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

[Kristine Strasburger]

One of the more meaningful celebrations that Concept2 has is the Million Meter one...each member of the Concept2 universe knows when they get the coveted gym bag filled with goodies, or the first million tee shirt, the 10 million meter sweatshirt, and so on. But the rest of the universe doesn't get to see those metric tallies ... unless the individual gives a shout out ! Celebrating meter millionaires and multi-millionaires is probably unique to this team. We even created an orbiter status for those whose lifetime meters are equivalent to taking a trip around the earth...40,075 km...and gave it a symbol.



This prompted a look into the individual stats, where I could see them. Here are the hidden millionaires! Some have stuck with Concept2 for decades!

Titus 1.0
Briana 1.2
John 1.2
Mary O 1.2
Steve L 1.2
Benjamin 1.3
Danny 1.3
margeaux 1.3
Sharon 1.4
Debbie V 1.5
Starbuck 1.5
Thomas T 1.5
Kiara 1.6
GMan 1.7
Jim 1.7
Michael G 1.7
Dave H 1.8
Heather 1.9
Scott 2.0
Steve H 2.0
Terry M 2.0
Candace 2.1
Corey 2.1
Colin 2.3
Kerry 2.3
Glen K 2.4
Ian F 2.4
Jean 2.4
Teresa G 2.4
Adam 2.5
Bill K 2.5
JD 2.7
Pat Byron 2.7
Roy 2.9
Linda 3.0
Maria 3.0
Ken P 3.1
Raoul 3.1
Matt F 3.3
Pat E 3.3
Ryan 3.3
Frank 3.4
Andre 3.5
Job 3.6
Sorin 3.6
Bruce 3.7
Gines 3.8
Jeff G 3.8
Rene 3.9
Carol 4.3
Lynne 4.5
Terry B 4.6
Janice 4.7
Robert E 5.2
Vanessa 5.3
Bill L 5.4
Laurie 5.5
Rich Mc 5.5
Keith F 5.6
Jason 5.7
Jodi 5.8
Gene 6.0
Josh 6.0
Ron W 6.0
Stefan 6.0
Rod 6.1
Andrew C 6.2
Trevor 6.2
William H 6.7
Jeff M 7.2
Melissa 7.4
Teresa 7.4
Virginia 7.6
Chris H 7.7
Dave P 7.9
Eric 8.0
Robin 8.0
Greg H 8.2
Sergio 8.5
Peter G 8.6
Jeff D 9.1
Brent 9.7
Karyn 10.0
Tom 10.0
Ian 10.5
Jeff F 10.5
Chuck 10.8
Kevin M 10.9
David W 11.0
Louie 11.2
Brickman 11.4
Ross 11.7
Tim G 12.1
Tom M 12.3
Andrea 12.8
Derric 13.2
Greg F 13.3
Patrick Hmr 13.4
Jane 13.5
Dan O' 14.1
Kristine 15.4
Dennis 16.0
Robert H 16.0
Stuart 16.1
Paul M 16.5
Zach 16.7
Rick C 16.8
Howard 19.9
Thor 20.5
Steve W 20.8
Gary 21.2
Bernie 24.4
David T 24.5
Brett 24.7
Ken 24.9
AJ 25.1
Michael C 25.3
Angelo 27.6
Norma 27.6
K2 28.2
Ted C-G 29.4
Tombeur 34.3
danwho 37.3
Wild Bill 43.0 Orbiter
bg 43.2 Orbiter
Chip 51.6 Orbiter
Minnie 63.2 Orbiter
Ron Mac 80.7 Double Orbiter
Ed 85.4 Double Orbiter
David A 99.7 Centurion?!

Super cool to see these amazing stats, K2! Thanks for taking the time out of your day to compile them!

[_dragonfly_]

One of the more meaningful celebrations that Concept2 has is the Million Meter one...each member of the Concept2 universe knows when they get the coveted gym bag filled with goodies, or the first million tee shirt, the 10 million meter sweatshirt, and so on. But the rest of the universe doesn't get to see those metric tallies ... unless the individual gives a shout out ! Celebrating meter millionaires and multi-millionaires is probably unique to this team. We even created an orbiter status for those whose lifetime meters are equivalent to taking a trip around the earth...40,075 km...and gave it a symbol.



This prompted a look into the individual stats, where I could see them. Here are the hidden millionaires! Some have stuck with Concept2 for decades!

Titus 1.0
Briana 1.2
John 1.2
Mary O 1.2
Steve L 1.2
Benjamin 1.3
Danny 1.3
margeaux 1.3
Sharon 1.4
Debbie V 1.5
Starbuck 1.5
Thomas T 1.5
Kiara 1.6
GMan 1.7
Jim 1.7
Michael G 1.7
Dave H 1.8
Heather 1.9
Scott 2.0
Steve H 2.0
Terry M 2.0
Candace 2.1
Corey 2.1
Colin 2.3
Kerry 2.3
Glen K 2.4
Ian F 2.4
Jean 2.4
Teresa G 2.4
Adam 2.5
Bill K 2.5
JD 2.7
Pat Byron 2.7
Roy 2.9
Linda 3.0
Maria 3.0
Ken P 3.1
Raoul 3.1
Matt F 3.3
Pat E 3.3
Ryan 3.3
Frank 3.4
Andre 3.5
Job 3.6
Sorin 3.6
Bruce 3.7
Gines 3.8
Jeff G 3.8
Rene 3.9
Carol 4.3
Lynne 4.5
Terry B 4.6
Janice 4.7
Robert E 5.2
Vanessa 5.3
Bill L 5.4
Laurie 5.5
Rich Mc 5.5
Keith F 5.6
Jason 5.7
Jodi 5.8
Gene 6.0
Josh 6.0
Ron W 6.0
Stefan 6.0
Rod 6.1
Andrew C 6.2
Trevor 6.2
William H 6.7
Jeff M 7.2
Melissa 7.4
Teresa 7.4
Virginia 7.6
Chris H 7.7
Dave P 7.9
Eric 8.0
Robin 8.0
Greg H 8.2
Sergio 8.5
Peter G 8.6
Jeff D 9.1
Brent 9.7
Karyn 10.0
Tom 10.0
Ian 10.5
Jeff F 10.5
Chuck 10.8
Kevin M 10.9
David W 11.0
Louie 11.2
Brickman 11.4
Ross 11.7
Tim G 12.1
Tom M 12.3
Andrea 12.8
Derric 13.2
Greg F 13.3
Patrick Hmr 13.4
Jane 13.5
Dan O' 14.1
Kristine 15.4
Dennis 16.0
Robert H 16.0
Stuart 16.1
Paul M 16.5
Zach 16.7
Rick C 16.8
Howard 19.9
Thor 20.5
Steve W 20.8
Gary 21.2
Bernie 24.4
David T 24.5
Brett 24.7
Ken 24.9
AJ 25.1
Michael C 25.3
Angelo 27.6
Norma 27.6
K2 28.2
Ted C-G 29.4
Tombeur 34.3
danwho 37.3
Wild Bill 43.0 Orbiter
bg 43.2 Orbiter
Chip 51.6 Orbiter
Minnie 63.2 Orbiter
Ron Mac 80.7 Double Orbiter
Ed 85.4 Double Orbiter
David A 99.7 Centurion?!

Wow, we have some dedicated rowers in this group! Kudos to all! Thanks Kona2 for compiling this list!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Congratulations, NW1 whoever and wherever you are, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season. We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations. Guessing there will be no big reveal.

[(m)ardix]

Wild Bill 43.0 Orbiter
bg 43.2 Orbiter
Chip 51.6 Orbiter
Minnie 63.2 Orbiter
Ron Mac 80.7 Double Orbiter
Ed 85.4 Double Orbiter
David A 99.7 Centurion?!

Some of these folks are heading to Mars (225 Million km). Congrats to everyone!

[William H]

Wild Bill 43.0 Orbiter
bg 43.2 Orbiter
Chip 51.6 Orbiter
Minnie 63.2 Orbiter
Ron Mac 80.7 Double Orbiter
Ed 85.4 Double Orbiter
David A 99.7 Centurion?!

Some of these folks are heading to Mars (225 Million km). Congrats to everyone!

Not for quite some time, I'm afraid.

Mars is indeed about 225 Million kilometers from Earth, but the closest person is David A with a (admittedly robust) total of 99.7 Million meters - a mere 0.044% of the way there.

[Kona2]

Amazing Lunies on the 2024 Roster!

Welcome Max J !

Virtual Teams Only Rank: 11th ↔ (about 1.25 MM from 10th)
Overall Teams Rank: 21st ↔

85 Lunies on the Lunie Challenge Team !! That's up two!

Today is double posting - while I thought about posting yesterday, I was more focused on just staying warm. Apologies to the pangramers! Even a new heating system struggles to keep up with what we might term acceptable inside temperatures! One more day of this Frostbite Falls(whining, I know) predicted. It amazes me that the birds, squirrels, etc., are doing as well as they are. Dogs go out and are soon lifting their paws due to extreme cold. Canceled going to the gym due to ongoing snow, and windchill of -19 F.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


97 MM Lunie Team Meters
11.85 MM Chip
4.7 MM Wild Bill
2.85 MM Brett
2.65 MM Rich
2.45 MM Derric
1.9 MM Gene
1.85 MM Angelo
1.5 MM Rod
1.3 MM K2
1.05 MM Michael G
1 MM NW1
950 K Stuart
650 K Ron W
300 K Larry
250 K Greg H
250 K Catherine
150 K Andrew C
150 K Max

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

NW3 1,195 m
Sharon 1,970 m
Teresa 2,000 m
Jason 2,099 m
Brent 2,122 m
Kevin 2,275 m
Danny 2,387 m
Kerry 2,809 m
Ian C 3,281 m
Howard 3,527 m
Glen 4,044 m
Dale 4,090 m
John 4,191 m
Jim 4,698 m
Andre 5,000 m
Michael C 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Ken 5,017 m
Andrew C 5,599 m...a double double!
Maria 6,017 m
Tom R 6,255 m
mardix 6,411 m
Keith 6,889 m
Jean 6,900 m
Larry 7,000 m
Tombeur 7,161 m
Pat B 7,553 m
David W 8,000 m
Steve W 9,102 m
Carol 9,456 m
Derric 10,000 m
Gary 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Sorin 10,000 m
Trevor 10,000 m
Frank 10,251 m
Patrick S 10,518 m
Ted 11,000 m
Vanessa 12,000 m
Greg H 13,129 m
Judy 13,182 m
Bill K 14,000 m
Andrea 15,554 m...hmmmn...two palindromes 7777 each!❄❄
Stuart 16,161 m...a palindrome!❄
Brickman 16,242 m
Catherine 16,823 m
Karyn 16,924 m
danwho 17,171 m...a palindrome!❄
Ron 20,258 m
Gene 20,538 m
Angelo 20,544 m

21,097 m or more = mooners !!!

K2 21,646 m..mooner!
Patrick Hmr 21,709 m...mooner!
Donna 22,083 m...mooner!
Brett 23,104 m...mooner!
David A 23,340 m...mooner!
Rod 24,968 m...mooner!
Bruce 28,607 m...mooner!
Thor 31,821 m..mooner!
Michael G 32,636 m...mooner!
NW1 34,694 m...mooner!
Norma 35,542 m...a double palindrome (17771 x 2) and a mooner!❄❄
Wild Bill 38,894 m...mooner!
Ron 38,981 m...mooner!
Rich 49,288 m...mega!
Chip 64,470 m...mega!
Max 157,975 m ...welcome to team!

[Kona2]

Wild Bill 43.0 Orbiter
bg 43.2 Orbiter
Chip 51.6 Orbiter
Minnie 63.2 Orbiter
Ron Mac 80.7 Double Orbiter
Ed 85.4 Double Orbiter
David A 99.7 Centurion?!

Some of these folks are heading to Mars (225 Million km). Congrats to everyone!

Not for quite some time, I'm afraid.

Mars is indeed about 225 Million kilometers from Earth, but the closest person is David A with a (admittedly robust) total of 99.7 Million meters - a mere 0.044% of the way there.

And that is why we count our meters as team meters, and no, I haven't calculated where we are in our journey to/from the moon for awhile (but I will)...because our journeys are long, and made better by interesting teammates! Keep erging!

[Kona2]

Our FIFTH lunar landing occurred on October 6, 2021...and at end of erging year (4.30.22), predicted the 6th lunar landing would be a 2024 occurrence ... but it probably won't be within the 2024 erging year.

Totals since last lunar landing:

2022 Erging Year = 94,376,601 m
2023 Erging Year = 130,930,740 m
2024 Erging Year to date = 97,393,840 m

Gives us a total of 322,701,181 and we need 384,000,000 m....so (61,298,819 m) to go! It is possible that we could generate that many more team meters by April 30th (with a lot of help from our friends), but...October 2024 is looking good.

Still, we are in better shape than the NASA moonshot!

NASA will now target September 2025 for Artemis II, the first crewed Artemis mission around the Moon, and September 2026 for Artemis III, which is planned to land the first astronauts near the lunar South Pole. Artemis IV, the first mission to the Gateway lunar space station, remains on track for 2028.





AJ drew up our Lunar Landing logo, and today is his birthday, too! Happy day, AJ !!

[(m)ardix]

Not for quite some time, I'm afraid.

Mars is indeed about 225 Million kilometers from Earth, but the closest person is David A with a (admittedly robust) total of 99.7 Million meters - a mere 0.044% of the way there.

Oh my, yes indeed - maths, ugh!

That said, this really puts the vastness of space into context. And that’s just Mars, a mere hop, skip, and jump away from us.

[(m)ardix]

I’ve just come back to rowing after a decade or more away. It’s rough coming back; because of the time away, the ‘fun’ I’ve had, but mostly because I somehow became a decade or more older. All of that shows clearly in my diminished capabilities.

I’m considering going after the marathon in May, and starting to row towards that. We’ll see; it’s been 20 years at least since I went after it. Slow and steady, incremental improvements should get me there.

[_dragonfly_]

I’ve just come back to rowing after a decade or more away. It’s rough coming back; because of the time away, the ‘fun’ I’ve had, but mostly because I somehow became a decade or more older. All of that shows clearly in my diminished capabilities.

I’m considering going after the marathon in May, and starting to row towards that. We’ll see; it’s been 20 years at least since I went after it. Slow and steady, incremental improvements should get me there.

Trust the process and carry on…

[(m)ardix]

Trust the process and carry on…

Yes, indeed. Now that I posted this, I suppose I can’t back out. Accountability is a b*itch.

[Kona2]

Trust the process and carry on…

Yes, indeed. Now that I posted this, I suppose I can’t back out. Accountability is a b*itch.

Snort. Do a bunch of half marathons, maybe a 30K and then one day just say what the heck and do it. Figure out yer water, electrolytes and snacks- and what yer butt needs to make it through the hours. Epic movies help.

[BigBrett58]

One of the more meaningful celebrations that Concept2 has is the Million Meter one...
Wild Bill 43.0 Orbiter
bg 43.2 Orbiter
Chip 51.6 Orbiter
Minnie 63.2 Orbiter
Ron Mac 80.7 Double Orbiter
Ed 85.4 Double Orbiter
David A 99.7 Centurion?!

Super cool to see these amazing stats, K2! Thanks for taking the time out of your day to compile them!

That was really cool to see the list! Thanks for sharing!

[Kona2]

Virtual Teams Only Rank: 11th ↔ (about 1.35 MM from 10th)
Overall Teams Rank: 21st ↔ It does look doable to go after spot 20 on the overall...that team is ahead of us by 250K...

87 Lunies on the Lunie Challenge Team !! That's up two more!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

98 MM EXACTLYLunie Team Meters like going to the grocery and you're amount ends in .00
4.75 MM Wild Bill
3.6 MM Ron
2.8 MM David A
2.75 MM Ed
1.65 MM Steve W
1.3 MM Thor
1.15 MM Norma
1.05 MM NW1
900 K Rick
800 K Donna
750 K Dennis
550 K Tom M
400 K Teresa R

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

John 512 m
Jason 1,768 m
Teresa G 2,000 m
Danny 2,394 m
Sorin 3,000 m
Jeff M 3,021 m
Jim 4,061 m
Ian C 4,646 m...not exactly a double double, but a repeater for sure!
Ken 5,000 m
Larry 5,000 m
Michael C 5,000 m
Carol 5,006 m
Patrick S 5,017 m
Steve W 5,041 m
Jean 5,852 m
Adam 6,000 m
Greg H 6,058 m
Glen 6,145 m
Tombeur 6,165 m
Frank 6,454 m
Trevor 6,590 m
Judy 6,648 m
Pat B 6,688 m...a double double!
Brickman 8,006 m
Jeff D 8,643 m
Gene 8,696 m
Andrea 9,339 m...a palindrome! (a flying saucer)
Angelo 10,000 m
Derric 10,000 m
Ed 10,000 m
Max 10,041 m
K2 10,101 m...a palindrome!
Tom M 10,642 m
Rod 10,650 m
Howard 11,014 m
Patrick Hmr 11,120 m
David A 11,670 m
Teresa R 12,140 m
Brent 14,376 m
Mardix 14,589 m
Ron 19,191 m..a palindrome!
Rick 20,000 m

21,097 m or more = mooners !!!

Gary 21,097 m...a half marathon! (Half marathon gets a different photo)
Brett 24,194 m...mooner!
Dennis 26,862 m...two palindromes that made a mooner!
NW1 27,000 m...mooner!
Stuart 27,189 m...mooner!
Donna 32,216 m...mooner!
Thor 34,892 m...mooner!
Wild Bill 64,435 m...a half century plus!