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

[normadelaney]

i've been asked how i ended up rowing with the guys by several teammates off line so here goes....when i applied for the crash-bs i filled out the form..they always ask for your weight...i didn't see anything about weight categories...it turns out this year they added flyweight...it was in the rules but i just quickly looked at the rules to make sure when the weigh in times were and totally missed that.....soooooooo..i'm looking at a preliminary schedule of events....being old i'm in a very early heat...when they finally placed me in a heat i found out that was rowing at 11:45...didn't notice the fw...i emailed the crash-bs and wendy got back to me and explained that i was placed by weight and not age...i asked if i could be placed by age and wendy said the only seat left was with the guys and i said i'd take it...the guys near me were great...when they were finished rowing they cheered me on with one fellow reminding me to breathe :}

Great to have your own cheering/coaching section!

[DavidA]

40,140,562 Lifetime Meters =

Whoop, whoop, and whoops we missed a celebration! Congratulations, Will S, on achieving Orbiter status! To circumnavigate the Earth is 40,075,000 m....and Will's 40,140,562 m lifetime total means he's started on his second orbit! We wish you many, MANY more meters!!

WOOOO HOOOOO!!!
Round 'n round he goes,
where he stops,
nobody knows.

David

[Kona2]

Day 3 or 4 (hemisphere dependent) of 31...

Hooboy!! Our mudslinging attempts to win the Concept2 daily lottery are like trying to win the Hamilton tickets lottery - without the trivia questions! We've had an uptick in participation from an average of 25 ergers a day over the last couple of weeks to 35 or so in the last couple of days! Not complaining - we're getting close to ONE HUNDRED MILLION TEAM METERS for the season! Good stuff.

5K total participants = 6520 in the erging universe, and 46 Lunies
10K total participants = 2480 in the erging universe, and 21 Lunies

These proportions are fairly usual for this Challenge btw.


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

2.75 MM Steve W
2.55 MM Derric
1.75 MM Andrew
700 K Ted
650 K Roy
400 K Chuck B

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Lee 312 m
Tony 2,222 m ....a doubled up palindrome!
David T 5,000 m
Jeff B 5,000 m
K2 5,000 m
Steve W 5,000 m
Tim G 5,000 m
Tom M 5,000 m
Bernie 5,031 m
Donna 5,257 m
Teresa R 5,466 m
Janice 5,560 m
Peter G 5,790 m
Chuck E 6,000 m
Larry 6,000 m
Thor 6,287 m
Jeff D 6,389 m
Patrick S 7,014 m
Doug 8,102 m
Chuck B 10,000 m
Gary 10,000 m
Ted 10,000 m
10,101 m ...a one aught palindrome...but begs the question...is a return to "add 100 each day" or just a favorite palindrome ...tomorrow will tell...
Kevin 10,137 m
Stefan 10,374 m
Liz 10,590 m
Tombeur 10,625 m
David A 11,076 m
danwho 11,111 m ...a palindrome..singular in nature!
Howard 12,003 m
Ron 13,131 m ...a lucky 13 palindrome!
John D 13,216 m
Andrew 14,441 m ...a palindrome...throwback from February
Dan O' 15,352 m
Minnie 18,115 m
Roy 19,900 m
Dennis 21,111 m ....he moons us!
Derric 42,391 m ....that's a full moon's worth!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop, and way to gather more shamrocks, pots-o-gold, and more millions of meters! Congratulations, Ron, on yet ANOTHER meter multi-millionaire season! We wish you many, MANY more!

[Kona2]

Day 4 or 5 of 31....it's a total mudbath!

I threw the mudbath bit in there so I could say "speaking of mudbaths..." and so we are. Just when you think Napa Valley is all about wine, and that maybe the recent fires might be causing some issues with mud, along comes awareness that there are some geothermal pop ups in the area. Now anyone who has watched multiple re-runs of Dante's Peak will remember what happened to the young couple who decided to jump into an area hot spring. Enough to make you hesitate to jump into any batch of naturally occurring warm water. Meanwhile, the spa-people and roman bath people were busy capturing this muddy wonder and touting its therapeutic effects. Helps with arthritis? Now there's a temptation. Still it is offset as an experience in my mind by the photos from one of the spas (and you thought Calistoga was all about water): https://visitcalistoga.com/mud-bath-exp ... gs-resort/ Getting the mud off might be quite time consuming.

So hope you are enjoying the start of the Muddy Challenge - I'm having my own muddy challenge with snow melt, dog paws and trying to keep it all outside.

5K challenge participants in the erging universe = 7,889 and 52 Lunies!

10K challenge participants in the erging universe = 3,156 and 28 Lunies!

We have a couple more days to build up to a towering number of participants....and then the drop will begin.....drop as in dropped from the Challenge. Keep plugging away so you'll have some days to "play" with towards the end when you are getting tired of Mud Season.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.3 MM Dan O'
2.8 MM Minnie
2.0 MM Ron
1.75 MM Ken
900 K FRiC
650 K Liz
600 K Carol - WELCOME new teammate!
550 K William H
300 K Lane

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Michael O' 2,770 m
Jeff B 5,000 m
Larry 5,000 m
Stefan 5,000 m
Tim G 5,000 m
Donna 5,250 m
danwho 5,555 m ...a high five palindrome!
Teresa R 5,675 m
Chuck E 6,000 m
Janice 6,337 m
Thor 6,600 m ...a double double!
William H 7,219 m
David T 7,500 m
Dennis 10,000 m
FRiC 10,000 m
Gary 10,000 m
Kevin 10,000 m
Lane 10,000 m
Louis 10,000 m
10,201 m ...a palindrome from yesterday + 100 makes a whole new palindrome!
Zach 10,291 m
Doug 10,501 m ...a palindrome!
Tombeur 11,147 m
Howard 12,060 m
Andrea 12,492 m
Ron 13,131 m ...a lucky 13 palindrome!
Andrew 13,431 m ...a different version of the lucky 13 palindrome!
Dan O' 14,851 m
Liz 16,271 m
Jeff D 16,487 m
18,581 m ...well hula hula! A palindrome!
Roy 19,400 m
Steve W 21,097 m ...he moons us!
Ed 43,334 m ...a palindromic full moon!
Ken 100,000 m ...emptied the meter piggy bank!
Carol 602,202 m

[normadelaney]

Welcome, Carol!! Glad to have you on our team.
~Norma (aka Shaun)

[Kona2]

The meteoric rise in Challenge participant numbers continues!!!

Total 5K Challenge participants = 9,150 with 54 of these being Lunies (Lunie participation +2 from yesterday)
Total 10K Challenge participants = 3,755 with 28 of these being Lunies (Lunie participation unchanged from yesterday)

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

7.9 MM Ed
3.1 MM David A
2.7 MM Tombeur
1.85 MM Gary
1.8 MM Andrew
700 K Roy
550 K Chuck E

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


AJ 1,019 m
Terry M 1,801 m
FRiC 5,000 m
Tim G 5,003 m
Bernie 5,028 m
Gene 5,273 m
Carol 5,412 m
Peter G 5,725 m
Andrea 5,741 m
Chuck E 6,000 m
Larry 6,013 m
Tom M 6,500 m
Dana 7,511 m
David T 8,000 m
Lane 10,000 m
Kevin 10,146 m
Norma 10,301 m ...a palindrome!
Doug 10,304 m
Liz 10,834 m
Gary 11,311 m ...a palindrome!
Howard 12,199 m
Ron 13,231 m ...a palindrome!
John D 13,407 m
Patrick H 15,000 m
Roy 17,600 m
Dan O' 18,019 m
Chuck B 20,000 m
Ted 20,000 m
Tombeur 20,759 m ... might be a two-fer here...but a good number!
Minnie 20,844 m
David A 25,029 m ... he moons us!
Steve W 26,109 m ... he moons us, too!
Ed 33,333 m ...and he moons us, three!
Andrew 68,520 m ...he moons us!

[bg]

40,140,562 Lifetime Meters =

Whoop, whoop, and whoops we missed a celebration! Congratulations, Will S, on achieving Orbiter status! To circumnavigate the Earth is 40,075,000 m....and Will's 40,140,562 m lifetime total means he's started on his second orbit! We wish you many, MANY more meters!!

WOOOO HOOOOO!!!

Round 'n round he goes,
where he stops,
nobody knows.

David

woooooooooooohoooooooooooo and congrats!!!!!

[bg]

Whoop, whoop, and way to gather more shamrocks, pots-o-gold, and more millions of meters! Congratulations, Ron, on yet ANOTHER meter multi-millionaire season! We wish you many, MANY more!

wooooooooooooooohooooooooooooo and congrats!!!! and welcome carol :]

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and a zoom or two ! Congratulations, Howard, on achieving a ONE million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

[Kona2]

Day 6 or 7 of 31....

Today is a factoring kind of date: 3-6-18....

Total 5K participants in the erging universe = 10,189 (gasp) and 58 in the Lunaverse
Total 10K participants in the erging universe = 4,194 (now that's an increase over previous years!) and 30 in the Lunaverse (down a few people from previous years)

After Midnight... the countdown begins!! Looking back at the Lunie Chronicles, we will see a rapid drop in overall participants remaining in the Challenge. Lunies stay the course....no one wants to loosen their hold. Love this stuff !

Back when there was more time in the day....here's a throwback Tuesday graphic for you from 2010: Pretty amazing uptick in total participants in just a few years! I had more time then...




MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.2 MM
1.85 MM Andrew
1.75 MM Dennis
1.15 MM Kevin
1.0 MM Howard
800 K Dana
700 K Tim G
700 K Kellee
350 K Jeff D
100 K Matthew R

Thanks, everyone, for rowing, skiing, and riding with us!

Tony 1,111 m ...that ever important first kind of palindrome!
Matthew R 3,000 m
Name withheld 4,800 m
Janice 5,000 m
Larry 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Carol 5,016 m
Teresa R 5,026 m
Tim G 5,115 m ...a palindrome bookended with high fives!
Doug 5,171 m
K2 5,288 m
Stefan 5,340 m
David T 5,500 m...a double double!
Andrea 5,768 m
Chuck E 6,000 m
Rick 6,229 m
Thor 6,753 m
Dana 7,747 m ...might be lucky 7s!
bg 8,193 m
david w (GBR) 9,659 m
David G 9,715 m
Chuck B 10,000 m
Kevin 10,000 m
Lane 10,000 m
Louis 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m ...a one aught palindrome!
Norma 10,401 m ...a palindrome!
Jeff D 10,471 m
Dennis 11,111 m ...a singular palindrome!
Gary 11,411 m ....a palindrome!
Howard 12,218 m
Jonathan 12,518 m
Ron 13,231 m ...a palindrome!
Andrew 14,141 m ...a palindrome from down under!
David A 14,756 m
lKellee 15,000 m
Dan O' 15,599 m
Derric 21,197 m ...and he moons us!

[bg]

Whoop, whoop and a zoom or two ! Congratulations, Howard, on achieving a ONE million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

wooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooo and congrats :]

[Thor MW]

Is it time to oil that pony’s chain?

It's been quite a while since I posted a reminder.

Go to Your Log, Season Summary, Near the bottom of the table is the title Overall. Make note of your hours under the Total Time column.

Every 50 Hours of Use Weekly for Institutional Users
Lubricate the chain with a teaspoon of purified mineral oil, 3-IN-ONE® oil, or 20W motor oil. Apply oil to a paper towel, and rub the paper towel along entire length of chain. Wipe off the excess. Repeat if needed. Do not clean the chain with any kind of cleaner or solvent, e.g. WD-40®.
I wipe down the chain first to remove any dirt. Then I apply the new oil. I also do this with two people one holding the handle all the way out. And the other doing the wiping. If you have more than one person riding then you need to combine both of your hours. There are other things we should be doing such as checking all nuts to be certain they are tight, check the handle connection to the chain for wear and replace as needed. Take a flashlight to the fly wheel to see if it’s dusty in there. Read the Concept2.com site for all details.
A well-groomed erg is a happy erg.

Keep on rock'n.

[HowardL]

Whoop, whoop and a zoom or two ! Congratulations, Howard, on achieving a ONE million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

wooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooo and congrats :]

Thank ya...thank ya very much.

[Kona2]

Old black water....that's what happens in a Mud Season Challenge....

Even MORE participants today! Naturally, it's the tipping point....

Welcome to another day of As the Shamrock Spins!

Total 5K participants in the Universe = 11,023 and 59 Lunies (an increase of 1 from yesterday)

Total 10K participants in the Universe = 4,568 and 31 Lunies (an increase of 1 from yesterday)


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


7.95 MM Ed
3.35 MM Dan O'
3.15 MM David A
2.8 MM Steve W
1.65 MM Doug
600 K Janice

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
Michael O 2,694 m
Matthew R 3,000 m
Janice 5,000 m
K2 5,000 m
Patrick S 5,000 m
Stefan 5,000 m
Teresa R 5,024 m
Tim G 5,225 m ....a palindrome bookended by high 5's!
Larry 5,500 m ...a double double!
Doug 5,513 m
Steve W 5,555 m ...a high five palindrome!
Rick 6,263 m
Andrea 6,370 m
John D 6,644 m ...a double double!
Liz 6,811 m
David G 6,850 m
Tom M 7,000 m
Patrick S 7,310 m
Jonathan 7,322 m
Nathan 7,500 m
Andrew 9,926 m
Chuck B 10,000 m
FRiC 10,000 m
Louis 10,000 m
Ted 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m ..a one aught palindrome!
Kevin 10,130 m
Tombeur 10,330 m
Jeff D 10,454 m
Norma 10,501 m ...a palindrome!
Dennis 11,111 m ...a palindrome!
Gary 11,511 m ....a palindrome!
Howard 12,150 m
Dana 12,841 m
Dan O' 13,018 m
Ron 13,231 m...a palindrome!
David A 14,805 m
Roy 17,400 m
Derric 21,198 m ....he moons us! Again!