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

[Kona2]

Whoooooosh!!! That's the sound of you and your erg(s) flying through yet ANOTHER month!

Two weeks, Lunies, until the Fall Team Challenge begins ! Not suggesting, directly, that you clear your calendar (we reserve that for our favorite Challenge...the Holiday Challenge), but you could start building your meter base. Concept2 has adapted some of their Challenges to reflect a 100K and a 200K meter level...and some of you have just completed the 100K (and more) required of the Dog Days of Summmmmr Challenge. Still - it's good to plan in advance how hard you're going to ask your body to work. You can make that easier work by building your meter base. We don't have any set requirements for meter amounts - that's something you can choose or not. Many Lunies do things like add an extra 15 minutes to their workout time during a Challenge. That amount can generate a lot of extra meters. It also can burn a lot of calories (Halloween candy is already on the shelves..). For those with techie devices that measure how fast you fall asleep, you will be zooming into Dreamland quickly. And be guilt free for eating like a Viking.

When the new ERG DATA app was rolled out, I wanted it to be more shiny. And colorful. I still want it to be more shiny and colorful, but have come to appreciate its functionality and ease of use. It is much easier to tap connect to get it to connect to the PM monitor - and entering what workout I'm doing is a lot easier. Now a whole new avenue of use is being brought forward. How MANY of us signed up for those daily emails with the workout of the day...and then took a look at them, but didn't program them into the PM monitors? Betcha you didn't do a lot with it either for the most part. Now, we have a brand new Challenge, the WOD (unlike another three letter W acronym) Challenge. Participating in this WOD Week Challenge might just convince you to add a shake up your routine workout into the mix...with a single tap.

WOD Week Challenge
September 5–11
Take part in a week of different workouts in our new WOD Week Challenge! Concept2 releases a new Workout of the Day (WOD) every day. For this challenge, you just need to complete the WOD on at least five days of WOD Week. The WODs will not be announced in advance, and could be anything from short, sharp shocks to longer, more endurance-based pieces. We hope you’ll join us in this challenge. Please read the details below carefully before you take part.

How To Participate
Anyone with an Online Logbook can participate in this challenge. We recommend using ErgData where possible to do the challenge. The WOD is available directly in ErgData and can be programmed on the monitor with a single tap.

The Details
Complete at least five of the seven daily Concept2 WODs in the week between September 5–11
Workouts must be entered exactly as prescribed. Workouts must be uploaded by apps like ErgData or the Concept2 Utility. You will not be able to enter workouts via the Logbook webpage.
You must do each WOD on the correct day.
This is an individual challenge. (You do not need to belong to a team to participate.) But the Lunies say it is more fun to belong to a team.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.65 MM Ron
1.65 MM David A
750 K Angelo
200 K Benjamin
200 K Lynne

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

GMan 1,046 m
Pat E 1,800 m
David W 2,000 m
Brent 3,009 m
Frank 3,070 m
Lola m....a milestone for your first posted palindrome! And we know what you'll want your reindeer name to be, too.
Judy 5,294 m
Sharon 5,385 m
Ian 5,478 m
Larry 6,000 m
Danny 6,321 m
Gary 6,797 m
JD 7,203 m
Robert H 8,000 m
Ken P 8,002 m
Peter E 8,422 m
Adam 10,000 m
Angelo 10,000 m
Jamie E 10,000 m
Ken G 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Benjamin 10,021 m
Tombeur 11,565 m
Dennis 13,431 m...a palindrome!
Ed 15,000 m
danwho 15,151 m...a palindrome!
Lynne 15,806 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

David A 28,682 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Wild Bill 33,288 m...mooner!
Ron 34,460 m...mooner!

[starbuck907]

[Kona2]

I think Lola gets it!

[Kona2]

No secret that I'm a baseball fan...so when an article entitled "The trumpets sounded, and Diaz delivered" arrived in my inbox this AM, naturally I wanted to see what was happening. Appreciate great players - and they sure can't all be on the same team (although the Dodgers are trying). Last night's Mets game was in the 9th inning. The Mets had a 2-1 lead over said Dodgers, and so Mets closer Edwin Diaz was called on to get the last three outs. Now when you're in person at a game, you get to hear all the walk up songs that the players have and some of those songs are SO perfect. I'd never seen Edwin Diaz walk onto the field to take the mound, but his entrance music is "Narco." This is a very distinctive in your face kind of music that sparks confidence in the team, and a saunter in the pitcher. Last night though was an international night. Aussie musician Timmy Trumpet was brought in to see his first Citi Field Mets game, and he played trumpet live. The stadium was rocking, and what a lot of time Edwin Diaz was given to warm up (well, just four pitches...but the whole thing lasted a few minutes). It was electric, and it is one of the reasons why I love baseball. It's drama. It's life's joys and disappointments, and it is theater!

Here's the clip: I hope you can watch it.

https://www.mlb.com/news/timmy-trumpet- ... -mets-game

[Kona2]

We are in the Time Between....between Challenges, that is. Perhaps checkout the WOD part of the Erg Data app before, you know, the WOD Challenge actually starts. So, if you are more like the mountain biker who LOVES the surprise element of wahoo! there was a really big downhill on the other side of the hill I just climbed, you may not feel the need to check out the WOD first. Others will like knowing what is ahead! Choose your path!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.85 MM Chip
200 K Pat E
35 MM Lunie Team meters!

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Larry 1,000 m
Jody 1,120 m
Lynne 2,338 m
Kevin 2,524 m
Brent 3,341 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Trevor 5,026 m
Judy 5,224 m
Kiara 6,117 m
Gines 6,251 m
Lola 7,007 m... palindrome!
Peter E 9,404 m
Adam 10,000 m
Angelo 10,000 m
Ken G 10,000 m
Pat E 14,000 m
David A 14,397 m
Ed 15,000 m
Chip 76,752 m...mega

[danwho]

The trumpets sounded, and Diaz delivered

That was fun.
https://www.tiktok.com/@gerypllk/video/ ... 7449577734

[Kona2]

Pat here, also of the new four. Looks like my entire season got uploaded. I'm just getting back into rowing since taking 14 years off. Hoping to get a million this season, and hopefully a slow marathon or two.

You have plenty of time to become a meter millionaire! Great to have you aboard!

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.95 MM Chip
2.9 MM Wild Bill
750 K Brent
650 K danwho
400 K Ian
300 K Robert H
300 K Patrick Hsr
250 K Adam
250 K Carol
50 K Lola

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Wim 500 m
William Ch 1,022 m
GMan 2,031 m
Frank 3,080 m
Trevor 3,243 m
Lynne 3,550 m
Larry 5,000 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Lola 5,005 m....a high five palindrome!
Judy 5,188 m
Kiara 5,613 m
Paul 6,000 m
Peter E 8,638 m
Job 8,809 m
Adam 10,000 m
Angelo 10,000 m
Pat E 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Eric 10,022 m
Brent 10,578 m
Bill 11,505 m
Rich Mc 11,885 m
K2 12,000 m
Ken P 12,658 m
Carol 13,323 m
Ed 15,000 m
David A 15,551 m...a high five palindrome of a different kind!
Ron 17,471 m...a palindrome!
Steve W 20,000 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Tombeur 22,402 m...mooner!
Ian 23,729 m...a mooner!
danwho 27,272 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Wild Bill 63,325 m...mega!
Chip 97,850 m...mega!

[Kona2]

Even AK is down to 15 hours of daylight now!

Yesterday's later capture of the numbers makes for a short report today! Hope everyone is enjoying their Labor Day holiday here in the US!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.7 MM Ron
1.35 MM Tombeur
450 K Ed

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

JD 2,012 m
Brickman 4,752 m
Benjamin 5,000 m
Maria 5,296 m
Tombeur 6,483 m
Lola 7,117 m...a palindrome!
Angelo 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Ed 15,000 m
Ron 18,881 m...a palindrome!

A rare moonless report!

[starbuck907]

[Kona2]

It's here! WOD Week Challenge....complete FIVE (whew) of SEVEN WOD workouts to finish this one off! Go Lunies!

So far, quite a few people are on the WOD Honorboard from all over the Concept2 universe - but only one Lunie! Congrats to Adam for getting the Lunies on the Boards!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

850 K Ken G
200 K Patrick S
100 K Rich Mc

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! Welcome back Emma!

Emma 1,000 m
Nathan 2,000 m
Frank 3,296 m
Brickman 3,315 m
Jodi 3,329 m
Paul 4,000 m
Lynne 4,602 m
William H 5,000 m
Larry 6,000 m
Angelo 10,000 m
Ed 10,000 m
Ken G 10,000 m
Lola 10,001 m...a one aught palindrome!
Adam 10,083 m
Brent 10,092 m
Patrick S 10,135 m
Rich Mc 11,168 m
Ian 11,504 m
Minnie 14,037 m
Ron 19,191 m...a palindrome!
Peter E 19,517 m

Another moonless night!

[adamoell]

After a long and foolish interruption to my rowing, I am so glad to be back. This is my first time back on the Luna-Tics team room for over a year - astonished and delighted to learn my morning's workout got the team onto the WOD board! I've no doubt that other Lunies will join in, with much faster times, too!

[Kona2]

After a long and foolish interruption to my rowing, I am so glad to be back. This is my first time back on the Luna-Tics team room for over a year - astonished and delighted to learn my morning's workout got the team onto the WOD board! I've no doubt that other Lunies will join in, with much faster times, too!

It's all about the participation - and not the speed! Great you are back!

[Kona2]

Just a note about the graphics we sometimes embed in the daily (well, mostly daily) postings. We're limited to 9 urls or other image designations unless they are the itty bitty ones that we can get by right clicking and see emoji pop up...tiny little things. So. Choices often have to be made about what to highlight...in case you're wondering. In previous C2 forum iterations, I could highlight MANY. Not so much now! In fact, it says the maximum number of URLs allowed is 10...but it's 9.

WOD Challenge: day 2 of 7 !

Having a bit of trouble with the sort function on the WOD Challenge honorboard - I can see that Adam and Ian have both completed the Row Erg WOD for today! Good work! Can't sort through the Bike Erg, and no results for ski erg that I can see.


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

800 K Steve W
500 K Ed...a cool half million!
450 K Trevor
250 K Linda M➡Linda H!

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! Welcome back Dana!

Nathan m ...a favorite palindrome!
Dana 3,000 m
Frank 3,056 m
Jeff M 3,442 m
Paul 5,000 m
Lola 5,005 m ...a palindrome!
Maria 5,168 m
Judy 5,258 m
Adam 5,327 m
Carol 5,649 m
Scott 5,778 m
Patrick S 6,017 m
Jamie E 6,505 m
Tombeur 6,725 m
Brent 8,079 m
Trevor 8,332 m
David A 8,538 m
Ken 10,000 m
William H 10,000 m
Rich Mc 11,176 m
Eric 12,271 m
Robert H 12,500 m
Steve W 14,226 m
Ian 17,619 m
Ron 18,881 m...a palindrome!
Wild Bill 26,129 m...mooner!
Ed m...a palindrome and a mooner!

[William H]

Can't sort through the Bike Erg, and no results for ski erg that I can see.

I'm hiding in the BikeErg results for WOD