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

[kgallagher]

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Karyn with (117,244 m) to go.....

Thanks for dangling that carrot for me. My original plan was to do a 1/2 marathon tomorrow, but I caught a bit of a cold, so we'll have to see how I feel in the morning. If not tomorrow, I'll be sure to get back on the erg soon. (It won't be for a 1/2 during the week, but it will be something.) I can't let Gina get too far ahead and Jan, Pat B., and Kristine could sneak up behind me if I don't start moving soon. The race to 1 mill. season is on.

Karyn

[Dave_H]

The Madness has started!

Following two days of almost non-stop driving (our tax law on car leases dictate minimum kilometres per year to determine the rate of "fringe-benefit" tax we have to pay on the lease; and I needed to notch up an extra 2,000 km's before the end of March to avoid a hefty $$ slug - so my wife and I drove from Sydney to Melbourne and back this weekend @ 1,000km's each way... ); I'm happy to report I have just registered the teams first March madness metres, and I am now ready to sleep!
It did feel good to do some exercise after all that sitting/ driving!

In a variation to the old fisherman's farewell/ blessing of "tight-lines"; I wish you all "tight shock-cords"!

Dave

[Kona2]

March Madness is here.....when EVERYONE is a little bit Irish !!
Even our target moon when it's full will be a little bit Irish !



We'll keep note (as best possible) of the 5K and 10K days using for a 5K and for a 10K.

February Progress: We rowed 5,638,047 m and gained TWO crew members! Well done everyone!



Season meters as of 304/365 = 61,037,251 m

Total meters on the day = 174,735 m

Oars in the water = 19 percent

March Madness Meters: (with an Aussie accent)



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

61 MM ! Woohoo!
1.5 MM Tim P
Half Marathon # 47 on the year Chris

FOUR Million Meter Watch:

Chris with (50,921 m) Keeping those (virtual!) petticoats just ahead of Wild Bill !

THREE Million Meter Watch:

Darryl with (7,878 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Mike with (77,500 m) to go!

Gina with (97,474 m) to go!

Tom P with (97,500 m) to go!

And thanks to today's looney crew:

Chris 26,099 m
William H 26,000 m
Tim P 21,037 m
Tom R 20,245 m
Darryl 14,253 m
Dan 11,519 m
AJ 11,039 m
Steven 10,000 m
Dave H 10,000 m (with AUS a day ahead, you're certainly our first Mad meters, as you rightly noted!)
Jan 8,000 m
Mary 7,269 m
Tony 6,274 m (thought you'd changed it up...but then...3137 x 2 = 6274 m...sigh)
Peter G 3,000 m

[Kona2]

[just27]

Happy Saint David's Day


Definitely a lesser known holiday than St. Paddy's Day, The feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, falls on March 1 each year. (Wear a daffodil today!)

Jan: Nice "mind the gap" graph! Excel? (And, yes, I'm hoisting up my virtual petticoats and plotting my strategy to stay ahead of William H until that magic 4mm number ... ) Thanks for highlighting the in-team challenges! Tres motivational.

Dave H: er, tight shock cords, back at ya. (A good thing, I'm thinking?) Nice AUS start to our March Madness.

Time zone segue: I keep meaning to ask if my PST meters posted after 9pm on the day BEFORE the challenges start, are counted!? (i.e. if I row at 10pm on March 14, is it an official EST log entry for March 15, the beginning of the WRC? I guess I can check it out in a couple of Saturday's time ... or maybe I should just get a life!)

Minnie 27

[acrewer]

Great graph Jan, I know what I gotta do...I'm definitely a turtle being chased by a couple of hares. Still on target for 3/17 goal. That is if IRS deadlines don't do me in first.

Chris - thanks for the cutural interlude...my crew coach in college was of Welsh heritage. Welsh are known to be great storytellers and he was one of the best. We were a club sport, on the brink of extinction as we had no coach. He stepped in and created a program that continues to this day. He made us believe in ourselves and even took a four to nationals his first year as coach. Coach Farwell died of pancreatic cancer much too young, but his memory lives on. Thanks for sparking my memories.

Gina

[Kristine Strasburger]

Welcome to the Team, Gene and Tom. It's great to have you on board!

David, nice to see your face on the team roster!

I just got the team entered in the 2009 World Rowing Challenge which starts on March 15th, so we are good to go there. Everyone needs to elect to participate from their logbooks, however, as it is not automatic anymore. I'll be sending out a reminder email around the 10th.

Great bar chart, Jan. You have motivated me to start rowing again TODAY rather than wait until after my tax appointment on Wed. I am still slaving away on the taxes. Gina, you can hit me with your oar for putting off what I should have been keeping up with all year in the bookkeeping department. I vow to do better next year!

[Kona2]

Woohoo!

Congratulations go out to Darryl aka Duluth Moose aka on attaining the THREE million meters in a season mark!

Yes, we know him from his unorthodox rowing form! Insisting upon facing forward, he is a great river guide for us all!

[Kona2]

Dread Pirates......the Iron Oarsman has rowed past our outpost in broad daylight.....conscripting another crew member, they've vaulted past us. We now sit in 7th place....back by a few hundred thousand meters. Scalywags! What say ye, mates.....do we chase them down ???

[nl07695]

Sorry Jan I cannot assist to crush the other boat slightly ahead... I pressed the reverse truster button today. It will propel me back to our planet earth. This time destination "windy city" Chicago. I should be back in orbit to join for the next rowing challenge March 15th and hopefully with our own rower. The schedule for Lilia is already prepared. She'll be back as soon as the rower is delivered with a schedule of 24K per week.

[Toothdoc]

Woohoo!

Congratulations go out to Darryl aka Duluth Moose aka on attaining the THREE million meters in a season mark!

Yes, we know him from his unorthodox rowing form! Insisting upon facing forward, he is a great river guide for us all!

Darrryl,

Add me to the list congratulatoreeeeers!!! HOOO YA!!

dc

[Kona2]

Peter H.....aka "The Stig".....enjoy the Windy City!

Some say that when you are ready to return to the Luna-Tic mission, that we can beam you up....shortens the transition time for certain!

[Kona2]

March Madness....and we try not to limit our lunacy to just March......finds many of our team in search of the elusive pot of gold!

The madness tally for day 1: (where = 5K, and = 10K)





Season meters as of 305/365 = 61,238,915 m

Total meters on the day = 201,664 m

Oars in the water = 29 percent ! Fabulous!

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

6.5 MM Will S
3.0 MM Darryl


FOUR Million Meter Watch:

Chris with (33,494 m) to go! Red zone!

ONE Million Meter Watch:




And the pot of gold goes to today's lunar crew:

Will S 29,279 m
William H 26,000 m
Chris 17,427
Darryl 14,507 m
Dan 12,030 m
Tim P 11,089 m
Kristine 10,027 m
Mike 10,000 m
Steven 10,000 m
Dave 10,000 m
Gina 7,474 m
Mary 7,221 m
AJ 7,024 m
Karyn 6,406 m
Barbara 5,262 m
Andrea 5,187 m
Tim S 5,000 m
Ben 3,580 m
Tony 3,137 m
Nic 1,014 m

[just27]

Congratulations go out to Darryl aka Duluth Moose aka on attaining the THREE million meters in a season mark! Yes, we know him from his unorthodox rowing form! Insisting upon facing forward, he is a great river guide for us all!

Tutti Frutti flavored Congrats, Darryl!

Chris (plain vanilla)

[DuluthMoose]

Thanks guys for the well wishes. I couldn't have (and wouldn't have) eclipsed that mark if it wasn't for Luna-Tic team support and Concept's challenges!

Oh and Chris:
Womp-bomp-a-loom-op-a-womp-bam-boom!

All ROOTY you guys!