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

[DUCKMARX]

. . . and speaking about feeling really really good:

Cathie, I hope you're feeling really really good about reaching 500,000 meters! Congratulations!

[Kristine Strasburger]

Nice color coordinating there, Cathie (pink ribbon/pink bathtub).

Yay, Ashlee! Have pet rabbit...will travel! Great job!

[cdykstra01]

Double coincidence...My better half had Graceland playing on the stereo when I got home today. "You can call me Al" is one of my favorites, great beat for rowing.

Curious to know if others row to the beat of music. If so, what are some favorites?

Chip

[Kona2]

I put a playlist together for rowing a couple of years ago - it's pretty crazy. Everything from old surfer songs to ZZ top - and definitely including....wiiiiiiipe out. Most of the time I listen to audiobooks while I row, though.

[cdykstra01]

I've been watching old movies lately while I row. Tonight it was "Smokey and the Bandit". You know... "we got a long way to go and a short time to get there, we're gonna do what they said can't be done!"

HA!

[Kona2]

97 Rowers in the Armoonda!


At the stroke of midnight, our roster will be set....and hooboy! Now the work begins! Get into those canoes, put on your water wings, and grab those paddles....the virtual competitive waters are churning with activity. Gaps between teams will change almost hourly -- and you will be stunned every so often (it's okay - it's good for us!). This is all about being the best that WE can be....win, show or place.

1Age Without Limits Virtual Club 26,409,821
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 10,381,220
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 9,696,769
4 THE ANCIENTS Virtual Club 9,368,697
5 HAVK Mladost Rowing Club 8,016,864


Have canoes, have paddles...leading the Armoonda!

1 Ray Wilson M 33 696,760
2 Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. M 37 659,386
3 Cathie Johnson F 29 563,937
4 Jerry Heath M 37 452,340
5 Charles Dykstra M 43 333,635
6 Ron MacBruce M 56 317,576
7 Robyn Lee F 33 305,033
8 Chris Tudury F 61 286,039
9 Barry O'Malley M 51 280,000
10 Will Salach M 54 260,000
11 Katerina Mack F 30 239,908
12 A J Tudury M 63 237,878
13 Kenneth Guenther M 62 215,014
14 Mike Gilger M 50 213,507

Have canoes, reaching for paddles....

15 Bart Valgaeren M 45 175,553
16 David A. Alden M 50 167,560
17 Pat Bankes F 64 164,130
18 Johnny Murden M 55 163,356
19 Terri Hollomon F 50 162,338
20 Kristine Strasburger F 46 160,126
21 Jan Stevenson F 58 156,797
22 Kenny Hollomon M 57 150,746
23 Jennifer Browning F 46 143,588
24 Rodrigo Garcia M 33 141,518
25 Karyn Gallagher F 41 133,000
26 Mitch Johnson M 55 121,557
27 Ted Cowley-Gilbert M 49 121,085
28 Laura Thorson F 50 116,474
29 peter verdirame M 56 113,000
49 Jackson P M 10 52,050 .... first junior rower to reach 50K!
53 Dalton B M 8 49,920 ... 80 meters and Einstein is in the boat!
54 Tristan B M 12 49,534
60 Ben S M 12 33,783
66 Kaylee S F 8 30,001
73 Ashlee S F 5 25,337

Working on climbing into the canoe....

30 George Wyner M 52 92,000
31 barbara grandberg F 60 84,782
32 Jim Brink M 39 84,586
33 Anthony Parendo M 67 83,326
34 Scott Cooper M 45 82,000
35 Steven Larky M 48 80,455
36 Doug Miner M 54 79,250
37 Heather Woiciechowski F 49 74,806
38 Kevin Clark M 45 72,649
39 Rick Carveth M 58 71,486
40 jonny kutz F 63 67,996
41 Tom McGuire M 58 66,982
42 Mike Mulvihill M 50 66,078
43 Andrea Cosmin F 53 63,578
44 Mike Smith M 49 62,895
45 David Tangerini M 63 60,000
46 Robert Hess M 49 55,000
47 John Marsh M 56 53,763
48 David Hunter M 50 52,297
50 martha wiles F 43 52,000
51 Ross Drown M 62 50,175
52 Greg Halac M 51 50,008
55 Richard Miller M 61 47,584
56 Nathan Johnson M 38 43,500
57 Greg Childs M 56 39,422
58 Brandy Cowley-Gilbert F 50 36,345
59 Tom Pinckney M 66 35,038
61 Will Worthwine M 54 32,601
62 Gloria Miller F 51 32,219
63 Dana Smith F 25 32,092
64 Tonya Dale F 53 31,493
65 Daniel Cox M 66 30,112
67 Mike Crossley M 54 29,015
68 AUCHER Romain M 32 27,642
69 Peter Huurman M 37 27,155
70 Sorin Spanoche M 44 27,063
71 Tracy Clark F 45 26,153
72 Dwight Hakim M 49 25,770
74 Collin Dykstra M 36 23,050
75 Jennifer Goodman F 34 22,818
76 Ethan S M 4 20,376
77 beverly dellinger F 59 20,000
78 Angelo Papadopoulos M 44 19,009
79 TERRY BELCHIKOFF F 64 17,016
80 Rachel Ella Young F 38 15,486
81 Jolie Pugh F 43 14,228
82 John Longmire M 66 14,142
83 Jane Newall F 41 6,258
84 Brayden B M 4 4,524
85 Tim Strasburger M 16 4,243
86 Gina Levy F 52 3,117

There is still time....

87 Andy Ward M 37 0
88 Laurie Pachter F 49 0
89 Gail Whitelaw F 51 0
90 Mitch Terra Sanitatis Friedland M 51 0
91 Debbie Rohlwing F 54 0
92 Kelly Glynn F 42 0
93 Susan Leighton F 56 0
94 Coulter M M 14 0
95 Luke JOHNSON M 22 0
96 Caroline Reagle F 52 0
97 Lauren C F 9 0

Total Challenge Meters as of January 15 @ 730 AM MST = 9,706,049 m

[Kona2]

79 Million Team Meters!!

Simply AMAZING amounts of meters being rowed! Milestones BLAZING across the rowing universe! Seat swapping in those canoes going on like crazy - and the mooning! Gadzooks...you'd think it was summer somewhere! But no...deep in the frozen winter, some canoes are struggling to get through the ice! Thanks to all for making an extra effort to get to the gym when the weather is not making this an easy task! And for those lucky enough to have an erg in their homes....way to hunker down! 727,138 m on a day! Whew!

Total meters to lunar landing = 16,048,907 m*

Season meters as of 259/365 = 79,189,201 m

Total meters on the day = 727,138 m

Oars in space (participation) = 25 percent....and if 25 percent can generate 0.7 MM.....well, then...the math is there.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


3.6 MM Ray
2.7 MM Jerry
2.1 MM Cathie
1.7 MM Katerina
1.6 MM Ron
1.4 MM Chip
1.2 MM Kenneth G
700 K Jay
500 K Tom M

And a special hooyah! moment for Karyn G with today's rowing session!



FOUR Million Lifetime Meters for Karyn G!!!

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Robyn with (37,310 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Mitch with (34,091 m) to go!

K2 with (65,426 m) to go!

More than a red giant, less than a supernova...Jay with 92,040 m on the day....multi-moon!
Ray with more than a red giant, less than a supernova....multi-moon! Ray posts 88,111 m
Jerry with a red giant posts 59,512 m!
Cathie with a red giant (> 50K) posts 57,222 m
Robyn with a red giant posts 53,010 m!
Katerina posts more than a half moon...almost a full moon! 39,500 m!
Ron posts a half moon plus a lot with 3...4...5...6...7... as he counts up his music!
Chip posts a half moon plus with 34,046 m....
Terri is tearing up the waters with a half moon posting of 32,979 m!
Kenny H is keeping up with Terri with 32,752 m posting !
K2 with 26,111 m earns a half moon
Chris aka Minnie moons.
AJ with a half marathon...

Thanks to all who rowed today for some great meters and moving us closer to lunar landing! Rock on!

Brayden 200 m
Ethan 1,008 m
Dalton 3,576 m
Mario Jackson 3,811 m
Barbara 4,141 m
Tris 4,623 m
Ben S 5,025 m
Peter G 6,000 m
Tom M 7,500 m
Tony m
Danno 9,015 m...getting back onto the erg after an injury..woot!
Kenneth G 10,000 m
Karyn 10,024 m
Mike G 12,400 m
Rick 12,849 m
Kristine 16,010 m
Rodrigo 20,735 m
Chris 21,097 m
AJ 21,097 m
K2 26,111 m
Kenny H 32,752 m
Terri 32,929 m
Chip 34,046 m
Ron 34,567 m
Katerina 39,500 m
Robyn 53,010 m
Cathie 57,222 m
Jerry 59,912 m
Ray 88,111 m
Jay 92,040 m





* This number decreased less than our total meters on the day because we lost a team member, Kevin R (and we wish him well wherever he lands). When team members leave....their meters go also. So, as a reminder, unless an individual stays on the team until the year closes, we can't count meters towards the moon....and this is just a placeholder until 5.1.11. Rats, there's always a caveat, isn't there??! To the moon! It's not for the faint of heart!

[bg]

wooo hoooo karyn.......

and ron, thanks for saying a lot of thoughts i've been thinking...

[Toothdoc]

Way to go Karyn. Many more.....

danno

[Rick C]

In response to what to listen to while erging - I like to have at least a few songs that keep me thinking about technique and stroke rate. There are a couple of ZZ Top songs that are good for 24 spm - TV Dinners and I Need You Tonight. Moby's Extreme Ways is good for about 25, as is Robin Trower's Bridge of Sighs. I also rotate in a lot of Mountain, Foghat, and Neal Young, seasoned with Jimi Hendrix, Garbage, The Smithereens, and a whole lot of singles. I'm rowing at the Y, so most days I have to drown out Oprah, Glen Beck, and Rome is Burning!

[Kona2]

................................. George Wyner ...................................

Congratulations, George (in tribal disguise), on achieving 100,000 m in the Virtual Team Challenge and climbing into your canoe! May your canoe travel swiftly to the 200,000 m milestone so you can snag your canoe paddle!

[Kona2]

Woohoo! I don't know whether to cheer more for Dalton, Einstein, or AJ so I'll cheer for all of them! Hip hip hooray! We're not nearly done with this competition....we're just getting started! But most of the fun is the company we keep along the journey! Hooyah, teammates!




. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dalton B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[brotherjim]

I just called Dalton to look at Einstein .
Dalton-- Thank you, looks like my dog Einstein. Thank you Mr. A. J. Me and Einstein go evrywher together. He walked here with me now when Gramps got me. We will walk home together. We are best friends.Dalton

[brotherjim]

I put a playlist together for rowing a couple of years ago - it's pretty crazy. Everything from old surfer songs to ZZ top - and definitely including....wiiiiiiipe out. Most of the time I listen to audiobooks while I row, though.

Ethan and Ashlee are music lovers and listen to oldies as I row and also in the car when Bobbie brings them home from school. Needless to say, they are probably the only 4 and 5 year olds who know the words to all the Beatles songs. Yesterday when I was rowing, I had Van Morrison's greatest hits cd in. Ethan loves "Brown Eyed Girl" and when it gets to the part where he sings" Sha la la la etc, just like that", Ethan gets down and really sings it out. After that part, he turned to me and said " Gramps, I think that parts Spanish" I cracked up and had to stop my row.
jim

[Johnny Murden]

Great looking pair of buddies in that canoe. Way to go you guys!