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

[Kona2]

Chip, you've got the right idea (although had to resort to my favorite research zone of the moment - Wikipedia to know what you'd written.)..! The extreme cold and SNOW has provided some unexpected "opportunities" for individuals to spend more time erging - and, knowing that you're giving up some "free" time to do this - THANKS for the meters! The battle for third place continues!!


1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 37,293,918
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 15,085,164
3 THE ANCIENTS Virtual Club 14,124,504
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 14,061,352
5 HAVK Mladost Rowing Club 12,415,687

Have canoes, paddles and leading the Armoonda!

1 Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. M 37 941,047
2 Ray Wilson M 33 922,358
3 Cathie Johnson F 29 774,410
4 Jerry Heath M 37 617,295
5 Charles Dykstra M 43 552,343
6 Ron MacBruce M 56 443,861
7 Chris Tudury F 61 428,167
8 Robyn Lee F 33 391,407
9 Will Salach M 54 380,000
10 Mike Gilger M 50 319,741
11 Katerina Mack F 31 316,577
12 Bart Valgaeren M 45 315,553
13 A J Tudury M 63 304,594
14 Johnny Murden M 55 293,830
15 Kenneth Guenther M 62 285,224
16 Pat Bankes F 64 281,131
17 Barry O'Malley M 51 280,000
18 Kristine Strasburger F 46 275,669
19 David A. Alden M 50 247,100
20 Terri Hollomon F 50 221,258
21 Jennifer Browning F 46 215,609
22 Kenny Hollomon M 57 213,047
23 Jan Stevenson F 58 211,111
24 Rodrigo Garcia M 33 200,760

Have canoes, reaching for the canoe paddle!

25 Karyn Gallagher F 41 191,031
26 Ted Cowley-Gilbert M 49 180,182
27 Mitch Johnson M 55 178,597
28 Laura Thorson F 50 176,931
29 George Wyner M 52 163,000
30 peter verdirame M 56 155,000
31 Steven Larky M 48 136,556
32 Kevin Clark M 45 134,615
33 Heather Woiciechowski F 49 130,178
34 jonny kutz F 63 120,282
35 Anthony Parendo M 67 118,886
36 Andrea Cosmin F 53 118,276
37 barbara grandberg F 60 116,399
38 Scott Cooper M 45 116,000
39 Daniel Cox M 66 114,152
40 Doug Miner M 54 110,250
41 Rick Carveth M 58 110,085
42 Jim Brink M 39 109,615
43 Greg Halac M 51 100,020
44 David Tangerini M 63 100,000

Almost to the canoe!

45 Tom McGuire M 58 99,381
46 Mike Mulvihill M 50 96,078
47 Ross Drown M 62 90,194
48 martha wiles F 43 83,000
49 Robert Hess M 49 80,000
50 John Marsh M 56 78,971
51 Jackson P M 10 63,631
52 Mike Smith M 49 62,895
53 Jennifer Goodman F 34 61,448
54 Mike Crossley M 54 56,139
55 Tristan B M 12 55,739
56 Gail Whitelaw F 51 55,000
57 Dalton B M 8 53,685
58 David Hunter M 50 52,297
59 Nathan Johnson M 38 51,000
60 Peter Huurman M 37 50,484
61 Brandy Cowley-Gilbert F 50 49,472
62 Gloria Miller F 51 47,773
63 Richard Miller M 61 47,584
64 Tom Pinckney M 66 47,538
65 Sorin Spanoche M 44 47,063
66 Ben S M 12 44,009
67 Will Worthwine M 54 40,601
68 Dwight Hakim M 49 40,464
69 Greg Childs M 56 39,422
70 Dana Smith F 25 38,710
71 Kaylee S F 8 37,825
72 AUCHER Romain M 32 37,642
73 Jane Newall F 41 35,706
74 Ashlee S F 5 32,910
75 Tonya Dale F 53 31,493
76 John Longmire M 66 30,502
77 Jolie Pugh F 43 27,293
78 Tracy Clark F 45 26,153
79 Ethan S M 4 25,702
80 Collin Dykstra M 36 23,050
81 Tim Strasburger M 16 20,579
82 beverly dellinger F 59 20,000
83 Angelo Papadopoulos M 44 19,009
84 TERRY BELCHIKOFF F 64 17,016
85 Rachel Ella Young F 38 15,486
86 Gina Levy F 52 6,357
87 Brayden B M 4 4,992
88 Orion Newall-Vuillemot M 9 2,339
89 Anais Newall-Vuillemot F 7 2,280
90 Akira N M 3 293

???

91 Coulter M M 14 0
92 Debbie Vuillemot F 45 0
93 Susan Leighton F 56 0
94 Janis Camelon F 48 0
95 Andy Ward M 37 0
96 Laurie Pachter F 49 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 21st @ 11 AM MST = 14,061,352 m

[brotherjim]

When reading another team's forum pages, I think the question has to be asked "what are you looking for?" Competition is an interesting animal - sometimes it brings out the best in people, and sometimes it brings out some genuine mean-spiritedness. To those that read our blog, yes - we're goofy. Yes, we're having fun. No, we're not having fun or trying to motivate our team by making fun of others - whether it be their language, their physical capabilities, or their goofy humor. The forum pages are open for the rowing world to read - what we write is a reflection of our teams, and of ourselves as people. When others make fun of us in their team pages, the word does indeed travel through the rowing community. As has been called out in recent times, let's put away the hurtful words and work towards building a positive rowing community.

K2

Amen, I totally agree!
jim

[Kona2]

Woot! More milestones!



Congratulations, Jay, on achieving a ONE million meter rowing season! And in doing so in THIRTY days. Whoa. We wish you many, MANY more millions!



83 Million Team Meters!!

Total Meters to Lunar Landing = 12,241,146 m

ETA = Week of Valentine's Challenge

Season meters as of 265/365 = 82,996,962 m

Total meters on the day = 636,718 m

Oars in space (participation) = 31 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.5 MM Chris
1.6 MM Chip
1.4 MM Ted
600 K Mike G
300 K Johnny
5 K Brayden (he's 4~)

FOUR Million Meter Watch:

Ray with (140,852 m) to go!

AJ with (183,058 m) to go!

THREE Million Meter Watch:

Jerry with (133,986 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

K2 with (11,112 m) to go!

Bart with (59,447 m) to go! Bad math on my part yesterday!

COOL HALF Million Meter Watch:

Peter H with (12,401 m) to go!

Barbara with (21,957 m) to go!

Karyn with (66,018 m) to go!

Kenny with (71,064 m) to go!

Tony with (97,728 m) to go!

I don't think we've ever had FOUR red giants in a single day....

Jay with 76,200 m earns a red giant - with enough left over for a half moon!
Ray with a posting of 71,500 m earns a red giant - with enough left over for a half moon!
Chip crosses the 500K in the challenge milestone with a posting of 66,127 m...and earns a red giant!
Cathie with a posting of 64,822 m earns a red giant! Getting close to 800K in the challenge meter department...wow!
Robyn earns almost a full moon with a posting of 35,222 m! Amazing!
Jerry earns a half moon plus a lot with a posting of 26,250 m!
Mitch J, delighted with his million meter season, posts a half moon for 22,006 m! Well done!
Kristine with a posting of 21,121 m earns a half moon!
Minnie the Mooner...shoots another half moon our way with another half marathon!

And thanks to all who rowed - every single meter helps towards our goal - do what you have time and energy for!

Brayden 131 m
Ashlee 520 m
Ethan 602 m
Tris 1...2....3....4 m! Counting 'em up!
Dalton 1....2....3.....4 m! Counting 'em up!
Noelle 1,518 m! Yay!
Jeff 2,423 m
Mario 2,533 m
Brandy 3,449 m
Barbara 4,077 m
Ben S 5,109 m
Tim S 5,504 m
Tony m
David T 6,000 m
Kenny H 6...7...8...9 m Counting 'em up!
Katerina m
Tom M 8,297 m
Peter H 8,329 m
Terri H m
Ross 10,000 m
K2 m
Ted 12,000 m
Danno 14,152 m
David A 14,451 m
Kenneth G 15,000 m
Johnny 18,169 m
Mike G 18,214 m
Tammy 19,200 m And she turned the falcon into a softball player!
AJ 20,107 m
Chris 21,097 m
Kristine 21,121 m
Mitch J 22,006 m
Jerry 26,250 m
Robyn 35,222 m
Cathie 64,822 m
Chip 66,127 m
Ray 71,500 m
Jay 76,200 m

Some amazing amounts of rowing going on with this team! Hooyah!

[Calamity]

Greeting from the Newall Vuillemot household!
I just checked the team challenge stats and we are 47500 meters behind the ancients.
I pledge that our household will collectively row this amount over the weekend.
We will actually get Debbie on the board (and on board). (Unfortunately, I was 15 minutes too late in registering Elias for the challenge).
Jane

[Kona2]

Woot! That's the spirit, Jane! Elias can be a virtual participant!

[Kristine Strasburger]

When reading another team's forum pages, I think the question has to be asked "what are you looking for?" Competition is an interesting animal - sometimes it brings out the best in people, and sometimes it brings out some genuine mean-spiritedness. To those that read our blog, yes - we're goofy. Yes, we're having fun. No, we're not having fun or trying to motivate our team by making fun of others - whether it be their language, their physical capabilities, or their goofy humor. The forum pages are open for the rowing world to read - what we write is a reflection of our teams, and of ourselves as people. When others make fun of us in their team pages, the word does indeed travel through the rowing community. As has been called out in recent times, let's put away the hurtful words and work towards building a positive rowing community.

K2

Jan, thanks for taking the time to write this. It never hurts to be reminded that when one posts on a public forum, what is written is "out there" for the whole world to read. What one person views as funny, entertaining or harmless can be offensive to others. You just never know who might be reading what you are saying, and the kind of reputation you are earning for yourself in the "public eye". And you are creating a permanent and retrievable record that you may regret if you have been careless or indiscreet with what you have written - even if you delete it at some point.

As an organized team, let it be known that the LUNA-TICS Team exists to encourage every one who crosses our individual and collective paths, whether a fellow team mate or someone just reading through our forum postings. Regardless of faith or belief, political or social position, etc., these words sum up what our team is all about: "Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything is worthy of praise, dwell on these things." (Col. 4:8)

I love being a part of this team because every one here really does take care to be an encouragement to others, and the postings are always respectful of all. Competition is fun, but winning is not important enough that we should get careless with our words. Let's be encouraging to every team as we race to the finish! Go LUNA-TICS!

[Kona2]

Congratulations, Samuel, on achieving a ONE million meter rowing season! I don't know how many days it took you to get to ONE million, but I don't think it was very long! WOW! We wish you many, many more million meters - and welcome back to the team!!




Congratulations, Harold, on achieving a ONE million meter rowing season! We wish you many, many more millions of meters - and welcome back to the team!

[Kona2]

Hooyah! I'm celebrating achieving ONE million meters in this rowing season!

[DUCKMARX]

Woot! Woot! Congratulations Jan on achieving ONE million meters in this rowing season! . . . and may you achieve many many more!

WOOT! WOOT!

[DUCKMARX]

Will, congratulations on reaching 500K in the Virtual Team Challenge . . .



. . . and helping to keep us in contention with the Ancients for the number 3 spot.

[just27]

Woot! Woot! Congratulations Jan on achieving ONE million meters in this rowing season! . . . and may you achieve many many more! WOOT! WOOT!

Congrats, Jan! I'll see your WOOT! WOOT! and raise you a grand HOOYAH.

[Johnny Murden]

Congrats, K2 on your latest, therefore greatest MIL.

All of you folks are going to town. It is hard to grasp just how much everyone keeps cranking out: meters, congrats, encouragement, advice and good vibes. Great group. Glad I landed in the Looney bin!

[Kristine Strasburger]

Glad I landed in the Looney bin!

Now that is a great quote!

And Toot! Toot!, hmmmm, maybe not...I better stick with the tried and true...Woot! Woot! to you, K2....you made it!

[Kona2]

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ross Drown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Congratulations, Ross, 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! Woot! Woot! And a hooyah!

[Kona2]

Here we stand on the brink of FIFTEEN million meters...and we have 9 or 8 days of opportunity remaining in this challenge (depending upon which side of the IDL you're inhabiting) ! Somewhere in the last 12 hours, a bit of a step shift occurred....I do think the Ancients are trying to pull away....! Today, however, is ANOTHER day of rowing opportunity for everyone - so let's see what happens! Let's have some HOOYAH moments ! Your erg awaits!

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 39,101,938
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 15,611,362
3 THE ANCIENTS Virtual Club 15,135,289
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 14,890,836
5 HAVK Mladost Rowing Club 12,621,355

Total meters rowed yesterday = 839,505 m! Magnificent!

Have canoes, paddles, and leading the Armoonda!

1 Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. M 37 978,808
2 Ray Wilson M 33 972,358
3 Cathie Johnson F 29 824,410
4 Jerry Heath M 37 647,237
5 Charles Dykstra M 43 642,167
6 Will Salach M 54 521,000
7 Ron MacBruce M 56 480,773
8 Chris Tudury F 61 449,264
9 Robyn Lee F 33 391,407
10 Katerina Mack F 31 339,799
11 Mike Gilger M 50 334,033
12 Johnny Murden M 55 320,946
13 A J Tudury M 63 317,599
14 Bart Valgaeren M 45 315,553
15 Pat Bankes F 64 308,617
16 Kenneth Guenther M 62 301,243
17 Kristine Strasburger F 46 296,833
18 Barry O'Malley M 51 280,000
19 David A. Alden M 50 247,100
20 Terri Hollomon F 50 233,479
21 Kenny Hollomon M 57 224,158
22 Jan Stevenson F 58 222,223
23 Rodrigo Garcia M 34 217,053
24 Jennifer Browning F 46 215,609

Have canoes, reaching for those canoe paddles....ever SO close:

25 Karyn Gallagher F 41 191,031
26 Ted Cowley-Gilbert M 49 180,182
27 Mitch Johnson M 55 178,597
28 Laura Thorson F 50 176,931
29 George Wyner M 52 163,000
30 peter verdirame M 56 158,000
31 Steven Larky M 48 136,556
32 Kevin Clark M 45 134,615
33 Jim Brink M 39 131,307
34 Andrea Cosmin F 53 130,537
35 Heather Woiciechowski F 49 130,178
36 Daniel Cox M 66 124,531
37 Anthony Parendo M 67 123,330
38 Scott Cooper M 45 123,000
39 Rick Carveth M 58 122,905
40 jonny kutz F 63 120,282
41 Doug Miner M 54 118,250
42 David Tangerini M 63 118,000
43 barbara grandberg F 60 116,399
44 Greg Halac M 51 112,521
45 Ross Drown M 62 100,194

Almost to the canoes!

46 Tom McGuire M 58 99,381
47 Mike Mulvihill M 50 96,078
48 martha wiles F 43 88,000
49 Robert Hess M 49 85,000
50 John Marsh M 56 78,971
51 Jennifer Goodman F 34 68,083
52 Jackson P M 10 66,364
53 Mike Smith M 49 62,895
54 Gloria Miller F 51 58,884
55 Nathan Johnson M 38 58,500
56 Tristan B M 12 58,060
57 Dalton B M 8 56,154
58 Mike Crossley M 54 56,139
59 Gail Whitelaw F 51 55,000
60 Sorin Spanoche M 44 53,063
61 David Hunter M 50 52,297
62 Peter Huurman M 37 50,484
63 Brandy Cowley-Gilbert F 50 49,472
64 Richard Miller M 61 47,584
65 Tom Pinckney M 66 47,538
66 Dwight Hakim M 49 45,482
67 Ben S M 12 44,009
68 Jane Newall F 41 42,215
69 Will Worthwine M 54 40,601
70 Greg Childs M 56 39,422
71 Kaylee S F 8 39,236
72 Dana Smith F 25 38,710
73 AUCHER Romain M 32 37,642
74 Ashlee S F 5 34,045
75 Tonya Dale F 53 31,493
76 John Longmire M 66 30,502
77 Jolie Pugh F 43 27,293
78 Ethan S M 4 26,479
79 Tracy Clark F 45 26,153
80 Collin Dykstra M 36 23,050
81 Tim Strasburger M 16 20,579
82 beverly dellinger F 59 20,000
83 Angelo Papadopoulos M 44 19,009
84 TERRY BELCHIKOFF F 64 17,016
85 Rachel Ella Young F 38 15,486
86 Gina Levy F 52 6,357
87 Debbie Vuillemot F 45 6,000
88 Brayden B M 4 5,204
89 Orion Newall-Vuillemot M 9 2,339
90 Anais Newall-Vuillemot F 7 2,280
91 Akira N M 3 293

There is still time....

92 Coulter M M 14 0
93 Susan Leighton F 56 0
94 Mitch Terra Sanitatis Friedland M 51 0
95 Debbie Rohlwing F 54 0
96 Kelly Glynn F 42 0
97 Andy Ward M 37 0
98 Janis Camelon F 48 0
99 Laurie Pachter F 49 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 22nd @ 9 AM MST = 14,900,857 m

Check the standings....row more.....check team standings......row more meters......repeat....