Day 27 or 28 of 31....hooyah !!The skies of our Rowing Universe are blazing with the lights of a supernova, full moons, half moons and other galactic wonders generated while the team was busy achieving over TWENTY million meters thus far! We have 67 watercraft in the virtual waters, including five bathtubs. The ArMOONda is not complete, though, so keep rowing!
Marathon fever continues to sweep through the crew, and maybe I've caught a touch of it as well. Have been toying with the idea of finishing out this Challenge with a full marathon, and thought it would be good to try the recommended 30K (recommended to occur at least 10 days out from the "official try"). I'm not sure I'd tried the 30K distance previously, but do recommend it prior to a marathon try. Like any sport where you're increasing distance - whether it's a run, or a biking distance - has to be a stepwise progression. I found with biking that whatever my previous recent longest ride distance might be is probably the equivalent of two-thirds of what I can try for the next distance, so I wanted to try 30K as a 70 percent of the full marathon. Gotta have the right gloves if you row with gloves, the right hydration (more water, less sport drink for me!), the right rowing clothes. Some of those things just weren't all that obvious with a half marathon - but they could be the difference between finishing or not. I think there's a lot of mental game in this kind of effort.
Don't know about the rest of the team, but there are often times when I think about going for a specific distance only to find that it is just not the day to complete that distance once I'm actually rowing the piece. The Global Marathon Challenge doesn't occur until May 1st, which is the start of the 2014 Rowing Season, so there's still a chance to earn a marathon pin for the 2013 rowing season. Remember, Concept2 allows you to submit for one pin a year - although so many on this team seem to really like the ultra distances and could have a drawer full of these little items.
Team Standings
Pos. Team Team Type Total Event Meters Team Members Average Meters
1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 44,528,825 323 137,860
2 Community Rowing, Inc On-Water Club 26,257,710 453 57,964
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 20,344,217 107 190,133 Thank you for rowing with us!!
4 HAVK Mladost On-Water Club 18,516,298 209 88,595
5 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 16,904,218 42 402,481
Season meters as of 270/365 = 127,423,582 m (I liked the fact that we have 127 million on January 27th..)
Total meters on the day = 749,785 m
Oars in space (participation) = 26 percent
MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:
5.4 MM Jay - with a supernova
3.9 MM Cathie - with a half marathon
2.75 MM Jim - with a red giant (50K)
2.15 MM Rosi - with a full marathon
2.05 MM Dana
2.0 MM Sam - with a half marathon
1.3 MM AJ - with a half marathon plus some
1.25 MM Roger
550 K Karyn
500 K David W...a cool half million
300 K Mike G
Thanks for being teammates!
Tony
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Brian C 5,000 m
Mary O 5,000 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
Peter H 6,000 m
Debbie 6,016 m
Marty 6,500 m
Nataliya 7,500 m
Jane 10,261 m
Stephen W 10,525 m
Tammy
m Anita 11,500 m
Christa 11,500 m
Dana 11,500 m
Roger
m Ronnie
m Rivka 12,000 m
David W 12,103 m
Zander 14,000 m
Peter G 15,000 m
Marie 15,678 m
Tim G 17,500 m
Mike G 18,168 m
Karyn 19,040 m
Harold 20,000 m
Cathie 21,097 m Danno 21,097 m Laurie 21,097 mMinnie 21,097 m Robyn 21,097 m Sam 21,097 m Ron 21,100 m AJ 28,646 m K2 
m Richard T 34,808 m
Rosi 42,195 m
Jim 50,000 mJay
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a supernova designates that the individual has rowed the equivalent of 100,000 m in a 24 hr period (yep....we have one who does this)
a full moon designates that the individual has rowed the equivalent or more of a full marathon 42,195 m in a 24 hr period
a half moon designates that the individual has rowed the equivalent or more of a half marathon 21,097 m in a 24 hr period
