LEMmings- the reRUN. Once again over the cliff. (Page 5)

10k today with my wife. now some biking. LEMmings rocks!

I'm a bit behind the goal right now. Had I paid attention to the Sat vs. Sun cutoff I'd have run yesterday and biked today. But...today's run and a marathon next Sunday should help put some mileage back in.

Keep up the great work LEMmings!

Just put my last workout of the week into the spreadsheet. The spreadsheet is looking good, keep it up LEMmings!

Well, it's not a big deal at this point.... The run will just get counted next week. As long as you get everything done by Feb 29th - that's what matters.

Good luck with the marathon next weekend!

Up to 45 for the month. Got my last 20 mile run in before the marathon. Considering how bad I felt during the week, it was a very nice run.

Go Lemmings!!

Don't forget to RUN this month! Otherwise, you may be sporting an avatar like this next month:

5th place! C'mon we can do better than that. Go LEMmings!

Yeah, see - you're one of the teams that has people with 0% recorded in the spreadsheet. My suggestion is that you may want to check in with those teammates and leave some inspires for them. 'Cause as you see, it brings down the team total pretty quickly.

Hey - the way I see it...the month is 28% done, and we're at 28.92% to our goal. We're just a group of very good planners. Set a goal, and work consistently to it.

(I'll be PM'ing the few who have not updated the sheet, and hopefully by next week's deadline, they'll be updated.)

For those who are at >50%, remember, you can update your goal. (of course, these could be our marathoners who are now tapering.)

Good job everyone!!

good job everybody! keep up the good work! lots of miles behind, still lots (even more) miles ahead!!! go LEMmings!!!

and i completely agree with runnerx with great planning! run run run!!!

The captains of Team Swimming Rocks have taken out their little pink whips. It seems to have worked. They've whipped their team members into shape, AND in a fashionable way, no less. LOL

Actually, they've ALL been really good about checking in on their missing teammates, and encouraging them - and as you can see from the results, it seems to have made a difference.

That said, this team generally has large run goals. And we know what happened last month. The LEMmings really did a fantastic job of hitting those goals. So I expect it'll be the same again.

We have 3 that have not posted mileage. 2 have none to submit (one of those is sick so I can see that), and one still has no goal set, so do not know how that works being it is a third into the challenge. Everyone else seems to be doing fine. Keep up the good work!

Here's a suggestion for handling your "absentee" team members.

1) Leave some inspires for them. (This can be multiple people.)
2) One person should also PM them. (Just one person is sufficient for this. More than that, and it's like harassment.)

My reasoning - some people are new to BT and/or the challenges. I think we should try to get them involved, and help them if they aren't sure how to log training, etc.

If you don't hear from them by the next deadline for the spreadsheets (Feb 16th), check their training logs.
a) If they've recorded some mileage on the BT logs, just update the spreadsheet.
b) If they still have no training recorded on their BT logs, let me know. At this point, it's my opinion that you made a read effort to track them down and get them involved..... If they aren't replying and haven't logged any training by the 16th, we can just drop them from the roster.

Does this sound reasonable? I've suggested the above "procedure" in past challenges to teams with "missing" members. Sometimes, it was a matter of people not understanding the rules, or of not knowing how to use the BT logs, or they couldn't find the team thread, etc. So, in my opinion, it's worth trying to track them down.

Let me know what happens. (I try to keep track of all the teams during the week. But if I miss it, someone can post it on the Team Leader's thread.)

Thanks!

Dee




Edited by D001 2008-02-10 7:55 PM

Don't forget to RUN lots this month! Otherwise, you may be sporting an avatar like this one next month!

not a bad idea...

and, in the meanwhile, keep on running!!!!!!

8 more down this morning.  Puts me at 108.5 or 54.25% complete.

My long run was cut short on Sunday, but put in a few extra this morning. 48% of my way there.

I put in 8.5 yesterday, puts me over 40%. Keep running everybody.