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

[warnie]

Been a tough week this week, not done much training. Our Headquarters are moving to the city and for years and years I've been out in a leafy suburb. Been a busy month making sure everything is ready. our department was culled - down from 24 to 5 staff, 2 of those part time! crazy times but really looking forward to it. Oh and hopefully back on the bike and rower and ski! well done to all those who contributed to the challenge, what a geat performance.

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and another fiver! Congratulations, Ed, on achieving a FIVE million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

Ed's lifetime meters now total 63.5 million....all done in the last 11 years.

[Kona2]

Egad. There was a raucous raccoon fight/disagreement/contretemps last night...lots of hissing and screeching as the snow moved into the area. It's a dilemma on whether to leave the bird feeders out there, knowing that things other than birds are munching away.

Sounds like you are managing some big changes well, Warnie! Ski, bike, or row...they all are assets in your change management arsenal!


5 Lunies on the honor board so far!

Congratulations to new Skeleton Crew members: Cornel, Ron and Tombeur!


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.0 MM Ed
2.75 MM Ron
800 K Ted
550 K Brett
500 K Robert H ...a cool half million!
150 K Salvador

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Ross 4,160 m
Wm H 5,000 m
Tim 5,015 m
Josh 5,113 m
Jeff G 5,171 m
david w 5,190 m
Robert H 6,000 m
Jeff D 6,417 m
Paul C 6,440 m
Doug 7,513 m
m ...a lucky 7 palindrome!
Rebecca 10,000 m
Howard 11,137 m
David T 11,500 m
Eric 14,300 m
K2 15,499 m
Minnie 16,333 m
Ron 16,761 m ...a palindrome!
Cornel 18,881 m...a palindrome!
Steve 21,097 m...he moons us!
Tombeur 21,177 m...he moons us, too!
Ted 22,000 m...he moons us!
Brett 34,247 m... he moons us!
Ed 42,195 m ... he full moons us1
Salvador 64,759 m ...great update!

[Edscapade]

Whoop, whoop and another fiver! Congratulations, Ed, on achieving a FIVE million meter season! We wish you many, MANY more!!

Ed's lifetime meters now total 63.5 million....all done in the last 11 years.

Thanks Kona! What a ride it has been... I have enjoyed the journey. The very hot summer/half the year over here helps for staying indoors and the rower gave me something to look forward to. Lots of movies and music.

Happy rowing,

Ed

[Kona2]

Whoop,whoop and way to way to continue to orbit! Congratulations, David A, on achieving a TWO million meter erging season...bringing your lifetime meter total to 80,458,949 m ....that's a couple of full orbits and now you're working on a third! Amazing stuff! We wish you many, MANY more amazing things!

[Kona2]

Had to do a couple of hours of snow shoveling this AM, so running a bit late. Some numbers may be a two day total here.

11 Lunies on the Honor Board!

Congratulations to Steve W, Howard, Rebecca, Paul C,Eric,and Robert H on finishing the Crew Challenge!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.05 MM Ed
2.0 MM David A
1.85 MM Rebecca
1.7 MM Minnie
1.6 MM Steve W
1.3 MM Jim C
1.1 MM Ken G
1.05 MM Howard
900 K Kevin Mc
800 K Paul C
700 K Doug G
550 K Josh
300 K William H

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Liz 2,571 m
Ross 3,030 m
GMan 3,682 m
Karin 4,000 m
Dave P 4,500 m
Maria L-G 4,500 m
Victor 5,000 m
Tim 5,013 m
Kevin Mc 5,070 m
David T 6,000 m
Rick 6,131 m
Josh 6,329 m
Jeff D 6,373 m
Laurie 7,000 m
Wm H 7,178 m
Keith F 8,270 m
Trevor 8,878 m
Ted 10,000 m
Jason H 10,086 m
Tombeur 10,231 m
Ken P 11,019 m
Doug 11,552 m
Norma 12,121 m ...a Welkian palindrome...well executed I'm certain!
Louie 12,321 m ..a countem up and down palindrome!
Marcos 13,965 m
Jim C 14,000 m
Wm H 14,904 m
Danno 15,000 m
Ken G 15,000 m
Greg F 15,133 m
K2 15,500 m
Cornel 15,551 m ...a palindrome with high fives in the middle!
David A 15,784 m
Minnei 16,405 m
Eric 17,232 m
Ron 17,771 m...a palindrome with lucky 7s inside!
Steve W 18,336 m
Howard 22,026 m ... he moons us!
Rebecca 24,000 m ... she moons us, too!
Robert H 25,000 m ... he moons us!
Paul C 32,190 m ... he moons us!
Ed 43,334 m ...he full moons us palindromically (is that a word?!)

[Kona2]

17 Lunies on the Honor Board!

Congratulations to: Norma, Louie, david w, Minnie, Ken G and David A on joining the Crew!

Welcome to new teammate Nora, and welcome back to Nathan! 147 Lunies on the roster. Getting closer to season! The more the merrier!!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights..Celebrations:

1.15 MM danwho
850 K Ian
800 K Danno
650 K david w
500 K K2 ...this was a surprise to me! A cool half million!

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Tom R 1,266 m
Laurie 2,000 m
Maria L-G 4,000 m
Ross 4,000 m
Nathan 4,511 m
Dan O' 5,014 m
Tim 5,017 m
Eric 5,057 m
Donna 5,138 m
Mikkel 5,625 m
Josh 5,842 m
Jeff D 6,417 m
David T 7,000 m
William H 7,243 m
Louie m ...a lucky 7 palindrome !
Danno 8,031 m
Nora 9,300 m
Gary 10,000 m
david w 10,065 m
m ...a seasonal onesie palindrome!
K2 11,736 m
Ian 12,062 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
David A 14,756 m
Ken G 16,000 m
Minnie 16,421 m
Ron 17,371 m ...another palindrome!
Brett 18,836 m
danwho 27,472 m...the king of the boat moons us!

[Kona2]

22 Lunies on the Honor Board!

Congratulations to new Crew members: Danno, K2, Terry B, Brett and danwho!

Hooyah! We have some coooooold weather here in the Rocky Mountains. After three days of seemingly constant snowfall, we're to get a break from it today. There is nothing like two large dogs with cabin fever though, and every so often you just have to let the dogs out to run, run, run. Within minutes they are checking their puppy paws for snow pack, etc. They do have boots... the process of putting those on (and usually losing one or more until spring) is just not a viable one at the moment. So. There are a lot of products out there to put on your dog's paws to help protect them from the cold and abrasion...and one that seems appropriate for snowy cold days is called Musher's Secret. It's a blend of waxes to provide a barrier between the paws and the elements. Not meant to be an ad here - just some info for those who might also be running their dogs in cold climates.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.8 MM Ron
1.45 MM Greg F
1.25 MM Cornel
600 K Marcos
500 K Tom R...a cool half million!
500 K Ken P ... another cool half million!
300 K Jeff D
150 K GMan
150 K Derric

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Jason H 2,299 m ...a double double!
Trevor 3,000 m
Donna 3,674 m
Laurie 4,000 m
Ross 4,000 m
Dave P 4,500 m
Corey 5,000 m
Derric 5,000 m
Steve W 5,000 m
Tim 5,025 m
Steve D 5,093 m
Eric 5,251 m
Jeff D 6,371 m
Wm H 7,500 m
Tombeur 8,031 m
Josh 8,666 m
Marcos 8,783 m
Paul C 9,660 m
Danno 10,000 m
Jim 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
10,101 m ...a one aught one palindrome!
Gary 10,711 m
David A 11,101 m
Ted 12,000 m
Ken P 12,087 m
danwho 12,121 m ...a Welkian palindrome!
Tom R 12,532 m
K2 12,768 m
Brett 14,663 m
Greg F 14,826 m
Minnie 16,402 m
Ron 17,371 m...a palindrome with a couple of lucky 7's!
Cornel 17,771 m ..a palindrome with lucky 7s inside!
Heather 23,786 m ... she moons us!
Terry B 31,000 m ...mooner!
Ed m ...a threezy palindrome! And a mooner!

[danwho]

...a Welkian palindrome!

Haha!! And all these years later, I'm now in the target audience for their Geritol commercial.

[Kona2]

Do they still make Geritol??!

[danwho]

Do they still make Geritol??!

I remember it being discontinued because it didn't work. But I looked it up in Wikipedia, and saw that my memory was slightly more harsh than reality. It's not that it didn't work at all - it could have a positive effect for those who were iron deficient. I thought the only reason it sold was because it contained some alcohol - please sir, some more medicine... But the Wikipedia article said that the Federal Trade Commission found that their "conduct amounted to gross negligence and bordered on recklessness." And that iron supplements, in general, were contraindicated in many cases, and that would include mine (polycythemia vera). One fun fact in that Wikipedia article was that Geritol was also one of the sponsors of the original Star Trek - I don't remember that. Well, at least it wasn't an Ex-Lax commercial that had Captain Kirk boldly going somewhere.

[Kona2]

Happy Halloween!

This is it ! Get it done!!

25 Lunies now on the Honor Board...as the Concept 2 universe gallops towards the finish line of this Challenge! Congratulations to Gary, Josh and Jim C on completing the Challenge!


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.1 MM Ed
950 K Norma ....heading for the ONE million meter milestone!
800 K David T
750 K Eric
750 K Dan O'
600 K Brett
350 K Tombeur
250 K Jason H
50 K Mikkel
50 K Wm H

Thanks, everybody, for erging with us!

Rich G 1,991 m ...a palindrome that's all about this year!
david w 2,000 m
Nora 2,000 m
Jeff M 2,025 m
Maria L-G 3,500 m
Tom M 5,000 m
Tim 5,013 m
Kevin Mc 5,076 m
Mikkel 5,648 m
Tombeur 7,119 m
Wm H 7,500 m
Josh 7,745 m
Jason H 7,983 m
Tom R 8,017 m
Bernie 8,272 m
David T 8,500 m
Jim C 10,000 m
Ken P 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Eric 10,023 m
Keith F 10,540 m
Howard 11,074 m
Gary 11,106 m
Norma m...a onesie palindrome!
David A 11,119 m
Greg F 11,734 m
Norton 12,107 m
Stuart 12,185 m
Brett 12,534 m
Dan O' 15,153 m
Minnie 15,888 m
Ron 16,761 m...a palindrome!
Ed m ...a palindrome! And a moon!

[Kona2]

Whooooooosh!! That's the sound of you and your erg flying through yet ANOTHER month!!

32 Lunies on the Honor Board!

Congratulations to David T, Tim, Ted, Maria L-G, Jeff D, Dan O' and Heather on finishing the Crew Challenge! Well done, everybody!



Hooboy! And if this last month flew by...well, hang on because the next two are going light speed on us! Halloween might have just concluded, but the biggest Challenge of them all looms on the horizon. Yes, the Holiday Challenge is on its way! Reindeer season will be upon us before you're ready. What's even more significant is that this year we have 27 days to get the Challenge completed. Last year was a biggie year...we had 33 days. So. Get your holiday prep done between now and Nov 27 and you will be able to comfortably DO IT ALL. Hahaha. Like that's going to happen. If you're going for the 200K milestone, the holiday pin and reindeer bling...it's 7500 m a day if you erg every day. More realistically, you will erg fewer days. Usually, I'd say choose 25 ..but when there's only 27 to start with...well, 22 or 23 days is more likely for erg availability. That bumps your daily total on days that you erg to between 8700 and 9100 give or take a few meters. Think of all the calories you will offset. But do think ahead. Work up to that amount of meters between now and Nov 28. There is time.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


2.05 MM David A
500 K Maria L-G...a cool half million!

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

David T 500 m
Ted 4,000 m
Gary 4,104 m
Tim 5,124 m
Kevin Mc 5,257 m
Jeff D 6,407 m
Trevor 7,068 m
Heather 7,263 m
Wm H 7,500 m
Doug 9,345 m
Jim C 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
m ...a onesie palindrome!
Dan O' 11,191 m
David A 11,980 m
Stuart 12,136 m
Brett 13,669 m
Maria L-G 14,000 m
Ron 16,961 m ...a palindrome!

[Kona2]

33 Lunies on the Board!

Ian makes it 33! Congratulations everyone!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

2.85 MM Ron
1.75 MM Minnie
1.15 MM Ken G

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Jeff M 3,026 m
David T 6,000 m
Laurie 6,000 m
Jeff D 6,796 m
Steve W 7,000 m
Wm H 7,500 m
Norton 8,027 m
Jim C 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Tombeur 10,122 m
Ken P 10,352 m
Norma m ... a singular palindrome gone exponential...
Howard 11,211 m ...a palindrome!
david w 11,953 m
danwho 12,321 m ...a count em up and down palindrome!
Eric 12,418 m
David A 13,586 m
Minnie 15,553 m
Ian 16,993 m
Ron 17,171 m ...a palindrome!
Cornel 17,771 m ...another palindrome!
Steve H 19,013 m
Ken 40,000 m ... he moons us!

[Kona2]

Gonna be dark thirty before you know it today...so get out and enjoy the blue sky day (if you have one)! We're in the time between Challenges when it is ever so possible to fritter away time normally spent on erging....

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.15 MM Ed
1.9 MM Rebecca
650 K Gary

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Jason H 864 m
Norton 2,000 m
Tom R 2,048 m
Dan O' 2,112 m ...a palindrome!
Heather 2,804 m
Steve W 5,000 m
Kevin Mc 5,466 m
DavidT 5,500 m
Steve H 5,517 m
Cornel 5,551 m
Wm H 7,500 m
Jeff D 7,664 m
Jessica 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Tombeur 10,562 m
Norma m ...as the yolk turns another palindrome emerges!
Doug 13,709 m
Ken P 14,807 m
Minnie 16,236 m
Ted 17,000 m
Ron 18,181 m ...a palindrome!
Gary 21,097 m ... he moons us!
Brett 23,431 m ... he moons us, too!
Ed 43,334 m ...a palindrome with a built in full moon!