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

[Kona2]

Thanks, all, for the birthday wishes -- and birthday song!

Canoeing on the lake - great experience! Grand Lake = 400 ft deep (after a certain amount, it probably doesn't matter), 1 mile in width, 1.5 miles long.

Season meters as of 86/365 = 14,752,058 m

Total meters on the day = 210,469 m

Oars in space (particiption) = 23 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.7 MM Will S
300K Ted
200K Mitch J

Red Giant for Will S with a posting of 68,069 m!
Half moon plus some for Ted C-G with a posting of 24,000 that propels him over the 300K mark
Half marathon for Chris

Thanks to all today's crew for all the kinds of meters!

Rich 3,100 m
Peter G 5,000 m
David T 6,000 m
Tim 7,014 m
Gail 10,000 m
Steven L 10,000 m
Mitch J 10,602 m
Rodrigo 13,402 m
Baz 14,113 m Welcome back!
Wild Bill 18,054 m
Chris 21,097 m
Ted 24,000 m
Will S 68,069 m

And in the "here's something new" department: Mike E of the Timbuktoo team (thanks for posting this Mike aka Dr Espo) posted a reference to something called a shox box that is designed to work with the Concept2 erg - and absorb a lot of the compression shock that one gets while erging. Check out the website for this - it's interesting. http://www.shoxbox.biz

Keep the flywheel turning! Row row row!

[DuluthMoose]

BAZzy - Hopefully some day I will paddle in Australia. Your country is on our ToDo list. And thanks for allowing us Luna-Tics to follow along on your Landy adventure. Enjoyed it!

Kona2 - Grand Lake and Grand Views!

Duluth is again being graced with the arrival of 8 tall ships for this coming weekend. There were some interesting articles in the Sunday paper, so here is the link. An especially good one is the Tall Ship Primer located on the right side of the page boxes as Related Information.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/ ... l%20Ships/

[Kristine Strasburger]

Thanks for that link, Moose.

[acrewer]

Belated Happy Birthday to Kona. Hubby had a nice day too, but didn't get to go canoeing. Lots of meals out with family and friends.

I tried rowing yesterday and today, Going slow but it still bothers me a bit, so I may try every other day. But I didn't enter any meters till today, so the results will be for 2 days. Doing lots of stretching and yoga too.

Gina

[Kona2]

On the horizon......15 million team meters.....sometime today!!
Will S is getting closer to the start of a TWO million meter countdown, Steven L is close to 600K, Peter G is leaning on the 400K marker and Tim P is almost to 300K ! Some significant milestones coming to the LunaTics team in the near future!

Thanks for the update, Gina - and for the good reminder about stretching pre and post workout. Hope all is well soon! Here's a link to some of Concept2's recommended stretching exercises:
http://www.concept2.com/us/training/bas ... tching.asp

Dog Days of Summer are also just around the corner. The weekly build of additional meters outlined in the Dog Days four week summer program is another good practice - even if you've rowed a lot of meters in previous months, you may have to gently build additional meters as you ramp back up to your desired daily or weekly meters.

Season meters as of 87/365 = 14,928,220 m

Total meters on the day = 176,162 m

Oars in space (participation) = 26 percent

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

100K Wild Bill

Will S with a half moon and 22,156 m
William H with a half moon and 21,828 m
Dan with a half moon and 21,178 m

Thanks to everyone who rowed today !

K2 5,000 m
Mike C 6,029 m
Gina 6,560 m
Rick 6,590 m
Laurie 7,000 m
Steven L 7,202 m
Peter G 7,500 m
Kristine 10,883 m
Tim 11,165 m
David T 12,000 m
Darryl 14,511 m
Chris 16,530 m
Dan 21,178 m
Wild Bill 21,858 m
Will S 22,156 m

Have a great rowing day - whenever and wherever you row! Blue skies all around!!

[William H]

On the horizon......15 million team meters.....sometime today!!

Well ... we made it!

Hooray for us

[Kristine Strasburger]

On the horizon......15 million team meters.....sometime today!!

Well ... we made it!

Hooray for us

Yeeee Haaaaa!

[Kona2]

15 MM team meters!! Hooyah, indeed!

Minnie is poised to cross into1.4 MM meter territory any day now, and Steven L and Baz are really close to 600K. Peter G has less than 1K for his 400,000 m .... all these milestones STILL to celebrate! Things are lookin' up!

Season meters as of 87/365 = 15,098,975 m

Total meters on the day = 170,755 m

Oars in space (participation) = 25 percent!!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

300K Tim

Ted with an update of 26,000 m earns a half moon
William H with a posting of 21,694 m earns a half moon

And thanks to all today's crew for all the kinds of meters - awesome!

Laurie 2,500 m
Peter G 3,500 m
Kristine 6,179 m
Steven L 7,206 m
Mike C 8,058 m
Mitch J 11,006 m
Chris 11,151 m
Tim 11,172 m
Rodrigo-go-go 13,635 m
Bazzy 13,986 m
Darryl 14,513 m
Dan 20,155 m
William H 21,694 m
Ted 26,000 m

[DuluthMoose]

For those who might be interested in reading a report about my recent Quetico canoe trip, here is the link. I finally got a rainy day earlier this week that forced me indoors long enough to finish this up. http://www.paddling.net/message/showThr ... id=1311150

[Kona2]

Also known as portages.
Moose - not sure if your Quetico adventure is an adventure or an ordeal...especially when you get to about day 7 or so in your story! LunaTics crew will be in good shape no matter where we land on the moon with your outdoor skills!

It was cameras at five paces! An impromptu meeting of the LunaTics occurred when AJ had a plane change in Denver yesterday! Very fun to meet someone on our virtual team!


Season meters as of 88/365 = 15,253,554 m

Total meters on the day = 154,579 m

Oars in space (participation) = 25 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

600K Steven L
400K Peter G

Wild Bill with a posting of 22,431 m takes a half moon..
Ted with a posting of 22,000 m takes a half moon..

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

Steven L 5,000 m
K2 5,164 m
David T 6,000 m
Peter G 8,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Mike M 10,000 m
Mitch J 10,012 m
Dan 10,092 m
Kristine 10,887 m
Tim 11,345 m
Rodrigo 13,648 m
Ted 22,000 m
William H 22,431 m

[Kristine Strasburger]

That's a great picture, K2! Do we get to see AJ's side of the shoot-out?

[DUCKMARX]

It was cameras at five paces! An impromptu meeting of the LunaTics occurred when AJ had a plane change in Denver yesterday! Very fun to meet someone on our virtual team!

Yes, and to show that our chief cheerleader/statistician/operations manager always has us in mind . . .


TO THE MOON!

[Kona2]

I knew there would be repercussions - darned paparazzi ....

[just27]

I knew there would be repercussions - darned paparazzi ....

Hah ... "To the Moon" ... always thinking "team!"

[Kona2]

Summmmmmrrrr sweeps - Concept2's due to pull a name out of the mystery lottery today or tomorrow! Another great incentive to row your 5K or more meters !

Hooyah....and the meters roll onward! We're closing in on 15.5 MM meters as a team! Hope you are meeting some of your goals along the way as we hit day 90 of the rowing year.

Season meters as of 89/365 = 15,405,403 m

Total meters on the day = 151,849 m

Oars in space (participation) = 21 percent

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

1.4 MM Minnie

It's Wild Bill at the helm of the rowing cadre with a posting of 23,115 m
Chris (aka Minnie) posts another half marathon

Great job on all these meters today:

David T 6,000 m
Peter G 6,500 m
Steven L 7,206 m
AJ 8,073 m
Tim 10,000 m
Kristine 10,766 m - mere meters away from 400K
Rodrigo 12,323 m
Baz 14,231 m - 600K is just meters away
Darryl 14,509 m
Dan 18,029 m
Chris 21,097 m
William H 23,115 m

Woohoo! It's Friday!