BMC Racing Team TDF Challenge Thread

Howdy everyone.  I'm Dave, and I'm a Hincapie fan.  I look forward to winning this challenge with you all!

Although I must admit I'm still a bit confused on how it all works.  All I really know is that I will ride!  Probably about 12 sessions over the next 3 weeks, hopefully 300-400 miles.  Is that I all need to do to get started?

I got in 50 yesterday during the Prologue.

Dropping in to say hello! I'm Dina and am planning a goal of 15 stages but no real goal for miles unless I have to (no way to track miles on the trainer).

Finished another short stage today. Raced a sprint. I thought I might go out for another ride later but the temps here are 102 and I am fighting a headache so I think that is all for now.

I'm not sure I understand what we need to do to win. Do we have to ride a monstrous amount of miles?

I would wish you luck, but since you are going to lose anyway, I'll save it.  

The final winniner teams are based on the percentage achieved of the team of their individual goals.... so... you set the distance and number of rides you are going to do in the next 3 weeks... and then we all support each other to get our goals done!

Hey all ... first time doing the TDF challenge, so I'm fairly lost at how to establish and track my goals.  I get how to upload from the Garmin but not sure how account for time on the spin cycle. 

I'm a fan of the BMC team ... Big George - Cadel, et al.  Sooo, looking forward to competing along with the team.

Ciao ... Dorm

time on the spin cycle... do you mean on your trainer?

Great Stuart ... thanks for clarifying.  I gather that time or distance are the true goal, in that if one falls short for one session, but adds another session to make up or exceed the deficit, they still achieve their goal.

From the team perspective, just wondering if it's possible to 'friend' all of the team members such that we can see their logs and encourage ones on the team?

My goal is: 11 sessions - 19hrs in the saddle

Thanks for the clarification Stuart. I will figure out a goal for hours instead of distance today.

Adding everyone to our freinds list is a great idea.

Happy riding today everyone!!!!!

Hi,

Here is the link to your google spreadsheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0An7ZkKfHG1L1dE10aFVsMHh0aXpnd0RfazdaZk1rU3c#gid=0

login: btchallenge password: challengeforum2

I have added the link to the first post in this thread to make it easy!

Cat

Fixed it for ya.

Entered my goals this morning and looked for the Tour on T.V. Looks like we are not subscribed to the channel it is aired on . I'm very disappointed about this. We have Dish network and my husband just upgraded our package so he can watch baseball but still no Tour.

Better get riding Shelly!  I was out riding this morning thinking I bet Dorm and Shelly are sleeping right now!

Got in my 2nd session today, it was an 8 minute FTP test, the final of the Trainer Road spring Challenge.  Spent the last 3 months working on increasing my W/kg using Trainer Road, and man has it helped!  My W/kg increased by over 30% in that time.  Its really shown in my bike splits in my last few races too.  All I can say is that Trainer Road WORKS!

I'm gonna go get me some 4th of July riding done in the morning too.  Hope you all have a great holiday and get your rides in!

Dave

whoa! So sorry, I am LATE to the game!!! My name is Kate, I am out of Citrus Heights, CA--NorCal...I sometimes get a little distracted from the computer due to work/training--I'll try and keep up though!

My goal is 9 sessions, 200 miles total, time of 11:15:00---I think that's right--if it looks awkward, please let me know, its my first Tour!

Stage 4 complete for me. 37ish miles and a little over 2 hours this morning then off to the 4th of July parade. 

It's a hot one out here AGAIN!!