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

[Kona2]

Roll out the pumpkins! Rake the leaves!! Row your fall meters!! Wild applause for the team's accomplishments!!

Season meters as of 167/365 = 45,927,957 m

Total meters on the day = 281,963 m

Oars in space (participation) = 22 percent

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

2.9 MM Dan
2.4 MM Barbara
1.8 MM Dave
1.8 MM Baz
1.7 MM Tim

Wild Bill, space ranger, rows another red giant...adding to his millions of meters and our team piggy bank

Fireworks over Sydney!! With half marathon # 58, and 31 in a row, Dave completes the Fall Rowing Challenge by rowing a half marathon every single day....way to meet your personal challenge Dave! Congratulations! And thanks for the extra 7K, too!
Barbara with half marathon/moon # 67 and 21,180 m
Chris with half marathon # 103
Tim with half marathon # 12 and five in a row! He's got the fever!

THREE Million Meter Watch:

Dan with (96,988 m) to go!

Kiba with (150,000 m) to go! She's been kind of quiet...must be in that secret space laboratory again...the one disguised as a bakery... manufacturing a new secret weapon....

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Steven with (18,477 m) to go!

K2 with (34,669 m) to go!

Mitch with (66,454 m) to go!

Peter G with (77,500 m) to go!

And thanks to all our crew who rowed today - lovely meters every one of them!

Kristine 4,525 m
Jack 6,242 m
Kenneth 10,000 m
Anne 10,000 m
Mike C 10,000 m
Rick 10,000 m
K2 10,331 m
Darryl 14,408 m
Baz 15,000 m
Mitch J 16,185 m
Dan 17,101 m
Tim 21,097 m
Chris 21,097 m
Barbara 21,280 m
Dave 28,097 m
Wild Bill William H 51,000 m He knew.

[Toothdoc]

Dave H,

Well done, 31 in a row, Phew!!!!!

dc

[BAZzy]

Dave H,

Well done, 31 in a row, Phew!!!!!

dc

Great work to all on the challenge. Dave amazing all HMs...and William....my head spins just thinking about the numbers you punch out.

To everyone.....AMAZING!


Looks like good weather in Sydney for the weekend...Yeah!
Regards
BBB

[just27]

With half marathon # 58, and 31 in a row, Dave completes the Fall Rowing Challenge by rowing a half marathon every single day!

Phenomenal, Dave ... Just 31!
You win the HM challenge, I'm sure.
Where would you like your virtual trophy sent?

and, Wild Bill, I'm with Baz ... thinking about the meters you just rowed makes my head spin!

[William H]

With half marathon # 58, and 31 in a row, Dave completes the Fall Rowing Challenge by rowing a half marathon every single day!

Phenomenal, Dave ... Just 31!
You win the HM challenge, I'm sure.
Where would you like your virtual trophy sent?

and, Wild Bill, I'm with Baz ... thinking about the meters you just rowed makes my head spin!

If I wasn't lavish enough with my approbation before for the 31 Half Marathons in a row, let me be clear - ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, MATE!!!! Having done 31 HM's is a terrific accomplishment by itself, but churning them out one after the other for 31 straight days, not a single day off, is the true measure of a "gut check."

The FRC is not over for me yet We'll see how far I can go before midnight tonight

I need a cupcake (Kiba?)

[bg]

Dave H,

Well done, 31 in a row, Phew!!!!!

dc

wow dave,,,congrats....

[Dave_H]

Thanks to all for the congrats... however there are plenty more worthy "ergers" than me - how about our quiet achiever from Europe... great metres from Bart! And of course Will S and Kiba are amazing!
Wild Bill - you are as usual in a class of your own... and a constant source of inspiration! (Then of course there is the good Doctor Dan stirring along behind me... glad he had an enforced break early in the challenge )
The knowledge that you are all out there dragging in really big metres made it easy to justify the discipline of doing the HMs - and that was the hardest thing... once on the erg the distance was easy enough.
I will enjoy not feeling I have to do another one, and I can definitely do with a bit more variety in my exercise... however I will strangely miss my hour and "fortyish" appointment with the C2 each day...

And Just27, are you suggesting a name change? Is that how you got your name in the first place??
I think the virtual trophy should be kept over till we have the awards night on arrival at our destination. Then it will be PARTY TIME!!

Enjoy your remaining metres (West coast USA still has a few hours I think...)
Dave

[William H]

Woohoo and way to row! Congrats (and your name in lights) to William H aka Wild Bill on achieving a ONE million meter Fall Rowing Challenge! And, since he's recommending a 20 percent increase over goal.....there's still time for that 200K !

Wild Bill

Delivered!! (Plus a little extra) 1,207,000 metres for the FRC

Luckily, the FRC caught me at a peak - the timing couldn't have been better.

Honestly, without the Team Luna-Tics providing inspiration I doubt I ever would have accomplished so much.

Thanks, Team!

During the FRC I passed 13 Million Metres Lifetime - another accomplishment I never thought possible.

Now I think I'll order that pad for the seat of my Erg ...

ROWSTRONG

[Kona2]

......

Well done! A number three finish in the virtual teams category! A quick look at last year's competition shows just how much MORE rowing is going on around the world for the Fall Rowing Challenge. Last year's cumulative totals for all teams for the FRC was 220 Million Meters....this year, it's almost 355 Million Meters. That's about a 62 percent increase I believe!

The 2008 Luna-Tics were a mighty team of 96...and generated 7.9 Million Meters. The 2009 Luna-Tics were a mightier team of 69...and generated 12.48 Million Meters....a 58 percent increase over the previous year! We're right in line with the average increase seen in the overall meters for this year's challenge vs last year's challenge.

Some great efforts by a special crew - thanks for rowing as part of the Luna-Tics 2009 Fall Rowing Challenge Team. It is our sincere hope that you met and exceeded personal milestones, and were inspired by your teammates on this journey to the moon! We hope to see each of you on future challenges!

Challenge meters as of 31/31 = 12, 475,548 m (still have until the 18th to get your meters in the bank if you have not done so!)

Total meters on the day = 464,461 m

Crew on the roster = 69

MILESTONES....Bragging Rights....Celebrations: "Awards" Ceremony will be held after all meters have a chance to come in....look for it on Oct. 19...

1.2 MM Wild Bill
700K Bart
500K Tim G
300K Mike S
200K Mitch J
200K Darryl
200K David A
200K Mike C
200K Anne


1 William Haag 1,207,000
2 Kiba Chan 850,000
3 Will Salach 793,240
4 Bart Valgaeren 775,000
5 David Hunter 661,007
6 Daniel Cox 604,131
7 Tim Garlick 505,000
8 barbara grandberg 481,293
9 Tim Porter 449,340
10 Mike Smith 340,131
11 Chris Tudury 296,264
12 Barry O'Malley 284,857
13 Jim Brink 241,333
14 Rick Carveth 226,246
15 Ted Cowley-Gilbert 222,000
16 Mitch Johnson 220,883
17 Darryl Bathel 215,841
18 Anne Nelson 214,506
19 David A. Alden 207,155
20 Mike Crossley 206,845
21 Jan Stevenson 203,539
22 David Grasfield 200,000
23 Peter Huurman 200,000
24 Mike Mulvihill 191,279
25 Steven Larky 190,705
26 Robert Hess 190,000
27 John Longmire 178,721
28 peter verdirame 170,500
29 Kristine Strasburger 159,833
30 Kenneth Guenther 150,000
31 Chris Czech 149,162
32 Chuck Derby 120,664
33 John Marsh 113,912
34 Tim Strasburger 108,605
35 TERRY BELCHIKOFF 100,101
36 Gina Levy 93,746
37 Gail Whitelaw 82,500
38 Keith Strasburger 81,000
39 Ben Strasburger 78,213
40 Brandy Cowley-Gilbert 65,231
41 Dana Smith 59,173
42 David Thomas Garcia 54,783
43 Debbie Vuillemot 52,816
44 Will Worthwine 47,895
45 Jane Newall 46,798
46 Teresa Robertson 43,868
47 Tom McGuire 41,767
48 Andrea Cosmin 35,899
49 Jennifer Goodman 33,775
50 George Wyner 32,000
51 Mary Harper 27,055
52 Jeff Morris 26,131
53 Terry Miele 23,505
54 Noelle Boyle 20,903
55 Anthony Parendo 19,998
56 Andy Ward 18,681
57 AJ Tudury 11,284
58 Debbie Rohlwing 11,000
59 John Dunlop 10,000
60 Linda Bressem 8,500
61 Dawn Howe 7,000
62 BJ Kinkade 5,000
63 Orion Newall-Vuillemot 4,140
64 Nancy Flagg 2,000
65 Anais Newall-Vuillemot 1,036
66 Akira N 572
67 Elias N 186
68 Coulter M 0
69 Angelo Papadopoulos 0


Challenge Meters Initial Total = 12,475,548 m

[Kona2]

Wowzer, team! FORTY-SIX Million Meters...!

Season meters as of 168/365 = 46,397,446 m

Total meters on the day = 469,489 m

Oars in space = 23 percent

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

5.5 MM Wild Bill
2.5 MM Bart
2.3 MM Will S

A supernova with a posting of 125,000 m for Bart
A red giant plus a full moon for Mike S with an update of 97,903 m
A red giant for Wild Bill with 50,000 m
A half moon for Will S with 30,004 m
A half moon for Ted with 22,000 m
Barbara with half marathon/moon # 68
Chris with half marathon # 104
Mitch with half marathon # ?

THREE Million Meter Watch:

Dan with (96,988 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Steven with (11,279 m) to go!

K2 with (34,669 m) to go!

Mitch with (45,357 m) to go!

Peter G with (71,500 m) to go!

Mike S with (75,650 m) to go!

And thanks for all the kinds of meters from today's crew:

Ben 4,196 m
Tim 4,699 m
Kristine 4,723 m
Kenneth G 5,000 m
Peter G 6,000 m
Steven 7,198 m
Chuck 8,586 m
Anne 11,000 m
Darryl 14,409 m
Baz 15,000 m
Mitch J 21,097 m
Chris 21,097 m
Barbara 21,577 m
Ted 22,000 m
Will S 30,004 m
William H 50,000 m
Mike S 97,903 m
Bart 125,000 m

To the moon, mates! It gets closer every rowing day!

[Kona2]

Quite the finish! Goal was 10 MM....numbers (so far) in excess of 12.4 MM

[big maq]

Hey congrats to all. wow Dave 31 hm's in a row, amazing I just finished my third. Seeing all the extra effort you guys put in gave me all the encouragement I needed. Great effort, I think we could all use a cupcake, (or two).

Mitch J.

[Kona2]

Space station is rockin' out in an end of challenge party as the weary ergers take a well deserved break.....leaving a skeleton crew.....bwaa aaa aa (evil laugh)....



Season meters as of 169/365 = 46,531,299 m

Total meters on the day = 133,853 m

Oars in space (participation) = 12 percent

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

1.5 MM Darryl
Full moon for Wild Bill with 43,000 m
Barbara rows half marathon/moon # 69 with 21,338 m

THREEEEEE Million Meter Watch:

Dan with (96,988 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Steven with (11,279 m) to go!

K2 with (24,269 m) to go!

Mitch J with (45,357 m) to go!

Peter G with (69,000 m) to go!

Mike S with (75,650 m) to go!

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

Peter G 2,500 m
Tony of a kind with 3,333 m
Kenneth G 10,000 m
K2 10,020 m
Tom R 11,557 m
Darryl 14,224 m
Will 17,881 m
Barbara 21,338 m
Wild Bill 43,000 m

[Kona2]

Hooyah! We're rowing some grand meter totals every week!


Season meters as of 170/365 = 46,777,208 m

Total meters on the day = 245,909 m

Oars in space = 18 percent

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

5.6 MM Wild Bill William H
2.6 MM Bart
Bart with 75,000 m earns a red giant and a half moon!
Wild Bill with 25,000 m earns a half moon
Chris with half marathon # 105
Dan with half marathon # 89

THREE Million Meter Watch:

Dan with (75,891 m) to go!

ONE Million Meter Watch:

Steven with (1279 m) to go - will surely complete this one this morning!

K2 with (24,269 m) to go...and ergless this weekend!

Mitch J with (34,139 m) to go!

Peter G with (62,000 m) to go!

Mike S with (75,650 m) to go! We know he's rowing....

And thanks to today's crew for moving us closer to the moon! All contributions welcome....every meter counts!

Chuck 847 m
Peter G 7,000 m
Bazzy 7,204 m
Steven 10,000 m
Anne 11,000 m ...getting close to that cool half million!
Mitch J 11,218 m
Jim 11,386 m (welcome back!)
Barbara 14,072 m
Darryl 14,309 m
Mike C 15,000 m
Dan 21,097 m
Chris 22,776 m
Wild Bill 25,000 m
Bart 75,000 m ....keep an eye on this streaking meteor of a rower! He's knocking out some marvelous meter numbers!

And congrats to Wild Bill on achieving thirteen million lifetime meters! And in such a short time!



Way to row!

[Kona2]

Congratulations to our latest meter millionaire, Steven L! He's achieved a ONE million meter rowing season...and the season's still young! We wish you many, many more!