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

[Thor MW]

Hello friends!

I skimmed through the discussions on marathons and half-marathons. I have only done one full erg marathon in my life, but I've done a bunch of halves. I liked the suggestion of doing some 10k and 15k pieces building up to it. You don't want to go from 30 minutes on the erg to two hours or whatever it will take you. It is okay if your are not the fastest erger. You don't have to go for a world record. Set a goal to simply finish the piece. You can always work on getting faster on later attempts. When I do the longer pieces, I will often adjust the damper so that my drag factor is lower (less strain on the back). I also recommend finding a good movie to watch. That definitely distracts me from the erg itself while tackling the 21,097m. Good luck to all who try.

Karyn

Thank you coach Karyn. For the newbies, Karyn has a great deal of training and experience behind her and is willing to help. I know she's straightened me out on a few things.
Have fun and keep on rock'n

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and WAY TO GO! Congratulations, Tony, on achieving a ONE million meter 2016 season - knew you could do it! We wish you MANY, MANY more!

And thank you for working towards our million meter per team member average!

[normadelaney]

Whoop, whoop and WAY TO GO! Congratulations, Tony, on achieving a ONE million meter 2016 season - knew you could do it! We wish you MANY, MANY more!

And thank you for working towards our million meter per team member average!

Congratulations, Tony!! Way to stick to it--well done!

[Kona2]

And the bottle cap still says 33 Lunies stayin' alive!

Things are tightening up in the overall progress of the virtual Challenge universe...with just a little over a week to go, there were fewer VAPORIZATIONS than any other day thus far...with only 44 blasting off the progress board and into space dust! Fortunately, no Lunie virtual participants were lost! This is serious business as we enter the countdown mode!

Special 8 - that's us!

1 Free Spirits Virtual 5,072,014m 111 45,694m
2 Age Without Limits Virtual 4,926,501m 139 35,442m
3 FRENCH INDOOR ROWERS TEAM Virtual 4,706,163m 115 40,923m
4 Greenville Indoor Rowing Health/Fitness 3,563,685m 168 21,212m
5 Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In. Health/Fitness 3,542,486m 308 11,502m
6 Overcoming disAbilities Virtual 3,492,087m 17 205,417m
7 RowPro Team Virtual 2,593,450m 65 39,899m
8 LUNA-TICS Virtual 2,465,727m 65 37,934m

MILESTONES....Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.6 MM bg
2.1 MM danwho
1.0 MM Tony
300 K Patrick
200 K John B
200 K Jean M

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us!

Steve W 2,000 m
Jay R 2,020 m ...vision is good!
Tony 2,222 m ...and with a palindrome, he crosses into meter millionaire status!
Andre 5,000 m
K2 5,000 m
Peter G 5,000 m
Steve G 5,000 m
Jim M 5,115 m ... a palindrome!
Teresa R 5,718 m ...another entry into the random drawing...could this one be as lucky?!
Patrick 5,851 m
Jean M 5,867 m
Heather 5,998 m
David T 6,000 m
AJ 7,017 m
Minnie 7,227 m .. hula hula ...a palindrome!
William H 7,295 m
Tom R 7,723 m
Chris W 7,963 m
Jeff M 8,030 m
Ross 8,331 m
Ken G 10,000 m
Kevin 10,000 m
Noel 10,018 m
bg 10,021 m
Larry 10,060 1 m
Norma 10,101 m ...another palindrome! All the pots of gold you've collected - gotta look like Smaug's lair!
Janice 10,160 m
Dan O' 10,379 m
Stefan 11,011 m ..a double aught double palindrome! That's like a two-fer!
Howard 11,341 m
Peter T 12,021 m ...a palindrome!
E V 12,566 m
David A 12,625 m
John B 15,000 m
Thor 15,251 m ...a palindrome!
Doug G 16,140 m
Ron 21,022 m ...just shy of a half moon!
danwho 23,032 m ...a palindrome...perhaps two days?
Tombeur 23,291 m
Ed 33,333 m ....a repeater 3's palindrome!

[Edscapade]

Whoop, whoop and way to go, Thor! Congratulations on achieving FIVE million lifetime meters! We wish you many, MANY more!!

Awesome Thor! Catching up - going to have to put in some extra time...

[Thor MW]

Awesome Thor! Catching up - going to have to put in some extra time...[/quote]


You are a good man Master Ed. Thank you.

[Thor MW]

Whoop, whoop and WAY TO GO! Congratulations, Tony, on achieving a ONE million meter 2016 season - knew you could do it! We wish you MANY, MANY more!

And thank you for working towards our million meter per team member average!

Congratulations, Tony!! Way to stick to it--well done!

I have been watching you get closer and closer Tony. Way to row!!!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and WHAT A MILESTONE! Congratulations, Norma, on achieving a THREE million meter 2016 season! We wish you many, MANY more!

[Navelgarden]

I did my first 1/2 marathon on the weekend. Didn't push myself too hard as I just wanted to focus on finishing the distance. Padding on the seat is great advice as mine was aching pretty good during the last 5,000m. And something I read in the forum that has been a HUGE help for long distances and daily rows is wrapping the handles with nylon (sounds crazy, but it works... buy a pair of nylons from the dollar store, cut the legs off, and wrap one around each side). Since doing that, and learning to hook my fingers over the handle instead of gripping it like a bat, I haven't had any problems with blisters at all. Good luck!

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Congratulations, Peter, on your FIRST EVER half moon....as the half marathon is affectionately known here in Luna-Tics land. We joke, somewhat, about FIRST EVERS....but I can guarantee that every one of us who has ever done a half marathon remembers the first one....and the total elation of finishing it! Well done!

PS - I cant wait to see what kind of graphic danwho comes up with for the nylons on the handles....I had never heard of this technique....

Thanks! I'm guessing then that here in Luna-Tics land a full marathon is known as a full moon?? If so, it won't be my first when I do one in May because I did a lot of mooning in my younger years, but I'll be celebrating just the same.

Oh, and here's a pic of the nylon handles... because you asked

[just27]

... I'm guessing then that here in Luna-Tics land a full marathon is known as a full moon?? If so, it won't be my first when I do one in May because I did a lot of mooning in my younger years, but I'll be celebrating just the same.

Oh, and here's a pic of the nylon handles... because you asked

Excellent graphic ...

I'm remembering that a full marathon is 42,195, entered on the monitor at the beginning of the session, and counting down without stopping (except for a sub-4-minute walk around the room or trip to the WC); that which offers you the chance to RANK on your log page. The full moon, is in recognition of your stellar effort of going the distance in one day, but in several stages which add up to or exceed the 42,195. (Same for the half marathon/half moon, with the corresponding 21,097.) It's all good!

[danwho]

... I'm guessing then that here in Luna-Tics land a full marathon is known as a full moon?? If so, it won't be my first when I do one in May because I did a lot of mooning in my younger years, but I'll be celebrating just the same.

Oh, and here's a pic of the nylon handles... because you asked

Excellent graphic ...

I'm remembering that a full marathon is 42,195, entered on the monitor at the beginning of the session, and counting down without stopping (except for a sub-4-minute walk around the room or trip to the WC); that which offers you the chance to RANK on your log page. The full moon, is in recognition of your stellar effort of going the distance in one day, but in several stages which add up to or exceed the 42,195. (Same for the half marathon/half moon, with the corresponding 21,097.) It's all good!

Excellent!!
But I have a feeling I'm going to be rowing in the dog house now...


Congratulations, Tony !!!

[Kona2]

Minnie is correct that a full moon is what we call distance equal to or greater than a full marathon, but not rowed as a single workout. I misspoke- I guess I was referring to the graphics we use of a half moon for a half marathon and a full moon for a full marathon. Or I just goofed. Snort. It is all good - and the graphic is hilarious, although I really want to see how the handle is wrapped.

[Navelgarden]

Minnie is correct that a full moon is what we call distance equal to or greater than a full marathon, but not rowed as a single workout. I misspoke- I guess I was referring to the graphics we use of a half moon for a half marathon and a full moon for a full marathon. Or I just goofed. Snort. It is all good - and the graphic is hilarious, although I really want to see how the handle is wrapped.

Good to know. Thank you both.

I'll take a picture when I get home. Basically, I wrapped the handles like the tape seen on road bicycle bars, starting from the outside and wrapping in on each side, using duct tape to secure each end of nylon to the handle itself. First time using it my hands felt great, and that was the day after the row that gave me all the blisters that made me look into options (and proper grip) in the first place. The cushion and 'flex' in the nylon did make me feel like I was losing a little control/power at first, but I've either gotten used to it or the slight power loss was all in my head. Last thing... the nylon tends to shift and unravel once in a while, but I just loosely wrap it or fold it against the handle again before each row until I feel like getting the tape out and doing a perfect tight wrap again.

[Noel C.]

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Oh, and here's a pic of the nylon handles... because you asked

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Nice, but I'm a practical person. Does it come in a wedge?

[HeathM]

Oh, and here's a pic of the nylon handles... because you asked

Dying laughing ... the heels really make it perfect!! hahahah