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

[BAZzy]

Out of interest...I received this from Rowing New South Wales. Cheers, Baz (Cold and wet in the Harbour City )

"Hi Indoor Rowers,

Following on from the success of recent erg challenges, Rowing Australia, Rowing Canada, British Rowing and Rowing NZ have announced the launch of the ‘Row to the Moon’ Challenge.

This initiative invites indoor rowers worldwide to log their training metres with the shared goal of accumulating, as one singular community, 384.4 million metres – the distance from Earth to the Moon.

For further information on this exciting challenge and to submit your entry please click the below link;

https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2020/05/ ... derations/

Enjoy!"

We are not the first to have a goal to get to the moon - but I will say that we’ve done so four times, and are now well into the fifth shuttle. It’s a fun route!

We can wave to them out the window... Cheers, Baz

[andreacs]

Out of interest...I received this from Rowing New South Wales. Cheers, Baz (Cold and wet in the Harbour City )

"Hi Indoor Rowers,

[...]

For further information on this exciting challenge and to submit your entry please click the below link;

https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2020/05/ ... derations/

Enjoy!"

We are not the first to have a goal to get to the moon - but I will say that we’ve done so four times, and are now well into the fifth shuttle. It’s a fun route!

We can wave to them out the window... Cheers, Baz

If we were to sign up, would our LUNA-TICS meters count for both "ships"?

[andreacs]

Certificate?

Uh huh. "Download Certificate"

Yup, got mine .

[Kona2]

Ah, the certificate. My eyes kept reading Summer Solstice certificate...when it was clearly the Spring Series certificate that was written....I guess I was focused on summmr!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

350 K K2
250 K Gary
250 K Norma
100 K Rich Mc
50 K Ken G

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 96 Lunies on the roster!

Jamie 1,017 m
Jantuut 1,462 m
Tombeur 1,500 m
Sorin 2,000 m
Mike M 3,500 m
David T 4,500 m
Jessica 5,000 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
Ryan 5,000 m
Gary 7,091 m
Eric 7,586 m
Josh 7,641 m
Andrea m ..a lucky 7 palindrome!
Karin 8,000 m
Patrick S 8,642 m
Derric 10,000 m
Zach 10,012 m
Rich Mc 10,598 m
David A 10,995 m
Dan O' 11,422 m
danwho 12,121 m ...a palindrome!
Norma 12,121 m ...a palindrome!
Tom R 12,907 m
Jean 15,029 m
Ted 16,000 m
Minnie 17,201 m
Ron 21,124 m ...mooner!
K2 22,000 m ... mooner!
Ken G 47,500 m ... mega update!

[Shabana]

We are not the first to have a goal to get to the moon - but I will say that we’ve done so four times, and are now well into the fifth shuttle. It’s a fun route!

We can wave to them out the window... Cheers, Baz

If we were to sign up, would our LUNA-TICS meters count for both "ships"?

I think at one point during the spring challenge one of my rows actually counted towards FOUR different events!

If you are thinking of entering this one, don't do it from an Android device, date of birth is a mandatory field that defaults to today and can only be changed one month at a time! Use a PC, then you can type in the year.

EDIT - Just checked out the leaderboard, and Australia is in first place thanks to a large number of participants. The US is a little under represented, in sixth place behind Peru, who have an enthusiastic team of 14.

Jantuut, you could make a valuable addition to the Dutch contribution, so far two team members have contributed a total of 10m.

[Kona2]

Blissful unawareness disrupted - and now we know it as The Time Before. Not fond of looking at my fellow humans warily when at the grocery or on the nearby trails. Maybe you have changed up your personal schedules to better align with fewer human interactions by changing the time of day that you get out into the world, too. Be careful out there and be lucky.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

350 K Minnie
250 K Cornel
200 K Baz
150 K danwho
150 K Johan
150 K Dennis
100 K Michael C
100 K Greg F
50 K Mike M

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us as we journey to the moon! 96 Lunies on the roster!


Norton 2,500 m...welcome to the 2021 season!
Mike M 3,500 m
GMan 4,096 m
David T 4,500 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
Sorin 5,000 m
Gary 6,444 m
Ken P 6,683 m
Karin 7,000 m
Andrea 7,007 m ..a palindrome bookended with lucky 7's!
Tombeur 7,007 m ...ANOTHER palindrome bookended with lucky 7s!
Doug 7,054 m
Dan O' 7,550 m
Paul M 7,750 m
Baz 10,000 m
Corey 10,000 m
Derric 10,000 m
Robert E 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m ...a one aught palindrome!
Howard 10,271 m
Rich Mc 10,283 m
K2 12,000 m ...I better pedal longer...
danwho 12,121 m...a Welkian palindrome!
Norma 12,121 m ...ANOTHER Welkian palindrome!
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
Ian 13,420 m
Michael C 15,000 m
Minnie 17,320 m
David A 18,300 m
Ron 21,512 m ...a palindrome and a moon!
Cornel 25,552 m ...a palindrome with high fives in the middle!
Johan 27,822 m...mooner!
Greg F 102,260 m ...quite the update!

[andreacs]

We can wave to them out the window... Cheers, Baz

If we were to sign up, would our LUNA-TICS meters count for both "ships"?

I think at one point during the spring challenge one of my rows actually counted towards FOUR different events!

If you are thinking of entering this one, don't do it from an Android device, date of birth is a mandatory field that defaults to today and can only be changed one month at a time! Use a PC, then you can type in the year.

EDIT - Just checked out the leaderboard, and Australia is in first place thanks to a large number of participants. The US is a little under represented, in sixth place behind Peru, who have an enthusiastic team of 14.

Jantuut, you could make a valuable addition to the Dutch contribution, so far two team members have contributed a total of 10m.

Thanks for the info Andrew!
I am not planning to join if there are no other lunies interested,
but if we do not help them they do not have the "speed" to get to the moon in time IMHO .
I looked at the numbers and they are interesting, as some entries have decimals for total meters (the Concept2 erg showing less than 1m...) Maybe some folks enter km in lieu of meters (hence the small numbers), others use the "," and "." delimiters reversed...
NB: The US is now slightly ahead of Peru .

[Kona2]

With good fortune, and solid erging, we should hit the 10 MM team meter milestone today!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

450 K Ron
400 K Brett
350 K Ed
150 K Rebecca
150 K Joerg
100 K Larry
100 K Steve W

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 96 Lunies and 10th overall.

Tom R 1,442 m
Mike M 3,500 m
David T 4,500 m
david w 5,000 m
Norton 5,000 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
Ryan 5,000 m
Jantuut 5,082 m
Larry 6,000 m
Tombeur 6,971 m
Andrea 7,007 m ... a palindrome!
Paul 8,500 m
Jessica 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
Jean 10,973 m
Doug 11,350 m
Norma 12,121 m ...a one and a two palindrome!
Andrew 12,277 m
Brett 13,119 m
Dennis 13,431 m ..a palindrome!
Eric 14,917 m
Michael C 15,000 m
Minnie 17,105 m
Ron 18,880 m
K2 22,002 m ...mooner!
Ed 33,333 m ...a one of a kind palindrome! Mooner!
Steve W 35,000 m ...mooner!
Joerg 85,606 m ...mega!

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop, and it's been some time since we celebrated meter millions! Congratulations, Lunies, we've earned TEN million team meters so far!!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


400 K K2
400 K Minnie
300 K David A
200 K Derric
200 K Virginia
150 K Ken P
150 K Doug
150 K Tom R
50 K Jodi

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 96 Lunies on the roster!


Tony m ...a one of a kind palindrome!
David T 4,000 m
Heather 4,810 m
Sorin 5,000 m
Bernie 5,031 m
Jantuut 5,052 m
Larry 6,000 m
Karin 7,000 m
Andrea m ...a lucky 7 palindrome!
Tombeur 8,137 m
Baz 10,000 m
Derric 10,000 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Ryan 10,000 m
Trevor 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
Ken P 10,024 m
Doug 10,530 m
Andrew 12,121 m ...a Welkian palinsdrome...!
Norma 12,121 m ...another Welkian palindrome!
danwho 13,131 m ...a lucky 13 palindrome!
Peter G 14,021 m
K2 14,041 m..a palindrome!
Michael C 15,000 m
Zach 15,530 m
Carol D 16,027 m
Minnie 17,136 m
Salvador 20,000 m
Ron 20,202 m ...a palindrome of two aught twos...
Because photobucket is being a pain...listing one moon to represent all the mooners...

David A 21,641 m ... mooner!
Tom R 22,530 m ...mooner!
Jodi 24,746 m
Cornel 25,052 m ...a palindrome and a moon!
Brett 28,521 m ... mooner!
Maria 43,000 m ...mega!


You don't hear a lot about Jesse the cat. He's almost 14, and has raised two generations of Goldens. There is no question that he is in charge. Right now, like in most of the US, there is a miller moth "invasion", "bloom", "hatching" or whatever we call this phenomenon. So far, I have seen the nesting robins in the tree right outside my window chunking a whole moth into their single, large robinette. Jesse, however, takes mothing to a whole new level. Maybe it is the flitting about that these huge moths do as they flutter next to the slider. All I know is that a Discovery Channel moment happened...complete with crunching noises. Yep, he ate the whole thing. And licked his chops. Even the dogs were impressed.

[Kona2]

Looking forward to tomorrow's launch of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship atop the Falcon 9 on its way to the International Space Station....

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

500 K Ron
300 K Norma
250 K Maria
150 K Jean
150 K Andrea
150 K Michael C
100 K David T

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 96 Lunies on the roster!

David T 3,000 m
Norton 3,012 m
Sorin 5,000 m
Jantuut m ... high five palindrome!
Jodi 5,755 m
Heather 5,812 m
Larry 6,000 m
Jamie 6,022 m
Patrick S 6,255 m
Karin 7,000 m
Robert E 7,000 m
Maria 8,000 m
Andrea m ...a one of a kind palindrome!
Rebecca 10,000 m
Howard 10,285 m
Paul 10,500 m
Rich Mc 12,033 m
Tom R 12,033 m
Andrew 12,121 m ...a Welkian palindrome!
danwho 13,131 m ...a lucky 13 palindrome!
Doug 13,340 m
David A 14,141 m ...a palindrome!
Jessica 15,000 m ...and she's got an entry in the SkiErg Performance Series for 5K! Good work!
Michael C 15,000 m
K2 15,151 m ...a palindrome with some high fives mixed in!
Johan 15,495 m
Jean 16,687 m
Minnie 17,025 m
Baz 20,000 m
Ron 20,802 m...a palindrome!

[just27]

Minnie 17,025 m
Baz 20,000 m
Ron 20,802 m...a palindrome!

Drat and darn ... with just an extra 3K I could have resurrected "Minnie, Queen of the Boat!"
(Which would also have put me within snapping distance of that elusive K2 rabbit ... bwahaha.)

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

450 K Ed
250 K Andrew
250 K Baz
150 K Tombeur
100 K Salvador
50 K Ryan

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

David T 1,000 m
Jamie 3,017 m
Andrea 3,319 m
Mike M 3,500 m
Sorin 5,000 m
Corey 5,015 m
Zach 5,165 m
Tombeur m ...a high five palindrome!
Doug 5,747 m
Robert E 7,000 m
Trevor 7,078 m
Steve H 7,844 m
Carol D 8,058 m
Johan 9,407 m
Rebecca 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
Andrew 11,251 m
Larry 12,000 m
Maria 12,000 m
Norma 12,121 m ....a one and a two..a palindrome!
Ian 12,629 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
Paul M 13,750 m
david w 14,954 m
Michael C 15,000 m
Minnie 17,126 m
Baz 17,500 m
K2 18,000 m
Ryan 20,000 m
Gary 21,097 m....mooner!
Ron 21,112 m ...a palindrome and a mooner!
Ted 28,000 m...mooner!
Salvador 30,000 m ... mooner!
Ed 93,334 m ...hooyah! There's a statement! Mega.


Moon graphic not working...sigh

[Kona2]

Minnie 17,025 m
Baz 20,000 m
Ron 20,802 m...a palindrome!

Drat and darn ... with just an extra 3K I could have resurrected "Minnie, Queen of the Boat!"
(Which would also have put me within snapping distance of that elusive K2 rabbit ... bwahaha.)

You, Minnie, will soon be the rabbit....

[TallErgs]

New 5k PR. Previous time was 18:16 set in October of 2017. I finally got over my mental block!

[danwho]

New 5k PR. Previous time was 18:16 set in October of 2017. I finally got over my mental block!

WOW !! Congratulations, Zach !!