September End of Summer Trifecta Challenge

September End of Summer Trifecta Challenge

It's September. Soon summer will be over (along with the HEAT for us out west). To keep your training motivated heading into the fall we're having an End of Summer Trifecta Challenge. 

Pick three goals, of which at least two need to be triathlon events. Rank them in order of completion and see if you can hit the trifecta!

Here's how it'll work:

- Post in this thread you want in the challenge and include your three events for the month including the time, sessions, or distance. Also include the order in which you plan to reach the goals (to hit the trifecta).

- Challenge runs from September 1st to the 30th.

- For team rankings, weeks will run from Monday to Sunday. This gives us 5 'weeks' for the challenge, but the first and last are partial.

- Participants will be placed on teams with others. Team size is dependent on the number of people signed up by Tuesday the 1st. Late arrivals are welcome as this is a late announcement challenge. As usual, we'll do our best to honor chatty team requests.

- Log your results by Sunday night and I'll post team standings each Monday. Team spreadsheets will be set up in the normal Google Docs location.  If you haven't used this before:

    Login into docs.google.com with  the following information:
        email address: [email protected]
       password: challengeforum


Since it was fun last September I'm bringing back the school Mascots from Shawn's September challenge for the teams this year again:

Starting Team names / Mascots

Fighting Okra, Delta State University

Fighting Artichoke, Scottsdale community college

Stumpies, State University of New York

Nads, Rhode Island School of Design

Gorlocks, Webster University

Ephs, Williams College

Chanticleers, Coastal Carolina University

Billikins, St. Louis University

Black Flies, College of the Atlantic

Auggies, Augsburg College

Winners and Losers:

Winning Critera:
The winning team will be the one with the highest percentage of goals completed. There is a maximum of 100% completion for this challenge. A bonus 10% will be added to your total if you also complete your trifecta.

Winning team:
The winning team can add a signature line, "My team was a winner in the September End of Summer Trifecta Challenge!"

Winners:
People who meet their goal are WINNERS! You can add a signature line, "I reached my goals for the September End of Summer Trifecta Challenge!"

Losers:
People who fail to meet their goals will need to do one of the following:
      - Display an avatar that will motivate them for October.
      - Display a signature line, "I should have trained more so I could meet my September End of Summer Trifecta challenge goals."

In the event of injury/illness/personal crisis, you may request to be dropped from the challenge, without penalty.

If you achieve 100% of your goal before the month is over, you may request to raise your goal.

If you have an inactive teammate who signed up for the challenge and hasn't responsed or posted their sessions you can request they be dropped.

And some extras shamelessly copied from Dee's challenges:

Smack talking:
-- Smack talking is not mandatory, but may be done. (Expect to see some from me.  )
-- Smack talk is different from a personal attack. If you aren’t sure what the difference is, err on the side of caution and do not post the comment. (Keep in mind that real people are reading your comments!)
-- Smack talking is not to be taken personally. If you get upset about a post, ignore it and move on.
-- If you find a post offensive, and cannot simply ignore it: Walk away from the computer until you feel better, OR better yet, go for a good workout. A nice workout can do wonders for your perspective. 

Welcome to the Challenge!