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

[Kona2]

Busy teammates....

We're closing in on 45 million team meters - surely today will be the day! All we need is 66,332 m....whoa - we get some updates that look like that! Biggie milestones on the horizon for many....go long on the rows!



We have 30 days in this year's Holiday Challenge (think we had 28 last year), and while that decreases the minimum needed if you row every single day of the challenge - it's always a more pleasant experience to be well prepared. If you're rowing 5000 m...you might want to up it to 6,000 m ... and then 7,000 m (gradually that is).

Season meters as of 195/365 = 44,933,668 m

Total meters on the day = 105,595 m

Oars in space (participation) = 14 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

20 Million Lifetime Meter Watch:

Danno with (15,000 m) to go!!

FOUR Million Meter Watch:

Will S with (79,512 m) to go!!

THREE Million Meter Watch:

AJ with (123,915 m) to go!

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Baz with (147,195 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Ted with (27,000 m) to go!

Thanks to all who rowed today!

Harold 2,500 m
Katerina
Robyn 4,000 m
Dave H (AUS) 5,000 m ....your team profile info totally disappeared?
Jerry 5,189 m
Bruce 5,860 m - great to see your posting
David T 6,000 m - captured some in yesterday's totals I think
Mitch J 7,574 m
Danno 10,000 m
Chris aka Minnie 11,144 m
Chip 13,883 m
Peter H 15,001 m
AJ 16,111 m

Have a blue sky - and safe - rowing day!

[bg]

since i'm not rowing yet, i ran 5 1/2 miles for moose today...rip...

[Kona2]

You'll be rowing again before we know it, Barbara!

And speaking of alternative transportation - alternative to rowing, that is - how did the Great North walk go, Baz? Gadget envy re: SPOT tracker! I was wondering if you had enough daylight to finish your ambitious trek ....wowzer, mate - that's a full marathon plus....so I believe you have definitely earned a FULL moon!

[BAZzy]

You'll be rowing again before we know it, Barbara!

And speaking of alternative transportation - alternative to rowing, that is - how did the Great North walk go, Baz? Gadget envy re: SPOT tracker! I was wondering if you had enough daylight to finish your ambitious trek ....wowzer, mate - that's a full marathon plus....so I believe you have definitely earned a FULL moon!

Well what a day! It started at 1.50am not too far from where we live and the walk wound its way through the Lane Cove National Park and then into the Berowra Waters area. It was very different starting at that time and experiencing the bush in darkness. Not that I haven’t been out at night before, but not on an undertaking like this. And I must add that I got to bed at 10pm and felt like I woke every 15 minutes until 1am.

My planning was pretty good and I actually had gained time up until Berowra Waters, but the heat (around 33 degrees celcius) and humidity was taking its toll by the time I got to that point and I used the time I had gained to rest for about 20 minutes before pressing on.

The section from Brooklyn to Cowan involves going up a steep hillside and then down and up three large (large) gullies. At this stage I was about 10 hours into the walk and it was around midday and I couldn’t drink enough fluid to stem the rate I was losing it at. In my planning I had allowed 2 ½ hours to Cowan; it took me 3 ½ hours so I was now running an hour behind time. I have walked the section a few times and completed it in 3 hours; however that was starting from Berowra Waters and not 10 hours into a walk, something I didn’t take account of in my planning. This meant I would be running the risk of finishing in the dark at Brooklyn and thunder storms were also building in the area. And that was assuming I would have enough left in the ‘tank’ to finish! And I wasn’t confident of that and whilst the last section is fairly straight forward there is one significant climb……

I was spent and rather than let the ‘ego’ get in the way of a sensible outcome I called in the ‘recovery’ team…Janet and Thomas, and they were a welcome sight when they arrived. Whilst a little disappointed I fell short of the initial objective I was happy overall, covering 40 kilometres involving a total cumulative ascent of around 6,500 feet (and don’t my legs know it this morning!) carrying a 15 kilogram backpack.

I think I could have got the nutrition a little better, and the weather will always be what it is. I drank in excess of 12 litres of fluid and still had a net loss of weight of around 3 kilograms, so it goes to demonstrate just what sort of fluid loss can occur.

I’ll be back to tackle this again……on a cooler day!

BBB

[bg]

wow bazzy..you are amazing...to walk that far and climb that much.....enjoy your recovery....

[Kristine Strasburger]

Way to go, Baz! I feel your pain.

[Kona2]

Wow, Baz - I keep forgetting that it is 100 plus degrees there. Extreme walking ! I don't know if they do ratings on these walk sections, but sounds like that one should be rated difficult - especially with the changes in elevation.

[Kona2]

Congratulations, Danno, on achieving TWENTY million lifetime meters! We wish you many, many more!

[Toothdoc]

Congratulations, Danno, on achieving TWENTY million lifetime meters! We wish you many, many more!

I would like to dedicate this achievement to Moose. His wit and wisdom sustained many a Luna-Tic.

toothdoc

[bg]

Congratulations, Danno, on achieving TWENTY million lifetime meters! We wish you many, many more!

woooo hoooo and wow danno

[Kona2]

45 MM Team Meters!!

Welcome back, Matt - founder of the original Luna-Tics team! Good to see you on the boards!

Congratulations, Lunies! We've rowed 45 million team meters this rowing season - and there's still more time on this year's clock! At the beginning of this rowing year, we needed 95,238,108 m to get to our lunar landing. As of today, we only need 50,182,219 m! To the moon, mates, to the moon!

Season meters as of 196/365 = 45,055,889 m

Total meters on the day = 138,721 m

Oars in space (participation) = 13 percent (Uff da!)

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

20 MM Lifetime Meters Danno

FOUR Million Meter Watch:

Will S with (54,000 m) to go!

THREE Million Meter Watch:

AJ with (103,915 m) to go!

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Baz with (147,195 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Ted with (27,000 m) to go!

Will S earns a half moon plus with a posting of 25,512 m
Ron, with a posting of 25K, earns a half moon plus some!

Thanks to all today's Lunies! Whoop whoop and hooyah!

Harold 3,000 m
Matt 5,000 m
Peter G
Katerina More high fives! This gal has hooyah! moments in her world!
Bruce 5,848 m
Chip 6,000 m
David T 6,000 m
Danno 15,000 m
Teresa 16,306 m wowzer
AJ 20,000 m
Ron 25,000 m
Will S 25,512 m

[just27]

BAZ ... Danno ... great accomplishments for you both. Congrats and Goodonya.



Take the day off. You earned it!

[BAZzy]

Congratulations, Danno, on achieving TWENTY million lifetime meters! We wish you many, many more!

Amazing, way to go Danno!!!

BBB

[Kona2]

Snow falling here in the Rockies....brrrrrisk!

Season meters as of 197/365 = 45,312,482 m (calendar pages are on speed flip again!)

Total meters on the day = 256,593 m

Oars in space (participation) = 17 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

FOUR Million Meter Watch:

Will S keeps us in suspense with (54,000 m) to go!

THREE Million Meter Watch:

AJ with (103,915 m) to go! After a successful art showing, AJ takes a day off from rowing...

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Baz with (127,820 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Ted with (27,000 m) to go!

Angelo sends an update of megamoons with a posting of 117,135 m
Minnie the Mooner with another half marathon ... Snow! she scoffs! It's still shorts and tank top weather in my rowing neighborhood...

And thanks to all today's crew for all the kinds of meters - they're all important!

Harold and Moggy Cat 2,500 m
Jerry 4,000 m
Dave H 5,000 m
Tom M 5,000 m
Keith 5,188 m
Chip 6,000 OTW meters! Wowzer!
Katerina 2...4...6...8...who do we appreciate? 6...7....8...9....leave no rower behind....
Ross 6,863 m
Mitch J 8,010 m
Robyn 9,580 m
Rodrigo-go-go 10,503 m
Peter G 14,000 m
Kenneth G 15,553 m
Baz 19,375 m
Chris 21,097 m
Angelo 117,135 m

Woohoo! A whole new week to hit some milestones! We're heading to the moon! Don't you want to go too?!

[cdykstra01]

Hold on, hold on...

My 6k yesterday was not on open water, but rather on snow. We got about 10 inches here this weekend and I couldn't resist getting out the skis. Really poor conditions for the first lap, but after my tracks set up it wasn't too bad. I'm planning to go out again tonight.

I noted the meters as "on snow" in my logbook, but don't know how they appear on the affiliation board. I didn't even know about the "on snow" option until I was reading up on the skierg. Do ski meters still count on our lunar expedition? What about in the upcoming challenges? If it's a problem I'll track my ski meters somewhere else... no biggie.