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

[DuluthMoose]

This might be of interest to those of you who were teenage boppers in the late 50's. This year is the 50th anniversary of the "Day the Music Died". Three days before that tragic plane crash, Buddy Holly and the Crikets, Ritchie Valens, "The Big Bopper" JP Richardson, and Dixon and the Belmonts performed at a Winter Dance Party at the Duluth Armory. At 5PM CST KUWS-FM public radio will air a half hour on Final Edition with some who attended that concert; and between 5:30PM and 6:30PM the station will present 2 half hour spisodes a 50's rock 'n' roll radio show featuring (I believe) a re-inactment of a live broadcast from the Winter Dance Party. I make no guarantees, but this could be fun. Can you row to Peggy Sue?
http://kuws.fm/
Live streaming button is at top left

[grams]

Thanks for the heads up. I will tune in and sing along...

I saw Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers, Fats Domino and others in Tacoma in 1958(?). Buddy , the Crickets, and the Everly Brothers were just getting started. A friend of mine won the tickets and we sat in the front row!

I turned my vinyl collection from the '50s-'80s into mp3s and I row to all of the music. The software I use is Polderbits. I also pick up albums at Goodwill for $1 each, and row while recording them. In case you wonder, I was in the stereo business in the '70s.

grams
Kinks Moving Pictures Lyrics: 'Life is only a moving picture
Nothing in life is a permanent fixture'

[Kristine Strasburger]

Wow, Team! Everyone is doing a great job, and putting in some hard meters. And we have a million meter mate, to boot! Amazing!

[Dave_H]

This might be of interest to those of you who were teenage boppers in the late 50's. This year is the 50th anniversary of the "Day the Music Died". Three days before that tragic plane crash, Buddy Holly and the Crikets, Ritchie Valens, "The Big Bopper" JP Richardson, and Dixon and the Belmonts performed at a Winter Dance Party at the Duluth Armory. At 5PM CST KUWS-FM public radio will air a half hour on Final Edition with some who attended that concert; and between 5:30PM and 6:30PM the station will present 2 half hour spisodes a 50's rock 'n' roll radio show featuring (I believe) a re-inactment of a live broadcast from the Winter Dance Party. I make no guarantees, but this could be fun. Can you row to Peggy Sue?
http://kuws.fm/
Live streaming button is at top left

This is cool... Chantilly Lace and Peggy Sue just finished as I start on my first row for the day (11:30am ). Great to think there are maybe others in the team rowing to the same tunes! Thanks for the link Darryl!
Today is the last day for me, so will try to log some big metres (the 600k mark is looking feasible... maybe!).

Row hard everyone!
Dave

[kgallagher]

Considering going the on-water route this year. There's classes locally to teach one to row, but I'm thinking guideboat rather than a shell. Regardless, I usually like to do outdoor stuff rather than row indoors when it's warm. Perhaps I'll do both!!

Tom, I hope you do go the on-water route and I'm sure you will find it very enjoyable. And at the risk of catching flak from Gina and Karyn, I'd say guide boat over rowing shell from a safety aspect. I don't think I would ever be entirely safe on the water by myself and without power boat support in a scull. Too many things could go wrong without a life jacket on: catch a crab and flip, rogue wave set and swamp, and then try to do a self rescue for yourself and your rowing shell would be near impossible. It's bad enough just knowing how difficult a self rescue can be with just a canoe; and these things need to be considered when you are on the water alone. A guide boat would be a whole lot safer to be out on the water in whenever you want by your lonesome.

You know me well Darryl! Yes, I of course would opt for the rowing shell, but I won't give you flak on the guide boat. You're points are valid. I'm thrilled you (Tom) want to take a LTR (learn To Row) course. Ater all these years of erging, you can see how you do on the water. No matter what water endeavor you undertake, safety is important. In a LTR class they should teach you about safety in a rowing shell and how to get back into a boat that flips. In my rowing club we have various classifications for rowers from Novice to Senior. There are many more restrictions on novice rowers such as they can't row when the water is below certain temperatures, they can't go out in a 1x alone, and more. Hopefully the club you get involved in would be safety conscious as well. Either way, have fun with whatever you choose.

Karyn

[just27]

Luna-Tic Stats for January 30, 2009
Downloaded 9:00 PM PST (GMT -8)





Total meters for January 30: 362,566

27% of our oars were in the water!


WAY TO ROW TEAM … look at those numbers!




HALF MARATHON:
Dave H (2 or 3 today?? … maybe it’s that international dateline thing)
Kristine (how many days in a row?)


Possible HM sessions:
Will S
Tom P




Possible FM sessions:
William H (the number looks so right!)
Kiba

Let me know (send a PM) if you’ve rowed a HM or FM ... unless your meters show 21,097 or 42,195.




And today's stars are:

David H -- 63,292
Kiba C – 45,000
William H – 42,195
Tom P – 40,000
Will S – 28,131
Kristine S – 21,097
Darryl B – 16,829
Ted C-G – 16,000
Dan C – 15,938
Andrea C – 13,914
Karyn G – 10,615 (safety first)
Mary H – 10,127
Deborah V – 8,859
Gina L – 8,636
Tony P – 6,312
Joe B – 6,226
Tim S – 4,895
Peter V – 4,500


Row Strong, Luna-Tics! Last day of the JVC.

[Dave_H]

HALF MARATHON:
Dave H (2 or 3 today?? … maybe it’s that international dateline thing)

Hi Chris... it was actually a full marathon (#2) today (:shock:I know I said I wouldn't do another...).
I was going to do 2 x halfs, however lazybones didn't start till after lunch and I decided if I didn't keep going it was unlikely to happen... that left me on 599,814 metres, so I set up a 184 metre final gasp to hit the 600k mark exactly.
That's me done for the challenge, thanks for the fun and motivation everyone!
(I would have PM'd, however I was stuffed afterwards and had an early evening snooze to recover! )

[tom pinckney]

Nope - no 1/2 marthon for me. I just don't have it in me at this stage. I rowed two, 12,500 sessions not too far apart, but not another 1/2 marathon. Then - more meters later.

I woke up this morning and my hands seemed to be "molded" into the shape of the pulling bar (machine "oars"). My left knee and arm and low back need a rest (tendonitus). A hop in the hot tub (my wife purchased one for me in May) really made a difference. I'm ready to finish up as the day goes by and then lay off a bit.

I'm down to 25,000 to meet my goal and overtrained doing it (indicated by being tired with lower split times). I will finish up over the course of the day as I'm at my max - time for rest before I start cross-training. ME: 600,000 last year - 700,000 this year (and in better shape than I was before I started). 800,000 next year? A marathon in April? Stay tuned!!

I congratulate others that have surpassed me and others that have met their goals. Wondering......have we arrived at the moon yet?

[DuluthMoose]

We are solidly in fourth place overall this morning and gaining ground! Lets keep going!


Today is the last day to row in the JVC!
Lets get those personal goals met! And then row on for more!

THINGS TO REMEMBER:
- The last meter you can row for the challenge is at 11:59:59 PM EST today. Chris T, you need to pause your rowing and save those meters on your PM3 before 9 bells PST if you do that late evening row….
- All meters need to be recorded no later than 11:59:59 EST on February 3.

Congratulations to the following milestone achievers:

700 k Dan Cox (precisely) and Will Salach
600 k David Hunter (precisely)
500 k Chris Tudury (precisely)
200 k Chris Czech
Way to Row!!!!

JVC Team STARS for the Day
Kiba Cahn 45,000 meters
David Hunter 42,381 meters
Will Haag 42,195 meters
Tom Pinckney 40,000 meters
Darryl Bathel 30,991 meters
Will Salach 28,131 meters
Andy Ward 24,000 meters
Chris Czech 21,097 meters
Kristine Strasburger 21,097 meters
Way to Row!!!!

January Virtual Team Challenge Individual Standings

Name Total Event Meters
David A. Alden 254,629
Michael Anderson 236,081
Darryl Bathel 459,727
Kristine Bay 49,044
Joseph Bennett 149,698
Alistair Black 83,479
Noelle Boyle 0
Pat Byron 4,075
Kiba Chan 695,000
Andrea Cosmin 195,325
Ted Cowley-Gilbert 390,000
Daniel Cox 700,000
Mike Crossley 91,613
Chris Czech 204,151
Nancy Flagg 5,300
Karyn Gallagher 295,010
Rodrigo Garcia 225,771
barbara grandberg 34,758
David Grasfield 184,000
Nigel Greene 101,563
Kenneth Guenther 206,533
William Haag 1,048,690
Mary Harper 293,179
Robert Hess 100,000
Dawn Howe 33,000
David Hunter 600,000
Peter Huurman 225,000
Bil Kerrigan 94,785
Steven Larky 252,000
Gina Levy 160,000
John Longmire 211,610
Dana Mitchell 62,020
Jane Newall 0
Orion Newall-Vuillemot 0
Anais Newall-Vuillemot 0
Elias Newall-Vuillemot 0
Laurie Pachter 122,781
Angelo Papadopoulos 83,076
Anthony Parendo 229,519
Tom Pinckney 675,000
Tim Porter 173,879
Dan Rhoden 553,000
Debbie Rohlwing 15,923
Tom Rosengarth 66,286
Will Salach 715,255
Eva-Kristin Schuster 155,881
Sorin Spanoche 21,180
Andrea Spoehr 0
Jan Stevenson 106,111
Kristine Strasburger 323,472
Keith Strasburger 54,707
Tim Strasburger 64,192
Ben Strasburger 42,052
Chris Tudury 500,000
AJ Tudury 166,978
peter verdirame 150,500
Debbie Vuillemot 14,862
Andy Ward 28,000
Nicole Williams 3,423
Will Worthwine 120,767

Total Challenge Meters as of 6:45 AM CST Jan 31 = 12,032,885 m

Total Meters on the Day = 396,634 m

Way to Row Team!
and KEEP ROWING STRONG! WE ARE ALMOST THERE!

[just27]

THINGS TO REMEMBER:
- The last meter you can row for the challenge is at 11:59:59 PM EST today. Chris T, you need to pause your rowing and save those meters on your PM3 before 9 bells PST ….

Darryl, I SO didn't believe you, but it's true! I have to synch my day to be done three hours ahead of myself. Thx for the heads-up. (Love the Moose image!)


Chris

[just27]

Happy Birthday, Dave H.
(It's already February 1st, down there!)

[Dave_H]

Happy Birthday, Dave H.
(It's already February 1st, down there!)

Thanks Chris - love your work with the cake... you shouldn't have gone to so much trouble! (Although you could have dusted the table better before you plonked the cake on it...)

[Toothdoc]

Dave H,

Happy Birthday!!!!!

dc

[Kristine Strasburger]

Happy Birthday, Dave!

It looks like I won't be home in time to row today. I didn't realize the cut-off time was EST. Was planning to do my row late tonight as I took the boys skiing today. Oh, well...I was at the end of my physical rope anyways.

It was a good month for all. Well done! And much thanks to the three Stats-Masters.

[acrewer]

Congratulations on a well rowed challenge. I was definitely encouraged by the team effort and made it a point to reach the 160K mark on Friday.

What makes this team great is that everyone's participation is valued whether you can squeeze in a 2k or have all day to row a marathon.

Thanks to the statisiticians for keeping us informed and it's onwards to the Valentine's Day Challenge!

Gina