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

[Steve W]

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Thor threw the hammer down once again and has captured the adaptive world record in the 4 min indoor rowing category. He completed 999 m during his 4 min!

Way to go, Thor! Very impressive effort and number !

[Kona2]

There are lots of variations to put this one into your numeric efforts today...

Day 14 of 31...

Hang on...hang on!

Almost 70 percent of the 5K participants have let go of the rings, dropped off the rungs, etc. Almost 80 percent of the 10K participants are gone baby gone! We've got team staying power...and nobody wants to the THE ONE who lets it go!

Bombogenesis?! I had never heard this term...and not bomb cyclone either. Guess it is more familiar to those on the east coast! By now, many Lunies have seen the coverage of Denver's snow/blizzard/cyclone event...it was a snowy, icy, blustery day for sure. Spring, they say, is just around the corner......er...how far away is the corner??!


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

Distance remaining to lunar landing: 4,063,531 m

4.85 MM Ron
3.65 MM Minnie
3.6 MM Warnie
3.4 MM Greg F
2.1 MM Louie
1.45 MM Doug
1.3 MM Jason H
850 K Cornel
700 K Bernie
650 K AJ
200 K Richard Mc

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


Ross 280 m
Tony m ...a singular palindrome...how appropriate on pi day!
Cornel 4,000 m
Leon 5,000 m
Steve W 5,000 m
Dan O' 5,008 m
Josh 5,032 m
Jeff D 5,034 m
Jim M 5,157 m
Thor 5,218 m
Tombeur 5,429 m
Bernie 6,019 m
Danno 6,613 m
David T 8,500 m
Louie m ...a hip hop 9er of a palindrome!
Dave P 10,000 m
Emma 10,000 m
Keith 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Sharon 10,000 m
Ted 10,000 m
Truthy 10,000 m
Salvador 10,018 m
AJ 10,019 m
David B 10,282 m
Rich Mc 10,470 m
Andrea 10,929 m
Norma 11,211 m ...a palindrome!
Doug 11,500 m
Gary 11,516 m
Jason H 11,831 m
Howard 12,033 m
Norton 13,090 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
Liz 13,831 m ...a palindrome!
Baz 15,000 m
Minnie 18,023 m
danwho 18,181 m ...a palindrome!
David A 18,379 m
Ian 18,391 m
K2 20,002 m ...a palindrome!
Kevin Mc 20,007 m
Stefan 20,475 m
Greg F 25,889 m
Warnie 26,333 m
Ron 31,416 m ... he moons us!

[normadelaney]

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Thor threw the hammer down once again and has captured the adaptive world record in the 4 min indoor rowing category. He completed 999 m during his 4 min!

Wow, Mighty Thor! Congratulations! Thinking of going after another?

[tobyj1]

Hi Folks

About to fall off the ladder, or whatever, the gym I use is only available to me 6 days per week, not Saturdays. Unfortunately this season there are 5 Saturdays in March so I started with only 1 spare day and have burnt 2 in physio.
Only managed this challenge when I had a C2 at home but now no space.

Good luck to team survivors at either level.

Keith

[Kona2]

Hi Folks

About to fall off the ladder, or whatever, the gym I use is only available to me 6 days per week, not Saturdays. Unfortunately this season there are 5 Saturdays in March so I started with only 1 spare day and have burnt 2 in physio.
Only managed this challenge when I had a C2 at home but now no space.

Good luck to team survivors at either level.

Keith

We leave no spacer (as in space faring teammate!) behind in our galactic journey - and your continued efforts will help us in the World Erg Challenge which starts today! It takes a lot more effort to get to the gym each time you erg - so more power to you. I see that you have a fine yearly total palindrome today, too!

m

[normadelaney]

Hi Folks

About to fall off the ladder, or whatever, the gym I use is only available to me 6 days per week, not Saturdays. Unfortunately this season there are 5 Saturdays in March so I started with only 1 spare day and have burnt 2 in physio.
Only managed this challenge when I had a C2 at home but now no space.

Good luck to team survivors at either level.

Keith

We leave no spacer (as in space faring teammate!) behind in our galactic journey - and your continued efforts will help us in the World Erg Challenge which starts today! It takes a lot more effort to get to the gym each time you erg - so more power to you. I see that you have a fine yearly total palindrome today, too!

m

That IS a fine yearly total palindrome!!

[Thor MW]

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Thor threw the hammer down once again and has captured the adaptive world record in the 4 min indoor rowing category. He completed 999 m during his 4 min!

Wow, Mighty Thor! Congratulations! Thinking of going after another?

Hey guys
I know, I’ve been silent again. Just working away on this website stuff and now added in doing Facebook live every day, plus the weekly YouTube show and on and on it goes. I have been rowing as you know. Thanks for the well wishes on the world record. Yes Norma I did submit another record for the 30 minute event yesterday and I expect to hear from C2 today confirming this. If I get this one that would make 3 world records for the PR3 VI (blind) old farts category. .
If I understand correctly I am supposed to get a third place medal for the recent 1K sprint as well.
All of this is just helping me keep interested in rowing. Grin.
Ok, time to get cleaned up and go live. Then upload this week’s show and then finish brailling up the notes and record the sales video for the website. Then at 4 PM I stop whatever I’m doing and row. That’s the best time of the day for me.
Have fun my friends
Keep on rock’n!

[Kona2]

Starts today!

To participate in the World Erg Challenge, you do need to sign on! When next in your logbook, scroll over to the heading "Teams", and then scroll down to World Erg Challenge and click on Join Now.


Day 15 of 31....halfway!! More if you've met the daily challenge each day!!

Hang on!



MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

Distance remaining to lunar landing: 3,607,894 m

8.3 MM Ed
3.45 MM Greg F
2.5 MM Ken
1.95 MM Norma
1.85 MM Gary
1.6 MM Josh
1.5 MM Patrick S
1.4 MM Rebecca
800 K Rick
550 K Jeff D
500 K Liz ... a cool half million!
350 K David B
200 K Sharon
200 K Dave P
150 K Roy

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


Ross 2,000 m
Trevor 2,383 m
David T 5,000 m
Derric 5,000 m
Kevin Mc 5,000 m
Sharon 5,000 m
Steve W 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Dan O' 5,011 m
Josh 5,040 m
Jeff D 5,092 m
Andrea 5,123 m
Tombeur 5,226 m
Jason 5,235 m
Dave P 6,145 m
Rick 6,208 m
Thor 8,496 m
david w 9,019 m
Keith J 9,777 m
Ken 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Truthy 10,000 m
Gary 10,369 m
Stefan 10,507 m
Cornel 12,000 m
Patrick S 13,075 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
Liz 14,683 m
David A 14,707 m
Norma 15,708 m ... hmmm....setting up some palindrome....but which one?!
David B 16,537 m
Ron 17,671 m ...a palindrome!
danwho 18,181 m ...a palindrome!
K2 20,002 m ...a palindrome!
Greg F 28,678 m
Ed m ...a stars and moon palindrome!
Roy 82,000 m .. great update!


No prize winners just yet from the Lunies crew...but hope springs eternal !!

[normadelaney]

Norma 15,708 m ... hmmm....setting up some palindrome....but which one?!

Well, a half pi (in honor of Pi Day) is what you row when the whole thing is too much.

[danwho]

Norma 15,708 m ... hmmm....setting up some palindrome....but which one?!

Well, a half pi (in honor of Pi Day) is what you row when the whole thing is too much.

I didn't quite make it that far 'round the circumference clock.

[Kona2]

Our teammate Norton lists Christchurch NZL as his home - and the world knows there were some horrific things that happened there in the last 48 hours. I know we've had two of those episodes here in the Denver area, and it doesn't matter whether you knew the victims or not...the whole city feels pain. Extending sympathy - and wanted you to know that we are thinking of you, too, Norton.

[Kona2]

We're in 6th place...for now

Less than 100K separates the number 3-7 teams in the World Erg Challenge right now, so a very fluid situation with each individual participant's meter upload. During team challenges, some teammates do things like add 10 or 15 minutes to their daily erg session to give us a little extra push. Others try to stay in the top ten percent of all individuals participating. Today, you'd need to have contributed 21,500 m so far to be in the top 10 percent. Not for the faint of heart for sure...or for those short on available time. I am still working on how the pi clock works...

Ooooh, now I get it.

The numbers on the face don’t necessarily correspond to the numbers we’re used to, but instead correspond to the angle at which that number would be found. Instead, for example, the 90 degree angle represented by pi/2 radians takes over for the much simpler number 3. Here's the conversion calculator for radians to degrees. https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/number/radians-to-degrees.html Yikes. It had been a really long time since I thought about radians.... but now you know!

Day 16 of 31...



MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

Distance remaining to lunar landing: 3,181,390 m

3.65 MM Warnie
2.2 MM Steve
1.75 MM Dennus
1.55 MM K2
950 K Truthy
450 K GMan
200 K Stefan

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Maria 2,181 m
Rich G 2,469 m
David T 5,000 m
Kevin Mc 5,000 m
Sharon 5,000 m
Jim M 5,013 m
Thor 5,058 m
Dan O' 5,059 m
Andrea 5,145 m
Jason H 5,159 m
Jeff D 5,308 m
Liz 5,321 m
Tombeur 6,031 m
Josh 6,069 m
Louie 6,280 m
Keith J 7,223 m
Jodi 8,706 m
Emma 10,000 m
Leon 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Steve 10,000 m
Truthy 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m ...a one aught palindrome!
Howard 10,012 m
GMan 10,041 m
Gary 10,083 m
Norma 10,101 m ...a one aught one palindrome!
Rich Mc 10,555 m
Stefan 11,342 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
David A 14,776 m
Ian 16,865 m
Keith F 17,000 m
Minnie 18,051 m
Ron 18,281 m...a palindrome!
K2 20,002 m ...a palindrome!
AJ 20,039 m
Warnie 55,952 m ...it's a moon!

[normadelaney]

Norma 15,708 m ... hmmm....setting up some palindrome....but which one?!

Well, a half pi (in honor of Pi Day) is what you row when the whole thing is too much.

I didn't quite make it that far 'round the circumference clock.

Thank you, Dan. You find the best images!

And thank you, K2, for researching and explaining the clock to some of us pi-radian challenged!

[danwho]

Norma 15,708 m ... hmmm....setting up some palindrome....but which one?!

Well, a half pi (in honor of Pi Day) is what you row when the whole thing is too much.

I didn't quite make it that far 'round the circumference clock.

Thank you, Dan. You find the best images!

And thank you, K2, for researching and explaining the clock to some of us pi-radian challenged!

There is another way to think about it - which really is the same way, but it might sound simpler.
The circumference of a circle is 2πr. So if you just think of the radius as 1, when you've gone fully around the circumference of the clock face, you've gone 2π, and when you've gone ¼ around the clock face, you've gone π/2.

[Kona2]

Simpler!