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

[Kona2]

Keep those logbooks up to date - we're due to have a "randomly selected day" any day now.....!Just 5K a day keeps the Galactic Gauntlet away...and keeps you enrolled in the Summmmmr Sweeps!

Hooyah! The Captain lets her hair down ! Time for a relaxing summer!


Season meters as of 54/365 = 9,722,647 m

Total meters on the day = 164,194 m

Oars in space (participation) = 32 percent

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

200K
100K K2

Ted brings in a half moon with an update of 22,000 m

Thanks to all today's crew for all the kinds of meters - we are so close to our first 10 Million Meters of the 2011 Rowing Year!

Rich 2,021 m
David M 5,000 m
Mike M 5,000 m
K2 5,323 m
David T 6,000 m
Noelle 6,588 m
Steven L 7,166 m
Dave H 8,001 m (one meter at a time - as you note - is how we all get to those milestones - glad you're able to row!)
Gina 9,524 m
Kristine 12,080 m
Dan 12,644 m
Darryl 14,506 m
Teresa 14,715 m
Chris 16,272 m (temporarily exhausting her supply of full length feature films, Minnie "our movie maven marathoner", settles for a short film)
Rodrigo 17,354 m
Ted 22,000 m

Danno is less than 3K away from his 800K milestone, and Rod is fast closing in on a half million! Teresa, Mitch, and are within meters of that first 100K! Today's a great day to move the erg dial !

This weekend, the Tweety helmeted Milin 4 Myelin MS team rides the Colorado MS150. Team stats will not be posted for Saturday or Sunday - we'll catch up on Monday!

[Kristine Strasburger]

Yoo-yah! K2, you are set to roll. Have a great weekend!

Thanks for all the new pic cheers! This is actually the same hair I have had for my whole life. I just keep it pulled up, and out of the way a lot. But I was making an effort to get some nice pictures with my friend who is a professional photographer, so there you go! Had to let the hair down even though it was pretty hot and humid there.

[bg]

have a great ride k2....

[NMB4010]

Congratulations on your 100K, Kona!!! And thank you for all your encouragement as I made my way to 200k. On to the next milestone!

Kristine, love the new pic!

Hope everyone is have a wonderful summer and keep rowing!

Noelle

[Kristine Strasburger]

I was soooo hoping to row tonight, but it's just not going to happen. Cleaned pigeon lofts all day, and have absolutely no energy left. Go, Gina!

[brotherjim]

Yoo-yah! K2, you are set to roll. Have a great weekend!

Thanks for all the new pic cheers! This is actually the same hair I have had for my whole life. I just keep it pulled up, and out of the way a lot. But I was making an effort to get some nice pictures with my friend who is a professional photographer, so there you go! Had to let the hair down even though it was pretty hot and humid there.

Love the hair down, you look great.
jim

[Kona2]

Full moon tomorrow!

Season meters as of 55/365 = 9,890,365 m

Total meters on the day = 167,718 m

Oars in space (participation) = 28 percent

MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:


1.1 MM Will S
800K Danno

Red giant spotted in the sky as Will S posts 50,000 m
Minnie puts in another half marathon

Thanks to all who rowed today:

Rich 2,025 m
Mike M 5,000 m
Peter G 5,000 m
David T 6,000 m
Noelle 6,008 m
Rick 6,372 m
AJ 6,561 m
Steven L 7,202 m
Thomas T 10,000 m
Dan 13,118 m
Darryl 14,333 m
Jim 15,002 m
Chris 21,097 m
Will S 50,000 m

Baz starts his exploration of Oz today - Spot Tracker is on! Check out where in Australia he might be!

Have a good weekend everyone - wherever you are and whatever you might be doing! Row, row, row!!

[DuluthMoose]

Kona2 - You and Tweety have a great ride this weekend!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1 ... =651145071
The above web address is for a photo I took yesterday, before the wind, rain, and some hail hit. This is a clump of showy lady slipper orchids, growing near my woodpile. I didn't know they were there until last year. The blooms only last about a week.

And although I know not many of you will have access to this magazine, I'll bring this up anyway. My backside is in a photo in the current issue of the Boundary Waters Journal (summer 2010). I'm the guy gazing out across the lake from shore in the photo on page 49. It was on Sarah Lake, Quetico Park in Ontario right after a rainstorm in July 2008, and the photographer was part my crew. And now he's making money off me.... And on page 5 is a nice photo of 2 folks in my crew on that trip, looking at the pictographs on the rockface in Darkwater Lake.

[bg]

Kona2 - You and Tweety have a great ride this weekend!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1 ... =651145071
The above web address is for a photo I took yesterday, before the wind, rain, and some hail hit. This is a clump of showy lady slipper orchids, growing near my woodpile. I didn't know they were there until last year. The blooms only last about a week.

And although I know not many of you will have access to this magazine, I'll bring this up anyway. My backside is in a photo in the current issue of the Boundary Waters Journal (summer 2010). I'm the guy gazing out across the lake from shore in the photo on page 49. It was on Sarah Lake, Quetico Park in Ontario right after a rainstorm in July 2008, and the photographer was part my crew. And now he's making money off me.... And on page 5 is a nice photo of 2 folks in my crew on that trip, looking at the pictographs on the rockface in Darkwater Lake.

beautiful photo....i remember seeing lady slippers when i was growing up....i hope yours survived the storm...and that is cool that you are in a magazine....

[DuluthMoose]

i hope yours survived the storm...

BG - The showy lady slippers are still standing and still look lovely. But if you go for a close-up photo now, the tops of the blooms have dark spots. I suspect that is some "bruising" from the heavy rain and a little dime sized hailed we had. I hope your recovery from surgery is going well.

I see BAZzy is now at Currawinya National Park from his SPOT locator beam (7AM CDT). Cool!

[Kona2]

I see BAZzy is now at Currawinya National Park from his SPOT locator beam (7AM CDT). Cool!

Yes, Baz is seemingly in pursuit of bilby's and bandicoots as his caravan adventures in Currawinya! Great stuff!



Hooyah and woohoo! Congratulations, team, on achieving TEN million team meters in the 2011 rowing season!

Season meters as of 55/365 = 10,205,336 m

Total meters on the weekend = 314,971 m

Oars in space (participation) = 40 percent

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

500K Rodrigo - nothing like a cool half million!

100K Mitch J

Red Giant for Will S with a posting of 55,097 m
Half moon for Darryl with a posting of 29,092 m
Half moon for Steven L with a posting of 27,202 m
David T with a half moon and 24K
Chris ...aka Minnie...with another half marathon....

And many thanks to the weekend rowers for all the kinds of meters:

Rich 1,000 m
AJ 3,676 m
G-l-o-r-i-a 5,555 m Summer concert series in full swing!
Mitch J 7,002 m
Dan 8,127 m
Peter G 10,000 m
Ted 10,000 m
Jim 10,544 m
Kristine 12,168 m
Rodrigo 12,273 m
Mike M 12,495 m
Greg H 12,589 m
Gina 13,532 m
Noelle 19,522 m
Gail W 20,000 m
Chris 21,097 m
David T 24,000 m
Steven L 27,202 m
Darryl 29,092 m
Will S 55,097 m

The Milin 4 Myelin Tweeties (photo from this year's jersey) crossed the finish line in a tweety bunch yesterday....received our finishers medals . Good weekend ride - the riders who have MS and yet continue to ride (some with handcycles) are so inspiring - definitely helps push up the hills. Lots of rolling hills, farmland (haying season....my favorite!), and ranches provide a visual boost, too.

[bg]

woo hooo and congrats on your ride, k2...

[Kona2]

Dog Days of Summer ....Just noticed another new challenge...will run concurrently with the August segment of the Summmmmrrr Sweeps.

The Dog Days of Summer runs from August 1–28 and features a different total distance goal each week.
The Details

* Row or ski, indoors or outdoors, completing each of the following four distance goals during the timeframes indicated and log them in your online logbook:
o Week 1, Aug. 1–7: 20,000 meters
o Week 2, Aug. 8–14: 30,000 meters
o Week 3, Aug. 15–21: 40,000 meters
o Week 4, Aug. 22–28: 50,000 meters
The distance goals do not have to be done in one sitting, but must be done during the timeframe indicated. By the end of the challenge, you will have accumulated 140,000 meters.
* This is an individual challenge. (You do not need to belong to a team to participate.)
* Meters must be entered online.
* Indoor rower, on water, SkiErg, and on snow meters count.

[Kona2]

Wowzer, mates! I think the calendar pages are on speed flip! We've reached day 60 of the new rowing year...and the 9th day of summer! 5K a day keeps you in the Summer Sweeps mystery drawing - gotta be getting close to choosing another new winner...it could be a Looney!


Season meters as of 59/365 = 10,369,732 m

Total meters on the day = 164,396 m

Oars in space (participation) = 32 percent

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

800K aka Chris

Minnie half moons us for the 36th time this year...

And thanks to all today's crew - for all the kinds of meters!

Rich 2,510 m
Mike M 5,065 m
G-l-o-r-i-a
David T 6,000 m
Gina 6,249 m
Rick 6,399 m
Peter G 7,000 m
Steven L 7,210 m
AJ 7,492 m Believing he is steadily pulling away, AJ throws down the Gauntlet once again....
Will S 9,016 m
Jim 10,273 m
Rodrigo 13,008 m
Darryl 14,389 m
Dan 18,133 m
Chris 21,097 m

Have a great rowing day - whenever and wherever you row!

[DuluthMoose]

Tommorow (July 1) is Canada Day. Happy Canada Day! to our Canadian luna-tics; Steven D, Antony F, and Kiba. I should be Happy in Canada as well tomorrow, crossing the border by noon in a gear loaded canoe heading north. Moose