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

[Dave_H]

Well 27,

What have you been upto while I was away doing my rehab thing, HUM? Could it be a 2 million meter year? If so CONGRATS!!!!!!!

I'm almost back. My rehab walking has increased to 2 miles a day in 42 minutes. Next monday i am off restrictions and will have to work on finding time to walk and row. I snuck in a leasurely 3K today since it was raining.

danno

Nice to hear Danno! Look forward to seeing you back on the erg each day... 3k is not really behaving tho - is it??

[Kona2]

Let the countdown to the Fall Challenge finish line begin......... days remain to make your mark in this challenge...

Total Luna-Tics Challenge Team Meters = 17,580,257 m

Starting to see a surge in the numbers of rowers vying for one of the coveted top ten individual rankings in this challenge. The last two weeks of any team challenge (and for some reason this is particularly true of the Fall Challenge) is just brutal. Gotta have some high octane "juice" in your tank (as Ron would say) to go for the strong finish. There's a full moon on 11 October....soak up those lunar rays!!

Top Ten Percent Goalers: The price of admission is 162,500 m at this moment....

Thanks to all who row as part of the Luna-Tics Challenge Team ... we couldn't be here without you. Here's a link to all the individual contributions being made:

http://www.concept2.com/sranking03/team ... index=2537

[Kona2]

Milestones everywhere - and much to celebrate! Stay tuned - numbers captured - will do the year-round team posting in a few hours.

[enrage]

i was wondering if anyone here has changed out and started using a different handle for your rowers. I've seen a few online and a few videos for different rowing handles.
Just kind of curious.

Now I'm curious. Are you looking for increased hand comfort while rowing, use of different muscles with a different kind of handle or bar or ?

Good to see you back on the erg after your tough week.

Kind of all of the above. I could of sworn i've seen handle where you could rotate your wrists freely while pulling. so you could do the catch with the standard palms down and while you pull back, you could rotate your wrists so the palms face each other.

Plus i don't want to have any wrist problems when i get older. Its easy to get sloppy and pronate my wrists

[bg]

wooo hoooo and congrats andrea.....

Thanks Barbara! Nothing compared to your recent 10M !

Andrea

it's all good....

[Kona2]

Psst....Send out the Luna-Tic APB! Kaptain Kristine is headed across state boundaries again to compete in yet another marathon! Whoop, whoop! This Sunday, October 9th, Kristine will be competing in the Spokane Marathon. The runners cross the river a few times before heading to the finish line. That Two Bear Marathon thing....just a practice for this one! Good luck, Kristine! I hear there are at least two significant hills (but you've done this marathon before and know the route well ).... here's a link to the marathon information: http://spokanemarathon.us/

Season meters as of 159/365 = 62,131,145 m

Total meters on the day = 910,461 m (I could get so so so spoiled seeing these BIG numbers...sigh)

Oars in space (participation) = 35 percent !!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.8 MM Cathie
2.65 MM Ron
2.05 MM Minnie
1.85 MM Ronnie
1.65 MM Jim K
1.25 MM Ross
950 K David T
500 K Benny - a cool half million !
450 K Chip
315 K Mario Jackson
100 K Terry B !

Million Meter Watch:

Will S with (108,100 m) to go!

Jay with (123,371 m) to go!

Cathie with (167,219 m) to go! Woot !

Million Meter Watch:

Gabby with (136,234 m) to go!

Million Meter Watch: Bumper Crop

Tammy with (8,821 m) to go!

Robyn with (26,093 m) to go! Amazing how quickly you've zoomed up to 1 million !

David T with (46,000 m) to go!

Bg with (68,640 m) to go!

Charles B with (114,137 m) to go!

Sam with (123,137 m) to go!

Richard with (150,573 m) to go!

Thanks to all who rowed today!

Ashlee 800 m
Kaylee 950 m
Lily 1,005 m
Bobbie 1,500 m
Tris 1,500 m
Mario Jackson 1,950 m
Benny 3,000 m - way to row over that half million milestone!
Danno 3,014 m
Marty 4,000 m
Peter G 5,000 m
bg 5,098 m
David T 6,000 m
Richard 7,000 m
Tammy 7,000 m
Sam 7,500 m
Jim B 8,727 m
Andrea 9,856 m
Mike M 10,000 m
Jeff P 10,000 m
Tim P 10,000 m
Minnie 10,027 m ...there's that signature just27 more meters...
Terry B 10,152 m ....first 100K ...woot !
Rosi 11,000 m
Ross 11,131 m
Gabby 12,000 m
AJ 12,743 m
Jeff G 13,070 m
Roger 13,500 m
Ronnie 14,000 m
Dennis 14,015 m
Mike G 14,164 m
Chip 15,000 m - great to see you posting!
Harold 15,000 m
Robyn 15,925 m
Jim K 16,000 m
Zander 17,000 m
David A 18,041 m
Baz 20,000 m
Jay 20,000 m
Katerina 22,000 m
Michelle 32,005 m
Cathie 43,500 m ...full marathon length! are your students tracking your progress this year?
Ron 47,000 m
Sunny 389,288 m

[bg]

good luck captain k....

[BAZzy]

good luck captain k....

And from me to...I'll be needing some marathon tips for the Speight's!
Cheers, BBB

[BAZzy]

Good luck to all the lunatics as we head into the final weekend of the challenge.

Sydney looks like having mixed weather over the weekend, and I will be doing some white water kayaking out at the Penrith Olympic centre on both days to help prepare for the Speight’s, should be fun given I’m a flat-water racer usually.

And just might be worth highlighting that during these challenges many have elevated their usual physical activity to levels that might not be the ‘norm’ and this tends to run the immune system down. Bit like working hard and then catching a cold when you go on holidays and relax (I’m sure we’ve all been there!). So get some additional vitamin C and a good multi-vitamin into the body over the next few days...

Found this great video on the Speight’s...geez tough way to get a free beer...(couldn’t work out how to embed youtube – perhaps we can’t?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq9jRfSix7E

Good weekend to all, BBB

[just27]

Found this great video on the Speight’s...geez tough way to get a free beer...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq9jRfSix7E

That's intense! Loved the music. No swimming component? Is that guy really filling up his water bottle from the stream (around 3:30, I think) that they're all bounding through? Will there be a cam broadcast while you compete?

[BAZzy]

Found this great video on the Speight’s...geez tough way to get a free beer...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq9jRfSix7E

That's intense! Loved the music. No swimming component? Is that guy really filling up his water bottle from the stream (around 3:30, I think) that they're all bounding through? Will there be a cam broadcast while you compete?

I did like the music, took my mind off the punishment they were getting (laughs nervously )...

They actually say to take a cup on the run and drink from the river; it is an alpine stream so should be fine, but you still need to carry water and perhaps I could wear a helmet cam? And there is no planned swimming, but plenty of opportunity will be afforded to me on the kayak leg (oops there’s that nervous laugh again! )

The video was the one day event by the looks of it...

Have a good one, Baz

[Kristine Strasburger]

wooo hoooo and congrats andrea.....

Way to Row, Andrea! Nice job on 4 mil lifetime! One more for the nice long-sleeved t-shirt! Go get it!

And Woot! to Doctor Dan!

[andreacs]

wooo hoooo and congrats andrea.....

Way to Row, Andrea! Nice job on 4 mil lifetime! One more for the nice long-sleeved t-shirt! Go get it!

And Woot! to Doctor Dan!

Most of them rowed since I found this girl Kristine looking for more teammates rowing to the moon as LUNA-TICS .

Good luck capt K in your next marathon!

Andrea

[andreacs]

Found this great video on the Speight’s...geez tough way to get a free beer...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq9jRfSix7E

That's intense! Loved the music. No swimming component? Is that guy really filling up his water bottle from the stream (around 3:30, I think) that they're all bounding through? Will there be a cam broadcast while you compete?

I did like the music, took my mind off the punishment they were getting (laughs nervously )...

They actually say to take a cup on the run and drink from the river; it is an alpine stream so should be fine, but you still need to carry water and perhaps I could wear a helmet cam? And there is no planned swimming, but plenty of opportunity will be afforded to me on the kayak leg (oops there’s that nervous laugh again! )

The video was the one day event by the looks of it...

Have a good one, Baz

Impressive! No wonder you put in the amount of meters you do . Good luck with the training! Would love to see the video...
We are planning to go back to NZ one day after our cruise visit a couple of years back, but unlikely to get this in the plan .
Andrea

[rsdavr]

Well 27,

What have you been upto while I was away doing my rehab thing, HUM? Could it be a 2 million meter year? If so CONGRATS!!!!!!!

I'm almost back. My rehab walking has increased to 2 miles a day in 42 minutes. Next monday i am off restrictions and will have to work on finding time to walk and row. I snuck in a leasurely 3K today since it was raining.

danno

Great to hear from you, Danno. Congrats on the leisurely 3k.
Ross