Realized this AM that while numbers were captured and calculations made...no posting of them yesterday
- don't know how that didn't happen! 
Global Marathon Challenge:
Congratulations, again! Michelle rows her second full marathon of the Challenge! Way to row!
Congratulations, Rebecca, on completing a half marathon ! Congratulations, Mike C, on completing a half marathon !Season meters as of 4/365 = 1,786,570 m
Total meters on the day = 158,194 m (for 5/3) and 358,508 m (for 5/4)
Oars in space (participation) = 37 percent (for 5/3) and 61 percent (for 5/4)
MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:
100 K Michelle ! Breaks the 100 K barrier!
50 K Baz
50 K Jay
50 K Minnie
50 K Ronnie
Thanks for rowing!
Stats from 5/3:
Denny 1,500 m
Marty 2,500 m
Diana 3,000 m
Harold 3,000 m
Marie 3,500 m
Rivka 3,500 m
Sarah 3,500 m
Zander 3,500 m
Christa 3,800 m
Anita 4,000 m
Elton 4,000 m
Jim
m 
Paul S 6,002 m
Peter G 6,055 m
Ross 6,558 m
Ronnie 7,500 m
AJ 7,575 m
Jeff P 10,000 m
David A 10,109 m
Bernie 12,000 m
Jay 12,000 m
Michelle 12,000 m
Minnie
m ... reads the same front to back...Baz 15,000 m
And from 5/4:
Akira 100 m
Bobbie
mGene 1,200 m
Denny 1,500 m
Sunny 2,014 m
Rivka 2,015 m
G-l-o-r-i-a
m Nataliya 2,500 m
Christa 3,000 m
Harold 3,000 m
Zander 3,000 m
Anita 4,000 m
Marie 4,000 m4
Danno 4,047 m
Tom M 4,265 m
Scott 4,500 m
Diana 5,100 m
Brian 5,500 m
Elton 5,500 m
Sam 5,500 m
David T 6,000 m
Jeff P 7,078 m
Marty 7,500 m
Ronnie 7,700 m
Andrea 7,884 m
Jane 8,202 m
Baz 10,000 m
Ed 10,000 m
Greg C 10,670 m
Bruce 10,904 m
Jeri 11,030 m
Wim
m Minnie 11,277 m .. she was internalizing on this day...
Jay 12,000 m
Rich M 12,358 m
Fritz 12,500 m
Cathie 14,500 m
Jonathan 14,824 m
Mike C 21,097 m Rebecca 21,097 m bg 24,507 m Michelle 42,195 mWhy row to the moon?
Always fine to ask how some of our goals and/or traditions got started ... and sometimes memory of these is fuzzy. The team was formed initially 11 years ago by a guy named Matt Forsbaka, and he worked for NASA. The distance to the moon seemed a worthy goal...and it probably reflected some projects that he was working on. But many of us don't work with NASA, and yet we were drawn to this team with it's funny name and seemingly outrageous goal (and, it should be noted that Free Spirits was the first team to row to the moon...and they went on to do a few orbits around Jupiter, etc.).
I think members of this team live for adventure in their lives, and this goal of going to the moon (which has now morphed into the quest for a billion meters...and a return to the moon) fits well. When we first set the goal for the moon, we didn't really track meters until about five years ago...and then when the numbers were put out in front of us with percentage completions, distance more to the moon -- we went for it. We outlined a plan to visit a lot of the moon geography, and determined the distance across certain craters, and things like that. Our March 1st landing came in the middle of March Madness, and the World Erg Challenges and we sort of lost sight of some of the moon exploration. We could spend some time there this next time while we're setting some new teammate names on our Luna-Tic Moon Visitor Plaque.
Here are the reasons that NASA thinks it's important to return to the moon: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/163561main_WhyT ... 090818.pdf
So - not sure if that exactly answers your question, Jodi.
