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

[Kona2]

Not exactly an athletic endeavor, but in a few days I am off for an "adventure". My Civil War living history organization is headed to Colonial Williamsburg to mark the 150th anniversary of McClellan's "Pennisular Campaign" and especially the battles that took place near Williamsburg. This is big deal because this will be the first time that Colonial Williamsburg has allowed a Civil War event to be held on its' grounds and they have only "invited" groups that have a reputation for quality and authenticity. It is also exciting because even though we will be joined by units from Maine, New Hampshire and Minnesota we will be protraying the unit we represent-the Third Vermont. Even though it is not an "athletic event", it can be very strenuous doing something like this, in 90 plus degrees, dressed in wool from head to toe
On early June we will be in VA again. We will be present for a ceremony at Harrison's Landing commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first playing of "Taps" at an official military event. We we also be placing a small granite marker, which we commisioned, that honors Willy Johnson, a drummer boy with the Third VT. Willy Johnson is the youngest individual to ever win the medal of honor. He was only 12 years old when, during the disastrous Union retreat form the "Gates of Richmond" he was the only drummer in the division to keep his drum though the whole retreat.
Ron

That sounds great, Ron! I know you invest a lot of time, energy and research into the living history group. Hope you will provide us with some pictures. How many people total are involved in the battle representations?

[Kona2]

Woohoo, it's the weekend! Hope yours is splendid whatever you do!

Season meters as of 364/366 = 204,110,464 m

Total meters on the day = 252,377 m

Oars in space (participation) = 18 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

8.7 MM Jay
8.15 MM Ron
7.6 MM Cathie
700 K Bruce

Thanks to all who rowed today ... keep reaching for the next milestone!

Gene H 1,100 m
Jim m
Lily 1,130 m
Mario Jackson 1,500 m
Sunny 2,200 m
Marty 3,000 m
Nataliya 3,000 m
Zander 3,000 m
Karyn 3,007 m
Tony m
Scott 4,000 m
Marie m
Roger 4,500 m
Sam 4,500 m
Jeri 5,015 m
AJ 5,016 m
Rivka 5,500 m
Sarah 5,750 m
Eva-Kristin 6,014 m
Anita 6,200 m
Christa 6,500 m
Harold 6,800 m
Rosi 8,988 m
Baz 10,000 m
Dennis 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Ronnie 12,000 m
Minnie 12,525 m
Cathie 16,000 m
Jay 17,500 m
Bruce T 21,097 m ... wowzer!
Ron 23,097 m
Michelle 24,500 m

[Kona2]

Wowzer...last day of the 2012 Rowing Year for the southern hemisphere rowers, and the penultimate day for the northern!

Season meters as of 364/366 = 202,868,349 m

Total meters on the day = 413,277 m

Oars in space (participation) = 21 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.8 MM Minnie
3.4 MM Richard T
900 K Greg H
850 K Carolyn
150 K Teresa (almost 200K!)

Thanks to everyone for rowing today!

Gene H 1,200 m
Lily 1,200 m
Sunny m
Zander 3,000 m
Marty 3,055 m
Diana 3,700 m
Robyn 4,000 m
Sam 4,400 m
Rivka 4,800 m
Anita 5,000 m
Christa 5,000 m
Jeri 5,015 m ....three times in a row it's 5015...Maybe a May 15 birthday?
Sarah 5,020 m
Tammy 5,450 m
Roger 5,750 m
Harold 6,500 m
Tony m
Katerina 7,000 m
Paul B 7,469 m
Elton 8,000 m
Rosi 8,000 m
Jim m
Brian 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
David T 12,000 m
Walter 12,000 m
Minnie 12,090 m
Richard T 13,000 m
Ronnie 13,000 m
Ken H 15,000 m
Michelle 16,000 m
Carolyn 16,909 m
Jay 18,000 m
Danno 20,787 m
Cathie 25,000 m
Greg H 25,183 m
Ron 26,097 m
Teresa R 57,096 m

[Kona2]

The tide's coming in on the 2012 rowing season....get your logbooks updated quickly! Today is the last day of the 2012 rowing season in the northern hemisphere!

Season meters as of 365/366 = 203,243,233 m

Total meters on the day = 374,884 m

Oars in space (participation) = 19 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

8.75 MM jay
5.8 MM Michelle
4.1 MM Anita
3.3 MM Bernie
3.3 MM Danno
2.15 MM Harold

Thanks to all who rowed today!

Lily 400 m
Steven D 851 m
Diana 3,000 m
Marty 3,000 m
Zander 3,000 m
Sunny 4,027 m
Brian 5,000 m
Harold 5,500 m
David T 6,000 m
Tom M 6,403 m
Peter G 7,031 m
Rosi 8,000 m
Jim m
Ed 10,000 m
Anita 10,100 m
Bruce 10,935 m
Greg C 11,106 m
Ross 11,135 m
Richard T 11,470 m
Marie 12,000 m
Roger 12,000 m
Tammy 12,000 m
Bernie 12,018 m
Greg H 12,579 m
David A 14,389 m
Baz 15,000 m
Rivka 15,000 m
Danno 15,025 m
Minnie 16,027 m
Cathie 20,000 m
Michelle 20,000 m
Sam 20,000 m
Ronnie 23,000 m
Jay 30,000 m

[bg]

sorry i am so far behind,,,,i'm been without internet access since thursday.......i've missed you all....this friday i will hopefully be joining the 21st century and will have high speed access...currently i have dial up.... and i'm getting close to buying my first cell phone...

[Kona2]

sorry i am so far behind,,,,i'm been without internet access since thursday.......i've missed you all....this friday i will hopefully be joining the 21st century and will have high speed access...currently i have dial up.... and i'm getting close to buying my first cell phone...

Woohoo, bg! First you sign up for the Diva Dash, and now high speed internet access...and a cell phone.... things are happening in your world!! Love it !! Woot !

[ronnie1]

Best wishes for a wonderful rowing season to my teammates and friends. Have a healthy, happy season, rowing and in life.
Ronnie

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop! Here I thought I'd be number 11 on the roster for the new season with my 1,111 m ... only to look at the roster and wowzer....half moons and TWENTY teammates already this morning. The sense of anticipation for a new season, a new set of adventures...absolutely perfect! We're loading the Luna-Tics rocket ....to the moon, mates! To the moon!

[Kona2]

Best wishes for a wonderful rowing season to my teammates and friends. Have a healthy, happy season, rowing and in life.
Ronnie

[Kona2]

At the start of a new rowing season, there is not a way for Concept2 to "freeze" the past year's numbers or rosters. The end of year totals will look different than what we actually recorded. Here are our end of year numbers:

Teammates = 178 (a first ever)

Total meters = 203,752,749 m (a first ever)

Ranking in the Rowing Universe = Number Three (a first ever)

Many thanks to each of you for rowing as part of the 2012 team. Once you've rowed as a Luna-Tic, you're forever on the roster of the Moon Mission (that means you'll always be a Luna-Tic ).

Hope that by rowing with us, you've been able to meet the goals you started the season with...and even go on to accomplish goals that you might have thought out of reach - or even goals that you didn't realize that you had.

And...definitely hope to see each of you on the team roster again this year. Here's wishing you blue skies and great rowing whenever and wherever you row!!

The Luna-Tics Team History thru 2012 Rowing Season: Ten Rowing Seasons Completed and 634,152,476 m

2003 - Virtual Teams instituted by C2. Matt Forsbacka, being slightly influenced by his work for NASA founds the LUNA-TICS year-round team. His goal? To row to the moon. Calling all hands...Calling all hands...
The yearend stats show 7 team mates, and the team placing #72 out of 1437 teams that year. Total team meters: 3,874,123.

2004 - The year end stats show 11 team mates and the team placing #94 out of 1233 teams in existence that year. Total team meters: 4,500,044.

2005 - The year end stats show 15 team mates and the team placing #71 out of 1211 teams in existence that year. Total team meters: 8,321,188.

2006 - The year end stats show 19 team mates and the team placing #72 out of 1066 teams in existence that year. Total team meters: 8,507,331.

2007 - Formation of the LUNA-TICS challenge team by Kristine Strasburger. The year end stats show 25 team mates and the team placing #47 out of 1137 teams in existence that year. Total team meters: 14,265,122.

2008 - Challenge team captain discovers the C2 forum, and begins team recruiting efforts for the Holiday Challenge. LUNA-TICS Team Room on the forum established. The yearend stats show 59 team mates and the team placing #11 out of 1234 teams in existence that year. Total team meters: 48,110,121.

2009 – Team forum pages grow into the 200’s; 92K + views of pages. Team finishes the year with 81 teammates and the team placing # 6 out of 1475 teams in existence. Total team meters: 85,778,613 m – meters per team member average is over 1 MM.

2010 - We had 110 team members at the end of the year, and again finished with a meters per team member average of over 1 MM. Total meters were 115,405,350 m. Team placed 5th overall in the team rankings.

March 1, 2011 - Lunar landing after a compilation of greater than 109 MM by 129 team members, team members descend to the lunar surface to begin exploration of the lunar features. Team is currently in 4th place overall in the team rankings, and there is one team challenge yet to go: The World Erg Challenge begins in two weeks.

2011 – We had 137 team members at the end of the rowing year (two posthumously), and again finished with a meters per team member average of over 1 MM. Total meters were 141,637,835 m. Fourth place overall. Our best ever.

2012 – We finished the year with 178 team members. Total meters are 203,752,749 m and we are in third place overall (out of 1,646 teams), both are first evers for the team. Our average meters per team member is over 1 MM for the fourth year in a row. We had two second place finishes in team competitions this year. We encouraged the rowing universe to complete the Holiday Challenge and gain enough meters so that Concept2 met its goal … and exceeded it.

[Kona2]

Let the mooning begin !! Happy New Year!! Great rowing!

Michelle

Richard T

Christa

Ronnie

[Kristine Strasburger]

2012 – We finished the year with 178 team members. Total meters are 203,752,749 m and we are in third place overall (out of 1,646 teams), both are first evers for the team. Our average meters per team member is over 1 MM for the fourth year in a row. We had two second place finishes in team competitions this year. We encouraged the rowing universe to complete the Holiday Challenge and gain enough meters so that Concept2 met its goal … and exceeded it.

Wowzers, Mates! What a great year! Taking a look at the roster this morning after entering my meters brought a smile to my face. Profile pics showing up for the whole team so far! If you don't have a profile image yet now is the perfect time to try one out - new rowing season, new roster, new thing to try! If you don't want to post a photo, not to worry, post any kind of picture that lets you shine through! Need help on how to do it? Send me a message, and I'll be glad to give you a hand.

[brotherjim]

Woot Woot to Michelle, Richard T., Ronnie, and Christa! Great way to start the 2012-2013 season. I also echo Miss Ronnie's sentiments for a happy, healthy, and fun rowing season.

BTW, why can't our team member totals be locked on 4/30? Just wondering
jim

[Restless]

Woot Woot to Michelle, Richard T., Ronnie, and Christa! Great way to start the 2012-2013 season. I also echo Miss Ronnie's sentiments for a happy, healthy, and fun rowing season.

BTW, why can't our team member totals be locked on 4/30? Just wondering
jim

Congrats to everyone on a great 2011-2012 season! I know it has been a good year for me even though I didn't join the team til later in the season as well as a rough finish with being under the weather the last week or so.

I would like to add my well wishes to everyone for the 2012-2013 season. I know that I'm looking forward to everything it will bring with all the accomplishments, fun stories, good times and of course good rowing!

Congrats out already to Michelle, Richard T, Christa, and Ronnie!

-Rebecca

[bg]

Best wishes for a wonderful rowing season to my teammates and friends. Have a healthy, happy season, rowing and in life.
Ronnie

what ronnie said.....and woooo hooo to our mooners.....and thanks to k2 and ron for all of our starts....