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

[Kona2]

Some say that the number 8 is a lucky number - and here's wishing our eighth canoe onto the virtual waters much good luck!

Woohoo and hooyah !! Not too long ago, Minnie put in half marathons just about every single day -- ending the year with over 200 of them. For this reason, she soon earned the nickname of Minnie the Mooner since a moon is used as an icon for these distances. Yesterday, the lure of the canoe must have been particularly strong. Minnie completed a half marathon - and found that she was REALLY close to getting her new caricature into the canoe. She'd asked her resident artist for a new hairdo and earrings on her "native." And so it was that a few hours after finishing the first half marathon, Minnie was back on the erg, throwing a SECOND half marathon into the logbook. Probably helped that she was watching a couple of "Die Hard" movies while rowing! Well done, Minnie!



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Tudury (Minnie) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Full moon with 42,227 m on the day...

[Kona2]

Challenges are supposed to be just that....a goal that is not easy to reach, yet with a disciplined approach (and a few hooyah! moments) - the goal can be met. Was thinking about this as I recorded some of the teammate total meters today. We have several teammates (Nataliya, Robert H, Ron J, Roger and Sarah A) who are rapidly approaching the fireworks milestone of ONE million meters on the rowing season. Whether you are new to rowing or have many millions in your personal meter bank, this is a significant milestone representing a big time commitment to exercise (and to yourself!). With that in mind, I looked at my current meter total for the year and wondered just what it would take to double that amount...sort of a meter double down (although I am not quite sure that the use of double down is quite right, it sounds good). And then the opportunity to REALLY think about that presented itself...

AJ turns out some very impressive special artwork for this team....and all I can say after having seen the 500K awards (the bathtubs), is that if there is ANY way that YOU can go for this distance, it will be SO worth it. I'm sitting here with calculator and calendar right now trying to figure out if I can get to 500K by the end of this Challenge. I've never rowed 500K in a month in my life (so why not NOW?! says my evil twin). Will this be a rue the day or a praise the day?! Decisions...decisions...

[Jodi]

Holy Moley Batman! Look at the meters those at the top have logged
Sheesh, I feel like such a slacker!
I love challenges. I WILL get a seat in a canoe before this challenge is over.

By the way, I really like the ErgData program for my iPod Touch. It works great with the new Connector Kit that I got for Christmas. No more lugging my PM3 into the house to upload my meters to my online logbook.

[Kona2]

Another half marathon...and Rosi captures her canoe! Love the green headband and ponytail band - just like Rosi's team colors for her Green Bees soccer football team...might get this wrong, but I think that's Abejas Verdes?

[Kona2]

I love challenges. I WILL get a seat in a canoe before this challenge is over.

By the way, I really like the ErgData program for my iPod Touch. It works great with the new Connector Kit that I got for Christmas. No more lugging my PM3 into the house to upload my meters to my online logbook.

You can do it, Jodi ! And thanks for the review of the ErgData program and Connector Kit!

[Kona2]

Day 6 or 7 of 31 ....EVERY meter counts !!


Team Standings
Pos. Team Team Type Total Event Meters Team Members Average Meters
1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 8,127,861 281 28,925
2 Community Rowing, Inc On-Water Club 4,359,201 298 14,628
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 3,784,469 91 41,588
4 Free Spirits Virtual Club 3,137,718 122 25,719
5 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 2,701,427 39 69,267

Hooboy! We are in a rowing dogfight...and it's still the FIRST week of the Challenge !

Here's the current list of participants signed on for the Luna-Tics Challenge Team. There are many familiar names (and thank you for rowing with us again!), and a few that seem quite new. Welcome to Kathryn A - and thanks, Jane, for recruiting her from the Southbridge Y. Indeed, a special team welcome to all who are new to rowing with us (you have truly joined in with a bunch of moon-bound pirates - but we have good hearts). Names that seem new to me are Fred Church (brother of Ed maybe?), Andrei R, Lachezar M, and Melissa H. Glad to have everyone aboard, and do feel free to join in the team forum discussions...it's how we get to know who you are! Lurking is okay, too.


Virtual Team Challenge 2013 Individual Standings
Name Gender Age Total Event Meters
1 Cathie Johnson F 30 161,427
2 Walter Washington M 23 153,333
3 Norton Commando M 36 141,766
4 Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. M 39 124,500
5 Samuel Johnson M 72 123,292
6 Michelle Donavon F 23 122,195
7 Richard Tessier M 61 120,452
8 Chris Tudury F 63 103,232
9 Rosita Delacruz F 37 101,305
10 Zander Fraser M 38 90,500
11 Tim Garlick M 53 90,000
12 Ronnie Mills F 45 87,871
13 Marie Ballantine F 44 86,500
14 Rivka Levitt F 42 72,999
15 Dana Noeske F 54 72,550
16 barbara grandberg F 62 72,467
17 Christa Krause F 33 67,500
18 Katerina Mack F 32 66,598
19 Harold Janusek M 62 66,066
20 Roger Gwinn M 33 65,513
21 Robyn Lee F 35 65,098
22 Tammy Gwinn F 33 63,624
23 Jim Kielma M 59 63,136
24 Jane Newall F 43 62,570
25 Stephen Wild M 46 56,221
26 Steven Larky M 50 54,443
27 Mike Crossley M 56 52,480
28 David A. Alden M 52 51,159
29 Ted Cowley-Gilbert M 51 47,000
30 Sarah Addams F 27 46,088
31 Mike Gilger M 52 45,753
32 Kristine Strasburger F 48 45,236
33 Stuart Babendir M 54 44,867
34 David Ballard M 47 40,000
35 Kenny Rowland M 58 39,868
36 Charles Dykstra M 45 39,765
37 Howard Lett M 63 38,453
38 Karyn Gallagher F 43 37,122
39 Martin Hayes M 26 36,010
40 Paul Sharp M 51 36,000
41 David Tangerini M 65 36,000
42 Nataliya Pyatrova F 28 35,862
43 Rick Carveth M 60 35,210
44 Rebecca Whitcomb F 30 35,000
45 Peter Huurman M 39 34,044
46 Peter Gingras M 53 33,810
47 Jan Stevenson F 60 33,333
48 Jennifer Browning F 48 31,115
49 Lachezar Manasiev M 25 28,371
50 Kathryn Acciari F 51 28,227
51 Andrew Augenstein M 61 27,531
52 Tom McGuire M 60 26,550
53 Kristine Bay F 57 25,273
54 Melissa Harsley F 57 25,000
55 Daniel Cox M 68 24,872
56 Jay Rawot M 53 23,812
57 Bobbie Kielma F 60 22,204
58 Greg Childs M 58 21,049
59 Jessica Shumake F 35 21,035
60 A J Tudury M 64 20,718
61 peter verdirame M 58 20,500
62 Robert Hess M 51 20,000
63 Anthony Parendo M 69 19,998
64 Dan Wickwar M 59 17,157
65 Bernie Svendsen M 54 16,067
66 Anna Cicognani F 42 15,600
67 Debbie Vuillemot F 47 13,022
68 Mike Mulvihill M 52 12,887
69 Andrei Rozenshtein M 41 12,017
70 william brackett M 60 12,000
71 Brandon Noll M 26 11,824
72 darren barreca M 41 10,732
73 Kiba Chan F 24 10,000
74 Ryan Cresawn M 38 10,000
75 Ed Church M 52 10,000
76 Don Silseth M 60 9,000
77 Jodi Nelson F 51 8,628
78 Tim Porter M 54 6,446
79 Mary Onorati F 27 6,009
80 Gabriela Caranfil F 50 5,600
81 Tim Strasburger M 18 5,464
82 David Haas M 60 5,000
83 Andrea Cosmin F 55 2,543
84 James Garcia M 36 0
85 Barry O'Malley M 53 0
86 Dennis Dishong M 56 0
87 Marc Habert M 46 0
88 Ron Jaracz M 43 0
89 Charles Langford M 39 0
90 Ernie Chan M 61 0
91 Fred Church M 57 0
Total Challenge Meters = 3,784,469 m (almost one percent of the way to the moon...)

Season meters as of 249/365 = 116,787,460 m

Total meters on the day = 689,179 m

Oars in space (participation) = 34 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.8 MM Jay
3.5 MM Cathie
3.35 MM Richard T
2.5 MM Walter W
2.2 MM Jane
1.9 MM Marie
1.85 MM Minnie the Mooner
1.85 MM Stephen W
1.8 MM Rosi
1.55 MM Anita
1.5 MM David T
1.4 MM Ted
1.15 MM Robyn
550 K Tammy
300 K Jodi
300 K Rick C

Thanks, everyone, for rowing with us!

Tony m
Jodi 4,103 m
Bobbie 4,500 m
Darren 4,685 m
Brian C 5,000 m
Ryan 5,000 m
Sorin 5,259 m
Tim S 5,464 m
Rick C 6,357 m
Kevin 7,000 m
Jim 8,000 m
Nataliya 8,000 m
Peter G 8,000 m
Stephen W 8,018 m
Teresa 8,180 m
Marty 9,000 m
K2 9,446 m
Jessica 10,000 m
Kiba 10,000 m
Matt F 10,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
AJ 10,201 m ...in addition to hours of graphics!
David T 12,000 m
Katerina 12,000 m
Harold 12,006 m
Kristine 12,376 m
Jane 12,948 m
Mike G (MITWH) 13,052 m
Sarah 13,418 m
Marie 13,500 m
Cathie 15,000 m
Roger 15,000 m
Sam 15,000 m
Tammy 15,000 m
Ted 15,000 m
Tim G 15,306 m
Michelle 16,000 m
Rivka 18,000 m
Anita 20,000 m
Christa 20,000 m
Ronnie 20,000 m
Zander 20,000 m
Rosita 21,097 m
Robyn 21,097 m
Jay 24,000 m
Richard T 33,155 m
Walter m (and in one rowing day he catches up to my entire Challenge meters)
Minnie 42,227 m
Andrea 49,118 m - nice update!

Keep on pushing, Lunies! We can DO this !

[seniram]

I've got to admit, being part of a team has made a big difference. I had a couple of days off for my birthday, but woke up this morning thinking about two things.

1. The NHL is done their lockout and my leafs will be back on soon...(hockey for those of you who have no idea what I am talking about)
2. Gotta get some meters rowed to do my small part for the team!

I feel great, and I keep lurking this discussion inspired by the stories and great numbers people are putting up!

Darren

[bg]

I've got to admit, being part of a team has made a big difference. I had a couple of days off for my birthday, but woke up this morning thinking about two things.

1. The NHL is done their lockout and my leafs will be back on soon...(hockey for those of you who have no idea what I am talking about)
2. Gotta get some meters rowed to do my small part for the team!

I feel great, and I keep lurking this discussion inspired by the stories and great numbers people are putting up!

Darren

i'm also glad that hockey is back....gooooo bruins....and welcome to all the new folks and the returning folks....and great rowing everyone....luna-tics rock :}

[Kona2]

Hooboy! We better get some oars soon - all these canoes could cause a canoe jam on Moon River! Congratulations, Tim G, on getting through the 100K milestone....and snagging your canoe! Tim is canoe # 10, with a generic native caricature!



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Garlick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Drivetofast]

Just want to give a shout out to Ron. See how you are doing. Its not the same without your Jokes
Richard T

[Kona2]

And lucky canoe number 11 is powered by Zander ! AJ has put a new stern on these canoes !



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zander Frasser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Here's Marie zooming into her canoe, the 12th in the ArMOONda! Well rowed !


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marie Ballantine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Marie Michelle

The difference is in the details (for so many things! ), and AJ is paying close attention to make some subtle changes here and there - in this instance, when two teammates each have long, light colored hair! Cool !

[Kona2]

What a great start to the week! And the PM I received about one of our teammates just made it even better! I am hoping that Michelle will see the note below or that one of her other teammates knows how best to contact her to see if she is interested in pursuing the opportunity described. Dorian says that it is difficult to find LTA rowers who fit the age and citizenship parameters - and who are actually rowers! Well, this team has some fine adaptive rowers and these rowers are getting noticed! I know that Ronnie and Zander have participated in Paralympic games for Jamaica and have great things to say about the experience. I told Dorian that I would post this message here on our forum in the hopes that what looks like a good fit for US Rowing might be a good fit for Michelle, too.

Michelle, if you wish to contact Dorian, I think you can send her a PM...or send me one and I will give you the email address she provided for the contact purposes. And, if anyone knows other rowers who might meet the criteria that Dorian describes, perhaps you can let her know about them as well. Good opportunity for smiles all around.

Hi

I am wondering if you might be able to help me. My name is Dorian Weber and the reason i contact you is that USRowing (the national governing body for the sport of Rowing) is looking to find athletes / very active people who would be interested in trying out to hopefully represent the USA at world rowing championships and eventually the Paralympic games in 2016 in RIo in the sport of Para rowing.

I noticed a member of your Luna-Tic team, Michelle Donavon, was classified as LTA on the Jan concept 2 challenge and logging lots of miles. I tried to email her on here however it seems the last time she logged on was back in 2011.

Anyway USrowing are currently looking for athletes aged between 18 - 30 who are physically fit (if you have rowed on the water that would be amazing) and looking for a great challenge

I myself recently represented the USA at the Paralympic games in London, which was an amazing experience.. Met loads of awesome people and even got to go to the White house and shake the presidents hand. First one in my family to do that

Each year there is a world championships which presently is fully funded by USrowing and this year it is in Korea and then ever 4 years
there is the paralympic / olympic games.

I am wondering as one of the most frequent posters in the LUNA-TICS group you might have a contact number / email address for her so i can at the very least inform her of this potential opportunity and see if it is something she would like to do.

[Kona2]

Day 7 or 8 of 31 .... 12 canoes in the virtual waters ! (and Ronnie! is only 574 m from her canoe...!)

Team Standings
Pos. Team Team Type Total Event Meters Team Members Average Meters
1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 9,266,537 283 32,744
2 Community Rowing, Inc On-Water Club 4,922,891 304 16,194
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 4,377,930 92 47,586
4 Free Spirits Virtual Club 3,572,386 124 28,810
5 Riverside On-Water Club 3,304,381 95 34,783

Here's the Challenge team as it is currently showing up under team standings (just click on the team name and you can see this detail). If you thought you were on the team, and your name's not listed, go back to the online logbook and sign up! Please! The virtual waters are churning away with 2,844 participants on greater than 200 teams. We can use YOUR help in our quest to send our canoes to the head of the regatta!

Virtual Team Challenge 2013 Individual Standings

Name Gender Age Total Event Meters
1 Walter Washington M 23 178,333
2 Norton Commando M 36 166,006
3 Cathie Johnson F 30 161,427
4 Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. M 39 140,500
5 Richard Tessier M 61 138,973
6 Michelle Donavon F 23 138,195
7 Samuel Johnson M 72 123,292
8 Chris Tudury F 63 117,659
9 Tim Garlick M 53 102,500
10 Zander Fraser M 38 102,277
11 Rosita Delacruz F 37 101,305
12 Marie Ballantine F 44 101,000
13 Ronnie Mills F 45 99,426
14 Dana Noeske F 54 89,775
15 Rivka Levitt F 42 85,999
16 David A. Alden M 52 80,132
17 Robyn Lee F 35 80,098
18 Harold Janusek M 62 80,066
19 Christa Krause F 33 80,000
20 Katerina Mack F 32 78,598
21 Roger Gwinn M 33 77,513
22 Jane Newall F 43 75,730
23 Tammy Gwinn F 33 75,624
24 barbara grandberg F 62 72,467
25 Jim Kielma M 59 69,136
26 Stephen Wild M 46 63,221
27 Ted Cowley-Gilbert M 51 59,000
28 Sarah Addams F 27 56,317
29 Stuart Babendir M 54 54,867
30 Steven Larky M 50 54,443
31 Mike Crossley M 56 52,480
32 Mike Gilger M 52 51,770
33 Jan Stevenson F 60 51,333
34 Karyn Gallagher F 43 48,242
35 Jennifer Browning F 48 46,410
36 Kristine Strasburger F 48 45,236
37 Martin Hayes M 26 43,510
38 Howard Lett M 63 43,460
39 Nataliya Pyatrova F 28 43,437
40 David Tangerini M 65 42,000
41 Rick Carveth M 60 41,643
42 David Ballard M 47 40,000
43 Kenny Rowland M 58 39,868
44 Charles Dykstra M 45 39,765
45 Dan Rhoden M 55 36,000
46 Paul Sharp M 51 36,000
47 Rebecca Whitcomb F 30 35,000
48 Andrew Augenstein M 61 34,061
49 Peter Huurman M 39 34,044
50 Peter Gingras M 53 33,810
51 Melissa Harsley F 57 32,000
52 Jay Rawot M 53 31,835
53 A J Tudury M 64 31,703
54 Tom McGuire M 60 31,550
55 Jessica Shumake F 35 31,035
56 Kristine Bay F 57 30,708
57 Dan Wickwar M 59 28,694
58 Lachezar Manasiev M 25 28,371
59 Kathryn Acciari F 51 28,227
60 Andrei Rozenshtein M 41 27,680
61 Bobbie Kielma F 60 26,979
62 Mike Mulvihill M 52 25,391
63 Daniel Cox M 68 24,872
64 Greg Childs M 58 21,049
65 peter verdirame M 58 20,500
66 Robert Hess M 51 20,000
67 Anthony Parendo M 69 19,998
68 Debbie Vuillemot F 47 19,242
69 Jodi Nelson F 51 17,097
70 Bernie Svendsen M 54 16,067
71 Anna Cicognani F 42 15,600
72 Don Silseth M 60 14,500
73 william brackett M 60 12,000
74 Brandon Noll M 26 11,824
75 darren barreca M 41 10,732
76 Kiba Chan F 24 10,000
77 Ryan Cresawn M 38 10,000
78 Ed Church M 52 10,000
79 Andrea Cosmin F 55 8,292
80 Marc Habert M 46 6,517
81 Tim Porter M 54 6,446
82 Mary Onorati F 27 6,009
83 Gabriela Caranfil F 50 5,600
84 Tim Strasburger M 18 5,464
85 David Haas M 60 5,000
86 James Garcia M 36 0
87 Barry O'Malley M 53 0
88 Dennis Dishong M 56 0
89 Ron Jaracz M 43 0
90 Charles Langford M 39 0
91 Ernie Chan M 61 0
92 Fred Church M 57 0
Total Challenge Meters = 4,392,930 m

Season meters as of 250/365 = 117,397,782 m

Total meters on the day = 610,322 m

Oars in space (participation) = 32 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.7 MM David A
1.7 MM Dana
1.7 MM Sam
1.55 MM Christa
1.55 MM Tim G
1.35 MM Harold
1.25 MM Rivka
950 K Roger
850 K Peter G
750 K Pat S

Thanks, EVERYONE, for rowing with us! EVERY meter counts!

Crew continues to show signs of marathon fever. We have half marathons from Cathie, Rosi, Eric (he's getting ready to go for that FULL marathon....the pattern is appearing ) and Sam and half moons (means that the distance is greater than 21,097 m or was achieved by multiple rowing sessions) from David A and Walter Washington.

Tony m
Bobbie 4,775 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
Andrea 5,749 m
Debbie V 6,220 m
Jodi 6,433 m
Marty 7,500 m
Mike C 7,500 m
Nataliya 7,575 m
Robyn 8,000 m
Jessica 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Sarah 10,229 m
Peter G 10,889 m
AJ 10,985 m
Anita 11,000 m
Karyn 11,120 m
Dan W 11,537 m
Ronnie m
Zander m
Katerina 12,000 m
Roger 12,000 m
Tammy 12,000 m
Ted 12,000 m
Mike G (MITWH) 12,037 m
Christa 12,500 m
Tim G 12,500 m
Mike M 12,504 m
Rivka 13,000 m
Jane 13,160 m
Harold 14,000 m
Jim 14,000 m
Minnie 14,427 m
Marie 14,500 m
Jay 16,000 m
Michelle 16,000 m
Pat S 17,054 m
Dana 17,225 m
Stephen W 17,356 m
K2 18,000 m
Fabio 18,521 m
Cathie 21,097 m
Eric 21,097 m
Rosi 21,097 m
Sam 21,097 m
Walter 25,000 m
David A 28,973 m

[Kona2]

The moon gets blamed for a lot of things, including werewolves in the light of the Full Moon...guess it's a good thing it wasn't a full moon yesterday or the transformation of Richard T into Fabio might have been permanent or something. This, my teammates, is exactly how nicknames happen here! Btw, Full Moon Fever was the first solo album of Tom Petty. Trivia to know.



..................... Richard T (aka Fabio) ..............