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

A member of an indoor rowing team or club? If so, this is the place for you.

Can this one team row to the moon and back?

Poll ended at May 17th, 2008, 12:28 pm

I think we can do it together. I'm all in!
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No way! You all are wacko!
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Total votes: 54

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Re: I can relate...

Post by bg » October 5th, 2009, 11:32 pm

[quote="Kona2"]And your feet were probably still strapped in.......I can relate to this! When I first went to clip in pedals on the bike, I "forgot" that I was clipped in and leaned the bike towards the clipped in side - at the start line of the Elephant Rock bike ride. I took out two other bikes, and was really embarrassed....and, of course, you can't get your feet loose right away....

yes...luckily one of the ladies on a treadmill close by saw what happened and unstrapped me :-) and of course i landed on the elbow that i injured before...i am icing it....i am sooooo klutsy......

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Re: I can relate...

Post by Leaky Tiki » October 6th, 2009, 12:42 am

Kona2 wrote:And your feet were probably still strapped in.......I can relate to this! When I first went to clip in pedals on the bike, I "forgot" that I was clipped in and leaned the bike towards the clipped in side - at the start line of the Elephant Rock bike ride. I took out two other bikes, and was really embarrassed....and, of course, you can't get your feet loose right away....
Oh yes. I remember in the '80s going from rat traps to LOOKs. Very painful learning curve! For a while it was almost safer to roll through red lights than come to a stop.

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Re: I can relate...

Post by just27 » October 6th, 2009, 12:52 am

Leaky Tiki wrote:
Kona2 wrote:And your feet were probably still strapped in.......I can relate to this! When I first went to clip in pedals on the bike, I "forgot" that I was clipped in and leaned the bike towards the clipped in side - at the start line of the Elephant Rock bike ride. I took out two other bikes, and was really embarrassed....and, of course, you can't get your feet loose right away....
Oh yes. I remember in the '80s going from rat traps to LOOKs. Very painful learning curve! For a while it was almost safer to roll through red lights than come to a stop.
" ... rat traps to LOOKS" ... probably some kind of Death Star speak ... I'm off aGoogling ...

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sick leave - bummer

Post by acrewer » October 6th, 2009, 2:47 am

I was doing so well getting back to regular workouts, after vacation and the High Holidays and school starting...now my kids brought me home a nice head cold :roll: . I hope I'll feel up to getting back on the erg soon.

Gina
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Re: seat belt

Post by acrewer » October 6th, 2009, 2:50 am

Trouble1 wrote:
Last spring, I was having one of those days when you're going to end up with a pretty good time for a particular distance. Well I needed to scootch up on the seat a little bit. Rather than stop, while pushing back I kind jumped a little bit and the seat went out from underneath me and I came down square on the rail. Needless to same I didn't end up with that great time that day.
NOW you know why we used Duct Tape while racing. In a boat you don't sit on the drive, there is often air between you and the seat; basically you hang all your weight on your oar.

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Re: seat belt

Post by bg » October 6th, 2009, 3:38 am

Trouble1 wrote:
Toothdoc wrote:
bg wrote:yes..i need a seat belt ...i fell off the erg today.....i sit on towels when i row and will do slight adjustments while rowing...well i loss my balance and fell over today...very embarassing....
Barb,

I heard confession is good for the soul. So here goes. This week-end while watching the Notre Dame game I tried to avoid a QB sack and nearly fell off the erg. But, that's not all, it happened 2 more on passes into the end zone.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is, you are in some very good company. Kiba, Jan and I, probably more funny stories out there if they would just fess up.

dano

Last spring, I was having one of those days when you're going to end up with a pretty good time for a particular distance. Well I needed to scootch up on the seat a little bit. Rather than stop, while pushing back I kind jumped a little bit and the seat went out from underneath me and I came down square on the rail. Needless to same I didn't end up with that great time that day.


Tim
oh...i also hit the rail on the way over but fortunately not very hard.....

thanks for sharing all your stories evreryone.....

and hope you feel better soon gina....

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FRC Update: Thru 10.05.09

Post by Kona2 » October 6th, 2009, 10:38 am

Image Three weeks of falling leaves = completed! And now there are 10...days left in the challenge!

Challenge meters as of 21/31 = 8,256,918 m

Total meters on the day = 319,974 m

Crew on the roster = 69

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


300K Tim G

And thanks to all who are rowing as part of the Luna-Tics team! There are many milestones coming up in the very near future!!


1 William Haag 663,000
2 Kiba Chan 560,000
3 Will Salach 532,419
4 Bart Valgaeren 500,000
5 David Hunter 464,134
6 barbara grandberg 344,998
7 Daniel Cox 344,662
8 Tim Garlick 315,250
9 Tim Porter 280,564
10 Chris Tudury 215,701
11 Peter Huurman 200,000
12 Jim Brink 199,371
13 Ted Cowley-Gilbert 188,000
14 David Grasfield 175,000
15 Rick Carveth 173,067
16 Mike Mulvihill 164,734
17 Steven Larky 155,144
18 Barry O'Malley 152,630
19 Mike Crossley 147,184
20 Robert Hess 138,000
21 Jan Stevenson 133,208
22 John Longmire 131,305
23 David A. Alden 128,540
24 peter verdirame 119,500
25 Anne Nelson 113,086
26 Mitch Johnson 109,534
27 Kristine Strasburger 108,930
28 Chuck Derby 108,024
29 Mike Smith 95,599
30 TERRY BELCHIKOFF 92,095
31 Kenneth Guenther 90,000
32 Keith Strasburger 81,000
33 Tim Strasburger 74,015
34 Darryl Bathel 71,777
35 Chris Czech 71,379
36 John Marsh 69,928
37 Gina Levy 68,968
38 Brandy Cowley-Gilbert 65,231
39 David Thomas Garcia 54,783
40 Ben Strasburger 53,444
41 Gail Whitelaw 52,500
42 Jane Newall 46,798
43 Teresa Robertson 39,094
44 Tom McGuire 36,767
45 Andrea Cosmin 35,899
46 Debbie Vuillemot 35,007
47 Dana Smith 32,424
48 George Wyner 32,000
49 Will Worthwine 27,984
50 Mary Harper 27,055
51 Jeff Morris 26,131
52 Terry Miele 23,505
53 Noelle Boyle 20,903
54 John Dunlop 10,000
55 Anthony Parendo 9,999
56 Linda Bressem 8,500
57 Jennifer Goodman 8,198
58 Dawn Howe 7,000
59 AJ Tudury 6,016
60 Debbie Rohlwing 6,000
61 BJ Kinkade 5,000
62 Orion Newall-Vuillemot 4,140
63 Anais Newall-Vuillemot 1,036
64 Akira N 572
65 Elias N 186
66 Coulter M 0
67 Andy Ward 0
68 Angelo Papadopoulos 0
69 Nancy Flagg 0


Total Challenge Meters as of 10.06.09 @ 0800 MST = 8,256,918m

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All In A Day's ERG: Team Progress Thru 10.05.09

Post by Kona2 » October 6th, 2009, 11:16 am

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Seatbelt use reviewed for crew after safety reports skyrocketed! Crew members reportedly glad to know they weren't the only ones to have oops moments.


Mark your calendars!!!....Get your costumes ready! We're having a team Halloween party! Halloween marks the midway point for our rowing year...and it's also the skeleton challenge..... Image Halloween brew will be served!Image

Season meters as of 158/365 = 42,552,548 m

Total meters on the day = 328,126 m

Oars in space (participation) = 35 percent

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


1.6 MM Dave H
200K AJ

Image Dan with half marathon # 80 - and then some
Image Bazzy with a half moon at 24,087 m (might be a half marathon in there)
Image Barbara with half marathon/moon # 62
Image Dave with half marathon # 49 and 22 in a row
Image Tim with half marathon # 4 (I think!)

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Dave H with (321,159 m) to go! Hey, he'll be within striking distance at the end of this challenge!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Steven with (54,038 m) to go!

K2 with (105,000 m) to go!

Peter G with (122,500 m) to go!

Mitch J with (156,706 m) to go!

And thanks to all today's crew - what a moon mission!

Ben 3,091 m
Tim 4,710 m
Kiba 5,000 m
Kristine 5,381 m
Peter G 6,000 m
AJ 6,016 m
Steve 6,200 m
Keith 6,420 m
Tom M 7,500 m
Mitch J 9,162 m
Kenneth G 10,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Jim 11,405 m
Tina 12,000 m
Ted 12,000 m
Jack 12,275 m
Mike M 13,530 m
Darryl 14,515 m
K2 15,000 m
Steven 17,226 m
Tim 21,097 m
Dave 21,097 m
Barbara 21,311 m
Baz 24,087 m
Dan 31,103 m

Have a blue sky day - wherever you row!

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Re: I can relate...

Post by Leaky Tiki » October 6th, 2009, 5:57 pm

just27 wrote:
Leaky Tiki wrote:
Kona2 wrote:And your feet were probably still strapped in.......I can relate to this! When I first went to clip in pedals on the bike, I "forgot" that I was clipped in and leaned the bike towards the clipped in side - at the start line of the Elephant Rock bike ride. I took out two other bikes, and was really embarrassed....and, of course, you can't get your feet loose right away....
Oh yes. I remember in the '80s going from rat traps to LOOKs. Very painful learning curve! For a while it was almost safer to roll through red lights than come to a stop.
" ... rat traps to LOOKS" ... probably some kind of Death Star speak ... I'm off aGoogling ...
Sorry....was just empathizing with Kona about switching to "clip in" pedals. We used to call regular pedals rat traps. I think because of the "teeth" on the edges. LOOK pedals were my first clip-in pedals, and I fell over many times as I forgot to unclip my shoe before I came to a stop. :oops:

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Re: I can relate...

Post by just27 » October 6th, 2009, 7:09 pm

Leaky Tiki wrote: ... was just empathizing with Kona about switching to "clip in" pedals. We used to call regular pedals rat traps. I think because of the "teeth" on the edges. LOOK pedals were my first clip-in pedals, and I fell over many times as I forgot to unclip my shoe before I came to a stop.
So, am I to believe that the advantages of clipping your feet into little tooth-like traps outweigh the problems of having your feet slip off the pedals? I'm just asking because I row with my (bare) feet on, not in, the straps ... and apparently don't generate enough effort to make my feet (or butt!) rise off the erg.

All things to ponder ...

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clipless pedals

Post by Kona2 » October 6th, 2009, 7:20 pm

The advantage of having either the rat trap or the clip ins would be that you carry forward the energy on the up pedal that you have generated on the down pedal....I think.

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Re: clipless pedals

Post by BAZzy » October 7th, 2009, 12:51 am

Kona2 wrote:The advantage of having either the rat trap or the clip ins would be that you carry forward the energy on the up pedal that you have generated on the down pedal....I think.
Yes....definetely....

yesterday's row was actually two day's worth..no HM..

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Post by Kristine Strasburger » October 7th, 2009, 12:53 am

About those clip-on pedals, I am too afraid to try. Keith converted over last year, and paid the price once so far. We were all behind him to watch the unfortunate show. :(
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FRC Update: Thru 10.06.09

Post by Kona2 » October 7th, 2009, 9:35 am

Image And our fortune today...from a reliable source....
Image ...."For a long and healthy life....row more meters!" :D

Challenge meters as of 22/31 = 8,668,914 m

Total meters on the day = 411,996 m

Crew on the roster = 69

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights....Celebrations: Marvelous, simply mahvelous!


600K Kiba
300K Tim P
200K Jim
100K TERRY
100K Kenneth G

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Thank you all for rowing as part of the Luna-Tics team!


1 William Haag 663,000
2 Kiba Chan 610,000
3 Will Salach 562,475
4 Bart Valgaeren 550,000
5 David Hunter 485,231
6 Daniel Cox 382,251
7 barbara grandberg 344,998
8 Tim Garlick 315,250
9 Tim Porter 301,661
10 Chris Tudury 215,701
11 Jim Brink 207,395
12 Peter Huurman 200,000
13 Ted Cowley-Gilbert 188,000
14 David Grasfield 185,000
15 Rick Carveth 173,067
16 Barry O'Malley 166,753
17 Mike Mulvihill 164,734
18 Steven Larky 162,337
19 Mike Crossley 155,754
20 Robert Hess 138,000
21 Jan Stevenson 133,208
22 John Longmire 131,305
23 David A. Alden 128,540
24 peter verdirame 123,500
25 Anne Nelson 123,086
26 Mitch Johnson 119,650
27 Kristine Strasburger 113,924
28 Chuck Derby 112,078
29 TERRY BELCHIKOFF 100,101
30 Kenneth Guenther 100,000
31 Mike Smith 95,599
32 Chris Czech 90,805
33 Darryl Bathel 86,291
34 Gail Whitelaw 82,500
35 Keith Strasburger 81,000
36 Tim Strasburger 79,213
37 John Marsh 69,928
38 Gina Levy 68,968
39 Brandy Cowley-Gilbert 65,231
40 Ben Strasburger 58,473
41 David Thomas Garcia 54,783
42 Jane Newall 46,798
43 Teresa Robertson 39,094
44 Tom McGuire 36,767
45 Andrea Cosmin 35,899
46 Debbie Vuillemot 35,007
47 Jennifer Goodman 33,775
48 Dana Smith 32,424
49 George Wyner 32,000
50 Will Worthwine 27,984
51 Mary Harper 27,055
52 Jeff Morris 26,131
53 Terry Miele 23,505
54 Noelle Boyle 20,903
55 Anthony Parendo 13,332
56 John Dunlop 10,000
57 Linda Bressem 8,500
58 Dawn Howe 7,000
59 AJ Tudury 6,016
60 Debbie Rohlwing 6,000
61 BJ Kinkade 5,000
62 Orion Newall-Vuillemot 4,140
63 Anais Newall-Vuillemot 1,036
64 Akira N 572
65 Elias N 186
66 Coulter M 0
67 Andy Ward 0
68 Angelo Papadopoulos 0
69 Nancy Flagg 0


Total Challenge Meters as of 10.07.09 @ 0700 MST = 8,668,914 m

Great rowing by all !!


Zooming towards the moon... we pass a galactic billboard (space is commercialized!?!!) which reads..... 50 days until the start of the Holiday Challenge! Aaaack!!!

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Re: FRC Update: Thru 10.06.09

Post by DuluthMoose » October 7th, 2009, 11:46 am

Kona2 wrote: [/color][/size] 50 days until the start of the Holiday Challenge! Aaaack!!!

Kona2 - I bet there's a mathamatical formula that relates that statement to the number of shopping days left until the Holidays. But I'm not one of those folks that tries to stay ahead of impending frenzy. I'm still trying to work in a canoe outting or 2 yet before freeze-up. And baseball is still alive and well in the Northland. Go Twins! After baseball is done and freeze-up, well then I'll join you in expressing Aaaack!!!!!

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