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

[bg]

wooooooooooo hooooooooo and congrats richard, anita and janice :]

and welcome an welcome back to folks....did i notice eugene or????? ilived her in what feels like a former life time :]

hope the ride is going well k2

[bg]

Thanks Dan Hope you are ok. My dog is in South Carolina Good thing he is a Lab

Is it about two more weeks before Corky arrives? The name probably gives him even more floating protection.
South Carolina is getting hit harder than us, especially near Charleston. Where in SC is Corky?
Sure glad Joaquin went east. It's not over yet, but it could have been worse.

glad you made it through the hurricane okay :]

hope everyone else is safe....

[Drivetofast]

Stumbled across the text of a speech that swimmer, Janet Evans, gave at the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards, where she talked about passing the torch to Ali at the Opening Ceremonies of the Atlanta Olympics. I was surprised by the emotional punch it had. Thought it was something to share.

http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2015/10/0 ... y-atlanta/

So does this mean that K2 is passing the Torch to You?

[danwho]

So does this mean that K2 is passing the Torch to You?

Nah, just means that sometimes, when she's not looking, I like to play with matches.
So, keep an eye on me.

[macbruce1]

Congratulations Anita and Richard HOO-YAH
DDRR

[Kona2]

Congratulations, Richard, on a blistering 4 million meter season (so far)!!!

Well done, Richard T! And what a great milestone graphic! I can see that I will have to save this one!

[Kona2]

Congratulations, Janice !!!
I get the feeling this is the first of many millions.

Congratulations ! I am sure this is the first of millions for this season! Great start to your erging "career."

[Kona2]

Congratulations, Anita, on reaching 1 million meters this season !!!

Congratulations, Anita! Another million meter season! Whoop, whoop!

[normadelaney]

Welcome back, K2! Hope you'll be sharing pictures from your Tour of the Moon.

As you can see, Dan has kept us motivated and entertained with great graphics while you were away.

[stellar]

Hey Luna Tics! I'm the new guy from Eugene, OR. Thanks for having me. I'm a 48yo convert from Masters Track & Field. Been a 400m guy mostly, generally ranked 10th - 15th nationally with times in the 53 to 54 seconds range. But after 1 too many injuries I've switched. My daughter rows w/ local high school so she's taught me proper form. In 2 weeks of rowing I've gotten my 2K down to 7:03 and hope it goes sub 7. Hope I can add to team miles and contribute some fun. Thanks again for providing an avenue to keep me motivated!! Row on!!!!

[Kona2]

Hey Luna Tics! I'm the new guy from Eugene, OR. Thanks for having me. I'm a 48yo convert from Masters Track & Field. Been a 400m guy mostly, generally ranked 10th - 15th nationally with times in the 53 to 54 seconds range. But after 1 too many injuries I've switched. My daughter rows w/ local high school so she's taught me proper form. In 2 weeks of rowing I've gotten my 2K down to 7:03 and hope it goes sub 7. Hope I can add to team miles and contribute some fun. Thanks again for providing an avenue to keep me motivated!! Row on!!!!

Welcome! We look forward to celebrating your successes!

[Kona2]

Had to break this post into parts -- too many graphics!

AND NOW.....STATS... my favorite palindromes!

Season meters as of 157/365 = 62,665,283 m

Total meters on the days = 1,749,244 m

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.05 MM Richard T
3.7 MM Ed
2.65 MM bg
2.4 MM Jim
2.35 MM Ron
2.15 MM Jay
2.1 MM Robyn
1.9 MM Thor
1.65 MM Tombeur
1.35 MM Tammy
1.25 MM Roger
1.25 MM Norma
1.2 MM Rosita
1.15 MM Ronnie
1.0 MM Janice
1.0 MM Anita
950 K Doug
900 K Marie
900 K Minnie
850 K Stefan
700 K Jeff M
550 K William H
450 K Steve W
400 K Mike C
350 K Tom M
350 K Peter G
200 K Mikkel
200 K Scott
150 K Lily
150 K Baz
100 K Patrick
K2...Tour of the Moon


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

4,000 m Jie Jie
Bernie 6,027 m
Jane m ... a Janeian palindrome!
Lily 6,933 m
Karyn 7,354 m
Gene 7,500 m
Steve G 8,568 m
Ryan 10,000 m
Steve H 10,000 m
bg 10,141 m
Ted m ... all those ones!
Dan O' 12,000 m
David T 12,000 m
Corben 12,206 m
Tom M 12,545 m
Patrick 12,532 m
Tristan 12,500 m
Terry B 13,004 m
Tony 13,332 m
Bobbie 15,000 m
Peter G 15,000 m
Ron 15,291 m
Richard McC 16,751 m
Jeff M 17,418 m
Steve W 17,591 m
David W (AZ) 18,000 m
Roger 20,000 m
William H 20,000 m
AJ 21,094 m
Mikkel 21,097 m ....a fine half marathon!
Scott 21,500 m
Byrke 25,000 m
Mike C 25,000 m
Jeff D 27,959 m
Janice 30,000 m
Danwho m ...who-la who-la! A palindrome!
Minnie m ... hula hula! A palindrome!
Doug G 31,001 m
Tammy 37,500 m
Norma 37,563 m ....pretty sure there were palindromes in there!
Baz 43,286 m
Robyn 47,194 m ...two halfs!
Stefan 47,275 m
Anita 51,152 m
Marie 53,097 m ... half in here also!
Ronnie 53,098 m
Tombeur 65,515 m
Rosita 77,732 m
Ed 92,299 m
Jay 98,391 m
Jim 99,946 m
Thor 105,580 m
Richard T 151,710 m

This landscape looks more like what I would expect color of moon to be...

[Kona2]

Lunies are in FOURTH place .... will 11 more days of opportunity!

Great to see all the celebrations of milestones, and teammates being welcomed and welcomed back! Can you believe I was actually able to leave my computer for a couple of days?! Thanks to all of you for keeping things moving along and putting all those wonderfully hard earned meters in the team meter piggy bank!

Another episode....

It's easy to see why just the name of the event "Tour of the Moon" would appeal to a space traveling Lunie with a virtual destination of the moon! This bike event is often on the list of best Colorado rides because of its connection to the famed Coors Classic pro cycling event. The ride takes you from the Grand Junction Two Rivers Convention Center (aptly named for the Grand and Gunnison Rivers) out to the Colorado National Monument, climbs MANY miles up the monument, rushes you down a steep descent, and then loops back to the convention center. This was the year that I wanted to give it a go. I'd never been to the Monument, and now I want to go back.

Dramatic landscapes indeed ! There were many comments by riders that the ride should have been called "Tour of Mars" because of the red rocks. Very cool that the moon was visible throughout the day!



Daniel Schwen's photograph of Monument Canyon beats any that I was able to capture. The ride took us along the perimeter of much of Monument Canyon. This land first belonged to the Ute Indians, and many of the settlers that eventually took the land considered the canyons inaccessible. Once early explorers starting making some trails, it wasn't long before Grand Junction started lobbying for the Monument's designation as a National Park, and continue requests to designate this as a Wilderness Area for its preservation. Cattle ranchers would take their herds from the valley to the mesa and back each year using drives up the canyon sides.


The "average" grade was something that reduced my speed to about 7 mph...and 5 in the 10 percent inclines. And it went on and on. This is where some of the psychological training of doing an erging marathon or half marathon was invaluable. I knew that if I set a pace, I could continue that climb and be successful. I mentally broke the ride into segments, much like I do with a long distance rowing session, and got through the tough bits that way. I am sure that others on this team have done similar things - and all these add up to confidence builders when you are challenging yourself with a different exercise. The rowing also provides a wonderful foundation for cardio.


Ah...the tunnels. That's why I had the fancy headlamp on the helmet. There were three tunnels. The first two were very short, and you could practically see the end light when you first entered. But the third. Whoa. The third tunnel came up so quickly on the descent that it was just enough time to click your lights on. Would have been better to get the sunglasses off ....oh boy was it SO DARK. I could hardly see anything, but at least I knew I could be seen.

Balance Rock...I bet each of us were hoping that this didn't choose any moment too soon to give way...

Now that was a climb! K2 at Independence Monument

And so another adventure ends...thanks for sharing in the Tour of the Moon by reading about it...

[Kona2]

Across the Mooniverse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yujPD3ZSUrE

I didn't see video before I left - the route used is the reverse of the current one. Riders liked the photo opportunities afforded by the video route, yet liked the idea of attacking the major climbs first in the route used this year.

[danwho]

Great pictures!!! Tour of the Moon looks like a very memorable adventure.
Good thing you didn't have our rain. Scary dark tunnels are enough.
I'll have to get there sometime.