Today starts the SkErg Loppet challenge...and I am not sure what a loppet is, actually. We do have several teammates who indicate that they exercise with the SkiErg, so good luck on getting those 100K meters done in July. Ah. Apparently a loppet is an endurance race over varied terrain...usually about 35K or so.
SkiErg Loppet
The SkiErg Loppet runs from July 1–31.
The Details
■Using the Concept2 SkiErg, ski at least 100,000 meters during the month of July and enter your meters in your online logbook.
■This is an individual challenge. (You do not need to belong to a team to participate.)
■Meters must be entered online.
■SkiErg meters only (no on snow, indoor rower, or on water meters please).
Apologies for the late posting. Much difficulty in getting internet this weekend. Apparently the storms that hit the east coast, and the fires that we're having have impacted the cell phone towers that do the transmitting. I would be on internet, then kicked off in two or three minutes. Really frustrating, but got the stats numbers earlier in the day (just couldn't do anything with them for awhile!).
Welcome back, Sarah. Always good to see returning faces! Lots of good milestones being rung up with all the meters this weekend.
Season meters as of 61/365 = 26,074,327 m
Total meters on the day = 555,300 m
Oars in space (participation) = 24 percent
MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:
1.25 MM bg
1.15 MM Jerry
500 K Rich M - a cool half million!
Million Meter Watch:
Michelle with (827 m) to go! She is making sure she celebrates every single meter on her way to one million!
Richard T with (51,500 m) to go!
Akira 135 m
Anais 465 m
Gene 900 m
Anita 3,500 m
Christa 3,500 m
Jay 3,500 m
Nataliya 3,600 m
Marty 4,000 m
Zander 4,000 m
Harold 4,500 m
Rich M 6,388 m
Matt 6,418 m ... this was when he was dreaming about the half marathon
Keith 6,615 m
Brian 10,000 m
Mike M 10,000 m
Ronnie 10,500 m
Roger 11,000
Jane m 
Jerry 11,300 m
Rivka 12,000 m
Michelle 12,500 m
Kristine 13,883 m
Richard T 18,521 m
bg 25,186 m
Sarah 362,778 m 
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You may recall that there is a small herd of the bovine variety pasturing in the as yet undeveloped space behind the eclectic residential neighborhood where I live. The cows aren't always there....they get mooooved around a bit, and do some wandering on their own. Received a call from a somewhat irate neighbor this morning ...it was oh dark thirty (although the sun was peeking above the horizon)...and all I heard was "there's a medium sized cow in my backyard and it's eating my flowers and trampling my grass." Now I wasn't sure what a medium sized cow meant, but a quick look out in the serengheti showed that a calf had indeed managed to escape the fenced in area....and had moooved on to another neighbor's yard. Not only that, but more calves were coming to join their buddy. Wasn't sure who owned the cattle, so I called the sheriff to report the escapees (didn't want them to wander out into the roadways). Dispatch didn't know what to do with the cavorting calves either, so they said call animal control. Animal control said "we don't do cows", call the brand inspector. Brand inspector?!! We just needed a herdsman with a bit of fence repair! But I called the brand inspector anyway. The brand inspector was out inspecting brands. She did call me later in the day to say she did not do roundup, but had I captured the cows? Meanwhile, the owner of the cattle showed up and took care of the issue. It was a fine start to the day, although some folks are going to be surprised when they do yard clean up. 
Matt 21,097 m ... always good to get a first half moon on the report, too!
Ron 42,195 m 
To Cathie and Michelle on 1 MM and to Matt for your first HM 
I had to laugh when I read it, reminds me so much of when I was growing up. We had milk cattle until I was about 16 and always dreaded hearing the words "get up, the cows are out again". A little amusement for right before July 4th.
