4,038 m
Dave H 5,000 m ...Christmas meters for you!
Katerina 6,000 m
Rodrigo-go-go 8,331 m
Cathie 10,000 m
K2 10,000 m
Rosi 10,000 m
Wim m
Ronnie 12,000 m
Minnie 12,500 m
James G enrage 14,744 m
Jeff P 15,000 m
Jim 15,000 m
Will S 15,000 m
Michelle 16,000 m
Kim 18,869 m
Jerry 21,000 m
AJ 21,106 m
Ron 22,295 m
Jay 37,000 m

And the day before the day before:

Ethan 1,600 m wowzer!
Lily 3,000 m
Nataliya 3,000 m
Sarah 3,000 m
Terri M 3,000 m
Bobbie 3,400 m
Ashlee 3,559 m
Katerina 4,000 m
Minnie 4,520 m
Kaylee 4,567 m
Sam 5,090 m
Tony m
David T 6,000 m
BJ 6,017 m
Jack 6,067 m
Rick 6,226 m
Jeff P 6,852 m
Gene 7,000 m
Angelo 7,133 m
Robyn 8,000 m
Rodrigo 8,260 m
David A 8,472 m
Harold 8,500 m
Jim 10,000 m
Kristine 10,000 m
Marty 10,000 m
Sunny 10,000 m
Rivka 10,195 m
Greg C 10,483 m
Peter H m
Tammy 12,000 m
Bernie 12,023 m
Greg H 12,503 m
Nathan 13,831 m
Zander 14,000 m
AJ 14,060 m
Ronnie 15,000 m
Raoul 16,212 m
James G enrage 18,550 m
Andrea 19,073 m
Baz 20,000 m
Elton 20,000 m
Gail 20,000 m
Ken G 20,000 m
Jerry 20,000 m
Rosi 20,000 m
Anita 22,000 m
Christa 22,000 m
bg 22,126 m
Roger 24,000 m
Michelle 25,000 m
Ron 26,097 m
Jay 28,000 m
Will S 28,000 m
Kim 28,837 m
Ted 57,656 m
Cathie 70,000 m ...wow...

[Kona2]

Woohoo! We've been picking up some loose change here and there...and have closed the gap from $385.96 to $316.80 !

We're at 98.9 percent of the goal ! Hunt those last meters down...upload your Challenge meters to your logbooks....