Any New August Challenges?

I think someone mentioned a beer challenge...

Bump.

And this thread should probably be in Challenges.

I'm a big fan/convert of the tri challenge format and willing to do it again in August if there's enough interest.  For the first time this year, I was forced to sit down and put together a month long plan and then execute it.  I saw tons of benefits from the 1 sport only monthly challenges, but sometimes at the expense of my other sports.  This format allows everyone to focus on what ever limiters they want to.

Not sure how well the individual team thing worked out with the other captains, but I had and am still having a blast with my group.  Not sure how easy it was with recordkeeping....Renee????  But, it did definitely keep Renee busy for a lot of the month.  LOL!  I enjoyed being able to update 10 people's goals every day with only about 5 mins of time invested.  I think Petersen and Rennick enjoyed improving and updating too.  LOL! 

Crunch challenge! I like it!

It was some of the only work I had to do all month I'd be happy to volunteer to do the overall stats for another month.

What about either adding Core Strength Training to the Tri Challenge, or just having a Core Challenge all it's own? I think if you had a Core Challenge, you should also set minimal training goals in the other 3 sports so that tri is not sacrificed for Core. Make it a real balancing act.

I know Core Strength Training is something I need to incorporate - the 4th pillar of tri training.

I like the balance 3 sport challenge we are doing in July...keeps us training in a balanced fashion. I would do an all 3 challenge...West Coast vs East Coast would be fun....or teams like we have now would be great. I like the core idea, but probably wouldn't join if that was part of the August challenge but would say starting in Oct. when I will get back to gym for doing weights and the like.

Come up with some creative ways to put teams together!!

I think an east vs. west would end up with too many people on each team. I think it works better when there are about 10 on a team. That way, it's easier to keep track of the people on your team, and inspire/encourage them.

What if we did something like

Canada East
Canada West
US East
US West
US Midwest
US South
International

and then broke it up further as necessary to try to get a somewhat even # of people on each team?

We may be able to come up with a North Carolina Team.   

It looks like the Dynasty of Team Yuengling will come to an end.  LOL  It's not fair to really have an All Star team, anyway. 

Let's keep Yuengling together until someone has the brass to knock us off the throne.    Challengers can build their own team, give it personality, let it rip. 

I think those that want core in their challenge goals should add it and use in the calculations, those that don't, leave it off an don't use in calculations.  Some people will have 4 items - swim/bike/run/core and others 3. 

I'd hate to see someone not participate because they may be forced to do something that isn't in their workout strategies.  Same idea if someone's injured or limited to only 2 of the 3 sports....there's no reason anyone should be excluded or not want to participate so long as some thought is put into goal setting.  Run - 0 miles,  Bike - 250 miles,  Swim - 25000m  etc.  That's just as legit for someone recovering from a run injury.  The beauty of the tri challenge or possibly the quad challenge (LOL!) is that it allows each athlete to work on their limiters and forces the team to plan a month in advance.  Which IMO are two very good things to be working on at this point in the season. 

I loved the swim challenge but have missed out on the last couple of challenges. What's the format for joining in now. Do you need to register into a team? Does the 3 event challenge work in a similar way to the swim challenge - set yourself a target in each event and calc. %age over/under. Sorry for not checking through the other threads but there are so many.

Do these challenges carry any forfit, and are they decided prior to signing up?

See this thread:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=23139&posts=1