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

[Kona2]

Mars Rover Perseverance Animated Landing....the only thing that could make this better would be to have all the NASA people who were clapping and high fiving at its success be part of the video! So cool !

https://youtu.be/rzmd7RouGrM

We're on our FIFTH lunar journey!

Our current journey started on May 1, 2019. It takes 384,000,000 m per trip to reach the lunar surface. We earned 144 M in the 2020 season, and we have earned 151 M so far in the 2021 season. This leaves us with 89 M to go! My guesstimate at time of lunar landing is that we will arrive during the Dog Days Challenge. This is 5 to 6 months faster than we have ever made the trip if all holds true. (I thought someone might ask....)


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.6 MM Ron
5.15 MM Minnie
4.8 MM Brett
3.8 MM Patrick Hmr
2.3 MM danwho
1.45 MM Denis
700 K Titus
650 K Teresa R

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Michael G 670 m
GMan 1,022 m
NW1 2,117 m
Greg S 3,000 m
Rebecca 3,000 m
Patrick Hmr 3,759 m
Tombeur 4,051 m
Patrick Hys 4,350 m
Frank 5,000 m
Patrick S 5,008 m
Carol W 5,405 m
Dan O' 5,516 m
Teresa R 5,753 m
Louie 6,000 m
Tom R 6,016 m
Titus 6,029 m
Brent 6,044 m
Andrew C 6,425 m
Baz 10,000 m
Dennis 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
K2 10,001 m...a one aught palindrome!
Angelo 10,013 m
Peter G 10,729 m
danwho 14,141 m ...a palindrome!
Minnie 14,141 m ...a palindrome...ditto!
Howard 14,449 m
Michael C 15,000 m
Kellee 16,000 m
Bill 17,233 m
Norma 17,771 m ...a palindrome!
David A 17,840 m
Ed 20,002 m ...a two aught palindrome!
Steve D 20,050 m
Ron 23,832 m ...a palindrome and a mooner!
Brett 30,060 m ..mooner and king of the boat!

[BAZzy]

Hope all our teammates in Texas (and we have many) are weathering the storm and its below freezing temperatures. I see posted meters from some, and know they are at least warm enough for erging. So many people affected by the power outages. We had cold cold temperatures here, yet never lost power. There is a macabre point when you realize that you as a human are like other animals in a giant refrigerator ... and that as your body temperature starts to fall, you could freeze. I will think about this the next time it seems cold. Perspective.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

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I'm never going to complain about an Australian winter again...geez, I'm getting cold just watching the news coverage of Texas on TV...! Good luck out there, Baz

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.05 MM Dave P
2.5 MM K2
2.4 MM Karen M
2.35 MM Michael C
2.15 MM Chip
800 K Steve L

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Louie 666 m ....bedeviled palindrome!
Tony 2,222 m ...a palindrome! Twosies!
Patrick Hmr 2,627 m
GMan 3,037 m
Dave P 3,667 m
Larry 4,000 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
Sorin 5,000 m
Bernie 5,029 m
JD 5,197 m
David W 5,267 m
Frank 5,752 m
Trevor 6,049 m
Tombeur 6,064 m
Brent 8,006 m
Adam 8,068 m
Teresa R 8,315 m
Baz 10,000 m
Carol W 10m000 m
Kellee 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m ..a one aught palindrome!
K2 10,001 m...a one aught palindrome...ditto!
Zach 10,017 m
William C 11,886 m
Andrew C 14,000 m
Howard 14,510 m
David A 14,654 m
Michael C 15,000 m
Norma 15,551 m ...a palindrome with high fives!
Karen M 16,517 m
Stuart 17,371 m ...a palindrome!
Brett 17,614 m
Minnie 18,743 m
Colin 18,886 m

Mooners = 21,097 m or more!

Ron 24,342 m ...a palindrome and a mooner!
Chip 58,893 m ...a half century! King of the boat!

[Kona2]

World Indoor Rowing Championships...virtual watching! Perhaps you've seen the announcement flash by as you powered up the Concept2 website? These competitions are different from the CRASH B's, events that some of our teammates (hello bg!) have competed in near their locales.

World Rowing Indoor Championships

The World Rowing Indoor Championships (WRICH) has official world championship status. The race changes venue each year, showcasing a truly international sport and bringing the best athletes from all corners of the globe. Concept2 is proud to present WRICH 2021, February 23–27, 2021.

The racing will be broadcast online on three of the race days, including the finals on Saturday, 27 February. You can watch live on worldrowing.com and World Rowing’s YouTube channel. More information, including the race timetable, can be found at worldrowing.com.



A Lucky Day

Photos of the pieces of engine housing - the big piece above is something called an engine ring - that fell in a neighborhood near my location from a United Airlines flight bound for Hawaii started appearing on major news networks yesterday afternoon...and the phone started ringing here as Mom and friends checked in. While the debris from the failed engine fell in an area that is perhaps 7 miles north of my location, the flight pattern of the reroute as the plane worked to get back to DIA flew much closer. Out walking the dogs in one of the first good blue sky days in a few, what first drew attention was that the plane's engine did not sound right. This was a really big plane. Scanning the skies, smoke could be seen. Almost instantaneously, news organizations began posting the story...and at least we knew what it was that we were hearing, and seeing. Amazingly, no one was injured, although property damage did occur in some of the locations. Soccer teams in practice in the park where much of the debris landed at the time of the incident. It was a lucky day for all.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.65 MM Ron
4.85 MM Brett
4.2 MM Norma
2.25 MM Tombeur
1.7 MM Howard
1.5 MM Steve W
700 K Maria
500 K Kellee...a cool half million!

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Brent 3,517 m
Jantuut 5,000 m
Ron W 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Carol W 5,010 m
Larry 5,042 m
Liz 5,048 m
Dave P 5,382 m
Teresa R 5,614 m
Dana 5,500 m
Jason 5,858 m
Andrew C 6,000 m
Adam 6,850 m
Tombeur 8,521 m
Kellee 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
K2 10,001 m...a one aught palindrome!
Angelo 10,014 m
Dennis 13,431 m...a palindrome!
Howard 14,101 m
danwho 14,141 m ...a palindrome!
Michael C 15,000 m
Norma 15,551 m ...a palindrome with high 5s in the middle!

Mooners = 21,097 m or more!

Gary 21,097 m ...and he moons us!
Ron 23,432 m ...a palindrome and a mooner!
Brett 25,065 m ...mooner!
Steve W 48,233 m ... mooner! Mega update!
Maria 80,500 m ...mega mooner!

[TallErgs]

Wow. That had to have been an unholy racket when the parts started to impact the ground.

[Kona2]

Whoop, whoop, and wahoo! Congratulations, Andrew C, on achieving a THREE million meter erging season! We wish you many, MANY more milestones and celebrations!

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.9 MM David A
3.1 MM Dave P
3 MM Andrew C
2.4 MM Brent
2.2 MM Virginia
1.55 MM Greg F
1.55 MM Patrick Hsr
550 K Lee M
450 K Peter G

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Gman 1,020 m
NW1 1,080 m
Tony 1,111 m ...a one of a kind palindrome!
Rich G 2,020 m
Liz 2,511 m
Patrick Hys 2,517 m
Dana 3,650 m
Rebecca 4,000 m
Jason 4,406 m
Tom R 4.517 m
Brent 4,537 m
Jantuut 5,000 m
Lee 5,000 m
Bernie 5,032 m
Frank 5,581 m
JD 6,171 m
Peter G 6,355 m
Louie 6,666 m ...a bedeviled palindrome!
Colin 6,712 m
Carol W 9,579 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Ron W 10,000 m
VIrginia 10,000 m
Howard 10,097 m
Angelo 10,153 m
Gary 10,159 m
Tombeur 10,938 m
Kevin 12,569 m
Dennis 13,431 m ...a palindrome!
Andrew C 14,000 m
Kellee 15,000 m
Michael C 15,000 m
Norma 15,551 m ...a palindrome!
Thor 19,144 m

Mooners = 21,097 m or more!

Ron 23,732 m ...a palindrome and a mooner!
David A 28,411 m ...mooner!
Brett 30,089 m ... mooner!
Dave P 83,942 m...half century plus!
Greg F 191,383 m ...what an update!

[Kona2]

We've entered the last week of the Tour de Skierg challenge, and the distance to be completed in one foop swell is 10,000 m. Talk about a skierg distance designed to test your resolve! You may recall that we have three Lunies active in the Tour de Skierg Challenge...Jantuut, Brett and Patrick Hmr...and one of them (so far) has crossed the finish line!

Congratulations, Jantuut, on finishing the Tour de Skierg !!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

6.7 MM Ron M
5.45 MM Ed
2.3 MM Robin
2.25 MM Angelo
2.1 MM Ken G
1.55 MM Jantuut
950 K Stuart
850 K Carol W
400 K William H

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Dana 1,079 m
Chris H 2,000 m
Jason 2,016 m
Brett 3,387 m
Dan O' 3,623 m
Dave P 4,446 m
Frank 5,000 m
Rebecca 5,000 m
William H 5,000 m
Andrew C 6,000 m
Larry 6,030 m
Teresa R 6,113 m
Titus 6,151 m
Carol W 9,012 m
Thor 9,253 m
Jantuut 10,000 m
Virginia 10,000 m
K2 10,101 m ...a one aught one palindrome!
Adam 10,254 m
Angelo 12,015 m
Norma 15,551 m ...a palindrome with high 5's in the middle!
Brent 16,572 m
David A 17,848 m
Minnie 18,614 m
Robin 18,692 m
Stuart 19,491 m ..a palindrome!

Mooners = 21,097 m or more!

Ron 23,431 m ...mooner!
Ken G 70,000 m ...mega update!
Ed 76,667 m ...a palindrome and a mega mooner!

[BigBrett58]

i might procrastinate on this 10k ski for a few days

[Kona2]

i might procrastinate on this 10k ski for a few days

I can see that it might be something to work towards!

[Kona2]

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

5.2 MM Minnie
4.9 MM Brett
4.25 MM Norma
3.95 MM David A
2.4 MM Michael C
2.15 MM Thor
1.5 MM Rebecca
1.15 MM Larry
850 K Kevin
750 K Trevor
300 K Josh

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

NW1 1,022 m
Chris H 2,000 m
Rebecca 2,000 m
GMan 2,019 m
Josh 3,023 m
Adam 4,088 m
Trevor 4,365 m
Peter G 4,555 m
Paul 5,000 m
Corey 5,004 m
Jeff D 5,252 m
Dan O' 6,014 m
Teresa R 6,014 m
Larry 6,026 m
Brent 6,050 m
Louie m ...a one of a kind palindrome!
JD 7,272 m
Robin 7,769 m
Tombeur 8,056 m
Angelo 8,287 m
William C 10,000 m
Ed 10,001 m ...a one aught palindrome!
K2 10,101 m...a one aught one palindrome!
Frank 10,123 m
Carol W 10,141 m
Tom R 10,527 m
Michael C 11,524 m
Howard 13,431 m
Dennis 13,431 m
Ian 14,924 m
Patrick S 15,075 m
Ron 15,151 m ...a palindrome!
Norma 15,551 m ...a palindrome!
David A 17,866 m
Minnie 18,128 m
Thor 24,755 m ..mooner!
Brett 27,566 m ...mooner!

[BigBrett58]

I think it was Jan that asked awhile ago about goals we set. Well, I just checked my baseline goal for the year off today. My goal is 1 million row and ski and 2 million bike meters for the year. I think I got the ski goal on Saturday and just me the rowing goal today. I'm close to 3 million biking so that was awhile ago. Now I can focus on the 10k ski. I'm also lifting 3 days a week, so I'm working around that as well. With the warmer weather the last few days, I'm starting to get the itch to want to bike outside. Our roads are super muddy and icy so will probably wait a bit.

[TallErgs]

I think it was Jan that asked awhile ago about goals we set. Well, I just checked my baseline goal for the year off today. My goal is 1 million row and ski and 2 million bike meters for the year. I think I got the ski goal on Saturday and just me the rowing goal today. I'm close to 3 million biking so that was awhile ago. Now I can focus on the 10k ski. I'm also lifting 3 days a week, so I'm working around that as well. With the warmer weather the last few days, I'm starting to get the itch to want to bike outside. Our roads are super muddy and icy so will probably wait a bit.

Congrats on making your row/ski/bike goals!

[normadelaney]

I think it was Jan that asked awhile ago about goals we set. Well, I just checked my baseline goal for the year off today. My goal is 1 million row and ski and 2 million bike meters for the year. I think I got the ski goal on Saturday and just me the rowing goal today. I'm close to 3 million biking so that was awhile ago. Now I can focus on the 10k ski. I'm also lifting 3 days a week, so I'm working around that as well. With the warmer weather the last few days, I'm starting to get the itch to want to bike outside. Our roads are super muddy and icy so will probably wait a bit.

Congrats on making your row/ski/bike goals!

Ditto that! I'm a big believer in working toward goals.

[BigBrett58]

Knocked out the 10k ski. Faster pace than my 5k. Now I with I pushed it harder on 5k so I had a chance of being on first page of standing.