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

[normadelaney]

btw...i did the gentle giant pineapple express erg-a-thon today :}

Woo hoo and congrats to you, bg!! Way to support high school rowers in your community!

[Kona2]

The forum site upload failed....and just like that....my work went into cyberspace. Curse you upload failures. Aaargh... May you walk the cyberspace plank.

Meanwhile, bg (in the disguise of Carmen Miranda), finds ANOTHER interesting event in Somerville....this time it was the Gentle Giant Rowing Club's 1st Annual Pineapple ERG Challenge. No word about why the Pineapple Erg name.

7th !


It's here! A whole new season!!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


8.5 MM Ed
3.2 MM David A

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us! We look forward to celebrating YOUR milestones!

Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
Larry 2,025 m
bg 3,204 m
Paul 5,000 m
Chip 5,015 m
Steve G 5,322 m
AJ 7,126 m
David T 8,500 m
Baz 10,000 m
Kellee 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
Janice 10,005 m
Will 10,056 m
Minnie 10,203 m
Dan O' 10,302 m
Donna 10,564 m
danwho 11,111 m ..a palindrome!
Tombeur 11,188 m
David A 11,218 m
Gerald 11,235 m
Norma 12,321 m ...a countem up and down palindrome!
Ed 42,195 m ...he moons us!

[bg]

The forum site upload failed....and just like that....my work went into cyberspace. Curse you upload failures. Aaargh... May you walk the cyberspace plank.

Meanwhile, bg (in the disguise of Carmen Miranda), finds ANOTHER interesting event in Somerville....this time it was the Gentle Giant Rowing Club's 1st Annual Pineapple ERG Challenge. No word about why the Pineapple Erg name.

7th !



also not sure how the name came about but it was nice to think tropical thoughts after the april 1st storm....i got to run in rain and sleet and fortunately missed the snow...i sure hope spring decides to stay a while.....and play ball....the sox start their season today :] and at this time in two weeks i'll be running boston :}

[Terrepin]

Meanwhile, bg (in the disguise of Carmen Miranda), finds ANOTHER interesting event in Somerville....this time it was the Gentle Giant Rowing Club's 1st Annual Pineapple ERG Challenge. No word about why the Pineapple Erg name.

Interesting event, this Pineapple Erg Challenge. I looked for results but couldn't find any on line. How did you do, bg?

Oh, and go, Tribe!! - Dennis

[bg]

Meanwhile, bg (in the disguise of Carmen Miranda), finds ANOTHER interesting event in Somerville....this time it was the Gentle Giant Rowing Club's 1st Annual Pineapple ERG Challenge. No word about why the Pineapple Erg name.

Interesting event, this Pineapple Erg Challenge. I looked for results but couldn't find any on line. How did you do, bg?

Oh, and go, Tribe!! - Dennis

for me i did really well :] i've emailed the group to see if any official results will be posted....wondering how i did in my age group...

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and hula hula!

Congratulations, Minnie, on achieving yet ANOTHER two million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

[bg]

Whoop, whoop and hula hula!

Congratulations, Minnie, on achieving yet ANOTHER two million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

woooooooooooo hoooooooooooooo and congrats :]

[Kona2]

7th !

About 4,000 people are participating in the World Erg Challenge (and what does that say when almost TEN thousand participated in Mudness? The lure of free stuff....). How much to row in a team challenge? There's absolutely no required or set limit - people have their own goals and milestones! That said, I mention the four thousand just because one goal that teammates sometimes have is to finish in the top ten percent of those participating. Right now, that would mean that if you have earned greater than 163K in the Challenge thus far....you're on track. I'm hoping to get back on track later today after missing a couple of erging opportunities. What's driving me is that TWO million meter milestone line though....which also helps the team as I push for this.

Meanwhile, three days now with the new PM5 monitor and use of Erg Data app. Thumbs up. I haven't tried the target training games or such just yet, but these look pretty promising for those of us working to bump up the metrics and get a bit faster. What I do like: while I miss the blue logcard, I absolutely do not miss the card reader capriciousness...will it work today or not? I moved to the PM5 to go wireless. It is surely possible to use the cable connections from erg to mobile, yet I find that the headphone jack is such an inherently poor design (sort of like knees) and often fails. Also, some phones now without headphone jacks of the usual style (workarounds exist). We will see if the smartphone cradle survives puppies slamming into the rower. New monitor does seem a bit bouncier than the originally installed PM3. Get the wrenches back out...

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

8.55 MM Ed
2.0 MM Minnie
1.9 MM Doug
1.85 MM Patrick Hsr
1.75 MM Dan O'
950 K Rick
650 K Mark

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


Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
Jay R 2,027 m
Melissa 2,000 m
Jane 4,004 m ...a golfing palindrome!
Kym 5,000 m
Peter G 5,000 m
Steve W 5,000 m
Chip 5,015 m
Jeff M 5,024 m
Howard 5,045 m
Steve G 5,316 m
Rick 6,235 m
Thor 6,401 m
Jeff D 6,449 m
AJ 7,038 m
Larry 9,299 m
Collin 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Ian 10,004 m
Noel 10,080 m
Norma 10,101 m ..a palindrome!
Louis 10,500 m
Tombeur 10,621 m
David T 11,000 m
danwho 11,011 m ...a double aught double palindrome!
David A 11,256 m
Dan O' 11,301 m
Minnie 11,511 m ...a palindrome!
Dennis 13,431 m ..a palindrome!
Ron 14,141 m ...a palindrome!
Mark 15,000 m
K2 15,151 m ...a palindrome! I know. Not my usual.
Donna 15,735 m
FRiC 17,001 m
Will 17,451 m
Doug 20,582 m
Gerald 23,573 m
Ed 33,333 m ...a palindrome!

[Larryrows]

Whoop, whoop and hula hula!

Congratulations, Minnie, on achieving yet ANOTHER two million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

Way to go Minnie!! Row on!!

[just27]

Congratulations, Minnie, on achieving yet ANOTHER two million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

Thanks for the several shout-outs, y'all. These little milestones and challenges are so crazy motivational, for me ... makes all the difference between, "meh, that's enough for this evening" ... and, "onwards, only another million meters till the next milestone" ...

[Kona2]

Settled in Seventh...for now! Keep going!!

Wanna be in the top ten percent of individual contributors in this Challenge? Your total meters need to be pretty close to 170,000 m as of today. Gerald and Ed are leading the Lunie pack of 78 with almost half a million meters each. That's incredible! That puts them in the top ONE percent of the contributors worldwide.

Meanwhile, the race to YOUR specific milestone is ON! A few weeks ago, a "meters to go for next biggie" (highly technical label...snort) list was published here on the forum. Progress has certainly been made! We flock like bugs to the light at the finish line of the next milestone! Ha.

3 MM: Steve W completed, and Thor is within 30K of the goal

2 MM: Angelo and Minnie completed, and the other 8 are actively gap closing with meters to go ranging from 20K to 160K. Norma, Doug, and Will pounding the erg totals the most since the first list published.

1 MM: Dennis completed, and 9 others are actively working on their meters. Meters to go range from 38K to 178K.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

8.6 MM Ed
2.6 MM Louis
1.9 MM K2 ...strangely hears the music of JAWS....
1.9 MM Norma
650 K Donna
450 K Gerald
167,761 m ...a nice palindrome total from Tony!

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

Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
David T 3,000 m
Chip 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Bernie 5,009 m
Ross 5,047 m
Steve G 5,257 m
Kym 5,658 m
Jane 6,006 m ...a palindrome!
Jonathan 6,017 m
Noel 6,112 m
Rick 6,205 m
Thor 6,314 m
Howard 7,027 m
Larry 7,204 m
Matthew R 7,500 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Paul 10,000 m
Dan O' 10,254 m
Janice 10,377 m
Collin 11,511 m ..a palindrome!
David A 12,512 m
Ron 14,041 m ...a palindrome!
Mark 15,000 m
K2 15,151 m ...a palindrome!
Will 15,305 m
Stu 16,161 m ...a palindrome!
Norma 17,771 m ...a palindrome with lucky 7s tucked inside!
Louis 18,000 m
Donna 20,872 m
Gerald 24,476 m ...he moons us!
Ed 33,333 m ...a palindrome AND he moons us!

[Kona2]

7th!

Our daily team meter total popped up by 100K yesterday - bringing us within 200K of the next rung in the ladder. Up for the climb? We'll see!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.45 MM Tombeur
1.85 MM bg
1.85 MM danwho
1.3 MM Stuart
600 K Ian
450 K Baz

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

Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
Ross 3,050 m
Larry 5,061 m
Kym 5,616 m
Ian 6,004 m
Melissa 6,110 m
Dan O' 6,264 m
FRiC 6,275 m
Steve W 6,623 m
Collin 6,886 m ...a palindrome!
Patrick 7,224 m
Louis 9,164 m
Howard 9,205 m
David T 9,500 m
Chip 10,000 m
Noel 10,074 m
bg 10,097 m
David A 10,100 m
Jane 10,101 m ...a palindrome!
Tombeur 10,135 m
danwho 11,111 m ...a palindrome!
Donna 11,850 m
Ron 12,221 m ..a palindrome!
Cheryl 13,920 m
AJ 15,082 m ...a twofer!
Gerald 16,003 m
Stuart 16,161 m ..a palindrome!
Mark 18,073 m ...building the base!
Norma 20,002 m ...a palindrome!
K2 21,097 m....you've been mooned!
Kellee 22,000 m
Minnie 22,422 m ...a twofer palindrome!
Baz 30,000 m
Ed 33,333 m ...a palindrome!

[just27]

Minnie 22,422 m ...a twofer palindrome!
Baz 30,000 m
Ed 33,333 m ...a palindrom[/i]

So sad, even with combined postings, I am still so very far from the head of the boat!
(From whence came the "Minnie" moniker ... "queen of the boat.")

[BAZzy]

See you in a week, TomO and I are ff to an army cadet camp over the coming week. I suspect I will be relegated to peeling spuds and onions to feed the hungry cadets who will number around 330.

In Australia many of the private schools have a cadet unit that is sponsored by the Australia Army, and TomO has his sights set on a military career.

Following is a couple of pictures of Lance Corporal O'Malley...!

https://thelandy.com/2017/04/07/yes-sir ... -high-sir/

Anyway, happy rowing in the meantime...

Cheers, Baz

[danwho]

Minnie 22,422 m ...a twofer palindrome!
Baz 30,000 m
Ed 33,333 m ...a palindrom[/i]

So sad, even with combined postings, I am still so very far from the head of the boat!
(From whence came the "Minnie" moniker ... "queen of the boat.")

Well, shiver me timbers. I never knew the origin of the Minnie moniker.
But cheer up, M̵a̵t̵e̵y̵ Minnie. Depending on what be waitin' fer ye, sometimes it be better not bein ferst.