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

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Congratulations, Janice, on achieving FOUR million lifetime meters! Seems like just a little bit ago that you were introduced to rowing with us and look at how many meters you have covered! Awesome! We wish you many, MANY more!!

[Kona2]

Another glorious blue sky day for the Lunies! Janice hits four million lifetime meters, and Norma skips a daily palindrome to make a 444,444 yearly total. There are no coincidences here!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.4 MM Ed
550 K Steve W
m Norma
300 K Keith
100 K Ian

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us....and those on the water meters might just be the best ever!

William H 2,000 m
Rebecca 2,222 m ...a twosie palindrome!
Derric 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Bernie 5,026 m
Keith 6,000 m
Louis 6,000 m
Steve W 6,000 m
Kevin 6,015 m
Tombeur 6,232 m
Ian 8,003 m
Patrick S 8,523 m
Janice 8,988 m
Minnie 9,991 m
Norma 10,000 m
Jane 10,001 m ...a palindrome!
Dan O' 10,283 m
David A 11,256 m
Tom M 11,754 m
Ron 14,141 m ...a palinrome!
Ed 33,333 m ...a threesie palindrome! And he moons us!

[Kona2]

Five days away!

Palindromes, milestones, half moons! We've got a little bit of everything - which is true of the team in general ! Meanwhile, on the local front, the daily (hourly?) squirrel vs dog fest continues until one or the other is tired of it. Then it resumes after a time out.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

450 K Norma...on her way to a cool half million in a few days (probably right about the Summer Solstice)
100 K Patrick S
50 K Tony the palindromic man
50 K Tom M

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

Debbie 1,019 m
Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
Patrick S 4,183 m
William H 5,000 m
Bernie 5,023 m
Rick 6,236 m
Tom M 6,376 m
Tombeur 6,625 m
Donna 7,019 m ...and less than 10,000 m to go for that first ONE million lifetime meters! Gooooooo Donna!
Norma m ...a lucky 7 palindrome!
Jane 10,001 m ...a palindrome!
Kevin 10,267 m
Stuart 12,443 m
Doug 12,250 m
Dan O' 12,513 m
Ron 14,241 m ...a palindrome!
David A 14,885 m
Ted 15,000 m
Louis 16,000 m
Ed 33,333 m ...a palindrome!

[Thor MW]

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Congratulations, Janice, on achieving FOUR million lifetime meters! Seems like just a little bit ago that you were introduced to rowing with us and look at how many meters you have covered! Awesome! We wish you many, MANY more!!

To think I raised her from a pup. Grin.
Jan said thanks for the shout out.

[Kona2]

How many will complete this Challenge?? Better yet...will YOU be one of them?!



Didn't intend to take a day off from posting yesterday - yet clearly that is what happened. For the past four years, Bike Jeffco has been a beneficiary of the Denver Century Ride - a cycle the city urban-suburban-into the mountains route that gives people an opportunity to do 25, 50, 85 or 100 mile routes. We've manned the Water Stop at the Wooly Mammoth parking area at the gateway to the Rockies for the last two years. This stop is about 32 miles into the 85 or 100 mile route (and for a couple of 50 mile riders who missed a key turn). The first riders, beasties, were rolling in at 6:45 AM...I'd barely had time to mix up the Pep Pod energy drink! We were the last water stop before these riders would climb another 1400 feet in six miles. We had good cloud cover and wonderful riding temperatures - unlike the previous year where temperatures had soared to 95 degrees early in the day. It was a bit breezy, and the canopy of the tent threatened to become airborne a couple of times. Note that we had to be a bit creative about securing a weight to the top of the tent....I thought we needed a bicycle (instead of a ship) inside the bottle. (The small, colorful "blobs" on the table are neon bicycle pins.) It's a lot of work and a lot of fun to do a support function on a ride like this. Great to get a perspective from the other side of the bike so to speak. I am sure that I lifted at least half a ton of water yesterday....and there was definitely DMS...delayed muscle soreness!

Meanwhile, you rowed and ski-erged onward towards your goals!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.45 MM Ed
m ...lucky 7 palindrome to the sixth degree! (I'll see your 4's and raise you!) Richard T
500 K David A...another cool half million!
450 K Jane
300 K Tombeur
200 K Larry
200 K David T
50 K David W

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us...and creating palindromes, supporting teammates, sharing stories and goals.

Janice 2,000 m
Tony 2,222 m ...a twosie palindrome that tells me I missed a day!
Heather 2,694 m
Rebecca 3,333 m ...a threesie palindrome!
Dan O' 4,276 m
Patrick S 5,010 m
Jeff D 5,050 m...a double double with even chances!
Trista 5,966 m
Larry 6,000 m
Norma 7,777 m ...a lucky 7 palindrome!
Ian 9,004 m
David W 9,268 m
Louis 10,000 m
Ron 12,121 m ...a dozensie palindrome!
Tombeur 14,652 m
David A 14,958 m
David T 15,000 m
Kevin 18,559 m
Jane 22,322 m ....a palindrome...and she moons us! Cumulative moons count.
Steve W 32,377 m ...he moons us!
Richard T 40,393 m ...shooting the moon was in the cards!
Ed 52,196 m ....uff da. Lotta meters...a full moon plus some!

The lawnmowers were out at Standley Lake Regional Wildlife Refuge (it used to be just a park, but now it has a better designation for funding - and is home to several pairs of bald eagles and a water supply)....so MANY mowers, and one goat keeper!

[just27]

The younger PGB* (nearly 3 y/o) loves it when the lawnmowers come to her steep neighborhood hills during the year. "SHEEP!!!!" (Shaun likely has no idea that his relatives are actually "GOATS!!!") We always have to stop and visit. And test the electric fence. (Well, I test the electric fence. The grands are smarter than that, and believe the sign.)

*Princess Grand Baby

[Kona2]

Speed posting! And how 'bout those Colorado Rockies?!! When your favorite player hits for his first career cycle (single, double, triple, and a homer), and the homer gives your team a walkoff win....well, it just doesn't get any better than that. I love baseball.

And, hope all you Dads enjoyed your day!

MILESTONES...Bragging RIghts...Celebrations:

450 K Ron
400 K Louis
200 K Kevin
100 K Greg (and less than 3K away from a lucky 7 MM lifetime meters)

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us! It's an palindrome day!

Heather 1,018 m
Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
William H 2,000 m
david w (GBR) 2,677 m
Rebecca 4,224 m ....a palindrome!
Bernie 5,014 m
AJ 5,027 m
Steve G 6,000 m
Minnie 7,777 m ...a lucky 7 palindrome!
Norma 7,777 m ... a lucky 7 palindrome!
Kevin 10,000 m
Larry 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m ...a palindrome!
Greg H 10,003 m
Jane 10,201 m ...a palindrome!
David W 12,000 m
Louis 12,000 m
danwho 12,121 m ... a palindrome!
Ron 12,221 m ...a palindrome!
David A 21,777 m

[bg]

so far behind -woooooooooooo hooooooooooo and congrats to janice and sorry if i missed other lunie milestones.........organization is not my strong point and i'm trying to recover from a...for me...challenging trail race......btw...k2...what was the energy drink at your cycling event???? hope all is well with everyone :}

[Kona2]

so far behind -woooooooooooo hooooooooooo and congrats to janice and sorry if i missed other lunie milestones.........organization is not my strong point and i'm trying to recover from a...for me...challenging trail race......btw...k2...what was the energy drink at your cycling event???? hope all is well with everyone :}

The energy drink was something called Pep Pods - tablets that contained caffeine and electrolytes and we had to dissolve them in five gallons of water...1 tablet per 8 oz....this required math...hahahaha. Last year we had to open individual packets ... it was amazing how long that took. This year, we had tubes of 10. The reviews were mixed on the concoction, but it seemed popular enough that people coming back through on the way back, did get more of it.

[Drivetofast]

I know 8 tubes per 5gal

[bg]

so far behind -woooooooooooo hooooooooooo and congrats to janice and sorry if i missed other lunie milestones.........organization is not my strong point and i'm trying to recover from a...for me...challenging trail race......btw...k2...what was the energy drink at your cycling event???? hope all is well with everyone :}

The energy drink was something called Pep Pods - tablets that contained caffeine and electrolytes and we had to dissolve them in five gallons of water...1 tablet per 8 oz....this required math...hahahaha. Last year we had to open individual packets ... it was amazing how long that took. This year, we had tubes of 10. The reviews were mixed on the concoction, but it seemed popular enough that people coming back through on the way back, did get more of it.

btw...thanks....that's great that you volunteered...imho, the volunteers can make or break a race :}

[Kona2]

I know 8 tubes per 5gal

Yep. Give that man a gold star.

[Kona2]

We're havin ' a heat wave!
TOMORROW...Tomorrow...tomorrow!


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.5 MM Ed
800 K Richard T...kicked it up a notch
600 K Steve W

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

Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
Rebecca 4,224 m ...a palindrome!
FRiC 5,000 m
Matthew R 5,000 m
Tom M 5,800 m
Rick 6,149 m
Tombeur 6,616 m ...feeling a bit devilish obviously
Dennis 6,730 m
Donna 6,961 m ...and less than 2500 m to that FIRST ONE MILLION! Goooooooo Donna!
Ian 7,004 m
Norma 7,777 m ....still on the lucky 7 palindrome... but it's good!
AJ 9,097 m
Minnie 9,999 m
Louis 10,000 m
Jane 11,111 m ....a onesie palindrome!
David A 11,262 m
Steve W 12,011 m
Keith 19,000 m
bg 19,202 m
Ron 23,232 m ...a twosie threesie palindrome!
David T 24,000 m
Richard T 32,566 m
Ed 33,333 m

[Drivetofast]

Summer is here Party at our house

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and what a golden milestone! Congratulations, Donna, on achieving your FIRST ONE MILLION lifetime meters! We are certain that there will be many more! Savor this first one, and remember to send in for your tee shirt and pin! Well done!