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

[Kona2]

For some reason, I could not access the website for awhile (kept saying that Concept2 server was unresponsive - probably busy with NARC stuff!), so I know that some numbers represent 2 days of input!

Season meters to date = 44,168,263 m

Total meters on the day = 160,782 m (I think it was really about 100K for yesterday and that this includes some of today's totals)

29 percent of oars in the water!

Milestones:

2.4 MM Gabriella
1.7 MM Steven L

Two Million Meter Watch: No changes
One Million Meter Watch: No changes

Today's (and maybe yesterday's too!) stars are:

Gabriella 33,330 m
Darryl 32,706 m
Steven 14,199 m
Tony 13,460 m
Dan 10,022 m
Lisa 8,026 m
Mary 7,239 m
Pat 7,024 m
Andrea 6,552 m
Joe 6,545 m
Gina 6,038 m
Jan 5,000 m
Barbara 3,016 m
Tina 2,028 m
Rae 2,000 m
Sorin 2,000 m
Noelle 1,597 m

13 rowing days left!!!

[acrewer]

Even if we make it to the moon, we are going to have a tough time catching it.

According to Wikipedia, the moon travels at 1,022 m/sec. That translates to 500 m in 0.5 sec. Now when I'm sprinting, I can reach a split of 2:00 per 500m - the moon is 240 times faster than me! But then again there is no drag factor in space

Gina

[DuluthMoose]

Even if we make it to the moon, we are going to have a tough time catching it.

According to Wikipedia, the moon travels at 1,022 m/sec. That translates to 500 m in 0.5 sec. Now when I'm sprinting, I can reach a split of 2:00 per 500m - the moon is 240 times faster than me! But then again there is no drag factor in space

Gina

Gina,
Here's my suggestion. When we get close to the moon, we draft behind it and then at the right moment sprint on the inside route of its orbit to overtake and get in within its gravitational pull field. That way the moon will do most of the work. But it will take all oars in the water and all eyes facing backward. (just kidding). Darryl B.

[Kona2]

Woohoo! Chris made it! Two Million Meters In A Season! Two Million Meters Lifetime!

The 2 Millionaires Club has yet another member! Nothing exclusive here - just good hard work !!!


Congratulations! We knew you could do it! (And by Thursday no less - way to rise to the occasion!)

[Kona2]

Full moon on Sunday!
Half Marathon Alert!

Season meters to date = 44,236,344 m

Total meters on the day = 68,081 m (compromised data - some reported in yesterday's totals)

Milestones!

2.0 MM Chris
200K Joe
Half Marathon Dan (was it a PB?)

Today's stars:

Dan 21,097 m
Chris 14,012 m
Tim 10,837 m
Joe 9,105 m
Gina 7,000 m
Jack 6,030 m

[DuluthMoose]

Congratulations on the 2 million meter mark Chris! It truly is meeting a lofty goal. But there must be a 27 in this milestone somewhere for you?

[Calamity]

The Earth travels around the Sun at 18.55 miles per second, the moon should be no problem for us earthlings.

Chris: congrats on the 2,000,000.

Jan: I was using "throwdown" like Throwdown with Bobby Frey on Food network, ie setting forth a challenge. Apparently the term can also be used to call a fight or to say that someone planted evidence in a police search. I really am not sure about changing tense to threw down.

Jane

[just27]

Chris made it! Two Million Meters In A Season! Two Million Meters Lifetime! Congratulations! (And by Thursday no less - way to rise to the occasion!)

THX! Amazing incentives - a throwdown ( ) to finish by Thursday AND a free pair of sox from Concept 2. (And, yes, Darryl ... I had to tell myself about 27 times that it was do-able during the week ... it was so tempting to wait for the weekend.)

"Rowing is the only sport that originated as a form of capital punishment."
Chris

[Toothdoc]

Chris made it! Two Million Meters In A Season! Two Million Meters Lifetime! Congratulations! (And by Thursday no less - way to rise to the occasion!)

THX! Amazing incentives - a throwdown ( ) to finish by Thursday AND a free pair of sox from Concept 2. (And, yes, Darryl ... I had to tell myself about 27 times that it was do-able during the week ... it was so tempting to wait for the weekend.)

"Rowing is the only sport that originated as a form of capital punishment."
Chris

Chris,

Any chance I could con you into another 700,000 meters by years end to make 2,700,000? What a nice way to finish! Just thinking about your interest in the number 27. LOL

Great effort!!!!!!!!!!!

Dan

[Kristine Strasburger]

Way to go, Chris! Are you sore yet?

[Kona2]

Amazing! Simply amazing! Woohoo! Barbara, your teamies are supporting you by rowing half and full marathons! The moon is nearly full - we are even loonier at this time!




I could hardly believe my eyes this morning when I saw the numbers pop up on the spreadsheet!

Congrats, Darryl on the half marathon!

Congrats, Dan on the FULL marathon! I believe Dan is the first to complete a full marathon this year (Jane might have done this) - and as such he is going to receive The Coveted Marathon Mug! I have posted the link to this coveted mug below! I believe the brews will be very tasty out of this glass. Way to go! Do tell us about the experience of the full marathon - i.e., is it a "never again, but I had to do it once" or "it wasn't so bad" or "totally boring" or....

http://www.concept2.com/us/images/motiv ... honmug.jpg

Season meters to date = 44,375,768 m

Total meters on the day = 139,424 m

22 percent of our oars were in the virtual waters!

Milestones:

2.2 MM Dan
Half Marathon Darryl
Full Marathon Dan

And today's stars are:

Dan 42,195 m
Darryl 21,097 m
Tony 14,451 m
Gabriella 13,000 m
Chris 11,019 m
Mary 7,265 m
Steven 7,126 m
AJ 6,000 m
Joe 5,238 m
Tina 5,015 m
Steve 5,000 m (Half a million is very do-able by season's end!)
Barbara 1,018 m
Rae 1,000 m

[Patbyron]

Well, I just rowed my 1/2 marathon......or so I thought. On the C2 homepage, the announcement for the challenge states that a 1/2 M is 20,197.
That's what I programmed in for my row.
After rowing for 1 hr 45, I went to see what others are ranked at....and I found that the 1/2 M is 21,097! AArrrgggghhh.
I did send an email the C2 to let them know about the error. But I'm really disappointed. Sorry guys.....
Pat

[Toothdoc]

Amazing! Simply amazing! Woohoo! Barbara, your teamies are supporting you by rowing half and full marathons! The moon is nearly full - we are even loonier at this time!




I could hardly believe my eyes this morning when I saw the numbers pop up on the spreadsheet!

Congrats, Darryl on the half marathon!

Congrats, Dan on the FULL marathon! I believe Dan is the first to complete a full marathon this year (Jane might have done this) - and as such he is going to receive The Coveted Marathon Mug! I have posted the link to this coveted mug below! I believe the brews will be very tasty out of this glass. Way to go! Do tell us about the experience of the full marathon - i.e., is it a "never again, but I had to do it once" or "it wasn't so bad" or "totally boring" or....

http://www.concept2.com/us/images/motiv ... honmug.jpg

Season meters to date = 44,375,768 m

Total meters on the day = 139,424 m

22 percent of our oars were in the virtual waters!

Milestones:

2.2 MM Dan
Half Marathon Darryl
Full Marathon Dan

And today's stars are:

Dan 42,195 m
Darryl 21,097 m
Tony 14,451 m
Gabriella 13,000 m
Chris 11,019 m
Mary 7,265 m
Steven 7,126 m
AJ 6,000 m
Joe 5,238 m
Tina 5,015 m
Steve 5,000 m (Half a million is very do-able by season's end!)
Barbara 1,018 m
Rae 1,000 m

Jan,

With 14 hours to reflect this is how I felt and how I feel. Don't even think about it without something to distract you that is easy to load and play. You will definitely burn thru a lot recorded material. I had the A/C set at 70 and still lost 6 lbs of water weight. I took a break every 30 minutes; walked around, bathroom and a small drink (couple of sips). You all know about the monitor turning off after a few minutes of inactivity(they say 4, I don't trust them so I worked with a 2-3 min window then went back and gave a couple of pulls). This is important, I set the drag at 1 and found a comfortable pace that would keep me under 4 hours. Be careful not to burn out in the beginning. And be sure to watch your form or your back will get mighty sore. The last thing on technique, I found keeping track of how far I'd rowed was much more positive than counting what I had left to do. Must be a mind thing. PMA. Set little goals ie 1000 meters at a time.

This was my first marathon completed. I had a couple of aborted efforts a while back. Boring was the problem. However, this time I had some good Marine training films, from the Military Channel, and some good stuff from the Science Channel, to watch. You just can't quit when you're watching a bunch of Marines going thru hell.

I did it because I wanted one on my resume and I desperately needed the mug. LOL Will I do another? Yesterday I would have said no way Jose. Today I'll give it a maybe. It does make our normal 10K/day goal seem like chump change.

Well I hope this hasn't been to boring for you all.

Dan

[DuluthMoose]

Congratulatins Dan! And thanks for writing up those interesting details. I have about 4 lbs of water loss just on a half marathon at my #9 damper setting - but no water taken on during the row. I don't want a mug that bad...

Pat - what a bummer. But there's still time to re-focus and go for it. You almost did it.

[bg]

Amazing! Simply amazing! Woohoo! Barbara, your teamies are supporting you by rowing half and full marathons! The moon is nearly full - we are even loonier at this time!




I could hardly believe my eyes this morning when I saw the numbers pop up on the spreadsheet!

Congrats, Darryl on the half marathon!

Congrats, Dan on the FULL marathon! I believe Dan is the first to complete a full marathon this year (Jane might have done this) - and as such he is going to receive The Coveted Marathon Mug! I have posted the link to this coveted mug below! I believe the brews will be very tasty out of this glass. Way to go! Do tell us about the experience of the full marathon - i.e., is it a "never again, but I had to do it once" or "it wasn't so bad" or "totally boring" or....

http://www.concept2.com/us/images/motiv ... honmug.jpg

Season meters to date = 44,375,768 m

Total meters on the day = 139,424 m

22 percent of our oars were in the virtual waters!

Milestones:

2.2 MM Dan
Half Marathon Darryl
Full Marathon Dan

And today's stars are:

Dan 42,195 m
Darryl 21,097 m
Tony 14,451 m
Gabriella 13,000 m
Chris 11,019 m
Mary 7,265 m
Steven 7,126 m
AJ 6,000 m
Joe 5,238 m
Tina 5,015 m
Steve 5,000 m (Half a million is very do-able by season's end!)
Barbara 1,018 m
Rae 1,000 m

marathons and half marathons...you folks are amazing...and congrats chris...barbara