Team Florida Force!!! (Page 4)

Know what's really funny?

These die-hard, suckitup, takenoprisoner triathletes are gonna get swum over by a whiner like me.

Ohhhhhh that makes me chuckle.

I put in 1500 yards last night - 34% of goal accomplished.

Jeff, yes, I read your Race Report and commented on it. Great job on your time! Oh, and DON'T run on an injured leg. Ask Sue7013 about running on an injured leg.

Ok, my Friends in Force, we're getting SPANKED by the Canucks. They are at 17% of goal, we're at 12%. We should be at 13% (13% into the month as of 12/4)  and our average is skewed higher because I was at 22% (and I'm the biggest whiner/weiney on the team).

LET'S SWIM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy laps.

TEAM UTAH is spanking you also!   As of today, we are at 21% of goal with 16% of the month (12/5) passed!

GO TEAM UTAH!

Actually, as of W/E 12/4, Florida and Utah were even at 12%.

We don't win unless we all make our goal. Just focus on your specific training and we'll win. Easy peasy.

Here are the preliminary standings:

1. Team Canada - 38%
2. Team Utah - 36%
3. Texas Yeehaws - 24%
4. Florida Force - 22%
5. New England Pootriots and  Carolina Curmudgeons - tied with 20%

By the Sun God Ra, we are not going to lose to Canadians!!!! We have a weather advantage, water advantage, moxy advantage!!!!

Losing to Canada would be like Tampa winning a hockey championship. It's just WRONG, alternate universe stuff! Nor are we going to lose to people from the polygamy state or from Bushland.

Ok, on a less shrill note... if everyone had met 13% of monthly goal, our total score would have been 56% and we would be in the lead. That's how important it is to stay on top of your goal. You don't have to exceed it, just meet it.

Sorry, Captain Jeff, I know this is your domain but with my Challenge expertise (and your newbieness) I thought I should offer some shrill advice.

Let's show the northerners how it's done!

Jeff, no, you're not confused. The tracking system is somewhat arbitrary and the scoring system is a new one. You don't even know how the old one worked!

I used 13% as the "where you should be" standard because we were 4 days into a 31 day month (13%). That presumes that everyone's training distances are evenly distributed throughout the month and I'm sure they are not.

My planned swim distances escalate after mid-month (going from planned 1000 yds to 1500 yds) so this would immediately skew the perception of how I'm doing on my training. Some people might have goals they intend to reach before Christmas; this would skew intermediate scoring also.

The 13% is based upon an even distribution of training distances throughout the month; it is used as a guide only. What really matters is where we are by 12/31. However, it does provide us with an idea of how we are doing, in general, at arbitrary points (every Sunday) along the way.

Hope that helps!

Yes, I was a math nerd and I have vague recollections of my college Statistics class.

Jeff, I will be out of town and offline until next Tuesday. I'll update my log upon my return.

That is so great!!  That is what this challenge is all about.  I am actually slighty enjoying my swims for the first time in months because I finally have a reason to be there.

Jess