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

[just27]

What are you doing over there Chris!?! A Muppet can't be taking over from our Bundy Bear!? ... you are creating an international incident here! Icon abuse! Icon abuse!

Cheers *hic* Dave

Good eye, Dave ... I hadn't noticed that Elmo was getting sloshed on Bundy Bear's brew ...

... but, wait ... in 2000, the Bundaberg Rum company and distillery were sold to the British company, Diageo. Diageo is in the drinks business, with brands including Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Captain Morgan, Baileys, J&B, José Cuervo, Tanqueray, Guinness, Beaulieu and Sterling wines ...

... the word Diageo comes from the Latin for day (dia) and the Greek for world (geo). I take this to mean every day, everywhere, people celebrate with their brands .... Including ELMO, polar bears, and muppets everywhere! Party!



(hey, it's late here ... that was my best shot at icon abuse charges)

[Dave_H]

Good eye, Dave ... I hadn't noticed that Elmo was getting sloshed on Bundy Bear's brew ...

... but, wait ... in 2000, the Bundaberg Rum company and distillery were sold to the British company, Diageo. Diageo is in the drinks business, with brands including Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Captain Morgan, Baileys, J&B, José Cuervo, Tanqueray, Guinness, Beaulieu and Sterling wines ...

... the word Diageo comes from the Latin for day (dia) and the Greek for world (geo). I take this to mean every day, everywhere, people celebrate with their brands .... Including ELMO, polar bears, and muppets everywhere! Party!


(hey, it's late here ... that was my best shot at icon abuse charges)

Ahhh, thats OK then... with that sort of knowledge on the world of alcohol, no wonder you were glad to get the marathon glass mug trophy!
And who am I to inhibit Elmo's imbibing!

On another topic... has anyone else questioned the new individual JVC leader's meter count for the month?? That erg mustn't have stopped since the 1st of January!!

Gary Bracken M 58 46,370,683

[tom pinckney]

Weight loss: thanks to the Christmas Challenge and the JVC, the weight (some of it gained from Christmas) is starting to come off. Dropped 8 pounds since Christmas eating normally. I'm sure there are others that have also lost weight? Anybody else?

Great incentive to keep at it. As the result of this, I'm uppiing my goal to 700,000 meters.

[werelupus]

Hey, I logged in my meters just now and noticed that we have dropped to 5th place. Then I noted that the Bainbridge Island team has an average of over 1,000,000 meters. When I checked their team figures a Gary Bracken has over 43,000,000 by himself. I suspect he accidently mis-entered some figures. If he has actually logged over 43,000,000 in 18 days, I am awesomely impressed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[William H]

Weight loss: thanks to the Christmas Challenge and the JVC, the weight (some of it gained from Christmas) is starting to come off. Dropped 8 pounds since Christmas eating normally. I'm sure there are others that have also lost weight? Anybody else?

Great incentive to keep at it. As the result of this, I'm uppiing my goal to 700,000 meters.

Yup - consistency is the key: consistent erging and consistent "normal" diet.

I'm down 6.2 pounds since Christmas - still on track

My goal for the JVC is 1MM - the mind is willing, we'll see if the body holds up ...

[William H]

On another topic... has anyone else questioned the new individual JVC leader's meter count for the month?? That erg mustn't have stopped since the 1st of January!!

Gary Bracken M 58 46,370,683

I'm sure that's a mistake - expect it to disappear after the troops come back to work on Tuesday.

[Kona2]

We are in 4th place overall - just ahead of the RowPro team - or just behind depending upon which minute you look at things!

Congratulations, Team! Here are some recent milestone achievements:

575K+ William H
400K+ Kiba, Dan C, Will S
300K+ Dave H, Dan R
200K+ Ted
150K+ Jack, Tony

And a big congrats (and a full moon)for perseverance to Sheepster of the Ewe Row! Team for her completion of a rowing marathon! Amazing effort!



January Virtual Team Challenge Individual Standings

Name Total Event Meters

David A. Alden 127,711
Michael Anderson 129,014
Darryl Bathel 245,918
Kristine Bay 30,428
Joseph Bennett 54,596
Alistair Black 57,282
Noelle Boyle 0
Pat Byron 4,075
Kiba Chan 430,000
Andrea Cosmin 100,743
Ted Cowley-Gilbert 211,000
Daniel Cox 402,972
Mike Crossley 0
Chris Czech 90,644
Nancy Flagg 2,300
Karyn Gallagher 154,239
Rodrigo Garcia 34,039
barbara grandberg 29,728
David Grasfield 91,000
Nigel Greene 91,563
Kenneth Guenther 124,566
William Haag 575,000
Mary Harper 160,956
Robert Hess 65,000
Dawn Howe 23,000
David Hunter 321,403
Peter Huurman 105,000
Bil Kerrigan 61,734
Steven Larky 170,000
Gina Levy 88,571
John Longmire 153,116
Dana Mitchell 42,269
Jane Newall 0
Orion Newall-Vuillemot 0
Anais Newall-Vuillemot 0
Elias Newall-Vuillemot 0
Laurie Pachter 60,654
Angelo Papadopoulos 83,076
Anthony Parendo 151,097
Tom Pinckney 347,098
Tim Porter 126,628
Dan Rhoden 326,000
Debbie Rohlwing 10,528
Tom Rosengarth 54,952
Will Salach 424,098
Eva-Kristin Schuster 97,534
Sorin Spanoche 18,000
Andrea Spoehr 0
Jan Stevenson 101,111
Kristine Strasburger 70,308
Keith Strasburger 16,405
Tim Strasburger 19,065
Ben Strasburger 10,000
Chris Tudury 290,222
AJ Tudury 97,683
peter verdirame 84,500
Debbie Vuillemot 6,003
Andy Ward 3,000
Nicole Williams 2,915
Will Worthwine 77,372

Total Challenge Meters as of 1.18.09 AM MST = 6,656,116 m

Total meters on the day = 476,070 m!

[Kona2]

Wowzer! Lots of mooning going on in this group! Just about have to have a separate logbook to keep track of all the full moons (aka marathons) and half moons (half marathons)! It's all great! As we zoom through the galaxy, I can only imagine what will happen as we encounter planets with more than one moon!

Season meters as of 263/365 = 50,366,517 m

Total meters on the day = 362,583 m !

Oars in the water = 37 percent

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

4.2 MM Dan
2.6 MM William H (Wild Bill is a great name for you)
600K Kiba




Chris Half marathon # 42
Kaptain Kristine Half Marathon # 13
Dave H # 7

And thanks to today's lunar crew:

Kiba 40,000 m
William H 37,819 m
Dave H 31,174 m
Dan 26,385 m (and 10 MM Lifetime!)
Will S 25,018 m
Chris 21,097 m
Kristine 21,097 m
Tom P 17,098 m
Darryl 14,513 m
Ted 14,000 m
Tim P 13,013 m
Jan 12,111 m
Rodrigo 10,640 m
Laurie 10,500 m
Mary 10,187 m
Steven 10,000 m
Tony m (thanks! I've been waiting to use this graphic!)
Kenneth G 7,000 m
Bil 6,847 m
Gina 6,594 m
Keith 6,377 m
Ben 5,000 m = 3.1 miles!
Tim S 3,597 m
Deb R 2,128 m
Peter G 1,500 m

[tom pinckney]

William H: good job! 1M amazing feat!! Last year I did 621,000 and wasn't in shape for it (overtrained). This year, I seem to be handling it better. Hopefully, the body will hold up until the end. Intially, during this JVC I was rowing more times per day with about 5,000 per crack. Now I'm rowing 10,000 with a couple of 1/2 marathons but accomplishing about the same meters per day. With the longer rows, the weight seems to be coming off faster. I guess getting in the "zone" and staying there longer really makes a difference.

Thanks to Kona2 for all her stats, etc.

[William H]

Now I'm rowing 10,000 with a couple of 1/2 marathons but accomplishing about the same meters per day. With the longer rows, the weight seems to be coming off faster.

I've always been told that the key to weight loss is LSD - Long, Slow Distance.

So, yes - I think you're on the right track

[acrewer]

6594 = 6 * 1099 - in case any inquiring minds wanted to know.

Yes, long slow distance works. under 5k/day I maintain, over 6k/day I lose. I've lost 5.4 lbs since 12/12/08. I rarely have more than 30 min to row so I aim for at least 6K. Someday when kids are grown I'll tackle a marathon.

Gina

[Kristine Strasburger]

Thanks everyone for the help identifying Sheepster. I was stumped. I didn't think to click on the bio link. It is great to have visitors posting in our Team Room. It is always fun to hear from new people, and share in this obsession.

[tom pinckney]

Gina: way to go. It's difficult for many here to find the time to put the time in. I'm retired, so I have a lot of time to do it.

I did a 1/2 marathon on Sunday. Today, I woke up and my body is telling me to back off a bit. When my body talks - I listen. However, sometimes those aches and pains go away once we get started. Perhaps I'll row a little slower today. We shall see. With the others setting a good example I am encouraged more and more. However, overtraining is right around the corner!

[Kona2]

Congratulations JVC team! We're still in fourth place overall, and you logged a LOTTA METERS this past 24 hours. Sometime between my first glance at the totals and the time I actually snagged a copy to post, more meters were added....which is great! Collectively, over ONE HALF MILLION METERS ROWED YESTERDAY!

Congratulations to the following milestone achievers:

600K William H
300K Chris
100K Chris C and Nigel G

Way to row!!!!


January Virtual Team Challenge Individual Standings

Name Total Event Meters
David A. Alden 127,711
Michael Anderson 141,014
Darryl Bathel 275,154
Kristine Bay 30,428
Joseph Bennett 59,822
Alistair Black 59,457
Noelle Boyle 0
Pat Byron 4,075
Kiba Chan 460,000
Andrea Cosmin 125,552
Ted Cowley-Gilbert 223,000
Daniel Cox 438,105
Mike Crossley 0
Chris Czech 109,198
Nancy Flagg 2,300
Karyn Gallagher 177,892
Rodrigo Garcia 45,254
barbara grandberg 29,728
David Grasfield 91,000
Nigel Greene 101,563
Kenneth Guenther 138,566
William Haag 616,189
Mary Harper 170,988
Robert Hess 75,000
Dawn Howe 23,000
David Hunter 321,403
Peter Huurman 120,000
Bil Kerrigan 69,208
Steven Larky 182,000
Gina Levy 88,571
John Longmire 153,116
Dana Mitchell 42,269
Jane Newall 0
Orion Newall-Vuillemot 0
Anais Newall-Vuillemot 0
Elias Newall-Vuillemot 0
Laurie Pachter 67,663
Angelo Papadopoulos 83,076
Anthony Parendo 159,985
Tom Pinckney 382,000
Tim Porter 126,628
Dan Rhoden 368,000
Debbie Rohlwing 10,528
Tom Rosengarth 54,952
Will Salach 455,121
Eva-Kristin Schuster 97,534
Sorin Spanoche 18,000
Andrea Spoehr 0
Jan Stevenson 101,111
Kristine Strasburger 91,405
Keith Strasburger 16,405
Tim Strasburger 25,017
Ben Strasburger 10,000
Chris Tudury 300,222
AJ Tudury 97,683
peter verdirame 90,000
Debbie Vuillemot 6,003
Andy Ward 3,000
Nicole Williams 3,423
Will Worthwine 82,372

Total Challenge Meters as of 1.19.09 AM MST = 7,151,691 m

Total Meters on the Day = 513,838 m

[Kona2]

Woohoo! Our youngest team member, Elias, is FIVE today! Happy Birthday!