Creepy Crawlies Team Thread (Page 5)

Logged another 3.55 miles for us Creeps!  That puts me at ~87% done.  Only 4 miles to go!

We ROCK!  (Ok, well maybe we slither under rocks, but still!)

4 miles in the bank for me today.  I'm at 81.5% of my goal!

Our team is looking GREAT!

Great week team!

I got 21 miles in this week. I'm at 57 miles or 95% of goal. I'm tapering for Soma this week but will still reach 100 %.

Keep up the great work!

So sorry creepies---

 Looks like tupuppy may be out of it while he cries over the loss of his running buddy!!!  I'm sure he won't mind giving those running minutes to the monsters!

PT Cruzer and I logged 17.5 miles this week, putting us at 57.5 miles through Sunday, and at 77% of our goal.  And that doesn't include a 2.5 miler that we did this morning, so we should hit our goal by the end of the month with no problem!

Go CREEPS!

'K creeps...

Here's the lowdown for week 3.  Sally is blazing away at a whopping 96% of her goal completed already.  Keith has surged into second place with 87% done.  Heather is at 82% while Pattie and Taylor clocked in at 81%.  Max and Jennifer have an even 80% (I'm sure Patti has 80% too, but hadn't logged her run this morning when I checked, so she's listed at 77%.  No worries, she'll be done by the end of the month.) 

Laura revised her goal from 60 miles to 50 due to the knee problems (highlighted in the spreadsheet).  She had a nice, warm, 5K this past weekend.  Rock-on! 

Ty's mourning the loss of his beloved running buddy (Murphy) who was adopted out to another family.  He's sitting at 60%, but it's nothing a few runs won't remedy.  Susan has kicked it up a notch to bring her total to 54%.  She's had nice week and expects to log 10 miles a week, which should bring her in right on target for the end of the month. 

Time to hit the inspires Creeps!  We can still hit 100% for the team. 

Hey there Creepsters,

Must have done something to my right leg during because there is a tender spot on the high shin, just before it becomes a knee.  It feels like a bone bruise but really have no clue.  Will be working on more running, just taking it easy.

Am 66.67% done with my 420 minute commitment.

P.S.  Got a call last night from Melissa from the Big Dog Rescue and the family is returning Murphy.  He was humping blankets and pillows and that resulted in him peeing on the floor.  Guess the family is taking the easy route by returning him instead of simply taking away the blankets and pillows.  Oh well, guess that family wasn’t the right one for him.

Did tell Melissa last night that we forgot about that since we haven’t let him have a blanket or pillow in about three years.  He did the humping/peeing thing when we adopted him, took those things away, and he’s been great.

So we get to go through another adoption at some point.  Oh good.  And Christian got to say goodbye on Sunday and gets to welcome Murphy back home tonight.

I just met my goal this morning- I'm over 60 miles for the month now. I have a short run planned for thurs and my race sunday has a 6.55 mile run. That will probably be it for the month.

Keep up the great work Creepies.

Great!!  Congrats on being first to the tape.  Good luck with your race too. 

Dear Team Captain McFuzz(y),

Is there an opt out clause in this challenge due to injury?  Just walked/jogged across a busy road to go get General Tao's Chicken for lunch (YUMMY) and that right leg hurt.

Or is there a clause that says there is a 2:1 ratio for converting trainer ride time to applicable run time?

Ty

Hello puppy,

We have lost a few challenge participants due to injury but you do have options with an injury (i dont want you seriously doing damage due to something that cant be planned for)

The options are: walking or the elliptical, resign from the challenge or reduce your goal - just let me know what you want to do and that its due to injury and all is good

Take care, I hope that leg feels better!

Cat

Hiya,

Week 3 update is POSTED http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=94472&posts=1#M1021711

Take Care 

Cat

Hi,

Im just writing a note here to get feedback regarding those people affected by the fires in California as Mother Nature is an unforeseen circumstance that we could not have planned for with this challenge.

They way I see it there are 3 groups:
- Those evacuated due to fire risk
- Those whose running is affected due to smoke in the air
- Those who are working as part of the fire fighting crew

I have some ideas on how we can address this but the key suggestions are:
- Let another team member or members pick up their mileage in the next 7 days (this only counts from miles run from today)
- Allow for goal reduction based on planned workouts for days affected due to fire fighting or evacuation (has to be a fair way to do this, if you committed 50 miles and have only run 10 miles to date dont try and tell me you were going to run 40mile in 7 days!!!)

Those affected by smoke can use the gym or elliptical or treadmill to meet their goal OR if you do not have access to these facilities the above will apply.

Please let me know via PM or in the team leaders thread anyone affected and what you want to do ASAP as the end of October is almost upon us.

Please stay safe
Cat

Hey Creeps,

I got another run in this morning.  Puts me at 29 so my next run will put me over my goal. 

Wow, Kelly!  Scary stuff going on out there in CA.  What was it Jimmy Buffett said about CA?... "riots, fires and mudslides."  Guess the boring Midwest is OK sometimes. 

Last night I did a 5k run at my DH's work.  It was a predict-your-time run.  I predicted 31:00 and finished in 30:10.  Pretty close.  I think I went out a little hard on the first mile, which made the second mile kind of tough.  I always do that.  Anyway, I have another one on Saturday. 

Run well, Creeps!

Pattie

Hey Cat,

The leg is not cooperating.  Even tender on a fast walk.  So given the options you listed, I would like to revise my goal from 420 to 140 minutes.  So with the 280 minutes I've logged so far that puts my at 200% of the revised goal. 

Or just drop my goal to 280 minutes and list me at 100% complete.  Or just remove me from this challenge due to injury.  (no time to get to a gym and a treadmill).

Ty