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

[Rumping]

Second spot is going to be ours if I have anything to do about it. I just went to Scheels to see if they handled warranty on the HR belt, or if they had a new battery for it. Instead, they told me to grab a new HR belt off the shelf and exchanged it (I didn't have a receipt either).

I overpaid for the thing originally because I wanted it "now" instead of waiting a day or two for the mail, but I think the extra cost just paid for itself .

[BAZzy]

And a quick comment on ‘sore butt’ ...

Frequently comes up in discussion, especially when putting in extra time on the ERG. As a long distance kayaker (Hawkesbury Classic race 111 kilometres – 11 hours) I can only say time in the seat goes a long way to assisting. I don’t use any cushioning in the kayak or on the ERG, and over time my ‘butt’ has given up complaining. One of the reasons I don’t in the kayak, especially the K1 is because it changes the dynamics and potentially the stability.

But let me qualify, very possibly the soreness is symptomatic of other muscular issues, such as tightness in the glutes and hamstrings. I do a lot of squatting as part of weight training, and without fail spend at least 15 minutes stretching after any training session, whether weights, ERG, kayak, or bike, working on the hamstrings and glutes as well as upper body. Try rolling your ‘butt’ on a tennis ball for the really sore bits.

For those who suffer from it I suggest spending time (or more time) on stretching and I’m sure you will notice an improvement over a relatively short-time period. Continue to use the cushioning, but try and eliminate it over time by focussing on the core problem...

Actually, they say smearing a bit of vegemite... no won’t go there!


Cheers, BBB

[Rumping]

I'm not entirely sure what the cause of the tender behind is. It feels like it's a muscle in my behind simply creased/folded up while rowing, and it became tender after a while. In my case I think it's most likely because I tend to sit close to the edge of the seat instead of in the middle of it. Once the tenderness disappears, so will the towel as it shifts me off balance by a few inches and I'm not truly in the center of the erg anymore.

While I've seen/heard that it is best to sit on the front half of the seat, I now disagree with that advice personally .

Now as far as the vegimite goes... How about no?

[Kona2]

Back when it was oh-dark-thirty and these numbers were taken prisoner, we were in the number 2 spot on the challenge team list. Since that time, we've gained a new team member and rowed almost half a million cool meters! Some of the names on our team list have been there for many seasons prior to this - and it is always great to see returning faces/names. Wowzer, mates - this is some really good work. Brett has taken advantage of the historical reenactment weekend for Ron, and has taken the Rudolph spot on the herd of ergs flying through space. Enrage has mooned us - a half marathon! Well done!

Brett McCrory 121,876
Michelle Donavonn 107,000
Ron MacBruce 102,390
Barry O'Malley 92,750
Cathie Johnson 90,000
Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. 85,000
Anita Holub 75,000
James Garcia 63,696
Charles Dykstra 62,584
Ronnie Mills 55,000
Robyn Lee 53,501
Katerina Mack 52,000
Rosita Delacruz 50,000
Gabriela Martinez 50,000
Zander Fraser 39,000
Bruce Takenaka 32,670
Jim Kielma 32,000
John Mills 31,527
barbara grandberg 31,279
Carlo Cerioni 31,097
Chris Tudury 30,773
Bryan Eck 30,000
Jeffrey Grous 27,355
Steven Larky 24,432
Mitch Johnson 24,154
Roger Gwinn 24,000
Tammy Gwinn 24,000
karyn Murphy 23,831
Samuel Johnson 23,000
Harold Janusek 22,500
Wim Rumping 22,441
Kim Woodman 22,154
David Ballard 22,000
Jeffrey Pixler 20,093
Will Salach 20,000
Dennis Dishong 20,000
Jodi Nelson 19,349
Tim Porter 18,487
David A. Alden 18,035
Doug Miner 18,000
David Tangerini 18,000
Tracy Clark 17,301
David Hunter 17,000
Mike Gilger 16,000
Kenneth Guenther 15,000
Ted Cowley-Gilbert 14,000
Mike Mulvihill 13,000
beverly dellinger 12,575
Laura Thorson 12,326
George Wyner 12,000
A J Tudury 11,177
Marc Habert 11,032
Ross Drown 10,500
Charles Bare 10,310
Greg Childs 10,187
Paul Warhola 10,100
Debra Barelli 10,025
Peter Huurman 10,000
Richard Miller 10,000
Benny Delacruz 9,895
Martin Hayes 9,000
Nicole Cauchon 8,730
Steve Johnson 8,204
Bobbie Kielma 7,500
Tom McGuire 7,066
Jackson P 7,002
Timothea Tway 7,000
Jane Newall 6,740
Tristan B 6,713
Gloria Miller 6,666
Rick Carveth 6,264
Jacki Viles 6,037
Jeff Morris 5,010
Jan Stevenson 5,000
Jeff Collins 5,000
Noelle Boyle 4,424
Carolyn McCrory 4,166
Brandy Cowley-Gilbert 3,019
Kaylee S 2,821
Ashlee S 2,575
Orion Newall-Vuillemot 2,015
Ethan S 1,200
Anais N 735
Allie B 450
Akira N 105
Total Challenge Meters as of September 18 @ 5 AM MDT = 2,086,844 m

Total Meters on the Day = 444,947 m (from yesterday at 0800 to today at 0500)

[Kona2]

Sadly, I had to stake my 'tombstone' somewhere around the 17th green...and my theme tune changed from "Stayin' Alive" to "Another One Bites The Dust." It was a gorgeous blue sky day here, and wonderful to be outside.

We are raking in the milestones! We've had full marathons, half marathons, personal bests! Welcome back to Orion, Princess Anais, and Akira. Kudos to all the parents and grandparents who are modeling the way and getting their kids involved in some kind of exercise, doesn't matter if it's not rowing.

I am curious about Kaptain Kristine...haven't heard from her since before her marathon with the Two Bears. Hopefully she will check in with us soon.

Season meters as of 141/365 = 50,863,261 m

Total meters on the day = 374,514 m

Oars in space (participation) = 26 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.7 MM Minnie
1.6 MM Brett - great galaxy graphics galore (will get to putting that in here ...but not today)
1.5 MM Anita
1.2 MM Baz
300 K Tim P
275 K Mario Jackson
250 K Jeff P
150 K WIM


Million Meter Watch:
Zander with (11,621 m) to go! (Actually I see that he's at 990K plus change now...so less!)

AJ with (84,448 mm) to go!

Thanks to all who rowed today !

Akira 105 m
Princess Anais 735 m
Ashlee 800 m
Kaylee 800 m
Mario Jackson 2,001 m
Tris 2,002 m
Orion 2,015 m
Bobbie 2,500 m
Nicole 3,457 m ...I do believe you are going to hit 100K in the not too distant future!
Jane 4,133 m
Tracy 5,804 m ... look at you go!
Mike G (TMITWH) 6,000 m
Tim P 6,944 m
Jeff P 7,010 m
Mitch J 7,612 m
Peter H ! 10,000 m
Zander 10,000 m
Ross 10,500 m
Jim K 11,000 m - hang in there! Hope your grandkids know that Morgan is in a good place now - and that sometimes we have to carry our friends in our hearts when they aren't there anymore.
David T 12,000 m
Ronnie 15,000 m
Wim 15,183 m
Anita 15,500 m
Bruce T 15,893 m
Chip 19,532 m
James G aka enrage 21,097 m (how'd that go for you?!)
Minnie 22,627 m
Baz 24,000 m
Michelle 24,000 m
Brett 40,148 m ....lotta meters (almost a full marathon worth of meters)
Bernie 56,116 m - great update!

[Kona2]

Yikes - third place ....

[BigBrett58]

Yikes - third place ....

Back in 2nd for the moment, but only by 9k... I wonder if it will stay neck and neck for a long time, or if one team will surge ahead. We should have Ron back tomorrow, which will give us a shot in the arm. Unfortunately, I think I need an IV.

[Kona2]

Back in 2nd for the moment, but only by 9k... I wonder if it will stay neck and neck for a long time, or if one team will surge ahead. We should have Ron back tomorrow, which will give us a shot in the arm. Unfortunately, I think I need an IV.

You've been rowing quite a bit more - keep up with the hydration and rest days. I know that I find that it's usually the second day after a big row that feels like a butt kicker.

All the rowing that everyone does - whether it's 500 m or 15,000 m or more - helps keep us in the top five. We've got good participation - that's the fun part.

[Rumping]

They've got 7 more members, but we have a higher per member average going. Just in case, I just put in another 3k (at a slow pace, HR between 107-115). Nothing special, but it gave me an excuse to eat another chocolate .

And since it took me a bit of searching to find the link, here's the Fall Challenge current rankings:

http://www.concept2.com/sranking03/team ... group=team

As of this post, we're ahead of Free Spirits by 28.9km. WOOT!

Edit: And as of this edit, we gained another 16km.

[enrage]

ur crazy brett

[Kona2]

There are 240 teams registered for the Fall Team Challenge - and today finds us in the number 2 spot in that long list. So far, out of the 3,929 individual rowers signed on with the various teams, 2054 are "active". That's greater than fifty percent of the team population - and great for this point in the challenge! Team participation and composition will continue to be pretty fluid until the last day of September when the team rosters are frozen. That's when we'll start to see further place-holder definition in the top ten teams.

What's different with this year's Luna-Tic Fall Challenge Team? We had 68 people on our Fall Challenge Team last year - and this year we're at 119 as of this posting. We have seven people who could be on a million meter pace for the Challenge...that's a lot of erg time! For me, a successful challenge is when we get over 85 percent participation from those who signed up for the Challenge. Right now we're at 75 percent participation - and that's great for only four days into the FTC. Row what you can, when you can. Every meter counts.

We've got a lot of team forum chatter about the FTC as well - and that's another metric for a successful challenge. Almost spilled my coffee when I read "ur crazy Brett." Told you this rowing stuff was addictive! We'll also know how successful we were in the FTC when the other two team challenges come around on the rowing calendar - if people have a fun time and meet their personal goals, feel like they were able to contribute to the team's success...they return.


Meters needed to be in the Top Ten Percent = > 46,482 m

Brett McCrory 151,932
Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. 150,000
Cathie Johnson 130,000
Michelle Donavon 125,000
Barry O'Malley 111,500
Katerina Mack 104,500
Anita Holub 103,000
Ron MacBruce 102,390
Charles Dykstra 94,584
Rosita Delacruz 82,000
Gabriela Martinez 82,000
Robyn Lee 78,501
James Garcia 70,039
Ronnie Mills 70,000
Christa Krause 60,000
Zander Fraser 53,000
Chris Tudury 51,871
David A. Alden 51,525
David Hunter 48,097
Jim Kielma 48,000
John Mills 41,527
Roger Gwinn 39,500
Tammy Gwinn 39,500
Wim Rumping 36,230
Steven Larky 34,432
George Wyner 34,000
Harold Janusek 33,500
Bruce Takenaka 32,670
Kim Woodman 32,154
barbara grandberg 31,279
Carlo Cerioni 31,097
Dennis Dishong 30,000
Bryan Eck 30,000
David Ballard 30,000
Tim Porter 28,508
Samuel Johnson 28,050
Jeffrey Grous 27,355
Mike Mulvihill 26,000
Mike Gilger 26,000
Jodi Nelson 25,382
Mitch Johnson 24,154
Doug Miner 24,000
David Tangerini 24,000
karyn Murphy 23,831
Marc Habert 23,044
Ross Drown 22,528
Jeffrey Pixler 21,093
Will Salach 20,000
Richard Miller 20,000
Kenneth Guenther 20,000
Martin Hayes 19,200
A J Tudury 19,193
Benny Delacruz 18,410
beverly dellinger 17,600
Tracy Clark 17,301
Nicole Cauchon 14,317
Ted Cowley-Gilbert 14,000
Laura Thorson 12,326
Bobbie Kielma 11,500
Charles Bare 10,310
Greg Childs 10,187
Paul Warhola 10,100
Debra Barelli 10,025
Jackson P 10,010
Peter Huurman 10,000
Pat Schlueter 9,500
Noelle Boyle 8,436
Jacki Viles 8,362
Tristan B 8,213
Steve Johnson 8,204
Chris Czech 8,045
Tom McGuire 7,066
Timothea Tway 7,000
Jane Newall 6,740
Gloria Miller 6,666
Rick Carveth 6,264
John Marsh 6,122
Jeff Morris 5,010
Jan Stevenson 5,000
Jeff Collins 5,000
Jon Tollerup 5,000
Kaylee S 4,421
Carolyn McCrory 4,166
Ashlee S 3,375
Brandy Cowley-Gilbert 3,019
Orion Newall-Vuillemot 2,015
Ethan S 2,000
Anais N 735
Allie B 675
Akira N 105
Stephanie H 0
Melissa Talbot 0
martha wiles 0
James Tsao 0
Bernd Jerzyna 0
Andrea Cosmin 0
Michael Anderson 0
Eva-Kristin Schuster 0
Ben S 0
Gail Whitelaw 0
Jeff Goon 0
Jennifer Browning 0
Tom Pinckney 0
TERRY BELCHIKOFF 0
Robert Hess 0
Daniel Cox 0
Kristine Strasburger 0
Mitch Terra Sanitatis Friedland 0
Andre Dumais 0
Dawn Howe 0
Angelo Papadopoulos 0
AUCHER Romain 0
Stephanie Batcheller 0
Richard French 0
KC Nelson 0
Mary Onorati 0
Lee Major 0
Amy Schatzman 0
Ron MacLellan 0


Total Challenge Meters as of September 19 @ 730 AM MDT = 2,963,391 m

Total meters on the day = 876,547 m

[Kona2]

Wowzer, mates! With the Jamaican flag waving in the background, a Z blazes across the sky...sending a Luna-Tic signal that a significant personal milestone has been met by one of our team members! Way to row!! Double woot !


Woohoo and hooyah! Congratulations, Zander, on achieving a ONE million meter rowing season! We wish you many, MANY more!

[Kona2]

Team meters seem to be on speed dial these days! Many, many milestones to report!

Season meters as of 142/365 = 52,885,079 m

Total meters on the day = 2,021,967 m

Oars in space (participation) = 44 percent ! Amazing!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.35 MM Cathie
2.35 MM Jay
1.7 MM David A
1.65 MM Brett
1.6 MM Ronnie
1.45 MM Jim
1.0 MM Zander
850 K David T
750 K Sam
300 K Dennis
300 K Marty
250 K Katerina
250 K Kim


Million Meter Watch:

Ron with (111,264 m) to go!


Next up in the queue: Rosi, Michelle, Minnie, David A

Million Meter Watch:

AJ with (76,432 m) to go!

David T with (148,000 m) to go!

Next up in the queue: Tammy, Sam, bg

Thanks to all who rowed today !

bg 149 m
Allie 225 m
Ashlee 800 m
Ethan 800 m
Jeff P 1,000 m
Steven D 1,012 m
Tris 1,500 m
Kaylee 1,600 m
Mario 3,008 m
Bobbie 4,000 m
Noelle 4,012 m
Nicole 5,587 n
Jodi 6,033 m
enrage 6,343 m
Peter G 7,500 m
Kevin 8,000 m
AJ 8,016 m
Benny 8,515 m
Pat S 9,500 m
Dennis 10,000 m
Kim 10,000 m
Mike G 10,000 m
Rich 10,000 m
Michael D 10,003 m
Tim P 10,021 m
Marty 10,200 m
Kenneth G 10,261 m
Harold 11,000 m
David T 12,000 m
Ross 12,028 m
Sam 12,050 m
Mike M 13,000 m
Wim 13,789 m
Zander 14,000 m
Ronnie 15,000 m
Roger 15,500 m
Tammy 15,500 m
Michelle 18,000 m
Baz 18,500 m
Minnie 21,098 m
Jim K 23,000 m
Anita 28,000 m
Brett 30,056 m
Dave H 31,097 m ....the telltale signature of a half marathon is in there..
Chip 32,000 m
Gabby 32,000 m
Rosi 32,000 m
David A 33,490 m
Robyn 47,000 m ...the Giants were enjoying Coors Field....6 HR in yesterday's game...whoa.
Katerina 52,500 m
Jay 65,000 m
Cathie 85,000 m
Christa 1,181,024 m

[bg]

Wowzer, mates! With the Jamaican flag waving in the background, a Z blazes across the sky...sending a Luna-Tic signal that a significant personal milestone has been met by one of our team members! Way to row!! Double woot !


Woohoo and hooyah! Congratulations, Zander, on achieving a ONE million meter rowing season! We wish you many, MANY more!

woooo hooooo and congrats zander....

[ronnie1]

Congrats Zander!! 1 million season meters