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

[Weave]

Whoop, whoop and way to claim meter multi-millionaire status...AGAIN!! Congratulations, Derric, on achieving a THREE million meter erging season! Rare company you're in! We wish you many, MANY more celebrations and millions!!

Way to go Derric!!

[DavidA]

So easy for those bunny trails to just pop up out of nowhere! All it took was Thor's statement "rowing at night" and I immediately thought of Thor working away at his new novel....Rowing at Night. Had to force myself to the catch up on the numbers task at hand. Whew. Glad that's done.

Hmm, a mystery novel? An instruction book on indoor rowing?

A compelling story about an eccentric private detective who never leaves his home and solves the most complex mysteries while rowing on his C2. How can the Mighty Thor connect such clues relayed to him as: candle stick, library, butler, iPad and of course the daring beautiful mistress of the mansion? Thor solves the crime that has befuddled to local police for weeks. All while rowing with his stunning blue eyes closed and sweat rolling down his chiseled naked upper body.
K2, bet you are sorry you opened that can.

Forget the beautiful mistress - the butler sounds much better! In fact, for anyone who happened to watch Masterpiece Theater in the time before - before many things I guess, I think Lord Peter Wimsey's man Bunter would be a good one to help solve mysteries.

Definitely.

David

[normadelaney]

Shaun will surely need to participate in the Championsheeps of Synchronized Swimming following playing in all this mud though... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCtRqQ2OZdA
Many thanks for the Shaun Synchronized Swim clip! Very cute!

Oh, and Goooooooo Loyola!!!

[Kona2]

Day 31 of 31....THIS is the LAST day of this Challenge!!

If you've been waiting to make the muddiest statement of your Challenge, well this is the day to do it! An amazing decline in the total numbers happened yesterday. One assumes that Concept2 cleaned up the numbers of seemingly hanging on ergers. The total 5K participation level fell from 1526 to 1182 with total Lunies going from 31 to 26. What a drop! Then, in the 10K counterpart, the numbers fell from 579 to 480 in total, and 16 to 14 in the Lunie bin. Yes, the survival rate calculated from peak participation is only 9 percent for the 5K group AND the 10K group. Lunies still fared much better - about 43 percent survival rate. Wow. Wow. Wow. Shocker (even if HISTORY says this will happen, the burgeoning numbers at the beginning of the Challenge made me wonder if we'd discovered True Grit in the erging community). The answer would be a resounding Nope. Can't wait to do the full wrap up in the next few days.

Another big team update bounces us down again...but we've got resilience...

Another episode...bunny trails of the mind...

Whoa. I started looking for a John Wayne True Grit poster (as opposed to the Jeff Bridges remake of True Grit), and before I knew it...I was down the rabbit hole! We've talked about grit and how you need it to get through some of the erging goals that you pursue. Work hard, remain committed to your goals and persevere through struggles and failure = grit. One writer said that gritty people believe "everything will be alright in the end, and if it is not alright, it is not the end." While that might sound like part of a John Lennon song, it actually goes back to a Brazilian writer - Fernando Sabino. I enjoyed the TED talk by Angela Duckworth, a gal who has done a lot of research into why some succeed better than others. You might like it too - it's about 7 minutes worth of talk.

https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_du ... rseverance

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.4 MM Louis
2.2 MM Gary
1.8 MM Doug
1.25 MM Howard
1.05 MM Rick
900 K Liz ...heading for the ONE million meter milestone!
850 K Stefan ...also heading for the ONE million meter milestone!

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Michael O 2,454 m
Ross 4,124 m
James S 5,000 m
Melissa 5,000 m
Robert H 5,000 m
Chuck E 6,000 m
Louis 6,000 m
Stefan 6,306 m
David T 6,500 m
Anya 6,524 m
Dana 7,146 m
Tim G 7,667 m ...a palindrome with a bit of bedevilment inside
Steve W 7,947 m
Greg 10,000 m
Kevin 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
David A 10,007 m
Ted 10,111 m
Tombeur 10,128 m
Larry 10,637 m
Liz 10,882 m
Jeff D 10,922 m
Howard 12,007 m
Doug 12,107 m
Norma 13,231 m...a palindrome!
Dan O' 13,361 m
Ron 14,141 m ...a palindrome!
Roy 15,000 m
Stuart 16,161 m ...a palindrome!
Minnie 17,278 m
Gary 21,097 m ... he moons us!
Ian 21,864 m ... he moons us, too!

[danwho]

Thanks for the Angela Duckworth video, and the ensuing Ted talk bunny trail,
but now I think it's time to get up off my Lawyer Daggett...

[bg]

Shaun will surely need to participate in the Championsheeps of Synchronized Swimming following playing in all this mud though... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCtRqQ2OZdA
Many thanks for the Shaun Synchronized Swim clip! Very cute!

Oh, and Goooooooo Loyola!!!

love the link :] am i the only one old enough to remember esther williams???

[Steve W]

Wowzers, almost blew it! Finished today's 5k, then went back and checked March log. Expected to see daily 5k or more BUT no workout for 3/6! Log found for it on PM, downloaded, entered & done . Go Lunies!

[Thor MW]

Whoop, whoop and way to claim meter multi-millionaire status...AGAIN!! Congratulations, Derric, on achieving a THREE million meter erging season! Rare company you're in! We wish you many, MANY more celebrations and millions!!

woooooooooooooohooooooooooooooo and congrats :]

Way to rockem Derric. I raised him from a pup. Not really but I thought it sounded good.

[Thor MW]

Whoop, whoop and what an epic palindrome update to reach ONE million! FRiC uploaded 111,111 m to catapult over the one million meter milestone! Congratulations on becoming a meter millionaire! We wish you many, MANY more millions and celebrations!

woooooooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooo and congrats :] and yay for baseball although my sox just morphed into the sox i grew up with.....oh and sorry.....my legs have been tired and a little achey and i have not only boston coming up but also a marathon 8 days before boston...sooooooooooooooo i won't be able to contribute a lot if anymore meters to mud madness.......but i'm here cheering you all on.....gooooooooooooooooooooo luna-tics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I almost missed this one. Way to rockem.
I hope I didn't miss anything else recently.

Keep on rock'n!

[Thor MW]

Well, I almost missed the muddy finish. Yesterday I was supposed to do the last 5K but I was rather ill. I managed it today. I am fine now though. So, Janice and I got the 25 days in.

A buddy asked if I would join a team for dragon boat. I was on a team for a few years and thought I retired. I will know on Monday if they still need a couple more people, if so, looks like I'm back in a boat again. Frankly I prefer getting pushed around the lake in my boat with 40 horses. Oh well, that too shall come. The temperature will go up right?

Have fun all and Keep on rock'n.

[Kona2]

Whooooooosh!!! That's the sound of you and your erg flying through ANOTHER month! Whoop, whoop and welcome April ! And Happy Easter...may the bunny trails lead you to good, heart-healthy chocolate...


THE END

Congratulations, Lunies! You are muddy AND victorious through yet ANOTHER Challenge!


5K Challenge Finishers:
David A. Alden 26 days
Lawrence Arevalo 26
Andrea Cosmin 25
Ted Cowley-Gilbert 27
Norma Delaney 31
Dennis Dishong 25
Jeff Doenges 28
Chuck Eckerson 26
Louis Framarini 25
Tim Garlick 31
Doug Gauger 25
Kenneth Guenther 25
Anya Karpyak 25
Howard Lett 26
Ron MacBruce 29
Kevin McElligott 25
Dan OBrien 31
Liz Outlaw 25
Angelo Papadopoulos 26
Roy Passfield 27
Thomas Rafter 28
Derric Riegel 25
Teresa Robertson 26
Janice Stevens 25
David Tangerini 31
Chris Tudury 25
Steve W 31
Gary Weaver 29
Michael Winegarden 25
FRiC   26


10K Challenge Finishers:


David A. Alden 26 days
Ted Cowley-Gilbert 27
Norma Delaney 31
Dennis Dishong 25
Jeff Doenges 25
Kenneth Guenther 25
Howard Lett 26
Ron MacBruce 29
Kevin McElligott 25
Dan OBrien 31
Angelo Papadopoulos 26
Roy Passfield 26
Thomas Rafter 28
Derric Riegel 25
Gary Weaver 29

So how did the Concept2 universe do?!







MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.7 MM Dan O
3.05 MM Steve W
2.95 MM Tombeur
2.5 MM Norma
2.35 MM Ron
1.9 MM David T
1.0 MM AJ
950 K Ted

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Tony 1,111 m ...a palindrome of the first kind!
Liz 2,441 m
Janice 5,000 m
AJ 5,019 m
Matthew 5,021 m
Anya 5,564 m
Thor 5,566 m ...a double double!
Gines 5,695 m
Chuck E 6,000 m
David T 6,000 m
Teresa R 6,015 m
danwho 6,060 m
David G 6,576 m
Tim G 7,777 m ...a lucky 7 palindrome!
James S 10,000 m
Ted 10,110 m
Steve W 10,260 m
Jeff D 10,886 m
Dan O' 12,085 m
Jeff B 12,321 m ...a palindrome!
Norma 13,331 m ...a palindrome!
Ron 14,141 m ... a palindrome!
Kellee 15,000 m
Minnie 15,104 m
Tombeur 20,681 m
Gary 21,097 m ... he moons us!
Louis 21,097 m ... he moons us, too!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and FINALLY! Congratulations to our resident artist AJ on achieving a ONE million meter season! AJ's total meters have been sitting at 999,990 or something REALLY close to one million for ages. Now, he's crossed that milestone and we can add another achievement to his many. We wish you many, MANY more achievements and millions!

[bg]

Whoop, whoop and FINALLY! Congratulations to our resident artist AJ on achieving a ONE million meter season! AJ's total meters have been sitting at 999,990 or something REALLY close to one million for ages. Now, he's crossed that milestone and we can add another achievement to his many. We wish you many, MANY more achievements and millions!

wooooooooooohoooooooooooooo and congrats and thanks for all that you do that makes our challenges so much fun :]

[Thor MW]

Whoop, whoop and FINALLY! Congratulations to our resident artist AJ on achieving a ONE million meter season! AJ's total meters have been sitting at 999,990 or something REALLY close to one million for ages. Now, he's crossed that milestone and we can add another achievement to his many. We wish you many, MANY more achievements and millions!

Way to rockem AJ!

[Thor MW]

This aint no foolin.
I am about the worst at crossword puzzles. Janice does the LA Times every morning and inflicts unnecessary pain on me to play along. Well thanks to K2's branding of my personal self.

4 letters.
Clue, god that has a hammer.
I never would have known who that was if it wasn't for K2 naming me Thor way back in the beginning when I joined this team. I had to look up what Thor even meant. Ok, now I confirmed I'm not the smartest kid in the row boat but I'm cute. Grin. Now watch the comments, I do have a hammer you know. And a big hammer it is. So they say.

Have fun and happy Easter.