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

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congrats ted c-g...and have a good time on your holiday bazz and tomo...oh and those spiders do look scary....

[TedCG]

Woohoo! Congratulations to Ted C-G on achieving a TWO million meter season! We wish you many, many more! In fact, if you could row some extra this month, we'd be delighted!

Thanks for the woohoo, (way too many fireworks ), and all the woohoo work you do. And thanks to all my Lunatic crewmates, who inspire and encourage me every day.

Now let's row out there and kick some Virtual...

[Kona2]

Congratulations - we made it through week one!

Wowzer, mates! This business of getting back to work after the holidays and then having to ROW .... well, this not a sport or exercise for the faint of heart, is it?! Sissies either. For perspective, during the non-challenge times of year (those exist???!), Thursday's are one of our least productive days for meters. And we are right on target for our total meters to come in at goal of 14.7 MM for the challenge. Where did THAT goal come from? I made it up! We raked in 14 MM during the holiday challenge month, so I figured we must be up for it!

Challenge meters thru 7 of 31 = 3,376,653 m

Total meters on the day = 358,702 m

Crew on the roster = 99

Percent of crew checking in for the challenge: 70 percent


1 Age Without Limits Virtual Club 11,772,219
2 Free Spirits Virtual Club 4,853,339
3 RowPro Online Virtual Club 3,566,181
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 3,376,653
5 THE ANCIENTS Virtual Club 3,028,947
6 Team Canada Virtual Club 2,758,469
7 HAVK Mladost Rowing Club 2,518,321
8 ARIEL TOY Virtual Club 2,394,388
9 Oarsome, SUB7 & PaddyPower JVTC Team Virtual Club 1,906,825
10 TIMBUK2 Virtual Club 1,895,014




Thanks to all the Luna-Tics in the Virtual Team Challenge for today's meters: we're hanging on to spot # 4 !

1 Bart Valgaeren 240,000
2 Kiba Chan 200,000
3 Barry O'Malley 159,131
4 Chris Tudury 147,679
5 Will Salach 139,541
6 barbara grandberg 133,809
7 Tracy Clark 131,135
8 Darryl Bathel 127,525
9 Tim Porter 120,984
10 Daniel Cox 119,456
11 Ted Cowley-Gilbert 100,194
12 David A. Alden 86,258
13 Rodrigo Garcia 86,035
14 Mike Mulvihill 79,173
15 Jan Stevenson 69,000
16 Mitch Johnson 67,481
17 Dan McInerney 65,067
18 Melissa Talbot 64,422
19 Jim Brink 61,911
20 David Hunter 56,194
21 Kenneth Guenther 52,155
22 Steven Larky 51,626
23 John Longmire 50,636
24 Gina Levy 49,622
25 Richard Miller 44,064
26 peter verdirame 42,000
27 David Ballard 40,000
28 Peter Huurman 38,581
29 Greg Halac 38,294
30 Anne Nelson 37,500
31 Rick Carveth 36,360
32 Karyn Gallagher 33,964
33 Dave Hunter 33,233
34 Steve Overland 33,097
35 Robert Hess 32,500
36 Michael Leonard 32,000
37 Roger Evens 30,228
38 Karon Baucum 30,187
39 Lauren C 29,220
40 Chris Harbourt 28,928
41 John Marsh 27,023
42 Nigel Greene 23,731
43 Anthony Parendo 23,331
44 AJ Tudury 22,653
45 Greg Childs 20,981
46 Tom Rosengarth 20,736
47 Gail Whitelaw 20,000
48 Gloria Miller 20,000
49 Andre Dumais 18,984
50 Will Worthwine 16,477
51 Andy Ward 15,000
52 Susan Wacaster 15,000
53 Jurn Wingelaar 12,710
54 Mike Crossley 12,000
55 Teresa Robertson 11,182
56 Chris Czech 10,000
57 Nils Eddy 9,295
58 Scott 8,500
59 Thomas Jung 8,000
60 Ian Ferguson 6,121
61 Garry Crone 6,014
62 Gary Prohaska 6,000
63 Jane Newall 5,018
64 Bill Lamon 5,014
65 Dana Smith 4,379
66 Steven Drews 4,000
67 Tibby Kull 3,200
68 Mary Harper 1,614
69 Terry Miele 500

Row strong! We are just hitting our stride!

[Kona2]

It's a milestone day for Team Luna-Tics! EIGHTY Million Meters.....woohoo! What an oarsome team!!



Season meters as of 252/365 = 80,135,365 m

Total meters on the day = 296,944 m

Oars in space (participation) = 25 percent

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

4.6 MM Bart
2.0 MM Ted (can never have too many fireworks!)
1.8 MM Rodrigo
800K Tracy
300K Karyn

After yesterday's plethora of astral events, the team takes a collective sigh and regroups:

Bart with 30,000 m and a half moon
Barbara with half marathon/moon # 131 and 26,184 m (wow!)
Chris with half marathon # 167
Tracy with an almost half moon (so let's give it to her!) and 21,034 m

FOUR Million Meter Watch:

Dan with (40,230 m) to go!

Barbara with (67,291 m) to go!

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Jim with (31,339 m) to go! Soon...he'll cross that finish line!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Mike C with (102,564 m) to go!

And thanks to all today's crew for moving us closer to the moon! Can't celebrate all these milestones without you!

Tony 3,333 m (I believe you've rowed every day since the Holiday Challenge started!)
Peter G 3,500 m
AJ 4,106 m
Tim 4,143 m
G-l-o-r-i-a 5,000 m (G-l-o-r-i-a, the song we all know, was performed by The Doors...and there was another version performed by Laura Branigan...but the original was penned by Van Morrison in 1964...)
Bill 5,014 m
Jurn 6,370 m
Karyn 6,767 m
Jim 9,078 m
Kenneth G 10,016 m
Dan M 10,022 m
Mitch 10,158 m
Peter H 10,725 m
Gina 10,915 m - look at you row!
Teresa 11,182 m
Ted 12,000 m
Rick 13,088 m
Rodrigo 14,178 m
K2 15,000 m
Baz 15,950 m
Darryl 18,084 m
Tracy 21,034 m
Chris 21,097 m
Barbara 26,184 m
Bart 30,000 m

Take a victory lap on that rowing machine today! We've crossed another milestone on our journey to the moon!

[MT]

Wow!! Way to put in the meters!

My busy work week is over, meters are uploaded (no half marathons this time, Kona2).

My wrists are a little sore--does anyone else have this problem?

[PJM]

Wow!! Way to put in the meters!

My busy work week is over, meters are uploaded (no half marathons this time, Kona2).

My wrists are a little sore--does anyone else have this problem?

Hello from Timbuk2!! Sore wrists, yes indeedy!! Sore elbow joints and carpal tunnel syndrome! When I row I wear wrist supports, hand grips and elbow support.A gel seat to boot!! Rowing for me takes more time to prepare for the ride than the row itself.. But it is worth every minute of prep time.I strap on my heart rate monitor and look a sight.. Wired for the ride but all the various supports really help to alleviate discomfort and prevent injury.Take the time to strengthen all the supporting muscles that help you row so you can keep on rowing.This is my 4th or 5th JVC and I did over a million meters in my first attempt at a challenge..Enjoy the ride and good job all you Luna-Tics!!!


Pat
Team captain Timbuk2/TimbukTOO

[just27]

Sore wrists, yes indeedy!! Sore elbow joints and carpal tunnel syndrome! ... When I row I wear wrist supports, hand grips and elbow support.A gel seat to boot!! ... Pat

You reminded me, Pat, that the mush dogs delivered my gel seat from Canada this week. I was expecting something much squishier and gel-like; this feels similar to the sorbo (sore-no-more) pad. Which is fine; they're both so much better than the basic seat.

MT - I do distance more than sprints, and change my hand position frequently during a row - which makes my wrists happier. (Thumbs up, thumbs down; hands on the outside, then close to the chain.) I work at a computer all day, and am always doing wrist stretches and exercises, especially bending them down for a few seconds at a time.

Chris

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Sore wrists, yes indeedy!! Sore elbow joints and carpal tunnel syndrome! ... When I row I wear wrist supports, hand grips and elbow support.A gel seat to boot!! ... Pat

You reminded me, Pat, that the mush dogs delivered my gel seat from Canada this week. I was expecting something much squishier and gel-like; this feels similar to the sorbo (sore-no-more) pad. Which is fine; they're both so much better than the basic seat.

MT - I do distance more than sprints, and change my hand position frequently during a row - which makes my wrists happier. (Thumbs up, thumbs down; hands on the outside, then close to the chain.) I work at a computer all day, and am always doing wrist stretches and exercises, especially bending them down for a few seconds at a time.

Chris

soooooo....which seat pad do you perfer????

mt...when rowing i aso change my hands from overhand to underhand....

[PJM]

Sore wrists, yes indeedy!! Sore elbow joints and carpal tunnel syndrome! ... When I row I wear wrist supports, hand grips and elbow support.A gel seat to boot!! ... Pat

You reminded me, Pat, that the mush dogs delivered my gel seat from Canada this week. I was expecting something much squishier and gel-like; this feels similar to the sorbo (sore-no-more) pad. Which is fine; they're both so much better than the basic seat.

MT - I do distance more than sprints, and change my hand position frequently during a row - which makes my wrists happier. (Thumbs up, thumbs down; hands on the outside, then close to the chain.) I work at a computer all day, and am always doing wrist stretches and exercises, especially bending them down for a few seconds at a time.

Chris

My gel seat came from Canada too..came pretty quick.I was surprised but pleasantly so. I thought it would be much more gel like or soft but I like the way it stays in place..never slides and nothing to have to tie anywhere or stick on.It is an improvement over the normal seat and the seat pad that Concept sells/offers us.I am happy with it and so is my rear!!


Pat

[Kona2]

Day Nine of the Virtual Challenge.....the Luna-Tics are not quite becalmed...to maintain the number 4 spot in the mix we'll need more erg power in the sails...less than 1.3 MM meters separates teams in 3 spot to 7 spot...

Today is another day in which to row !!

Challenge Meters as of 8 of 31 = 3,670,233 m

Total meters on the day = 293,580 m

Crew on the roster = 99


3 RowPro Online Virtual Club 4,109,482 87 47,235
4 LUNA-TICS Virtual Club 3,670,233 99 37,073
5 THE ANCIENTS Virtual Club 3,561,918 38 93,735
6 Team Canada Virtual Club 3,233,942 118 27,406
7 ARIEL TOY Virtual Club 2,798,237 43 65,075

And thanks to all the JVTC Luna-Tics who have helped move us forward:

1 Bart Valgaeren 240,000
2 Kiba Chan 200,000
3 Chris Tudury 168,776
4 Will Salach 159,586
5 Barry O'Malley 159,131
6 barbara grandberg 155,994
7 Darryl Bathel 145,816
8 Daniel Cox 141,836
9 Tracy Clark 131,135
10 Tim Porter 120,984
11 Ted Cowley-Gilbert 112,194
12 Rodrigo Garcia 100,224
13 Mike Mulvihill 92,403
14 David A. Alden 91,271
15 Melissa Talbot 90,936
16 Mitch Johnson 80,490
17 Dan McInerney 76,166
18 Jim Brink 73,911
19 Jan Stevenson 69,000
20 David Hunter 56,194
21 Kenneth Guenther 52,155
22 Steven Larky 51,626
23 John Longmire 50,636
24 Rick Carveth 49,782
25 Gina Levy 49,622
26 peter verdirame 47,500
27 Richard Miller 44,064
28 Robert Hess 42,500
29 David Ballard 40,000
30 Peter Huurman 38,581
31 Greg Halac 38,294
32 Anne Nelson 37,500
33 John Marsh 35,527
34 Nigel Greene 34,019
35 Karyn Gallagher 33,964
36 Dave Hunter 33,233
37 Steve Overland 33,097
38 Michael Leonard 32,000
39 Roger Evens 30,228
40 Karon Baucum 30,187
41 Lauren C 29,220
42 Chris Harbourt 28,928
43 AJ Tudury 27,667
44 Anthony Parendo 26,664
45 Greg Childs 20,981
46 Tom Rosengarth 20,736
47 Gail Whitelaw 20,000
48 Gloria Miller 20,000
49 Andre Dumais 18,984
50 Will Worthwine 18,477
51 Andy Ward 15,000
52 Susan Wacaster 15,000
53 Jurn Wingelaar 12,710
54 Mike Crossley 12,000
55 Teresa Robertson 11,182
56 Kristine Strasburger 11,151
57 Chris Czech 10,000
58 Nils Eddy 9,295
59 Scott 8,500
60 Steven Drews 8,210
61 Thomas Jung 8,000
62 Ian Ferguson 6,121
63 Garry Crone 6,014
64 Gary Prohaska 6,000
65 Jane Newall 5,018
66 Bill Lamon 5,014
67 Tim Strasburger 4,701
68 Ben Strasburger 4,405
69 Dana Smith 4,379
70 Tibby Kull 3,200
71 Mary Harper 1,614
72 Terry Miele 500

Up Luna-Tics! Row, row, row!

[Kona2]

Season meters as of 253/365 = 80,393,140 m

Total meters on the day = 257,775 m

Oars in space (participation) = 20 percent

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

1.5 MM Steven Drews
200K Ben

Half Moon: MT gets a half moon for posting 26,514 m

Half Moon: Dan gets a half moon for 22,380 m

Half Moon: Barbara gets a half moon for posting 22,185 m

Chris with half marathon # 168

FOUR Million Meter Watch:

Dan with (17,850 m) to go! He'll cross that 4 MM virtual line soon...

Barbara with (45,106 m) to go! She might eclipse Dan!

TWO Million Meter Watch:

Jim with (19,339 m) to go! This could be the weekend!

And thanks to all who contributed meters today:

Tony 3,333 m
Steven D 4,210 m
Ben 4,405 m
Tim 4,701 m
AJ 5,014 m
Peter G 5,500 m
Dan M 11,099 m
Kristine 11,151 m
Ted 12,000 m
Jim 12,000 m
Mitch 13,009 m
Mike M 13,230 m
Rick 13,422 m
Rodrigo 14,189 m
Darryl 18,291 m (good one!)
WIll S 20,045 m
Chris 21,097 m
Barbara 22,185 m
Dan 22,380 m
MT 26,514 m

[DuluthMoose]

OK LunaTic Challenge Team, time for a gut check. It would seem the team can do better than 20 rowers posting meters for a rather anemic 293,000 meters on a challenge day! We normally do that on days without any challenge going on! That's more than 150,000 meters short of our daily goal! And granted there are a few that post their meters weekly, but according to the challenge rules that should have happened yesterday (on Fridays) and therefore show up as a bump in Kona2's report today.

For those of you who need encouragement, reflect a little today. If you set goals that are now out of reach, please don't give up. Stuff happens. Reset your Challenge goals to a more realistic number of meters you can row preferably on a daily basis for the rest of the challenge, and then add another 5% or 10% for personal triumph. I encourage you to set your goals to numbers of meters rather than the smoke and mirrors goal of rowing more than a particular rival rower. That rivalry can serve as a benchmark and incentive, but it will be a severe letdown when things don't go as planned. And this happens frequently.... By rowing for an attainable number of meters, you are in Control. If it helps, by all means state your goal on our home page, and the team can help cheer you on.

We Can Kick Some Rowing Butt if We All Pull Together!
Moose

[just27]

soooooo....which seat pad do you perfer????

I alternated between the two pads (sorbo and gel) each day this week and, quite frankly, don't notice a significant difference. As mentioned, the gel has a smaller surface and I briefly felt like I was "falling off" when I first tried it, but after a few minutes it felt quite normal. (You're a much smaller person than me, so you wouldn't register that!) AJ didn't even notice that I was changing the pads, so obviously he has no preference either. I think they're similar in price. You just plunk them on the C2 seat and they stay put until you're done, then pick them up and leave (if you row in a gym).

My gel pad took a long time to get here from Canada but, in fairness, it was over the holidays. The mush dogs needed a break.

[Kona2]

soooooo....which seat pad do you perfer????

I alternated between the two pads (sorbo and gel) each day this week and, quite frankly, don't notice a significant difference. As mentioned, the gel has a smaller surface and I briefly felt like I was "falling off" when I first tried it, but after a few minutes it felt quite normal. (You're a much smaller person than me, so you wouldn't register that!) AJ didn't even notice that I was changing the pads, so obviously he has no preference either. I think they're similar in price. You just plunk them on the C2 seat and they stay put until you're done, then pick them up and leave (if you row in a gym).

I, too, alternated between the gel and the sorbo this week. The sorbo I ordered was only available in bright red - no chance of leaving that on the rower at the gym! Get the sunglasses! The biggest difference is indeed the "seatprint" - the sorbo covers most of the surface of the rowing seat, and there is no slip sliding away as rowing short surface meets the sorbo pad. The gel pad takes a couple of times to break in, but then is quite stable and stationary. The gel pad has less of a post it note stickiness than the sorbo.

Both worked well...and both are a vast improvement over the plain rowing seat. I think that the full marathon distance is still going to be a bit painful, but it will be painful on many levels.

As far as gloves and changing hand positions so you don't get that numb carpal tunnel stuff going on - absolutely watch your form, and don't forget to power up with the legs.

[MT]

Thank you, Pat, Chris, and Barbara, for your tips on avoiding wrist soreness. I will give them a try.

For those of you who need encouragement, reflect a little today. If you set goals that are now out of reach, please don't give up. Stuff happens. Reset your Challenge goals to a more realistic number of meters you can row preferably on a daily basis for the rest of the challenge, and then add another 5% or 10% for personal triumph.

Thanks for this, Moose. Your message really hit home for me. I've erged more in the last week and a half, on a daily basis, than I ever have (since getting my model D 10/15/09). And my body is paying the price.

More backstory: In my twenties I was very active--river guide, ski lift operator, runner, cyclist, climber. Then I finished college and spent my 30's in front of a computer. It was a very tough shift to go from working physical jobs to sitting all day, but I did it. Now, at 40, I'm 30 lbs. overweight and trying to get back into shape. It's pretty clear I need to let go of past expectations and focus on realistic goals for the present. So, my current goal is to row 30 minutes each day (~5,000 meters) and not get an overuse injury. Not what I had hoped to achieve for JVC, but better to keep rowing than be sidelined with an injury.

MT -- glad to be in the team boat with you all...thanks for the tips/encouragement.
p.s. MT was my nickname from my highschool cross country team.