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

[just27]

Can happily report that I am now working on five million meters as I have just eclipsed the four million meter mark! Dance dance dance!

Good luck as you work towards 5M. How far is it across America? You could proably claimed to have rowed the distance?

Has Jan rowed across the America? Close enough to count in horseshoes! This sign (there is a reason, if one really wanted to know) on the outskirts of Sacramento, CA, indicates that it's 3,037 miles to Ocean City, MD ... that's basically the distance across the US.

[William H]

Can happily report that I am now working on five million meters as I have just eclipsed the four million meter mark! Dance dance dance!

Good luck as you work towards 5M. How far is it across America? You could proably claimed to have rowed the distance?

Has Jan rowed across the America? Close enough to count in horseshoes! This sign (there is a reason, if one really wanted to know) on the outskirts of Sacramento, CA, indicates that it's 3,037 miles to Ocean City, MD ... that's basically the distance across the US.

So ... 3,037 miles = 4,887,578 meters - give or take.

The good news is ... it's less than 5MM

[William H]

OK, Dan - 115,000+ meters in 3 days ... I can't keep up.

What's your secret? Come on, you can tell us - we won't tell anyone, honest!

Seriously, though - great work!

Will H,

No big secret. If your butt can endure it you can co it. Dedicate the time and go for it. It also helps to have a Wildman waiting for you to falter. Thanks for the push. I've have always needed someone on my rear threatening to over take me. Team work is great!

Great rowing by all you Looons!!!!!

dc

A wise man once told me that you think you're going fast until someone else sprints by you.

If you weren't there to push, I wouldn't be pushing so hard

Yup ... the team dynamic at work.

[Kristine Strasburger]

Well, Gina, you have been staying pretty well ahead of me for some time now, but I'm a-tryin'.

You made some great points, Moose. Everyone has other activities they balance with their rowing, and rowing fluctuates throughout the year for many.

For example, I have a running season which I start right after the rowing season officialy ends every year. I might row for a few weeks into the running season, but as the run distances increase my rowing tapers off. At the end of my running season I take a few weeks off, and then jump into the Holiday Challenge which is a great way to get warmed up to push harder for the January Virtual Challenge. After that ends, a couple of weeks off to recover, and then March Madness, right into the WRC and then finish the season by doing a marathon row near the last day before the running season starts again.

I try to row one million meters each season. It took me several years to get my first million (I rowed just like Darryl did at the start). It took me about two years to get my second million. After that I started participating in the challenges, and that is what made it possible to reach at least a million meters every season. What it really boils down to is making time to row on a regular basis, 4-5 days a week when not doing other physical training.

Most of all it is important to lead a balanced life. Do not row so much that you overtrain and sustain injuries from overuse.

[Toothdoc]

Most of all it is important to lead a balanced life. Do not row so much that you overtrain and sustain injuries from overuse.

Kapt Kris,

I'm stunned, you think I'm unbalanced. I row, eat, work, row, eat, row, sleep and then do it all over again. That looks balanced to me 3 rows and 4 of all the other stuff.

dc

[Kona2]

At the end of three days of competition, the Luna-Tics hold a slim lead in position four....RowPro Online is on our virtual stern......row, team, row! We need more oars in the virtual waters!


World Rowing Challenge Individual Standings
Name Total Event Meters
1 Daniel Cox 126,900
2 William Haag 100,000
3 Barry O'Malley 78,959
4 David Hunter 70,174
5 Tim Porter 70,006
6 Michael Smith 48,000
7 Jan Stevenson 43,097
8 Tom Rosengarth 42,276
9 Thomas Jung 42,000
10 Will Salach 39,386
11 Mike Mulvihill 39,288
12 Kristine Strasburger 38,115
13 David Thomas Garcia 36,394
14 Darryl Bathel 32,529
15 Karyn Gallagher 31,863
16 Chris Tudury 31,097
17 David Grasfield 30,000
18 Mike Crossley 30,000
19 Peter Huurman 30,000
20 Chris Harbourt 28,602
21 David A. Alden 28,369
22 peter verdirame 22,500
23 Steven Larky 22,000
24 Mary Harper 21,740
25 Gina Levy 20,000
26 Rick Carveth 20,000
27 Terry Miele 19,085
28 barbara grandberg 18,103
29 Andrea Cosmin 17,078
30 Chris Spooner 16,236
31 Reeve Martin 15,300
32 Patricia Chow 15,289
33 John Marsh 15,177
34 Jeff Morris 10,032
35 Andy Ward 10,000
36 Anthony Parendo 9,999
37 Alistair Black 9,844
38 martin douglas 8,238

Total Event Meters 1,287,676 m

[Kona2]

March Madness Challenge Update: Who's Still On Boards

5K and above = 22 (lost one)
10K and above = 12 (holding steady)

Season meters as of 321/365 = 69,105,241 m (not in my wildest projections)

Total meters on the day = 334,864 m

Oars in space = 34 percent

MILESTONES....Bragging Rights....Celebrations:

5.2 MM Dan
4.3 MM Wild Bill
1.1 MM Mike C

# 7 K2

TWO Million Meter Countdown: No changes here! Dave and AJ are ready to jump into this orbit!

Ted with (71,195 m) to go!

Rodrigo with (98,175 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Gina with (32,000 m) to go! Come on, Gina, you can do it!

Kap'n Kristine with (63,068 m) to go!

And thanks to today's rowers....green beer and all:

Dan 32,291 m
William H 30,000 m
BaZz 25,713 m
David G 24,363 m
Jan 21,097 m
Tim 20,960 m
Tom R 18,532 m
Dave 17,446 m
Darryl 16,271 m (are you adding an extra ten minutes?)
Michael S 16,000 m
Karyn 14,809 m (2 days)
Mike M 13,121 m
Andrea 11,067 m (2 days?)
Mike C 10,000 m
Chris H 9,672 m
Mary 7,265 m
Gina 7,000 m
Barbara 6,532 m
Kristine 5,018 m
Jeff M 5,018 m
Chris S 5,007 m
Steve 5,000 m
Peter G 5,000 m
Tony 3,333 m
Richelle 2,349 m
Steven 2,000 m

[just27]

At the end of three days of competition, the Luna-Tics hold a slim lead in position four....RowPro Online is on our virtual stern......row, team, row!

The C2 website was down last night so I couldn't post our (humble) day's meters but, of course, the same would be true for RowPro!

[DuluthMoose]

[quote="Kona2"]
Darryl 16,271 m (are you adding an extra ten minutes?)
/quote]


Kona2 - I fell behind by not rowing the first day of the WRC. My goals for the WRC are to see if I can row 500,000 meters AND if I'm in contention to finsih the WRC in the top 100 rowers the last week, to push for that. And this will require me to row at least 16K every day. So you are correct, I have upped my row time to about 68 munutes now.

[Toothdoc]

Can happily report that I am now working on five million meters as I have just eclipsed the four million meter mark! Dance dance dance!

Kona2,

May I have this dance? I passed 11 million life time meters yesterday and didn't realize it until just now. 3:30 EDT Wed.

dc

[Kristine Strasburger]

Most of all it is important to lead a balanced life. Do not row so much that you overtrain and sustain injuries from overuse.

Kapt Kris,

I'm stunned, you think I'm unbalanced. I row, eat, work, row, eat, row, sleep and then do it all over again. That looks balanced to me 3 rows and 4 of all the other stuff.

dc

Doctor Dan,

I have been suspicious that you are unbalanced since you joined this team. Your recent performance confirms it. Did your Princess buy you the Buns of Steel video on your last birthday or something? Is that your real secret?

[Toothdoc]

Most of all it is important to lead a balanced life. Do not row so much that you overtrain and sustain injuries from overuse.

Kapt Kris,

I'm stunned, you think I'm unbalanced. I row, eat, work, row, eat, row, sleep and then do it all over again. That looks balanced to me 3 rows and 4 of all the other stuff.

dc

Doctor Dan,

I have been suspicious that you are unbalanced since you joined this team. Your recent performance confirms it. Did your Princess buy you the Buns of Steel video on your last birthday or something? Is that your real secret?

Kapt. Kris,

You found me out. Have you been in secret correspondence with the Princess?

dc

[Kristine Strasburger]

Kapt. Kris,

You found me out. Have you been in secret correspondence with the Princess?

dc

Of course. Us Princesses have to stick together.

[andreacs]

Can happily report that I am now working on five million meters as I have just eclipsed the four million meter mark! Dance dance dance!

Kona2,

May I have this dance? I passed 11 million life time meters yesterday and didn't realize it until just now. 3:30 EDT Wed.

dc

Jan and Dan, congratulations and many more "million milestone dances."

It is great! Some time ago, before I had the erg, I thought that it does not make sense to record my meters, as there is no way I can get to 1M...
Getting on the team, sharing the challenges and the experiences really helped. Nowhere close to Dan's or Jan's (or many others) lifetime achievements, but chugging along!

Happy rowing!

Andrea

[Dave_H]

Dan and Jan - Congratulations!
Great personal achievments - totally agree with Andrea, the team spirit on these boards and the motivation of the challenges are great inspiration - and a great lesson in never saying never!

Go the Loonies!

Dave