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

[Kona2]

Day 9 of 31...and we're REALLY close to 12th....

Another canoe hits the virtual waters from one of our repeat Challenge team members! Congratulations, Martin!


Martin Marciniak

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.35 MM Ed
2.6 MM Dan O
2.2 MM Tombeur
2.2 MM Minnie
2.0 MM Derric
1.65 MM bg
1.4 MM Andrew
1.15 MM Ken
800 K Stuart
850 K Wild Bill
300 K Teresa R
150 K Melissa

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Stefan 1,544 m
Jonas 1,942 m
Michael O 2,000 m
Larry 2,018 m...and happy New Year!
Jeff M 2,505 m
Steve W 3,000 m
bg 3,523 m
David T 4,500 m
Kellee 5,000 m
Kevin 5,000 m
Teresa R 6,020 m
Gines 6,279 m
John D 6,459 m
Tim M 7,000 m
Todd 7,000 m
Tombeur 7,727 m ...one 7 short of a lucky four pack!
Tom M 8,824 m
Dana 10,000 m
Dennis 10,000 m
Keith 10,000 m
Melissa 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Greg H 10,024 m
Ron 10,301 m ...a palindrome!
Louis 12,000 m
Howard 12,184 m
Tim G 12,500 m
david w (GBR) 13,000 m
Andrea 13,104 m
Doug G 14,862 m
Dan O' 15,491 m
David A 16,118 m
Stuart 17,071 m ...a new palindrome!
Minnie 19,960 m
Derric 21,097 m... he moons us!
Gary 21,097 m .... he moons us!
Andrew 22,022 m ... he moons us with a palindrome!
Ed 33,333 m ...quack quack here...and it's an odd duck palindrome!
Wild B 37,373 m ...he moons us with a palindrome!

[davidg]

Hi all,

just wanted to post a quick update - will have to reduce my workout loads quite a bit in the coming weeks - been out skiing with my little girl and screwed up my knee again - Patellar Tendonitis - which i've been of an on now for quite some time. I believe it is time to finally get completely rid of it.

Sadly because of this i'll really have to lower my workout loads and will not be contributing as many meters as i could otherwise .




Cheers,
D.

Sorry to hear of your injury! The team will still be here when you're ready to come back!

I'll still be here, but will not contribute as much as i would have planned. Been told by Physiotherapist not to stop working - i am instructed to work out, only on much lower stress...

Thanks tho, hope i am able to fix this ASAP.



Cheers,
D.

[bg]

Hi all,

just wanted to post a quick update - will have to reduce my workout loads quite a bit in the coming weeks - been out skiing with my little girl and screwed up my knee again - Patellar Tendonitis - which i've been of an on now for quite some time. I believe it is time to finally get completely rid of it.

Sadly because of this i'll really have to lower my workout loads and will not be contributing as many meters as i could otherwise .




Cheers,
D.

sending lots of healing/healthy thoughts :]

[bg]

Whoop, whoop, and with a Derric sails past the TWO million meter milestone for the season! Way to go and congratulations! We wish you many, MANY more millions!


Just a few more meters and you'll be at FOUR million lifetime! Then it's just a hop and skip to FIVE...there's always a carrot at the end of the erg!

woooooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooo and congrats :]

[Kona2]

Day 10 of 31...and things are looking up!


FOUR more canoes into the virtual waters...and TWO more paddlers! Most excellent!!


Ron


Zachary


Stuart


bg


Andrew


Gary

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.4 MM Ed
1.7 MM bg
1.45 MM Andrew
1.35 MM Ian
1.3 MM danwho
1.25 MM Gary
600 K Larry
400 K Dana
350 K Andrea

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! Our journey is so much more interesting when we have more teammates!

FRiC 221 m
Terry M 232 m ...a palindrome!
Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome!
Steve W 2,000 m
Kevin 2,500 m
Jeff M 3,008 m
Michael O 4,000 m
Jeff D 4,127 m
Chip 5,000 m
K2 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Bernie 5,015 m
Gines 6,016 m
David G 6,346 m
Larry 7,000 m
Peter G 7,000 m
Tombeur 7,063 m
Jim M 7,277 m
Tim M 7,632 m
Karyn 7,658 m
Chuck E 8,000 m
Andrea 8,152 m
Patrick S 9,011 m
Anton E 10,000 m
Keith 10,000 m
Louis 10,000 m
Michael C 10,000 m
Rick C 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
David T 10,500 m
danwho 12,121 m ... a one and a two palindrome!
Ron 1..2...3..4...5....m ....counting 'em up...and look at that canoe go!
Nathan 12,655 m
John D 12,941 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
Ian 13,733 m
Dan O' 15,524 m
Tom M 16,280 m
Stuart 17,071 m ...a palindrome!
David A 17,432 m
Norma 17,771 m ...a palindrome with lucky 7's inside!
Minnie 19,743 m
Derric 21,097 m ... he moons us!
Gary 24,598 m ... he moons us, too!
bg 31,345 m ...she moons us, and gets her canoe!
Ed 33,333 m ...a palindrome with a moon!
Zachary 35,307 m ...he moons us!
Dana 36,150 m ...good update!
Wild Bill 37,373 m ... he moons us!
Andrew 42,324 m ... he full moons us!

We're a mere 8K above the 12th place Team Canada....nipping at our ankles and toes...

[DavidA]

Belated happy New Year and best wishes to all LUNA-TICS!
Congratulations for the amazing rowing and wonderful team encouragement!

I "fell off the boat" again, but back for the VTC and hopefully to more regular rowing this year.

Happy rowing!

Andrea

Welcome back. I hope you'e not too waterlogged

David

[Kona2]

14th today....uff da. What a thud from 11th.

Still, it is a long Challenge and there are very few meters between 11 and 14th...but enough to make us 14th. Two more canoes in the virtual waters today, so that is some good upside!


Dennis'


Liz

MILESTONES...Bragging RIghts...Celebrations:

6.45 MM Ed
2.8 MM David A
2.05 MM Derric
1.7 MM bg
1.35 MM Ron
950 K Wild B
550 K Ted
450 K William H
200 K david w (GBR)
100 K Jeff D
100 K John D

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Larry 2,000 m
Michael O 2,000 m
Kevin 2,086 m
Tony m ... it's a two-fer palindrome since I'm late capturing numbers 2day...
David T 2,500 m
Dana 5,000 m
Kellee 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
K2 5,023 m
Tom M 5,673 m
Louis 6,000 m
Gines 6,399 m
Karyn 6,517 m
John D 6,528 m
Chuck E 7,000 m
Jonathan 7,018 m
William H 7,178 m
Jeff D 8,610 m
Andrea 8,882 m
david w (GBR) 10,000 m
Stefan 10,437 m
Tim M 10,439 m
Norma 12,121 m ..a palindrome!
Stuart 12,888 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...and a canoe for the palindromer!
Nathan 13,613 m
Tim G 15,000 m
Dan O' 15,476 m
Gary 17,111 m
Rick 20,000 m
Derric 21,097 m
David A 21,876 m
Ron 24,942 m ...another two-fer palindrome!
Ted 32,000 m
bg 40,276 m
Wild Bill 58,470 m
Ed 75,528 m

Better check my work today - it's been busy, busy, busy. Hahahahaha.

[kgallagher]

I'll still be here, but will not contribute as much as i would have planned. Been told by Physiotherapist not to stop working - i am instructed to work out, only on much lower stress...

Thanks tho, hope i am able to fix this ASAP.

Cheers,
D.

David,
We appreciate any amount of meters people can contribute. Don't beat yourself up for covering less meters than you have in the past. It is more important that you get your knee healthy, this way you can give more meters for the rest of your life. Are you familiar with the Drag factor on the erg? You can change the drag factor to make the load lighter. That might be better on your knee. Something to think about or give a try.

Karyn

[davidg]

I'll still be here, but will not contribute as much as i would have planned. Been told by Physiotherapist not to stop working - i am instructed to work out, only on much lower stress...

Thanks tho, hope i am able to fix this ASAP.

Cheers,
D.

David,
We appreciate any amount of meters people can contribute. Don't beat yourself up for covering less meters than you have in the past. It is more important that you get your knee healthy, this way you can give more meters for the rest of your life. Are you familiar with the Drag factor on the erg? You can change the drag factor to make the load lighter. That might be better on your knee. Something to think about or give a try.

Karyn

Hi Karyn,

yeah, moved it down from 5 (which i normally use) to 3 currently - so it's a bit easier on the knee. More problematic for me is, that i feel no pain while rowing and need to really control myself not to push hard .

Was told to really watch it not to overdo it and am limited to two workouts per week only . Rehab sucks.

Thanks for the support thou!




Cheers,
D.

[Kona2]

Day 12 of 31....brings us a paddler and two more canoes!!

Million TEAM Meters !!

Whoop, whoop and YAY for the Lunies!! I was going to say we had a bit of a quieter team day yesterday, and then I noticed our cumulative season meters. Now that's definitely something to celebrate!! Good work by all,


Wild Bill


Tim G Couldn't find the 100K image, but have one of you for 200K....so keep going! Hahahaha! Not really a new tactic, but...


danwho

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.5 MM Ed
1.85 MM Louis
1.5 MM Zachary
850 K Stuart
750 K Stefan
100 K Nathan
50 K Karyn
50 K Debbie

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Larry 1,000 m
Terry M 1,760 m
Dennis 2,000 m
Michael O 2,554 m
Anna C-S 3,128 m
Jeff M 4,016 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Stefan 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Bernie 5,013 m
Kevin 5,071 m
Karyn 5,189 m
K2 6,198 m ... but I can explain!
David G 6,326 m
Gines 6,405 m
Debbie 6,500 m
John D 6,704 m
Tombeur 7,045 m
Dan O' 8,007 m
Andrea 8,922 m
Steve W 9,007 m
Kellee 10,000 m
Louis 10,000 m
Greg H 10,016 m
Patrick S 10,043 m
Tim G 12,501 m
Stuart 13,131 m ... A palindrome!
Nathan 14,226 m
Wild Bill 16,276 m ....continues to power towards ONE million...don't go up in flames!
David A 17,353 m
danwho 18,888 m
Zachary 20,971 m
Derric 21,097 m ...he moons us!
Gary 21,097 m ... he moons us, too!
Andrew 24,642 m ...a palindrome with a moon!
Ed 33,333 m ...a palindrome! Meter by meter...the bathtub brigade beckons!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop, and Wild Bill's horses ran away with the meter carrying stagecoach! Congratulations, Wild Bill, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

[Kona2]

Another canoe into the virtual waters!!! The ARMOONDA is expanding!! Good stuff !


Dana

Lots of seasonal bugs out there - if you're erging in a gym, make sure you wipe down the erg handles, etc., BEFORE and after you start your erging session.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.65 MM Dan O'
1.5 MM Andrew
1.4 MM Doug
1.3 MM Dennis
1.3 MM Gary
1.0 MM Wild Bill
700 K Rick

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Michael O 2,131 m
Jim M 2,212 m
Tim G 2,500 m
Jeff M 3,008 m
Kevin 5,173 m
Teresa R 7,029 m
David T 7,500 m
Tombeur 7,529 m
Andrea 7,991 m
Larry 8,000 m
Todd 8,884 m
Derric 10,000 m
Kellee 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Dennis 11,431 m
Ron 12,631 m
bg 13,189 m
Ian 15,054 m
David A 15,104 m
Dan O' 15,297 m
Dana 19,507 m
Doug 19,765 m
Gary 21,294 m ... he moons us!
Keith 24,000 m ... he moons us!
Andrew 24,642 m ... he moons us with a palindrome!
Zachary 27,156 m ... he moons us!
Wild Bill 37,373 m ... he moons us with a palindrome!

[bg]

Whoop, whoop, and Wild Bill's horses ran away with the meter carrying stagecoach! Congratulations, Wild Bill, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

woooooooooooooo hoooooooooooooo and congrats :]

[danwho]

Whoop, whoop, and Wild Bill's horses ran away with the meter carrying stagecoach! Congratulations, Wild Bill, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

Congratulations, Wild Bill !!!
Sorry about using the wrong Bill, but my search for a colorful Wild Bill pic came up Aces over Eights.
Interesting aside... Until looking for this picture, I don't remember knowing that Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill were friends, and did a few things together: https://centerofthewest.org/2014/12/12/ ... wild-bill/.

[William H]

Thanks all for the good wishes - and great graphics. I've been "away" for a bit, but I'm planning a thunderous comeback.

The motivation this team provides should never be undersetimated - you are good people!