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

[Kona2]

Woohoo! Get your solstice mindset ready!

We are on the very BRINK of summer! The sun is at its highpoint in the Universe, and YOU are going to celebrate all the reasons you love summmmmr by rowing or ski-erging 21,000 m! Yep, you will have much to think about as you work your way through your meters...whether it's hula hula, time for the summer beach....or time for the pool ... or the bike ride ... or or or...game on, Lunies!

Season meters as of 50/365 = 19,611,858 m

Total meters on the day = 264,061 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.2 MM Ed
400 K Katerina
350 K Christa
200 K William H

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us!



David T 2,000 m
Gene 2,500 m
Katerina 3,600 m
Bobbie m ... starry palindrome!
Tony m ... another starry palindrome!
Stefan 5,250 m
Robyn 6,000 m
Roger 6,000 m
Tammy 6,000 m
Jane m ...a palindrome !
Thor 6,215 m
Rosita 7,000 m
Steve G 7,026 m
Jeff M 7,041 m
William H 7,178 m
Christa 7,500 m
bg 8,705 m
Matt 10,000 m
Bruce 10,777 m
Janice 11,000 m
Doug m ...new teammate Doug is getting into the palindrome spirit already...and delivers a starry palindrome!
Norma m...a palindrome!
Jay m ...a double triple!
Michelle 12,600 m
David A 15,127 m
Will S 16,242 m
Ed m...dance dance palindrome!
Jim 31,323 m ....a one two three effort!

[Thor MW]

I was checking out some stats just to see where we are in the grand scheme of things.
I sorted the teams by virtual clubs and with members over 51. This gave me 6 teams.
We have 86 members right now.
When sorted by Meters/Member, we are number 1. How great!
When sorted by Season Meters, we are 3. Still very good when you consider the two teams above us have 265 and 203 members.
I know we aren’t a racing team and I hope we never become one. However this tells me that we are a team who uses their machines and care about our health and all the other benefits that go along with it. I think that’s wonderful.

Great job folks and keep on rocking.
Be healthy
LT

[Kona2]

It's SUMMER !!!

Can't help it - there's something about the word summer that speaks to freedom from the everyday...the joy of being able to go wherever your bike can take you...oceans, lakes and camping...woot ! THIS is going to be an awesome summmrrr....I just know it! Celebrate it !!


Already 15 summer-loving Lunies on the Challenge Honor Board!

Jan Stevenson Broomfield CO USA LUNA-TICS 22222
Janice Stevens Thunder Bay, Ontario CAN LUNA-TICS 21851
Stefan Soos Bad Urach BW GER LUNA-TICS 21097
Will Salach Glens Falls NY USA LUNA-TICS 21401
Michelle S USA LUNA-TICS 21097
Kevin McElligott Perth AUS LUNA-TICS 21097
Katerina Mack Springfield IL USA LUNA-TICS 21097
Christa Krause Pilsen CZE LUNA-TICS 21000
Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. Hot Springs AR USA LUNA-TICS 21000
Jim Kielma USA LUNA-TICS 21000
Anita Holub Pilsen CZE LUNA-TICS 21000
Doug Gauger Highlands Ranch CO USA LUNA-TICS 21097
Roger Gwinn USA LUNA-TICS 21097
Tammy Gwinn USA LUNA-TICS 21097
Joe USA LUNA-TICS 21097

Season meters as of 51/365 = 20,145,957 m

Total meters on the day = 534,099 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.3 MM Jim
1.2 MM Richard T
800 K Michelle
650 K Jay
600 K Joe
550 K Robyn
450 K Tammy
350 K Anita
350 K Rosita
300 K Stefan


Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us! Great to have a number 1 ranking in meters/member, too!

Tony m ....twosies! A palindrome!
Peter G 5,000 m
Ryan 5,000 m
m ...high fives indeed! A palindrome by you-know-who
Steve G 7,024 m
Larry 8,018 m
Dan O' 9,343 m
Steve H 10,000 m
Thor 14,286 m
Jon C 15,000 m
David T 16,000 m
Rosita 17,000 m
Robyn 20,000 m
Anita 21,000 m
Christa 21,000 m
Jay 21,000 m
Katerina 21,097 m
Kevin 21,097 m
Michelle 21,097 m
Roger 21,097 m
Stefan 21,097 m
Tammy 21,097 m
Will S 21,401 m
Janice 21,617 m
Joe 24,328 m
Ed m ...a palindrome from afar!
Jim 47,862 m
Richard T 69,809 m ....mega row and/or ski-erg!


And Happy Father's Day!

[bg]

happy summer :] very overcast....lots of rain here...when i ran today i felt like i had 5 lbs of water in each shoe.....but did have fun splashing through the puddles and glad the thunder and lightning will wait till tonight....and yay to all the solstice rowers....for several reasons rowing on sundays just doesn't work for me....and happy father's day to all the dads out there :}

[Kona2]

26 Lunies are finishers! And many were with us in spirit!

Hooboy! There were a lot of extra special efforts made by teammates for this Challenge. In fact, I think we just might have a couple of FIRST EVERS in this batch. We love to celebrate FIRST EVERS - simply because you walk away from the ERG with such an amazing feeling of accomplishment.

And then there are those who are working hard to get back their meters...and we celebrate your persistence on what can be a longish road back !

Michael Winegarden Cambridge ON CAN LUNA-TICS 26128
Jan Stevenson Broomfield CO USA LUNA-TICS 22222
Janice Stevens Thunder Bay, Ontario CAN LUNA-TICS 21851
Stefan Soos Bad Urach BW GER LUNA-TICS 21097
Jessica Shumake Tucson AZ USA LUNA-TICS 21097
Will Salach Glens Falls NY USA LUNA-TICS 21401
Michelle S USA LUNA-TICS 21097
Dan OBrien Channahon Il USA LUNA-TICS 21060
Kevin McElligott Perth AUS LUNA-TICS 21097
Katerina Mack Springfield IL USA LUNA-TICS 21097
Robyn Lee SanFrancisco CA USA LUNA-TICS 21097
Christa Krause Pilsen CZE LUNA-TICS 21000
Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. Hot Springs AR USA LUNA-TICS 63000
Jim Kielma USA LUNA-TICS 63000
Anita Holub Pilsen CZE LUNA-TICS 25000
Roger Gwinn USA LUNA-TICS 42194
Tammy Gwinn USA LUNA-TICS 42194
Douglas Goforth Dickinson Tx USA LUNA-TICS 21097
Doug Gauger Highlands ranch CO USA LUNA-TICS 21097
Norma Delaney Princeton NJ USA LUNA-TICS 21000
Rosita Delacruz Mazatlan MEX LUNA-TICS 21097
Ryan Cresawn Tucson AZ USA LUNA-TICS 21097
Ed Church Doha QAT LUNA-TICS 21097
Paul Berge Piermont NY USA LUNA-TICS 21097
David A. Alden Amberley Village OH USA LUNA-TICS 22322
Joe USA LUNA-TICS 21097

Season meters as of 52/265 = 20,679,280 m

Total meters on the day = 533,323 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.35 MM Jim
1.25 MM Ed
700 K Jay
600 K David A
600 K Will S
500 K Roger
300 K Matt
150 K Ryan - with a fine half marathon!
50 K Doug G

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us -- and joining in in number fun!

David T 1,000 m
Rebecca 3,000 m
Anita 4,000 m
Katerina 5,000 m
Peter G 5,000 m
Jeff M 5,015 m
Ross 5,047 m
David W (AZ) m ... a palindrome !
Tony m .. a devilish sort of palindrome!
Steve G 7,141 m
Larry 9,026 m
Matt 10,000 m
Janice 10,342 m ...with a nice half moon in the Challenge!
David W (GBR) 11,250 m
Will S 16,089 m
Dan O' 16,717 m
Norma m ... palindromes were probably involved at some level...
Doug G (CO) 21,097 m
Doug G 21,097 m
Jessica 21,097 m
Paul 21,097 m
Robyn 21,097 m
Roger 21,097 m
Rosita 21,097 m
Ryan 21,097 m
Tammy 21,097 m
K2 m ...twosie palindrome of the moonish kind!
David A m...a starry palindrome!
Thor 26,128 m
Jay 42,000 m ....wowzer...got a couple of 21K's done
Jim 42,000 m .... see above
Ed 46,149 m ....shine on full moon!

Next challenge....we're going to the dogs!


A short bunny trail episode...

Whenever we get two teammates with similar descriptors, like two David W's and now two Doug G's, I need to differentiate them. Doug G, the first, works at or around NASA - which seems fitting for our journey to the moon. So, off I went to look for the NASA symbols. And there are many! Here's what they had to say about the symbol below...nicknamed "the meatball."

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstuden ... -nasa.html

[Kona2]

Welcome back to Cathie C...land of the midnight sun!

Mentioned previously that I have been watching the number of registered Concept2 participants grow in our erging Universe...it's pretty amazing, really. Yesterday added 115 new participants for the 2016 Concept2 season!

Season meters as of 53/365 = 20,969,725 m

Total meters on the day = 290,445 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.4 MM Jim
350 K Norma



Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us!

Gene 1,500 m
Lily m ... a summertime double double!
Tony m ....twos! A palindrome!
Ross 4,956 m
Jessica 5,000 m
Ryan 5,000 m
Katerina m ... a starry palindrome!
Robyn 7,000 m
Jeff M 7,024 m
Steve G 7,139 m
Jay 7,500 m
Tammy m ...a palindrome !
Christa 8,500 m
Roger m ...a palindrome!
David A 10,000 m ...unusual number for you!
Dennis 10,000 m
Matt 10,000 m
Michelle 10,567 m
K2 m ...a singular palindrome!
Kevin 11,422 m
Todd 12,419 m
Mike C 12,500 m
Norma m ... a starry palindrome!
Cathie 15,000 m
Larry 16,004 m
bg m ... not a palindrome but I had to look at it closely more than once !
Jim 51,714 m ...wowzer...

[Kona2]

Hooyah! The Concept2 Erging Universe expanded again (I know you are as amazed as I am) with the addition of 89 more registered users bringing the total to 13,617. Good stuff. And, our teammate Karyn G was one of those who returned to the Universe, and specifically to our team, yesterday! Welcome back!

Today is an auspicious day here in Colorado. Unlike most of the nation, we celebrate bike month in June, and the fourth Wednesday is always Bike to Work Day. For a couple of years now, I have been watching the construction of the US 36 Bikeway - an 18 mile route between Boulder and Westminster. Those 10 - 12 ft sparkling pathways loomed just out of access...the cone zones have been there, and frequently the path would just be a path to nowhere as additional connectors weren't complete. Crews have been working hard to finish up the phase I section of 11 miles - and that is officially open today with the exception (isn't there always one?!) of two small sections. I'm going to be there for the ribbon cutting ceremony...and bike the sections that I can today. So I'm in a hurry, sort of. I'm sure you understand!

Season meters as of 54/365 = 21,370,397 m

Total meters on the day = 400,672 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.3 MM Richard T
1.3 MM Ed
950 K bg
600 K Robyn
500 K Ron - a cool half million
300 K Jon C
250 K Jeff M
150 K Steve H

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us!

Lily 1,675 m
Katerina 3,000 m
Tony m ...a palindrome!
Anita 4,500 m
Cathie 5,000 m
Jessica 5,000 m
Ryan 5,000 m
Steve H 5,000 m
Christa m ....a palindrome !
Paul 6,000 m
Ross 6,000 m
Michelle m ...a palindrome!
K2 6,225 m
Rick C 6,315 m
Robyn 6,500 m
Jeff M 9,048 m
Matt 10,000 m
Jay m ... counting up the meters!
Karyn 12,462 m
Norma m ...ah, we have an oddsmaker!
David A 15,028 m
Ron 15,757 m
Will S 18,000 m
Dennis 20,000 m
Ed m ..a palindrome from afar!
bg 36,578 m
Jon C 38,640 m
Richard T 97,853 m ....whoa....that's a lotta meters!

And....don't just lurk there reading these....contribute!

[brotherjim]

That word lurk reminds me of Lurch on the Addams family show in the sixties, man that show was creepy and kooky. Have fun on the new bike path Kona.Hot Springs is building one but also not complete, we have biked portions with grandkids

[Steve W]

OK, I think I'm signed up via my logbook for Team Luna-Tics...logbook name is attentionsurplusdisorder .

[Drivetofast]

Welcome Steve Only 1 Problem You are not on team yet. Dr. K2 will fix it

[dag1]

Hey LUNA_TICS I just recently signed up and look forward to being part of the team. I haven't been real active rowing this month, I was quite honestly humbled, when I was invited to try out a high intensity fitness class early in June. I thought I was in pretty good shape, I learned otherwise. I've been doing 1 -2 classes a week and have been in some pain. I'm now starting to incorporate more rowing in but now realize I really need to train the rest of my body. I hope it will help improve my erg scores. Stay healthy and active, and best to all.

[DavidA]

David A 10,000 m ...unusual number for you!

I have been testing some software, and with the time constraints I happened to have, I did a 10 km session, rather than a timed session.
Actually was quite pleased with my time - 38:51.7.

David

[Steve W]

Welcome Steve Only 1 Problem You are not on team yet. Dr. K2 will fix it

Sounds good, Richard. Thanks for your and K2's assist. Set a one hour PR for my initiation, 13,391 meters . Yeah, I know it won't win any medals but I'm happy with it.

[just27]

And then there are those who are working hard to get back their meters...and we celebrate your persistence on what can be a longish road back !

No kidding ... at this point in the rowing season, you can be gone on a couple of fun road trips and ... zap ... your meters are decimated! (Happily, it works just the same in reverse; but that demands effort!)

[Drivetofast]

Way To Row Congrat's bg 1,000,000 meters