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

[Kona2]

....Buttercup..(K2)...

And the charity of her choice gets the $2!!

[Kona2]

....Rudolph..(David A)...

And the charity of his choice gets the $18!!


Antler Lights



....Star...(Brent)...

And the charity of his choice gets the $6!!

[Kona2]

The reindeer challenge meters continue to amaze! Not just in the Lunie team, but throughout the Concept2 Universe! Good stuff !

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

9.5 MM Chip
8.6 MM Wild Bill
4.65 MM Ron Mac
2.3 MM Ed
1.9 MM Ken
1.55 MM Brent
1.45 MM Gene
1.25 MM Pat E
950 K Patrick Hsr
850 K Gary
400 K Stuart
350 K Andrea
300 K Shannon...and today might be the day for antlers..
80 MM Lunie Team Meters !!

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Jason 3,653 m
Catherine 5,000 m
Shannon 5,169 m
Larry 6,000 m
Judy 7,528 m
Andrea 7,777 m...a palindrome!
Ted 8,000 m
Gene 8,003 m
Howard 8,014 m
Paul 8,300 m
Maria 8,364 m
Angelo 8,595 m
Brent 8,603 m
Jane 8,888 m...a palindrome!
Jeff D 9,362 m
Ken 10,000 m
Pat E 10,000
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Ron W 10,609 m
Stuart 12,165 m
Glen 12,553 m
Norma 15,151 m...a palindrome!
Sergio 20,000 m
K2 20,002 m...a palindrome!

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Brett 21,097 m...a half marathon!
Gary 21,126 m...mooner!
Patrick Hmr 21,719 m...mooner!
Ron Mac 23,432 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
David A 27,100 m...mooner!
Ed 33,333 m...a palindrome and a mooner! And 800K reindeer meters!!
Wild Bill 40,004 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Chip 84,433 m...mega!

And from danwho, a reindeer cartoon!

[danwho]

I was hobbled by the sudden onset of problems with my right hip pretty early in the month. Tried to add some meters with one-legged erging for a while, but that turned out to be too much too. So now I'm looking forward to life after hip replacement. For now, it's the Rehab Crew for me.

[DavidA]

I was hobbled by the sudden onset of problems with my right hip pretty early in the month. Tried to add some meters with one-legged erging for a while, but that turned out to be too much too. So now I'm looking forward to life after hip replacement. For now, it's the Rehab Crew for me.

I'm sorry to hear that
Good luck with the surgery and recovery.

David

[Kona2]

We are nearing the time for all the Holiday Challenge reindeer to take to the skies...and begin their important work ! Several of our teammates are on the home stretch for some reindeer bling ... the antler lights...and they are within 10K of attaining these, and the coveted Holiday Challenge pin.

C'mon...you CAN do it!

Patrick Hmr
Judy
Andrea
Shannon
Paul
Jane





....Dancer..(Maria)...

And the charity of her choice gets the $2!!




....Thor..(David W)...

And the charity of his choice gets the $2!!


Antler Lights



....Kringle...(Patrick Hsr)...

And the charity of his choice gets the $6!!


Antler Lights



....Buckaroo...(Jeff D)...

And the charity of his choice gets the $6!!

[Underdog4547]

I was hobbled by the sudden onset of problems with my right hip pretty early in the month. Tried to add some meters with one-legged erging for a while, but that turned out to be too much too. So now I'm looking forward to life after hip replacement. For now, it's the Rehab Crew for me.

That's tough. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

[Kona2]

Lunies on the 2025 Roster !!

Welcome to new teammate Nick (a good name for this time of year) !! We're glad to have you - and note that you were looking for a smaller team. I hope you'll find that even though our numbers classify us as a larger team, we have a smaller team feel. Feel free to post your thoughts and goals, ask and answer questions. There's no pressure, but lots of encouragement!

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

3.3 MM David A
1.5 MM Patrick Hmr
1.4 MM Brett
600 K Ron W
550 K Jeff D
450 K Sergio
15 MM Lunie Holiday Challenge Meters !!

Thanks, everyone, for erging and playing reindeer games with us!

JKK 1,000 m
Jeff M 2,010 m
Jason 2,392 m
William H 4,000 m
Howard 4,012 m
Angelo 5,000 m
Bernie 5,257 m
Raoul 5,421 m
Rick 5,646 m
Teresa 6,033 m
Maria 7,117 m...a palindrome!
Andrea 7,777 m...a palindrome!
Jeff D 8,221 m
Judy 8,516 m
Jane 8,558 m...a palindrome!
Paul M 8,719 m
Gene 9,726 m
Ken 10,000 m
Michael C 10,000 m
Patrick Hsr 10,000 m
Nick 10,523 m
Ron W 10,585 m
Norma 12,121 m...a palindrome!
Vanessa 14,000 m
David A 16,902 m
Stuart 18,261 m
Sergio 20,000 m
Patrick Hmr 20,072 m

21,097 m and more = mooners!

David W 21,097 m...a half marathon!
Gary 22,381 m...mooner!
Ron Mac 23,432 m..a palindrome and a mooner!
Ed 33,333 m....a palindrome and a mooner!
Brett 33,674 m..mooner!

Happy Holidays to All - wishing you many joyful celebrations !!

[Underdog4547]

Speed of lightning, roar of thunder
Fighting all who rob or plunder
Underdog!, Underdog!

Love it!. Brings back a bunch of good memories, thank you.

[Kona2]

Antler Lights



.....Denali..(Patrick Hmr)...

And the charity of his choice gets the $6!!



.....Sweet Polly..(Shannon)...

And the charity of her choice gets the $6!!



.....Frost..(Andrea)...

And the charity of her choice gets the $6!!



.....Regatta..(Jane)...

And the charity of her choice gets the $6!!



.....Rocket..(Sergio)...

And the charity of his choice gets the $6!!



.....Merry..(Judy)...

And the charity of her choice gets the $6!!



.....Rocky..(Paul)...

And the charity of his choice gets the $6!!

[Kona2]

And away the 44 Lunie reindeer flew !! What a great Holiday Challenge! Thank you all for the fun!




....Dasher...(Ed)... 899,991 m ! The shorter Challenge took out the 1 MM...but head of Leaderboard!




....Comet...(Ron Mac)... 600 K



....Blitzen...(Gary)... 600 K


Tail Wag !!



..Stargazer..(Norma)...

And the charity of choice gets the $14!!

[Kona2]

Sleighful of meters over the last month, Lunies!

Two Challenges for us in January ...and if you're joining in on the Virtual Team Challenge to augment your activities with the January Revolutions Challenge, you'll need to join in the Teams tab of your logbook. Scroll over to the Teams section, and then down to join. These two concurrent challenges are quite complementary !

January Revolutions Challenge
January 1–31


Sign up for the January Revolutions Challenge to kick-start your year. There are a number of different goals to motivate you.

Choose Your Goal

Choose from one of the following goals. You can either row for consistency, time, or Calories. Choose carefully—you can change your goal up until the end of January 10 GMT, but after that, there's no changing it…

The Stretch Row, ski or ride a minimum of 500m on 20 days in January
The Big Stretch Row, ski or ride a minimum of 500m every day in January
The Haul Row, ski or ride for 15 hours in January
The Long Haul Row, ski or ride for 30 hours in January
The Burn Row, ski or ride 10,000 calories in January
The Big Burn Row, ski or ride 20,000 calories in January


Virtual Team Challenge
January 1–31

Kick off the new year by joining a team (or creating your own) to participate in the Virtual Team Challenge! Each team rows, skis or rides as many meters as they can collectively for the month of January. Note: This is a team challenge. You must belong to a team to participate. This is not the same as your club affiliation in your profile.

Full instructions, including signup deadlines, can be found on the Virtual Team Challenge page.To join or create a team, visit the Teams page.


MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

4.7 MM Ron Mac
2.35 MM Ed
1.8 MM Vanessa
1.75 MM Norma
1.45 MM Brett
1.35 MM Minnie
1.1 MM Judy
1.1 MM Michael C
950 K Angelo
900 K Gary
700 K Ted
400 K Larry
300 K Shannon
200 K Jane
200 K Paul

Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!

Gene 2,000 m
Rachel 2,000 m
Terry 2,000 m
Briana 3,464 m
Jason 3,571 m
Tombeur 4,075 m
Patrick Hsr 5,000 m
Robert H 5,000 m
Andrea 5,005 m...a palindrome!
Teresa R 5,109 m
Bernie 5,272 m
Larry 6,000 m
Patrick S 6,003 m
Howard 6,071 m
Shannon 6,114 m
Jane 6,556 m...a palindrome!
Rick C 6,564 m
Judy 6,663 m
Max 7,634 m
Paul 9,000 m
Patrick Hmr 9,603 m
Catherine 10,000 m
Michael C 10,000 m
Ron W 10,505 m
Glen 10,872 m
JKK 11,089 m
Ted 13,000 m
mardix 14,110 m
Stuart 18,181 m...a palindrome!

21,097 m and more = mooners!

Vanessa 22,000 m...mooner!
Gary 24,380 m...mooner!
Angelo 29,000 m..mooner!
Norma 39,393 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
David A 41,473 m...mooner!
Ed 43,333 m...mooner!
Ron Mac 43,808 m..mooner!
Brett 69,203 m...mooner!
Minnie 95,798 m...mega! Emptied the meter piggy bank!

[Kona2]

Lunies on the 2025 Roster !

Welcome to new member Jenaya!

So. The rowing year vs the calendar year always kind of messes with my brain. We're in the season of traditions right now, and Concept2, while it continues to branch into more exercise types, has its traditions too. The Concept2 rowing year starts in May because it aligns with the indoor rowing race season, which typically runs from September to March; this means the ranking season begins in May so that indoor race results can be included in the yearly data and allows athletes to set new goals at the start of their off-season training period on the rowing machine.

If you're wanting to hit the reset button on your erging goals, the January Challenges offer you some aspirational ones. And, you really have to look ahead to what you might be wanting to do. Want to do a marathon row? Build up to it. Want to build consistency and have some fun? Start doing the Challenges.

Many teams compete in these Challenges, and while we have a large team...not everyone participates in the Challenges. We've gone from finishing up in the top ten to trying to hang on to the top 20. There are some HUGE teams out there....in the hundreds of participants. We generally have 80-90 Lunies on the Challenge Team...and last year Norma had the top of the leaderboard with a finish at 626,626 m. Incredible! That's some major dedication, and the team came in at 12.5 MM for the 31 day Challenge. Every meter counts! Sign on...sign on...sign on....January 1st is going to land with a thump really soon.

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:

9.6 MM Chip
3.35 MM David A
1.5 MM Brett
700 K Robert H
600 K Catherine
500 K Rick C....a cool half million!


Thanks, everyone, for erging with us!


GMan 1,017 m
Roy 2,000 m
Dana 2,500 m
Jason 3,343 m
Tombeur 4,039 m
Adam 5,000 m
Catherine 5,000 m
Larry 5,000 m
Bernie 5,249 m
Linda 5,946 m
Ted 6,000 m
William H 6,441 m
Gene 6,840 m
Rick 7,000 m
Howard 7,009 m
Robert H 10,000 m
Angelo 13,086 m
David A 13,813 m
Jenaya 15,616 m
Peter G 20,000 m
Ron Mac 22,222 m...a favorite palindrome and a mooner!
Wild Bill 40,004 m...a palindrome and a mooner!
Brett 40,096 m...mooner!
Chip 94,993 m...emptied the meter piggy bank! Mega!

[Kona2]

Every New Year's eve, the Lunies host a virtual new year's eve party. Either Jane or danwho acts as the virtual bartender, and we post our virtual drink orders here. It's getting a bit close (although danwho did give me a heads up a few days ago), so be thinking about how you would raise your glass - and what you want to see in it ! These virtual drinks are often quite exotic requests, and our bartender needs time to gather the materials. Any history you have about your drink (alcohol, non-alcohol, synthrol) is welcome. Recently, there have also been some postings for appetizer recipes, too.

danwho - are you up for the bartending assignment again this year?

Lunies - please start posting your NYE drink orders soonest!

[DavidA]

I am not sure why, but I am in the mood for a nice hot cocoa this year.