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

[just27]

Your team assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to go get a good sized pumpkin and carve it, decorate it - whatever - and post the photo on the team forum!

Great picture! Could you shoot me the original file so I can use it as my desktop, plz? (Nice, AARGH, also ... I'm not going to compete with that.)
ct

[Kona2]

Arrrgh....I am not the designer or the photographer on either one of the items! Photobucket is the source. I will send you a link Chris.

js

[Kona2]

Season meters as of 172/365 = 28,225,566 m

Total meters on the day = 86,053 m

Oars in the water = 16 percent

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Peter G with (61,000 m) to go!

Ted CG with (82,195 m) to go!

And thanks to today's crew:

William H 12,827 m
Chris 11,915 m
Steven 10,000 m
Mary 9,041 m
Tony 8,888 m (keeping me guessing !)
Debbie V 8,235 m
Jan 7,000 m
Pat 6,137 m
Dan T 6,000 m
Peter G 6,000 m

[andreacs]

Hi Luna-Tics

Here finally the virtual cake of the Luna wedding.. There was quite some sugar involved so no worries it is still very eatable

Greetings Lilia and Peter

Congratulations and best wishes Lilia & Peter! Thanks for sharing the invitations and the cake .

It's been a while since I wrote, so belated congratulations to the great milestones I missed:

Capt. Kristine's two marathons. I cannot even fathom running at 30F...
Steven L's 1M for the season!
Ted's 6M lifetime!
Chris' 2M for the season!
The whole LUNA-TICS FRC team for the 3rd place!

And...

Belated welcome to Will S. whose meters further propelled us towards the moon though the fall challenge!

Get well soon Gina and Capt Kristine!

Today I posted for two days, after being for two days "under the weather."

Happy rowing!

Andrea

[DuluthMoose]

Your team assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to go get a good sized pumpkin and carve it, decorate it - whatever - and post the photo on the team forum!

If I had a moose sized pumkin, here's what I'd do with it....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7661142.stm
(Good stuff is after the Intel add video.)
Of course I would be using one of my home built canoe paddle and would be proudly flying the jolly roger. Darryl

[Kona2]

That's an entertaining video, Darryl!

Hope everyone is gearing up for the Skeleton Crew individual challenge - check out this year's skeleton with rowing on his/her brain on the challenges page!

Season meters as of 173/365 = 28,390,238 m

Total meters on the day = 164,672 m

Oars in the water = 15 percent

MILESTONES:

Searching....searching

ONE MILLION METER WATCH:

Peter G with (56,500 m) to go!

Ted CG with (82,195 m) to go!

And thanks to today's crew of 9:

Will S 68,632 m
Chris 21,097 m (a half marathon a week keeps her at her peak - that's 24 weeks in a row!)
Andrea 17,169 m
Dan C 15,084 m
William H 12,037 m
Steven 10,000 m
Mary 9,059 m
Tim 7,094 m
Peter G 4,500 m

[just27]

If I had a moose sized pumkin, here's what I'd do with it....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7661142.stm
(Good stuff is after the Intel add video.)
Of course I would be using one of my home built canoe paddle and would be proudly flying the jolly roger. Darryl

Only you, Darryl, could have found this clip! Wouldn't that pumpkin become waterlogged and sink before 8 days were done?
Chris

[DuluthMoose]

Wouldn't that pumpkin become waterlogged and sink before 8 days were done?
Chris

Chris - Me thinks it would be wise carry a bailer aboard a pumpkin pirate ship. Otherwise I think once the water got ankle high in a pumpkin vessel, it would soon be Humpty Dumpty time. Draft (floatation) is inversely proportional to increasing weight of load (or rising water level in the bottom of the boat).

Today a video of an expert doing freestyle paddling moves at a campground lake where a gathering of solo canoeist recently got together in Pennsylvania; was posted on a paddling website I frequent. I was impressed and I now know I have a long way to go yet for my Jedi Masters in paddling, even though I have been at it for 46 years! For those curious / interested what kind of canoe paddling this might be, here is the link to watch an elegant ballet of canoeist and canoe.
http://broadbandsports.com/node/20455
I wonder if someone has ever tried freestyle paddling moves in a pumpkin canoe?

[Kona2]

Nothing like making a canoe dance, Darryl ! Dang, makes it look easy too! I think the music I'd have would be something like the 1812 Overture where I was flipped out of the canoe!

Season meters as of 174/365 = 28,519,128 m

Total meters on the day = 128,890 m

Oars in the water = 20 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Kilometrics:

3.7 MM Will S

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Peter G has entered the red zone with (48,500 m) to go!

Ted CG with (82,195 m) to go!

And thanks to today's rowers:

Will S 22,075 m
Dan C 17,225 m
Darryl 14,546 m
William H 12,199 m
Chris 12,000 m (moving up from the 10Ks into the 12Ks)
Tony 11,110 m (and he fine tunes the 11,111 m....)
Mary 9,668 m
Peter G 8,000 m
Steven 7,137 m
Pat 7,019 m
Gina 4,911 m (off the IR list - injured reserve that is)
Jan 3,000 m

[acrewer]

Those meters were actually from Sunday, but didn't get posted until late. Yesterday I was sore again. Kind of a pain when breathing hurts! Today is better. I may try to row tonite. Frustrating because there is NOTHING I can do about it.
Gina

[just27]

Yesterday I was sore again. Kind of a pain when breathing hurts! Today is better. I may try to row tonite. Frustrating because there is NOTHING I can do about it Gina

Gina, how did you hurt your ribs? (I think you mentioned you'd been "too competitive" ... ??)

ct

[acrewer]

Gina, how did you hurt your ribs? (I think you mentioned you'd been "too competitive" ... ??)ct

When I borrowed my daughter's IPOD and listened to Mamma Mia, I didn't realize that I brought the stroke rate up too high. I wasn't paying attention to FORM - specifically not keeping my back straight at the catch. Nothing specifically hurt at the time, it was more of a gradual increase in pain, and then one morning I could not roll out of bed, much less sit up. There are still twinges when I take a deep breath.
Doing a bit of research, it appears this is not an uncommon injury.

But me of all people should have KNOWN better...slow and steady wins, be the tortoise not the hare.

Gina

[Kona2]

Mama Mia ... here I row again ... my, my ... it's a PB! (Personal Best)

My daughter downloaded the musical soundtrack onto her IPOD. I borrowed it to row today. Friday's 40 min timed row was 8434; today's was 8839 - and the first time I've broken 2:16/500m for more than 2K.

There's something to good music.

Gina

I remembered Gina's catchy little twist on Mamma Mia....here I row again...and looked it up. Yikes.....speed hurts!?

[Kona2]

Orange Season....

Season meters as of 175/365 = 28,662,453 m

Total meters on the day = 143,325 m

Oars in the water = 21 percent

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

1.5 MM Darryl

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Peter G with (42,000 m) to go! Red zone ....something the Broncos couldn't find on Monday....

Ted CG with (66,195 m) to go!

And thanks to today's :

Will S 21,902 m
Andrea 20,473 m
Ted 16,000 m
Dan C 15,596 m
Darryl 14,539 m
William H 12,293 m
Chris 10,027 m (casting the 27's spells)
Mary 9,644 m (you go girl ! )
Steven 7,124 m
Peter G 6,500 m
Jan 6,000 m
Tony 2,727 m (you must be on the same wavelength as Chris!)
Debbie V 500 m

[Kona2]

That's it - we're officially passing through the Doldrums Strait.....day 2 of the new silence begins.....a mysterious duct tape virus has disabled the voices of the crew of the good ship Luna-Tics....

Season meters as of 176/365 = 28,784,780 m

Total meters on the day = 115,826 m

Oars in the water = 20 percent

MILESTONES:

2.9 MM Dan C

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Peter G with (39,000 m) to go!

Ted CG with (66,195 m) to go!



And thanks to today's crew....mute but rowing!

Will S 21,619 m
Darryl 14,434 m
Dan 13,681 m
Tony 12,345 m (6...7....8....9...) This man is having some fun messing with our minds! Grrrrreat, Tony - I did not expect this numeric sequence!
William H 12,282 m
Chris 11,150 m
Mary 9,740 m
Steven 7,120 m
Debbie V 5,000 m
Gina 3,634 m
Peter G 3,000 m
Barbara 1,821 m Yay! How nice to see you feel good enuf to give it a row!