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

[Kona2]

Not so fast!, said a couple hundred of the recently vaporized...and they popped back into existence (fortunately an easy process)..ah ha ha ha stayin' alive...

Lunies: 51 at 5K and 32 at 10K

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


2.05 MM Ron
1,666,666 m Norma (as Flip would say...The devil made me do it! https://vimeo.com/165796381 )
1.65 MM Patrick Hsr
1.25 MM Howard
500 K Bernie ...a cool half million!
500 K Paul...a cool half million!
500 K Noel..a cool half million!
250 K FRic
100 K Jeff G



Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
Tom M 5,000 m
Jane 5,005 m ....high fives with some aughts in the middle!
Jeff M 5,016 m
Larry 5,022 m
Bernie 5,024 m
Steve G 5,390 m
Patrick S 6,015 m
Steve W 6,133 m
Collin 6,886 m ...a palindrome!
Stefan 7,029 m
William H 7,360 m
FRic 8,888 m ...a palindrome of special 8's!
David T 9,000 m
Danno 10,000 m
Dennis 10,000 m
K2 10,000 m
Louis 10,000 m
Norma 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Paul 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
Noel 10,026 m
Ron 10,045 m
Andrew 10,101 m ...a palindrome!
Peter T 10,105 m
Chip 10,185 m
Janice 10,546 m
Howard 11,055 m ...a double aught double!
Thor 11,370 m
danwho 12,021 m ...a palindrome!
Jeff G 12,870 m
Mark 17,336 m

[normadelaney]

1,666,666 m Norma (as Flip would say...The devil made me do it! https://vimeo.com/165796381 )

Hahaha!! Thanks, K2. I must confess that I have a few of those devil dresses.

[Kona2]

Day 11 or 12 of 31...hemisphere dependent!
The logo may suggest boots on the ground, but we know it's more about butts on the erg seat...



Our numbers chart now resembles a ski jump...with 5K participation rates falling to 5600 (47 Lunies) and 10K a day rates falling to 1850 (28 Lunies). Stayin' Alive is soooo tough in this Challenge. But hang on! There's still more than one opportunity to be Challenged. In fact, the lure of this Challenge ALMOST made me forget about the other Challenge that is happening at this very moment. I believe this was new last year...so consider changing things up a bit and get a 1000 meter segment done as a separate log entry. You've only got today or tomorrow ... or tomorrow which is today for Andrew and others in the southern hemisphere...I was remiss in announcing. Oops.



The Details
Race 1,000 meters on the Concept2 Indoor Rower (Model A-E rowers only, no Dynamic or indoor rowers on Slides) at your club, gym, school or home March 10-12, 2017.
Individuals should enter their time in their Concept2 Online Logbook by 12 pm GMT on March 14, 2017. No late entries.


As if dueling Challenges weren't enough for Madness, let's go ahead and throw things over the top with the World Erg Challenge....this team based Challenge runs March 15-April 15....



Whew. After all that, it's good just to get to the numbers.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

8.1 MM Ed ...keeping alive in Sunny So Cal...
2.95 MM David A
1.75 MM Minnie
1.7 MM K2
1.35 MM Janice
1.25 MM Danno
750 K Melissa



Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
Larry 3,044 m
bg 4,174 m
Matthew R 5,000 m
Steve W 5,000 m
Tom M 5,000 m
FRic 5,010 m
Jeff M 5,028 m
Jane 5,115 m ...high five palindrome with some onesies in the middle!
David T 5,500 m ...a double double!
Melissa 6,000 m
Jonas 6,169 m
Rick 6,234 m
Tombeur 6,617 m
Collin 6,886 m ...a palindrome!
Ian 9,004 m
Danno 10,000 m
K2 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Chip 10,053 m
Andrew 10,101 m ...a palindrome!
Norma 10,101 m ... a palindrome!
Noel 10,106 m ...now here's someone who started out with 2 or 3K a session....and look at these repeater numbers now!
Janice 10,478 m
Peter T 10,816 m
Minnie 11,011 m ...a double aught double palindrome!
David A 11,257 m
Louis 11,294 m
Ron 12,121 m ...a onesie twosie palindrome!
Thor 12,213 m
Howard 12,242 m
Dan O' 16,396 m
Ed 20,002 m ...a twosie of a palindrome!

[Noel C.]

Thank you for the shout out.

Baby steps...

I feel very fortunate to have good health and try to not take it for granted. I don't have to row. I get to row.

Noel

Edited for clarification.

[Thor MW]

Thank you for the shout out.

Baby steps...

I feel very fortunate to have good health and try to not take it for granted. I don't have to row. I get to row.

Noel

Edited for clarification.

Hey Noel, I like that.
I don't have to row. I get to row.

Keep on rock'n.

[bg]

Thank you for the shout out.

Baby steps...

I feel very fortunate to have good health and try to not take it for granted. I don't have to row. I get to row.

Noel

Edited for clarification.

very well said :]

[Kona2]

Day 12 or 13 of 31....finds another 1000 vaporized from the 5K board (including 6 Lunies ), and another 350 gone from the 10K board (including 2 Lunies ). Stayin' Alive...you know the price that is required....

I started out my rowing session yesterday with the 1000 m required....without warm ups, etc....and I think I could do a lot better if I employ a different strategery. Like sprinters vs long distance runners and cyclists...there are so many differences in how this is approached! Still, I have never been fast, and I have to decide if this is really that important to me! At this time, less than a thousand participants have completed this challenge (700 men, 200 women)...quite different from the lure-of-free-stuff from the Mudness Madness Challenge numbers!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


2.4 MM Louis



Tony 1,111 m ....a palindrome!
Derric 5,000 m
FRic 5,000 m
Steve W 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Larry 5,012 m
Dan O' 5,257 m
John D 6,711 m
AJ 7,068 m
Janice 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Collin 10,001 m ...another palindrome!
Ed 10,001 m ...a palindrome!
Chip 10,015 m
Jeff M 10,038 m
Noel 10,095 m
Norma 10,101 m ...a palindrome!
K2 10,111 m
Danno 10,999 m
Peter T 11,067 m
Minni 11,311 m ...no sprints for you, Missy...palindromes good tho!
Howard 11,332 m
Thor 12,032 m
danwho 13,131 m ...a palindrome!
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
Louis 16,000 m
Tombeur 16,570 m ...and he leads the pack!

Whoa. The confluence of World Baseball Classic, Pac-12 tournament basketball championships, and SPRINGING forward...

[just27]

Minni 11,311 m ...no sprints for you, Missy...palindromes good tho!

Alas, I can only remember my speedster days and ranked workouts with fond nostalgia. The erg is not known for being particularly knee-friendly (if they're already bad) and anytime I've been tempted to sprint, in recent years, my knees sting for days afterward. So, I simply plod along, and channel Noel's wisdom ... "I don't have to row; I get to row!"

http://livehealthy.chron.com/rowing-mac ... -5299.html
(... and, look, the C2 erg is top rated!)

[danwho]

....and I think I could do a lot better if I employ a different strategery. Like sprinters vs long distance runners and cyclists...there are so many differences in how this is approached! Still, I have never been fast...

Hey, never misunderestimate yourself...
... dishonestly offered by another convert to knee preservationistarianism

Funny story about Take It Easy... Many moons ago, my first real job, my first real vacation as an adult, my first time in a jet - I was flying to California. In the airport, I met two grandmothers from Brazil. One spoke no English, one spoke English from a phrase book she carried with her. They adopted me. There were many problems, and many delays, and they would anxiously look to me with each new announcement. High school Latin and Spanish doesn't really help with Portuguese, but we somehow muddled through. And the most repeated phrase from that phrase book ... Take it easy.

[BAZzy]

Howdy Lunatics...

I trust all is well and greetings from Downunder...!

I'm catching up on some metres now that I have "Graduated from Work"...

After 42 years at the same bank in Australia (I started at age 15) I thought it time to give it away and concentrate on the things I really enjoy in life - my family and adventure!

Work was getting in the way of everything, so I changed that.

So back onto the rower, into the mountains, and out on the water in the kayak. I have a 240 klm hike coming up next week in the bush with my brother-in-law and looking forward to that.

And for those with an interest I penned some thoughts around my "retirement" over at the thelandy.com

https://thelandy.com/2017/03/07/501pm-a ... -me-right/

Cheers, Baz

[bg]

Howdy Lunatics...

I trust all is well and greetings from Downunder...!

I'm catching up on some metres now that I have "Graduated from Work"...

After 42 years at the same bank in Australia (I started at age 15) I thought it time to give it away and concentrate on the things I really enjoy in life - my family and adventure!

Work was getting in the way of everything, so I changed that.

So back onto the rower, into the mountains, and out on the water in the kayak. I have a 240 klm hike coming up next week in the bush with my brother-in-law and looking forward to that.

And for those with an interest I penned some thoughts around my "retirement" over at the thelandy.com

https://thelandy.com/2017/03/07/501pm-a ... -me-right/

Cheers, Baz

good to see you here :]

[danwho]

Howdy Lunatics...

I trust all is well and greetings from Downunder...!

I'm catching up on some metres now that I have "Graduated from Work"...

After 42 years at the same bank in Australia (I started at age 15) I thought it time to give it away and concentrate on the things I really enjoy in life - my family and adventure!

Work was getting in the way of everything, so I changed that.

So back onto the rower, into the mountains, and out on the water in the kayak. I have a 240 klm hike coming up next week in the bush with my brother-in-law and looking forward to that.

And for those with an interest I penned some thoughts around my "retirement" over at the thelandy.com

https://thelandy.com/2017/03/07/501pm-a ... -me-right/

Cheers, Baz

Congratulations, Baz !!!
You got room in that shed for some drums?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1YB8oOLsjw

[just27]

Congratulations, Baz !!!
You got room in that shed for some drums?

Welcome back, Baz, and congratulations on being able to graduate from work so early. Nice!

As I remember, that shed housed a couple of man-eating funnel spiders ... no room for drums.

[Kona2]

Day 13 or 14 of 31......



The Challenge whirlpool grabbed 700 more from the roster of the 5K a day, and 200 more from the 10K a day bunch....Lunies have 42 hanging on at 5K, and 25 hanging on at 10K. We're at the midpoint of 25 days....hang on... hang on... hang on!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.8 MM Steve W
2.75 MM Thor
1.75 MM Doug
1.7 MM Norma...13 days of 10K plus in a row!
1.5 MM Dan O'
850 K Dennis
450 K Peter T
400 K Donna ...welcome!
250 K Baz....congratulations on moving to the Adventure 24-7 phase!

EVERYONES a little bit Irish!


Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
Larry 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Tom 5,000 m
Jane 5,225 m ...a high five palindrome!
Steve G 5,331 m
Collin 6,006 m ...a palindrome that's a bit devilish!
David T 8,500 m
FRiC 9,371 m
Danno 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m ...a palindrome!
K2 10,001 m ...a palindrome!
Greg 10,004 m
Chip 10,035 m
Paul 10,237 m
Mark 10,393 m
Howard 11,017 m
Peter T 11,034 m
Louis 11,062 m
Noel 11,473 m
Dan O' 11,758 m
Minnie 12,121 m...a palindrome!
Thor 12,138 m
Tombeur 17,146 m
Norma 20,202 m ....it's a twofer palindrome!
Steve W 21,097 m ...he moons us with a half marathon!
David A 22,040 m
Dennis 23,431 m
Doug 25,608 m ...
Baz 55,127 m ...good update!

[DavidA]

Howdy Lunatics...

I trust all is well and greetings from Downunder...!

I'm catching up on some metres now that I have "Graduated from Work"...

After 42 years at the same bank in Australia (I started at age 15) I thought it time to give it away and concentrate on the things I really enjoy in life - my family and adventure!

Work was getting in the way of everything, so I changed that.

So back onto the rower, into the mountains, and out on the water in the kayak. I have a 240 klm hike coming up next week in the bush with my brother-in-law and looking forward to that.

And for those with an interest I penned some thoughts around my "retirement" over at the thelandy.com

https://thelandy.com/2017/03/07/501pm-a ... -me-right/

Cheers, Baz

Welcome home
Sounds good - graduating from work.

David