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

[MT]

As far as gloves and changing hand positions so you don't get that numb carpal tunnel stuff going on - absolutely watch your form, and don't forget to power up with the legs.

Thanks

MT

[Calamity]

My seat pad comes naturally. The trick is getting it into the rowing shorts.
Jane

[Kristine Strasburger]

You just made me laugh, Jane!

I have to brag on Ben today. I just posted his workout. He did an hour, and had a decent rate, too. Doubling his daily time goal was his own idea. He wanted to earn more video game time. At our house it is a minute-for-minute exchange rate, rowing for gaming time.

[bg]

You just made me laugh, Jane!

I have to brag on Ben today. I just posted his workout. He did an hour, and had a decent rate, too. Doubling his daily time goal was his own idea. He wanted to earn more video game time. At our house it is a minute-for-minute exchange rate, rowing for gaming time.

yay ben.....

[Kona2]

Hooyah! Virtual Challenge Team Luna-Tics Rock n Row!
FIVE days left to sign on with the moon team! It's an out of this world experience!!


Luna-Tic Challenge Team Meters as of 9 out of 31 = 4,576,395 m

Total meters on the day = 906,162 m

Crew on the roster = 103


Wowzer, mates! When checked last evening, the team meters were at just a bit over FOUR million...the team had grown to 101....and whoops of Hooyah! were heard throughout the household. Now the crew roster is at 103 and the total meters in the team piggy bank are close to 4.6 MM. Magnificent!! And welcome to new and returning challenge team members!!

Would also like to highlight success for Timbuk2 as they scratch, claw and row back not only into the top 10, but into the number 9 spot! Good rowing and lots of true grit.

As Moose pointed out yesterday in his timely "let's go team!" challenge, unexpected things frequently occur during these challenges - and many of them are positives. As much as I love to calculate the numbers, the unpredictable impact of team pride and team spirit will carry the day! Go Luna-Tics!

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 15,984,071
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 6,597,787
3 RowPro Online Virtual Club 4,744,609
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 4,591,385
5 THE ANCIENTS Virtual Club 4,047,808
6 Team Canada Virtual Club 3,673,346
7 ARIEL TOY Virtual Club 3,232,582
8 HAVK Mladost Rowing Club 3,119,414
9 TIMBUK2 Virtual Club 2,558,643
10 Oarsome, SUB7 & PaddyPower JVTC Team Virtual Club 2,415,845

Thanks to all who are rowing as part of the Luna-Tics challenge team - congratulations on your personal milestones!

1 Eric Nelson 390,000
2 Bart Valgaeren 302,000
3 Kiba Chan 200,000
4 Chris Tudury 189,873
5 Will Salach 177,096
6 Darryl Bathel 164,162
7 Barry O'Malley 159,131
8 Tracy Clark 157,271
9 barbara grandberg 155,994
10 Daniel Cox 141,836
11 Tim Porter 135,091
12 Ted Cowley-Gilbert 124,194
13 Mike Mulvihill 105,787
14 Rodrigo Garcia 100,224
15 Melissa Talbot 95,936
16 David A. Alden 91,271
17 Dan McInerney 91,166
18 Mitch Johnson 87,010
19 Jim Brink 83,911
20 Steve Overland 80,292
21 Jan Stevenson 69,000
22 Kenneth Guenther 67,176
23 Peter Huurman 63,584
24 Gina Levy 62,873
25 Rick Carveth 59,782
26 peter verdirame 58,500
27 David Hunter 56,194
28 Richard Miller 54,579
29 Steven Larky 51,626
30 Greg Halac 51,142
31 John Longmire 50,636
32 David Ballard 47,000
33 Michael Leonard 46,000
34 John Marsh 43,158
35 Robert Hess 42,500
36 Roger Evens 40,228
37 Karon Baucum 40,187
38 Anne Nelson 37,500
39 Nigel Greene 34,019
40 Karyn Gallagher 33,964
41 Dave Hunter 33,233
42 AJ Tudury 32,877
43 Gail Whitelaw 30,000
44 Anthony Parendo 29,997
45 Lauren C 29,220
46 Chris Harbourt 28,928
47 Teresa Robertson 27,483
48 Kristine Strasburger 23,930
49 Will Worthwine 23,661
50 Greg Childs 20,981
51 Tom Rosengarth 20,736
52 Andy Ward 20,000
53 Gloria Miller 20,000
54 Andre Dumais 18,984
55 Susan Wacaster 15,000
56 Jurn Wingelaar 12,710
57 Ben Strasburger 12,549
58 Ian Ferguson 12,294
59 Mike Crossley 12,000
60 Jane Newall 11,224
61 Chris Czech 10,000
62 Matt Forsbacka 10,000
63 Nils Eddy 9,295
64 Scott 8,500
65 Steven Drews 8,210
66 Thomas Jung 8,000
67 Garry Crone 6,014
68 Gary Prohaska 6,000
69 Eva-Kristin Schuster 6,000
70 Bill Lamon 5,014
71 John Dunlop 5,000
72 Tim Strasburger 4,701
73 Dana Smith 4,379
74 Tibby Kull 3,200
75 Orion Newall-Vuillemot 2,000
76 Mary Harper 1,614
77 Terry Miele 500
78 Akira N 131
79 Anais Newall-Vuillemot 127

[Kona2]

Crew views aurora borealis from space!
We're rowing the star trail to the moon! By the way, we should have an excellent view of Mars later this month...

Season meters as of 254/365 = 80,837,129 m

Total meters on the day = 443,989 m

Oars in space (participation) = 33 percent! Now that's what we need to see!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.1 MM Will S
2.5 MM Darryl
1.9 MM Peter H
200K Steve O

A red giant for Bart with 62,000 m posted
Steve O gets a full moon plus some for 47,195 m
Tracy with half moon and 26,136 m
Peter H with half moon (half marathon in there?) and 25,003 m
Chris with half marathon # 169

And thanks to all today's crew for moving us forward!

Anais 127 m (we are fortunate to have our young royalty join us today)
Akira 131 m
Orion 2,000 m
Tony m
John D 5,000 m
MT 5,000 m
AJ 5,210 m
Ian 6,173 m
Jane 6,206 m
Peter G 6,500 m
Mitch 6,520 m
Ben 8,144 m (negotiate more minutes for a personal best! - my evil twin made me say it...)
Matt 10,000 m
Karon 10,000 m
Gail 10,000 m
Jim 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Rich 10,515 m
Ted 12,000 m
Kristine 12,779 m
Gina 13,251 m
Mike M 13,384 m
Tim 14,107 m
Dan M 15,000 m
Kenneth G 15,021 m
Teresa 16,301 m
Will S 17,510 m
Darryl 18,346 m
Chris 21,097 m
Peter H 25,003 m
Tracy 26,136 m
Steve O 47,195 m ....kind of looks like there's a FULL marathon + 5 K...
Bart 62,000 m

Have a blue sky rowing day...wherever you row! And keep an eye on the sky!

[PJM]

Hooyah! Virtual Challenge Team Luna-Tics Rock n Row!
FIVE days left to sign on with the moon team! It's an out of this world experience!!


Luna-Tic Challenge Team Meters as of 9 out of 31 = 4,576,395 m

Total meters on the day = 906,162 m

Crew on the roster = 103


Wowzer, mates! When checked last evening, the team meters were at just a bit over FOUR million...the team had grown to 101....and whoops of Hooyah! were heard throughout the household. Now the crew roster is at 103 and the total meters in the team piggy bank are close to 4.6 MM. Magnificent!! And welcome to new and returning challenge team members!!

Would also like to highlight success for Timbuk2 as they scratch, claw and row back not only into the top 10, but into the number 9 spot! Good rowing and lots of true grit.

As Moose pointed out yesterday in his timely "let's go team!" challenge, unexpected things frequently occur during these challenges - and many of them are positives. As much as I love to calculate the numbers, the unpredictable impact of team pride and team spirit will carry the day! Go Luna-Tics!

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 15,984,071
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 6,597,787
3 RowPro Online Virtual Club 4,744,609
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 4,591,385
5 THE ANCIENTS Virtual Club 4,047,808
6 Team Canada Virtual Club 3,673,346
7 ARIEL TOY Virtual Club 3,232,582
8 HAVK Mladost Rowing Club 3,119,414
9 TIMBUK2 Virtual Club 2,558,643
10 Oarsome, SUB7 & PaddyPower JVTC Team Virtual Club 2,415,845

Thanks to all who are rowing as part of the Luna-Tics challenge team - congratulations on your personal milestones!

1 Eric Nelson 390,000
2 Bart Valgaeren 302,000
3 Kiba Chan 200,000
4 Chris Tudury 189,873
5 Will Salach 177,096
6 Darryl Bathel 164,162
7 Barry O'Malley 159,131
8 Tracy Clark 157,271
9 barbara grandberg 155,994
10 Daniel Cox 141,836
11 Tim Porter 135,091
12 Ted Cowley-Gilbert 124,194
13 Mike Mulvihill 105,787
14 Rodrigo Garcia 100,224
15 Melissa Talbot 95,936
16 David A. Alden 91,271
17 Dan McInerney 91,166
18 Mitch Johnson 87,010
19 Jim Brink 83,911
20 Steve Overland 80,292
21 Jan Stevenson 69,000
22 Kenneth Guenther 67,176
23 Peter Huurman 63,584
24 Gina Levy 62,873
25 Rick Carveth 59,782
26 peter verdirame 58,500
27 David Hunter 56,194
28 Richard Miller 54,579
29 Steven Larky 51,626
30 Greg Halac 51,142
31 John Longmire 50,636
32 David Ballard 47,000
33 Michael Leonard 46,000
34 John Marsh 43,158
35 Robert Hess 42,500
36 Roger Evens 40,228
37 Karon Baucum 40,187
38 Anne Nelson 37,500
39 Nigel Greene 34,019
40 Karyn Gallagher 33,964
41 Dave Hunter 33,233
42 AJ Tudury 32,877
43 Gail Whitelaw 30,000
44 Anthony Parendo 29,997
45 Lauren C 29,220
46 Chris Harbourt 28,928
47 Teresa Robertson 27,483
48 Kristine Strasburger 23,930
49 Will Worthwine 23,661
50 Greg Childs 20,981
51 Tom Rosengarth 20,736
52 Andy Ward 20,000
53 Gloria Miller 20,000
54 Andre Dumais 18,984
55 Susan Wacaster 15,000
56 Jurn Wingelaar 12,710
57 Ben Strasburger 12,549
58 Ian Ferguson 12,294
59 Mike Crossley 12,000
60 Jane Newall 11,224
61 Chris Czech 10,000
62 Matt Forsbacka 10,000
63 Nils Eddy 9,295
64 Scott 8,500
65 Steven Drews 8,210
66 Thomas Jung 8,000
67 Garry Crone 6,014
68 Gary Prohaska 6,000
69 Eva-Kristin Schuster 6,000
70 Bill Lamon 5,014
71 John Dunlop 5,000
72 Tim Strasburger 4,701
73 Dana Smith 4,379
74 Tibby Kull 3,200
75 Orion Newall-Vuillemot 2,000
76 Mary Harper 1,614
77 Terry Miele 500
78 Akira N 131
79 Anais Newall-Vuillemot 127

Thank you Kona2!!!
Timbuk2 salutes your Challenge Team as we row the "rough waters" together.Whether it be one meter or a million meters..we row togther in a community of the proud, fit and healthy.The fact that we sign on..we commit to a cause...we are doing something good for ourselves.In this day of cold weather and unrest in many forms ...exercising and putting energy into our lives is a true sign of progress.Be it "To the Moon" or "From Here To Timbuktu"...we ROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Teams!!!!!!!!!


Pat

[Kona2]

Woohoo! Congratulations Danno on achieving a FOUR million meter season! We wish you many, many more!

[Dave_H]

Hi all, just a note to say hi and keep up the great erging!
I have been having problems with my shoulder (rotator-cuff issues), and trying to balance the doctor's demands (no rowing!) and my need to compete/ contribute/ participate in the JVT has been a battle. The trouble is it doesn't hurt while erging, just later that night trying to sleep!
K2 - you were correct with my "almost" HM a few days ago. It was an attempted Full M that got aborted at the mid point, however it is very difficult to stop the PM3 on the exact number!

Cheers,
Dave

[Kona2]

Hi all, just a note to say hi and keep up the great erging!
I have been having problems with my shoulder (rotator-cuff issues), and trying to balance the doctor's demands (no rowing!) and my need to compete/ contribute/ participate in the JVT has been a battle.

Cheers,
Dave

I suspect that no rowing probably doesn't mean try for a full marathon....we can WAIT for you to get healthy, Dave. There is a whole team of rowers here to help propel this Luna-Tic ship to the moon! Take care of you !

[Kona2]

Wowzer, mates! I've been wondering when the 100th crew member would hop aboard....and here he is today. Welcome Greg H to the fine crew of the Luna-Tics! Since you are a stargazer, well it's only fitting that you are also on a journey to the moon. It's often difficult for us to find our way through the star trails!




And that telescope you're pictured with.....I am envious.

[andreacs]

Welcome to all new team members! It's great to have you all on the team to speed up the ship towards the moon.
Congratulations for all great milestones!

I've been slacking lately due to challenging schedules, but just posted for 3 days and passed the 3M lifetime in the process .
This is a small number compared to 7M, 6M, 5M, 4M, etc per season for some of our colleagues, so I will try to pick up the pace !

As Jan mentioned, my last big chunk of rowing was on the sea, on the board of Dawn Princess on the Melbourne - New Zealand - Melbourne route.
It was great to discover a brand new model D in the gym that allowed me to meet the 200k Holiday Challenge and reduce the additional pounds resulting from cruise dining .
I have to say that rowing on a ship can be challenging at times, especially on a rough sea - much better on a steady erg in front of the TV .

Happy rowing!

Andrea

[DuluthMoose]

Dan - Congratulatins on achieving 4 Million Meters for this Season!

Jane - Thanks for the chuckle from your last post!

MT - I hope your wrist pain is easing. I sometimes wonder if the stock handle bar on the Model D and E is all that ergonomic. Put your elbows to the side, forearms extended straight ahead, palms down (like you are going to grab the bar and row), and fist position so all fingers are in line and would be pulling straight back. Note the distance between the right and left hand. If this distance falls outside of horizontal zone the handle bar has for pulling, your wrists are canted to one side or the other when exterting stress on them. And especially for a women's hand, I think the diameter of the pulling bar has too big of a diameter, which would also change wrist alignment. Judging from my experience with canoe paddles, a woman with a medium size hand will feel most comfortable with a paddle grip of no more than 1 1/8" diameter. Just my $.02.

Dave - Rotator trouble is not fun. Been there, but knock on wood, I haven't had trouble for about 2.5 years - coincidental with retirement. I really think my problem was long hours driving (4 to 8 hours in a day), several times a week. I had the habit of putting my elbow high on the window ledge and then doing fine precision movement with that same arm for hours and that was the rotator that gave me trouble for about a decade. And when I wasn't driving, my desk job didn't get me the right types of exercise to strengthen and remedy it. I'm no expert but do a self evaluate any activity where your elbows are at the same height or higher than your shoulder, and see if you can make adjustments in that activity to keep the elbows low. If you are going to row, I'd suggest keep elbows and the damper setting low. I also am a believer in glucoseamine

[Kona2]

Million Meters!

Go a little crazy! You have four days to complete your transformation into a rowing Luna-Tic (not to be confused with rowing fools), and join the team going to the moon!

Like the space races, competition can be very close. Who knows what other teams are cooking up in their secret mountain laboratories! There's a little bit of strategy, a little bit of luck, and a whole lot of rowing and team spirit that makes the January Virtual Team Challenge a fun event. Keep rowing - history suggests we need a bit more cushion (and we're not talking about seat pads - natural or otherwise ! ) than one might think!



1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 17,845,269
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 7,424,031
3 RowPro Online Virtual Club 5,320,758
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 5,070,212
5 THE ANCIENTS Virtual Club 4,553,921
6 Team Canada Virtual Club 4,224,651
7 ARIEL TOY Virtual Club 3,715,451
8 HAVK Mladost Rowing Club 3,163,920
9 Community Rowing, Inc Rowing Club 2,902,207
10 TIMBUK2 Virtual Club 2,764,344


Challenge Meters as of 10 of 31 = 5,070,212 m

Total meters on the day = 493,817 m

Crew on the roster = 106


Thanks to all the Luna-Tics who are rowing in this challenge! To the moon, mates, to the moon!

1 Eric Nelson 390,000
2 Bart Valgaeren 302,000
3 Chris Tudury 210,970
4 Kiba Chan 200,000
5 Will Salach 189,738
6 Darryl Bathel 182,206
7 barbara grandberg 177,658
8 Daniel Cox 175,098
9 Barry O'Malley 159,131
10 Tracy Clark 157,271
11 Tim Porter 156,188
12 Ted Cowley-Gilbert 136,194
13 Mike Mulvihill 121,175
14 David A. Alden 119,818
15 Rodrigo Garcia 114,626
16 Dan McInerney 103,166
17 Melissa Talbot 100,936
18 Mitch Johnson 99,018
19 Jim Brink 83,911
20 Steve Overland 80,292
21 Jan Stevenson 74,000
22 Rick Carveth 69,782
23 Gina Levy 68,993
24 Kenneth Guenther 67,176
25 Richard Miller 66,088
26 Robert Hess 63,597
27 Peter Huurman 63,584
28 Karyn Gallagher 62,255
29 peter verdirame 62,000
30 David Hunter 56,194
31 David Ballard 54,000
32 Steven Larky 51,626
33 Greg Halac 51,142
34 John Longmire 50,636
35 Karon Baucum 46,190
36 Michael Leonard 46,000
37 Dave Hunter 43,887
38 John Marsh 43,158
39 Roger Evens 40,228
40 Chris Harbourt 39,558
41 Anne Nelson 37,500
42 AJ Tudury 36,892
43 Kristine Strasburger 36,447
44 Andy Ward 35,000
45 Nigel Greene 34,019
46 Anthony Parendo 33,330
47 Duncan Tyler 31,818
48 Gail Whitelaw 30,000
49 Ben Strasburger 29,978
50 Lauren C 29,220
51 Teresa Robertson 27,483
52 Will Worthwine 23,661
53 Greg Childs 20,981
54 Tom Rosengarth 20,736
55 Thomas Jung 20,000
56 Gloria Miller 20,000
57 Andrea Cosmin 19,336
58 Andre Dumais 18,984
59 Ian Ferguson 18,508
60 Susan Wacaster 15,000
61 Dana Smith 14,379
62 Jurn Wingelaar 12,710
63 Steven Drews 12,420
64 Mike Crossley 12,000
65 Jane Newall 11,224
66 Dawn Howe 11,000
67 Matt Forsbacka 10,000
68 Chris Czech 10,000
69 Nils Eddy 9,295
70 Scott 8,500
71 Garry Crone 6,014
72 Gary Prohaska 6,000
73 Eva-Kristin Schuster 6,000
74 Bill Lamon 5,014
75 John Dunlop 5,000
76 Tim Strasburger 4,701
77 Tibby Kull 3,200
78 Orion Newall-Vuillemot 2,000
79 Mary Harper 1,614
80 Terry Miele 500
81 Akira N 131
82 Anais Newall-Vuillemot 127




Keep your eyes to the sky, elbows and damper settings low, and the team daily meter average above the line! Hooyah, Luna-Tics!

[Kona2]

Dreaming of a 100 Million Meter Team Season... And here we are at 81.5 Million Meters!

There's always a story behind the numbers we post - and sharing that story is a good part of what we do here. It's very fun to have crew members that use number "games" to motivate themselves...and sometimes to see if I can catch on to what they're doing! Tony's 3333 postings come to mind!

Today's number surprise is provided by Ben, who was a rock star in yesterday's posting. Being a rock star must appeal to him (or that video game minute thing is a great motivator!), because he posted a whopping 17,429 m today. That's a lot of any rower - and it's a bigger lot for a junior rower. Congratulations on some mega-meters, Ben - we wish you many more!


Season meters as of 255/365 = 81,536,716 m

Total meters on the day = 699,587 m

Oars in space (participation) = 30 percent

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

4.2 MM Chris
4.0 MM Dan
1.7 MM K2
Half marathon # 119 for Dan C who brings in his 4.0 millionth meter with 33,262 m
Karyn with half marathon # 1 on the year (# 5 lifetime!) and some extra for 28,291 m
Barbara with half marathon/moon # 133 and 21,664 m
Chris with half marathon # 170
Tim with half marathon # 25

FOUR Million Meter Watch:

Barbara with (23,442 m) to go!

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Jim with (9,339 m) to go!

Peter H with (92,955 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Mike C with (102,564 m) to go!

And thanks to all today's crew for moving us closer to the moon:

Sorin 2,022 m
Tony m
AJ 4,015 m
Steve Drews 4,210 m
MT 5,000 m
K2 5,000 m
Karon 6,003 m
Gina 6,120 m
Ian 6,214 m
Steven L 7,151 m
Peter G 8,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Chris H 10,630 m
RIch 11,509 m
Dan M 12,000 m
Mitch 12,008 m
Kristine 12,517 m
Will S 12,642 m
Rodrigo 14,402 m
Mike M 15,388 m
Ben 17,429 m
Darryl 18,044 m
Andrea 19,336 m
Tim 21,097 m
Chris 21,097 m
Barbara 21,664 m
Karyn 28,291 m
Dan C 33,262 m
Greg H 339,203 m