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

[DUCKMARX]

Dalton-- Thank you, looks like my dog Einstein . . . We are best friends.Dalton

Dalton, it was an honor and a pleasure to draw cartoons of you and your best friend. Your rowing 50,000 meters in 2 weeks is an inspiring achievement. Thanks for being an awesome teammate. A J

[Kona2]

102 rowers!



TEN Million Virtual Challenge Team Meters!! Way to row!!

Welcome to all who joined us just before the clock struck midnight and closed the rosters for each team! We wish you many good rowing sessions and some good fun during the Challenge...and beyond! You never know...you might decide to continue on this journey to the moon (and beyond...hint...hint) with us on the year-round team! It could happen exactly that way.

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 28,883,798
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 11,192,847
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 10,416,647
4 THE ANCIENTS Virtual Club 10,073,451
5 HAVK Mladost Rowing Club 9,975,251





Name Gender Age Total Event Meters

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

1 Ray Wilson M 33 734,760
2 Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. M 37 684,986
3 Cathie Johnson F 29 580,977
4 Jerry Heath M 37 477,340
5 Will Salach M 54 380,000
6 Ron MacBruce M 56 360,589
7 Charles Dykstra M 43 355,653
8 Robyn Lee F 33 315,032
9 Chris Tudury F 61 307,136
10 Barry O'Malley M 51 280,000
11 Katerina Mack F 30 250,160
12 Mike Gilger M 50 240,000
13 A J Tudury M 63 237,878
14 Kenneth Guenther M 62 230,026

Have canoes, reaching for the canoe paddles!
15 Johnny Murden M 55 191,688
16 Pat Bankes F 64 185,556
17 Bart Valgaeren M 45 175,553
18 David A. Alden M 50 173,853
19 Terri Hollomon F 50 171,226
20 Kristine Strasburger F 46 164,630
21 Jan Stevenson F 58 163,463
22 Kenny Hollomon M 57 159,271
23 Rodrigo Garcia M 33 147,365
24 Karyn Gallagher F 41 145,370
25 Jennifer Browning F 46 143,588
26 peter verdirame M 56 129,500
27 Mitch Johnson M 55 127,823
28 Ted Cowley-Gilbert M 49 121,085
29 Laura Thorson F 50 116,474
30 George Wyner M 52 104,000
51 Jackson P M 10 52,050
53 Dalton B M 8 50,001
54 Tristan B M 12 49,534
63 Ben S M 12 33,781
67 Kaylee S F 8 31,546
72 Ashlee S F 5 26,589


Ready to climb into those canoes...some already halfway into the canoe!

31 Heather Woiciechowski F 49 95,518
32 Steven Larky M 48 90,455
33 Doug Miner M 54 89,250
34 Anthony Parendo M 67 88,888
35 Scott Cooper M 45 88,000
36 barbara grandberg F 60 84,782
37 Jim Brink M 39 84,586
38 Rick Carveth M 58 84,444
39 Andrea Cosmin F 53 79,036
40 Kevin Clark M 45 76,170
41 Robert Hess M 49 70,000
42 jonny kutz F 63 67,996
43 Tom McGuire M 58 66,982
44 Mike Mulvihill M 50 66,078
45 David Tangerini M 63 66,000
46 John Marsh M 56 63,763
47 martha wiles F 43 63,000
48 Mike Smith M 49 62,895
49 Greg Halac M 51 62,509
50 David Hunter M 50 52,297
52 Ross Drown M 62 50,175
55 Richard Miller M 61 47,584
56 Nathan Johnson M 38 43,500
57 Daniel Cox M 66 43,129
58 Peter Huurman M 37 42,155
59 Greg Childs M 56 39,422
60 Brandy Cowley-Gilbert F 50 36,345
61 Tom Pinckney M 66 35,038
62 Jennifer Goodman F 34 34,818
64 Will Worthwine M 54 32,601
65 Gloria Miller F 51 32,219
66 Dana Smith F 25 32,092
68 Tonya Dale F 53 31,493
69 Sorin Spanoche M 44 31,063
70 Mike Crossley M 54 29,015
71 AUCHER Romain M 32 27,642
73 Tracy Clark F 45 26,153
74 Dwight Hakim M 49 25,770
75 Collin Dykstra M 36 23,050
76 Ethan S M 4 21,381 ... only 3,619 m to go!
77 Jolie Pugh F 43 20,353
78 beverly dellinger F 59 20,000
79 Angelo Papadopoulos M 44 19,009
80 TERRY BELCHIKOFF F 64 17,016
81 Rachel Ella Young F 38 15,486
82 John Longmire M 66 14,142
83 Jane Newall F 41 11,567
84 Brayden B M 4 4,524
85 Tim Strasburger M 16 4,243
86 Gina Levy F 52 3,117
87 Anais Newall-Vuillemot F 7 1,016
88 Orion Newall-Vuillemot M 9 308
89 Akira N M 3 87

Dreaming of canoes....not yet in the water...there is still time..

90 Coulter M M 14 0
91 Debbie Vuillemot F 45 0
92 Susan Leighton F 56 0
93 Janis Camelon F 48 0
94 Andy Ward M 37 0
95 Laurie Pachter F 49 0
96 Gail Whitelaw F 51 0
97 Mitch Terra Sanitatis Friedland M 51 0
98 Debbie Rohlwing F 54 0
99 Kelly Glynn F 42 0
100 Lauren C F 9 0
101 Luke JOHNSON M 22 0
102 Caroline Reagle F 52 0

Total Challenge Meters as of January 16 @ 9 AM MST = 10,416,647 m

[Kona2]

And they rowed, and rowed, and rowed....all the way to the moon! We have milestones zooming by for many in this challenge season...many opportunities for firsts! Your first million meters! Your first multi-million season! A half marathon....or a full?! In fact, one first that I hope this team will see is a first junior rower to row a ONE million meter season...I'm pretty sure that hasn't happened during our voyage to the moon before - but perhaps Kapt Kristine can confirm.

Today could be a day for us to hit 80 million team meters! Looking forward to it? You betcha! Whoop! Whoop!

Total meters to Lunar Landing: 15,441,499 m

ETA: Still looking good for week of Valentine's Challenge...

Season meters as of 260/365 = 79,796,609 m

Total meters on the day = 607,408 m

Oars in space (participation) = 34 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.2 MM Will S
3.6 MM Danno
500 K Mike G (TMITWH)

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Robyn with (27,311 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Mitch J with (27,825 m) to go!

K2 with (58,760 m) to go !

COOL Half Million Watch:

Peter H with (13,401 m) to go!

Dalton with (34,897 m) to go!

Will S posts a multi-moon update with 120,000 m
Ron with a red giant plus some with a stellar 65,007 m (he must have been watching Bond movies) posting
Ray with a posting of 38,000 m earns almost a full moon!
Johnny sails on by with a half marathon plus with 28,332 m
Mike G wih 26,493 m earns a half moon!
Jay earns another half moon with a posting of 25,600 m
Jerry earns another half moon with a posting of 25,000 m
Chip posts 22,018 m and earns a half moon!
Minnie...another half moon with another half marathon.

Thanks to all who rowed with us today!

Dalton and Einstein 81 m
Akira 87 m
Orion 308 m
Elias 600 m
Ethan 1,005 m
Anais 1,016...we're always glad to have royalty in our midst
Ashlee 1,252 m...and only 2,749 m to 300 K
Kaylee 1,545 m
Sorin 4,000 m
Kristine 4,504 m
Jane 5,309 m
Tony 5,562 m...ah...to land on m of the virtual challenge variety
Rodrigo 5,847 m
David T 6,000 m
Mitch J 6,266 m
David A 6,293 m
K2 m
Kenny 8,525 m
Terri
Robyn m
Katerina 10,252 m
Karyn 12,370 m
Greg H 12,501 m
Rick C 12,958 m ...good to see a team room comment!
Danno 13,017 m
Peter G 13,500 m
Robert 15,000 m
Peter H 15,000 m
Kenneth G 15,012 m
Andrea 15,458 m
Cathie 17,040 m
Chris aka Minnie aka Pebbles 21,097 m
Chip 22,018 m
Jerry 25,000 m
Jay 25,600 m
Mike 26,493 m
Johnny 28,332 m
Ray 38,000 m
Ron 65,007 m
Will S 120,000 m

Row some every day!

[Kona2]

Woot! Always great to see a returning teammate be successful in pursuit of a canoe!




......................Steven Larky.........................

Congratulations, Steven L, on achieving the 100,000 m milestone and climbing into your canoe! May your canoe travel swiftly to the 200,000 m milestone so you can snag a canoe paddle!

[Kona2]

Hooboy! We've been hitting the ergs today! Can't believe Tony is ONE meter short of a canoe! Although the 11,111 m rowed is a nice series of numbers! And Pat B - a little less than 5K to the canoe paddle! Johnny is not much further than that! Scott and Heather are within meters of their canoes! Go get 'em!

[Kona2]

Hooyah! It's the man with the beard!




..................................David Alden.........................................

Congratulations, David A, on achieving the 200,000 m milestone (and beyond!) to grab the canoe paddle! May your canoe travel even more swiftly through these virtual competitive waters!! Woot!

[just27]

... Tonight it was "Smokey and the Bandit" ... "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!"

I must be the reason they put Snickers bars and Cheetos at the grocery store check-out counter ... I just finished watching "Smokey and the Bandit" based on the fact I couldn't get that song out of my head! Great fun. I didn't even notice that I was rowing ... not often that I go under 1:50:00 for a HM ... too busy concentrating on whether a truck full of Coors could make it east of Texas!

[Kona2]

Busy day in the rowing sector continues! We have two additional awardees....one for a canoe paddle, and another for climbing into the canoe!



....................................Johnny Murden..................................

Congratulations, Johnny, on achieving the 200,000 m milestone in the Virtual Team Challenge and snagging a canoe paddle. May your canoe travel even more swiftly in these competitive waters!




................................Heather Woiciechowski.....................................

Congratulations, Heather, on achieving the 100,000 m milestone in the Virtual Team Challenge and climbing into your canoe! May your canoe (and you in your Luna tribe disguise) travel swiftly to the next milestone!

[Kona2]

80 Million Team Meters!! Amazing!!!

[Kristine Strasburger]

Just got done logging in meters for the day.....whew!

And I don't believe we have ever had a junior rower on our team reach the 1 million meter mark in a season. Tim and Ben are both closing in on their first lifetime million, and it has taken a few years to get there.

[Kona2]

Way to row!!! Two more Luna canoes in the Armoonda have some canoe paddle power!! Whoop! Whoop!



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Bankes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Congratulations, Pat, on achieving the 200,000 m milestone and snagging a canoe paddle. May your canoe travel even more swiftly in these competitive virtual waters!!


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristine Strasburger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Congratulations, Kristine, on achieving the 200,000 m milestone and snagging a canoe paddle. May your canoe travel even more swiftly in these competitive virtual waters!!

[Kona2]

38 canoes in the Armoonda.! 102 rowers!!



11 Million Team Meters!! Way to row !!


1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 30,566,545
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 11,874,611
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 11,184,884
4 THE ANCIENTS Virtual Club 10,777,616
5 HAVK Mladost Rowing Club 10,165,680

Name Gender Age Total Event Meters

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

1 Ray Wilson M 33 794,758
2 Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. M 37 725,541
3 Cathie Johnson F 29 612,088
4 Jerry Heath M 37 502,340
5 Charles Dykstra M 43 405,845
6 Ron MacBruce M 56 382,583
7 Will Salach M 54 380,000
8 Chris Tudury F 61 349,330
9 Robyn Lee F 33 326,351
10 Barry O'Malley M 51 280,000
11 Katerina Mack F 30 270,159
12 Mike Gilger M 50 264,627
13 A J Tudury M 63 258,982
14 Kenneth Guenther M 62 245,224
15 Johnny Murden M 55 215,330
16 Pat Bankes F 64 205,624
17 David A. Alden M 50 202,569
18 Kristine Strasburger F 46 200,165

Have canoes....reaching for paddles:

19 Terri Hollomon F 50 181,714
20 Bart Valgaeren M 45 175,553
21 Jan Stevenson F 58 175,000
22 Kenny Hollomon M 57 168,159
23 Rodrigo Garcia M 33 147,365
24 Karyn Gallagher F 41 145,370
25 Jennifer Browning F 46 143,588
26 Mitch Johnson M 55 141,833
27 peter verdirame M 56 136,500
28 Ted Cowley-Gilbert M 49 121,085
29 Laura Thorson F 50 116,474
30 George Wyner M 52 116,000
31 Heather Woiciechowski F 49 106,569
32 Steven Larky M 48 100,455
52 Jackson P M 10 54,928
53 Tristan B M 12 53,180
54 Dalton B M 8 52,451
67 Ben S M 12 33,783
69 Kaylee S F 8 32,798
73 Ashlee S F 5 27,700

Reaching for the canoes!

33 Anthony Parendo M 67 99,999
34 Scott Cooper M 45 98,000
35 jonny kutz F 63 93,001
36 Andrea Cosmin F 53 89,429
37 Doug Miner M 54 89,250
38 barbara grandberg F 60 84,782
39 Jim Brink M 39 84,586
40 Rick Carveth M 58 84,444
41 Kevin Clark M 45 82,076
42 Mike Mulvihill M 50 76,078
43 Greg Halac M 51 75,013
44 David Tangerini M 63 72,000
45 Robert Hess M 49 70,000
46 martha wiles F 43 68,000
47 Tom McGuire M 58 66,982
48 John Marsh M 56 63,763
49 Mike Smith M 49 62,895
50 Daniel Cox M 66 61,166
51 Gail Whitelaw F 51 55,000
55 David Hunter M 50 52,297
56 Ross Drown M 62 50,175
57 Richard Miller M 61 47,584
58 Nathan Johnson M 38 43,500
59 Peter Huurman M 37 42,155
60 Gloria Miller F 51 39,996
61 Greg Childs M 56 39,422
62 Brandy Cowley-Gilbert F 50 36,345
63 Sorin Spanoche M 44 35,063
64 Tom Pinckney M 66 35,038
65 Jennifer Goodman F 34 34,818
66 Will Worthwine M 54 34,601
68 Dwight Hakim M 49 33,652
70 Dana Smith F 25 32,092
71 Tonya Dale F 53 31,493
72 Mike Crossley M 54 29,015
74 AUCHER Romain M 32 27,642
75 Tracy Clark F 45 26,153
76 Jolie Pugh F 43 23,837
77 Collin Dykstra M 36 23,050
78 Ethan S M 4 22,387 ... only 2,613 m to the canoe!
79 beverly dellinger F 59 20,000
80 Angelo Papadopoulos M 44 19,009
81 TERRY BELCHIKOFF F 64 17,016
82 Rachel Ella Young F 38 15,486
83 John Longmire M 66 14,142
84 Jane Newall F 41 11,567
85 Tim Strasburger M 16 9,600
86 Brayden B M 4 4,736
87 Gina Levy F 52 3,117
88 Anais Newall-Vuillemot F 7 1,016
89 Orion Newall-Vuillemot M 9 308
90 Akira N M 3 87

There is still time...

91 Coulter M M 14 0
92 Debbie Vuillemot F 45 0
93 Susan Leighton F 56 0
94 Laurie Pachter F 49 0
95 Mitch Terra Sanitatis Friedland M 51 0
96 Andy Ward M 37 0
97 Janis Camelon F 48 0
98 Debbie Rohlwing F 54 0
99 Kelly Glynn F 42 0
100 Luke JOHNSON M 22 0
101 Caroline Reagle F 52 0
102 Lauren C F 9 0


Total Challenge Meters as of January 17th @ 730 MST = 11,184,884 m

[DUCKMARX]

Jerry, congratulations on reaching 500K in the Virtual Team Challenge!



(....hmm, I guess since Polk County is landlocked, there are no sea cows swimming its coastal waterways )

[Kona2]

Feel the pull of the moon? Full moon on 19 January! And boy is that moon looking REALLY close these days! Today we're working towards 81 million team meters - and gotta love the participation! Lots of people on their ergs, erging at the gym, and participating on the team forum! I have new appreciation for what it takes to achieve a goal with a virtual team.

Total Meters to Lunar Landing: 14,781,729 m

ETA: Still holding for 24 more days...the week of the Valentine Challenge

Season meters as of 261/365 = 80,456,379 m

Total meters on the day = 659,770 m

Oars in space (participation) = 32 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.4 MM Minnie the Mooner
3.7 MM Ray
1.1 MM Kristine
700K Terri H
400K Andrea

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Robyn with (15,992 m) to go! Is today the day?!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Mitch J with (13,715 m) to go! Today might be the day!

K2 with (47,223 m) to go! Today will not be the day.

Ray posts 59,998 m for a red giant plus some! Whew!
Gail posts a nice 55,000 m update...working on that canoe!
Chip posts 50,192 m for a red giant!
Minnie with 42,194 m earns a full moon because to half moons equal...
Jay posts 40,555 m for close enough to a full moon!
Kristine posts 35,535 m to snag that canoe paddle! Whew indeed!
Cathie earns a half moon plus with a posting of 31,111 m!
Half moon plus earned by David A with a posting of 28,716 m!
Jerry earns a half moon with a posting of 25K...and crosses the 500K mark on the Virtual Team Challenge!
Mike G earns a half moon plus some with a posting of 24,627 m
Johnny posts 23,642 m for a half moon
AJ earns a half moon with a posting of 21,104 m

And thanks to all who rowed today!

Brayden 212 m
Ethan 1,006 m
Ashlee m
Kaylee 1,252 m
Dalton and Einstein 2,450 m
Mario Jackson 2,878 m
Tris 3,646 m
Sorin 4,000 m
Tim S 5,357 m
Steven 5,923 m
David T 6,000 m
Peter G 7,000 m
G-l-o-r-i-a m
Kenny H m
Mike M 10,000 m
Andrea 10,393 m
Terri H 10,488 m
Tony m
Robyn 11,319 m
K2 11,537 m
Greg H 12,504 m
Mitch J 14,010 m...heading down the final approach to 1 MM!
Kenneth G 15,198 m
Danno 18,037 m
Katerina m
Tim P 20,000 m
AJ 21,104 m
Johnny 23,642 m
Mike G 24,627 m
Jerry 25,000 m
David A 28,716 m
Cathie m
Kristine 35,535 m
Jay 40,555 m
Chris 42,194 m
Chip 50,192 m
Gail 55,000 m
Ray 59,998 m

Keep those Concept2's going!

[Kona2]

Ron - take time to get healthy! There is still time in the current challenge to contribute (although you have a boatload of meters already!), and no surprise - more challenges are just around the corner!

Dalton - strep throat is no fun! Get better soon!