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

[Kristine Strasburger]

I claimed a reindeer in the holiday challenge, I've every intention of claiming a canoe. Maybe even a caricature, but I've never done 200k in one month before - in fact, I've only done 212k lifetime! But, If I'm going to achieve the million by summer, I need to get going!

You can do it! I know you can!

[danwho]

Interesting way for someone to add to their On-The-Water meters:

[Kona2]

Day 10 or 11 of 31 .... AAARRRRGH !

By stealth, taking advantage of the near moonless night, neighboring tribes slipped their boats in front of ours...trying to create a blockade! We know that the wind will shift, and secret passageways (or portages!) await to move us forward...if we can pull enough lunar power together!

It's Friday or Saturday depending on hemispheric location! That means there might be opportunities for MORE meters than usual for many teammates....and right now, we could surely use additional ones to regain a spot or keep from being overtaken by others. EVERY meter counts...and for those who have not yet had a chance to contribute any meters, there is no time like the present to increase our percent participation. We're one-third of the way through the Challenge ! Still LOTS of time left to add meters! And canoes....because we have a couple more canoes today, also. Congratulations to Guinan Jane and Ronda Wilson for completing the first milestone of 100,000 m !

1 FRENCH INDOOR ROWERS TEAM Virtual Club 9,889,621 305 32,425
2 Community Rowing, Inc On-Water Club 9,489,825 422 22,488
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 9,388,447 120 78,237
4 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 9,226,661 194 47,560
5 HAVK Mladost On-Water Club 6,752,805 201 33,596


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guinan Jane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ronda Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Kona2]

We have several teammates who are on the very EDGE of ONE million meter milestones....so close they could just give the erg chain a few pulls and there they would be. And they would have been there, too, except they were busy rowing a fun number like 11,111 or 11,777 ... THOSE kinds of numbers that make posting stats a fun task for me. Still, these thoughts propelled me down a bunny trail. I completed my first biking century ride in 2004 during a Ride the Rockies week long cycling event. It was an awesome day where the route took us from Granby CO to Steamboat Springs CO over the 9500 ft elevation of Gore Pass. We dropped from snowpack into an area of rolling ranchland. More horses than cows then. It was great scenery. The climb up and over Gore Pass had surely taken its toll, and I was getting slower as the mileage milestones went past 80 miles. The idea that people who ride faster spend a lot less time on the bike seat definitely crossed my mind. But what really helped me get across the finish line was having a speedier riding partner who circled back and rode with me during the last ten miles or so - just so we would complete this milestone at the same time. I went on to do several more centuries that year, but like many FIRST EVER milestones, that experience has stayed with me. I bet there are a bunch of teammates who could relate similar stories. And so it is with your first million meters, or your 10th million meters. You think about all the hours that have gone before that one erg session that's going to take you across the metric milestone.

Welcome back to Scott R - always good to have you on the team roster!

Season meters as of 354/365 = 101,805,394 m

Total meters on the day = 1,582,677 m

Oars in space (participation) = 37 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.2 MM Ron
2.2 MM Cathie
2.05 MM Jim
2.05 MM Rosi
1.7 MM Michelle
1.4 MM Danno
1.4 MM Dan W
1.05 MM Rebecca
800 K Norma ... predicting ONE million meters by end of January...
700 K Ken G
650 K Howard
600 K Greg C
450 K Steven
400 K Elton
350 K Karyn

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us! And for joining us at the finish line every day !

Tony m
Gene 4,500 m
Chip 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
K2 5,011 m
Lily m
Nataliya m a palindrome
Greg C 6,317 m
Karyn 6,543 m
Bobbie 8,000 m
David W (AZ) 8,000 m
Tom M 8,000 m
Bernie 8,033 m
Andrea 8,395 m
Marty 8,500 m
Fabrizio 8,869 m
Jeff D 9,039 m
Howard 9,067 m
Danno 10,000 m
Norton 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Steve G 10,000 m
Tim K 10,000 m
Douglas 10,500 m
Diana 11,000 m
Ted 11,000 m
Robyn m
Jodie m a palindrome
Katerina m
David T 12,000 m
Dan W m a double ought double
Janeway m a palindrome
Steven 12,460 m
Anita 13,500 m
Christa 13,500 m
Rivka 14,000 m
Sarah H 14,000 m
David A 14,669 m
Sam 15,000 m
Cathie 17,500 m
Harold 18,000 m
Guninan 18,961 m
Elton 19,008 m
Ken G 20,000 m
Rosi 20,000 m
Zander 20,000 m
Jay 21,000 m
Marie 21,000 m
Michelle 21,005 m
Norma m a palindrome
Ronnie 22,000 m
Ed 25,000 m
Mike C 27,104 m
bg 30,084 m
Ron 34,397 m
Jim 64,195 m
Scott 784,323 m

[Kona2]

Day 11 or 12 of 31...and the crowd went wild !!!


There was a time yesterday when we Lunies were listed in the fourth spot...somewhere, maybe in your own house, the crowd is going wild as a few more teammates jump on board and we rise to the third spot once again....dig deep, Lunies !! The wind is at our back today !

1 FRENCH INDOOR ROWERS TEAM Virtual Club 11,484,451 315 36,459
2 Community Rowing, Inc On-Water Club 10,997,266 431 25,516
3 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 10,871,819 126 86,284
4 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 10,626,468 202 52,606
5 HAVK Mladost On-Water Club 6,752,805 201 33,596

Wowzer! NINE new canoeists in the ARMOONDA this morning ! Way to go go go ! Congratulations on achieving the 100,000 m (and more) milestone in the Virtual Team Challenge!


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Rhoden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristine B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jon C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ted C-G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bernie S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fabrizio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! And a GO 49ers thrown in for good measure! Congratulations, Robyn, on achieving a ONE million meter rowing season (again!)....and for zooming across the milestone line with a fine half marathon! We wish you many, MANY more millions and lots of 49ers wins (except against the Broncos ).

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Another ONE million meters logged for yet another year! Way to go! Congratulations, Katerina, on achieving a ONE million meter rowing season! We wish you many, MANY more!

[Kona2]

And let's not forget about our ski-erg competitors...

Luna, Richard T, Don S, Reba, Ryan, Bernie Shiao, and Jessica S have all contributed ski-erg meters. Congratulations, Luna, on being at the top of the ski-erg contributors...ahead of Darlene B (and she is a fierce competitor!). Here are the top five meter contributors:

1 Luna T LUNA-TICS F 23 164,888
2 Darlene Brennan ANCIENTS F 70 139,352
3 Helge Fylling Age Without Limits M 59 90,000
4 James Troxell 111767 M 67 68,869
5 John Marriott Marriott Family and Friends M 51 62,000

[Kona2]

It's an AVALANCHE of MILESTONES!

Season meters as of 255/365 = 102,920,903 m

Total meters on the day = 1,115,509 m

Oars in space (participation) = 35 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.75 MM Ed
4.7 MM bg
4.15 MM Richard T with a full marathon!
2.9 MM Jay with a full marathon !
2.35 MM Ronnie
2.1 MM Rosi with a full marathon!
2.1 MM Jim with a full marathon !
1.55 MM Reba
1.55 MM David T
1.15 MM Zander
1.05 MM Harold
1.0 MM Robyn
1.0 MM Katerina
950 K Luna
800 K Scott R
700 K Sarah H
600 K Guinan Jane
600 K Nataliya
550 K Fabrizio
450 K Andrea
250 K Jeff D

Thanks, EVERYONE, for rowing and ski-erging with us! You rock !

JJT 2,000 m
Debbie R 3,059 m
Tony m
Tristan 4,000 m
Barry S 5,000 m
Jeff P 5,000 m
K2 5,000 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
Rich M 5,000 m
Lily m a double double!
Steve G 6,654 m
Gene 7,000 m
Andrea 7,008 m
Bobbie 8,000 m
David T 8,000 m
Marty 8,900 m
Danno 10,000 m
Rick C 10,000 m
Ted 11,001 m
Jodie m
Katerina m ... and it's a palindrome !
Pat S 12,337 m
Elton 13,210 m
Sam 14,000 m
Anita 14,500 m
Nataliya 14,500 m
Chip 15,000 m
Christa 15,000 m
Diana 15,000 m
Harold 15,000 m
Ken G 15,000 m
Cathie 17,000 m
Jane 17,205 m
Fabrizio 18,731 m
Jeff D 20,048 m
Robyn 21,097 m
Ron 21,097 m
Scott 21,097 m
bg 22,273 m
Rivka m
Mike G 23,340 m
Sarah H m
Norma ... February is a good month to hit ONE million, too...
Zander m
Norton 27,000 m
Reba 31,535 m
Ronnie m
Stephen 38,231 m
Jay 42,195 m
Jim 42,195 m
Richard T 42,195 m
Rosi 42,196 m
Michelle 45,000 m
Luna 61,498 m
Terry M 73,332 m - great update !
Ed 75,000 m

[jayne_jayney]

Aaargh! Missed the updates again... 15,951m today, including a PB at 10k. I only took 4m23s off my time from 6 weeks ago

[bg]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! And a GO 49ers thrown in for good measure! Congratulations, Robyn, on achieving a ONE million meter rowing season (again!)....and for zooming across the milestone line with a fine half marathon! We wish you many, MANY more millions and lots of 49ers wins (except against the Broncos ).

wooooo hoooooo and congrats, but........goooooooooo pats :}

[bg]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Another ONE million meters logged for yet another year! Way to go! Congratulations, Katerina, on achieving a ONE million meter rowing season! We wish you many, MANY more!

woooooo hooooooo and congrats :}and great rowing everyone :}

[Kristine Strasburger]

Wood Hoooo, Team! Fantastic rowing by everyone! Keep it up!

[Kona2]

Day 12 or 13 of 31 .... warp drive !!

If this were the final lap of the final day of the Challenge, the race would be too close to call ! What a fine bunch of competitors we have here! Thanks, everyone, for putting the pedal to the erg metal !

1 FRENCH INDOOR ROWERS TEAM Virtual Club 12,292,003 321 38,293
2 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 11,874,434 128 92,769
3 Community Rowing, Inc On-Water Club 11,841,675 428 27,667
4 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 11,787,455 208 56,670
5 Free Spirits Virtual Club 7,122,366 135 52,758

[jayne_jayney]

Day 12 or 13 of 31 .... warp drive !!

If this were the final lap of the final day of the Challenge, the race would be too close to call ! What a fine bunch of competitors we have here! Thanks, everyone, for putting the pedal to the erg metal !

1 FRENCH INDOOR ROWERS TEAM Virtual Club 12,292,003 321 38,293
2 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 11,874,434 128 92,769
3 Community Rowing, Inc On-Water Club 11,841,675 428 27,667
4 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 11,787,455 208 56,670
5 Free Spirits Virtual Club 7,122,366 135 52,758

I'm 14k below average in Luna-Tics, yet I'd improve the average of any of our competitors. Not very commited are they?