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[Kona2]

x 40 !!

Day 16 of 29...keep going!!!...10.5 MM Lunie Holiday Challenge meters !

Yikes! Less than two weeks before our reindeer fly!! Better get over to flight school !


Argyle Sweater cartoon from today! Support your cartoonists!

Welcome to new and/or returning teammates: Carol W, John B, and Russell !

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


5 MM Ron M
4 MM Minnie
3.95 MM Ed
2.25 MM Andrew C
1.75 MM Derric
1.65 MM Tombeur
1.5 MM Joerg
1.25 MM Angelo
1.2 MM Jantuut
1.15 MM Rebecca
900 K Patrick Hsr
850 K Ian
650 K Kevin
400 K Carol W
400 K Paul
250 K bg
250 K Teresa R

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us! 168 Lunies on the roster, and 40 reindeer in the stable!

Tony 1,111 m ...a onesie palindrome!
Liz 1,422 m
William Ch 1,563 m
David T 2,000 m
Brent 2,022 m
Russell 2,217 m
NW1 2,525 m
Trevor 4,177 m
Frank 5,000 m
GMan 5,088 m
sudhir 5,118 m
Zach 5,287 m
Rich G 5,853 m
Heather 6,000 m
Colin 6,462 m
Titus 6,549 m
Louie 6,666 m ...a one of a kind palindrome! Bedeviled !
Chris H 6,890 m
Larry 7,123 m
Ian 7,790 m
Rebecca 8,000 m
Stuart 8,080 m
Adam 8,514 m
Jane 8,558 m ...a palindrome!
Tombeur 9,038 m
Kevin Mc 9,108 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Steve D 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
K2 10,001 m ...a one aught palindrome!
Rosie 10,014 m
Angelo 10,015 m
AJ 10,441 m
Paul 10,500 m
Teresa R 10,553 m
Dave H 11,042 m
Kristine 12,000 m
JD 12,023 m
Howard 12,026 m
John B 12,147 m
Jeff T 12,652 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
danwho 14,141 m ...a palindrome!
Brickman 14,302 m
bg 15,069 m
Orest 16,048 m
Jeff D 16,539 m
David A 17,727 m
Norma 17,771 m ...a palindrome with lucky 7s inside!
Minnie 18,441 m
Joerg 20,000 m
Andrew C 20,266 m
Cornel 20,484 m

Mooners !!

Patrick S 22,165 m Mooner!
Derric 22,222 m ...a five of a kind palindrome! Mooner!
Thor 22,787 m ... mooner!
Patrick Hmr 22,871 m ... mooner!
Ron M 23,632 m ..a palindrome and a mooner!
Gary 29,506 m ... mooner!
Ed 33,333 m ... a palindrome and a mooner!
Jantuut 76,639 m ...mooner!
Carol W 403,040 m ...emptied her meter piggy bank!

[Kristine Strasburger]

Wow, Ron and Minnie, those are some impressive achievements for the season so far! Way to go! I just unlocked my reindeer with today's session. Is Kodiak still in the stable?

[DavidA]

Whoop, whoop and fa la la la la! Congratulations, Minnie, on achieving a FOUR million meter erging season! Not surprisingly, Minnie is also an orbiter with 52 MM lifetime meters. We wish you many, MANY more!!

WOO HOO!!
Big congratulations!

David

[normadelaney]

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Congratulations, Ron M, on achieving a FIVE million meter erging season! This brings his lifetime meters to 60 million...or 1.5 orbits! We wish you many, MANY more!

Wow, Ron, 5 MM already is mighty impressive! Congrats!!

[normadelaney]

Whoop, whoop and fa la la la la! Congratulations, Minnie, on achieving a FOUR million meter erging season! Not surprisingly, Minnie is also an orbiter with 52 MM lifetime meters. We wish you many, MANY more!!

Congrats, Minnie!! Just imagine if you had a cushier bike seat!

[normadelaney]

And Dasher has reached the fully blinged out milestone with 500,000 m in the Holiday Challenge! That gives him the final bling of the ear wag! Congratulations, Ed !!


...Dasher (Ed)...


Congratulations, Ed (and Dasher)! My reindeer's jealous of all that bling!

[Kona2]

........Calypso (Virginia).......


.......Kodiak (Kristine)...

200 K!! Antler lights!! $6 charity contribution and the Holiday Challenge pin!
...Thor (Thor)...

[just27]

Whoop, whoop and fa la la la la! Congratulations, Minnie, on achieving a FOUR million meter erging season! Not surprisingly, Minnie is also an orbiter with 52 MM lifetime meters.

Congrats, Minnie!! Just imagine if you had a cushier bike seat!

Thanks, Shaun. I am, indeed, lusting after a cushier bike seat ... but, I don't know if I'd be any further out in orbit.

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop and way to go! Congratulations, Howard, on achieving a ONE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more!!!

[Kona2]

........Holly (Rosie).......


.......Caribou (Trevor)...


200 K!! Antler lights!!
...Buzz (Patrick S)... 200 K...$6....the holiday challenge pin!

[Kona2]

x 44 !!

Day 17 of 29...keep going!!!...11.1 MM Lunie Holiday Challenge meters !

Lots of meters being pounded out by the Lunies, AND the whole Concept2 universe. 2.37 BILLION meters earned so far, and we're at $24,750 for the charity earnings. Really good stuff.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


105 MM Team Meters!!
2.75 MM Norma
1.8 MM danwho
1.4 MM Thor
1 MM Howard
850 K Greg F
450 K Brickman
400 K Adam
400 K Wild Bill

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Tony 1,111 m ....a one of a kind palindrome!
David T 2,000 m
Larry 3,001 m
Dan O' 3,016 m
JD 3,241 m
Trevor 4,015 m
Linda 4,391 m
Frank 5,000 m
Robert E 5,000 m
Andre 5,003 m
Michael S 5,135 m
Patrick Hys 5,622 m
Carol W 5,710 m
Heather 6,000 m
Gene 6,216 m
Jane 6,556 m ...a palindrome! Keep going!
Colin 6,564 m
Tombeur 7,565 m
Andrew C 7,731 m
Paul 8,000 m
Rebecca 8,000 m
Kevin 8,424 m
Ian 8,708 m
Bill 8,768 m
Kellee 10,000 m
Steve D 10,000 m
Steve W 10,000 m
Stuart 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
Angelo 10,012 m
Corey 10,014 m
Brett 10,030 m
Dave H 10,278 m
David A 10,986 m
Teresa R 11,160 m
Brickman 11,268 m
Johan 11,899 m
Adam 12,000 m
Kristine 12,000 m
Brent 12,065 m
Howard 12,134 m
K2 12,500 m
Patrick S 12,760 m
Rosie 13,009 m
Gary 13,024 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
danwho 14,141 m ....a palindrome! And right behind me I heard such a hoof clatter....
John B 16,311 m
Norma 17,771 m ...a palindrome with lucky 7s inside!
Minnie 18,656 m

Mooners !!


Derric 22,222 m ...a doozie of a twosie palindrome! Mooner!
Wild Bill 22,222 m ...another doozie of a twosie palindrome! Mooner!
Thor 22,629 m ... mooner!
Robin 24,046 m ...mooner! Really great progress!
Ron M 24,052 m ... mooner!
Ken G 30,000 m... mooner!
Ed 33,333 m ..a palindrome! Mooner!
Greg F 99,681 m ... mega mooner!

[Kona2]

Some years ago, AJ our resident artist, rigged up a clip to his rowing machine so he could work on the Suduko puzzles while erging. I think he may have moved on to Netflix as an alternative, but you never know.

Ergers by definition can withstand a lot of repetition and solitary work. Some of us listen to audiobooks. But wait....there's another "addiction" to add to the mix. You can strive to achieve Queen (or King I guess) Bee status.

The New York Times online publishes a daily puzzle called Spelling Bee (you can do it for free I think). The objective is to make as many words as you can out of the hive...and you must always include the letter in the middle of the hive that's colored yellow. As you enter your trove of words, you will see your designation go from good, to nice, to great, to amazing, and maybe you'll even find all the ones that are available and be a Queen Bee. There is always at least one word in the collection that is a pangram (there's the thing that made me look up this puzzle...it's a word that uses ALL the letters that are listed in the daily puzzle).





Today's puzzle...so far, I have found 35 words and am amazing (snort).

Obviously, if you are working hard on form and doing time trials, you may not want to do these sorts of things while erging. But. There are a lot of times when you are getting in some long meter sessions, and your mind can wander. I am going to try clipping a piece of paper to my bike erg, and writing down puzzle words as they come to me.

Perhaps some of you will find this of interest. I surely know that you are competitive enough.

[Thor MW]

Goodness, I can't begin to imagine the conditions encountered in a ride across a frozen lake on a studded fat tire-d bike, in Alaska! That's achingly beautiful, but ... bucket list? I gotta say, no. I'll stay on my bike in my tv room, watching movies!

Do any of you bike ergers have a comfy bike seat that you've purchased, and could recommend? I find that around 14,000 meters, I start losing feeling in my nether regions ...
even with a padded seat, and padded bike shorts. It's certainly not from a lack of personal padding, either. (I remember that bike seats were discussed, when we first started getting bikeErgs. Apologies for not bookmarking.)

I believe me and one other have the Bikearoo seat. I paid way too much at 150 bucks. It feels nice but I still get numb after 15 to 20 minutes. Not all the time but it still happens. I just stand on the peddles or the floor when this happens until I have sensation again. I even tried a gel seat pad that fit the C2 seat perfectly but it didn’t help me at all. A bit too soft I think. Janice does not like the Bikearoo. I think it’s too soft for her and she had other issues. When she gets back to riding again we will order a second post ($45) from C2 so I can just switch out seats as needed. I’ve been rowing for 16 to 20 minutes and then hop on the bike for the same time. Then I might do this 2 or 3 times.

[Thor MW]

I still don't have a handle on this system.

[Thor MW]

Whoop, whoop and fa la la la la! Congratulations, Minnie, on achieving a FOUR million meter erging season! Not surprisingly, Minnie is also an orbiter with 52 MM lifetime meters.

Congrats, Minnie!! Just imagine if you had a cushier bike seat!

Thanks, Shaun. I am, indeed, lusting after a cushier bike seat ... but, I don't know if I'd be any further out in orbit.

I believe me and one other have the Bikearoo seat. I paid way too much at 150 bucks. It feels nice but I still get numb after 15 to 20 minutes. Not all the time but it still happens. I just stand on the peddles or the floor when this happens until I have sensation again. I even tried a gel seat pad that fit the C2 seat perfectly but it didn’t help me at all. A bit too soft I think. Janice does not like the Bikearoo. I think it’s too soft for her and she had other issues. When she gets back to riding again we will order a second post ($45) from C2 so I can just switch out seats as needed. I’ve been rowing for 16 to 20 minutes and then hop on the bike for the same time. Then I might do this 2 or 3 times.