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Can this one team row to the moon and back?

Poll ended at May 17th, 2008, 12:28 pm

I think we can do it together. I'm all in!
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85%
No way! You all are wacko!
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15%
 
Total votes: 54

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All In A Day's ERG: Team Progress Thru 3.18.09

Post by Kona2 » March 19th, 2009, 11:09 am

Image Woohoo! We are FLYING through the universe towards our destination! Great rowing, Luna-Tics!

ImageMarch Madness Challenge:

We're in the third quarter of this challenge now....and wowzer! Some days it is sure tougher than others to meet that challenge.....Luna-Tics are holding steady, though (and thanks to Angelo's update of his meters...our numbers remain the same for the last couple of days)! Not so in the rest of the rowing universe! Dramatic shifts in numbers in the last week:

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A lunar trivia challenge for the team: what CD/album are these lunar lyrics from??? (and can you answer this without using a search engine...?)

"Cold-hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colors from our sight
Red is grey and yellow white
But we decide which is right
And which is an illusion" ...

Season meters as of 322/365 = 69,719,649 m

Total meters on the day = 614,408 m

Oars in space: a whopping 39 percent ! Image

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

6.9 MM Will S
1.9 MM Dave H
1.9 MM AJ
1.7 MM Tim P
1.6 MM Peter H
1.5 MM Angelo
800K Tom R

Image Half marathon # 21 Dave H!

Image Half marathon #109 Dan C

SEVEN Million Meter Watch:

Will S with (70,936 m) to go!

TWO Million Meter Watch: The crowd is growing! Phone chart coming up!

Ted with (71,195 m) to go!
Dave H with (93,602 m) to go!
Rodrigo with (98,175 m) to go!
AJ with (99,318 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch: It's going to be a close finish!

Gina with (24,000 m) to go!

Kapn Kristine with (52,802 m) to go!

And many thanks to our lunar crew! You are doing an awesome job!

Angelo 188,842 m (when this guy updates the logbook, he updates!)
Will S 84,263 m (see above)
Wild Bill William H 36,000 m
Dave 25,492 m
Tim P 22,215 m (this fellow is motoring right along!)
Dan C 21,097 m
Dan T 20,900 m
Image 20,000 m (two days)
Darryl 16,397 m
Michael S 16,000 m
Peter H 15,000 m
Mike M 13,200 m
Tom R 13,035 m
Jan 10,903 m
Barry 10,273 m
Kristine 10,266 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Steven 10,000 m
Chris H 9,380 m
Gina 8,000 m (stepping it up!)
Karyn 7,561 m
Debbie V 6,260 m
Steve J 5,900 m
Andrea 5,666 m
Barbara 5,219 m (how's the marathon training going?)
Mary 5,012 m
Jeff 5,088 m
Peter G 5,000 m
AJ 4,166 m
Tony ImageImageImageImage (pretty sure you are playing with the full deck) :D

To the moon!

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WRC Update for 3.19.09 Thru Day 4

Post by Kona2 » March 19th, 2009, 11:22 am

At the start of day 5 of THE CHALLENGE ... we're ranked number FOUR!
Dan C and Wild Bill are battling it out for individual standings ranking spots! Whew - that's a lotta meters guys!

Thanks to all who are rowing with the Luna-Tics team - all meters count!

World Rowing Challenge Individual Standings

Name Total Event Meters
1 William Haag 148,000
2 Daniel Cox 147,997
3 Will Salach 123,649
4 David Hunter 95,666
5 Tim Porter 92,221
6 Barry O'Malley 89,232
7 Michael Smith 64,000
8 Tom Rosengarth 55,311
9 Jan Stevenson 54,000
10 Mike Mulvihill 52,508
11 Chris Tudury 51,097
12 David Grasfield 50,000
13 Thomas Jung 50,000
14 Darryl Bathel 48,926
15 Kristine Strasburger 48,381
16 Peter Huurman 45,000
17 Steven Larky 42,000
18 David A. Alden 41,141
19 Mike Crossley 40,000
20 Karyn Gallagher 39,424
21 Terry Miele 38,145
22 Chris Harbourt 37,982
23 David Thomas Garcia 36,394
24 Rick Carveth 30,000
25 peter verdirame 28,000
26 Gina Levy 28,000
27 Mary Harper 26,752
28 barbara grandberg 23,322
29 Angelo Papadopoulos 23,111
30 Andrea Cosmin 22,744
31 Dan Thole 20,900
32 Anna McFarland 20,000
33 Chris Spooner 16,236
34 Clinton Vickers 16,000
35 Reeve Martin 15,300
36 Patricia Chow 15,289
37 John Marsh 15,177
38 Jeff Morris 15,040
39 Anthony Parendo 13,332
40 RoseAnna Schick 13,032
41 Andy Ward 10,000
42 Will Worthwine 10,000
43 Alistair Black 9,844
44 martin douglas 8,238
45 mitch friedland 5,000
46 Nancy Flagg 3,700

Total Challenge Meters Thus Far 1,880,091 m

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Post by Kristine Strasburger » March 19th, 2009, 12:30 pm

Wow, Team! Everyone is doing an AMAZING Job so far!
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Post by acrewer » March 19th, 2009, 12:40 pm

That would be Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues.

Search engine? I'm a child of the 70's.... soon to be "a senior citizen who wishes she were young" (which I think precedes what Kona posted).

Nights in white satin, never reaching the end
Letters I've writen, never meaning to send,
And beauty I've always missed with these eyes before
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore.
'Cause I love you, Yes I love you,
Oh, how I love you......

No idea of the album/CD title as that memory has faded....
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Post by Toothdoc » March 19th, 2009, 12:43 pm

Great job on the erg, Loonies. You put those RowPro folks in their place. Now lets set sights on the North Texas Rowing Club.

Sic'em!

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Trivia

Post by Wilbury » March 19th, 2009, 5:16 pm

That would be "Days of Future Passed (or is it Past)" by the Moody Blues, circa 1965 I believe. Hope I didn't date myself there.

By the way team, way to turn it on.
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Re: Trivia

Post by just27 » March 19th, 2009, 6:53 pm

Wilbury wrote:That would be "Days of Future Passed (or is it Past)" by the Moody Blues, circa 1965 I believe. Hope I didn't date myself there.
"Passed." I think "Past" was X-Men! I may still have the single of "Nights in White Satin" from around 1967 (next question - who knows what a "single" is!) ... the US release was years after that (5?) ... for young Gina's enjoyment!
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Days of Future Passed It Is!

Post by Kona2 » March 19th, 2009, 6:54 pm

Good job Gina and Will - Days of Future Passed it is! The epilogue was playing on the radio this morning....carpool kids thought it was a poetry station and gave me some grief. Thought I'd test the memories of the team since it was lunar related!


And speaking of passed - we have been....again....by RowPro. They picked up four more crew members and stretched the gap!

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Standings

Post by Wilbury » March 19th, 2009, 7:44 pm

I don't believe the addition of four mere mortals will be enough to overcome the might of the LUNA family.
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Re: Standings

Post by Toothdoc » March 19th, 2009, 8:02 pm

Wilbury wrote:I don't believe the addition of four mere mortals will be enough to overcome the might of the LUNA family.

The Challenge:

I'm guessing Will, Wild Bill, Tim and myself can neutralize those 4 add members. What do you say guys. If it gets touchy we may have to call for some Aussie re-enforcements (Dave & Barry).

Any one else that feels compelled to row a few extra meters to put those RowPro folks in our wake are encouraged to join us.

Row long Row strong Loonies!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Post by acrewer » March 19th, 2009, 8:04 pm

I do remember that the title was considered to risque for our Prom Theme. We settled on "Stairway to Heaven." But I always thought it was a cool song, as was Tuesday Afternoon. (From the same album). I'll have to 'educate' my kids. Thier tastes tend to run along the lines of Wierd Al (son- 15 ys) and Abba (daughter-13 yrs), although both enjoy Country and neither likes rap very much.

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Post by DavidA » March 19th, 2009, 9:03 pm

Well, as I mentioned last week, I hoped to make it around the world this week, and that I would post the details.
I did it!
According to the data from the NASA web site, the equitorial circumference of the Earth is 40,075,036 m.
Last night I made it to 40,075,136 m.

So here the details (I love numbers - what can I tell you):
days: 5205
mean min/day: 30.78
mean min/row: 43.17
mean meter/day: 7699.35
mean meter/row: 10799.01
cumulative time/500 m: 1:59.9260
actual rows: 3711

As an orthodox Jew I can't row on the Sabbath or Holidays. (There are other days when I might not row, e.g. on vacation, sick, fast day, don't feel like it, etc., but I am allowed to row those days.) So accounting for the days I can't row:
days: 4315
mean min/day: 37.13
mean meter/day: 9287.40

I have also done every challenge, on-line or for purchase, that C2 has had. (On the Terra Vitæ game I did the whole map, needing to do some pieces twice as I didn't think it was fair to 'fly' my erg to the beginning of an undone piece.)

So now I start the 2nd lap :P


I also hit a different, but also significant to me, milestone the day before. I made my 100th visit to the blood bank. (I sometimes make a double donation in a visit so I am actually up to 118 units donated.)

David
63 y / 70 kg / 172 cm / 5 kids / 17 grandkids :)
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Post by Kristine Strasburger » March 19th, 2009, 9:51 pm

Wow, David! Great job...and great stats. When you break it down like that it doesn't seem like such an impossible goal...given a lifetime to achieve, that is. You are an inspiration to us all! Glad you are a Luna-Tic!
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Post by caspooner » March 19th, 2009, 10:44 pm

Congrats David...indeed inspiring!

Thank you for the suggestions on rowing plans. I have a ways to go to get my space suit...

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Re: Standings

Post by BAZzy » March 19th, 2009, 11:04 pm

The Challenge:

If it gets touchy we may have to call for some Aussie re-enforcements (Dave & Barry).

Row long Row strong Loonies!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dc[/quote]

Don't you worry, us Aussies have always backed you up! B)

I was just reading David A's stats - remarkable. I must say the challenge is a great motivation, I wouldn't normally row as much as I also train as a power lifter...had to eat a couple of extra steaks this week to keep the weight on. :roll:
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