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

[Kona2]

Next up....the Fall Team Challenge!

What you need to do:

When next in your logbook, scroll across to the teams heading. Scroll down to the Fall Team Challenge section, and select "Join" to get into the Challenge! There is no automatic enrollment in this Challenge.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Challenges:


1.2 MM Steve W
600 K Ian
400 K david w
400 K Josh
250 K Robert H
200 K Jason
200 K William H
150 K Thor
100 K Jeff M

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 130 Lunies on the roster with the return of David G!

Truthy 1,045 m
Maria L-G 5,000 m
Steve W 5,184 m
Candace 5,230 m
Liz 5,232 m
Gines 5,501 m
Josh 5,535 m
Thor 6,149 m
David G 6,515 m
Jason 6,952 m
Eric 6,973 m
david w 8,018 m
Doug 8,461 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
William H 10,000 m
Howard 11,155 m... a triple double!
David A 14,519 m
Ian 15,873 m
Ron 17,181 m
Jeff M 17,288 m
Norma 17,771 m...a palindrome with lucky 7's ! Whew. Thought we might be palindromeless!
Ted 18,000 m
Gary 21,280 m... he moons us!

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.25 MM Ed
1.85 MM Ron
1.45 MM David A
300 K Corey
100 K Gary

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Josh 1,011 m
Jamie 2,013 m
Candace 2,699 m
Rich M 3,000 m
GMan 4,095 m
Emma 5,000 m
Robert E 5,000 m
Ryan 5,000 m
Steve W 5,000 m
Rich Mc 5,275 m
Dave P 5,597 m
Maria L-G 6,000 m
Kevin Mc 6,080 m
Gines 6,098 m
Thor 6,155 m
Greg H 6,418 m
Corey 6,423 m
Dan O' 6,428 m
Donna 6,453 m
Jim C 7,000 m
Tom M 7,500 m
Eric 8,651 m
Jessica 10,000 m
Rebecca 11,000 m
David G 11,152 m
Brett 11,680 m
danwho 12,121 m...a Welkian palindrome!
david w 12,121 m ...a Welkian palindrome!
David A m ...counting up the meters!
Cornel 15,551 m ... a palindrome with high 5's inside!
Ron 16,761 m... a palindrome!
Norma 17,771 m ...a palindrome with lucky 7's inside!
Gary 21,097 m... he moons us!
Ed m ...devilish palindrome!

[Kona2]

It's time for the Tarantula Migration in southern Colorado...

Pedal the Plains is traveling a segment of a previous year's route...and it's the one that gives cyclists who are early out on the road a glimpse of something many people will NEVER see (and most of them are just fine with that!)...it's the tarantula migration. I've mentioned it here in previous years, yet it's worth mentioning again. So unique! Sorry to be missing this one, but it happens.

I am back on the walking trail with the pups so healing is happening!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights... Celebrations:

650 K Cornel
500 K ... a cool half million!
300 K Marcos
100 K Rich Mc
50 K Dave P

Thanks,everyone, for erging with us!

Kevin Mc 3,437 m
Candace 3,812 m
Steve D 4,114 m... a palindrome!
Ryan 5,000 m
Gines 5,268 m
Dave P 5,670 m
Thor 6,155 m
Steve H 6,233 m
Bernie 8,103 m
Jim 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Steve W 10,000 m
Robert H 11,000 m
Gary 11,007 m
Howard 11,099 m
Tom M 11,386m
david w 11,565 m
Ian 11,630 m
Rich Mc 12,033 m
David A 12,332 m
danwho 15,151 m ...a palindrome with some high fives sprinkled inside!
15,551 m...a palindrome with some high fives squeezed in...
Ron 18,181 m...a palindrome!
Warnie 22,139 m... he moons us!
Marcos 25,939 m... he moons us, too!
Ken G 30,000 m ... he moons us!

[danwho]

I am back on the walking trail with the pups so healing is happening!

[Kona2]

9 days to liftoff!! Sign on!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.3 MM Ed
1.3 MM Rebecca
1.1 MM Greg F]
950 K Minnie
500 K Doug ...a cool half million! Gettin' there!
400 K Ted

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Debbie 1,000 m
Jamie 2,010 m
GMan 3,070 m
Kevin Mc 4,066 m
Maria L-G 4,554 m...a palindrome with high fives inside!
Donna 5,098 m
Thor 6,156 m
Doug G 7,063 m
Cornel 10,000 m
Dennis 10,000 m
AJ 10,039 m
Louie 10,101 m ...a one aught one palindrome!
Robert H 10,500 m
Eric 10,523 m
Howard 11,062 m
David A 11,186 m
Rich Mc 11,526 m
Rebecca 12,000 m
Ted 13,000 m
Ron 17,171 m .. a palindrome with some lucky 7's inside!
Minnie 22,634 m ... Minnie the Mooner strikes again!
Greg F 28,618 m ...he moons us!
Ed m ... a palindrome and a moon!

[BigBrett58]

I was looking back a few years for Fall Team Challenge stats. I was 2nd best of the guys in 2011 and 1st in 2012. In 2013, I changed jobs and moved back home to the family farm. I couldn't figure out a good routine to work out, so I just stopped exercising. Smoking close to 2 packs a day, eating poorly, and not exercising led to some pretty deteriorating health. I gained a 100 pounds and couldn't breath without wheezing. The sad thing is the 100 pounds I gained were the same ones I lost when I bought a rowing machine in 2010 and worked so hard over the next couple years. The good thing is I know what it takes to get back in shape. This time, I quit smoking cold turkey at the beginning about 7 weeks ago. I've lost 25 pounds. Still a long road ahead. I'm older now and it seems so much harder than before. Anyways, here we go again. I appreciate being among some familiar people that I remember from 7-9 years ago.

[Kona2]

I was looking back a few years for Fall Team Challenge stats. I was 2nd best of the guys in 2011 and 1st in 2012. In 2013, I changed jobs and moved back home to the family farm. I couldn't figure out a good routine to work out, so I just stopped exercising. Smoking close to 2 packs a day, eating poorly, and not exercising led to some pretty deteriorating health. I gained a 100 pounds and couldn't breath without wheezing. The sad thing is the 100 pounds I gained were the same ones I lost when I bought a rowing machine in 2010 and worked so hard over the next couple years. The good thing is I know what it takes to get back in shape. This time, I quit smoking cold turkey at the beginning about 7 weeks ago. I've lost 25 pounds. Still a long road ahead. I'm older now and it seems so much harder than before. Anyways, here we go again. I appreciate being among some familiar people that I remember from 7-9 years ago.

Thanks for sharing your story! We never know who gets help from the stories we share, but they do indeed help others. Wishing you good luck and fortitude!

[BigBrett58]

Thanks Kona. You're such an encourager. You hit the point of why I shared. I'm sure there are others that are walking similar journeys. You're not alone. You fall down - you get up again. Just one foot in front of the other.

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop, and way to zoom past the milestone! Congratulations, Warnie, on achieving a TWO million meter erging season....and we're not even to the halfway point of the 2020! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations!

[Kona2]

It'll be on us in EIGHT days!!

Virtual teams like ours aren't eligible for shipped prizes in this Challenge - so we erg for pride, and for all the other reasons we erg! Erg what you can, when you can. One of the ways that some team members have contributed meters in the Fall Team Challenge is to add an extra five or ten or even 15 minutes to their planned erging session. Those extra meters really add up!

Hoping to get clearance to resume erging again next week. I remind myself that just getting to walk the pups again is progress. Naturally I always want to do more.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.35 MM Ed
2.05 MM Warnie
2.0 MM Warnie
1.9 MM Ron
500 K Tom M ... a cool half million!

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Rich M 2,500 m ... good stuff!
Candace 3,668 m
William H 5,000 m
Thor 6,156 m
Robert H 7,000 m
Eric 7,141 m
Ian 10,003 m
Brett 10,014 m
Tom M 10,210 m
Steve H 10,578 m
David A 11,138 m
Howard 11,162 m
danwho 12,121 m ...a one and a two....a Welkian palindrome!
Cornel 15,551 m ...a bunch of high fives in the middle of this palindrome!
Ron 18,481 m ...another palindrome!
Rebecca 20,000 m
Ed m ...another palindrome!
Warnie 91,669 m ... a tsunami of meters!

[just27]

Thanks Kona. You're such an encourager. You hit the point of why I shared. I'm sure there are others that are walking similar journeys. You're not alone. You fall down - you get up again. Just one foot in front of the other.

Welcome back, Brett ... good to see you pop up, again.

[Kona2]

Welcome back to Tombeur and to Heather. 132 Lunies on the roster!


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


35 Million Team Meters!!
2.1 MM Warnie
200 K Maria L-G
50 K Heather

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Norton 2,000 m
Candace 4,670 m
David T 5,500 m ... a double double!
Dave P 5,713 m
Stuart 6,000 m
Thor 6,159 m
Donna 6,463 m
Corey 6,516 m
Louie m ...a palindrome!
Kevin Mc 6,955 m
Doug 8,012 m
Maria L-G 11,554 m
Robert H 15,000 m
Norma 17,771 m ...a palindrome with lucky 7's...for storm dodging!
Ron 18,881 m ...a palindrome with special 8s!
Steve W 21,127 m... he moons us!
Warnie 23,359 m... he moons us!
Greg F 28,657 m ... he moons us!~
Ed m ...a palindrome with a moon!
Heather 89,273 m .... joins the team!

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.4 MM Ed
1.5 MM David A
1.15 MM Greg F
800 K danwho
600 K Howard
350 K Eric
300 K Robert H

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Debbie 1,276 m
Candace 1,668 m
Peter T 1,982 m
Tombeur 2,137 m
Norton 2,514 m
Dan O' 4,320 m
Karin 5,000 m
Liz 5,248 m
Kevin Mc 5,486 m
David T 5,500 m...a double double!
Heather 5,846 m
Eric 7,326 m
Thor 7,921 m
Bernie 8,137 m
Steve W 8,700 m
Dennis 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Rich Mc 10,262 m
Tom M 10,276 m
Howard 11,134 m
Rebecca 12,000 m
Norma 13,131 m ...a lucky 13 palindrome!
danwho 15,151 m...a palindrome!
Ron 18,481 m...another palindrome!
Warnie 20,410 m
David A 21,825 m...and he moons us!
Greg F 22,020 m ... he moons us, too!
Ed m ...a palindrome and a mooner!

[DavidA]

I was looking back a few years for Fall Team Challenge stats. I was 2nd best of the guys in 2011 and 1st in 2012. In 2013, I changed jobs and moved back home to the family farm. I couldn't figure out a good routine to work out, so I just stopped exercising. Smoking close to 2 packs a day, eating poorly, and not exercising led to some pretty deteriorating health. I gained a 100 pounds and couldn't breath without wheezing. The sad thing is the 100 pounds I gained were the same ones I lost when I bought a rowing machine in 2010 and worked so hard over the next couple years. The good thing is I know what it takes to get back in shape. This time, I quit smoking cold turkey at the beginning about 7 weeks ago. I've lost 25 pounds. Still a long road ahead. I'm older now and it seems so much harder than before. Anyways, here we go again. I appreciate being among some familiar people that I remember from 7-9 years ago.

Welcome back, and good luck on getting back to a better weight and health.

David

[Jollywandering]

Hi, guys. Heather here. I'm from Austin, TX. Recently got a rower. Not a big exerciser, but hope to make it a daily habit. So I thought I would join up with you guys and do this Fall Challenge. Here's hoping I make you proud.