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

[Kona2]

We can be sure that Robyn is all set to watch the 49ers take on Green Bay this Saturday! Way to row to get that canoe !!


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robyn Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Kona2]

Day 9 or 10 of 31....row row row!

Hooboy! We have 23 canoes in the virtual waters of Moon River! Amazing ! And surely there will be a few more in the next few hours as the 100K milestone is surpassed! Gotta say, there are some great caricatures coming up! Stay tuned ! Btw, we could use some more oars....

Team Standings
Pos. Team Team Type Total Event Meters Team Members Average Meters
1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 13,028,520 293 44,466
2 Community Rowing, Inc On-Water Club 7,122,229 343 20,765
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 5,814,493 96 60,568
4 Free Spirits Virtual Club 4,893,166 135 36,246
5 Riverside On-Water Club 4,702,174 103 45,652

Virtual Team Challenge 2013 Individual Standings - THANK YOU for rowing with us!

Name Gender Age Total Event Meters
1 Norton Commando M 36 218,375
2 Cathie Johnson F 30 186,927
3 Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr. M 39 184,200
4 Richard Tessier M 61 182,424
5 Michelle Donavon F 23 164,195
6 Rosita Delacruz F 37 142,516
7 Samuel Johnson M 72 139,792
8 Marie Ballantine F 44 133,097
9 Tim Garlick M 53 132,500
10 Chris Tudury F 63 127,893
11 Zander Fraser M 38 126,277
12 Dana Noeske F 54 125,414
13 Ronnie Mills F 45 122,426
14 barbara grandberg F 62 116,694
15 Roger Gwinn M 33 110,610
16 David A. Alden M 52 109,208
17 Harold Janusek M 62 109,066
18 Rivka Levitt F 42 107,049
19 Jim Kielma M 59 101,740
20 Christa Krause F 33 101,550
21 Katerina Mack F 32 101,373
22 Jane Newall F 43 100,261
23 Robyn Lee F 35 100,108
24 Tammy Gwinn F 33 97,629
25 Anita Holub F 43 96,500
26 IAN MACKFALL M 53 95,560
27 Jan Stevenson F 60 92,445
28 Laurie Pachter F 51 85,202
29 Stephen Wild M 46 80,480
30 Sarah Addams F 27 78,794
31 Mike Crossley M 56 72,480
32 Charles Dykstra M 45 71,398
33 Stuart Babendir M 54 67,993
34 Jennifer Browning F 48 67,159
35 Karyn Gallagher F 43 65,777
36 Steven Larky M 50 64,443
37 Martin Hayes M 26 61,010
38 Nataliya Pyatrova F 28 59,437
39 Howard Lett M 63 59,178
40 Ted Cowley-Gilbert M 51 59,000
41 Mike Gilger M 52 58,855
42 Jay Rawot M 53 58,742
43 Rick Carveth M 60 54,562
44 David Tangerini M 65 54,000
45 Dan Wickwar M 59 50,968
46 Dan Rhoden M 55 50,000
47 Peter Huurman M 39 50,000
48 Rebecca Whitcomb F 30 50,000
49 Andrei Rozenshtein M 41 49,701
50 Kathryn Acciari F 51 48,977
51 Kenny Rowland M 58 48,666
52 Kristine Strasburger F 48 45,236
53 Tom McGuire M 60 43,649
54 Kristine Bay F 57 41,839
55 Mike Mulvihill M 52 40,391
56 Melissa Harsley F 57 40,000
57 Tim Kenney M 33 40,000
58 David Ballard M 47 40,000
59 Bobbie Kielma F 60 36,479
60 Jessica Shumake F 35 36,035
61 Paul Sharp M 51 36,000
62 Andrew Augenstein M 61 34,061
63 Peter Gingras M 53 33,810
64 Lachezar Manasiev M 25 33,371
65 A J Tudury M 64 31,703
66 peter verdirame M 58 31,000
67 Anthony Parendo M 69 26,664
68 Debbie Vuillemot F 47 25,250
69 Daniel Cox M 68 24,872
70 Bernie Svendsen M 54 24,099
71 william brackett M 60 23,775
72 Greg Childs M 58 21,049
73 Robert Hess M 51 20,000
74 Andrea Cosmin F 55 19,730
75 Jodi Nelson F 51 17,097
76 Anna Cicognani F 42 15,600
77 Ryan Cresawn M 38 15,000
78 Don Silseth M 60 14,500
79 darren barreca M 41 14,178
80 Marc Habert M 46 12,993
81 Mary Onorati F 27 12,613
82 Brandon Noll M 26 11,824
83 Dennis Dishong M 56 10,000
84 Kiba Chan F 24 10,000
85 Ed Church M 52 10,000
86 Tim Porter M 54 6,446
87 Gabriela Caranfil F 50 5,600
88 Tim Strasburger M 18 5,464
89 David Haas M 60 5,000
90 Sorin Spanoche M 46 4,014
91 Charles Langford M 39 2,500
92 Ernie Chan M 61 0
93 Fred Church M 57 0
94 Ron Jaracz M 43 0
95 Barry O'Malley M 53 0
96 James Garcia M 36 0

Total Challenge Meters = 5,814,493 m

Today's the day that Baz goes for the summit of Mt Aspiring !

For those wanting to check in on Baz's mountain climbing progress, see http://www.thelandy.com for his blog. He's out of contact pretty much for the next few days except for satellite phone, but is set to climb Mt Aspiring today (which is January 10 in New Zealand). Mt Aspiring National Park is near Lake Wanaka in New Zealand, and contains several worthy ascents, from Mt Awful to Mt Aspiring. I told Baz to make sure he picked the right one out of those two mountains! He'll be climbing another peak next week. He's got a lot of meters and training behind him, as well as some good guides. Good luck and much success Baz as you go for today's summit. May it be the first of many ! And, just for extra good luck and good measure, would be great to send positive and uplifting thoughts his way (and for TomO and Janet who have to wait for him).

Season meters as of 252/365 = 116,364,882 m

Total meters on the day = 4,385,772 m (more fainting)

Oars in space (participation) = 38 percent ! That's awesome!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.85 MM Jay
3.55 MM Cathie
3.4 MM Fabio (aka Richard T)
2.75 MM David A
1.95 MM Marie
1.75 MM Dana
1.45 MM Zander
1.2 MM Robyn
1.0 MM Nataliya
800 K Dennis
250 K Chip

Thanks, everyone, for rowing with us!

Mike G (MITWH) 70 m....maybe I had a typo the day before?
Steven D 1,000 m
Mitch J 1,371 m
Sorin 2,000 m
Tony m
Bobbie 4,500 m
Eric 5,000 m
Jeff P 5,000 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
Andrea 5,230 m
Fritz 5,402 m
David T 6,000 m
Debbie 6,008 m
Rick C 6,458 m
Nataliya 8,000 m
Bernie 8,032 m
Marty 9,000 m
Sam 9,000 m
Karyn 9,163 n
Anita 9,500 m
Steve J 9,500 m
Brian C 10,000 m
Dennis 10,000 m
Matt F 10,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Tim K 10,000 m
Tammy 10,005 m
Rivka 10,050 m
Christa 10,550 m
Ronnie 11,000 m
Sarah 11,302 m ....that million meter milestone is REALLY close !
Katerina m
Zander 12,000 m
Tom M 12,099 m
Rosi 12,100 m
Jane 12,261 m
Tim G 12,500 m
Jim 12,600 m
Cathie 13,000 m
David A 14,663 m
Mike M 15,000 m
Jay 16,500 m
Stephen W 17,259 m
Harold 20,000 m
Robyn 20,010 m
Jay R 20,786 m
K2 21,097 m
Marie 21,097 m
Roger 21,097 m
bg 22,103 m
Dan W 22,274 m
Fabio 22,354 m
Dana 27,016 m
Chip 31,633 m
Laurie 343,542 m
Michelle 3,409,752 m

[Kona2]

Wowzer! What a quick response to a request for more oars! Great rowing, Cathie!


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cathie Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Calamity]

Great rowing everyone! A millionaire, half marathons and several more folks in the canoe, some with paddlers too. Thanks AJ for the drawing(s), mine and others, and for Kona2 keeping us up to speed.

[Kona2]

And number 24 of the ArMOONda climbs into the canoe...not a great swimmer, so quite thankful that the canoe is there !



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K2 (aka Jan Stevenson) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[DUCKMARX]

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K2 (aka Jan Stevenson) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WOOT! WOOT!

[just27]

And number 24 of the ArMOONda climbs into the canoe...not a great swimmer, so quite thankful that the canoe is there !



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K2 (aka Jan Stevenson) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Good for you, Astrogator! How you make the time to research bunny trails, AND keep everyone's stats AND pictures in order, AND row a hundred-thousand meters is the stuff that luna legends are made of. Race you to a paddle!??

[brotherjim]

Thank you Jan and A J for making this team so much fun. I really love the canoes and the reindeer A J puts so much work into. Jan you are amazing and creative adding so much to thrse challengrs. The reindeer name stories were hilarious. Thanks to both of you for making our team the best.

[bg]

Woohoo and hooyah! This might be A FIRST EVER !! Last year, Nataliya finished up with 922,468 m ....and look at her go this year! She's a meter millionaire and there's still lots of time on the rowing clock! Congratulations, Nataliya, on achieving a ONE million meter rowing season! We wish you many, MANY more !!

NICE NAVIGATING NATALYIA
Da Do Ron Ron

congrats and woooo hoooo from me, too.....hope bazz's climb goes well....and goooooooo pats :}

[Kona2]

Hooyah and hoist the Luna-Tic Moon flag! Another canoe in the virtual waters of Moon River! Our ArMOONDA is now 25 !! Way to row, Ian! And thanks for rowing with us!



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ian Mackfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Edscapade]

Just want to give a shout out to Ron. See how you are doing. Its not the same without your Jokes
Richard T

Hi Richard and all my fellow Lunies! Thank you all so much for thinking of me This back thing has really been frustrating. This is the longest it has taken me to come back from an injury since I had knee surgery back in 1971-The Dark Ages, when knee surgery left you with a 4 inch scar, instead of a little hole.
The healing process has seemed like 1 step back for every 2 steps forward. The pain is not too bad now, but there is still a problem with the motor root of the sciatic nerve and I have weakness and still no reflexes in my right leg. About all I can handle is about 30 minutes of moderate pace walking on level ground and then the muscles in the right leg start to give out. Exercise has always been important for me, for both physical and mental well being, I'm trying very hard to stay posistive and not give way to Doctor Phil's "Stinkin' Thinkin"
One of the hardest things, is not to start doing more when the pain subsides. I already gave into that urge once and I paid dearly The Physical Therapist gave me a stern lecture and showed me a copy of what she called the "healing curve" Time is on the horizontal axis and pain and tissue repair on the vertical axis. Pain starts high and tissue repair low. At some point, with the pain decreasing and the tissue repair increasing the lines cross and for two to three weeks you are in the "area of vulnerability" where you feel just good enough to think you are healed. I'm back to that point again and I'm trying very hard to be good. Two more weeks of physical therapy and low level home exercises and lumbar traction and if the motor function hasn't come back they will reevaluate and perhaps do an MRI or some other diagnostic tests.


Sorry to bore you all with this, but I just wanted to let you know why I haven't been around much. I really miss being an active member of the team. Your individual and team accomplishments in the current challenge are truly impressive Congratulations to you all
Go Luna-Tics!
Ron

Hi Ron,

Sorry for your back issues - never fun! I hope you can hold yourself back and let it heal. You will have plenty of time to get back in the seat... Tell you what - I will row a few more meters each nite just for you. I know it won't be the amount you row, but I know every little bit helps. take care and God's speed to recovery!
Best,
Ed

[kgallagher]

Wowzer! What a quick response to a request for more oars! Great rowing, Cathie!


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cathie Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cathie is looking like she could use a bit of sunscreen! Way to row Cathie! Keep up the good work.

Kudos to everyone else who already earned their canoes and oars! Hopefully I will manage to get in my boat this weekend.

Karyn

[Kona2]

Woohoo, Anita! Like the hat, too! Way to row that first 100K and get that canoe !



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anita Holub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[sarahaddams]

Congrats on getting your canoe Kona2! Also, I really appreciate the motivation. I've been rowing some extra meters this week since I'm getting close to the 1 million meter mark! So glad I joined for the team challenge. I love reading the updates everyday and seeing others get their canoes and oars!

[Kona2]

Congrats on getting your canoe Kona2! Also, I really appreciate the motivation. I've been rowing some extra meters this week since I'm getting close to the 1 million meter mark! So glad I joined for the team challenge. I love reading the updates everyday and seeing others get their canoes and oars!

You're getting really close to both the one million mark AND the canoe (and your caricature is quite good, too)!