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

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and it's ANOTHER million meters! Congratulations, Greg, on achieving a THREE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

Distance remaining to lunar landing: 13,520,828 m

7.8 MM Ed
3.1 MM Warnie
3.0 MM Greg F
2.1 MM Ian
750 K Keith F
750 K Kevin Mc
450 K Patrick Hsr

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Debbie 1,154 m
Howard 3,009 m
Warnie 3,023 m
Truthy 4,448 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
Jamie E 5,015 m
David T 5,500 m ...a double double!
Cornel 6,000 m
Louie 6,000 m
Jason H 6,001 m
Bernie 6,027 m
Patrick S 6,048 m
Gary 6,092 m
Josh 6,102 m
Tombeur 6,127 m
Rick 6,200 m
Emma 7,000 m
Patrick Hsr 7,062 m
Bill Lmn 7,128 m
Norma m ...another lucky 7 palindrome!
Danno 10,000 m
Keith F 10,000 m
Matthew R 10,000 m
FRiC 10,003 m
Kevin Mc 10,012 m
K2 12,000 m
David A 12,287 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
danwho 14,045 m
Steve W 14,045 m
Ron 16,961 m ...a palindrome!
Ian 20,965 m
Greg F 28,442 m ...he moons us!
Ed m ...a stars and moon palindrome!

[warnie]

Thanks for all the hard work you put into this group Kona, very much appreciated.

Do you have any SkiErg images?!! How many on here have or use one do you know?

[DavidA]

Hi team,

Been having issues with resetting the password... finally able to get it done. Not sure if I got hacked but couldn't log in here but could update meters.

On Feb 12 here in Qatar is a national holiday - Sports Day. They want all people here to take the day off and enjoy many activities dealing with health and exercise.

So to get things going with my team and other managers - I invited them to challenge me 1000 meters at a time on the rower. I had 48 take the challenge with a couple at the end willing to go again to make it 50. It was fun and challenging at the same time as I don't normally row for speed I am more for the distance in 2.5 hours.

Well I was tired by the end - but it was a good tired. I only lost one challenge but it was close. Everyone that attended enjoyed the day and I think a few will end up rowing more often.

Happy rowing,
Ed

Crazy, but cool

David

[dag1]

Wow! Ed, that's a serious interval set 50 X 1k, Awesome you were able to get so many people involved....I wish we had a sports day or exercise day for a holiday Oh well. I did some installation work on a biz called The Row House going in, just a couple miles from my house, I talked to the owner about it and It's all concept 2 rowers and will be similar to a spin class but with rowers. Sounds interesting to me and with it being so close to my house I will certainly give it a try once they open in early March. They do have other facilities in different parts of the Country, has anyone heard of them or tried it out?

[normadelaney]

I invited them to challenge me 1000 meters at a time on the rower.

What a great idea. Was it just the one rower, and they went first? Trying to figure out how you would know what time to try to beat.

No we had two rowers, I brought mine plus the one at the gym.

Fifty consecutive 1,000-m sprints is beyond amazing, Ed. Awesome!!

[Kona2]

Thanks for all the hard work you put into this group Kona, very much appreciated.

Do you have any SkiErg images?!! How many on here have or use one do you know?

I don't have any SkiErg images - but would be glad to post any that you have, Warnie! There are six teammates with skiergs. You, Steve W, Jason H, Jessica, Ryan, and Tombeur. Together, you've contributed 918,390 ski erg meters.

Btw, for anyone who wants to know how many teammates have indoor rowers, bike ergs or ski ergs, Concept2's redesigned logbook allows us all to see these things. Here's how you do this:

When next in your logbook, go to the bottom of the webpage where it says Quick Links and click on : affiliation standings
Next click on Luna-Tics
A cascade of teammates will appear
On the right side of the page, you'll see season meters, how many teammates, average meters
Below that is Workout Types
Click on the dropdown and select the category: everything from all rowers to ski erg
Select the one you wish to check out, and you'll see who and what

[Kona2]

Wow! Ed, that's a serious interval set 50 X 1k, Awesome you were able to get so many people involved....I wish we had a sports day or exercise day for a holiday Oh well. I did some installation work on a biz called The Row House going in, just a couple miles from my house, I talked to the owner about it and It's all concept 2 rowers and will be similar to a spin class but with rowers. Sounds interesting to me and with it being so close to my house I will certainly give it a try once they open in early March. They do have other facilities in different parts of the Country, has anyone heard of them or tried it out?

Cool ! Looks like you or Roy P (both in Highlands Ranch) would be closest locations to get an opportunity to check it out, That's about a 45 min drive for me, but might be worth it. This is a rapidly expanding franchise - looks like they signed 47 franchises in June 2018! Of those, 17 are slated for opening pretty soon, including the one that you were working on or in.

Here's the location list - in case any teammates might have a facility near them!

https://www.therowhouse.com/locations

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

Distance remaining to lunar landing: 13,255,953 m

1.5 MM Dennis
1.5 MM Howard
100 K Dave

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


Jason H 1,946 m
Rich G 2,128 m
E V 4,000 m
Dave 4,865 m
Jamie E 5,010 m
David T 5,500 m ,..a double double!
Chuck E 6,000 m
Gines 6,028 m
Josh 6,065 m
Rick 6,100 m
Kevin Mc 7,000 m
danwho 7,777 m ... m ...another lucky 7 palindrome!
Norma m ...another lucky 7 palindrome!
Jeff D 8,530 m
Steve W 8,716 m
Derric 10,000 m
Keith F 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Robert E 10,000 m
Rich Mc 10,882 m
Howard 12,014 m
Patrick S 12,044 m
Greg F 12,891 m
Tombeur 13,123 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
David A 14,811 m
Minnie 21,867 m ...Minnie the Mooner strikes again!
Warnie 26,370 m ...king of the boat...the castle is already near his house!

[warnie]

Thanks for all the hard work you put into this group Kona, very much appreciated.

Do you have any SkiErg images?!! How many on here have or use one do you know?

I don't have any SkiErg images - but would be glad to post any that you have, Warnie! There are six teammates with skiergs. You, Steve W, Jason H, Jessica, Ryan, and Tombeur. Together, you've contributed 918,390 ski erg meters.

Btw, for anyone who wants to know how many teammates have indoor rowers, bike ergs or ski ergs, Concept2's redesigned logbook allows us all to see these things. Here's how you do this:

When next in your logbook, go to the bottom of the webpage where it says Quick Links and click on : affiliation standings
Next click on Luna-Tics
A cascade of teammates will appear
On the right side of the page, you'll see season meters, how many teammates, average meters
Below that is Workout Types
Click on the dropdown and select the category: everything from all rowers to ski erg
Select the one you wish to check out, and you'll see who and what

I never knew you could do that!!! Very interesting thanks Kona

[Truthy]

Hi team,

Been having issues with resetting the password... finally able to get it done. Not sure if I got hacked but couldn't log in here but could update meters.

On Feb 12 here in Qatar is a national holiday - Sports Day. They want all people here to take the day off and enjoy many activities dealing with health and exercise.

So to get things going with my team and other managers - I invited them to challenge me 1000 meters at a time on the rower. I had 48 take the challenge with a couple at the end willing to go again to make it 50. It was fun and challenging at the same time as I don't normally row for speed I am more for the distance in 2.5 hours.

Well I was tired by the end - but it was a good tired. I only lost one challenge but it was close. Everyone that attended enjoyed the day and I think a few will end up rowing more often.

Happy rowing,
Ed

Very well done, Ed. Congratulations. Truly inspiring performance.

[Kona2]

Welcome back to longtime teammate Angelo - emptied his meter piggy bank today!


Snow day in Tucson, AZ!
Photo by M. Popat published in Arizona Daily Star today

In all the time my family has lived in Tucson, and it's over 50 years, a full day of snowfall has only occurred a few times. Mom reveled in seeing giant snowflakes...no travel required!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

Distance remaining to lunar landing: 12,464,786 m

7.85 MM Ed
4.5 MM Ron
3.35 MM Minnie
3.2 MM David A
3.15 MM Warnie
3.05 MM Greg F
2.3 MM Ken G
1.95 MM Louie
1.75 MM Norma
1.5 MM Josh
900 K Tombeur
750 K Cornel
300 K Angelo
150 K Richard Mc

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!



David W 1,500 m
Rich G 2,833 m
Jamie E 3,045 m
Jim M 4,012 m
Patrick S 4,134 m
Keith 4,334 m ..a palindrome!
Rebecca 5,000 m
Chuck E# 5,015 m
Sharon 5,021 m
Tombeur 5,361 m
Cornel 6,000 m
Louie 6,000 m
Josh 6,068 m
Rick 6,224 m
Kevin Mc 7,000 m
Norma m....dance dance boogie palindrome!
Jeff D 8,596 m
Trevor 9,656 m
Matthew 10,000 m
Jason H 10,220 m
Rich Mc 10,534 m
Howard 11,009 m
David T 12,500 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
David A 15,028 m
Ian 17,192 m
Minnie 18,520 m
Gary 21,097 m ... he moons us!
Greg F 28,057 m ... he moons us!
Ron 34,342 m ... he moons us, too!
Warnie 52,590 m... mooner!
Ken G 59,766 m...more mooning!
Ed m ...many moons palindrome!
Angelo 306,639 m

[Kona2]

....coming soon to an erg near you!

Gear up. March Mudness Madness starts in less than a week. You'll need to pick your days off the erg carefully during this Challenge, and leave yourself a backup day or two! 5K or 10K a day (bike ergers will need a 10 or 20) is what it takes to satisfy the Concept2 counters....for 25 of the 31 days. Each day that you meet the Challenge required meter amounts, your name will be entered in the random drawing done by Concept2 for prizes. Back in the day when there were fewer ergers, I could say with some degree of certainty that SOMEONE on our team always wins something, and some years we have had two winners. Last year, alas, there were no Lunie prize winners. Naturally this caused dismay. And messed up my statistics. The more you erg, the more you get your name in the lottery. If you erg at the 10K level, you'll have double the chance on certain days where they pick a 10K and a 5K name. Surely we can have a Lunie winner this year??!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

Distance remaining to lunar landing: 12,200,930 m

2.05 MM Steve W
1.65 MM Gary
1.2 MM Jason H
750 K Salvador
42,195 m Gary

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Louie 2,000 m
GMan 2,533 m
David T 3,000 m
Warnie 3,120 m
Sharon 3,310 m
Dave 3,715 m
Briana 4,196 m
Larry 4,257 m
Jim M 5,013 m
Chuck E 5,985 m
Josh 6,048 m
Jason H 6,237 m
David W 6,297 m
m ...lucky 7 palindrome!
Jeff D 9,109 m
John D 10,000 m
Keith F 10,000 m
Keith J 10,000 m
Truthy 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
Howard 11,013 m
Minnie 12,007 m
Steve W 17,785 m
Salvador 18,245 m
Ron 18,381 m ..a palindrome!
Greg F 21,633 m ... he moons us!
Gary 42,195 m ....wowzer! A full marathon!

[warnie]

Now that I'm using the SkiErg again I am hoping to hit the 20K a day required (BikeErg). Guessign we don't have to sign up for this challenge and just do it?! Good luck to all, hopefully someone will win a prize.

[BAZzy]

Crikey, lots going on in here, trust all are well.

Weather Downunder has been pretty good in the Harbour City, although the days are shortening .

Trying to get some rowing in between the SES duties and travel...! Won't qualify for the March Madness as we are off for a couple of weeks to walk in and around Wilsons Promontory in the South-East in mid March.

Take care, Baz