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

[DavidA]

About that 100,000 m goal....you don't have to do this all in one effort....hopefully you will row some, rest some, row some, rest some....ad infinitum....

I knew I could manage 100k in a 24 hour period in bits, I wanted something a little more, like the first marathon I ran all the way rather than walked/ran. That was why it was so scary! I was hoping to make it under eight hours. I guess that there is some truth in you get what you visualise, I made it in 7:57:59, having stood up twice, once to change pillows and once for a toilet break (I drank 7 litres of fluids). Fortunately the expected hot weather did not materialise.

Congratulations to Danno, Wim, David B, K2 and all the loonies achieving great results as the competition comes to a close!

WOO HOO!
Congratulations on finishing such an incredible row, and beating your goal!

David

[bg]

great rowing everyone and a huge shout out to k2and aj for once again making the challenges so much fun :]

[normadelaney]

great rowing everyone and a huge shout out to k2and aj for once again making the challenges so much fun :]

Ditto! Many thanks, K2 and AJ !!

[Kona2]

Good erging by all the Challenge Team! We topped 14 million meters during the month of January thanks to all your efforts.


. . . . . . Doug G . . . . . . . . .

From Bicycling Magazine, March 2017, p. 50...now that would be a good article to do the research for...hahahaha!

What the Fluff, you say?! bg has been holding out on us ! For YEARS now, we have heard ONLY about Marshmallow Fluff, and indeed this seems to be a staple of bg's diet from time to time. The Marshmallow Fluff Festival is held in Union Square, and this September will mark the 100th anniversary of the invention of this sticky stuff. But wait. Union Square you say? bg did not mention the donuts, specifically Union Square Donuts in Somerville ! I mean really. I opened this month's Bicycling magazine...wondering just how you bike a donut race, much less how you win it....and there it was....Somerville, MA. Everyone has a special treat they reserve for finishing big rows, or big bike rides...and it turns out that donuts seem to be a food group of choice for some cyclists (and I will bet some runners, too). No, I avoid them....just looking at them can create fluffiness I am convinced!

We'll expect a report out, bg! Maybe they have a fluff variety...

MILESTONES...Bragging RIghts...Celebrations:

7.15 MM Ed
2.75 MM David A

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

Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome !
Larry 4,248 m
Chip 5,000 m
Ted 5,000 m
Jonas 5,056 m
david w (GBR) 5,223 m
Norma 5,775 m ....a lucky 7 series tucked into some high fives for a palindrome!
Tom M 6,000 m
Ian 6,004 m
Tombeur 6,520 m
Jeff D 6,584 m
William H 7,335 m
Dan O' 7,519 m
Mikkel 8,616 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Greg H 10,003 m
bg 10,445 m
David T 12,000 m
Louis 12,000 m
David A 12,509 m
Will S 20,002 m ...a two aught aught aught two palindrome!
Ed 33,333 m ....a palindrome!

[bg]

What the Fluff, you say?! bg has been holding out on us ! For YEARS now, we have heard ONLY about Marshmallow Fluff, and indeed this seems to be a staple of bg's diet from time to time. The Marshmallow Fluff Festival is held in Union Square, and this September will mark the 100th anniversary of the invention of this sticky stuff. But wait. Union Square you say? bg did not mention the donuts, specifically Union Square Donuts in Somerville ! I mean really. I opened this month's Bicycling magazine...wondering just how you bike a donut race, much less how you win it....and there it was....Somerville, MA. Everyone has a special treat they reserve for finishing big rows, or big bike rides...and it turns out that donuts seem to be a food group of choice for some cyclists (and I will bet some runners, too). No, I avoid them....just looking at them can create fluffiness I am convinced!

We'll expect a report out, bg! Maybe they have a fluff variety...

yes!!!!! i love my fluff and try to volunteer at the festival each year,,,,but...even though i live about a 1/4 mile away from union square donuts...i've never been there...gooooooooooooooooooooooooooo pats :}

[DavidA]

,but...even though i live about a 1/4 mile away from union square donuts...i've never been there...gooooooooooooooooooooooooooo pats :}

I hope you have a darn good excuse for that

David

[bg]

,but...even though i live about a 1/4 mile away from union square donuts...i've never been there...gooooooooooooooooooooooooooo pats :}

I hope you have a darn good excuse for that

David

not going to union square donuts or being a pats' fan:} ????

[Kona2]

Go try the donuts bg ! They've probably made some special Pats donuts...

[andreacs]

great rowing everyone and a huge shout out to k2and aj for once again making the challenges so much fun :]

Ditto! Many thanks, K2 and AJ !!

I second that. Without the incentives, tracking and awesome teammates I would have rowed much less!
Thanks!!!

Happy rowing!
Andrea

[Kona2]

Got Challenge withdrawal?! Hahahaha! Well guess what....naturally there's ANOTHER one just around the corner ...or in bg's case...just around the Union Square. Yes, continuing yesterday's theme (especially now that I know one of the slogans is Donut Stop Dreaming)...apparently there IS a Marshmallow Fluff donut creation....we may have to wait all the way until September for bg to venture into Donut Land. AND look what would await her:


Uff da as many would say.

Meanwhile, back in the land of snow and ice, it is hard to find terra firma...or at least terra not quite so slippery. Getting the trash bin out to the curb yesterday was a skate park throwback...had visions of an unceremonious landing among the trash bits. The slight slant of my driveway was just enough to start the bobsled run...and hope that it didn't turn into the luge. Even the most ordinary things in life can turn into adventures in my world!


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.1 MM Louis
1.05 MM Kevin
350 K Paul B
350 K Jeff D

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


Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome! Keep 'em coming!
Tom M 2,656 m
David T 3,000 m
Kevin 5,000 m
Larry 5,025 m
Steve G 5,244 m
Paul 6,317 m
Steve W 6,535 m
david w (GBR) 7,000 m
K2 7,199 m ...imagine my surprise at seeing that I had attained the 5K daily average annual meter challenge board after last month's challenge!
Will S 7,999 m
Andrea 8,289 m
Jeff D 8,618 m
Dan O' 9,658 m
Melissa 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m ...a one aught palindrome!
Tombeur 10,128 m
Bernie 10,140 m
Jonathan 10,264 m
Doug G 10,475 m
Louis 11,850 m
Noel 12,023 m
David A 12,601 m
Stuart 12,753 m
Ron 16,461 m ...a palindrome!

[DavidA]

,but...even though i live about a 1/4 mile away from union square donuts...i've never been there...gooooooooooooooooooooooooooo pats :}

I hope you have a darn good excuse for that

David

not going to union square donuts or being a pats' fan:} ????

Doughnuts

[DavidA]

K2 7,199 m ...imagine my surprise at seeing that I had attained the 5K daily average annual meter challenge board after last month's challenge!

Woo Hoo!

David

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and way to seize another golden opportunity (or maybe it was the brass ring as the erg circle went round and round)! Congratulations, Tombeur, on achieving a three million meter season! My calculations suggest that you may indeed hit the 20 million lifetime meter milestone by end of erging year...no pressure! We wish you many, MANY more meters and milestones !

[Kona2]

Somebody shook up the snow globe this AM...and the drifts are getting higher (or is it deeper) ...the planned snowshoeing event may end up being a trek down to the gate....

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


3.0 MM Tombeur
1.6 MM Ron
1.1 MM Stuart

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


Chip 5,000 m
David T 5,000 m
Bernie 5,021 m
Jeff D 5,085 m
K2 5,470 m
Kevin 6,921 m
Larry 8,052 m
Holger 10,000 m
Greg H 10,005 m
Noel 10,016 m
bg 10,028
Ed 11,111 m ...a palindrome of the first kind!
David A 11,339 m
Will S 14,263 m
Stuart 16,161 m ...a palindrome of the second kind!
Ron 16,561 m ...a palindrome of the third kind!
Tombeur 23,011 m...whopper number to carry him past that 3 MM threshhold...

[andreacs]

K2 7,199 m ...imagine my surprise at seeing that I had attained the 5K daily average annual meter challenge board after last month's challenge!

Woo Hoo!

David

Congratulations!!!

Happy further rowing!

Andrea