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

[Kiba]

Wow, that was a crazy dust storm, I've never seen anything like that before. It must be all that Aussie rowing.

[Kiba]

So I was just lurking on the Team Standings page, and I noticed that almost everyone on team "'Big Blue' International" is 109 years old. I just thought this was interesting and thought I'd share. I expect it was some type of data error, but it would be kind of cool if somehow it wasn't. I bet we'll have gotten to Mars by the time I'm 109

[Kona2]

The 109 default age has popped up in many of the challenges - it isn't usually corrected by the end of the challenge!

By the way, Rowpro has closed the gap by about 200K in the last two days. I believe they will catch up by Saturday.

[Toothdoc]

I'm back from the wedding, it was nearly perfect and both sides were happy as clams. So much going on it seemed like I spent a month in Wisconsin the last four days.

I see we have several new members and a ton of personal achievements. At the risk of leaving someone out I will just say welcome to the new members and congratulations to all the Lunatic achievers. Good job by all.

Several first this week. Beer and brauts, Chicago Style Hotdog, a trip to Lambeau Field and a Packer braut. Fortunately all were diet foods. No weight gain with 4 days off the erg. And no Spotted Cow is not Lite beer. Yum Yum!!

Thanks all for covering for me during my absence. I will try to return the favor.

dano

anyone wanting to look at a couple of hundred wedding images goto:

http://gallery.me.com/toothdoc70

PS there are descriptions. To help you figure it out: Andrea's dad was one of 13, her mom one of 11. All our friends and relative traveled at least 400 miles. I will entertain questions. We threatened to get Gram Canale (John's) and Grandpa Spoerh (Andrea) a room.

[Kristine Strasburger]

Glad to see you back, and ready to row, Doctor Dan!

Barbara, terrible news to hear of your injury. Hope you can treat yourself extra gently the next few days, and coax a good recovery.

[Kona2]

Crew catches an intergalactic tailwind! The one percent marker (one percent of the distance to the moon) is ever so close!



Challenge meters as of 9/31 = 3,809,536 m

Total meters on the day = 366,988 m

Crew on the roster = 66 (Welcome back Andrea C!)

MILESTONES....Bragging Rights.....Celebrations:

200K Dave H
100K Bazzy

Thanks to all who are rowing this challenge with us! What a crew!

1 William Haag 350,000
2 Kiba Chan 275,000
3 Will Salach 272,101
4 David Hunter 210,970
5 barbara grandberg 183,549
6 Bart Valgaeren 175,000
7 Peter Huurman 160,624
8 Tim Porter 144,895
9 Daniel Cox 135,840
10 Tim Garlick 132,600
11 Chris Tudury 108,216
12 Barry O'Malley 101,498
13 Ted Cowley-Gilbert 93,390
14 David Grasfield 80,000
15 Rick Carveth 79,776
16 Mike Mulvihill 75,000
17 Jim Brink 74,960
18 John Longmire 73,181
19 Jan Stevenson 63,208
20 David A. Alden 60,682
21 Robert Hess 60,000
22 Mike Crossley 58,000
23 Steven Larky 57,571
24 peter verdirame 54,000
25 Anne Nelson 52,086
26 Jane Newall 46,798
27 Kristine Strasburger 45,122
28 Mitch Johnson 43,146
29 Tim Strasburger 40,411
30 Kenneth Guenther 40,000
31 Keith Strasburger 39,088
32 Chris Czech 36,797
33 Ben Strasburger 35,451
34 Gina Levy 1 33,748
35 David Thomas Garcia 30,916
36 Debbie Vuillemot 30,007
37 Brandy Cowley-Gilbert 26,650
38 John Marsh 25,339
39 Terry Miele 23,505
40 Gail Whitelaw 22,500
41 Jeff Morris 22,325
42 Mary Harper 22,243
43 Teresa Robertson 22,076
44 Tina Jacky 21,705
45 Steve Jacky 18,235
46 Will Worthwine 14,000
47 Dana Smith 13,703
48 Linda Bressem 8,500
49 Jennifer Goodman 8,198
50 Orion Newall-Vuillemot 3,132
51 Dawn Howe 2,000
52 Anais Newall-Vuillemot 1,036
53 Akira N 572
54 Elias N 186
55 George Wyner 0
56 Coulter M 0
57 Andrea Cosmin 0
58 Andy Ward 0
59 Angelo Papadopoulos 0
60 AJ Tudury 1 0
61 TERRY BELCHIKOFF 0
62 Tom McGuire 0
63 Darryl Bathel 0
64 Debbie Rohlwing 0
65 Nancy Flagg 0
66 John Dunlop 0


Total Challenge Meters = 3,809,536m (just 30,464 m will get us to ONE percent of the way to the moooooon!

[Kona2]

38 Million Meters! The crew rows faster to avoid solar flares....meanwhile back on Earth...Sydney mirrors the flares with its own flaring dust storms.....red glow surrounds city.....six moons on the horizon....


Season meters as of 146/365 = 38,140,565 m

Total meters on the day = 325,445 m

Oars in space = 39 percent

MILESTONES....Bragging Rights....Celebrations:

300K Anne
200K Tom M

Kiba with a half moon and 35,000 m
Wild Bill with a half moon and 25,000 m
Jack with a half moon and 21,686 m
Will S with a halaf moon and 21,435 m
Dan with half marathon 73
Dave H with half marathon 37

FIVE Million Meter Watch:

Wild Bill with (313,000 m) to go! That's less than two weeks....!


TWO Million Meter Watch:

Bart with (14,000 m) to go!

Will S with (248,045 m) to go! What's a quarter million amongst friends??

And thanks to all of the crew for the day's meters! It's great to row with you!

Akira 38
Steve 2,200 m
Tim S 6
Teresa 3,721 m
Kristine 5,041 m
Tina 5,675 m
Debbie 6,168 m
Gina 6,500 m
Steven 7,188 m
Tom M 7,500 m
Baz 7,930 m
Peter G 8,000 m
Jeff 8,523 m
Anne ,000 m
Mike M 10,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Ted 12,000 m
Jim 12,020 m
Brandy 14,550 m
Peter H 15,000 m
Tim 15,740 m
Dave H 21,097 m
Dan 21,097 m
Will S 21,435 m
Jack 21,686 m
Wild Bill 25,000 m
35,000 m

Have a blue sky day -- wherever you row!

[Kiba]

Had a another pretty long day, so no metres for me, but I thought I'd share this pretty picture we looked at in biology tonight:

[Kristine Strasburger]

Well, Ben tried to row tonight, but the nasty illness he's got made him quit after just a few minutes. He's bummed.

[bg]

Well, Ben tried to row tonight, but the nasty illness he's got made him quit after just a few minutes. He's bummed.

i hope ben feels better soon....

[Kona2]

FOUR Million.....what a team! Whether you've rowed a gazillion meters or you're just getting underway - we're glad you're rowing with us!

Team passes the one percent milestone! 3,840,000 m = one percent of our journey to the moon!

Challenge meters as of 10/31 = 4,113,979 m

Total meters on the day = 304,443 m

Crew on roster = 66

MILESTONES....Bragging Rights....Celebrations:

400K Wild Bill (William H)

Thanks to all who are rowing (or getting ready to row!) with us:

1 William Haag 400,000
2 Will Salach 295,566
3 Kiba Chan 275,000
4 David Hunter 232,067
5 barbara grandberg 183,549
6 Peter Huurman 183,124
7 Bart Valgaeren 175,000
8 Tim Porter 144,895
9 Daniel Cox 135,840
10 Tim Garlick 132,600
11 Chris Tudury 108,216
12 Barry O'Malley 101,498
13 David Grasfield 95,000
14 Ted Cowley-Gilbert 93,390
15 Jim Brink 91,120
16 Mike Mulvihill 88,079
17 John Longmire 81,724
18 Rick Carveth 79,776
19 Jan Stevenson 78,208
20 David A. Alden 74,054
21 Mike Crossley 68,020
22 Robert Hess 65,000
23 Steven Larky 64,762
24 peter verdirame 60,000
25 Anne Nelson 52,086
26 Mitch Johnson 50,914
27 Kristine Strasburger 49,289
28 Chris Czech 48,665
29 Jane Newall 46,798
30 Kenneth Guenther 45,000
31 Tim Strasburger 43,697
32 Gina Levy 41,858
33 Keith Strasburger 39,088
34 Ben Strasburger 35,751
35 Debbie Vuillemot 35,007
36 David Thomas Garcia 30,916
37 Brandy Cowley-Gilbert 26,650
38 John Marsh 25,339
39 Terry Miele 23,505
40 Gail Whitelaw 22,500
41 Jeff Morris 22,325
42 Mary Harper 22,243
43 Teresa Robertson 22,076
44 Tina Jacky 21,705
45 TERRY BELCHIKOFF 20,017
46 Steve Jacky 18,235
47 Will Worthwine 14,000
48 Dana Smith 13,703
49 Linda Bressem 8,500
50 Jennifer Goodman 8,198
51 Tom McGuire 7,500
52 Dawn Howe 7,000
53 Orion Newall-Vuillemot 3,132
54 Anais Newall-Vuillemot 1,036
55 Akira N 572
56 Elias N 186
57 George Wyner 0
58 Coulter M 0
59 Andrea Cosmin 0
60 Andy Ward 0
61 Angelo Papadopoulos 0
62 AJ Tudury 0
63 Darryl Bathel 0
64 Debbie Rohlwing 0
65 Nancy Flagg 0
66 John Dunlop 0

Total Challenge Meters = 4,113,979 m

[William H]

That the spirit Wilbury I'm not sure how everyone else feels, but I think it should always be fun. If it's feeling too much like work you can try mixing it up a bit. If you usually row really fast, you could try slowing it down and watching your favourite tv show while you row. Or if it's the opposite, you could try doing a couple sprints. You can try varying the lengths too, if you usually do one long workout, you could switch to a few shorter ones, or vice versa. For me, I get kind of discouraged doing anything over 5K, so when I do I like to break it down into little sections mentally, so if I'm doing 10K, to really, "in my head" do 5 little sections of 2K. Another thing you might like trying are intervals. Most of my exceptionally long workouts were done that way, they are kind of nice too because you get bonus "rest" metres (where the wheel is still spinning but you aren't really rowing anymore). Then I just do a short little workout at the end to round off my metres because I'm like that.

That's really good advice that bears repeating ...

Thanks for sharing

[Kona2]

A local brewery has a product called Shock Top. One of the marketing "vehicles" is a red VW bug with a shock top....saw it while I was driving the other day (and yes, I was stopped at a light when I took the picture!). Kind of fun! I understand the brew is tasty...

I confess I had to ask Kiba what exactly the picture she posted yesterday was.....since she said biology class, wasn't sure if I was supposed to be looking for pieces and parts (but what were those stars doing in there!)....turns out this is the Orion Nebula - which of course I could see after she told me about it..... Here's another view of it!



Season meters as of 147/365 = 38,415,690 m

Total meters on the day = 275,125 m

Oars in space = 31 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights....Celebrations:

4.7 MM Wild Bill
1.2 MM Peter H
Red Giant # 8 - Wild Bill
Will S with a half moon and 23,465 m
Peter H with a half moon and 22,500 (15,000 + 7,500 m)
Half Marathon # 38 (and 11 in a row...how's that feeling, Dave?!) for Dave H

And thanks to today's rowers for all the kinds of meters...even a row that's a few minutes generates meters that count just the same as the ones generated in an hour!

Ben 300 m
Tim S 3,286 m
Kristine 4,167 m
Kenneth G 5,000 m
Debbie 5,000 m
Peter G 6,000 m
Noelle 7,767 m
Mitch J 7,768 m
Gina 8,110 m Good rowing!
Jack 8,543 m
Richelle 10,000 m
Anne 10,000 m
Mike C 10,020 m
Mike M 13,079 m
Kelli 13,500 m
Steven 14,363 m
K2 15,000 m
Jim 16,160 m
Dave 21,097 m
Peter H 22,500 m
Will S 23,465 m
Wild Bill 50,000 m

Keep your eyes on the skies! Have a great rowing day!

PS - I'm planting trees (or building bridges!) as part of the National Public Lands Day tomorrow so posting may be delayed since volunteers have to meet the rangers at the ski areas by 0700. The pine forests here have been devastated by the pine beetle - so the trees will help replace some of those lost. Good erosion control too....wouldn't want to get caught in a mudslide....

[acrewer]

31 Tim Strasburger 43,697
32 Gina Levy 41,858
33 Keith Strasburger 39,088
34 Ben Strasburger 35,751


Guess one could say I'm in a Strasburger sandwich!

[brotherjim]

I really enjoy reading the posts on your team and looking at the pictures posted. They are really awesome. But you Luna-Tics can slow down if you want to.