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

[Kristine Strasburger]

I'm just in awe and admiration of all you mateys who are pulling off amazing feats of committment, integrity, creativity, and just pure gumption. I'm so proud to be a Luna-Tic!

[Kona2]

It's a tsunami of meters!!! Woohoo! Congratulations, Bart, on achieving a SEVEN million meter season! We wish you many, many more....and successful golf rounds, too! Well done!

[Toothdoc]

Well Done Bart!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lefty

[William H]

It's a tsunami of meters!!! Woohoo! Congratulations, Bart, on achieving a SEVEN million meter season! We wish you many, many more....and successful golf rounds, too! Well done!

Great job, Bart!

How about 8.5 Million by the end of the season?

[BAZzy]

It's a tsunami of meters!!! Woohoo! Congratulations, Bart, on achieving a SEVEN million meter season! We wish you many, many more....and successful golf rounds, too! Well done!

Great work Bart my head spins just thinking about the number of metres you have rowed, what a great achievement!

BBB

[just27]

Congratulations, Bart, on achieving a SEVEN million meter season!

Go, Bart!

[DuluthMoose]

Bart - Thanks for all the effort in the WRC! Congratulations on 7 Million Meters for This Season!

[Kona2]

Wow! We've rowed FIVE million meters in twelve days....great rowing LunaTics!

Total meters on day 12 = 298,929 m (I know you're saving up for a big rowing day today! )

Crew on the roster = 64

There's still time to sign on for the lunar mission!

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 21,672,813
2 Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In. Health Club 10,087,052
3 Free Spirits Virtual Club 8,470,296
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 5,040,973
5 RowPro Online Virtual Club 4,953,048
6 Albion Rowing Club Correctional Facility 4,936,000
7 Greenville Indoor Rowing Health Club 4,310,591
8 Keweenaw Fitness Medical Facility 4,099,855
9 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 3,933,406
10 TIMBUK2 Virtual Club 3,628,944

Rowing, rowing, rowing ....keep those Concept2's going......

[Kona2]

Woohoo! 106 Million Meters! What a great number to see! Fabulous time to be a LunaTic!
Nine more million meters to the next biggie milestone of 75 percent of the way to the moon!!


FIVE more days of March Madness....it's all downhill from here (yeah...and there's a tailwind, too...)19 LunaTics hanging on to the boards!!


Season meters as of 330/365 = 106,000,157 m

Total meters on the day = 315,022 m

Oars in space (participation) = 20 percent

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

7.0 MM Bart
3.7 MM Baz

Bart with a 50K posting crosses the seven million meter mark!
BJ posts a fine update of 48,105 m
Will S with 26,000 m earns a half moon
Chris aka Minnie with half marathon # 226 on the year

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Steven L with (33,245 m) to go!

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


Tony m.......
Kelly 4,926 m
MT 5,000 m (couple more days and it's a cool half million!)
Barbara 5,015 m .... and less than one month to Boston Marathon
K2 5,123 m ...wowzer, spring snow shoveling makes for sore muscles...
Mitch 7,012 m
Steven L 7,202 m
David 8,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Kenneth G 10,000 m
Steven D 10,000 m
Peter H 10,000 m
Jim 10,000 m
AJ 10,014 m
Rodrigo 12,512 m
Kristine 12,695 m
Darryl 18,988 m pb for the rowing time?
Baz 20,000 m
Chris 21,097 m
Will S 26,000 m
BJ 48,105 m
Bart 50,000 m

Have a blue sky rowing day !

[DuluthMoose]

Kona2 - Not even close to a pb. These month long, every day, day after day rowing grinds; just put me in a rowing rut in survival mode at a heart rate pace of not more than 140. And it is actually pretty tough for me to break out of that HR plateau after rowing so long at that pace. So that 18K puts me in a sustainable moderately low mode for a long, long duration (80 minutes) for me, but doesn't really do much except burn up about 1100 calories. It's kind of like settling into a 20 plus mile all day paddle and holding plenty of energy back in reserve should the wind pick up in the afternoon.

[Kona2]

What's a team challenge without some individual stories?! The clash of the rowing titans continues with mega-meter efforts from all around the world. Go LunaTics!

1 Wikus Loots Shosholoza 690,500
2 Clyde Carr A. E. Riesen Fitness First 669,640
3 Bart Valgaeren LUNA-TICS 650,000
4 Dave Holby Forum Flyers 641,132

Total meters for day 13 = 275,637 m

Crew on the roster = 64

There are THREE more days to join the LunaTics....and then the roster is set for the rest of the challenge!



1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 23,286,970
2 Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In. Health Club 10,226,280
3 Free Spirits Virtual Club 9,335,896
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 5,316,610
5 RowPro Online Virtual Club 5,289,890
6 Albion Rowing Club Correctional Facility 4,936,000
7 Keweenaw Fitness Medical Facility 4,517,250
8 Greenville Indoor Rowing Health Club 4,451,314
9 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 4,388,665
10 TIMBUK2 Virtual Club 3,836,811

Definitely some peaks and valleys in our rowing universe.....our daily average is somewhere in the 408K range, but we'll need to up the output in order to maintain that average in the next week!

[Kona2]

Today's moon is waxing gibbous...82 percent full...how nice for the lunar phases to line up with this week's completion of March Madness! 17 LunaTics still on the boards in this challenge, the least forgiving and most inflexible of all challenges...hang on! This one is more about whether your schedule works than whether or not you have the willpower or umphf! We're nearing completion! Total left in the competition = 827....


Not that we need another challenge to think about right now, but it does bear mentioning that the LAST challenge of the rowing year is the Global Marathon Challenge. Some team members are already well acquainted with these longer distances, and for some of us - well, it's going to be a big stretch assignment this year. Start ramping up those meter sessions (how perfectly this fits into our need for more meters in the back half of the WRC!) now to get into good shape for the half or full marathon distances. Here's the details of the challenge:

Global Marathon Challenge

April 16–April 30
The Details

* Choose from two levels of participation:
o Full Marathon Challenge: Row or ski a full marathon (42,195 meters) in one workout during the last two weeks of April and enter it in your online logbook.
o Half Marathon Challenge: Row or ski a half marathon (21,097 meters) in one workout during the last two weeks of April and enter it in your online logbook.
* This is an individual challenge. (You do not need to belong to a team to participate.)
* Meters must be entered online.
* Indoor rower and SkiErg meters only (no on water/on snow meters please).
Who Can Participate

Anyone with an online logbook at concept2.com can participate in this challenge.
Incentives and Rewards

Participants who meet the challenge can enjoy:

* Name inclusion on the Global Marathon Challenge Honor Boards.
* A specially designed downloadable certificate.
* Full marathon challenge participants can request a Marathon Pin through their online logbook. (US and Canada only)

And now, back to our regularly scheduled program...


Season meters as of 331/365 = 106,267,865 m

Total meters on the day = 267,708 m

Oars in space (participation) = 19 percent

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

1.9 MM David

Bart with a red giant and 50,000 m
Queen Minnie with half marathon # 227

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Steven L with (23,245 m) to go!

David T with (98,000 m) to go!

And thanks to all today's crew for all the kinds of meters - they all count towards our journey to the moon!

Tony
MT 5,000 m
K2 5,000 m
AJ 5,473 m
Jim 6,500 m
Nancy J 6,566 m
Noelle 6,712 m
Kenneth G 10,000 m
Steven D 10,000 m
Steven L 10,000 m
Andre 12,569 m
Anne 13,000 m
Mike C 15,758 m
Baz 15,836 m
David T 17,000 m
Ted 17,000 m
Kristine 18,067 m
Darryl 18,797 m
Chris 21,097 m
Bart 50,000 m

[Kona2]

The moon beckons...and we've got another rower on the challenge team! We could use many more!

Total meters on the day = 413,702 m - great rowing by all !


1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 25,086,918
2 Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In. Health Club 10,226,280
3 Free Spirits Virtual Club 10,165,094
4 RowPro Online Virtual Club 6,188,038
5 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 5,730,312
6 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 4,949,039
7 Albion Rowing Club Correctional Facility 4,936,000
8 Keweenaw Fitness Medical Facility 4,842,634
9 Greenville Indoor Rowing Health Club 4,626,247
10 TIMBUK2 Virtual Club 4,065,753

[Kona2]

March Madness....the challenge that zaps its participants! 18 LunaTics back on the boards!

Season meters as of 332/365 = 106,569,564 m

Total meters on the day = 301,699 m

Oars in space (participation) = 20 percent

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

7.1 MM Bart
2.2 MM Mitch
1.8 MM Steven D
1.6 MM Gina
Bart with a red giant and 50K continues to row mega meters
Will S with 34,000 m earns a half moon
Bazzy, inspired by cooler weather, rows a half moon
Minnie with half marathon # 228

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Steven L with (13,245 m) to go!

David with (90,000 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch: AJ's been flying under the radar way too long...let's start the countdown

AJ with (129,917 m) to go!

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

AJ 1,917 m
Tony 3,333 m
MT 5,000 m
K2 5,000 m
Tim 6,692 m
Tim 6,763
Nancy 7,751 m
David T 8,000 m
Mike C 10,000
Kenneth G 10,000 m
Steven D 10,000 m
Steven L 10,000 m
Jim 10,000 m
Barbara 10,025 m
Mitch 13,155 m
Gina 15,600 m
Darryl 18,659 m
Dan 20,819 m
Chris 21,097 m
Baz 23,888 m
Will S 34,000 m
Bart 50,000 m

[Kona2]

SIX Million Meters! Marvelous!!

Rowing by the light of the full moon....put your heart into it!!



Total team meters on day 15 = 488,951 m

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 27,192,807
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 10,989,803
3 Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In. Health Club 10,226,280
4 RowPro Online Virtual Club 6,537,256
5 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 6,219,263
6 Keweenaw Fitness Medical Facility 5,508,974
7 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 5,293,788
8 Albion Rowing Club Correctional Facility 4,936,000
9 Greenville Indoor Rowing Health Club 4,830,268
10 TIMBUK2 Virtual Club 4,365,868