Here we are with less than a week to go...can you believe its almost August????

We are set up for a great finish!  We're starting to see the 100%'s appear in the achievement column.  Keep up those inspires this last week!!!!  %'s accurate as of 9:00am

The month is 81% complete.  As a team we are at 85% achievement!!!!!

Rennick       bike 100%  run  88%  swim 100%    Total 96%
Rkreuser      bike  100%  run 85%   swim 100%   Total 95%
jkbostic        bike  96%   run  88%  swim 91%    Total 92%
Hookedontri  bike 84%  run 77%  swim 100%  Total 87%
BonBon        bike 92%   run  89%  swim  79%   Total 87%
Wakeman     bike 92%   run 78%   swim  84%    Total  85%
Tpetersen02  bike 88%  run 83%   swim 76%   Total 82%
G8RSAX      bike 86%   run 78%   swim 73%   Total 79%
G8RLA94     bike 76%   run 65%   swim 90%  Total 77%
Lara              bike  81%   run 71%  swim 68%   Total 74%

GO TEAM YUENGLING!

Tom!!!  You ROCK, my man!  Thanks! 

This team is friggin' AWESOME!  Way to go, everyone!  Now, we can all see the finish line....let's sprint and really bring it home!

Lara, if it makes you feel any better, while you may currently be our anchor, you are doing great on your goals! You are only 7% behind where you need to be on schedule--you're at 74% average. I happen to know that at least one other team has 4 members with % lower than yours. So don't beat yourself up! You do what you can do, right! "Real" life has to come first.

GO TEAM YUENGLING! GO LARA

CONGRATS JEAN!!!! 

Yeah.  What he said. 

Kreuser update:  Due to me not remembering what I submitted for goals, I apparently have 105 run miles comitted, not 110. THAT, plus tonight's bonus run, means I'll be done on Thursday, not Sunday.   

But I'm still logging the end of month miles. 

Congrats Jean!!

I finished my bike AND swim goals today!!   WOO FREAKING HOO!!!  It kicked my arse, and I'm exhausted, but they're done!!

Run goal won't be done until the weekend since I will have an interruption in my training plan thanks to 6 hours of  freaking heart tests on Friday. 

Wendi requested a special Monday evening goal update post.  Hmmmm....I wonder why....LOL!  Congrats Wendi on knocking out 2 of em today!

The month is 81% complete.  As a team we are at a butt kicking 88% achievement.

Rennick            bike 100%  run 100%  swim 100%  Overall 100%
Rkreuser          bike 100%  run 89%  swim 100%   Overall 96%
G8RSAX         bike 100%  run 78%  swim 100%  Overall 93%
jkbostic            bike 96%   run 88%   swim 91%    Overall 92%
HookedOnTri   bike 87%  run 77%  swim 100%  Overall 88%
BonBon           bike 92%   run 89%   swim 82%     Overall 87%
Wakeman         bike 92%  run 78%  swim 90%    Overall 87%
Tpeterson02     bike 88%  run 83%  swim 85%   Overall 85%
GR8LA94        bike 76%  run 65%  swim 90%   Overall 77%  *
Lara                 bike 81%  run 71%  swim 68%    Overall 74% **

* Iron Mike got in a bike today, but didn't get to log yet since Wendi was probably chatting on BT Chat all night.
** Lara has got 3 more timezones and is probably doing something  as I type this.

I beat the heat this morning and ran out the door at 5:45 am.  9.2 really good, aerobic miles later, my run goal is complete! 

Team Yuengling is Rockin the House!!!

I just took a quick, informal swing thru the other team's threads, and it seems that we are in awesome shape!  Most of the teams have people already saying they won't make this or that goal.  We have nobody who has thrown in the towel for any leg! 

Not even heart-attack-like symptoms can keep Team Yuengling down! 

Keep up the amazing, fantastic work, everyone!

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=21756

Team Yuengling leads by a significant margin with 85% average goal attainment and 7 of 10 team members meeting or exceeding goals in all 3 sports.

THANKS RENEE for all the hard work! 

Woo Hoo!  Great job TEAM!  Hopefully you've seen Renee's spreadsheet.  Here's a mini version:

1) Team Yuengling   85%
2) Team Thunderbird 76%
3) Team Lucky Lancers 74%
4) Team Guiness  74%
5) Team Good-in-10tions  74%
6) Team Hoss  71%
7) Team Crazy 8's  65%
8) Team Endless Summer 64%
9) Team Five Alive  62%
10) Team Couer de Leone 57%

Holy Crap, I  *KNEW*  I was on the BEST TEAM!!!!!!

I will finish my swim and bike goals by Friday, and the run will be finished in the great state of VA this weekend!!!

YEAH Team Yuengling!!!!!!

Here's what some of the others are saying....

Lots of infighting among some of the teams, but the few that have been able to hang with us are determined to take us down!!  5 days to go!!!!  Hit em hard.

Got so into that last post, I wanted to say it twice.   

BTW...I'm knocking out my run goal tomorrow in the am!  Bike will fall by Thursday.  Trips are on the way.

Hey guys!  July is almost in the books, and every one of us has had a fantastic training month!  Personally, I know this Team Challenge has been a great motivation to keep moving in the heat. 

I'm currently working on monthly goals for August...planning for my best month, ever.  Would any of you be interested in another 3 leg monthly challenge in August?  I know there would be calls to break up the dynasty known as Team Yuengling, but we need to keep this good thing rolling!

What do you guys think?