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

[Kona2]

Quote from an astronaut in "The Home Planet":

Suddenly, from behind the rim of the moon, in long, slow-motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling blue and white jewel, a light, delicate sky-blue sphere laced with slowly swirling veils of white, rising gradually like a small pearl in a thick sea of black mystery. It takes more than a moment to fully realize this is Earth . . . home.
- Edgar Mitchell, USA

Note: tried to find views of team members' home countries from space...this may take further research...


Season meters as of 309/365 = 106,553,284 m

Total meters on the day = 335,468 m

Oars in space (participation) = 29 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

7.4 MM Jim K
3.3 MM Cathie
700 K Bobbie
500 K Mario Jackson - woohoo! a cool half million !


Hope it was and is a good rowing day for all !

Allie 700 m
Ethan 1,155 m
Kaylee 1,155 m
Ashlee 1,255 m
Dalton 1,500 m
Tris 2,100 m
Mario Jackson 3,000 m
Tony m
Rich 5,254 m
Harold 5,303 m
Sam 5,355 m
Benny 5,360 m
Tracy 5,630 m
Bobbie 5,900 m
Danno 6,038 m
Tammy 6,800 m
Peter G 8,000 m
Rosita 8,955 m
Cathie 10,000 m
Kiba 10,000 m
Kristine 10,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Mike G 10,000 m
Peter H 10,000 m
Steven 10,000 m
James G 10,047 m
Ronnie 10,100 m
Cathie 11,250 m
David T 12,000 m
Greg H 12,502 m
Mitch J 15,003 m
Baz 20,000 m
Jay 22,000 m ... and a half moon!
Jim K 22,000 m .. and a half moon!
Minnie 23,461 m ... whaaaaat?
Ron 30,312 m ... and a half moon plus some over Vermont...

[kgallagher]

Sinead here I think we should go back to Earth then Mars and all the other planets going back to Earth each time!!!!!!

[Kona2]

Sinead here I think we should go back to Earth then Mars and all the other planets going back to Earth each time!!!!!!

And you could kick a soccer ball on most of the other planets, too! We might need some rocket boosters...to get to some of the distant planets!

[Toothdoc]

Sinead here I think we should go back to Earth then Mars and all the other planets going back to Earth each time!!!!!!

I think Sinead should Mission Director or at least a Down Range Mission Specialist. Ya got my vote kiddo.

danno

[dtangeri]

What has happend to our affiliation team numbers? Are we now running in reverse?

[Kona2]

What has happened to our affiliation team numbers? Are we now running in reverse?

We always welcome team members to stay as long as they want to stay - and when they leave, they take their meters with them. We generally don't know the "why" of either arrivals or departures ! This is the unexpected, unanticipated part of astrogation: we are delighted with meter addition and new or returning teammates, and we are saddened with meter subtraction and the loss of teammates. In the last couple of weeks, we lost Terri and Kenny H, Jerry H, Katerina M, and Robyn L. We gained Benny, Adian, James G and Dan M. Net net we dropped about 4.5 million meters recently, yet we're still exploring the moon's surface - and hope to provide a team atmosphere that fits the needs of the team members.

[Kona2]

Buckle those erg seatbelts, mates! March Madness is a wild ride!

Many teammates are steadily gathering those 5K and 10K shamrocks! This is a great challenge! Row 25 days of the 31 in March....AND get double credit for your time on the erg starting March 15th when the virtual World Erg Challenge team rows for a world championship place (March 15 - April 15th)....sign on sign on sign on! No wonder this is called March Madness!!!

Season meters as of 310/365 = 107,093,662 m

Total meters on the day = 540,378 m

Oars in space (participation) = 36 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.4 MM Will S
2.7 MM Ron
1.3 MM Mitch J

Thanks for the March Madness daily meters:
Sinead 384 m
Brayden 565 m
Allie 785 m
Ethan 1,158 m
Ashlee 1,265 m
Dalton 1,500 m
Kaylee 1,624 m
Tris 2,500 m
Tony m
Jeff 3,613 m
David T 4,000 m
Gina! 4,336 m
Mario Jackson 5,002 m ... will he try to meet the March Challenge 5K level?
Tracy 5,017 m
Sorin 5,031 m
Andrea 5,136 m
Bobbie 5,324 m
Harold and Moggy (the cat) 5,500 m
G-l-o-r-i-a m
Peter G 6,000 m
Benny 6,500 m
Tom M 9,000 m
Chip 10,000 m
Kiba 10,000 m
Kristine 10,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Mike G 10,000 m
Steven 10,000 m
Rich 10,066 m
Sam 10,200 m
James G 11,073 m
Jim K m
K2 m
Tammy 12,000 m
Rosita 12,500 m
Karyn 15,366 m
Jay 15,650 m
Mitch J 16,047 m ... and closing the gap steadily
Ronnie 18,500 m
Baz 20,000 m
David A 21,124 m and a half moon for you!
Cathie 24,000 m and a half moon for you!
Ross 24,138 m and a half moon for you!
Chris 30,553 m and Minnie the Mooner branches out....more than a half moon!
Ron 35,711 m and a half moon plus some for you!
Will S 98,100 m .. whoa...megamoons...

[BAZzy]

I'm 'over the moon' this morning, and have to share this...took my 10,000M distance ranking from 243/910 to 170/910 with a 39:13.7 (1.57.6).....Not sure how it happened, but best I have the same again for dinner tonight!!

BBB

[bg]

I'm 'over the moon' this morning...took my 10,000M distance ranking from 243/910 to 170/910 with a 39:13.7 (1.57.6).....Not sure how it happened, but best I have the same again for dinner tonight!!

BBB

wow...and congrats...and what did you have for dinner last night?????

[just27]

I'm 'over the moon' this morning...took my 10,000M distance ranking from 243/910 to 170/910 with a 39:13.7 (1.57.6).....Not sure how it happened, but best I have the same again for dinner tonight!!

BBB

You have every right to be over the moon ... Mega Congrats on your meteoric rise in the standings!

[dtangeri]

Ok, I see.

[bg]

I'm 'over the moon' this morning, and have to share this...took my 10,000M distance ranking from 243/910 to 170/910 with a 39:13.7 (1.57.6).....Not sure how it happened, but best I have the same again for dinner tonight!!

BBB

Hey Congratulations Baz Maybe we had the same meal. I was just able to take my half marathon from 154/262 to 95/262 over the course of last week. Was it a vegamite sandwich
Ron

wooo hooo and congrats ron.....very nice rowing....

[big maq]

WOW BAZ that's impressive. I've just gotten to the point where I can pretty much get 10,000 under 45 min. Now I'm gonna have to try and break 40 min. Its been a while since I tried for a personal best.


Mitch J.

[BAZzy]

I'm 'over the moon' this morning, and have to share this...took my 10,000M distance ranking from 243/910 to 170/910 with a 39:13.7 (1.57.6).....Not sure how it happened, but best I have the same again for dinner tonight!!

BBB

Thanks you’all...

And great work Ron & Mitch....

Too be honest dinner last night was the normal fair (beef, mushrooms and onion marinated in a light soy)!!

Now I have vegemite on a bread-roll mid-morning everyday and must say it is no doubt a contributing factor, but we should keep it a Luna-tics secret, don’t want everyone on to it!! They reckon Usain Bolt has attributed his speed over 100 metres to a daily dose of vegemite...(okay I made that up!)

But I must say the one thing I have worked at improving in recent times is my breathing, it sounds simple to just ‘breathe’ but I felt something wasn’t quite right, so I have deliberately focussed on it over the past month after realising I was only ‘sipping’ air, rather than breathing strong into the diaphragm. I don’t want this to sound boring, but I must say by concentrating on it I have improved the oxygen flow to my body and muscles, and it has lessened fatigue and increased endurance.

And for the uninitiated.......

http://www.vegemite.com.au/vegemite/pag ... gecRef=739

Cheers, BBB

[Toothdoc]

Congratulations Melissa on rower of the day. It's been a while since a Lun-atic has been selected.

danno