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

[Kona2]

Woohoo! A biggie milestone! Congratulations, Bart, on achieving a FIVE million meter season! We wish you many, many more!

[Kona2]

Two-thirds! We've journeyed 2/3 of the way to the mooooon! Splendid way to start the day!!



What a great milestone to reach! Quaff a beverage of your choice after rowing today!

Season meters as of 263/365 = 84,600,736 m

Total meters on the day = 394,268 m

Oars in space (participation) = 26 percent

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

5.0 MM Bart
4.1 MM Barbara
300K Dan M

Red giant for Will S with 51,962 m
Bart with a half moon and 36,709 m to put him over the 5 MM season mark
Dan with half marathon # 124 and 36,112 m
Barbara with half marathon/moon # 139 and a lot of gym hours! Ranked # 3 overall in the Vegas to Vermont cabot challenge, she's putting in a lot of time! April's coming and so is the Boston Marathon!
Chris with half marathon # 176
meets as Tiki Man starts seeing things in threes with his third half marathon ever...and in a row....maybe his monitor is stuck on 21,097 m...

And thanks to all today's Luna-Tic rowers for moving us closer to the moon!

Sinead 1,977 m
whoa....Tony's with the aliens....well deserved break from the daily 3's...rockets at the ready for recovery...
MT 4,931 m
Karon 5,000 m
AJ 5,342 m
Terry B 5,510 m
Jane 6,106 m
Ian 6,173 m
Jurn 6,785 m
Karyn 7,039 m
Teresa 8,148 m
Rick 10,000 m
Peter G 10,000 m
K2 10,729 m
Gina 10,811 m (she is working hard to get ready for this Sunday's Beach Sprints!)
Tim 11,903 m
Ted 12,000 m
Mitch 13,006 m
Steve O 13,263 m
Dan M 15,000 m
Andrea 17,279 m
Darryl 18,221 m
Mike M 21,097 m
Chris 21,097 m
Barbara 28,068 m
Dan C 36,112 m
Bart 36,709 m
Will S 51,962 m

[acrewer]

To those who have done a Crash-B type race....

I'm pretty OK as far as the race planning goes. I'm planning on 1:59;2:00;2:01;1:58 splints. I think I can do this...I know the 3rd 500 is the hardest. I think I'll have enough to sprint the last 200 m....it's about a minute and I can do anything for a minute, right?

My question is how to taper this week in preparation for the race. I won't be rowing at all on Saturday, so I'll be well rested. Any suggestions for workouts this week?

Gina

[DuluthMoose]

To those who have done a Crash-B type race....

I'm pretty OK as far as the race planning goes. I'm planning on 1:59;2:00;2:01;1:58 splints. I think I can do this...I know the 3rd 500 is the hardest. I think I'll have enough to sprint the last 200 m....it's about a minute and I can do anything for a minute, right?

My question is how to taper this week in preparation for the race. I won't be rowing at all on Saturday, so I'll be well rested. Any suggestions for workouts this week?

Gina

Gina - I'm no expert, but here is what I would do. I would continue the training schedule you've been doing to get prepared, up until 2 days before showtime. If you row 2 days before I would suggest no sprints but just a nice steady row of about a half hour keeping HR at 130 to no more than 140, but a long enough workout to get totally warmed and loosened up. The day before I would not row. Reasons for the above. I tend to row fastest after a day off or after an easy row the previous day (keeping HR between 130 to 140). With 3 days off, I already start to notice a little increase in heart rate to get the same output I had before I took days off. So I kind of think its important to keep pushing for the first part of this week to be at your peak. Best of luck at the Crash B's!

Bart - Congratulations on Achieving 5 Million Meters this Season! Incredible Rowing!

[Toothdoc]

Gina,

Sic'em!!!!!!!!!!!!

danno

[Kristine Strasburger]

Congratulations, Bart! Way to row!

[Kona2]

Ok - we need to send team positrons to Gina on Sunday at 12:55 PM PST - looks like she is tentatively scheduled to row on erg # 2 in event number 23 at 1 PM.


Those positrons are going to be like a wave for you, Gina!

[just27]

Ok - we need to send team positrons to Gina on Sunday at 12:55 PM PST - looks like she is tentatively scheduled to row on erg # 2 in event number 23 at 1 PM.

Is there a cam in the room somewhere? That would be fun to watch ... if only for a few minutes ... Speedy Gina!

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[bwoooooo hoooooo bart and row gina row....[/b]

[Kona2]

Mike M declares it is still Tiki Time with a fourth consecutive HM....Tony's still being held captive in the alien ship...and Akira's got a new photo up on the team page! We are at the ready to cross the 85 MM meter milestone, and those Ancients just won't go away!

Season meters as of 264/365 = 84,938,339 m

Total meters on the day = 337,603 m

Oars in space (participation) = 25 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.8 MM Baz
1.9 MM Rodrigo
1.2 MM Gina
400K Karyn

Half marathon fever affecting a good portion of the crew! Or maybe they just like to moon us?

Half moon brings Rodrigo well into the one million meter countdown with 28,457 m
Dan with half marathon # 125 and 28,118 m
Barbara with half marathon/moon # 140 and 24,347 m
Bazzy with a bunch of meters...maybe a half marathon in there..with 22,383 m
Tim P with half marathon # 29
with half marathon #4....by George, I think he's onto a new rowing phase...

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Rodrigo with (77,659 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Mike C with (84,564 m) to go!

Tracy with (99,798 m) to go!

Mike M with (143,439 m) to go! Almost 7 HMs...

Teresa with (155,444 m) to go!

And thanks to all today's crew for keeping us on the path:

Peter G 1,000 m
Rock 2,200 m
AJ 4,023 m
MT 5,121 m (good row!)
Steve O 6,293 m
Jack 7,436 m
Gina 9,369 m
Dave 10,000 m
K2 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Ben 10,417 m
Teresa 10,670 m
Tim S 10,940 m
Chris 11,234 m ...in a rare departure from HMs....
Ted 12,000 m
Dan M 12,028 m
Greg H 12,507 m
Mitch 13,107 m
Karyn 15,636 m
Darryl 18,123 m
Mike M 21,097 m
Tim P 21,097 m
Baz 22,383 m
Barbara 24,347 m
Dan C 28,118 m
Rodrigo 28,457 m

100 days left in the rowing year.....

[Kona2]

11 days left to capture the flag!

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 35,439,259
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 14,228,154
3 RowPro Online Virtual Club 10,382,638
4 THE ANCIENTS Virtual Club 9,940,468
5 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 9,365,743
6 Team Canada Virtual Club 8,249,474
7 Community Rowing, Inc Rowing Club 7,573,943
8 ARIEL TOY Virtual Club 7,232,904
9 HAVK Mladost Rowing Club 7,225,774
10 Riverside Rowing Club 6,441,911

Challenge meters thru 19 of 31 = 9,365,743 m

Total meters on the day = 406,181 m



Row strong and keep the team daily meters above the goal line!

[kgallagher]

To those who have done a Crash-B type race....

I'm pretty OK as far as the race planning goes. I'm planning on 1:59;2:00;2:01;1:58 splints. I think I can do this...I know the 3rd 500 is the hardest. I think I'll have enough to sprint the last 200 m....it's about a minute and I can do anything for a minute, right?

My question is how to taper this week in preparation for the race. I won't be rowing at all on Saturday, so I'll be well rested. Any suggestions for workouts this week?

Gina

You can easily do the splits you listed. You're strong and fit. Don't be surprised if you go out a little harder than 1:59 at the start. I'll look back at my data when I get home and see if I can give you some guidance based on what I've done in the past.

If I was to do one now, this would be my general plan: I wouldn't go too crazy the week before the race. I'd do a light steady state row the day before for maybe 20-30 min. No pressure, just something to keep me loose and moving. The day before that, I'd do a long warm up 10-15 min with some high 10s thrown in. Then I do shortened segments of the race: start, middle, sprint. I'd do a start and high 20, paddle for a 2-3 minutes, middle 20-40 strokes at race pace, paddle for 2-3 min. then a sprint for about a minute. I'd paddle for 5-10 min. and repeat.

I'm excited for you and with you in spirit. Good luck!

[Kona2]

Luna-Tics team - and other casual readers:

I'm heading off to Key West for a friend's 50th bday celebration - stats will be back on the 26th or 27th. I'll do my best to find a rower while there so I can contribute to the challenge meters. I'll be able to connect up to the forum so I can cheer people onward...bully bully... , but thought I'd see how it went without the stats for a few days. If it doesn't work well, then we'll do something different. Row lots!! K2 aka Jan

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Luna-Tics team - and other casual readers:

I'm heading off to Key West for a friend's 50th bday celebration - stats will be back on the 26th or 27th. I'll do my best to find a rower while there so I can contribute to the challenge meters. I'll be able to connect up to the forum so I can cheer people onward...bully bully... , but thought I'd see how it went without the stats for a few days. If it doesn't work well, then we'll do something different. Row lots!! K2 aka Jan

have fun....

[TedCG]

Luna-Tics team - and other casual readers:

I'm heading off to Key West for a friend's 50th bday celebration - stats will be back on the 26th or 27th. I'll do my best to find a rower while there so I can contribute to the challenge meters. I'll be able to connect up to the forum so I can cheer people onward...bully bully... , but thought I'd see how it went without the stats for a few days. If it doesn't work well, then we'll do something different. Row lots!! K2 aka Jan

Have a great trip, Jan. Hopefully, you'll get some real FL weather, not the imported Canadian stuff we've been having recently.

Don't worry about the stats; we'll all soldier on, (right, Lunatics?!), knowing that your return will unleash a plethora of fireworks, astronomical wonders, and hopefully some cupcakes.

Have fun!