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

[bg]

Woohoo! Congratulations, Tim, on achieving a TWO million meter season! We wish you many, many more!

congrats tim....wooooo hooooo

[Kona2]

Gina with (176,090 m) to go! Aiming to end the Holiday Challenge with a cool million?!

Actually, I am trying to climb back up onto the 5k/day board. I fell off when we went on vacation, then got sick, then 10/15 tax season hit. If I was at 5K/day, I'd be at 1 million today....<176,090> is the deficit I need to make up to get back to 5k/day... can I do it by 4/30/10?

Gina

Prediction: You're going to get moon fever when the holiday challenge starts, Gina! As perspective, you've rowed almost DOUBLE what you rowed at this time last year (pretty good return on your rowing investment! ). You also rowed over 100K in last year's challenge. I'll bet you're at 1 MM meters by the end of January.....there is that virtual team challenge that's in there....so ROW Gina ROW! And if you row 7500 m a day.....whoa...you're finished with that FIRST million by end of December....

[BAZzy]

Woohoo! Congratulations, Tim, on achieving a TWO million meter season! We wish you many, many more!

congrats tim....wooooo hooooo

Great work to both of you!!!

[just27]

CONGRATS, Tim and Barbara. Good on you both!

[Toothdoc]

CONGRATS, Tim and Barbara. Good on you both!

Barb and Tim,

That goes double from me!!

Goooooooooooo Giiiiiiiiiiiiina!

danno

[DuluthMoose]

BG - Congratulations on 3 Million Meters for this season! Incredible!

Tim - Congratulations on 2 Million Meters for this season! Way to Row!

Gina - You can do it! Go for that 5K / day Listing!

I sold one of my 3 solo canoes yesterday; kind of an off season trade on a quality boat whose defining attributes just didn't match my paddling patterns well. The boat deserved a new owner who's paddling focus is on moving water, and that's where the boat is headed. Now the search begins for a used Swift Osprey in good condition as it's replacement....

[Kona2]

Swift Osprey....a high prismatic coefficient.....flies over water......yikes, Moose, hull design has more than a bit of math and physics mixed in...and maybe some hobbit with Froude numbers....

Prismatic Coefficient (Cp) is the volume (V) divided by Lpp x Ax. It displays the ratio of the underwater volume of the hull to a rectangular block of the same overall length as the underbody and with cross-sectional area equal to the largest underwater section of the hull. This is used to evaluate the distribution of the volume of the underbody. A low Cp indicates a full mid-section and fine ends, a high Cp indicates a boat with fuller ends. Planing hulls and other highspeed hulls tend towards a higher Cp. Efficient displacement hulls travelling at a low Froude number will tend to have a low Cp.

C_p = \frac {V}{L_{pp} \cdot A_m} (Wikipedia....we couldn't do without it)

Season meters as of 201/365 = 56,621,117 m

Total meters on the day = 241,436 m

Oars in space = 23 percent

MILESTONES....Bragging Rights....Celebrations: We're having some parties!

3.0 MM Barbara
2.0 MM Tim
800K Rick
600K Kenneth G
Minnie's queen of the boat today with a half moon and 26,113 m....
Will S with a half moon and 25,034 m
Barbara with half marathon/moon #94 and 22,951 m

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Dave with (16,410 m) to go!

And thanks to each of today's rowers for all the kinds of meters - closer to the moon every day!

Jeff 3,126 m
AJ 4,025 m
Dave 5,000 m
Peter G 6,000 m
Steven 7,210 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Bill 10,040 m
Jim 10,190 m
Anne 11,000 m
Bazzy 11,146 m
Tim P 12,260 m
Rick 13,542 m
Mitch 14,008
Darryl 14,449 m
K2 15,342 m
Kenneth G 20,000 m
Barbara 22,951 m
Will S 25,034 m
Chris 26,113 m



Get ready to light up the skies! Holiday Rowing Challenge starts in 8 days!

[Kona2]

Thanks for that seat saver reference, Gina!

http://www.jlrowing.com/jelpad.html

Here's a link to the "jel"pads - made by JL Racing. They also have a sorbothane (sp?) one, but this one seems to be the most popular.

Just a follow up....I talked with the Customer Service people for JL Racing this morning. The gel pads are very portable. They have neoprene underpinnings that keep them in place, but do not stick or have any sticky residue - so they can be used by those who use an erg at the gym. Rowers use them on ergs and in boats. I ordered one!

[denver_bill]

Kona2 - let us know how you like that seat pad. I have been tempted to get one myself.

[DuluthMoose]

......yikes, Moose, hull design has more than a bit of math and physics mixed in...and maybe some hobbit with Froude numbers....

Kona2 my understanding is that Froude guy was responsible for a lot of those math and physics numbers on boat hulls. Although I find that all interesting, I find the best metric for boat performance is always how big the operator's smile is when in the boat..... Moose

[just27]

http://www.jlrowing.com/jelpad.html
Here's a link to the "jel"pads - made by JL Racing. They also have a sorbothane (sp?) one, but this one seems to be the most popular.

Gina ... how does this compare to the sore-no-more seat pad, do you know?

[bg]

thanks for all of the support....gooooo luna-tics....

[Dave_H]

Woohoo! Congratulations, Tim, on achieving a TWO million meter season! We wish you many, many more!

congrats tim....wooooo hooooo

Congrats to both of you!!

Regards,
Dave

[Trouble1]

THANKS FOR ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT. GOAL FOR THE YEAR HAS BEEN TO STAY ON THE 10K PER DAY BOARD. SOME WEEKS LIFE JUST GETS IN THE WAY. GREAT JOB TO EVERYONE!!!!!

TIM

[BAZzy]

http://www.jlrowing.com/jelpad.html
Here's a link to the "jel"pads - made by JL Racing. They also have a sorbothane (sp?) one, but this one seems to be the most popular.

Gina ... how does this compare to the sore-no-more seat pad, do you know?

I’ll be following this with some interest….. I don’t usually find the need to use padding on the ERG (maybe I’m not on there long enough, although Tomo is pushing me along! ). However, spending extended time in the kayak (usually find 90/120 minutes is the kick-in point) can produce the ‘pain in the proverbial’.

I’ve tried various over the years, but found that after extended periods everything feels hard!

So what I usually do these days, and it seems to work with reasonable success, is to regularly (read daily) sit and roll on a tennis ball to take the tightness out of the ‘glutes’ …. Also lots of hamstring stretches after a row and back stretches, lying on your back on a fitness ball (not sure what you call them).

I find that trying to attack the cause will go a long way to resolution……and that isn’t to say the Gel pads aren’t a good idea either…and remember if all else fails…eat Kiba’s soul food, the trusty cupcake, at least it will make you feel better!

Cheers
BBB