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

[Kona2]

RE: The Rowing Maps - fun stuff...although I believe DuluthMoose Darryl has created his own canoeing maps - figuring out the different legs of each journey in rowing terms. I have created a google map of the current team....we would have quite a few meters to cover traversing this as we row from one party host to the next!
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8& ... =2&layer=t

In our lunar rowing universe, we are surrounded by FOUR half moons today....and a potential FULL moon (Baz will have to confirm) and we are traveling at warp 3 speed (3 x 100K meters/day). Serious meters being churned out here!

Season meters as of 324/365 = 70,407,032 m

Total meters on the day = 349,649 m

Oars in space = 27 percent

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

5.3 MM Dan C
1.1 MM K2

Half Moon Dave H #22
Half Moon Dan # 111
Half Moon Jan # 9
Half Moon Peter H # 5

SEVEN Million Meter Watch:

Will S with (40,412 m) to go!

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Dave H with (62,505 m) to go!

Ted CG with (71,195 m) to go!

Rodrigo with (98,175 m) to go!

AJ with (99,318 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Gina with (17,000 m) to go!!

Kristine with (30,576 m) to go!

And thanks to today's lunar crew:

Baz 43,805 m (and a couple of steaks!)
Dan 40,932 m
Wild Bill William H 40,000 m
Dave H 31,097 m (assuming there is a half moon in there)
Jan 26,903 m
Peter H 21,097 m
Michael S 17,000 m
Darryl 16,841 m
Chris T 16,027 m
Tom R 11,247 m
Kristine 10,700 m
Steven 10,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Tim P 10,000 m
Tony 7,777 m (woohoo! )
Mary 7,210 m
Chris S 6,253 m
Lilia 6,000 m
Peter G 6,000 m
Andrea 5,724 m
Jeff 5,016 m

[Kona2]

Luna-Tics are still hanging in there with 23 overall, and 12 on the 10K progress board.

[DuluthMoose]

RE: The Rowing Maps - fun stuff...although I believe DuluthMoose Darryl has created his own canoeing maps - figuring out the different legs of each journey in rowing terms. I have created a google map of the current team....we would have quite a few meters to cover traversing this as we row from one party host to the next!
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8& ... =2&layer=t

Kona2 - As long as a world tour to all the Luna-Tics home towns doesn't derail us from our mission to the MOON, I think that would be a lot of fun. Let's see if collectively we can row about 80 MM in a year - that should just about be enough. Or maybe you are thinking this to be an individual (lifetime) rowing achievement route to travel? Either way, maybe the host at each stop along the journey could provide internet links to sights, local cuisine, and neat stuff in the vicinity.

You mention that I have created my own maps for a virtual travelogue. What I did for this year's JVC, is write something up for each day of my 9 day canoe trip in July 2008, based on the actual miles covered each day (8 to 16), the actual route, and a few pictures I had posted on the web. I thought it would generate a little more interest in rowing for the JVC and for checking in daily on the Luna-Tics home page. I did have some good comments from folks on doing that and will probably do another virtual travelogue again someday. Thanks. Darryl

[Kona2]

No worries, Darryl, destination is still the moon! I was just thinking about David A's navigation of the earth....and wondering how much more we would add with stops along the way....zigzagging instead of shortest distance!

[BAZzy]

In our lunar rowing universe, we are surrounded by FOUR half moons today....and a potential FULL moon (Baz will have to confirm)

Hi Kona2....cant't claim a full moon, I did it as a couple of interval sessions.....Cheers, Baz

[just27]

Mike:
Nice! ... quantum neutral aliens who don't exist when you observe them ...

Chris T
(If you know what I'm talking about, blink.)

[Kona2]

Very clever! Somewhat reminiscent of The Girl, The Gold Watch and Everything by John D MacDonald (not the movie)....


Welcome also to our new team member Terry M! We're delighted you can join us in our year round team!

[acrewer]

I didn't get a chance to post Friday's meters until tonite.

But...I went to the WRC standings and if you look at the 6 virtual teams with more than 50 members, we have the most meters per member - pretty awesome participation!

TEAM avg / member
LUNA-TICS 46,059
RowPro Online 45,171
Age Without Limits 44,604
Free Spirits 39,905
TIMBUK2 35,736
Team Canada 21,836

Gina

[just27]

Welcome also to our new team member Terry M! We're delighted you can join us in our year round team!

Hi, Terry, and welcome. Aaargh.



Chris T

[bg]

welcome terry..and go luna-tics........

[Dave_H]

Hi Jan - yes there was a HM dispatched early yesterday, however spent the last day and a half away from the erg, so just scraped the Mad March 10k in tonight...
Kudos to Bazza... those are some serious metres you are putting away there mate! Go team OZ!

Welcome aboard to Terry M!

Just27... I think I have upped the ante by 2 - you still have your Sunday to drop in a FM to call

Cheers,
Dave

[Kona2]

Amazingly, our team meter history is as follows (this excludes challenge meters contributed by those who are not part of the year round team):

Team inception 2003 = 3,874,123 m
2004 = 4,500,044 m
2005 = 8,321,188 m
2006 = 8,507,331 m
2007 = 14,265,122 m
2008 (team forum January - April 30) = 48,110,121 m
2009 (thus far) = 71,130,728 m

Darryl suggests we can have an 80,000,000 m season....perhaps we can!

March Madness Challenge Update:

5K and above: 24 Luna-Tics on the boards (added one with addition of Terry)
10K and above: 12 Luna-Tics on the boards

Good job, everyone!


Season meters as of 325/365 = 71,130,728 m (with 40 more days in this rowing year!)

Total meters on the day = 723,696 m (thanks to Terry M's imported meters!)

Oars in space = 27 percent

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

100K Steve J
Half Marathon # 52 just27 Chris

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Dave H with (52,505 m) to go!
Ted CG with (71,195 m) to go!
AJ with (85,919 m) to go!
Rodrigo with (98,175 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Gina with (10,000 m) to go! Will she make us wait TWO days to celebrate or will she go long?!

Kristine with (30,576 m) to go!

We have at least four team members who are on the verge of entering the million meter countdown! Row, row, row!

And thanks to our spacesuit outfitted crew for today's meter fuel:

Terry M 417,466 m (imported)
William H ...aka Wild Bill!... 40,000 m
Tim P 32,203 m (wowzer, man!)
Tom R 32,123 m (see above - you'll be in the million meter countdown by next week!)
Baz 30,627 m
Chris T 29,107 m
Mike Smith 20,000 m
Darryl 16,902 m
AJ 13,399 m
Mike M 13,155 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Dave H 10,000 m
Steven 10,000 m
Chris H 9,422 m
Peter G 8,000 m
Mary 7,224 m
Gina 7,000 m
Andrea 5,723 m
Jeff 5,012 m
Tony m
Steve J 3,000 m

Stellar !

[Kona2]

Thank you to all who are rowing this challenge as Luna-Tics! Your participation is much appreciated!! And, not to be too greedy....could we have some more, please? We are, as Gina so rightly points out, capable of pretty high meter averages per team member. We are very capable of a 500K day as a challenge team....what do you say? We can close the gap just a bit!

World Rowing Challenge Individual Standings

Name Total Event Meters

1 William Haag 260,000
2 Daniel Cox 225,149
3 Barry O'Malley 180,434
4 Tim Porter 157,181
5 Will Salach 154,173
6 David Hunter 136,763
7 Mike Smith 121,000
8 Chris Tudury 117,328
9 Jan Stevenson 102,000
10 Darryl Bathel 99,311
11 Tom Rosengarth 98,681
12 Peter Huurman 76,097
13 Mike Mulvihill 75,663
14 Steven Larky 72,000
15 Kristine Strasburger 70,607
16 Mike Crossley 70,000
17 David Grasfield 70,000
18 Thomas Jung 69,000
19 Terry Miele 58,533
20 Chris Harbourt 56,914
21 David A. Alden 53,765
22 Rick Carveth 50,000
23 Karyn Gallagher 46,061
24 peter verdirame 43,500
25 Gina Levy 42,000
26 Mary Harper 41,186
27 Andrea Cosmin 39,973
28 David Thomas Garcia 36,394
29 Chris Spooner 35,012
30 RoseAnna Schick 32,798
31 John Marsh 30,300
32 Jeff Morris 30,078
33 Andy Ward 30,000
34 Anna McFarland 30,000
35 Anthony Parendo 27,775
36 barbara grandberg 23,322
37 Angelo Papadopoulos 23,111
38 Dan Thole 20,900
39 Reeve Martin 20,300
40 AJ Tudury 17,565
41 Will Worthwine 17,500
42 Clinton Vickers 16,000
43 Patricia Chow 15,289
44 diane bimbela 15,000
45 Eva-Kristin Schuster 13,421
46 martin douglas 12,276
47 Alistair Black 12,018
48 Lilia Luna-Huurman 11,326
49 mitch friedland 5,000
50 Nancy Flagg 3,700


Total Meters Thru 3.21.09 3,066,404 m

[just27]

Just27... I think I have upped the ante by 2 - you still have your Sunday to drop in a FM to call
Cheers, Dave

Hah ... skiter! Even with Sunday, sadly, I must fold ... the rest of the day is tagged for painting all the ceilings in the house ... not conducive to a FM ... (like it was going to happen, otherwise!)

I don't think you three guys in Team Oz live far apart ... do you know each other?

Chris T

[Wilbury]

Allright!!!
Did my first 50K since Iraq in 2007. The posts here, and the WRC, are quite inspiring. A big "THANK YOU" to all the LUNA'S. I am ready to turn it up a notch. Can't wait till tomorow. Lets roll!!!