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

[Kona2]

Woohoo! Get out your winter party hats, get the arctic gear on, and get ready to sing Happy Birthday, Captain Kristine! Today's meters are a virtual trek to Idaho for the event!
HB2U HB2U ....and many more!

While our trek to her cabin may provide some excellent snowboarding opportunities, we may also need a team of huskies to take us those last few miles south of the Canadian border! Mush! Last one there gets pigeon poop cleanup duty!
You know, the view from the rower is not that much different...but warmer!

New to the Holiday Challenge Boards 37 Reindeer

Kenneth G - 200K

Keep rowing those Holiday Challenge meters....the Concept2 Grocery Cart is only 62 percent full!

Season meters as of 233/365 = 69,395,742 m

Total meters on the day = 309,447 m

Oars in space (participation) = 24 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights....Celebrations: Intercontinental mooning!

4.1 MM Bart
2.2 MM Darryl
700K Jack
300K Laurie
Voodoogirl just eclipses Bart from Belgium's half moon with 25,014 m
Bart with a half moon and 25K
Will S with a half moon over Iraq and 24,106 m
Chris with half marathon # 152
Jack with a half marathon # ? Or is this a first?!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Kenny G with (125,303 m) to go!

And thanks to all today's galactic rowers for moving us closer to the moon!

AJ 4,421 m
Noelle 6,038 m
Tony 6,789
Mary 7,541 m
Steven L 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Tim 12,027 m
Teresa 12,345 m.....now wait, wait, wait! Teresa's got the 1..2...3...4..5...and Tony's got the 6..7...8..9....what's up with this?! Reindeer number games!?
Jane 12,628 m
Karyn 13,734 m
Peter G 14,000 m
Jim 14,542 m
Darryl 14,684 m
Bill 16,184 m ... warm enough to bike in Denver?
Kenneth G 19,000 m
Bazzy 19,200 m
Jack 21,097 m
Chris 21,097 m
Will S 24,106 m
Bart 25,000 m
Laurie 25,014 m

Delightful rowing wherever you row!

[bg]

happy birthday captain k...

[BAZzy]

happy birthday captain k...

Captain K.......And happy birthday from Baz & Tomo (Tomo cut his finger yesterday so no rowing! )

[BAZzy]

And by the way....I hope our friends in North America can acutally find their ERGs at present. Was watching the news last night and couldn't believe all the snow you have had. I couldn't imagine what it would be like having to shovel all that snow just to get out of the house........ The worst that happens for us is that we trip over a couple of dogs, a few leaves from the trees, and possibly Tomo's skateboard

Good luck
Baz & Tomo

[Kona2]

New to the Holiday Challenge Boards 37 Reindeer

Laurie - 200K
Peter G - 200K


Wowzer, there's some rowing going on today!

[just27]

Get out your winter party hats, get the arctic gear on, and get ready to sing Happy Birthday, Captain Kristine! Today's meters are a virtual trek to Idaho for the event!

Happy First Day, Cap'n Kristine, and best wishes all through the coming year.

[nl07695]

Sorry mates, but I was busy shoveling snow the past day's. This morning there was a nice surprise when I logged on again. It must have been those extra birthday meters from Idaho!!



Congratulations to all that made this happen !!

Only 20M more to go

[Kona2]

Sorry mates, but I was busy shoveling snow the past day's.

Looks like light snow for Rotterdam today, and some say heavy snow tomorrow! Better keep the snow shovel handy!

Some team members gather to decorate a tree...

The reindeer herd is getting outfitted for the long flight ahead. Several team members are nearing goals of 100 and 200K...row, reindeer, row!

New to the Holiday Challenge Boards 37 Reindeer

Tim P - 200K

Season meters as of 234/365 = 69,647,026 m

Total meters on the day = 251,548 m

Oars in space (participation) = 23 percent

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

1.4 MM Steven L
200K Noelle - and top of the podium today!
Noelle with a half moon (and maybe a half marathon !) with 31,285 m
Barbara with half marathon/moon # 118 and 21,139 m
Chris with half marathon # 153
Peter H with half marathon # 38

And thanks to all who contributed today's meters...we're hanging on to # 4:

Elias 264 m
AJ 4,021 m
Tony 6...7...8...9 m Repetition is a good thing!
Mary 7,538 m
Gina 8,089 m
Mike M 10,000 m
Steven L 10,000 m
Bazzy 10,000 m
Mitch J 10,001 m
Chuck D 10,467 m
Tom R 10,684 m
Rich 11,006 m (welcome back from holiday)
Peter G 12,500 m
Jane 14,004 m....there is still time...
Laurie 15,060 m....and Voodoogirl is working magic in Arlington, VA....lots of snow there, too!
Tim 16,507 m
Peter H 21,097 m
Chris 21,097 m
Barbara 21,139 m
Noelle 31,285 m

Row, row, row - just a couple of days to go in the Holiday Challenge!

[NMB4010]

Unfortunately, I still have 10k more to go to hit 200k, but thanks for the props and congratulations to everyone with oars in the challenge!

[Kona2]

Unfortunately, I still have 10k more to go to hit 200k, but thanks for the props and congratulations to everyone with oars in the challenge!

The 200K milestone is for your year to date meters, actually!

[Kona2]

Happy Winter Solstice for the Northern Hemisphere....or as Moose says.....Toga, toga, toga! Time for Saturnalia! Here comes the sun!!





The reindeer herd is getting
restless! Several team members are nearing goals of 100 and 200K...row, reindeer, row! Or so I said just a few hours ago....and here's another graduate to the 200K first flight group!

New to the Holiday Challenge Boards 37 Reindeer

Ted - 200K

[Kristine Strasburger]

Thanks for all the birthday cheer from you all. Unfortunately I was under the weather with a bout of food poisoning, and spent the whole day in bed yesterday. Still on a liquid diet today, but feeling much better. Now the pressure is on to see if it is possible to hit the 200k board in time. I gotta do something to earn my Christmas chocolate, eh?

[bg]

Thanks for all the birthday cheer from you all. Unfortunately I was under the weather with a bout of food poisoning, and spent the whole day in bed yesterday. Still on a liquid diet today, but feeling much better. Now the pressure is on to see if it is possible to hit the 200k board in time. I gotta do something to earn my Christmas chocolate, eh?

oh no.....glad you are feeling better...

[Dave_H]

Happy Birthday Captain Kris!
Hope you are feeling better quickly! A bit like you, I have to get my act together to hit the 200k board in the 2 days remaining here...
I spent some time away on an impromptu holiday last week, and have found it difficult to get back into the groove. I feel a sense of the calm before the January challenge storm!

Congrats to the many achievers since my last post - so much going on these days... our team is certainly a busy one now!

Cheers,
Dave

[Kona2]

The Fanny Factor

Now here's a subject that near and dear to your....heart. Sooner or later, you may find your rowing time limited by pain....you are SURE that your bones must be punching through to the erg seat. Bruises at least. A couple of months ago, we revisited discussions about seat pads for the Concept2 erg. Gina first brought these to our attention (I think) when she went to a regatta in Long Beach. JL Racing was the supplier for the Sore No More sorbothane seat pads and gel seat pads. Just to be fair, and in recognition of our fine association with Concept2, I'm also including the Concept2 foam pad in the mix.

Barbara wanted to know if a seat pad was something that permanently adhered to the rowing machine seat – because, if so, she was out of luck since she uses a rower at a gym. Portability can be a good thing! Looks like both the Sore No More Sorbothane and the Jel Pad are portable. Jel Pad is portable and floats.

So the benefits we're looking for are:

* Reduced pressure points on sit bones.

* Added comfort that improves rowing experience and increases endurance.

* Portability

* If you're an on the water rower also, then maybe it should float....


The Contenders

Sorbothane Sore No More Seat Pad $ 40

The Sore-No-More Advantages: Sorbothane Seat Pad review by Tom on Epinions
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1. Durability. The half life on this substance must be over 10,000 years. Made out of a rubber-like substance, you can roll, bend, fold, and crunch these pads without tearing them. At the end of the day, it folds back out to its original shape.

2. Thin yet comfortable. Everyone's seen those seat pads that raise you up about 2 inches on your seat. Good luck clearing your hands and balancing the boat that way! The sore-no-more is amazingly thin -- less then 1/4 of an inch -- and yet it is softer than any foam pad I've ever used. Plus it won't grow compressed and hard on the pressure points like foam pads.

3. Sticky. The sore-no-more manages to stick to every seat I've ever placed it on -- no need for tape to keep this guy attached. Sticky like a post it note as Gina says.

Jel Pad $ 25

Now bicycling has certainly had its moments to teach about gel seat covers, and gender specific seats (I won’t go there). As such, I was particularly interested in the JeL seat pad offered by JL racing. Here's what JL racing has to say about its JeL seat pad:

We developed this Gel-filled beauty, just for your butt! And the great news is, IT FLOATS!!!

* Rugged polyproplene laminated to neoprene seating surface.
* Non-skid backing on bottom, stays put on your seat
* Gel-filled inner core with permanent memory
* Gel-filling distributes pressure evenly.
* 11 3/4" at widest part
* fits on both sculling and sweep seats
* It floats!
* Tag with space for your name.
* Webbing loop so you can tie it to your axle for extra security.



The flip side of the gel pad shows that it has a grippy kind of material (and a name tag so that when you leave it on the seat of the rower, someone will return it to you!). It doesn’t permanently adhere to the seat, but it doesn’t slip around either.

The Jel pad floats - has that been mentioned? Unless we have a flood in the basement, I’m probably safe in not needing that feature, but these are designed to be used by people like Karyn who get out on the water. And Chris, if AJ loses the gel seat over the side of the kayak, well it will be easier to find as it floats on by. I wanted to have options of using this in outdoor rowing.

Concept2 Foam Pad - Self Adhesive Backing $ 3.50

Concept2's foam pad is about 3/8 inch thick, very inexpensive....yet requires that it be stuck to the rowing machine seat. That was a deal breaker for me.

I've just received the JeL Pad, and will see if it falls in the plus column or the minus ....since this column is all about the bottom line.