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

[Kona2]

Hooboy...marathon fever.....all it takes is a Challenge that is a REALLY big stretch, and our teammates start thinking about other challenges...and before you know it, we've got full moons and half moons and red giants and even a supernova appearing in the skies above our rowing universe. Mike C has been a teammate for a few seasons now, and every so often a half marathon gets thrown out there...but I don't remember recent history of a full marathon.

Meanwhile, AJ had been updating some of the caricatures, and he noticed that Mike C was going to be within striking distance of getting an oar with a 200K effort. When I saw the caricature of Mike (AJ has his ways of finding people...), I was sure that AJ had found his long lost brother (although AJ seems to have gotten the naturally curly hair gene more so than almost brother Mike).



Congratulations on completing a FULL marathon, Mike !




. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Crossley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



. . . . .AJ Tudury . . . . .

[Jodi]

... Too bad AJ didn't place my glass of wine in the canoe with me, because I definitely am celebrating!
With that in mind I'm going to hit the rower again tomorrow, and see how many more meters I can put into the team total before the deadline. Go Luna-tics!!!

Hah! "Maybe there should be a glass of wine in Jodi's cartoon's hand" was actually discussed, over a glass of wine, last night during dinner at our house.

Ah yes, my glass of wine. That picture was taken at a family reunion in NYC a few years ago and brings back good memories. I think I will have that glass of celebratory wine.

[Kerry1976]

Thanks for the info, K2. I look forward to contributing to the team effort!

[Kona2]

Day 28 or 29 of 31.....

Team Standings
Pos. Team Team Type Total Event Meters Team Members Average Meters
1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 47,327,560 323 146,525
2 Community Rowing, Inc On-Water Club 27,469,216 453 60,638
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 21,525,374 107 201,172 Thanks for rowing with us !!
4 HAVK Mladost On-Water Club 19,529,251 209 93,441
5 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 17,920,697 42 426,683

The above is sort of a real time view (not from earlier this morning - although the stats numbers will be). Way to row, team !!

Season meters as of 271/365 = 130,249,460 m

Total meters on the day = 2,825,878 m

Oars in space (participation) = 29 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.1 MM Ron
3.8 MM Michelle
3.05 MM Danno
2,8 MM Jim
2.3 MM Marie
1.75 MM Zander
1.75 MM Tim G
1.7 MM Rebecca
1.65 MM Hal
850 K Tammy
850 K K2
750 K Bobbie
350 K Jodi
42,195 m ...FULL Marathon...Mike C
21,097 ... HALF Marathon... Ron, Danno, Marie, Roger, Laurie

Thanks, everyone, for putting meters in the team meter piggy bank...

Tony 3,465 m...for a 99999 Challenge total !
Peter G 5,000 m
Robert H 5,000 m
Bobbie m
Sam 7,500 m
Marty 8,000 m
Nataliya 8,000 m
Ross 8,000 m
Bernie 8,037 m
Karyn 8,208 m
David W 9,034 m
Andrea 9,894 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Pat S 10,203 m
Stephen W 10,473 m
Jane 10,508 m
Rivka 11,100 m
Tammy m
Jim m
Sarah 11,128 m
Anita 12,000 m
Christa 12,000 m
Michelle 12,000 m
Zander 12,000 m
Minnie 12,927 m
Cathie 13,000 m
Ronnie 14,200 m
Harold 15,000 m
K2 15,000 m
Rosi 15,000 m
Tim G 15,000 m
Kerry 20,257 m
Laurie 21,097 m ... back to back half marathons....wowzer!
Marie 21,097 m
Ron 21,097 m
Roger 21,099 m
Jay m
Richard T 23,816 m
Dana 34,108 m
Danno 35,097 m
Mike C 42,195 m
Jodi 50,985 m ...great update
Scott 722,418 m
Katerina 1,470,936 m

[Kona2]

Will she EVER take us for a walk again????

[just27]

Will she EVER take us for a walk again????

Oh, you have some serious walkies time in your post-challenge future. Nothing like a couple of Goldens giving you "the look!" How is Jesse the bread bandit handling January?

[Kona2]

Tony's been rowing steady m with an occasional change up presented here and there for every day of the Challenge - adding a bit of numeric graphics fun to each posting! Way to row, Tony !



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Parendo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Kona2]

Rosi joins the Bathtub Brigade by gliding easily over the 500K milestone today! Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Way to row !!



..............Rosita Delacruz.................

[Drivetofast]

Rosi joins the Bathtub Brigade by gliding easily over the 500K milestone today! Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Way to row !!



..............Rosita Delacruz.................

Way To Row Rosi

[Kona2]

Day 29 or 30 of 31....commencing countdown....three....
Team Standings
Pos. Team Team Type Total Event Meters Team Members Average Meters
1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 48,053,731 323 148,773
2 Community Rowing, Inc On-Water Club 27,805,390 453 61,381
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 21,969,298 107 205,321
4 HAVK Mladost On-Water Club 19,529,251 209 93,441
5 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 18,405,340 42 438,222


And a fine team welcome back to Bill G...who has signed on again for the year round team. Shameless advertising....would love to have any and all who have joined the Challenge team also sign on for the year round team....



Back on December 10th, the Denver Post featured a front page article about space tourism....I guess they're right.....most people don't row to the moon.

Season meters as of 272/365 = 130,941,834 m

Total meters on the day = 692,374 m

Oars in space (participation) = 37 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.45 MM Jay
4.9 MM bg
3.95 MM Richard T
3.1 MM Ronnie
2.2 MM Rosi
2.1 MM Dana
1.6 MM Ted
1.45 MM Robyn
1.35 MM Paul S
1.3 MM Marty
900 K Brian C
900 K Mike C
650 K Tom M
600 K Laurie
400 K Tony
150 K Andrea

Thanks, everyone, for rowing with us ! It was a great day !!

Steven D 1,000 m
Jeff M 2,007 m
Mike C 2,804 m ... enough to hit that 900K milestone....and the pathway to ONE million meters !
Tony m
Jay R 4,165 m
Brian C 5,000 m
Andrea 5,139 m ... only 10K to a canoe....
Bobbie 5,311 m
Scott 5,500 m
Andrew 5,710 m
Kevin 6,000 m
Debbie V 6,050 m
Harold 6,500 m
Rick C 6,623 m
Bill G 6,930 m
Nataliya 7,000 m
Tim G 7,500 m
Mary ) 8,004 m
Bernie 8,034 m
Ross 8,100 m
Marty 8,500 m
Christa 10,000 m
Stephen W 10,034 m
Karyn 10,038 m
James G 10,161 m
bg 10,345 m
Katerina 11,000 m
Rivka 11,000 m
Tom M 11,001 m
Anita m
Sarah 11,465 m
Dan W 11,629 m
Michelle 12,000 m
Sam 12,000 m
Kerry 12,500 m
David W 12,771 m
Zander 14,000 m
Danno 15,000 m
Pat S 15,790 m
Paul S 16,000 m
Rosi 16,000 m
Roger 17,000 m
Tammy 17,000 m
Dana 17,328 m
David T 18,000 m
Marie 18,000 m ... and a mere 6K to the bathtub brigade...
K2 19,958 m
Cathie 20,000 m
Laurie 21,097 m ... three in a row !!
Robyn 21, m
Ted 22,000 m
Ronnie 22,500 m
Jay m
Jim 26,000 m
Ron m
Richard T 36,661 m

[Kona2]

Making an adjustment to today's meters since there were some data streams that were passing through Concept2 at the time of the upload...and they didn't show up when I first pulled the data. I'm always glad to add more meters -- especially those with lots of the same number...! Way to row to Jodi for adding another m to our totals for the day AND getting past the 400K milestone!!

Day 29 or 30 of 31....commencing countdown....three....
Team Standings
Pos. Team Team Type Total Event Meters Team Members Average Meters
1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 48,053,731 323 148,773
2 Community Rowing, Inc On-Water Club 27,805,390 453 61,381
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 21,969,298 107 205,321
4 HAVK Mladost On-Water Club 19,529,251 209 93,441
5 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 18,405,340 42 438,222


And a fine team welcome back to Bill G...who has signed on again for the year round team. Shameless advertising....would love to have any and all who have joined the Challenge team also sign on for the year round team....



Back on December 10th, the Denver Post featured a front page article about space tourism....I guess they're right.....most people don't row to the moon.

Season meters as of 272/365 = 130,941,834 m

Total meters on the day = 692,374 m

Oars in space (participation) = 37 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.45 MM Jay
4.9 MM bg
3.95 MM Richard T
3.1 MM Ronnie
2.2 MM Rosi
2.1 MM Dana
1.6 MM Ted
1.45 MM Robyn
1.35 MM Paul S
1.3 MM Marty
900 K Brian C
900 K Mike C
650 K Tom M
600 K Laurie
400 K Jodi
400 K Tony
150 K Andrea

Thanks, everyone, for rowing with us ! It was a great day !!

Steven D 1,000 m
Jeff M 2,007 m
Mike C 2,804 m ... enough to hit that 900K milestone....and the pathway to ONE million meters !
Tony m
Jay R 4,165 m
Brian C 5,000 m
Andrea 5,139 m ... only 10K to a canoe....
Bobbie 5,311 m
Scott 5,500 m
Andrew 5,710 m
Kevin 6,000 m
Debbie V 6,050 m
Harold 6,500 m
Rick C 6,623 m
Bill G 6,930 m
Nataliya 7,000 m
Tim G 7,500 m
Mary ) 8,004 m
Bernie 8,034 m
Ross 8,100 m
Marty 8,500 m
Christa 10,000 m
Stephen W 10,034 m
Karyn 10,038 m
James G 10,161 m
bg 10,345 m
Katerina 11,000 m
Rivka 11,000 m
Tom M 11,001 m
Anita m
Jodi m
Sarah 11,465 m
Dan W 11,629 m
Michelle 12,000 m
Sam 12,000 m
Kerry 12,500 m
David W 12,771 m
Zander 14,000 m
Danno 15,000 m
Pat S 15,790 m
Paul S 16,000 m
Rosi 16,000 m
Roger 17,000 m
Tammy 17,000 m
Dana 17,328 m
David T 18,000 m
Marie 18,000 m ... and a mere 6K to the bathtub brigade...
K2 19,958 m
Cathie 20,000 m
Laurie 21,097 m ... three in a row !!
Robyn 21, m
Ted 22,000 m
Ronnie 22,500 m
Jay m
Jim 26,000 m
Ron m
Richard T 36,661 m

[Kona2]

Woohoo! Deadline driven (many can relate)! Capt Kristine is sporting some of the best hair in the ArMOONda - and many will recall the first time that the ArMOONda sailed that with each increase in meterage (is this a word?!), and move to a new boat...the hair got bigger. Loved it! Kristine was sidelined with a respiratory bug for about three weeks of this Challenge. She shows what she's made of though - and powers through it to her canoe! Well done!



. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristine Strasburger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[voodoogirl]

Will she EVER take us for a walk again????

THAT much guilt would slow me way down! Looks like you are in big trouble. I have problems dealing with one pair of eyes, couldn't handle two!

[voodoogirl]

In my opinion, Henrik's wrists are flat. The bend you see looks to me to be more of a natural horizontal bend /rotation due to the pull through and the angle the forearm makes at the finish with his elbows out. When Concept 2 is referring to "flat" wrists, my understanding is that they are refering to not bending the wrists in a vertical up and down movement (also referred to as breaking the wrists). I'm an on the water rower, and if I break my wrist in the boat it changes the height of the oar off the water and you don't want the oar to be too high off the water. When erging you want to be mindful of the same thing. You don't want to break the wrist at the finish resulting in the handle dropping towards your lap.

If you have to row with a brace, it may have an impact on how well you can finish therefore affecting your time. However, people are resiliant and you have probably learned how to maximize your efforts even though you wear a brace/braces. If the braces allow you to row, don't fret it. We'd rather have you row than not row.

Karyn[/quote]

Thanks, Karyn. That all makes sense to me and now I can see what you mean. And yes, anything that keeps me rowing....

[Jodi]

[quote="Kona2"]Making an adjustment to today's meters since there were some data streams that were passing through Concept2 at the time of the upload...and they didn't show up when I first pulled the data. I'm always glad to add more meters -- especially those with lots of the same number...! Way to row to Jodi for adding another m to our totals for the day AND getting past the 400K milestone!!


Thank you! You've gotta love those numeric graphics. My granddaughter would tell me, "That's pretty tool, Grammy". And I've got to agree with her. It is pretty darn "tool"