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[Kona2]

THREE Million Team Meters!!

Day 8 of 31 challenge days - and we're at 3 million meters! Wowzer! It's a fall frenzy of meters!

Fall Team Challenge 2010 Individual Standings

Name ..........Total Event Meters .... Look at YOU go!!!

1 William Haag 328,379
2 AJ Tudury 240,331
3 Daniel Cox 178,896
4 Barry O'Malley 152,377
5 Brett McCrory 131,962
6 Chris Tudury 126,739
7 Will Salach 110,000
8 Tim Porter 105,667
9 Darryl Bathel 102,540
10 Charles Dykstra 101,576
11 Ted Cowley-Gilbert 85,000
12 Jim Brink 74,785
13 Dawn Pearson 70,752
14 Katerina Mack 67,697
15 Robyn Lee 64,515
16 Jennifer Browning 63,422
17 Harold Janusek 56,400
18 Steven Larky 56,076
19 Ross Drown 55,857
20 Mike Crossley 53,000
21 George Wyner 52,000
22 Jeffrey Grous 50,000
23 Kevin Clark 49,867
24 peter verdirame 48,500
25 David Tangerini 42,000
26 Heather Woiciechowski 40,924
27 David Hunter 40,001
28 Jill McCrory 39,731
29 AUCHER Romain 37,326
30 Rick Carveth 36,240
31 Mike Mulvihill 33,000
32 John Dunlop 30,000
33 Mitch Johnson 28,345
34 Melissa Talbot 28,231
35 Andrea Cosmin 26,658
36 Roger Evens 26,190
37 David A. Alden 24,551
38 TERRY BELCHIKOFF 24,032
39 Greg Childs 23,458
40 Tom McGuire 21,000
41 Andy Ward 18,391
42 Kristine Strasburger 17,532
43 John Longmire 16,215
44 Jan Stevenson 15,000
45 Brian Kenney 15,000
46 Murielle Curcio 12,000
47 Brandy Cowley-Gilbert 10,838
48 beverly dellinger 7,000
49 Tracy Clark 5,013
50 Gina Levy 3,134
51 Ally MacManus 2,000
52 David Ballard 0
53 Karon Baucum 0
54 Gloria Miller 0
55 Peter Huurman 0
56 Kelly Berry 0
57 Angelo Papadopoulos 0
58 Debbie Rohlwing 0
59 Karyn Gallagher 0
60 Thomas Tullia 0
61 Noelle Boyle 0
62 Mitch Terra Sanitatis Friedland 0
63 Dana Smith 0
64 Rocket Man 0
65 Tom Pinckney 0


Total Challenge Meters = 3,050,148 m

Total Meters on the Day = 384,623 m

Eat....sleep....row....play some more....row again!

[BigBrett58]

After the first 7 days of the challenge, I've lost 7.4 lbs. My body feels broken, so I'm going to go a little lighter the next 7 days including going out of town this weekend. I'm very grateful for this opportunity to compete in this challenge. It's such great motivation to try to keep up with my teamates. If there's one thing I learned from athletics and boot camp, it's that when you look to your left and right and see your teemmates pushing themselves, you can push yourself just a little bit harder. While I can't see the determination in your eyes or the sweat rolling down your brow, I can see the meters you row and understand how much effort goes into each stroke.

I dont' know about the rest of you, but the days you see me with 20k meters it wasn't from one sitting. I got on the machine 6 times yesterday for a total of 21k. It's amazing how 10, 20, or 30 minutes at a time will add up so quickly over a day.

[Kona2]

What a great intro into today's stats, Brett! The fall challenge does tend to bring out the beasties - and the best we can do. It's a long challenge - and it's always good to pace yourself based on what feels okay, and what other things you have to balance in your world. We definitely want all members of the team to be able to participate as fully as possible in each of the challenges - so step away from the erg when needed! And hydrate.....hydrate....hydrate. Electrolytes are your friends!

That said, this is indeed the venue where each of us does truly understand how much effort it takes to go the distance. Family, friends and co-workers may shake their heads in amazement at both the time on the erg, and the distances we all row (not to mention "what is it about this challenge stuff, anyway - didn't you already row today?!") - it takes another rower to understand and appreciate what it took to get those accomplishments.

..... If there's one thing I learned from athletics and boot camp, it's that when you look to your left and right and see your teammates pushing themselves, you can push yourself just a little bit harder. While I can't see the determination in your eyes or the sweat rolling down your brow, I can see the meters you row and understand how much effort goes into each stroke.

I dont' know about the rest of you, but the days you see me with 20k meters it wasn't from one sitting. I got on the machine 6 times yesterday for a total of 21k. It's amazing how 10, 20, or 30 minutes at a time will add up so quickly over a day.

Season meters as of 144/365 = 30,196,562 m

Total meters on the day = 382,252 m

Oars in space (participation) = 32 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:[/b]

1.5 MM AJ
1.2 MM Darryl
1.1 MM Jim

ONE Million Meter Watch:
Steven L with (30,330 m) to go!

Fabulous meter sets by all ! Quite a few half moons, one full moon and blazing stars abound!

Jeff 3,012 m
Harold 4,500 m
Murielle 5,000 m
David T 6,000 m
Rick 6,240 m
Greg C 7,214 m
Steven L 7,244 m
Peter G 7,500 m
Tom 8,000 m
Jill 8,192 m
Katerina 9,000 m
Robyn 9,015 m
Jim 10,000 m
Ross 12,000 m
Dan 14,518 m
Darryl 14,607 m
Chris 21,097 m
Brett 21,106 m
Ted 21,903 m
Baz 22,031 m
Terry B 24,032 m
AJ 28,119 m
Dawn 28,597 m
Wild Bill 38,325 m
Will S 45,000 m

To the moon, mates, to the moon!

[Kristine Strasburger]

I dont' know about the rest of you, but the days you see me with 20k meters it wasn't from one sitting. I got on the machine 6 times yesterday for a total of 21k. It's amazing how 10, 20, or 30 minutes at a time will add up so quickly over a day.

Fantastic job, Brett! That is a great way to tackle it, especially if weight loss is your goal. Your metabolism will keep on burning up calories awhile after each row. You might also be interested to view some technique videos if you haven't already done so. I learned a lot from doing that, and it made a big difference in my whole rowing experience (not to mention producing more meters for my efforts.)

[BigBrett58]

Fantastic job, Brett! That is a great way to tackle it, especially if weight loss is your goal. Your metabolism will keep on burning up calories awhile after each row. You might also be interested to view some technique videos if you haven't already done so. I learned a lot from doing that, and it made a big difference in my whole rowing experience (not to mention producing more meters for my efforts.)[/quote]

Thanks for the encouragement. I just watched the technique video again yesterday. Also, I read some more of the training guide. It seems like I pick up something new each time. Part of the reason I'm so sore today is because I was trying to explode on the drive a little harder and and slowing down my release. I really increased my pace without giving up too much stamina, but my quads are pretty sore today. I think a good stretch might make me feel a little better. I think I'll do that right now.

[DUCKMARX]

To the moon, mates, to the moon!

Jan, I've been looking to see when we'll get to the moon and it looks like we could be there by March 19, 2011.

You've been using the average distance to the moon as our goal (384,000 km), but we should 'plan' to arrive at the moon during a lunar perigee. The average lunar perigee for 2011 is 361,561 km. The smallest lunar perigee occurs on March 19 and is 356,577 km. This is 178 days from now and 37,470 km more than our current total.

If we average 210.5 km/day we will reach the moon on March 19, 2011! Our current average is 209 km/day (30,346 km/145 days=209 km/day). I'll recalculate after the Fall Team Challenge!

I just thought you'd like to know we'll probably get to the moon during the current 2011 rowing season.



BTW, here is a Lunar Perigee and Apogee Calculator: http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/pacalc.html

[Kona2]

What?! No victory laps around the moon before landing?!

[DUCKMARX]

What?! No victory laps around the moon before landing?!

. . . around the surface of the moon is 10921 km

. . . or we could do victory laps across the Sea of Tranquility (873 km across)

[Leaky Tiki]

What?! No victory laps around the moon before landing?!

. . . around the surface of the moon is 10921 km

. . . or we could do victory laps across the Sea of Tranquility (873 km across)

Hmmm..... Sea of Tranquility Rowing Club?

[DUCKMARX]

Hmmm..... Sea of Tranquility Rowing Club?

You're right, Leaky, we'd need to visit more than one of the Moon's "seas" to defend our LUNA-TIC name.

Some lunar features to consider in a LUNA-TIC victory lap:

Sea of Cold . . . . . . . . Ocean of Storms . . . . . Sea of Rains
Bay of Rainbows . . . . . Sea of Sernity . . . . . . .Humboldt's Sea
Sea of Crises . . . . . . . Sea of Islands . . . . . . .Copernicus
Seething Bay . . . . . . . Sea of Clouds . . . . . . . Known Sea
Bay of Roughness . . . . Sea of Nectar . . . . . . . Sea of Moisture
Lake of Excellence

and the craters on the 'dark side' of the moon

and maybe a tour of the landing sites of "previous" spacecraft

[BAZzy]

Fantastic job, Brett! That is a great way to tackle it, especially if weight loss is your goal. Your metabolism will keep on burning up calories awhile after each row. You might also be interested to view some technique videos if you haven't already done so. I learned a lot from doing that, and it made a big difference in my whole rowing experience (not to mention producing more meters for my efforts.)

Thanks for the encouragement. I just watched the technique video again yesterday. Also, I read some more of the training guide. It seems like I pick up something new each time. Part of the reason I'm so sore today is because I was trying to explode on the drive a little harder and and slowing down my release. I really increased my pace without giving up too much stamina, but my quads are pretty sore today. I think a good stretch might make me feel a little better. I think I'll do that right now.[/quote]
Good work Brett......and Quads have a way of reminding you what you've put them through!

Cheers
BBB

[DuluthMoose]

What?! No victory laps around the moon before landing?!

. . . around the surface of the moon is 10921 km

. . . or we could do victory laps across the Sea of Tranquility (873 km across)

AJ and Kona2 - When we get to the moon, I'm off the ship for awhile. You'll see me cruising the shoreline of the Sea of Tranquility by myself in my solo canoe. It's just meant to be, with a name like that. But I may need a royalex boat if It's a rock garden...

[Kona2]

Fall Team Challenge 2010 Individual Standings

Wow - we were INSPIRED ROWERS yesterday! Just shy of a cool half million meters - and in third place in the Team Rowing Universe! Woot!

Name ....... Total Event Meters

1 William Haag 379,440
2 AJ Tudury 261,428
3 Daniel Cox 200,431
4 Barry O'Malley 160,125
5 Will Salach 155,000
6 Chris Tudury 147,836
7 Brett McCrory 131,962
8 Tim Porter 126,507
9 Darryl Bathel 117,142
10 Charles Dykstra 111,576
11 Ted Cowley-Gilbert 103,000
12 Katerina Mack 87,697
13 Jim Brink 84,785
14 Dawn Pearson 75,777
15 Robyn Lee 72,015
16 Harold Janusek 68,400
17 Ross Drown 67,857
18 George Wyner 64,000
19 Jennifer Browning 63,422
20 Steven Larky 63,304
21 Mike Crossley 62,014
22 Kevin Clark 55,497
23 AUCHER Romain 54,553
24 peter verdirame 54,500
25 David Hunter 50,001
26 Jeffrey Grous 50,000
27 David Tangerini 48,000
28 Rick Carveth 46,240
29 Heather Woiciechowski 46,203
30 Mike Mulvihill 46,000
31 John Dunlop 40,000
32 Jill McCrory 39,731
33 Melissa Talbot 33,640
34 Andrea Cosmin 30,830
35 Greg Childs 30,672
36 Tom McGuire 29,000
37 Mitch Johnson 28,345
38 Roger Evens 26,190
39 David A. Alden 24,551
40 TERRY BELCHIKOFF 24,032
41 Kristine Strasburger 23,198
42 Andy Ward 18,391
43 John Longmire 16,215
44 Jan Stevenson 15,000
45 Brian Kenney 15,000
46 Greg Halac 12,501
47 Murielle Curcio 12,000
48 Brandy Cowley-Gilbert 10,838
49 Karyn Gallagher 10,818
50 Gina Levy 9,324
51 beverly dellinger 7,000
52 Tracy Clark 5,013
53 Tom Pinckney 4,290
54 Ally MacManus 2,000
55 David Ballard 0
56 Karon Baucum 0
57 Gloria Miller 0
58 Kelly Berry 0
59 Mitch Terra Sanitatis Friedland 0
60 Peter Huurman 0
61 Angelo Papadopoulos 0
62 Debbie Rohlwing 0
63 Dana Smith 0
64 Rocket Man 0
65 Thomas Tullia 0
66 Noelle Boyle 0

Total Challenge Meters = 3,523,291 m

Total Meters on the Day = 473,143 m

[Kona2]

Welcome back, Karyn G and Tom P! We know the days are getting shorter when Karyn has to come in off the water!

The moon looks a bit closer today! We had 40 (FORTY!) percent of the team putting in some autumn equinox rowing yesterday! Way to row!!

Season meters as of 145/365 = 30,583,475 m

Total meters on the day = 386,913 m

Oars in space (participation) = 40 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.1 MM Danno
300K Greg H
200K Rick

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Steven L with (23,102 m) to go!



Red giant (greater than 50K in a day) for Wild Bill....today might just be the day that he moves up the roster....
Half moon for Dan with greater than 21,097 m on the day
Half moon for Chris aka Minnie the mooner for her half marathon
Half moon for AJ with another half marathon ....

Thanks to all who rowed today - every meter moves us closer to the moon - and closer to the top of the rankings

Jeff 3,014 m
Andrea 4,172 m
Tom P 4,290 m
Dawn 5,025 m
MT 5,409 m
Kristine 5,666 m
David T 6,000 m
Peter G 6,000 m
Gina 6,190 m
Steven L 7,228 m
Robyn 7,500 m
Baz 7,748 m
Tom M 8,000 m
Mike C 9,014 m
Jim 10,000 m
Dave H (AUS) 10,000 m ...how's that shoulder doing?! (445 m to the next milestone!)
Rick 10,000 m
John D 10,000 m
Karyn 10,818 m
Harold 12,000 m
Ross 12,000 m (15,660 m to a cool half million! Row row row!)
Greg H 12,501 m
Mike M 13,000 m
Rodrigo 13,106 m
Darryl 14,602 m Sabbaticals often used to recharge the human batteries....
Ted 18,000 m
Katerina 20,000 m
Tim 20,840 m
AJ 21,097 m
Chris 21,097 m
Dan 21,535 m
Wild Bill 51,061 m

Enjoy it !

[Kona2]

FOUR Million Team Meters! Great rowing!

11 teammates have met either the 100K or the 200K challenge levels .... and we're only one-third of the way through the challenge period! Congratulations!

Fall Team Challenge 2010 Individual Standings

Name ........... Total Event Meters

1 William Haag 421,824
2 AJ Tudury 286,542
3 Daniel Cox 241,603
4 Will Salach 200,000
5 Barry O'Malley 182,080
6 Brett McCrory 168,033
7 Chris Tudury 152,063
8 Darryl Bathel 131,840
9 Charles Dykstra 126,576
10 Tim Porter 126,507
11 Ted Cowley-Gilbert 103,000
12 Jim Brink 99,785
13 Katerina Mack 97,697
14 Robyn Lee 87,015
15 Ross Drown 79,857
16 Dawn Pearson 75,777
17 Steven Larky 70,511
18 George Wyner 69,000
19 Harold Janusek 68,400
20 Mike Crossley 68,014
21 Jennifer Browning 63,422
22 Kevin Clark 61,065
23 peter verdirame 60,500
24 Heather Woiciechowski 57,636
25 Rick Carveth 56,240
26 David Hunter 55,001
27 AUCHER Romain 54,553
28 David Tangerini 54,000
29 Roger Evens 53,281
30 Jill McCrory 51,374
31 Jeffrey Grous 50,000
32 John Dunlop 50,000
33 Mike Mulvihill 46,000
34 Brian Kenney 40,000
35 Melissa Talbot 38,726
36 Greg Childs 37,766
37 Tom McGuire 37,500
38 TERRY BELCHIKOFF 31,050
39 Andrea Cosmin 30,830
40 Andy Ward 30,683
41 Mitch Johnson 28,345
42 David A. Alden 24,551
43 Kristine Strasburger 23,198
44 Jan Stevenson 20,000
45 John Longmire 16,215
46 Murielle Curcio 12,650
47 Greg Halac 12,501
48 Brandy Cowley-Gilbert 10,838
49 Karyn Gallagher 10,818
50 Gina Levy 9,324
51 Tom Pinckney 8,842
52 beverly dellinger 7,000
53 Tracy Clark 5,013
54 Ally MacManus 2,000
55 David Ballard 0
56 Karon Baucum 0
57 Gloria Miller 0
58 Kelly Berry 0
59 Mitch Terra Sanitatis Friedland 0
60 Peter Huurman 0
61 Angelo Papadopoulos 0
62 Debbie Rohlwing 0
63 Dana Smith 0
64 Rocket Man 0
65 Thomas Tullia 0
66 Noelle Boyle 0


Total Challenge Meters = 4,007,046

Total Meters on the Day = 483,755 m

66 teammates!