Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge (Page 2)

bhoover10001 - 2007-11-27 12:48 PM I'm in for 13,000 meters. Yes, I know that's less than what I have in November, but Christmas is coming

Oh yeah... we are all going to have busy lives in December! And I know some people will also be coping with a few pool closures maybe....

The distance I do in the pool is always set in stone by my coach... since I'm doing squad.  We normally do between 1.8-2.5km.  Today we did 3km!!!  So it fluctuates. 

If I predict - 2km per squad + 600m from races.  That leaves me with 12600m

Should be able to break that.  Esp if I "warm up" before the two races.  

I WILL break this distance during week 3.  If I don't then I'm screwed because Both pools that are nearby me will closed between the 25th to the 1st January.

Hey... Im sure we can accomodate that... let me know what your goal is and I will check with Donto who is doing all the spreadsheets for the challenge

D001 - 2007-11-27 1:42 PM

kaqphin - 2007-11-26 8:52 PM

bhoover10001 - 2007-11-27 12:48 PM I'm in for 13,000 meters. Yes, I know that's less than what I have in November, but Christmas is coming

Oh yeah... we are all going to have busy lives in December! And I know some people will also be coping with a few pool closures maybe....

Well, you already know that I'm in. And yes, I'll be dealing with a pool closure. Goals to follow..... Shall I say it? --> Team Chatty please. LOL

haha got it Dee! Maybe we can have a couple of team chatty's this month.. got to meet some new people yuo know!

hey - who you calling crazy????

;-)

LOL - well, we know you'd come visit anyway - you won't be able to stay away completely :-)

milaminute - 2007-11-27 2:25 PM Hey Cat, I'm in and must be on a chatty team.  Obviously.  I'll tell you what my goal is as soon as Sal tells me what it is I figure it out. 

haha got it! oh Sa-al!

lastcall2003 - 2007-11-27 2:40 PM

D001 - 2007-11-26 8:40 PM

sparco - 2007-11-26 8:20 PM Hey, we train! (o.k., don't make me say it...12,350 yds swimming, 3.5 hours on the bike/trainer, 10.5 hours of running [67 miles for the month], we can train and post at the same time. It's a rare acquired skill ).

 

Cat, you know I'm in. Any team is fine. Even a team other than the Twisnibbins (gasp!).

 

Shall we go with 18,900 yds (gulp)...

Even a team OTHER than the Nibbins???? You mean, one of our boy toy tri-hotties team members is ok with leaving us? For that ---> He deserves punishment. I think his swim goal should be doubled. - Signed the Evil One

LOL - there may be other forms of punishment as well - muwahahaha

kaqphin - 2007-11-26 10:01 PM

lastcall2003 - 2007-11-27 2:40 PM

D001 - 2007-11-26 8:40 PM

sparco - 2007-11-26 8:20 PM Hey, we train! (o.k., don't make me say it...12,350 yds swimming, 3.5 hours on the bike/trainer, 10.5 hours of running [67 miles for the month], we can train and post at the same time. It's a rare acquired skill ).

 

Cat, you know I'm in. Any team is fine. Even a team other than the Twisnibbins (gasp!).

 

Shall we go with 18,900 yds (gulp)...

Even a team OTHER than the Nibbins???? You mean, one of our boy toy tri-hotties team members is ok with leaving us? For that ---> He deserves punishment. I think his swim goal should be doubled. - Signed the Evil One

LOL - there may be other forms of punishment as well - muwahahaha

Wow and I thought Dee was the evil one.. so... want me to sign you up too?

Sign me up - I'm still fine-tuning my goal.  But for now put me in for 35,000 yds -

I'm in the same boat as Pam and will only be swimming for at least the next 3 weeks 

when do I need to let you know my final goal (I need to do a reality check on this one)

K, I'm jumping in....  I really don't like swimming so I'm going to be a bit conservative -- just in case I need to miss a couple swims or the pool closes or whatnot.  But this will make me head to the cold boring pool when I'd rather blog or sleep   12,000 yds.

When you say if we exceed our goal in the 1st 3 weeks it doesn't count, does that mean my goal is 3,000 yds/week?  So if the pool is closed Xmas week, we should take that into account for the overall goal since in the early part of the month we can't get credit for later in the month ... hmmmm... This requires math.

K, I'm in, even if it means going to the pool after work and on weekends....  Yay!!  After all that hemming and hawing  -  I'm going to get this done!

haha I wondered when someone would ask about that!

Its all about making sure people dont severely under estimate their goal thats all... so if you hit 100% in the first 3 weeks you stay at 100% (swim all 12000 yards by the end of week 3) even if you swim more (or you can up your goal)

If you exceed your swim goal in the final week then your extra mileage can help out anyone on your team who may not make their goal... thats all!

You can swim your yards whenever you chose so if the pool is shut in the final week and you dont swim that week its all good!

Does that make sense?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm in for 6000 yards. Hey--don't laugh at the lame duck--I'm under strict orders to sit on the couch, eat tater crisps and watch $hyty TV for two weeks--maybe some active-recovery workouts.

So here's my preference for teams, given that (as everyone knows) I'm easy .... to please, I mean.

1. Chatty. I need enough yapping to cut through my post-marathon depression. I don't want to start this challenge by jumping off a cliff into the sea, y'know?

2. Hard-core swimmers.

3. Soft-core.

Frankly--I also can't imagine doing a challenge without Judi (zipp1). But I'll go stalk her team if I have to.

THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH CAT AND DONTO!!!!! Wow, talk about a BT powerhouse duo ... two of the smartest, hottest, coolest athletes ever.