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

[Kona2]

Well traveling certainly hinders ones ability to add meters to the challenge, but I was pretty happy to have found a newer concept 2 pm5 sitting all alone not being used up here in Northern Minnesota, so I had couple hours tops to get a work out in before being whisked out and back on the family visiting tour. I don’t know about you guys but a few days away from the rower makes me a little cranky. I hope to be back on the home erg soon and thanks to today’s erg visit I am at least within striking distance of 200 k. Happy rowing to you all.

Rowing machine time is often a good antidote to many things...and you are indeed within striking distance of 200K...have time to make it to 300K !

[Kona2]

When I rowed crew with a masters rowing club coaches did not want the rowers to wear gloves. The reason they gave was gloves hindered being able to tell when the oar was seated in the oarlock. Blisters were part and parcel of the game till the calouses formed. I'll never forget the "ejector crab" one of my teammates suffered not having her blade square. It was right in front of a packed restaurant. I was rowing starboard in the 3 seat, she was in the bow #1 seat. We were rowng full pressure and all of a sudden this head appears in the murky waters of the Black Warrior River between the oars od the 5 & 7 seat.....

Yikes...and from video I've seen, ejection happens rather quickly...sort of like watching a cartwheel....

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop, and wahoo here's another one! Congratulations, Howard, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season ! We wish you many, MANY more!

[Kona2]

Pegasus (Jonathan)



Champ (David T)



Buckaroo (Jeff D)



Dewey (Sarah)



Gilbert the Red (Miles)



Starbuck (bg) has earned his antler lights with 200K, as well as the holiday challenge pin, and $6 towards charity match!


And Ron and Gary have each reached the 400K milestone in the Challenge, earning them the swagger rights (Tail Wag), and $14 towards charity match.


Prancer (Ron)



Blitzen (Gary)

[Kona2]

Day 24 of 33...



Caerphilly Castle


Another episode....

Missed a reindeer claiming by Miles the other day, and only noticed the omission this AM. Miles lives in Caerphilly, a city in Wales that has a large castle appropriately named Caerphilly Castle as one of its main historic attractions. The concentric design of the castle was new to the UK at the time, and made for successful defense. The castle was built at the direction of Gilbert the Red, and we've never had a reindeer named Gilbert the Red, so you can see what happened here. Caerphilly is also known for creating a regional cheese. Caerphilly is the name of a crumbly white cheese, one that apparently has a bit of a tang. Coal miners would take the cheese as their meal down into the mining pits where it held up well and was easy to consume. The cheese used to be manufactured in Caerphilly, but its popularity and probably more than a few other factors have led to its production elsewhere. And now we know more than we did.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


Distance remaining to lunar landing: 40,960,467 m


3.3 MM Ron
1.7 MM Zach
1.05 MM Doug
1.05 MM Derric
900 K Victor
900 K Dan O'
900 K Gary
550 K bg
100 K Sarah
100 K Rich G

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Jason H 2,342 m
Andre 3,330 m
Sarah 4,219 m
Tom M 4,269 m
Cornel 5,000 m
Steve W 5,000 m
Rich G 5,085 m
Josh 5,132 m
Dan O' 5,627 m
Anna C-S 7,094 m ....should be getting close to her reindeer.....
Tombeur 7,141 m
Jeff D 7,460 m
Jason A 7,884 m
David W 8,000 m
David A 8,809 m
David T 9,500 m
Andrea 9,642 m
Derric 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
Danno 10,709 m
Norma m ... a onesie palindrome!
Howard 11,149 m
Jamie 11,888 m...bring on the 7's
K2 12,000 m
bg 12,008 m
Stuart 12,432 m
Victor 12,884 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
Chuck B 13,643 m
Patrick S 14,047 m
Rosie 15,000 m
Ian 17,006 m
Ron 21,812 m ...a palindrome! And he moons us!
Gary m ...a twosie of a palindrome with a built in moon!
Kristine 22,224 m ... she moons us!
Doug 24,597 m... he moons us!
Ken 25,000 m... he moons us!
Zach 27,208 m ... he moons us!

[Kona2]

Mercury (Karyn)


Karyn claims the 50th reindeer! Good work.

[warnie]

Loving the Caerphilly history - nice one!! I saw the castle and said "what?"!!! I live 5 minutes away from the castle, some people think I live "IN" the castle!!! Cheese was a huge industry for Caerphilly and there's a lot of confusion as to where it is made! Some say it is still made in the town but I don't agree - it gets brought in!!! Lovely post

[danwho]

[Kona2]

Hahaha - Bizarro is very good! Only I just realized this is the guy that teams up with Dan P for the new Bizarro...

[Kona2]

Nitro (Dennis)

Dennis's reindeer Nitro has claimed the antler lights, and earned the holiday challenge pin and $6 in charity match! Good work!

[Kona2]

Day 25 of 33...there is STILL TIME to get it done!! Get busy but don't stress!



MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


Distance remaining to lunar landing: 40,462,175 m

5.75 MM Ed
1.85 MM Miles
1.3 MM danwho
1.2 MM Danno
900 K Dennis
700 K K2
450 K Andrea
450 K Virginia
400 K Jamie
350 K Trevor
200 K Keith J
200 K Karyn

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


Louis 2,000 m
Tom M 4,350 m
William H 5,000 m
Bernie 5,031 m
Trevor 5,500 m
Rebecca 6,000 m
Jim M 6,022 m
Rich G 6,177 m
GMan 6,256 m
Dan O' 6,508 m
Jean M 7,211 m
Patrick S 7,278 m
Tombeur 7,625 m ... good progress!
Kevin 8,277 m
Andrea 8,459 m
Steve W 10,407 m
Laurie 10,500 m
Howard 11,017 m
Norma m ...a onesie palindrome!
Jamie 11,777 m...a double triple...bring on the sixes!
Jeff B 12,043 m
Greg F 12,822 m
Keith J 13,000 m
Karyn 13,140 m
danwho 15,151 m ...a palindrome!
Dennis 15,397 m
Gary 17,616 m
Minnie 18,131 m
Virginia 20,000 m
Ron 21,012 m ...a palindrome!
Danno 21,256 m ... he moons us!
K2 25,000 m
Miles 71,690 ... good update!
Ed 75,528 m ...another good update! Sure to have a moon in there!


designates when the meters are all bike meters. When a teammate uses multiple types of erg, most of the time there's not a way to quickly tell what percentage of meters is one thing or another - so I don't try. We have 9 teammates with bike ergs, 5 with ski ergs (although I am pretty sure that Steve W is the only one with ski erg holiday challenge meters), and the rest have or use indoor rowers. I was curious about what percentage of the Concept2 universe uses bike ergs - and in the top eleven teams, there are 95 people who use bike ergs....which is 4.7 percent of the total people. They contribute about 7 percent of the meters overall when bike meter = indoor meter, and 3.5 percent when bike meters are halved.

[warnie]

I'm lucky enough to have all three in my house but as I'm nursing my back to full health I can only use the bike - can't wait to get back to rower and skierg!!

[Kona2]

A mighty effort, and Gilbert (as in GIlbert and Sullivan) joins the herd! I think Gilbert and Gilbert the Red can figure out who is who, and what is what.


Gilbert (Tombeur)

It's getting brighter outside....and Louis brings another set of antler lights!


Hercules (Louis)

Another Holiday Challenge goal reached! Congratulations, Norma, on earning Stargazer's flashing harness!


Stargazer (Norma)

[Kona2]

Day 26 of 33...



Over 6,000 people have earned at least 100K in the Holiday Challenge, almost 1500 have earned 200K and more, and the Concept2 universe has delivered two-thirds of the goal for charity match. In-cred-ible !!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights....Celebrations:

Distance remaining to lunar landing: 39,932,911 m

2.65 MM Minnie
2.35 MM David A
1.65 MM Steve W
1.2 MM Norma
1.1 MM Patrick S
950 K Gary
600 K Cornel
550 K Bernie
450 K Rosie
400 K Tombeur
350 K Salvador
200 K Laurie
100 K Paul B

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


Jeff M 1,392 m
Liz 1,678 m
Rich G 2,018 m
Victor 3,095 m
Dan O' 3,284 m
Steve W m ...a palindrome!
GMan 4,123 m
David T 4,500 m
Cornel 5,000 m
Derric 5,000 m
Nancy 5,000 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
bg 5,046 m
Rebecca 6,000 m
Bernie 6,013 m
Kevin Mc 6,606 m
Howard 7,015 m
Zach 7,095 m
Laurie 8,000 m
Jeff D 8,430 m
Patrick S 9,018 m
david w 10,000 m
Michael C 10,000 m
Tombeur 10,120 m
Sarah 11,198 m
Patrick Hmr 11,632 m
Jamie 11,666 m ...another double triple!
K2 12,000 m
Norma 12,121 m ...a Welkian palindrome!
Louis 12,321 m ...a countem up and down palindrome!
Greg F 15,064 m
Ron 19,991 m ... a palindrome!
Robert H 20,000 m
Virginia 20,000 m
danwho 20,202 m ...a palindrome!
Karyn 21,129 m ... she moons us!
Minnie 21,234 m ... she moons us!
Gary 23,332 m ...a palindrome with a built in moon!
Rosie 27,000 m ... she moons us!
Paul B 28,080 m ... he moons us!
Salvador 30,000 m ... he moons us!
Ed m...a palindrome with a built in moon!
David A 42,195 m ... he full moons us!

[bg]

Whoop, whoop, and wahoo here's another one! Congratulations, Howard, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season ! We wish you many, MANY more!

woooooooooohoooooooooo and congrats!!!! and loved reading about the castle....i was in wales many...many...many years ago :-]