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

[just27]

Once you get out of the habit, it is amazing how easy it is NOT to row. Once I had a good reason not to get on to the C2 (torn rotator cuff); I became very comfortable not having a good reason to get back on to it!

Definitely, agree with that! I try to do even a few meters, every single day, or I tend to find myself thinking that "I don't have the time/inclination to row today." The only days I don't choose to row are when we have overnight visitors or when we're out of town.

BTW, love the "Rebel With a Cause." The forum is moving so quickly that I almost forgot to mention it!


@Kiba - nice to hear from you, and your cupcakes.

[Kona2]

Welcome to our new and returning teammates: Rivka, Sarah, Gene, Lily and Sunny. Hope I didn't forget anyone - the roster is changing a bit quickly these days. We wish you many good rowing sessions!

[DavidA]

today i reached 10 million meters.....couldn't have achieve it without everyones encouragement and support....thanks to all the luna-tics....you folks rock....

Woo Hoo!!!

Congratulations!
Good luck on many more.

David

[bg]

welcome and welcome back to all of our new and returning luna-tics

[Kona2]

We've had a few ups and downs in meter totals this year - sometimes teammates just fell off the grid, but we know how to retrieve them from deep space now. These weekly totals basically show that we're moving from a 2 million per week average to one that is now about 10 million in this last week. Granted we added some new teammates, but that's part of the plus and minus of this meter totalling! Whoop!

[rsdavr]

It was just sitting there looking forlorned and forgotten, I just couldn't help myself. With the drag set on 1 and a blistering 500/m split of 5:16 I didn't feel any harm would be done. Just finiished my daily walk 1.5 miles 32 minutes. Prior to surgery I couodn't walk 100 yards without stopping.

Tomorrow another chapter of.......

Keep pulling you Loonies!

danno

Danno,
Forlorn and forgotten ergs are impossible to ignore. But please don't pull the wires out of your chest. One of my hospital mates swung the golf club too early in recovery - they had to put him back together again. He just couldn't resist.
Ross

[BigBrett58]

I set my PB on a 30m 5 days after my tonsillectomy. About 4 hours later, I was in the emergency room bleeding profusely out my mouth. Personally, I'm going to be a little more conservative following my next surgery.

Yesterday, I was battling a chest cold, ear infection, and general malaise. I didn't have much in the tank for energy. As irrational as it may sound, I felt like I would be letting the team down if I had an off day let alone a day off. Today, I'm feeling about normal.

On a positive not, I just realized that the competition is 31 days instead of 30. Now that I think about it a little more, I'm not sure the extra day is a good thing...

[Dave_H]

I set my PB on a 30m 5 days after my tonsillectomy. About 4 hours later, I was in the emergency room bleeding profusely out my mouth. Personally, I'm going to be a little more conservative following my next surgery.

Yesterday, I was battling a chest cold, ear infection, and general malaise. I didn't have much in the tank for energy. As irrational as it may sound, I felt like I would be letting the team down if I had an off day let alone a day off. Today, I'm feeling about normal.

On a positive not, I just realized that the competition is 31 days instead of 30. Now that I think about it a little more, I'm not sure the extra day is a good thing...

Sounds like far too much thinking going on there Brett... although maybe there should have been some more after that surgery!
Awesome work at the front of the pack mate - along with Ron, it is pretty rare air you guys are breathing in the top ten. Only four thousand meters covering 2nd - 5th places currently! Way to go!

[Kona2]

Woohoo and hooyah! Congratulations, Michelle, on achieving a TWO million meter rowing season !! We wish you many, MANY more !!

[Kona2]

Another episode....rarefied air...

Dave H sent me down this bunny trail with his comment about Brett and Ron breathing pretty rare air in the top ten of the challenge pack. One of those I know what "rare air" means, but where did the phrase come from moments...Physics so early in the day, egad. Turns out that rarefaction is a process...one that reduces a medium's density. According to Wikipedia Central... "Another natural example of rarefaction is in the layers of Earth's atmosphere. Because what constitutes the atmosphere has mass, most of the atmospheric matter will be nearer to the Earth. Therefore, air at higher layers of the atmosphere is less dense, or is rarefied, in relation to air at lower layers." So now you know.

Total Challenge Meters by the 142 members of the Luna-Tics Fall Team = 11,695,032 m (at this moment)

Top Ten Percent Goalers: Need to be at > 114,000 m

Thanks to all who are rowing as part of the Luna-Tics team ! Awesome rowing !! Tremendous efforts !!

Here's a link to the individual contributors:

http://www.concept2.com/sranking03/team ... index=2537

[Kona2]

Year-round team stats will be posted a bit later - did capture the numbers, tho.

[j1415]

Newest grandson.
Arlo, 8 lbs. 14 oz.

[brotherjim]

Congratulations! A very beautiful boy!

[bg]

wooo hooo and congrats michelle....

and what a beautiful grandchild...

and brett please be careful and take care of yourself...you too danno...

is it hockey season yet?????

[Kona2]

Great ! Welcome to the world, Arlo !Let's hope that Arlo is one of our future rowers! Congratulations on adding to your granddaddiness, Kim !


And welcome to all six of our new and returning rowers: Rivka, Sarah, Sunny, Gene, Lily and Correy. We wish you all great times and good rowing here.

Season meters as of 152/365 = 63,322,016 m

Total meters on the day = 3,675,504 m

Oars in space (participation) = 36 percent !

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.65 MM Jay
2.6 MM Cathie
2.3 MM Ron
2.0 MM Michelle
1.35 MM Christa
1.15 MM Ross
900 K Tammy
500 K Pat S
450 K Katerina
300 K Mario Jackson

Million Meter Watch:

Will S with (237,100 m) to go!

Million Meter Watch:

Rosi with (36,351 m) to go!

Minnie with (59,902 m) to go!

Million Meter Watch:

Tammy with (94,785 m) to go!

Charles B with (122,377 m) to go!

bg (Barbara) with (137,088 m) to go! Sorry about the Red Sox....good game.

Robyn with (146,518 m) to go! Sorry about the Giants...next year for sure !

Thanks to all who rowed today !

Allie 250 m
Ethan 600 m
Ashlee 1,028 m
Kaylee 1,150 m
Mario 1,500 m
Tris 1,700 m
Peter G 2,500 m
Jim m
Bobbie 4,000 m
Marty 4,000 m
Jeff P 5,000 m
bg 5,041 m
Joe 5,234 m
Corey 5,300 m
Tom M 6,000 m
K2 7,000 m
Kevin 7,000 m
AJ 7,024 m
Sam 7,500 m
Chip 9,074 m
Dave H 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Greg C 10,287 m
Jim B 12,000 m
Tammy 12,000 m
RIchard 13,361 m
Ronnie 13,500 m
Zander 13,500 m
Anita 14,300 m
Christa 14,500 m
Katerina 15,000 m
Pat S 15,000 m
Ross 15,499 m
Baz 20,000 m
Jay 20,000 m
Cathie 21,000 m
Charles B 21,161 m
Roger 21,500 m
Michelle 22,188 m
Minnie 24,043 m
Brett 25,047 m
Ron 52,426 m ... not sure if there's a full marathon in there or not....
Lily 84,796 m
Gene 256,719 m
Sunny 357,288 m
Sarah 1,129,837 m
Rivka 1,366,318 m

In bicycling, it's always good to have a tailwind....and in erging, it's always good to know you have the whole team behind you! Keep rockin and rowing !