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

[Kona2]

Wow! 12 Million Challenge Team Meters! Way to row !!!

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 37,416,732 303 123,488
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 18,115,039 147 123,232
3 Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In. Health Club 15,169,862 232 65,387
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 12,289,656 105 117,044
5 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 11,804,984 32 368,906
6 RowPro Online Virtual Club 11,462,230 93 123,250

With days remaining in the World Erg Challenge (or eight if you're on Bazzy's side of the IDL), there's still time to participate! Top Ten Percenters - the number to be ahead of today is 198,820 m ....

1 Ron MacBruce M 56 674,342
2 Will Salach M 54 473,000
3 Chris Tudury F 61 423,566
4 Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. M 38 415,815
5 Rosita Delacruz F 36 403,872
6 Cathie Johnson F 29 395,361
7 Barry O'Malley M 51 380,000
8 Jim Kielma M 57 364,918
9 Daniel Cox M 66 349,808
10 Ross Drown M 63 318,668
11 Ronnie Mills F 43 301,087
12 Pat Bankes F 64 293,179
13 Dan Seldomridge M 49 292,639
14 Samuel Johnson M 75 263,229
15 Tammy Gwinn F 31 253,924
16 Mike Gilger M 50 232,409
17 James Garcia M 35 224,964
18 David A. Alden M 50 223,929
19 Kristine Strasburger F 47 210,000
20 Harold Janusek M 60 200,626
21 Jan Stevenson F 58 200,131
22 George Wyner M 53 198,000
23 Bobbie Kielma F 58 185,410
24 Jennifer Browning F 46 170,930
25 Steven Larky M 48 168,729
26 Dan McInerney M 46 165,102
27 Laura Thorson F 50 156,517
28 Greg Childs M 56 150,384
29 Collin Dykstra M 36 150,025
30 Benny Delacruz M 18 149,312
31 Nathan Johnson M 38 145,000
32 David Tangerini M 63 143,000
33 Kevin Clark M 45 141,849
34 peter verdirame M 56 136,500
35 Peter Huurman M 38 130,000
36 A J Tudury M 63 129,382
37 Ted Cowley-Gilbert M 50 127,195
38 Angelo Papadopoulos M 45 123,728
39 Charles Dykstra M 43 120,000
40 Dwight Hakim M 50 118,764
41 Rocket Man M 38 117,880
42 Richard Miller M 61 112,335
43 Gloria Miller F 51 112,335
44 Mitch Johnson M 55 110,845
45 Steven Drews M 41 110,000
46 Gabriela Caranfil F 48 99,123
47 Karyn Gallagher F 41 97,336
48 Andrea Cosmin F 53 96,467
49 AUCHER Romain M 32 87,087
50 Jerry Kenney M 38 85,632
51 Andre Dumais M 37 81,520
52 Rodrigo Garcia M 34 81,004
53 Stephanie Batcheller F 53 78,037
54 Jeff Goon M 46 77,659
55 Anthony Parendo M 67 69,993
56 Tom McGuire M 58 65,498
57 martha wiles F 44 65,000
58 Richard Freeman M 55 64,500
59 Jeffrey Grous M 48 61,795
60 Jim Brink M 39 60,163
61 Jackson P M 10 57,983
62 Mary Onorati F 25 50,004
63 beverly dellinger F 59 50,000
64 Tim Porter M 52 47,061
65 jonny kutz F 63 46,114
66 Heather Woiciechowski F 49 44,278
67 Kiba Chan F 23 40,000
68 Mike Mulvihill M 50 40,000
69 Tristan B M 12 39,458
70 Kaylee S F 8 38,119
71 Sorin Spanoche M 44 37,143
72 Dalton B M 8 37,119
73 Ashlee S F 6 34,299
74 Will Worthwine M 54 31,706
75 Tom Pinckney M 66 31,619
76 Ethan S M 5 26,151
77 Pat Schlueter M 65 26,100
78 Rick Carveth M 59 22,688
79 Gail Whitelaw F 52 20,000
80 David Hunter M 51 17,001
81 James Tsao M 43 16,575
82 Coulter M M 14 13,007
83 Brayden B M 4 12,965
84 Allie B F 5 12,127
85 Scott Cooper M 45 11,500
86 Ben S M 13 10,766
87 Jason Stirmers M 36 10,000
88 Tim Strasburger M 16 9,605
89 Melissa Talbot F 42 8,068
90 Laurie Pachter F 49 7,500
91 Jim M. M 60 6,307
92 Doug Miner M 54 5,000
93 Akira N M 4 0
94 Tracy Clark F 45 0
95 barbara grandberg F 60 0
96 Orion Newall-Vuillemot M 9 0
97 Anais Newall-Vuillemot F 7 0
98 Elias N M 6 0
99 Debbie Vuillemot F 45 0
100 Jane Newall F 41 0
101 Mitch Terra Sanitatis Friedland M 51 0
102 Marie Armstrong F 53 0
103 Mike Crossley M 54 0
104 Adian N M 2 0
105 Beth Peterson F 40 0

Total Challenge Meters as of April 7 @ 8 AM MDT = 12,299,766 m

[Kona2]

We have so many milestones to celebrate today - it's just amazing! And, at our current headcount of 139 (remember we have Bart and clone of Bart), we have (1,178,294 m) to go to get to that magic 1 million meter per teammate average...for the third consecutive season.

Season meters as of 341/365 = 138,821,706 m

Total meters on the day - 2,374,968 m

Oars in space (participation) = 30 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

7.9 MM Jim K
3.1 MM David A
2.7 MM Jay
2.7 MM Rosita
1.2 MM Mike G
700 K Tammy
500 K Chuck
120 K Ethan

Million Meter Watch:

Jim K with (91,342 m) to go!

Million Meter Watch:

Minnie with (242,738 m) to go !


Million Meter Watch:

Cathie with (155,571 m) to go!

Million Meter Watch:

Kristine with (60,000 m) to go!

Ronnie with (165,645 m) to go!

Million Meter Watch:

Bobbie with (58,492 m) to go! Woot!

Thanks to all who rowed today !

Dalton 350 m
Brayden m
Ethan 1,005 m
Ashlee m
Kaylee 1,625 m
Peter G 2,500 m
Tom P 2,500 m
Mario Jackson 2,800 m
Tris 3,102 m
Tony m
Rachel 3,360 m
AJ 5,023 m
Benny 6,585 m
David T 8,000 m
Kenny 8,500 m
Rivka 8,500 m
Terri 8,500 m
Bobbie 9,135 m
Andre 10,000 m
Kristine 10,000 m
Tim P 10,000 m
Ross 10,048 m
Sam 10,202 m
Greg C 10,576 m
Chuck 12,000 m
Sarah 12,050 m
12,409 m
Dan S 12,587 m
Katerina 13,000 m
Harold 14,110 m
David A 14,747 m
Tammy 15,000 m
Ronnie 17,000 m
Jay 20,585 m
Minnie 21,097 m
Dann0 22,500 m
Jim K 25,010 m
Rosita 26,000 m
Robyn 28,044 m
Jerry 33,110 m
Ron m
Cathie 36,000 m

[Kristine Strasburger]

Welcome back Rivka, Sarah,Kenny, Terry, Michelle, Robyn, Katerina and Jerry
Ron

Cool card, Ron. Welcome back to the team, Y'all!

[DavidA]

Woohoo and hooyah! Congratulations, Will S, on achieving a SEVEN million meter rowing season ! We wish you many, MANY more!

Congratulations will! You sure must be looney

[dtangeri]

Looks like 140 Lunatics, that is really nuts!

Rolling,Rolling,Rolling

[BAZzy]

Great rowing boys & girls!!

Still on the sidelines going into the weekend, apologies for the lack of metres, but havin g trouble shaking the bug this time around...

The Friday night Stout might just sort things out!

Good weekend to all,

Cheers, BBB

[Kristine Strasburger]

Get some rest there, Baz!

[Toothdoc]

Great rowing boys & girls!!

Still on the sidelines going into the weekend, apologies for the lack of metres, but havin g trouble shaking the bug this time around...

The Friday night Stout might just sort things out!

Good weekend to all,

Cheers, BBB

Hey Baz,

Take a little R&R you deserve it. We will muddle through the next few days. You have contributed mightily over the pass year, I will cover for until you get back on track!

danno

[rsdavr]

Great rowing boys & girls!!

Still on the sidelines going into the weekend, apologies for the lack of metres, but havin g trouble shaking the bug this time around...

The Friday night Stout might just sort things out!

Good weekend to all,

Cheers, BBB

Hey BAZ,
You've rowed enough to take a good rest. I'm with Danno - we'll filll in however we can.
Ross

[brotherjim]

Baz, Hope you get well soon.Take your time , bugs can be nasty.

I am copying an email from Roz Savage about her upcoming row. Since Vegemite has been mentioned here recently, thought it was cool.
The spaces are where pictures were. I still don't know how to copy them.
jim

T – 5: What Would YOU Eat?

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:27 AM PDT


Vegemite - pride of Australia!

My Number One FAQ is “What do you eat?” Yesterday I was asked this three times. Other days it’s even more. In the last 5 years I must have answered this question about a thousand times. I should start charging for the answer.

So, in the (probably vain) hope that I can pre-empt the question at least until I launch, I have decided to post a blog about it.

Of course, food is important at sea, as it is anywhere else, come to that! I do like good food, and during my rowing adventures it acquires even greater importance, as a welcome break from rowing and a highlight of the day. A good dinner can restore flagging morale like nothing else. Over the years I have put much thought into what to take.

First, it has to meet certain criteria:

- last for up to 4 months without refrigeration

- not take up too much space

- not get crushed too easily

- be resistant to damage by heat or damp

- be quick and easy to prepare

- be nutritious enough to sustain prolonged physical exertion



Then there are my personal additional criteria. In a perfect world, my rations would also be:

- organic

- sustainable

- local

- mostly vegan or vegetarian (although somewhat flexible on this)

- in biodegradable packaging

- ideally donated free of charge by sponsors

- and, of course, taste good!



It’s almost impossible to meet all of these criteria, all of the time, but over the years I have managed to get pretty close. So this year I will be taking with me:




Loads of lovely Larabars!

From Larabar of Colorado, 432 raw fruit and nut bars:

32 x Ginger Snap

32 x Apple Pie

48 x Banana Bread

48 x Cinnamon Roll

48 x Pecan Pie

60 x Peanut Butter Cookie

60 x PBJ

60 x Jocolat – Chocolate

60 x Jocolat – Chocolate Coffee



From Wilderness Family Naturals of Minnesota:

6 jars Chocolate syrup (yum!)

6 x 1 lb Coconut powder (awesome when added to Thai curry!)

8 x 8oz Macadamia nuts

8 x 5.8oz Pecan nuts

8 x 6oz Almonds

8 x 8oz Brazils

8 x 4.5oz Walnuts

8 x 5.8oz Cashews

8 x 5oz Mixed nuts

8 x 8oz Pumpkin seeds

8 x 8oz Sunflower seeds

2 x Himalayan pink sea salt

8 x hot chocolate mix

4 x coconut spread

4 x freeze dried bananas

4 x freeze dried blueberries

4 x freeze dried raspberries



And plenty of good food from down under, too…..



Back Country Cuisine freeze-dried dinners from New Zealand. With all the stuff I add to it, one dinner lasts me for two nights. This is where the veggie side falls down a bit, but it really is nice to be able to have a hot dinner with some protein after a long day’s rowing. Kindly sponsored by Sea To Summit:

15 x Fish Pie

15 x Thai Chicken Curry

15 x Roast Chicken

15 x Babotjie

15 x Nasi Goreng



18kg rawfood crackers, made by ROAR Foods of Queensland, packaged in biodegradable plastic:

5 kgs of Pizza Base crackers

5 kgs of Sun Burgers

5 kgs of Mock Turkey Burgers (made with cashews and dried cranberries)

3 kgs of Beetroot crackers




Beans for sprouting - instructions thoughtfully included!

25 packs of Shaklee energy chews from California

12 cans of Red Feather Canned Butter from New Zealand, supplied by Ballantyne

8kg of beans for sprouting from Farmland Greens of Western Australia – I grow my own sprouts on board, using a Sproutamo pot, and they really pack a powerful nutritional punch, chock-full of fibre, enzymes, minerals…. and crunch!

6 jars of lemon marmalade and 6 jars of plum jam from Lemon Ladies of California

20 bags of fancy nuts from Samudra of Western Australia (Candy Spice Nuts, Power Max Macadamias, Cacao Cashew Clusters, Sunny Glow Almonds)



Fresh foods (for as long as they last):

Artisan bread, courtesy of Abhi’s Bread Shop in Fremantle (Fruit & nut, Rye & fruit, Spelt, Wholemeal sunflower, Polenta and sultana)

Avocadoes

Mangoes

Hummus (3 tubs, biodegradable)

2kg cheese (Emmental and/or Jarlsberg)

Hard-boiled eggs



Other goodies:

Tahini (8 jars)

Shoyu sauce (8 bottles, tahini and shoyu get mixed with beansprouts and nuts for a yummy lunch, with rawfood crackers on the side)

Honey, purchased from Bartholomew’s Meadery during our weekend in Denmark, Western Australia (2 jars)

Miso (organic, 30 sachets)

Green & Blacks chocolate (5 bars)

Ginger tea (good for seasickness, 50 teabags)

Garam masala (3 jars)



And as my insurance policy, I will also be taking some vitamin supplements from my UK supplier, Biocare:

Vyta-Myn Complex 3 x 60 capsules

Osteoplex 2 x 90 capsules

Jointguard 15 x 300ml

Hair and Nail Complex 2 x 90 capsules

Dermaguard 3 x 60 capsules



…and of course, no trip from these shores would be adequately provisioned without a jar of Vegemite!!



I reckon I’ve got the food down to a pretty fine art now. Enough variety to keep it interesting, without mealtimes becoming a major decision-making process. Enough nutrition, but also enough yumminess to keep me happy.

What about you? If you were going to stockpile enough food to keep you going for 4 months, what would you take? And what would be your special treat?

[rsdavr]

Baz, Hope you get well soon.Take your time , bugs can be nasty.

I am copying an email from Roz Savage about her upcoming row. Since Vegemite has been mentioned here recently, thought it was cool.
The spaces are where pictures were. I still don't know how to copy them.
jim

T – 5: What Would YOU Eat?

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:27 AM PDT


Vegemite - pride of Australia!

My Number One FAQ is “What do you eat?” Yesterday I was asked this three times. Other days it’s even more. In the last 5 years I must have answered this question about a thousand times. I should start charging for the answer.

So, in the (probably vain) hope that I can pre-empt the question at least until I launch, I have decided to post a blog about it.

Of course, food is important at sea, as it is anywhere else, come to that! I do like good food, and during my rowing adventures it acquires even greater importance, as a welcome break from rowing and a highlight of the day. A good dinner can restore flagging morale like nothing else. Over the years I have put much thought into what to take.

First, it has to meet certain criteria:

- last for up to 4 months without refrigeration

- not take up too much space

- not get crushed too easily

- be resistant to damage by heat or damp

- be quick and easy to prepare

- be nutritious enough to sustain prolonged physical exertion



Then there are my personal additional criteria. In a perfect world, my rations would also be:

- organic

- sustainable

- local

- mostly vegan or vegetarian (although somewhat flexible on this)

- in biodegradable packaging

- ideally donated free of charge by sponsors

- and, of course, taste good!



It’s almost impossible to meet all of these criteria, all of the time, but over the years I have managed to get pretty close. So this year I will be taking with me:




Loads of lovely Larabars!

From Larabar of Colorado, 432 raw fruit and nut bars:

32 x Ginger Snap

32 x Apple Pie

48 x Banana Bread

48 x Cinnamon Roll

48 x Pecan Pie

60 x Peanut Butter Cookie

60 x PBJ

60 x Jocolat – Chocolate

60 x Jocolat – Chocolate Coffee



From Wilderness Family Naturals of Minnesota:

6 jars Chocolate syrup (yum!)

6 x 1 lb Coconut powder (awesome when added to Thai curry!)

8 x 8oz Macadamia nuts

8 x 5.8oz Pecan nuts

8 x 6oz Almonds

8 x 8oz Brazils

8 x 4.5oz Walnuts

8 x 5.8oz Cashews

8 x 5oz Mixed nuts

8 x 8oz Pumpkin seeds

8 x 8oz Sunflower seeds

2 x Himalayan pink sea salt

8 x hot chocolate mix

4 x coconut spread

4 x freeze dried bananas

4 x freeze dried blueberries

4 x freeze dried raspberries



And plenty of good food from down under, too…..



Back Country Cuisine freeze-dried dinners from New Zealand. With all the stuff I add to it, one dinner lasts me for two nights. This is where the veggie side falls down a bit, but it really is nice to be able to have a hot dinner with some protein after a long day’s rowing. Kindly sponsored by Sea To Summit:

15 x Fish Pie

15 x Thai Chicken Curry

15 x Roast Chicken

15 x Babotjie

15 x Nasi Goreng



18kg rawfood crackers, made by ROAR Foods of Queensland, packaged in biodegradable plastic:

5 kgs of Pizza Base crackers

5 kgs of Sun Burgers

5 kgs of Mock Turkey Burgers (made with cashews and dried cranberries)

3 kgs of Beetroot crackers




Beans for sprouting - instructions thoughtfully included!

25 packs of Shaklee energy chews from California

12 cans of Red Feather Canned Butter from New Zealand, supplied by Ballantyne

8kg of beans for sprouting from Farmland Greens of Western Australia – I grow my own sprouts on board, using a Sproutamo pot, and they really pack a powerful nutritional punch, chock-full of fibre, enzymes, minerals…. and crunch!

6 jars of lemon marmalade and 6 jars of plum jam from Lemon Ladies of California

20 bags of fancy nuts from Samudra of Western Australia (Candy Spice Nuts, Power Max Macadamias, Cacao Cashew Clusters, Sunny Glow Almonds)



Fresh foods (for as long as they last):

Artisan bread, courtesy of Abhi’s Bread Shop in Fremantle (Fruit & nut, Rye & fruit, Spelt, Wholemeal sunflower, Polenta and sultana)

Avocadoes

Mangoes

Hummus (3 tubs, biodegradable)

2kg cheese (Emmental and/or Jarlsberg)

Hard-boiled eggs



Other goodies:

Tahini (8 jars)

Shoyu sauce (8 bottles, tahini and shoyu get mixed with beansprouts and nuts for a yummy lunch, with rawfood crackers on the side)

Honey, purchased from Bartholomew’s Meadery during our weekend in Denmark, Western Australia (2 jars)

Miso (organic, 30 sachets)

Green & Blacks chocolate (5 bars)

Ginger tea (good for seasickness, 50 teabags)

Garam masala (3 jars)



And as my insurance policy, I will also be taking some vitamin supplements from my UK supplier, Biocare:

Vyta-Myn Complex 3 x 60 capsules

Osteoplex 2 x 90 capsules

Jointguard 15 x 300ml

Hair and Nail Complex 2 x 90 capsules

Dermaguard 3 x 60 capsules



…and of course, no trip from these shores would be adequately provisioned without a jar of Vegemite!!



I reckon I’ve got the food down to a pretty fine art now. Enough variety to keep it interesting, without mealtimes becoming a major decision-making process. Enough nutrition, but also enough yumminess to keep me happy.

What about you? If you were going to stockpile enough food to keep you going for 4 months, what would you take? And what would be your special treat?

BrotherJim,
I can't tell you how much I appreciate this list of food & other items you posted. I've been looking for something like this for over a year. Now I have it. But I don't know where to get the vegemite!?!
Ross

[Kristine Strasburger]

Ross,

Try your local well-stocked health food store - maybe they have some.

[Kona2]

When you think about it, this could be food for a lunar journey...with its own international section! Definitely the modern day adventurer !

[Toothdoc]

When you think about it, this could be food for a lunar journey...with its own international section! Definitely the modern day adventurer !

Where's the beef?

danno

[Kona2]

Bunny trail alert....

Now officially in the last week of the last challenge of the 2011 rowing season! Hang on to that fourth spot - there are strong challengers in the virtual waters!

1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 39,024,907 303 128,795
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 18,925,975 147 128,748
3 Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In. Health Club 15,245,054 232 65,711
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 12,858,403 105 122,461
5 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 12,329,976 32 385,312
6 RowPro Online Virtual Club 11,900,868 93 127,966

Way to row!!! to all who are rowing with the challenge team! Every meter counts as we head to the finish line! Dig deep and stay healthy ! For those seeking a top ten percent finish status....you need to have accumulated more than 206,500 m as of today!

1 Ron MacBruce M 56 700,362
2 Will Salach M 54 473,000
3 Chris Tudury F 61 444,663
4 Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. M 38 429,315
5 Rosita Delacruz F 36 419,374
6 Cathie Johnson F 29 419,361
7 Jim Kielma M 57 391,870
8 Barry O'Malley M 51 380,000
9 Daniel Cox M 66 349,808
10 Ross Drown M 63 339,906
11 Ronnie Mills F 43 325,531
12 Pat Bankes F 64 314,462
13 Dan Seldomridge M 49 304,785
14 Tammy Gwinn F 31 278,424
15 Samuel Johnson M 75 275,229
16 James Garcia M 35 245,153
17 Mike Gilger M 50 244,763
18 David A. Alden M 50 236,188
19 Kristine Strasburger F 47 225,000
20 Harold Janusek M 60 211,036
21 Jan Stevenson F 58 210,342
22 Laura Thorson F 50 206,591
23 George Wyner M 53 206,000
24 Bobbie Kielma F 58 199,767
25 Steven Larky M 48 183,141
26 Jennifer Browning F 46 180,233
27 Dan McInerney M 46 165,102
28 Benny Delacruz M 18 156,712
29 Nathan Johnson M 38 155,000
30 Kevin Clark M 45 152,303
31 Greg Childs M 56 150,384
32 Collin Dykstra M 36 150,025
33 David Tangerini M 63 149,000
34 peter verdirame M 57 147,500
35 A J Tudury M 63 139,340
36 Peter Huurman M 38 130,000
37 Ted Cowley-Gilbert M 50 127,195
38 Dwight Hakim M 50 127,190
39 Angelo Papadopoulos M 45 123,728
40 Charles Dykstra M 43 120,000
41 Rocket Man M 38 117,880
42 Richard Miller M 61 112,335
43 Gloria Miller F 51 112,335
44 Mitch Johnson M 55 110,845
45 Steven Drews M 41 110,000
46 Gabriela Caranfil F 48 104,127
47 Karyn Gallagher F 41 97,336
48 Andrea Cosmin F 53 96,467
49 Rodrigo Garcia M 34 94,477
50 AUCHER Romain M 32 87,087
51 Jerry Kenney M 38 85,632
52 Andre Dumais M 37 84,020
53 Stephanie Batcheller F 53 78,037
54 Jeff Goon M 46 77,659
55 Anthony Parendo M 67 73,326
56 Tom McGuire M 58 71,498
57 martha wiles F 44 65,000
58 Richard Freeman M 55 64,500
59 Jeffrey Grous M 48 61,795
60 Jackson P M 10 61,738
61 Jim Brink M 39 60,163
62 Mary Onorati F 25 50,004
63 beverly dellinger F 59 50,000
64 Tim Porter M 52 47,061
65 jonny kutz F 63 46,114
66 Heather Woiciechowski F 49 44,278
67 Tristan B M 12 43,358
68 Kiba Chan F 23 40,000
69 Mike Mulvihill M 50 40,000
70 Kaylee S F 8 39,644
71 Dalton B M 8 37,470
72 Sorin Spanoche M 44 37,143
73 Ashlee S F 6 35,630
74 Rick Carveth M 59 35,294
75 Will Worthwine M 54 33,706
76 Tom Pinckney M 66 31,619
77 Ethan S M 5 27,159
78 Pat Schlueter M 65 26,100
79 Gail Whitelaw F 52 20,000
80 Tim Strasburger M 16 19,721
81 Ben S M 13 18,787
82 David Hunter M 51 17,001
83 James Tsao M 43 16,575
84 Brayden B M 4 13,540
85 Coulter M M 14 13,007
86 Allie B F 5 12,777
87 Scott Cooper M 45 11,500
88 Jason Stirmers M 36 10,000
89 Melissa Talbot F 42 8,068
90 Laurie Pachter F 49 7,500
91 Jim M. M 60 6,307
92 Doug Miner M 54 5,000
93 Akira N M 4 0
94 Tracy Clark F 45 0
95 barbara grandberg F 60 0
96 Orion Newall-Vuillemot M 9 0
97 Anais Newall-Vuillemot F 7 0
98 Elias N M 6 0
99 Debbie Vuillemot F 45 0
100 Jane Newall F 41 0
101 Mitch Terra Sanitatis Friedland M 51 0
102 Marie Armstrong F 53 0
103 Mike Crossley M 54 0
104 Adian N M 2 0
105 Beth Peterson F 40 0

Total Challenge Meters as of 8 April @ 830 AM MDT = 12,858,403 m




Yes, it's another episode of Bunny Trails of the Mind...I can't help it.

As I was sorting through all the numbers today, and thinking about the fact that this challenge team is ranked number FOUR out of 241 teams, I wondered what makes the Lunies such a different team. Now we have lots and lots of things that we can and do say...and a lot of those things are not quantifiable. I wondered what the meter distribution looked like among all the rowers (since everyone rowing is on a team), and how the Lunie meter distribution differed - because we have all kinds of rowers on our team. So I made charts ... I know...geekdom screams at you. After I'd made them, I went back and drew in a faint line to represent today's 206K milestone for top ten percent since we have so many teammates who are going for that goal.

Everyone is rowing so well and putting lots of time in on the erg! We have solid efforts in many different number categories - if this were the Holiday Challenge, we'd be collecting a lot of pins! We also have a high percentage of rowers on our team who are rowing enough meters to be in the top ten percent (we have fully 25 percent of our team rowing in that segment).