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

[Kona2]

My bunny trail was looking at pictures of Brits in Union Jack dresses and red/white/blue bowler hats. Elizabeth II has been queen since 1952, and I have a picture of me as a 2-year old, waving a flag as she passed by on her way to her coronation. (Back when we walked 10 miles to school, through snow drifts. Not carrying babies.)

Do post that picture...

[Kona2]

Summer Solstice Challenge
We love summmmmmrr...

It's June...and the longest day of the year will be here in just under three weeks. Not too late to get prepared to complete this challenge! Half moon fever will sweep through the team!

June 20...a Wednesday...

In honor of the longest day of the year, we invite you to participate in the Summer Solstice Challenge.

The Details
■Row or ski 21,000 meters on June 20.
■Meters can be rowed/skied all at once in one workout or over several workouts throughout the day.
■If you add on 97 more meters to row/ski 21,097 meters, or a half-marathon, it needs to be rowed/skied all at once in order to qualify to be a ranked piece.
■This is an individual challenge. (You do not need to belong to a team to participate.)
■Meters must be entered online.
■Indoor rower, SkiErg, on water and on snow meters count. You can combine meters to reach 21,000 meters.

Season meters as of 32/365 = 15,291,340 m (Woot! 15 million team meters!)

Total meters on the day = 534,407 m

Oars in space (participation) = 40 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

800 K Jerry
600 K bg
500 K Jay - a cool half million!
500 K Cathie - a cool half million!
450 K Danno
150 K Zander

Million Meter Watch:

Walter with (51,810 m) to go!

Jerry with (173,525 m) to go!

Thanks for rowing today!

Elton 3,000 m
Diana 3,200 m
Marty m
Zander 4,500 m
Sunny m
Brian 5,000 m
Paul B 5,000 m
Jerri 5,015 m
Marie m
Nataliya 5,500 m
Sarah 5,600 m
Sam 6,500 m
Katerina 7,500 m
Ronnie 7,500 m
Rivka 7,600 m
Christa 8,500 m
Paul S 8,514 m
Anita 8,600 m
Harold m
Jim 9,441 m
Karyn 9,960 m
Pat S 10,100 m
David A 11,447 m
Jane 11,614 m
AJ 11,962 m
Rich M m ..and it's a Fibonacci moment...
Minnie m reads the same back to front
Bruce 13,261 m
Baz 15,000 m
Michelle 15,000 m
Cathie 18,000 m
Dana 19,600 m
Bernie 21,191 m
Jay m
Ron 25,097 m
bg 25,214 m
Walter 30,000 m
Jerry 42,195 m ...full moon over Florida!
Danno 66,307 m ...might be a half moon (or two) in there!

[Toothdoc]

K2,
Sorry no full moons. I just forgot to upload my workouts for a couple of days and you thought I was resting or on vacation or something. There was 1 HM and 2 Half moons in there. Loved the last bunny trail.

Last week-end I watched a Ted Nuggent outdoor show and went down my own bunny hole on Sunday. Archery seemed like a good new hobby so I spent the day researching different types of bows; compound, recurve and cross. Seems like there are dozens of manufacturers and each has scores of models. So know I know more than I did, but now I am more confused than ever.

Bring on the Solstice Row!

danno

[bg]

K2,

So know I know more than I did, but now I am more confused than ever.

danno

btw...very pleased that the celtics won last night.....

i can relate :-}

[Toothdoc]

K2,

So know I know more than I did, but now I am more confused than ever.

danno

btw...very pleased that the celtics won last night.....

i can relate :-}
Yep me too!

[Kona2]

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

And what a way to cross the meter millionaire milestone...Walter rowed m ... very nice!

[Kona2]

Fireworks lit the team room forum with Walter's one million meter celebration...and the best part is that we have more milestones on the way...and UNLIMITED virtual celebrations!

Season meters as of 33/365 = 15,795,320 m

Total meters on the day = 503,980 m

Oars in space (participation) = 43 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.0 MM Walter
850 K Jerry
600 K Ron
300 K Ronnie
300 K Bernie
250 K Marie
250 K Rivka
200 K David T
50 K Denny
50 K Bobbie

Million Meter Watch:

Jerry with (149,525 m) to go!

Thanks to all who rowed today!

Marty 2,600 m
Steven D 2,883 m
Elton 3,000 m
Denny 3,300 m
Diana 3,300 m
Tony m
Nataliya 3,560 m
Harold 4,000 m
Bobbie 4,100 m
Robyn 4,800 m
Rebecca 5,000 m ...and a new azalea photo on the team profile page..
Ted 5,000 m
Sunny 5,100 m
Rivka 5,500 m
Zander 5,600 m
Sam 6,200 m
Anita 6,800 m
Christa 6,850 m
Dana 6,880 m
Gail 7,500 m
Fritz 7,679 m
Mitch J 8,005 m
Bernie 8,016 m
Rosi m
Katerina 9,500 m
Baz 10,000 m
Jerri 10,030 m
Yogi Jim 10, m
Ronnie m
Jane 11,542 m
Wim 12,000 m
Marie 13,000 m ... now there's a lucky number!
Minnie 14,127 m
AJ 14,855 m
Jay 15,000 m
David T 18,000 m
Michelle 18,000 m
Ed 18,900 m
Jerry 24,000 m
Cathie 25,000 m
bg 25,159 m
Ron 26,097 m
Walter m wow...

Have a great rowing day whenever and wherever you row!

[bg]

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

And what a way to cross the meter millionaire milestone...Walter rowed m ... very nice!

wooooo hooooo and congrats.......

[Restless]

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

And what a way to cross the meter millionaire milestone...Walter rowed m ... very nice!

wooooo hooooo and congrats.......

Would like to add my congrats as well!

-Rebecca

[BAZzy]

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

And what a way to cross the meter millionaire milestone...Walter rowed m ... very nice!

wooooo hooooo and congrats.......

Would like to add my congrats as well!

-Rebecca

And me too!

Cheers, BBB

[Toothdoc]

wooooo hooooo and congrats.......[/quote]

Would like to add my congrats as well!

-Rebecca[/quote]
And me too!

Cheers, BBB[/quote]

As I always say DITTO that!. Nice job Walter

danno

[BAZzy]

Geez, it’s getting a bit colder over here, nothing like our North American friends experience I guess!

Tapering back a touch this week as I have my 90 kilometre walk coming up on Saturday, not sure how long it will take, only be walking (no running!) with a 10 kg back-pack for water. There is one section where we can’t be guaranteed a water supply so will take about 8 litres at the start. We are thinking 15-18 hours as there is some hill climbing, but won’t be surprised if it is more, would be surprised if it was less.

Either way should be walking into Saturday night so looking forward to that even if it is a bit cold, will be taking thermals in any case. And regardless of the weather I’m going for a swim at Merewether Ocean pool on Sunday morning to relax the muscles!

http://surfhouse.com.au/ If you click on the 8am & 11am time on the web page (down the bottom) it shows a great picture of the beach - when I'm in Newcastle we train right there on the beach, the ocean pool is just to the right of the rocks. We are normally down before sunrise, and there are the die-hards in the pool at that time. And it looks just as spectacular as the photo shows, beats the 'shed' for training - hands-down!

The walk is a little bit more than the last third of the Great North Walk which we did a couple of years back. Our route will take us into the Watagan Mountains (small mountain range) and when we come back down we head north-east to Newcastle with the last section taking us along the beach.

I’ll be taking my Spot tracker and it can be tracked at the following link.

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/face ... BnEk3Kf430

Cheers, BBB

[Kona2]

Wowzer, Baz - knew it was about time for your walk, but didn't realize that it was going to be a twin full moons plus some. That's a lot of hoofing. If brother in law Ray is going on this trek, you know he'll get even....

And in the skies over Hawaii tonight, there is a lunar rainbow....also known as a moonbow. Moonbows (or space rainbows or white rainbows) are produced when light is reflected off the surface of the moon rather than direct sunlight. I had not heard of these before. Ethan Tweedie captured this shot in the skies above Waimea on the big island of Hawaii. Very cool stuff - and definitely terminology to add to our lunar vocabulary.




Btw, I did capture today's numbers but in the interest of time and space...I'll put them together with tomorrow's stats. And welcome back for the 2013 rowing season to Pat B!

[bg]

Geez, it’s getting a bit colder over here, nothing like our North American friends experience I guess!

Tapering back a touch this week as I have my 90 kilometre walk coming up on Saturday, not sure how long it will take, only be walking (no running!) with a 10 kg back-pack for water. There is one section where we can’t be guaranteed a water supply so will take about 8 litres at the start. We are thinking 15-18 hours as there is some hill climbing, but won’t be surprised if it is more, would be surprised if it was less.

Either way should be walking into Saturday night so looking forward to that even if it is a bit cold, will be taking thermals in any case. And regardless of the weather I’m going for a swim at Merewether Ocean pool on Sunday morning to relax the muscles!

http://surfhouse.com.au/ If you click on the 8am & 11am time on the web page (down the bottom) it shows a great picture of the beach - when I'm in Newcastle we train right there on the beach, the ocean pool is just to the right of the rocks. We are normally down before sunrise, and there are the die-hards in the pool at that time. And it looks just as spectacular as the photo shows, beats the 'shed' for training - hands-down!

The walk is a little bit more than the last third of the Great North Walk which we did a couple of years back. Our route will take us into the Watagan Mountains (small mountain range) and when we come back down we head north-east to Newcastle with the last section taking us along the beach.

I’ll be taking my Spot tracker and it can be tracked at the following link.

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/face ... BnEk3Kf430

Cheers, BBB

wow bazz.....you really are amazing....enjoy your walk......and that's a great photo k2......

[Kona2]

Whoa....feels like life is on zoom speed! Every time I think "ok that event is checked off, things will slow down"....there's more on the horizon! Maybe you can relate...

Season meters as of 35/365 = 16,600,721 m

Total meters in the last two rowing days = 417,164 m and 407,325 m (pretty consistent!)

Oars in space (participation) = 40 percent..both days!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.05 MM Walter
650 K bg
650 K Ron
600 K Michelle
550 K Cathie
550 K Jay
500 K Danno
250 K Jim
250 K Jane
250 K David A
250 K Sam
100 K Dennis
50 K Kevin N
50 K Karyn

Million Meter Watch:

Jerry with (129,525 m) to go!

Thanks to everyone for keeping the big wheels turning and reaching for those personal milestones!

From 6/3:

Steven D 864 m
Raoul 2,000 m
Bobbie 2,100 m
Marty 2,800 m
Elton 3,000 m
Scott 3,125 m
Nataliya m
Diana 4,000 m
Marie 4,500 m
Zander 4,500 m
Brian 5,000 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
Harold 5,100 m
Sunny 5,200 m
Walter 5,500 m
Gail W 6,000 m
Rivka 6,500 m
Anita 7,000 m
Katerina 7,000 m
Christa 7,100 m
Ronnie 7,200 m
Sam 7,550 m
Robyn 7,900 m
Rosi 8,000 m
Jane m
Wim m
Jim 11,153 m
Minnie 13,431 m
Karyn 13,790 m
Bruce 13,990 m
AJ 14,091 m
Baz 15,000 m
Michelle 16,500 m
Cathie 17,500 m
Jay 18,611 m
David A 19,987 m
Jerry 20,000 m
bg 25,104 m
Ron 33,097 m
Danno 42,194 m

From 6/4:

Denny 2,100 m
Elton 3,000 m
Nataliya 3,000 m
Tony m
Scott 3,500 m
Diana 3,600 m
Sunny 4,000 m
Harold 4,500 m
Zander 4,500 m
Brian 5,000 m
Marty 5,000 m
Bobbie 5,500 m
Rivka 6,200 m
Dana 6,680 m
Anita 7,500 m
Christa 7,500 m
Ronnie 8,000 m
Jim m
Mitch J 8,203 m
Sarah 9,600 m
Pat B 9,849 m
Ed 10,000 m
Raoul 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Greg C 10,318 m
Jane m
David A 11,421 m
Walter 12,500 m
Bernie 13,019 m
Dennis 13,500 m
Cathie 15,000 m
Jeff P 15,000 m
Sam 15,000 m
Michelle 15,500 m
Jay 16,000 m
Kevin N 18,500 m
Danno 21,097 m ...hooboy! he's on a roll!
Ron 21,792 m
Ross 23,731 m
bg 25,183 m

Well done, everyone!