December's "Get Your A$$ On The Trainer" challenge! (Page 6)

Hi folks,

I got on the exercise bike for 11 minutes yesterday--woohoo! Slow and steady. My next ride is this evening. I weighed myself. I'm on Team Skinny in Tri-ing for Weightloss forum so it'll be easy to track my weight.

Good luck!

Mary

Everybody's doing great with putting your riding time in your logs.  It only takes me 15 minutes or so to check all the logs (42 of us now!), grab what data that I can and update everything.  I'll do that several times over the course of a day, and might even email myself a copy of the spreadsheet to my work addy so I can do a nightly update from there...since I don't get home until nearly 2 AM eastern time.

I had jury duty today, but fortunately we weren't needed for a trial so we were dismissed at 11 AM and now I'm home for the rest of the day (and night)!  No excuse for me not to ride.  I changed my saddle back to my old favorite, the 6 year old Selle San Marco that is pretty worn but is reasonably comfortable.  I don't know what made me think another saddle would be better.  I might have to try and sell this other one!

And I had blueberry pancakes for breakfast.  Over the years, that's been my "go-go food" so I'm hoping for an hour on the trainer today to make up for yesterday's pathetic effort! 

I just noticed NewLeaf blasting out to a huge point total.  Someone may have to let the air out of this guy's back tire if he starts showing us all up! 

Hey welcome!  I'll add you to the list right away!

Cool...glad to have even more on board!  Here is a quick version of the list of everyone with links to their logs, in case anyone wishes to leave an inspire for other challenge members.

As far as your weight goes, all I'll need to know is how much you're down (or up...hopefully not) on each Monday and I'll use that in the bonus calculation!

I rode outside today instead of the trainer....bike TT and it was a bit nippy, but mentally easier than grinding out as hard as I can go inside on the trainer.

How do the bonus points work?

You get 5 bonus points for riding 2 days in a row...10 if you ride again tomorrow, then 15 the next day.  They are cumulative, so it promotes riding each day.  If you skip a day you start from zero and have to begin again!

I did 14 minutes on the exercise bike--wow, two days in a row. The challenge is working!

Wow, looking good so far.  Here's the score to this date with all of today's bonus points filled in for those who rode 2 days in a row.  If you ride again tomorrow, you get 10 points added!

Ugh, sorry to hear that Randi.  Take a few days off and let it recover.  Don't push it now or you'll risk having problems all next year.  I went through the same thing with the plantar fasciitis in my feet and thought I could just "run through it" but that was a mistake.  hang in there...you can always bounce back later in the month, we'll keep you on the list!

aquagirl - 2008-12-02 7:54 PM Well, not only did I get my a$$ on the trainer but I completed Jorges lactate testing today. Let's just say I would not want to do that on a regular basis!! Put me down for an hour on the drainer.  

We got you down along with your 5 bonus points!  You're still trailing newleaf but not by very much!

Ahhh... is supposed to be a be--oooo-tiful day tomorrow, which means a nice long outdoor ride for yours truly!!    Bring it.

QueenZipp - 2008-12-02 7:54 PM day 2...another hour in the saddle 60 pts, bonus...2 lbs lost since last week AND a second ride in a row

Nice job!

Day 2: 70 minutes spin class (got there early to help a friend who has never done a spin class b4) plus 5 bonus points for consecutive days.

You people are awesome!  There's going to be some nice bonus points next Monday if the ones that are losing several pounds keep on track.  This should be the results as far as today goes.  There are a few missing, and I'll check again before going to bed around 1:00 AM