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

[ronnie1]

Kona, The reindeer name Prancer wouldn't bother me at all. There are many times in my life, I wish I could "prance"
Congrats Ron and Michelle for earning your reindeer names.
Ronnie

[Kona2]

Kona, The reindeer name Prancer wouldn't bother me at all. There are many times in my life, I wish I could "prance"
Congrats Ron and Michelle for earning your reindeer names.
Ronnie

Well said and heartfelt!

Another teammate earns the Concept2 donation...and a reindeer!

Congratulations, Ronnie! Prancer delighted to be your reindeer! Way to row !

[Kona2]

I'd never seen a drive thru window for pies before...

Day 4 or 5 of 33

Great galloping reindeer !! Not only does the overall total for Concept2 donations tally up to $53 and some change...over 81 million meters have been rowed in the Challenge thus far. AND...more than 3,000 rowers have joined the "active" rower list for the Rowing Universe (that's a 13 percent increase!), which says something about the popularity of the Holiday Challenge (and the pins that Concept2 bestows upon those who complete the Challenge!) Woot !



Total Team Holiday Challenge Meters Rowed = 1,457,078 m

Teammates on the Challenge Honor Board = 3

Concept2 Donations Earned by Team = $6.48 (I think I've got the numbers right, but don't hesitate to give a shout out if you see them differently!)

Michelle (Dasher) $2.29
Ron (Dancer) $2.18
Ronnie (Prancer) $2.01

Season meters as of 207/365 = 85,363,526 m

Total meters on the day = 583,085 m

Oars in space (participation) = 29 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.7 MM Ron
2.4 MM Danno
1.25 MM Dana
800 K Adam
750 K Ron J
650 K Roger
500 K Pat S - a cool half million !
250 K Angelo
150 K Kristine
50 K Teresa

Thanks, everyone, for rowing with us! And welcome teammate Mary H!

Adian 252 m - almost 60 percent of the way to the Kid's Club distance award of 5,000 m!
K2 1,743 m
Roger 2,000 m
Nataliya 3,000 m
Harold 4,000 m
Rosi 4,500 m
Zander 4,500 m
Michelle m
Debbie V 6,100 m
Ian 6,170 m
Tony m
Mary H 7,200 m
Cathie 7,500 m
Gail 7,500 m
Jim 7,500 m
Jay 8,000 m
Peter G 8,000 m
James G enrage 9,022 m
David T 10,000 m
Kristine 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Stephen W m
Jane 10,800 m
Dan W 11,513 m
Ronnie 11,525 m
Brian McC 12,000 m
Dana 12,275 m
Greg H 12,501 m
Pat S 15,000 m
Robert H 15,000 m
Danno 17,041 m
Jeff P 17,500 m
Tim G 17,500 m
Ron 36,097 m .. and another half marathon in there, too !
Teresa 49,015 m - great update!
Ron J 58,822 m - great update !
Angelo 130,007 m - great update !

[Kristine Strasburger]

I'm with Ronnie- Prancer would not bother me, either. But good for you, Ronnie and Ron on getting your deer!

[Kona2]

Day 5 or 6 of 33

Hooboy! Lots of teammates found time to row a bit extra this past weekend! Well done, everyone!

Total Challenge Meters Contributed by Team: 2,070,123 m

Total Challenge Meters Contributed by Rowing Universe: 120,354,859 m

Total Concept2 Donation by Teammates: $ 8.32

Total Concept2 Donation by Rowing Universe: $148.40

Reindeer Earned: 3

Season meters as of 208/365 = 85,933,481 m

Total meters on the day = 569,955 m

Oars in space (participation) = 35 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.8 MM Jane
1.6 MM Stephen W
1.5 MM Brian McC
1.3 MM Bernie
1.3 MM Rebecca
850 K Marty
200 K Greg H
50 K Chuck E

Thanks, everyone, for rowing with us! And welcome back to The Man In The White Hat... Mike G !

Nataliya 2,200 m
Jim 4,000 m
Harold 4,000 m
Zander 4,000 m
Rosi m
Laurie 5,000 m
Tom M 5,000 m
Debbie V 6,018 m
Marie 6,600 m
Jay R 6,624 m
Tony m
Kristine 7,000 m
Michelle 7,000 m
Mary H 7,200 m
Marty 7,356 m
Gail 7,500 m
Cathie 8,000 m
Peter G 8,000 m
Bernie 8,040 m
David T 9,000 m
Brian McC 10,000 m
Chuck E 10,000 m
Matt Fo 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Ross 10,000 m
Ronnie 10,011 m
Stephen W 10,129 m
Karyn 10,465 m
Ron J 11,280 m
Jane 11,760 m
Mike M 12,000 m
Ian 12,231 m
Greg H 12,503 m
Pat S 15,000 m
Robert H 15,000 m
Matt F 20,000 m
Adam G 22,500 m
Tim G 22,500 m
Nathan 23,527 m
Jodi 24,241 m
Jay 27,000 m
Ron 29,097 m ... another half marathon!
David A 32,560 m
Mike G (TMITWH) 36,406 m
Danno 38,097 m ... another half marathon...rower on a mission!

[Kona2]

Just noticed that Rosi not only put in m yesterday....
her Challenge meter total is m ! She's having some number fun with this ! Woot !

[Kona2]

Blazing reindeer ! Here's Comet !

Danno made good speed rowing that first 100K, and Comet seems like a good name for his reindeer ! Congratulations on earning another Concept2 donation, and freeing up your reindeer!

[MikeG]

Its great to see all my friends again for this bad weather rower! I am always motivated and inspired by my team mates and all the other rowers. Very inspirational, everyone has a great story. I am in awe of everyone (including many other teams.) Keep up the good work.
- TMITWH

[Kona2]

Day 6 or 7 of 33

Concept2 donation $$ earned overall = $245.76

Concept2 donation $$ earned by our team = $11.33

Hooyah, there's lots of good rowing going on...and that means meter milestones! Be on the lookout for a chance to congratulate a teammate...because there are some million(s) that are clicking over on teammates' erg odometers. Meanwhile, our reindeer power meter is looking good! We've got 4 reindeer in flight school (training for the big night), and room for MANY, MANY more. In fact, with all the virtual loot, wishes for good health and cheer, and hopefully a few NEW ROWING MACHINES we need to deliver, we're going to need a few reindeer squadrons. Concept2 donations earned throughout the Rowing Universe are picking up - and it's pretty exciting to see that series of numbers. Last year, the Rowing Universe earned the first $1,000 on Day 9 of the Challenge. Like most goals, getting to that first big milestone seems to take FOREVER....

And, speaking of goals and big milestones....thought I'd better check in on Baz to make sure that he wasn't stuck somewhere on a rope during his climb of Sweet Dreams in the Blue Mountains...if you're wanting to read what our adventurous teammate from Oz is up to, here's the link to his "diary" http://www.thelandy.com - although must say that his Aussie slang sometimes sends me to the Wiki dictionary. Today's phrase of "dry as a Pommie's towel" was one that sure fit that bill. Again, you never know how much a teammate's stories are going to inspire and motivate others - and everyone here has a story or two or ten.

For those who can't row for any of several reasons right now - hang in there! It's frustrating not to be able to do what you might want to do, or not to be able to row what you did last year or last month. The team will still be here, and you're all still valued teammates. Right now, the focus is on the overall Rowing Community and being able to earn the Concept2 donation to help four different charitable avenues. We all know it's not just about raising the $$$ - it takes a lot of people power to help communities out, and there are many ways to contribute and bring awareness.

Season meters as of 209/365 = 86,467,778 m

Total meters on the day = 534,297 m

Oars in space (participation) = 38 percent ! Woot - that's a great number!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.95 MM Jay - wowzer, 4 MM is just an erg session or two away!
2.45 MM Danno
2.2 MM David A
1.25 MM David T
1.05 MM Dan W
950 K Tim G - hooboy! The million meter line is lighting up, and he's getting ready for a run at it...
850 K Robert H
750 K Brian C
600 K Dennis
450 K Mike M
300 K Tammy
150 K Karyn
50 K Andre

Thanks, everyone, for rowing with us!

Steven D 1,000 m
Bobbie 1,053 m
Jim m
Nataliya 2,800 m
Roger 3,000 m
Tammy 3,000 m
Marty 3,200 m
Rosi 3,500 m
Zander 3,500 m
Michelle 4,000 m
Fritz 4,010 m
Debbie V 4,317 m
Raoul 5,000 m
Marie 5,001 m - getting really close to getting that reindeer...I hear they like carrots and lichen...
Jay R 6,165 m
Tony m
James G enrage 6,733 m
Jeff P 6,804 m
Kristine 7,000 m
Peter G 8,000 m
Bernie 8,039 m
Jay 8,500 m
Brian McC 10,000 m
Matt Fo 10,000 m
Mike M 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Ronnie
Teresa 10,143 m
Tim K 10,215 m
K2 10,299 m
Karyn G 10,529 m
Dan W 10,725 m
Mike G 12,143 m
Ross 12,520 m
Cathie 13,000 m
Dennis 13,500 m
Jane 14,032 m
Adam 15,000 m
Tim G 15,000 m
David T 16,000 m
Paul S 16,000 m
David A 16,921 m
Kevin 18,000 m
Brian C 20,000 m
Ted 22,000 m
Pat S 22,054 m .... man on a mission !
Danno 22,766 m
Andre 23,250 m
bg 26,249 m
Chip 30,150 m

[Kristine Strasburger]

Congratulations on getting your aptly named reindeer, Doctor Dan. Way to row!

[Restless]

I would like to send out a congrats for all the milestones recently, as well as those that have already met the Holiday Challenge and earned the reindeer name I'm slowly working on getting there, have a few more days though.

-Rebecca

[Kona2]

More galloping reindeer !! It's Vixen !!

Wowzer, mates!! Rosi zoomed through those last few thousand meters!! While looking up all this reindeer "research", found out that Vixen is the reindeer who is considered to be the most graceful of all Santa's reindeer. She's the one who leads the reindeer trainees. That's what it says - really. Not to mention that all those skills are probably pretty handy for football (or soccer as we would call it in the US). Congratulations on earning another Concept2 donation, and freeing up your reindeer!

[jay]

Congrats to all of our growing herd of reindeer, Ron,Michelle,Danno,Ronnie,Rosi,Tim, and Marie. Have to check in with Nataliya for the care and feeding as the herd grows.
Kona, the Vixen story?????? C'mon Man!
jaybird

[rosita]

Kona thank you for my reindeer name, I love it Congrats to all my reindeer friends. Congrats Jay and Tim for joining the herd.
Rosi

[Kona2]

Congrats to all of our growing herd of reindeer, Ron,Michelle,Danno,Ronnie,Rosi,Tim, and Marie. Have to check in with Nataliya for the care and feeding as the herd grows.
Kona, the Vixen story?????? C'mon Man!
jaybird

HOW could any of us slept through all the clattering of reindeer hooves as so many reindeer were breaking out of the stable last night?! Wowzer. Not one, not two, but THREE escapees... and, while none of the meter accumulations are time-stamped, I am sure that Jay was helping herd them. And, if you thought the Vixen story was a hoot...wait till you hear about your reindeer Cupid....according to SantaClaus.net, Cupid was born on Valentine's Day so Santa called him Cupid...besides Cupid was always trying to set up dates for the OTHER reindeer.... has his own Facebook page, too (really) ...

Cupid.....Jay's Reindeer (because that was the next name on the list...)

Congratulations, Jay, on earning the Concept2 donation and getting your reindeer!