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

bg · Post by bg » March 11th, 2008, 7:54 am

yeah peter...wooo hooo...congrats on reaching one million.....off to the y to row.....barbara

PJM · Post by **PJM** » March 11th, 2008, 9:25 am

LUNAR MISSION PROGRESS 3/10/08

5k

10k

LUNA-TICS have moved up to #12
Total Season Meters..35,359,905
Total Meters For The Day..654,813

MADNESS ENTHUSIASTS

Kristine...12,077 Meters
Jane..15,000 Meters
Mitch..10,245 Meters
Tim..10,000 Meters
Keith..6,320 Meters
Rowin..5,000 Meters
AJ..5,000 Meters
Andrea..5,514 Meters
Steven..7,029 Meters
Mary..7,241 Meters
Tony..7,559 Meters
Ben..5,000 Meters
Tim..5,000 Meters

KEEPIN' LEPRACHAUN WATCH

Richelle..2,000 Meters
Lisa..1002 Meters
Rae..1,000 Meters

THE POT OF GOLD GOES TO

Peter..14,841 Meters
Darryl..16,332 Meters
Dan..20,139 Meters
Chris..16,040 Meters
Noelle..16,754 Meters
Barb..19,333 Meters

MILLION METER HONOR

NOELLE
PETER

Many milestones in sight by all..

TEN DAYS GONE..JOB WELL DONE BY ALL!!!!!!!

Pat

Trouble1 · Post by **Trouble1** » March 11th, 2008, 11:50 am

March Madness was supposed to be 5K per day. All of us Lunatics decided to push the envelope to 10K. With NARC fast approaching would anyone like to up the ante?

Tim P

PJM · Post by **PJM** » March 11th, 2008, 12:02 pm

What spirit!!

The Sky's the Limit for you..row even further and stronger..get to the Moon faster.

NARC is the way to go!!!

Pat

DuluthMoose · Post by **DuluthMoose** » March 11th, 2008, 12:37 pm

Trouble1 wrote:March Madness was supposed to be 5K per day. All of us Lunatics decided to push the envelope to 10K. With NARC fast approaching would anyone like to up the ante?

Tim P

Tim,
I could see uping the caloric output ante maybe another jelly donut a couple time per week (1200 cal workout). What did you have in mind? I think a good Luna-Tics team goal would be #10 team ranking on the annual meters board by April 15. Look out Team Canada! Darryl B.

Kristine Strasburger · Post by **Kristine Strasburger** » March 11th, 2008, 3:01 pm

Congratulations to Noelle and Peter on the million meters!

Welcome to new team mate Candace!

Kona2 · Post by **Kona2** » March 11th, 2008, 6:22 pm

Hi ya fellow Luna-Tics! Wow! Delighted to read all the milestone messages, WELCOME to new team mates, great work and enthusiasm by Pat, our honorary Luna-Tic! And to finally pass NFRC....what a team!

Congratulations Noelle and Peter! I am still a bit away from 1 MM (but not too much)!

Had a chance to row on Model E Concept2s while in Tucson - with the PM4 monitor. Pretty sweet! I think I have a few million meters left in my model D!

Jan (Kona2)

PJM · Post by **PJM** » March 11th, 2008, 7:35 pm

Welcome home!!

PJM

Toothdoc · Post by **Toothdoc** » March 11th, 2008, 11:15 pm

Welcome home Kona2; PJM was excellent in your absence. much more to evolve over the next 4 weeks.

dc

Kona2 · Post by **Kona2** » March 11th, 2008, 11:38 pm

Pat - you are an outstanding team mate! Thanks for all the CHEERING on and the number crunching! (I think the cheering is more important)

just27 · Post by **just27** » March 11th, 2008, 11:49 pm

Toothdoc wrote:Welcome home Kona2; PJM was excellent in your absence ...
dc

Yes, K-2, did you miss the Luna-Team? (... and don't believe a word that Pat says about us ... other than the good stuff ...)

Hey, Dan ... you're on page 1 of the 2,500+ meters/day board ... moving on up!

Chris

bg · Post by bg » March 12th, 2008, 5:42 am

welcome home kona2 and thanks pat.......barbara...who's still trying to figure out size and color...

Kona2 · Post by **Kona2** » March 12th, 2008, 10:38 am

Top of the morning to the west coast of the US, probably middle of the morning for the east - and I am totally not sure of what's going on with the Aussies, but think the Netherlands are somewhere in their mid-afternoon!!!

Stellar progress on our lunar mission!

Season to date = 35,562,014 m
Total meters on the day = 202,109 m

March Madness Challenge:

5 K = 9 of em

10 K = 8

Milestones =

100 K for Tim S
200 K for Murielle C !

We had a solid 42.5% of our oars in virtual space, helping us make forward progress!

And the pot of gold for the day goes to:

Angelo P 27,646 m
Barb G 17,697 m
Darryl B 16,534 m (and head of the leaderboard)
Tony P 7,289 m
Tim P 10,919 m
Mary H 7,335 m
Chris T 14,017 m
Steven L 7,036 m
Richelle V 2,000 m
Jan S 8,000 m
Kristine S 11,863 m
Jane N 12,000 m
Gina L 6,507 m
Kym S 5,915 m
Jack L 5,124 m
Tom R 3,369 m
Murielle C 9,056 m
Ben S 3,500 m
Tim S 3,500 m
Rae S 1,000 m
Kelly Z 2,698 m
Rowin M 5,000 m
Peter H 14,104 m

Kona2 · Post by **Kona2** » March 12th, 2008, 11:02 am

Review of New Grip Rowing Gloves

I raised a question about hand numbness in the TimbukTOO forum a couple weeks ago - and Pat mentioned the New Grip gloves at that time. I would find that I had to "shake" out my hands about 20 minutes into a rowing session. I was using weightlifting gloves at that time. I checked out the New Grip website, ordered the gloves, and tried them for a few days.

The most important thing I have learned from them was about hand position on the rower. I had been hooking my thumbs under the catch bar (or whatever its proper name is) - somewhat like you would grip the handlebars on a mountain bike (no surprise there). The New Grip forces you to keep your thumbs in alignment with your fingers - this gives you less flex on the wrist (a good thing) and more power. There are fewer pressure points overall - I had some callus formation on palm at base of fingers from using just weightlifter gloves. I still prefer my weightlifting gloves over the New Grip - although I do alternate between them. I think the New Grip feels kind of funky, but dang it works. And I have not had any hand numbness since I quit hooking thumbs around the catch bar.

PJM · Post by **PJM** » March 12th, 2008, 11:14 am

These rowing tools have a definite" learning curve"..if you want to call it that.Funky is correct.It took me a while to get the hang of them and after I did..I will NOT row without them.I have used leather weight lifting gloves and they get so hard and uncomfortable after months of use and I have gel gloves that I ordered dozens of pairs due to the fact that I could never find them locally.I developed holes and all kinds of problems.Then I found the New Grips and gee..after I griped a few months about their "funkiness" ( good choice of words, Kona)I couldn't believe their effectiveness.I had so many hand issues after my first JVC of over a million meters in a month..that I was afraid that I would never row again.I have no problems anymore..my carpal tunnel is almost gone.I was absolutely positively NOT having hand surgery.I can now row with no hand or wrist issues.I have very small wrists and hands and even after lots of strength training..small forearms.Think chicken wings

I hand it to the New Grips and I have bought 3 or 4 pair over the years.I got the hand sweat part down..and I find my hand position optimal.All things work differently for different people..but I am glad that you tried these and that they work..even part time for you.I spare no expense when it comes to good tools to row with and by.Any other suggestions from anyone on good rowing tools is always appreciated!!
Thanks for your feedback, Jan

Pat

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Round of Applause for PJM!

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