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

[Kona2]

This is it! The last day of June 2009 - make it a splendid day of rowing!

Distance to the midway point of our journey to the moon is shrinking! We could be at less than 3 million in the next couple of days....wowzer!

Distance to midway = 3,387,929 m

Season meters as of 60/365 = 15,255,529 m

Total meters on the day = 164,116 m

Oars in space = 24 percent

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

600K Dave H
500K Ted
Half Marathon # 16 by Dave H

ONE Million Meter Watch:

with (68,644 m) to go!
with (98,580 m) to go!

And thanks to today's crew, we're a bit closer to the moon:

Voodoogirl Laurie 5,103 m
Pat 6,016 m
Gina 8,296 m
Peter G 10,000 m
Ted 10,000 m (and I obviously also like to end my rows with 000s)
Kiba 10,000 m
Barbara 12,385 m
Tim 14,226 m
Darryl 14,420 m
Jim 17,115 m (you're rowing some serious meters here!)
Dan 25,458 m (not sure if there is an HM in there.... with the new computer thought you might be distracted from rowing for long periods of time...)
Dave H 31,097 m

[Toothdoc]

Dan 25,458 m (not sure if there is an HM in there.... with the new computer thought you might be distracted from rowing for long periods of time...)


Kona2

No HM. You are right I am distracted, but then that's a normal state of affairs.

dc

[just27]

I was just going through some boxes of my mom's "stuff" and happened upon a newspaper clipping she'd saved from January 2000, when my son was in college, and rowing for the first time.

San Diego Indoor Classic, novice men:
David Tudury: 2,000 meters - 6 minutes 20 seconds.

That means so much more to me now than it did in 2000!

[Toothdoc]

I was just going through some boxes of my mom's "stuff" and happened upon a newspaper clipping she'd saved from January 2000, when my son was in college, and rowing for the first time.

San Diego Indoor Classic, novice men:
David Tudury: 2,000 meters - 6 minutes 20 seconds.

That means so much more to me now than it did in 2000!

27,

WOW!!! He is a stud!

dc

[acrewer]

Chris - I'm in awe of that pace! I just discovered that the pace does indeed register UNDER 2:00 per 500 m. David's pace was 1:35 per 500m.

After I finished today's row, I looked at my monthly totals to see if I rowed farther in May than in June. Oddly enough I rowed the exact same hours, minutes and seconds, but went 4,070 meters farther!

must be something to rowing consistently!

Gina

[bg]

Chris - I'm in awe of that pace!

After I finished today's row, I looked at my monthly totals to see if I farther in May than in June. Oddly enough I rowed the exact same hours, minutes and seconds, but went 4,070 meters farther!

must be something to rowing consistently!

Gina

[byeah gina......and wow chris and aj...david is fast....[/b]

[Kiba]

Your son is a real athlete !

[Kona2]

Cruising through the rowing universe, Kiba discovers another red giant, which is promptly named Kiba 6. Crew applauds this latest discovery!


We've obviously got other things going on in our lives right now!

Season meters as of 61/365 = 15,446,444 m

Total meters on the day = 190,915 m

Oars in space = 25 percent

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

1.3 MM Kiba
Red Giant # 6 Kiba
Half Marathon # 42 Chris

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Chris with (45,547 m) to go! She's in the red zone now!

Bazzy with (98,580 m) to go!

And thanks to all today's crew for all the kinds of meters:

Peter G 4,000 m
Steven 5,000 m
Gina 7,885 m
Dan 8,123 m
Dave 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Ted 11,000 m
Mitch J 13,287 m
Tim 14,154 m
Barbara 16,369 m
Wild Bill 18,000 m
Chris 23,097 m
Kiba 50,000 m

Make it a great rowing day! Only 304 days left in this rowing year!

[just27]

Chris - I'm in awe of that pace! I just discovered that the pace does indeed register UNDER 2:00 per 500 m. David's pace was 1:35 per 500m.

After I finished today's row, I looked at my monthly totals to see if I rowed farther in May than in June. Oddly enough I rowed the exact same hours, minutes and seconds, but went 4,070 meters farther!

must be something to rowing consistently!
Gina

Hooyah, Gina, on the additional 4,070 meters and the consistent rowing!

I compared David's 2,000 m time with the current mens' 19 - 29 rankings. Interestingly (to me), 2 of the top 10 men are at UC San Diego, which is where he rowed. (Go Tritons!)

[BAZzy]

Chris - I'm in awe of that pace! I just discovered that the pace does indeed register UNDER 2:00 per 500 m. David's pace was 1:35 per 500m.

After I finished today's row, I looked at my monthly totals to see if I rowed farther in May than in June. Oddly enough I rowed the exact same hours, minutes and seconds, but went 4,070 meters farther!

must be something to rowing consistently!
Gina

Hooyah, Gina, on the additional 4,070 meters and the consistent rowing!

I compared David's 2,000 m time with the current mens' 19 - 29 rankings. Interestingly (to me), 2 of the top 10 men are at UC San Diego, which is where he rowed. (Go Tritons!)

That is a remarkable time....I've set one of my goals to sub 7 minutes this year over 2,000m, something to aim for anyway..........

Now where is Just27, I'll be back in the saddle tomorrow (Friday) and rowing furiously and with reckless abandon trying to catch her...hahahhaha! Might have to eat a Kiba Pizza though........

[Kona2]

Rowing along in our erg-mobiles......the surface of the moon gets closer each day! Some of the crew are opting to take Moon 101 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/moon101/ Astrogator intrigued by laser ranging retroreflectors.

Distance to midway point of our journey to the moon: 2,991,627 m

Season meters as of 62/365 = 15,651,831 m

Total meters on the day = 205,387 m

Oars in space = 27 percent

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


We are surrounded by moons today!

Chris with half marathon # 43
Dan with half marathon # 40
Dave with half marathon # 17
Barbara with half marathon # 2

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Chris with (24,450 m) to go! With the right movie, she'll finish this off tonight!

Bazzy with (98,580 m) to go!

And thanks to all our crew for all the meters:

Dan 25,618 m
Barbara 21,545 m (wowzer!)
Dave 21,097 m
Chris 21,097 m
Kiba 20,010 m (I couldn't figure out why I was 10 m off on the totals this morning....sneaky)
Tim 14,222 m
Jim 13,858 m
Mitch J 13,015 m
William H 12,000 m (:shock: ?! either way busy or has moon fever)
Ted 11,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
AJ 8,908 m
Pat 7,017 m
Peter G 6,000 m

[just27]

Now where is Just27, I'll be back in the saddle tomorrow (Friday) and rowing furiously and with reckless abandon trying to catch her...hahahhaha! Might have to eat a Kiba Pizza though........

Baz ... I'm happy to hear that you're "back in the saddle" again ... and, if the Kiba Pizza works as advertised, I'll race you to a million meters on Saturday. (I'm aiming for fireworks day to cross that line.)

[BAZzy]

Now where is Just27, I'll be back in the saddle tomorrow (Friday) and rowing furiously and with reckless abandon trying to catch her...hahahhaha! Might have to eat a Kiba Pizza though........

Baz ... I'm happy to hear that you're "back in the saddle" again ... and, if the Kiba Pizza works as advertised, I'll race you to a million meters on Saturday. (I'm aiming for fireworks day to cross that line.)

Kiba Pizza or no Kiba Pizza I won't be a snow flakes chance in hell of getting to 1mm this weekend....slowly, slowly for me. In fact, I'll be hiking on the weekend, so not sure how much I will get done. Just had some tight hip flexors this week and didn't want to have any muscle spasms as it takes too long to recover.

I'll be watching out for those fire works though.......so good luck!

Good weekend to all......Baz

[Kiba]

Kiba 20,010 m (I couldn't figure out why I was 10 m off on the totals this morning....sneaky)

Not sure how that one happened haha, must have been real tired when I set the PM.

Bazzy and Chris, good rowing to both of you, I'll have to add some fireworks to that cupcake

[William H]

William H 12,000 m (:shock: ?! either way busy or has moon fever)

Well ... it's been a year this month since I decided it was not fun anymore being 57 years old (now 58) and struggling too hard to keep up with the younger guys who were just making me work too hard.

So, a few million metres in the logbook and 105 pounds gone forever, I'm enjoying life like I haven't done in 20 years.

Don't worry, it's a temporary insanity and the metres will pick back up soon - I don't want to lose the spot at the top of the Luna-Tics Team page

There was a request a while back for some before/after pictures ... so, OK; but only because I owe you folks a lot for keeping me on track.

There are not a lot of "before" pictures, understandably, but here are a couple - you should get the idea:





Drum roll please ...


And now, the "After" pic:




Wait for it ...



Getting a little annoying, isn't it?



OK, here it is (really):






So, the moral of the story is: buy yourself a Concept 2 Rowing Ergometer, row like a fiend and eat like a health food nut for about a year, and you, too, can become someone else

Happy 4th of July, folks!