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

[Kona2]

Haven't row a meter since I left FL on the 17th. I've gained 27 lbs and 3 dress sizes.

danno

Sorry...applying for a section 8 won't get you out of rowing....hope you are having fun!

[just27]

Haven't row a meter since I left FL on the 17th. I've gained 27 lbs and 3 dress sizes. danno

Smile (27 pounds). Enjoy the break, Dan; you'll soon regain your girlish figure.



Barbara ... when do you sleep? I just noticed that you're in fourth position on the Cheezer race back to Vermont.

[Kona2]

By the light of the moon.....we row!

Aussies, having led the way for us as they always do, are content to watch the skies and cheer on their virtual teammates as today winds up the Holiday Challenge wherever you row....



Dave - 200K ! Woohoo! He made it!

Jane is within (9,875 m) of her goal !

Season meters as of 237/365 = 70,754,203 m

Total meters on the day = 399,685 m

Oars in space = 24 percent

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


4.2 MM Bart
2.5 MM Bazzy
2.2 MM Dave
900K Kenneth G

Mega update from Angelo 129,715 m! Thought that might mean another reindeer!
Bart with a red giant plus some at 60K! Wowzer! Lotta moon meters there!
Barbara with half marathon/moon #120 and 25,769 m
Dave with half marathon # 64 and 4K extra sails onto the 200K boards with a kilometer and change to spare! 25,097 m
Chris with half marathon # 155

ONE Million Meter Watch: Woohoo! Another teammate to cheer onward!

Kenneth G is (98,303 m) from the one million meter mark!

And thanks to all our team for moving us closer to the moon! Stellar rowing!

Peter H 2,620 m Some say...this puts his HC meters at 250K..!
Steve O 3,000 m
Jeff 3,111 m
Tony 3,333 m
Anne 5,000 m
Karyn 6,790 m
Steven L 7,207 m
Mary 7,541 m
AJ 8,018 m
Mike M 10,000 m
Jane 11,344 m
K2 12,072 m
Rick 12,969 m
Baz 13,200 m
Darryl 14,802 m (while not your record 60 min row, very nice output!)
Kenneth G 17,000 m
Chris 21,097 m
Dave 25,097 m
Barbara 25,769 m
Bart 60,000 m
Angelo 129,715 m


The Concept2 grocery cart is 83 percent full...does anyone remember how well the rowing community filled the basket last year? I seem to recall that it was less than 60 percent...

And Merry Christmas....Outback !

[DuluthMoose]

(while not your record 60 min row, very nice output!)

Thanks Kona2! The planets were somewhat aligned on this one. Cool basement temp at about 70F; low humidity in the house; a fading high pressure system in the area, and almost 2 months conditioning without an extended time away from rowing. All factors keeping heart rate low and enabling me to pull a little harder.

Today I rowed slower and added some OT, since a huge low pressure storm is settling over us and dumping it's snow load and I normally don't have great output under the influence of low pressure. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that travel to Chippewa Falls, Wis on Saturday will be OK. I'm suppose to be playing a role as Santa in helping to deliver a solo canoe on the first part of it's journey to a gal in Little Rock, AR waiting in jubilant expectation for her present....

[bg]

Haven't row a meter since I left FL on the 17th. I've gained 27 lbs and 3 dress sizes. danno

Smile (27 pounds). Enjoy the break, Dan; you'll soon regain your girlish figure.



Barbara ... when do you sleep? I just noticed that you're in fourth position on the Cheezer race back to Vermont.

being retired and slow is a great combo when it comes to the challenge...

[Kona2]

Woohoo! Jane has earned her challenge pin! Congratulations on your 200K!

[bg]

merry christmas....

[Kona2]

Woohoo! Tom R (who rowed a TON of meters today - looks like a red giant to me!) has earned his challenge pin! Congratulations on your 200K!

Woohoo! This challenge does bring out the beasties! One more hour on the clock.....log those meters !

[Kona2]

All the rowing machines are docked at the Galactic Space Station where the team is enjoying a fine virtual beverage with virtual teammates in celebration of the holiday season - and the completion of the Holiday Challenge. Well done, mates! We rowed a team collective 12.8 MM meters during the challenge!
40 Reindeer rowing towards the moon !
What a finish to the 10th annual Holiday Challenge! There are some memorable capstone meters indeed - with personal bests, first ever red giants, first ever completions of a holiday challenge. Definitely the stuff that makes for good Luna-Tic history!

Season meters as of 238/365 = 71,617,641 m

Total meters on the day = 863,438 m

Oars in space (participation) = 22 percent

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

700K Tom R
600K Rodrigo
Tom R with a first red giant and 56,386 m
The mouse that roared....a red giant from Queen Minnie! Minnie weaves an eclectic assortment of meters together....finds herself just a bit short of the red giant....and gets back on the rower! Hooyah! I'll bet you can't stop at just one....
Barbara brings in half marathon/moon #121 with 25,580 m!
Ted with 25,000 m gets a half moon also!

FOUR Million Meter Watch:

Chris with (102,653 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Kenneth G with (98,303 m) to go!

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

Jeff 3,108 m
Tony 3,333 m
Karyn 4,529 m
AJ 4,664 m
Anne 6,000 m
Peter G 6,500 m
Mary 7,541 m
Gina 8,000 m
Teresa 9,017 m
Mike M 10,000 m
Jane 10,014 m
Steven L 12,000 m
Rich 16,012 m
Darryl 16,057 m...
Bart 20,000 m - and top of the Luna-Tic leaderboard for Challenge meters
Ted 25,000 m
Barbara 25,580 m
Chris 50,000 m
Tom R 56,386 m
Rodrigo 574,226 m ...wowzer! now that's an update!

Holiday cheer to all - and good rowing!

[Toothdoc]

Merry Christmas to all!!


toothdoc

[Calamity]

Happy Christmas to all who celebrate and peace to all.
Tooth Doc-Santa and the tooth fairy met at our house last night. Anais lost a tooth earlier this week and saved it to put under her pillow Christmas Eve so Santa and the tooth fairy could meet. The tooth was carefully guarded by Elias's playmobil police advent calendar all week because Anais's fairy advent calendar could attract the tooth fairy.
Perhaps we should have borrowed the lighted teeth for our roof this year.

Jane, Debbie, Orion, Anais, Elias and Akira

PS see www.noradsanta.org to see where Santa has been.

[Dave_H]

Hope the Northern Hemisphere has had a happy and safe day... below is an artist's impression of the Aussie night sky last evening :



Cheers to all,
Dave

[Kristine Strasburger]

Well done on the 2009 Holiday Challenge, Team! Y'all are Oar-some, From the smallest to the tallest, and everyone in between!

[Kona2]

A lunar event !

Let there be fireworks with this full blue moon! Fortunately for those who will be New Year's Eve revelers, you can row the meters before the midnight hour!

With a fine showing of over a million meters, the Ancients show us that sometimes age wins the race! As Luna-Tics, we're moon driven so we know we'll return the favor. Oars were quiet during the holiday celebrations, but today is a NEW day. Row team row! (Astrogator is relentless....having discovered that there is some sort of gamma ray burster that we have to avoid on our way to the moon...)

Season meters as of 239/365 = 71,767,378 m

Total meters on the day = 149,737 m

Oars in space (participation) = 11 percent (a stalwart skeleton crew!)

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

Baz with a half moon and 21,923 m
Peter H with half marathon # 39

FOUR Million Meter Watch:

just27 with (102,653 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Ken G with (88,303 m) to go!

Mike C with (132,564 m) to go!

And thanks to all today's crew for keeping us moving towards the moon:

Peter G 5,000 m
Ken G 10,000 m
Tom R 10,768 m
Mike C 12,000 m
Tim P 14,201 m
Darryl 14,652 m (snowing here, snowing there)
Bart 20,000 m
Will S 20,096 m
Peter H 21,097 m
Bazzy 21,923 m

[DuluthMoose]

Over the River and Through the Woods
To Gamma Ray Burster's We Row!

Rowing and Posting is done for the day. Back to the Snow Removal Front Line. Canoe delivery postponed until tomorrow. Moose