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

[Kristine Strasburger]

quick question. I'm still in the 10km march madness challenge and haven't missed a day so far.
On the 24th my wife and I are expecting our 2nd child and I'll be with her at the hospital. If I complete two days worth of 10k daily meters before the 30th, am I still eligible for completing the 10k m March Madness Challenge even though I didn't do 25 days straight?
1st time march madness challenge participant.

Yes, congratulations on the new baby!

[enrage]

Thanks all.

[Kona2]

Wowzer! Stork watch ! Congratulations!

We've been closing the gap all day between Community Fitness and LUNA-TICS - what a great weekend of rowing we've had!

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 9,285,586 288 32,242
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 4,794,523 133 36,049
3 Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In. Health Club 3,262,433 134 24,347
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 3,202,751 90 35,586
5 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 2,688,419 29 92,704

[Toothdoc]

OK, we're back in 3rd. Let's get busy and keep it there!

danno

[rsdavr]

SPRING Today we have a winter storm warning posted for the state I guess I won't put the mower deck back on the tractor quite yet
Congratulations James on the upcoming joyous event
Great rowing Team
Ron

Hey Ron,
Sorry I missed your 3 MM milestone. What an achievement!! The winter storm warning issued for your area must be you on the erg!! Congratulations - and you must have either conquered or decided to put up with your knuckle pain problem - maybe both.
Ross

[Kona2]

It's a beautiful day in our rowing neighborhood.....and team members have rowed amazingly over the weekend to bring in the meters. Double woot! And thanks for YOUR contribution in this virtual Challenge! And for what we're about to receive...bigger thanks! Happy happy happy !!



1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 9,811,137 288 34,066
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 5,105,394 133 38,386
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 3,489,777 90 38,775
4 Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In. Health Club 3,262,433 134 24,347
5 RowPro Online Virtual Club 2,823,123 77 36,664

2675 individuals competing as members on 207 teams have generated 80 MM meters in one week. As incredible as this meter count is, there are hundreds and maybe thousands of individuals listed on team rosters who haven't had an opportunity to contribute any meters just yet....and until an individual adds meters, that person doesn't show up in the total count - which is why the total count might look a bit low at this stage of the challenge. Imagine what that meter count COULD look like if the planets all aligned for everyone to seize the rower handle and generate some meters!!

Thanks to all for rowing as part of our team!

1 Ron MacBruce M 56 172,894 - number 15 on the list of top individual rowers in Challenge
2 Daniel Cox M 66 135,006
3 Will Salach M 54 130,000
4 Barry O'Malley M 51 130,000
5 Rosita Delacruz F 36 127,544
6 Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. M 38 127,543
7 Chris Tudury F 61 108,073
8 Ross Drown M 63 97,388
9 Dan Seldomridge M 49 88,774
10 James Garcia M 35 83,165
11 Cathie Johnson F 29 81,500
12 Ronnie Mills F 43 80,911
13 Jim Kielma M 57 75,996
---------- Currently in the top 10 percent of all rowers for completed meters (>70K) ------------
14 Pat Bankes F 64 63,448
15 Samuel Johnson M 75 61,645
16 Tammy Gwinn F 31 61,466
17 Mike Gilger M 50 60,000
18 Charles Dykstra M 43 60,000
19 Steven Drews M 41 60,000
20 Jan Stevenson F 58 58,582
21 George Wyner M 53 57,000
22 Jennifer Browning F 46 56,211
23 David A. Alden M 50 55,940
24 Harold Janusek M 60 54,536
25 Kevin Clark M 45 52,076
26 Steven Larky M 48 51,643
27 Collin Dykstra M 36 50,000
28 Kristine Strasburger F 47 50,000
29 Karyn Gallagher F 41 49,085
30 Mitch Johnson M 55 48,180
31 Jeff Goon M 46 46,620
32 Nathan Johnson M 38 45,000
33 Benny Delacruz M 18 44,490
34 Peter Huurman M 38 40,000
35 Kiba Chan F 23 40,000
36 A J Tudury M 63 39,543
37 Dwight Hakim M 49 38,907
38 Rodrigo Garcia M 34 36,875
39 Bobbie Kielma F 58 36,191
40 Laura Thorson F 50 36,094
41 peter verdirame M 56 34,500
42 Richard Miller M 61 33,330
43 Gloria Miller F 51 33,330
44 Richard Freeman M 55 31,500
45 Jeffrey Grous M 48 30,994
46 Greg Childs M 56 30,683
47 Dan McInerney M 46 30,418
48 David Tangerini M 63 30,000
49 jonny kutz F 63 29,799
50 martha wiles F 43 25,000
51 Jerry Kenney M 38 24,708
52 AUCHER Romain M 32 23,530
53 Tom McGuire M 58 23,352
54 Stephanie Batcheller F 53 22,730
55 Gabriela Caranfil F 48 22,468
56 Ted Cowley-Gilbert M 49 22,000
57 Andrea Cosmin F 53 21,276
58 Jim Brink M 39 21,000
59 Andre Dumais M 37 20,000
60 Anthony Parendo M 67 19,998
61 Rick Carveth M 59 16,376
62 Jackson P M 10 14,046
63 Tristan B M 12 12,554
64 Dalton B M 8 11,746
65 Scott Cooper M 45 11,500
66 Jason Stirmers M 36 10,000
67 Tim Porter M 52 10,000
68 Kaylee S F 8 9,355
69 Ethan S M 5 8,200
70 Melissa Talbot F 41 8,068
71 Mary Onorati F 25 8,030
72 Sorin Spanoche M 44 8,000
73 Ashlee S F 6 7,592
74 Heather Woiciechowski F 49 6,719
75 Ben S M 13 5,666
76 Allie B F 5 5,442
77 Doug Miner M 54 5,000
78 David Hunter M 51 5,000
79 Brayden B M 4 3,541
80 Beth Peterson F 40 0
81 Pat Schlueter M 65 0
82 Rocket Man M 38 0
83 Tom Pinckney M 66 0
84 Mike Crossley M 54 0
85 Mitch Terra Sanitatis Friedland M 51 0
86 Marie Armstrong F 52 0
87 James Tsao M 42 0
88 barbara grandberg F 60 0
89 Tim Strasburger M 16 0
90 Tracy Clark F 45 0


Total Challenge Meters as of 21 March @ 730 AM MDT = 3,489,777 m

Seize the day....seize the rower handle.....generate meters....have a hooyah kind of day!!

[Kona2]

The shamrock sphere continues to turn on its axis as we enter Madness Day 21! Yes, we've been seeing green for three weeks now....the Concept2 leprechauns are relentless..! We still have opportunities to win prizes in the March Madness drawings for 10 or 11 more days - so row at least 5K and post those meters quickly!

March Madness Challenge - Stayin' on the Boards !!

35 Lunies on the progress boards for the overall challenge
21 Lunies on the progress boards for the 10K+ challenge

Season meters as of 324/365 = 113,915,204 m

Total meters on the day = 598,792 m

Oars in space (participation) = 32 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.6 MM Will S
1.7 MM Ronnie
500 K Rich
500 K Tammy
200 K Dan M

FOUR Million Meter Watch: sneaking up on this one

Baz with (101,489 m) to go!

THREE Million Meter Watch:

David A with (62,448 m) to go!

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Jim B with (20,567 m) to go!

Sam with (28,308 m) to go!

Ross with (42,511 m) to go!

David T with (55,000 m) to go!

Thanks to all who rowed today....we're on the edge of 114 Million Team Meters!!

Allie 525 m
Kaylee 1,125 m
Ethan 1,500 m
Tris 1,502 m
Ashlee m
Dalton 2,100 m
Tony m
Peter G 4,500 m
Mario Jackson 4,504 m
K2 5,000 m
Harold 5,015 m
Bobbie m
G-l-o-r-i-a m
Rich m
Benny 5,589 m
Tammy 6,141 m
David T 7,000 m
Dan E 7,025 m
Sam
Chip 10,000 m
Mike G 10,000 m
Steven 10,000 m
AJ 10,055 m
Rodrigo-go-go 10,523 m
Jeff G 11,450 m
Ronnie 11,506 m
Cathie m
Jim K 13,502 m
Jay 14,522 m
Rosita 14,524 m
James G 15,154 m
Karyn 16,224 m
Dan S 17,676 m
Baz 20,000 m
Tim P 20,000 m
David A 21,426 m
Ross 21,462 m
Ron m
Chris 22,403 ....MTM got carried away...again..
Danno 28,743 m
Will S 90,000 m
Dan M 94,544 m ....whoa! that's quite a meter upload!

[Kristine Strasburger]

Great job so far, Team! We are in the final third, and still going strong! Way to row!

[Kona2]

Wowzer! Spring arrives and look at us row row row! FOUR million team meters - great !

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 12,068,705 292 41,331
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 6,075,775 135 45,006
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 4,166,054 91 45,781
4 RowPro Online Virtual Club 3,482,383 77 45,226
5 Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In. Health Club 3,337,482 134 24,907

Seeing more year round team members join the Challenge Team! Woot! Plenty of room on the roster, everyone, so sign on, sign on, sign on! There are some amazing milestones happening here!

1 Ron MacBruce M 56 209,423
2 Barry O'Malley M 51 150,000
3 Daniel Cox M 66 145,006
4 Rosita Delacruz F 36 141,563
5 Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. M 38 141,563
6 Will Salach M 54 130,000
7 Chris Tudury F 61 129,170
8 Ross Drown M 63 119,996
9 Cathie Johnson F 29 106,222
10 James Garcia M 35 97,219
11 Dan Seldomridge M 49 96,915
12 Ronnie Mills F 43 90,961
13 Jim Kielma M 57 86,016
14 Samuel Johnson M 75 84,979
15 Pat Bankes F 64 77,516
16 David A. Alden M 50 70,533
17 Kristine Strasburger F 47 70,000
18 Steven Drews M 41 70,000
19 Jan Stevenson F 58 69,293
20 Tammy Gwinn F 31 66,566
21 Harold Janusek M 60 65,536
22 George Wyner M 53 65,000
23 Jennifer Browning F 46 63,996
24 Mitch Johnson M 55 62,441
25 Laura Thorson F 50 60,188
26 Charles Dykstra M 43 60,000
27 Mike Gilger M 50 60,000
28 Ted Cowley-Gilbert M 49 57,000
29 Steven Larky M 48 56,643
30 Nathan Johnson M 38 55,000
31 Karyn Gallagher F 41 54,851
32 Benny Delacruz M 18 52,690
33 Kevin Clark M 45 52,076
34 Peter Huurman M 38 50,000
35 Collin Dykstra M 36 50,000
36 Jeffrey Grous M 48 46,763
37 Jeff Goon M 46 46,620
38 Gabriela Caranfil F 48 46,026
39 Dan McInerney M 46 45,418
40 Greg Childs M 56 45,036
41 A J Tudury M 63 44,622
42 David Tangerini M 63 44,000
43 peter verdirame M 56 42,500
44 Bobbie Kielma F 58 41,524
45 Kiba Chan F 23 40,000
46 Dwight Hakim M 49 38,907
47 Richard Miller M 61 38,885
48 Gloria Miller F 51 38,885
49 Rodrigo Garcia M 34 36,875
50 Jerry Kenney M 38 36,817
51 Andrea Cosmin F 53 32,640
52 AUCHER Romain M 32 31,509
53 Richard Freeman M 55 31,500
54 martha wiles F 44 30,000
55 jonny kutz F 63 29,799
56 Tom McGuire M 58 29,352
57 Jim Brink M 39 27,718
58 Anthony Parendo M 67 23,331
59 Stephanie Batcheller F 53 22,730
60 Gail Whitelaw F 52 20,000
61 Andre Dumais M 37 20,000
62 Jackson P M 10 19,063
63 Sorin Spanoche M 44 18,000
64 Rick Carveth M 59 16,376
65 Dalton B M 8 15,946
66 Heather Woiciechowski F 49 14,242
67 Tristan B M 12 12,554
68 Scott Cooper M 45 11,500
69 Kaylee S F 8 10,480
70 Jason Stirmers M 36 10,000
71 Tim Porter M 52 10,000
72 Ethan S M 5 9,700
73 Ashlee S F 6 9,147
74 Melissa Talbot F 41 8,068
75 Mary Onorati F 25 8,030
76 James Tsao M 42 6,955
77 Pat Schlueter M 65 6,000
78 Allie B F 5 5,967
79 Ben S M 13 5,666
80 Doug Miner M 54 5,000
81 David Hunter M 51 5,000
82 Tom Pinckney M 66 5,000
83 Brayden B M 4 3,541
84 Beth Peterson F 40 0
85 Mike Crossley M 54 0
86 Mitch Terra Sanitatis Friedland M 51 0
87 Marie Armstrong F 52 0
88 Rocket Man M 38 0
89 Tracy Clark F 45 0
90 Tim Strasburger M 16 0
91 barbara grandberg F 60 0

Total Challenge Meters as of 22 March @ 1030 AM MDT = 4,166,054 m

[Kona2]

Day 22 ......

March Madness Progress Boards: we are well represented!

37 Lunies are maintaining in the overall challenge
21 Lunies are in the 10K+ challenge

Season meters as of 325/365 = 114,430,234 m

Total meters on the day = 515,030 m

Oars in space (participation) = 34 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.9 MM Baz
3.1 MM Ron
1.8 MM Kristine
1.6 MM Ted CG

FOUR Million Meter Watch:

Baz with (81,489 m) to go!

THREE Million Meter Watch:

David A with (47,855 m) to go!

TWO Million Meter Watch: whole herd of graduates on the way!

Sam with (12,529 m) to go!

Jim B with (13,849 m) to go!

Ross with (29,903 m) to go!

David T with (48,000 m) to go!

Thanks to all who rowed today - we've crossed the 114 MM meter milestone! And 4th place would be really, really nice...

Mario Jackson 2,015 m
Dan E 2,043 m
Dalton 2,100 m
Tony m
Coulter 5,000 m
Tom P 5,000 m
AJ 5,079 m
Tammy 5,100 m
Bobbie 5,333 m
G-l-o-r-i-a m
Rich m
Karyn 5,766 m
Tom M 6,000 m
Jim B 6,718 m
David T 7,000 m
Peter G 8,000 m
Dan S 8,141 m
Benny 8,200 m
Danno 10,000 m
Mike M 10,000 m
Peter H 10,000 m
Sorin 10,000 m
Steven 10,000 m
Jim K 10,020 m
Ronnie 10,050 m
K2 10,711 m
Harold 11,000 m
Andrea 11,364 m
Pat S 12,134 m
Cathie 12,500 m
Rosita 14,019 m
Jay 14,020 m
James G 14,054 m
Mitch J 14,261 m
Greg C 14,353 m
David A 14,593 m
Dan M 15,000 m
Sam 15,779 m
Baz 20,000 m
Gail 20,000 m
Kristine 20,000 m (I think I got today's meters too)
Minnie 21,097 m
Ross 22,608 m
Ted 35,000 m
Ron 36,529 m

[rsdavr]

Hold your breath, Kona2. I have not yet begun to fight...er row! (John Paul Jones). I had to cut my rowing short this morning in order to take Kathy (my wife) to the surgery center where she will undergo rotator cuff repair. After I bring her home, I will move the erg to the bedroom so I can complete my 2 mm next to her .
Ross

[Kona2]

Speedy recoveries and best outcomes wished for Lyn and Kathy....sending positrons!

94 Teammates!

We're now one-third of the way through the Battle of the Ergs Challenge...taking good advantage of the favorable Galactic Winds! Way to row, Luna-Tics! We're not fooled into thinking that the Galactic Gauntlet that started the battle with a thwack! is lying in a corner, all dust-covered...no....it might be dormant...lying in wait for a team to upload a boatload of meters en masse....

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 13,607,842 292 46,602
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 6,798,122 136 49,986
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 4,625,388 94 49,206
4 RowPro Online Virtual Club 3,903,510 78 50,045
5 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 3,614,953 29 124,654


Wowzer - if your total meters rowed thus far exceeds 85,000 m (and we have 15 people in that group), then you're in the top ten percent of the overall Concept2 individual competitors. Hmmmmn .... maybe there's a personal goal for the challenge...be in the top ten percent overall? Great that each team challenge provides an opportunity for us to show what we can do as a team, as well as individuals within a team! Woot !

Thanks to all who are rowing with the team - and finding ways to fit rowing into your day - even when those days are challenging!!

1 Ron MacBruce M 56 230,520
2 Barry O'Malley M 51 170,000
3 Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. M 38 161,207
4 Rosita Delacruz F 36 159,874
5 Daniel Cox M 66 157,404
6 Chris Tudury F 61 150,267
7 Ross Drown M 63 130,546
8 Will Salach M 54 130,000
9 Cathie Johnson F 29 128,222
10 James Garcia M 35 117,341
11 Dan Seldomridge M 49 104,000
12 Ronnie Mills F 43 100,963
13 Samuel Johnson M 75 95,834
14 Pat Bankes F 64 93,552
15 Jim Kielma M 57 87,516
16 Tammy Gwinn F 31 82,566
17 Mike Gilger M 50 80,000
18 Steven Drews M 41 80,000
19 Jan Stevenson F 58 79,966
20 Ted Cowley-Gilbert M 49 79,000
21 Mitch Johnson M 55 74,430
22 Harold Janusek M 60 71,301
23 David A. Alden M 50 70,533
24 Kristine Strasburger F 47 70,000
25 Peter Huurman M 38 70,000
26 George Wyner M 53 65,000
27 Jennifer Browning F 46 63,996
28 Laura Thorson F 50 60,188
29 Nathan Johnson M 38 60,000
30 Charles Dykstra M 43 60,000
31 Benny Delacruz M 18 58,090
32 Steven Larky M 48 56,643
33 Greg Childs M 56 55,542
34 Dan McInerney M 46 55,418
35 Karyn Gallagher F 41 54,851
36 David Tangerini M 63 53,000
37 Kevin Clark M 45 52,076
38 Collin Dykstra M 36 50,000
39 Bobbie Kielma F 58 49,301
40 peter verdirame M 56 47,500
41 Jeffrey Grous M 48 46,763
42 Jeff Goon M 46 46,620
43 Gabriela Caranfil F 48 46,026
44 A J Tudury M 63 44,622
45 Richard Miller M 61 44,440
46 Gloria Miller F 51 44,440
47 Kiba Chan F 23 40,000
48 Dwight Hakim M 49 38,907
49 Andrea Cosmin F 53 38,312
50 Rodrigo Garcia M 34 36,875
51 Jerry Kenney M 38 36,817
52 martha wiles F 44 35,000
53 AUCHER Romain M 32 31,509
54 Richard Freeman M 55 31,500
55 jonny kutz F 63 29,799
56 Tom McGuire M 58 29,352
57 Jim Brink M 39 27,718
58 Anthony Parendo M 67 23,331
59 Stephanie Batcheller F 53 22,730
60 Rick Carveth M 59 22,688
61 Sorin Spanoche M 44 22,000
62 Jackson P M 10 21,178
63 Gail Whitelaw F 52 20,000
64 Andre Dumais M 37 20,000
65 Dalton B M 8 18,146
66 Tristan B M 12 14,555
67 Heather Woiciechowski F 49 14,242
68 Pat Schlueter M 65 12,100
69 Kaylee S F 8 11,965
70 Scott Cooper M 45 11,500
71 Ashlee S F 6 10,591
72 Coulter M M 14 10,500
73 Will Worthwine M 54 10,213
74 Tim Porter M 52 10,000
75 Mike Mulvihill M 50 10,000
76 Jason Stirmers M 36 10,000
77 Ethan S M 5 9,700
78 Melissa Talbot F 41 8,068
79 Mary Onorati F 25 8,030
80 James Tsao M 42 6,955
81 Allie B F 5 6,744
82 Ben S M 13 5,666
83 David Hunter M 51 5,000
84 Doug Miner M 54 5,000
85 Tom Pinckney M 66 5,000
86 Brayden B M 4 4,139
87 Beth Peterson F 40 0
88 Marie Armstrong F 52 0
89 Rocket Man M 38 0
90 Mike Crossley M 54 0
91 Mitch Terra Sanitatis Friedland M 51 0
92 Tracy Clark F 45 0
93 barbara grandberg F 60 0
94 Tim Strasburger M 16 0

Total Challenge Meters as of 23 March @ 0745 MDT = 4,625,388 m

[Kona2]

March Web of Madness.....Day 23

36 Lunies in the overall Challenge
21 Lunies in the 10K+ Challenge

Just 39 days left in this rowing year....there's still time to achieve those personal goals!

Gap to FOURTH place = 508,044 m I wonder if they'll notice if I slip this in...

Season meters as of 326/365 = 114,847,906 m

Total meters on the day = 417,672 m

Oars in space (participation) = 31 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations: AMAZING!!!!


700 K Peter H
300 K Dan M
200 K Dan S

FOUR Million Meter Watch:

Baz with (61,489 m) to go!

THREE Million Meter Watch:

David with (47,855 m) to go!

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Sam with (1,674 m) to go! Whoa...watch this one today!

Ross with (9,353 m) to go! Watch this one, too!

Jim B with (13,849 m) to go! Wowzer....it could be a TRIFECTA!

David T with (39,000 m) to go!

Thanks to all who rowed today...!

Brayden 598 m
Allie m
Ashlee 1,444 m
Kaylee 1,485 m
Jim K 1,500 m
Tris 2,001 m ....a space odyssey....
Jackson 2,115 m
Dalton 2,200 m
Sorin 4,000 m
Peter G 5,000 m
Benny 5,400 m
Coulter 5,500 m
G-l-o-r-i-a m
Rich m
Andrea 5,672 m
Harold 5,765 m
Pat S 6,100 m
Rick 6,312 m
Dan S 7,085 m
Bobbie m
David T 9,000 m
Dan M 10,000 m
Steven 10,000 m ....and so close to 500 K ! Woot!
Ronnie 10,002 m
Ross 10,550 m
K2 10,673 m
Sam 10,855 m
Mitch J 11,989 m
Danno 12,398 m
Tammy 16,000 m
Rosita 18,311 m
Jay 19,644 m
Baz 20,000 m
Mike G 20,000 m
Peter H 20,000 m
Greg C 20,093 m
James G 20,122 m almost time....
Chris 21,097 m
Ron 21,097 m ... half marathon...good stress relief!
Cathie 22,000 m ....arctic moon....
Ted 22,000 m

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[quote="Kona2"] Speedy recoveries and best outcomes wished for Lyn and Kathy....sending positrons!

catching up...yes speedy recoveries...and did one of our teammates have his baby???i feel like a wuss but my knee...while it doesn't hurt when i run does when i row and with the marathon coming up i may not be rowing till after,,,and then i have another try for a take down...i will keep cheering you all on though....goooooooo luna-tics.....

[onoratim]

I've gotta admit that "Along comes Mary" flies straight over my head, but I'm happy for the welcome!

I just bought my concept2 a couple of weeks ago and am pretty stoked to have it. I rowed for a semester in college (before I wimped out and didn't want to do early morning practices... even though I loved the sport), so I know this is the perfect way to drop some baby weight and get back in shape. Yay rowing!