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

[Kona2]

Day 14 and we're in Lucky 7th...barely...


Yes, the hoards are chasing us in the World Erg Challenge, seeking galactic domination and all that. As for us, the Lunies are busy exploring the lunar surface (rock, another rock, crater, and what kind of sea has no water?!). Views of Earth are spectacular from the lunar surface, but don't forget your headlamp. In fact, in life don't forget your headlamp.

Day 29 of 31....TICK tock....

5 K Challenge Finishers: No new ones today

10 K Challenge Finishers: Ed, K2


HANG ON!

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



Lunar Exploration Distance: 2,265,630 m

8,65 MM Ed
3.7 MM Greg F
900 K Keith F
800 K AJ
350 K Jim M

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


Rich G 1,575 m
Nancy 2,000 m
Jason H 2,015 m
Norton 2,155 m
Leon 5,000 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Steve 5,000 m
Jim M 5,019 m
GMan 5,145 m
Tombeur 5,239 m
David T 5,500 m ... a double double!
Kevin Mc 6,000 m
Patrick S 6,023 m
Liz 6,656 m
Todd 7,252 m
William H 7,260 m
david w 8,890 m
Chuck B 10,000 m
Cornel 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Truthy 10,000 m
Howard 10,012 m
AJ 11,027 m
Peter G 11,664 m
Rebecca 12,000 m
12,121 m ...a Welkian palindrome!
Keith F 13,000 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
David A 14,839 m
Ron 17,771 m ...a palindrome!
Minnie 18,233 m
Ken 20,000 m
K2 20,002 m ...a palindrome !
David B 23,730 m ...he moons us!
Warnie 26,263 m ... he moons us!
Greg F 28,177 m ... he moons us!
Ed m ...stars and moon palindrome!

[Kona2]

And we finally have a march mudness winner from our team! Congratulations, Keith F, on getting randomly selected for your 10K on March 27th! Whoop, whoop. The numbers played out. Whew!

[just27]

And we finally have a march mudness winner from our team! Congratulations, Keith F, on getting randomly selected for your 10K on March 27th! Whoop, whoop. The numbers played out. Whew!

Hooyah, Keith. Let us know what you win ... living vicariously, y'know.

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and a few zooms! Congratulations, Warnie aka Miles, on achieving a FOUR million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more!

[Kona2]

Day 16 of 32...halfway point...and we're in lucky 8th !

Today is the last day to sign on to participate in the WEC - and some of the big swings we have been seeing as teams add new teammates will slow down. Still, a lot of the teams only upload their meters every few days - and that's when the standings can change pretty dramatically. Now we get down to serious business!

Day 30 of 31....TICK TOCK....the end is near!!

5 K Challenge Finishers: David A, Liz

10 K Challenge Finishers: Chuck B, Howard


Never give up; never give in!

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



Lunar Exploration Distance: 2,646,525 m

4.0 MM Warnie
1.55 MM Rebecca
1.5 MM Doug
1.45 MM Dan O'
1.4 MM Jason H
800 K Keith J
750 K William H

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Dave P 3,715 m
David B 4,178 m
David T 4,800 m
Leon 5,000 m
Norton 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Dan O' 5,013 m
Tombeur 5,130 m
Steve W 6,000 m
Jeff D 6,410 m
Doug 6,980 m
Trevor 7,001 m
Kevin Mc 7,578 m
Jason H 9,120 m
Chuck B 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Truthy 10,000 m
Howard 10,014 m
Liz 10,230 m
AJ 11,329 m
David A 12,360 m
Norma 15,551 m ...a palindrome with some high fives in the middle! Hooyah!
Ian 16,272 m
Ron 18,081 m ...a palindrome!
Minnie 18,120 m
Greg F 21,294 m ... he moons us!
Keith J 45,000 m ...good update!
Warnie 71,719 m ...lotta meters! Sure to have a moon in there somewhere!

[davidrbest]

I finally did it. Well, two things. First: I joined the Million Meter Club yesterday. Second: I finished my first challenge earlier today. It's taken me a long time to really get hooked on rowing, but I'm glad it finally happened. I've rowed more meters in the last 10 weeks than the previous nine years, combined. I feel so much healthier in body, mind and spirit. Here's to the next million and never giving up!

[danwho]

I finally did it.

Congratulations, David !!!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and what a fine milestone! Congratulations, David B, on achieving ONE million lifetime meters! We wish you MANY, many more!!

Erging is addictive...and we like to think that the team atmosphere helps keep you motivated to keep going! Congratulations on finishing your first Challenge - the March Challenge is about the beastiest challenge you could have picked to get started with -- so if you can finish THAT one....

[Kona2]

Day 17 of 32...and we are 8th!

Hoards are still swarming! The team rosters are now "locked" for the remainder of the Challenge. We've entered the second half, and have a couple weeks before the bell lap!

This is it! The LAST day!

5 K Challenge Finishers: Jim M, Dan O'

10 K Challenge Finishers: Liz



Hooboy! We have SIX teammates who have been beastie enough to complete the challenge requirements at either the 5 or 10K level every single day for the past 30...and two have already finished all 31 days ! Stay tuned for the list of every day warriors tomorrow!! Meanwhile, the Concept2 universe saw a great diminishing of The Force overnight with the biggest drop in eligible participants on the challenge roster since day 8. We tumbled from 1800 to 1382 participants at the 5K level, and from 644 to 501 at the 10K level. So CLOSE!!!

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



Lunar Exploration Distance: 3,022,723 m

8.7 MM Ed
5.15 MM Ron
3.95 MM Minnie
3.75 MM Greg F
2.05 MM danwho
1.9 MM Dennis
1.8 MM K2
1.1 MM Truthy
700 K Liz
550 K David W
550 K David B

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Rich G 4,105 m
William H 5,000 m
Dan O' 5,008 m
Jim M 5,022 m
David T 5,200 m
Tombeur 5,224 m
Leon m ...a high five palindrome to celebrate the last day of Mudness!
Norton 6,159 m
Tom M 6,500 m
Doug 6,659 m
David W 8,000 m
Rich Mc 8,533 m
Keith F 10,000 m
Ken 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Stefan 10,000 m
Truthy 10,000 m
AJ 10,251 m
K2 12,000 m
Norma 13,131 m ...a palindrome with some 31 days in it!
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
Jeff D 13,877 m
Ron 16,161 m ..a palindrome!
Liz 16,473 m
danwho 17,171 m ...a palindrome!
Minnie 18,305 m
Steve 21,097 m ... he moons us!
David B 24,311 m .. he moons us, too!
Greg F 26,829 m ... he moons us!
Ed 52,196 m ... he moons us too!

[davidrbest]

Erging is addictive...and we like to think that the team atmosphere helps keep you motivated to keep going!

I really appreciate your daily updates and the support of the team. It has definitely helped me stay motivated and has encouraged me to push myself to make more progress than I think I would have if I were doing it alone.

[Kona2]

Whoooosh!!! That's the sound of you and your erg flying through yet another month!!


Day 18 of 32 ... and we're 8th !


It's a wrap!

Atta Lunies! Five Lunies erged all 31 days of the Challenge! Congratulations, and an Atta Lunie to 5K finisher Leon, and 10K finishers Norma, Ron, Truthy and Rebecca!

Overall, 26 Lunies finished on the 5K Challenge Roster, and 19 Lunies finished on the 10K Challenge Roster.




As in previous years, the ski jump graph played out. Takes a lot of aligned stars and discipline to finish the 25 days of the Challenge! Good work to all who participated!

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



Lunar Exploration Distance: 3,335,164 m

3.7 MM David A
2.6 MM Ken
2.15 MM Norma
1.15 MM Tombeur

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Rich G 1,815 m
Truthy 2,000 m
E V 3,000 m
Jason 3,512 m
Steve 4,022 m
Ian 4,581 m
Dana 5,609 m
GMan 5,857 m
Josh 6,041 m
Dave P 6,593 m
Dan O' 8,244 m
Ian 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
AJ 10,018 m
danwho 10,101 m ...a one aught one palindrome!
Norma 12,121 m ...a Welkian palindrome with a one and a two and a one and a two!
Tombeur 13,049 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
Rebecca 14,000 m
Robert H 14,500 m
Baz 15,000 m
James S 15,000 m
Ron 16,761 m ...a palindrome!
Minnie 18,288 m
K2 20,002 m ...a palindrome!
Greg F 21,550 m ... bike mooner!
David B 23,300 m ... he moons us!
David A 24,046 m .... he moons us...and takes King of the Boat!

[danwho]

Just saw that Concept2 unveiled a surprising new development for bikeergers this April Fool's Day:

[Kona2]

Snort

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and way to get it done!! Congratulations, Cornel, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

Cornel becomes the 36th meter millionaire on the Lunies team!

[Kona2]

Day 19 of 32...and slippage! We're 10th !

There are some very large teams in the Challenge, particularly in the Health/Fitness category. A meter upload from these teams is sort of like a meter tsunami. On an individual basis, if you are seeking to be in the top ten percent of all participants, you need to be at 155K for the Challenge. Keep going! There is still a lot of lunar surface to explore!

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



Lunar Exploration Distance: 3,673,565 m

8.75 MM Ed
2.4 MM Ian
2.35 MM Steve W
1.0 MM Cornel

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Debbie 1,109 m
Norton 2,192 m
Keith F 5,000 m
Tom M 5,000 m
Jason 5,548 m
Steve W 5,807 m
Josh 6,083 m
David W 6,397 m
Patrick Hsr 6,761 m
Truthy 7,000 m
Doug 7,225 m
Jeff D 7,241 m
David T 10,000 m
Emma 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
Stefan 10,000 m
Sharon 10,015 m
Howard 10,021 m
david w 11,058 m
Norma m ...a stellar palindrome!
Tombeur 11,527 m
David A 14,770 m
Ian 16,553 m
Ron 16,761 m ...a palindrome!
Minnie 18,123 m
Cornel 36,433 m ... good update to carry across the 1 MM milestone!
Ed m ...thoroughly bedeviled palindrome! Mooner.