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

[bg]

watching for danwho's inaugural bike erg meters...no pressure

Today will be the day - combined with a weights workout - hope I don't fry my legs. Been practicing with short rides just to get the lay of the land a little bit.

looking forward to hearing how it goes :}

[danwho]

watching for danwho's inaugural bike erg meters...no pressure

Today will be the day - combined with a weights workout - hope I don't fry my legs. Been practicing with short rides just to get the lay of the land a little bit.

looking forward to hearing how it goes :}

So far, so good. About 40 min with weights/abs, then I broke up the ride into 3 segments (3*3737=11211, on 8/18/18, hmmm could have picked a better total for this date, but I'm pretty sure Ron will make a better pick). I thought breaking it up with short stretches would be a good idea while getting used to the seat and everything. It went much better than expected. Negative splits, and no fried chicken legs.

[warnie]

Gutted, going so well with the challenge and have picked up a back injury last Monday so not been able to do anything since. Back is getting better but not sure it will be ok for me to get the 30k in by the 21st. Oh well.

[bg]

Gutted, going so well with the challenge and have picked up a back injury last Monday so not been able to do anything since. Back is getting better but not sure it will be ok for me to get the 30k in by the 21st. Oh well.

oh no :[ sending lots of healing thoughts......

[Kona2]

Tipping over the midway point of week 3....get it done...get it done...get it done! (And TEN Lunies have)



There was the most spectacular thunderstorm here yesterday evening! It was positively Frankensteinian with lots of crashes and bangs...and a few zots (if you remember the comic strip BC...zot was the action attributed to both the anteater and lightning).



Always a bummer when injury interrupts our respective worlds - hope you are back in the erg saddle soon, Miles. There are many Concept2 Challenges to go in this 2019 erging season!

Welcome to new teammate Cornel, and welcome back to Patrick H (the Maryland Patrick H)! I see that Patrick has picked up a bike erg! Always good to see new and returning teammates!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.05 MM Ed
1.35 MM Ron
950 K Steve W
550 K Danno
250 K Cornel
100 K Carol
100 K Tom R
50 K Terry B

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Larry 2,000 m
Rebecca 3,000 m
Kevin 4,588 m
Trevor 4,630 m
Derric 5,000 m
FRiC 5,010 m
Tom R 5,094 m
Andrea 5,847 m
Melissa 6,010 m
Jamie 6,577 m
William H 7,218 m
Carol 7,261 m
Patrick Hmr 7,262 m
Doug 7,311 m
Vanessa 7,500 m
Liz 8,333 m
Jason 8,590 m
Danno 10,000 m
Howard 11,011 m ...a double aught double palindrome!
danwho 11,211 m ...an inaugural bike erg palindrome!
Robert H 11,500 m
David A 14,518 m
Thor 15,463 m
Louis 16,226 m
Jonathan 16,295 m
Minnie 17,229 m
Ron 20,602 m ...a biggie palindrome!
Terry B 30,061 m ...a great update!
Steve W 30,301 m ... he moons us!
Ed m ...a starry palindrome with a built in moon!
Cornel 288,325 m ...welcome to the team!

[mathineer]

Hi, Luna-Tics! I just joined (I think, and ifn y'all will have me).

I've been rowing since 2010 if memory serves. Haven't rowed much for a while, but started back up for Dog Days. For some reason, I started doing my "distance" rows on Just Row, and with a harder pull and lower stroke rate (around 15) than I used to. That seems to help me concentrate on form, and take a short rest per stroke to straighten my back. Seems to bother my lower back less than the way I used to row.

To the moon, Alice!
kevin, the mathineer

[danwho]

Gutted, going so well with the challenge and have picked up a back injury last Monday so not been able to do anything since. Back is getting better but not sure it will be ok for me to get the 30k in by the 21st. Oh well.

oh no :[ sending lots of healing thoughts......

Ah, if only it were that simple. Glad to hear your back is getting better. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

Also, I want to add my Welcome and Welcome back to all new and returning teammates.

[Kona2]

Hi, Luna-Tics! I just joined (I think, and ifn y'all will have me).

I've been rowing since 2010 if memory serves. Haven't rowed much for a while, but started back up for Dog Days. For some reason, I started doing my "distance" rows on Just Row, and with a harder pull and lower stroke rate (around 15) than I used to. That seems to help me concentrate on form, and take a short rest per stroke to straighten my back. Seems to bother my lower back less than the way I used to row.

To the moon, Alice!
kevin, the mathineer

We welcome all teammates - but I am not sure you're on our roster yet either...unless you are Cornel. To join, you have to go into your profile and change the affiliation to Luna-Tics. There is also a team joining, but that's usually for Challenges. We have several folks who will erg with us during a Challenge because their affiliation isn't participating...but they want to stay with their affiliation. So take a look at your profile and see what it says. I like the Mathineer bit...you'll probably do some palindromes and Fibonacci sequences or something....it's all good.

[mathineer]

Just changed my affliction, er, I mean affiliation. Hopefully I'm on the rooster now!

mathineer

[Kona2]

Week 3....uff da! Who let the dogs out....

We can now officially welcome Mathineer Kevin K to our team! That team vs affiliation (it is sometimes an affliction too) differentiation is a bit tough to navigate, but you clearly found your way through astrogation to our Luna-Tics team...and now you're headed to the moon, too!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


2.1 MM Ed
800 K Louis
500 K david w ...a cool half million!
200 K Liz
100 K Zach
50 K Kevin K

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Danno 2,000 m
Dan O' 4,300 m
Liz 4,612 m
Lee 4,803 m
Jason 4,938 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
Derric 5,500 m ... a double double!
Melissa 5,912 m
Patrick Hmr 5,996 m
David T 7,500 m
Bernie 8,037 m
Larry 8,522 m
Dennis 10,000 m
Todd 10,000 m
Vanessa 10,021 m
Norma 10,101 m ...a one aught one palindrome!
Gary 10,442 m
Carol 10,758 m
Robert H 11,000 m
Howard 11,011 m ... a double aught double palindrome!
danwho 11,111 m ...a singular palindrome...embiggerated
Louis 11,114 m
AJ 11,781 m
K2 15,000 m
Doug 15,873 m
david w 16,527 m
David A 17,074 m
Minnie 18,137 m
Ron 18,881 m ...a special 8's palindrome!
Ian 18,994 m
Ted 22,000 m ... he moons us!
Zach 22,070 m ... he moons us, too!
Ed 33,333 m ...a threesie palindrome with a built in moon!
Mathineer 97,536 m ...onboarding! Buckle up!

[Kona2]

This is it....the last day of week 3! 29 Lunies have completed this week's totals....finish...finish...finish!


Just around the corner, this Fall thing....and in real life, too....saw the first splotches of yellow in the trees by the creek....telltale sign... When next in your logbook, scroll across to the Teams heading, then scroll down to Fall Team Challenge...and click "Join" because we are going to need ALL our Lunie power for this one!

Welcome back for the 2019 season to Wim !

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

1.3 MM Minnie
1.25 MM David A
500 K Ken ...a cool half million
300 K Dennis
250 K Gary
250 K Tom M
150 K K2
100 K Robert H
100 K Jamie

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Larry 1,500 m
David T 2,500 m
Andrea 3,113 m ...a palindrome!
Peter T 4,021 m
Doug 5,000 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Virginia 5,000 m
Steve W 5,307 m
Jamie m ...a high five palindrome!
Rebecca 6,000 m
Jason 6,016 m
Dan O' 6,536 m
Trevor 7,000 m
Tom M 7,203 m
Liz 7,259 m
Gary 9,411 m
Danno 10,000 m
Dennis 10,000 m
FRiC 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Sorin 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m ...a one aught palindrome!
Howard 11,079 m
David A 11,090 m
K2 12,000 m
Ian 12,108 m
Minnie 17,675 m
Stuart 18,000 m
Ron 19,691 m ...a palindrome!
Ken 30,000 m ...good update!
Wim 34,772 m ...he's onboard!

[Rumping]

It's good to be back

I decided to attempt to get back in shape after meeting an old (and now in terrible shape) friend of the family.

Getting back on the erg was not easy, but now after a week I am starting to see improvement so I'm hopeful that a shape other than "slowly becoming rounder" is in my future.

I doubt I'll be in "superhero costume" shape by Halloween, but certainly won't be in "Santa costume" shape by Christmas

[bg]

welcome and welcome back to everyone!!!!!! off to sign up for the fall team challenge :} btw...can't believe that summer is going by so quickly :]

[Kona2]

Welcome to week 4....the final push (hahaha...it's NEVER the final stretch of anything related to erging...we just keep going from Challenge to Challenge!)! So far, 39 Lunies have completed the Dog Days Challenge through week 3! Hooboy, though, this last week is going to test us!

Meanwhile, the numbers we generated were captured at oh dark thirty this AM - just before I took off for Tucson. It's way hotter here, and the erging will be at the gym. Some of you may recall that I consider the sighting of a roadrunner to be good luck. I actively look for them! I hadn't been at my Mom's for 20 minutes when the roadrunner appeared. Instead of a fast clip across the yard, it hopped up on a rock and then went up the palo verde tree. It was awesome. They are quite territorial, so am hopeful of a repeat visit. I could, however, do without the giant gecko that was lurking underneath the trash bin. Made me scream.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.15 MM Ed
1.4 MM Ron
500 K danwho ... a cool half million!
200 K William H
100 K Mathineer
100 K Vanessa

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


david w 2,000 m
Gary 3,000 m
Andrea 4,240 m
Mathineer 4,291 m
David T 4,500 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Sorin 5,000 m
Vanessa 5,000 m
Virginia 5,000 m
Thor 5,013 m
Jason 5,821 m
Jamie 6,000 m
Tombeur 6,134 m
Patrick Hmr 6,796 m
William H 7,081 m
Wim 7,092 m
Liz 7,419 m
Tom M 7,586 m
Dan O' 7,683 m
Ted 8,000 m
Patrick S 8,549 m
Matt 10,000 m
Louis 10,091 m
10,101 m ...a one aught one palindrome!
Danno 10,783 m
Cornel 11,000 m
David A 11,105 m
danwho m ...a onesie palindrome!
Ron 17,771 m ...a palindrome with a slew of lucky 7s in the middle!
Minnie 18,095 m
Chuck B 19,993 m
Ken 20,000 m
Ed 33,333 m ...a threeish palindrome! Moons us, too!

[Kona2]

And the Lunies are making a strong statement on the first day of week 4 with some solid meter numbers (i.e., let's get this thing finished)...

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


750 K Ian
700 K Derric
500 K Doug ...a cool half million!
450 K Howard
450 K Jason
300 K Cornel
50 K Virginia

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

William H 5,000 m
Jason 5,137 m
Andrea 5,212 m
Gary 5,631 m
Trevor 6,077 m
Sorin 6,106 m
Tombeur 6,244 m
Kevin M 6,328 m
Dan O' 6,529 m
Wim 7,124 m
Doug 7,782 m
Jamie 8,000 m
Bernie 8,061 m
Danno 8,295 m
David T 8,500 m
Larry 9,042 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Stuart 10,000 m
Todd 10,000 m
Vanessa 10,000 m
david w 10,025 m
10,101 m ...a one aught one palindrome because one ought...
Cornel 11,000 m
Howard 11,016 m
danwho m ...a starry palindrome!
Louis 13,384 m
Rebecca 14,000 m
David A 14,706 m
Mathineer 15,190 m
Thor 15,299 m
bg 15,511 m
Ron 16,261 m ...a palindrome!
Tom M 16,460 m
Ian 17,114 m
Virginia 20,000 m
Derric 21,097 m ... he moons us!