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

[bg]

woooo hoooo and congrats everyone for all the milestones :} i can't keep up.......for the final four, i'm going local...goooooo uconn.....and so pleased that baseball starts for me today...goooooo sox....

[Kona2]

Mud....don't underestimate its power...

Lunies finished the Mud Season Madness Challenge... well done!

David A. Alden
Marie Ballantine
Mikkel Bang Christensen
Chuck Beasley
Jon Casadont
Greg Childs
Cathie Chugak
Ed Church
Andrea Cosmin
Daniel Cox
Rosita Delacruz
Collin Dykstra
Karyn Gallagher
Steve Gooch
Kenneth Guenther
Roger Gwinn
Greg Halac
Sarah Hallbeck
Martin Hayes
Anita Holub
Gene Hulsey
Jodie James
Harold Janusek
Bobbie Kielma
Jim Kielma
Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr.
Christa Krause
Robyn Lee
Howard Lett
Rivka Levitt
Ron MacBruce
Katerina Mack
Kevin McElligott
Jane Newall
Scott Ryan
Michelle S
Sorin Spanoche
David Tangerini
Richard Tessier
Rebecca Whitcomb
Stephen Wild
Lily Yost

Lunies completed the advanced Challenge of 10K+ for 25 or more days....

Mikkel Bang Christensen
Chuck Beasley
Jon Casadont
Ed Church
Daniel Cox
Collin Dykstra
Steve Gooch
Kenneth Guenther
Roger Gwinn
Greg Halac
Sarah Hallbeck
Jim Kielma
Jim (Jay) Kielma Jr.
Christa Krause
Howard Lett
Ron MacBruce
Kevin McElligott
Jane Newall
Richard Tessier
Rebecca Whitcomb

ERGED EVERY SINGLE DAY of the CHALLENGE !!

Marie
Rosi
Marty
Bobbie
Steve G
Jim
Jay
Rivka
David T

[bg]

woooo hoooo and congrats everyone for all the milestones :} i can't keep up.......for the final four, i'm going local...goooooo uconn.....and so pleased that baseball starts for me today...goooooo sox....

DITTO Can't keep up with the milestones, can't keep up period This injury is really turning out to be a real big pain in the you-know-what
Da Do Ron Ron

ouch....so sorry :{ sending a lot more healing thoughts.....and woooo hooooo and congrats to all the luna-tics for great rowing in the march challenge :}

[Kona2]

Day 18 of 32

1 FRENCH INDOOR ROWERS TEAM Virtual Club 19,098,039 308 62,007
2 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 17,742,675 198 89,609
3 Free Spirits Virtual Club 11,764,861 136 86,506
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 11,418,273 100 114,183
5 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 10,244,444 56 182,937
6 RowPro Team Virtual Club 9,512,128 117 81,300
7 Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In. Health Club 8,897,910 226 39,371
8 Greenville Indoor Rowing Health Club 7,320,791 140 52,291
9 Borgess Health & Fitness Center Health Club 5,880,461 121 48,599
10 Empty the Tanks Virtual Club 5,465,318 45 121,452
11 Rockwell Collins Recreation Center Corporate Fitness Center 4,583,310 119 38,515
12 Team Canada Virtual Club 4,451,747 56 79,495
13 Team NAS Pensacola Military Facility 4,359,782 472 9,237
14 TimbukTWO Virtual Club 4,328,289 62 69,811
15 Rowbot Fitness Health Club 3,533,782 92 38,411
16 buckhorn/welland YMCA 3,386,453 5 677,291
17 Overcoming disAbilities Virtual Club 3,291,128 12 274,261

Apologies everyone - I have more projects than I can handle at the moment. Will do the best I can to get the info out! Please understand that I can't do the spinning numbers and billiard balls today....that's the part that takes the most time!

Season meters as of 334/365 = 168,106,927 m

Total meters in the last 2 days = 1,756,656 m

Oars in space (participation) = 40 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations: Bonanza!!

7.4 MM Ed
7.35 MM Ron
7.05 MM Richard T
6.15 MM bg
4.65 MM Jay
3.85 MM David A
3.8 MM Jim
3.7 MM Ronnie
3.45 MM Rosi
3.35 MM Walter
2.8 MM Stephen W
2.75 MM Marie
2.5 MM Anita
2.15 MM Christa
1.85 MM Jodie
1.8 MM Sarah H
1.65 MM Rebecca
1.6 MM Ken G
900 K Bernie
650 K Tony
500 K Lily
200 K Lynne C
50 K Keith
50 K Tom P

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us! You are amazing people!

Tony 3,333 m
Laurie 5,000 m
Lynne C 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Paul B 5,000 m
David W (GBR) 5,416 m
Keith 5,889 m
Mike M 6,000 m
Sam 6,000 m
Jeff P 6,402 m
Todd 7,512 m
Ross 7,684 m
David W (AZ) 8,000 m
AJ 8,052 m
Tom P 9,000 m
Danno 10,000 m
Michelle 10,000 m
Reba 10,000 m
Tim K 10,000 m
Greg H 10,001 m ... a palindrome!
Stuart 10,770 m
Katerina 10,500 m
Howard 11,159 m
Cathie 12,000 m
Norton 12,000 m
Jeff D 12,079 m
Minnie 12,221 m ... another palindrome...
Gene 14,000 m
Bobbie 14,063 m
Diana 14,777 m
Sorin 15,060 m
Greg C 16,005 m
Karyn 16,104 m
Scott 17,109 m
Walter 17,500 m
Lily 17,900 m
Bernie 18,036 m
Andrea 18,841 m
Collin 20,000 m
Jodie 20,001 m
Jane 20,002 m .. another palindrome...and a cool one, too...
Roger 21,000 m
Ron 21,712 m
Dan W 22,044 m
Barry S 22,365 m
Dominic 23,447 m
David T 24,000 m
Marty 25,000 m
bg 25,120 m
Robyn 29,778 m
Mikkel 30,000 m
Rebecca 30,000 m
Kiba 34,000 m
Steve G 34,000 m
Ken G 35,000 m
Jon C 37,753 m
Christa 40,333 m
David A 43,278 m
Raoul 45,170 m
Stephen 45,336 m
Jay 46,000 m
Marie 48,001 m
Rivka 50,008 m
Sarah H 50,008 m
Rosi 54,008 m
Jim 54,896 m
Anita 58,333 m
Ronnie 70,008 m
Richard T 97,642 m ... also a Lunie
Ed 175,000 m ....you are indeed a Lunie

[Kona2]

1 FRENCH INDOOR ROWERS TEAM Virtual Club 19,365,375 308 62,875
2 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 18,192,076 198 91,879
3 Free Spirits Virtual Club 12,009,022 136 88,302
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 11,668,835 100 116,688
5 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 10,601,194 56 189,307
6 RowPro Team Virtual Club 9,766,566 117 83,475
7 Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In. Health Club 8,897,910 226 39,371
8 Greenville Indoor Rowing Health Club 7,502,204 140 53,587
9 Borgess Health & Fitness Center Health Club 6,006,935 128 46,929
10 Empty the Tanks Virtual Club 5,655,835 45 125,685
11 Team Canada Virtual Club 4,626,278 56 82,612
12 Rockwell Collins Recreation Center Corporate Fitness Center 4,583,310 119 38,515
13 TimbukTWO Virtual Club 4,414,004 62 71,194
14 Team NAS Pensacola Military Facility 4,359,782 472 9,237
15 Rowbot Fitness Health Club 3,647,681 92 39,649
16 buckhorn/welland YMCA 3,386,453 5 677,291
17 Overcoming disAbilities Virtual Club 3,384,468 12 282,039

Looks like Free Spirits is starting to pull away a little bit, but the day is young!

Meanwhile, the individual contributors are pounding out the meters as well ! We continue to have a number of ergers in the top 100. Great work by all !

1 Darlene Brennan ANCIENTS F 70 1,469,843
2 Adam Mell Row-4-u M 45 1,350,211
3 Alice Taylor Borgess Health & Fitness Center F 71 1,208,598
4 Tom Faragher Ramming Speed M 54 1,125,312
5 Domenic Gizzi Ramming Speed M 58 1,102,621
6 Richard Tessier LUNA-TICS M 63 LTA 1,009,553
7 AL RITTER buckhorn/welland M 61 904,606
8 David Hannan Empty the Tanks M 55 880,000
9 Judy Abbott Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In. F 72 879,425
10 Harald Timm Sunset Rower Zug M 50 830,000
11 Ed Church LUNA-TICS M 53 825,000

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Congratulations, Reba, on achieving a TWO million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more!

[Kona2]

Season meters as of 336/365 = 168,631,605 m

Total meters on the day = 524,678 m

Oars in space (participation) = 24 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

7.45 MM Ed
2.8 MM Marie
2.5 MM Rivka
2.0 MM Reba
1.55 MM Jon C
750 K Sarah A
700 K Paul R
250 K Mike M

Thanks, everyone, for rowing and ski-erging with us!

Jodie 3,000 m
Tony m
Bobbie 4,002 m
Gene m ... a double double!
David W (GBR) 5,000 m
Kevin 5,000 m
Scott 5,000 m
Barry 5,141 m
Walter m .. a double double!
Cathie m .. a double double !
Keith 5,878 m
Mike M 6,000 m
Bill L m ... a palindrome!
Roger 6,237 m
Marty 7,000 m
Mike C 7,500 m
AJ 8,016 m
Fabrizio 8,023 m
Bernie 8,025 m
Howard 11,059 m
Minnie m
Marie m ... a double triple!
Ron 11,172 m
David T 12,000 m
Jon C 12,000 m
Steve G 12,000 m
Norton 14,000 m
Sarah A m
Christa m
Rivka 15,000 m
Sarah H 15,000 m
Dominic m
Anita m
Rosi 16,000 m
Jim 17,400 m
Danno m
Paul R 19,020 m
Jay 20,000 m
Ronnie m
bg 25,137 m
Reba 42,319 m
Ed 50, m

[bg]

Whoop, whoop and hooyah! Congratulations, Reba, on achieving a TWO million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more!

wooo hooooo and congrats :}

Apologies everyone - I have more projects than I can handle at the moment. Will do the best I can to get the info out! Please understand that I can't do the spinning numbers and billiard balls today....that's the part that takes the most time!

imho...you have nothing to apologize for, k2.....i have no idea how you keep up with all of us and do anything else during the day :}

[BAZzy]

Howdy

Congratulations to all for the milestones and achievements!

I’ve more or less recovered from a respiratory infection that seemed to come out of the blue. Sensibly (not something I usually equate with) I have stayed away from exercise. So back over the next day or so, before we head off into the Australian Outback for a couple of weeks of touring and photography!

Cheers, Baz

[Kona2]

Howdy

Congratulations to all for the milestones and achievements!

I’ve more or less recovered from a respiratory infection that seemed to come out of the blue. Sensibly (not something I usually equate with) I have stayed away from exercise. So back over the next day or so, before we head off into the Australian Outback for a couple of weeks of touring and photography!

Cheers, Baz

And those photos will be spectacular....looking forward to more Landy tales!

[Kona2]

Say what?! Things are looking up !

1 FRENCH INDOOR ROWERS TEAM Virtual Club 21,127,451 308 68,596
2 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 19,066,101 198 96,293
3 Free Spirits Virtual Club 12,603,759 136 92,675
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 12,127,205 100 121,272
5 ANCIENTS Virtual Club 11,140,789 56 198,943
6 RowPro Team Virtual Club 10,280,242 117 87,865
7 Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In. Health Club 8,951,214 226 39,607
8 Greenville Indoor Rowing Health Club 8,195,028 140 58,536
9 Borgess Health & Fitness Center Health Club 6,150,069 128 48,047
10 Empty the Tanks Virtual Club 5,898,696 45 131,082
11 Rockwell Collins Recreation Center Corporate Fitness Center 4,844,605 119 40,711
12 Team Canada Virtual Club 4,823,698 56 86,137
13 Team NAS Pensacola Military Facility 4,735,683 472 10,033
14 TimbukTWO Virtual Club 4,606,099 62 74,292
15 Rowbot Fitness Health Club 3,847,789 92 41,824
16 buckhorn/welland YMCA 3,765,183 5 753,037
17 Overcoming disAbilities Virtual Club 3,541,701 12 295,142

Thanks to all our WEC teammates for propelling us towards the top of the erg heap! We like to put on a good showing....just like we like to talk up the teammates!

A month long Challenge is a hard course to row and ski ! Everyone has some really good days, and then there's those days where you just have to slog it through....and sooner or later, you need your teammates to say "C'mon! You can DO this!"

1 Darlene Brennan ANCIENTS F 70 1,559,905
2 Adam Mell Row-4-u M 45 1,410,211
3 Tom Faragher Ramming Speed M 54 1,214,236
4 Alice Taylor Borgess Health & Fitness Center F 71 1,208,598
5 Domenic Gizzi Ramming Speed M 58 1,163,818
6 Richard Tessier LUNA-TICS M 63 LTA 1,009,553
7 AL RITTER buckhorn/welland M 61 1,005,720
8 Judy Abbott Community Fitness Pointe of Munster, In. F 72 932,729
9 David Hannan Empty the Tanks M 55 930,000
10 Barb Kramer buckhorn/welland F 62 907,599
11 Harald Timm Sunset Rower Zug M 50 880,000
12 Ed Church LUNA-TICS M 53 850,000


Lots of teammates in the hunt for personal bests in this one!

[bg]

Howdy

Congratulations to all for the milestones and achievements!

I’ve more or less recovered from a respiratory infection that seemed to come out of the blue. Sensibly (not something I usually equate with) I have stayed away from exercise. So back over the next day or so, before we head off into the Australian Outback for a couple of weeks of touring and photography!

Cheers, Baz

And those photos will be spectacular....looking forward to more Landy tales!

ditto :}

[Kona2]

Aeration plugs...from a distance, these plugs look like the dogs had a party in the yard and invited all their friends. One of the April sorts of things is do get the lawn aerated so it can breathe and go green green green. Aeration was scheduled for today...but. We've not had a lot of rain or snowfall in the last month, and I was reluctant to fire up the sprinkler system when yesterday's lows were predicted to be in the low 20s (F). So I deferred it. Last night, it poured buckets worth of rain....and this morning....springtime in the Rockies brought 3 inches of squishy snow. We'll be in good shape for all those little plugs that the dogs will drag in....aaaack. Yes, we're into horticulture today...

And on to more important stuff ! Or as Rocky used to say to Bullwinkle, and now for an important message! We have some significant meters on the team update today. I was delighted to see the m pop up under Norma D's meter list. Because it meant that somewhere along the line, Norma felt good enough to row some meters (even though it was probably hard). After mega-rowing through our Reindeer Challenge (and earning that coveted flashing harness), Norma was throwing palindromes out right and left. The Flashing Harness led to the Delaney Bathtub! And along the way shortly thereafter, she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. She's been pretty quiet about this as she faces down a big challenge, but she's agreed to share what she's fighting with the team - because we help each other get through the hard things in life while we are busy racking up meters. And sending positrons from teammates almost always helps in a most important way to keep up your spirits when you're fighting tough things, and unfair things...and who knows...in the Universe, maybe all our positive thoughts really really do make a difference. I like to think so. Norma wanted to make sure that she got some meters in for Zander before too much time had passed. I tell people that we'll always take those 888s ... it doesn't matter when they occur. We know that person is thinking of someone and remembering good stuff. So. We have some intensely private people on the team, and Norma is one of these. I suspect it took a lot for her to decide to share this with the team (and we respect the wishes of those who don't want to share also). I encourage (as if I needed to prod this team!) everyone to send some healing thoughts Norma's way. We can make many differences in this world.


Season meters as of 337/365 = 169,171,384 m

Total meters on the day = 541,616 m

Oars in space (participation) = 26 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

7.5 MM Ed
6.2 MM bg
3.75 MM Ronnie
2.55 MM Anita
2.45 MM Minnie
2.1 MM Danno
1.45 MM Stu
1.45 MM marty
950 K Steve G
250 K Raoul
100 K Bill L

Thanks, everyone, for being part of one of the BEST TEAMS EVER.

Jodie m
Lily m
Norma m
Bobbie m
Peter G 4,013 m
Gene 4,500 m
Bill L 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Jeff D 5,025 m
Paul B m... a double double!
Cathie 6,200 m
Greg C 6,326 m
Tom P 6,500 m
Mike M 7,000 m
Robyn 7,000 m
AJ 7,022 m
Barry 7,045 m
Marty 7,500 m
Ross 7,586 m
Reba m
Bernie 8,030 m
Dominic 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Sarah A 10,028 m
Howard 11,212 m
Jon C 12,000 m
Steve G 12,000 m
m ... mostly even, with just a bit odd thrown in...
Rivka m ... odds !
Sarah H m
Rosi m
Jay 15,000 m
Ken G 15,000 m
Marie 15,000 m
Stuart 16,270 m
Jim m
Ron 17,004 m
Anita m
Christa m
Raoul 20,000 m
Ronnie m
David A 22,161 m
Kiba 24,000 m
Ed 25,000 m
bg 25,035 m
Danno 28,837 m

[just27]

... Norma felt good enough to row some meters (even though it was probably hard). ... I encourage (as if I needed to prod this team!) everyone to send some healing thoughts Norma's way.

Norma, I'm sorry to hear what you're going through. You mean a lot to this team.
To quote Winston Churchill a couple of times:
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Never, never, never give up.

All best wishes
Chris

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
(Another excellent Churchill quote; though Irish AJ doesn't find it as amusing as do I.)

[bg]

... Norma felt good enough to row some meters (even though it was probably hard). ... I encourage (as if I needed to prod this team!) everyone to send some healing thoughts Norma's way.

Norma, I'm sorry to hear what you're going through. You mean a lot to this team.
To quote Winston Churchill a couple of times:
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Never, never, never give up.

All best wishes
Chris

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
(Another excellent Churchill quote; though Irish AJ doesn't find it as amusing as do I.)

also sorry to hear what you are going through...sending lots of healthy and healing thoughts....