November "You Choice" Challenge Team Wild Hippo's (Page 6)

alright fellas. i have total of:
10.1 miles run (need 19 or so for 25%)
35 minutes on the bike (i need 45 to be at 25%)
i'm thinking i MIGHT not count the weight loss as part of the 25% since i don't have QUITE as much control over that. anyway, you'll probably catch me since dh's working OT today AND tomorrow. next time i'll get to work out will be tuesday. at which time, i'll PROBABLY hit 25% but that will have to be one heck of a run i'll probably hit it wednesday or thursday. boo hoo, i got beat by the fellas. (i'll make ya work for it tho!!)

a new team member?! hooray! (can't remember the screen name just now, and i can't see it from here) but welcome new team member!! (was it johndeere??) post your goals on here so we know what you're doing

dee the spreadsheet is AWESOME. great job on it. we have team members we haven't heard from yet. still hoping we will tho.

jealous of the leg thing going on in twisnibins. should start your pic gathering on this thread as well, i'm sure you'd have some real contenders. AND I LIKE TO SEE LEGS!!!!!! i'll volenteer for the judges panel for sure.

day 4 turns in to day 10 REAL fast!! LOL

great work outs kelley! you're doing SO awesome, and it would be SO COOL if your blood pressure worked itself out. mine's always been almost frightningly low (it's a family thing) so i've never really thought about it, but coming OFF medication (safely) ALWAYS seems like a good thing!! great job, keep it up!!

Hi Everyone!

It’s Sunday, the day when you’d usually be reporting your achievements for the week. So even though the spreadsheets aren’t due this week, please feel free to brag about how great your workouts have been! This challenge is about achieving your goals -- so let's hear how you've done!

Each week, I'll give you a quick summary of what's been happening. This is another idea that I stole borrowed from Cat. (Thanks Cat!)

There are now 96 people participating in the challenge! We have 7 teams, so each of the teams has gotten quite large. (Team leaders, if you want help compiling everyone's results, feel free to ask for an assistant-captain!)

While you've been assigned to a team, please DO feel free to visit the other teams! In fact, Teams 6, 7 and 8 seem to have merged into one large extended "BT Party Central." If you haven't already done so, stop by and join the party!

Team1 - The Moscateers
This entire team is together by request! There are about a million members of the Mosc family here, resulting in the team's adopting a new name and motto: The "Moscateers" all for one and one for all. This team also has our youngest participant, 9 year old gidgetintraining. Comet_the_dog had jury duty and his Dad is in the hospital, however it's also his 15th Wedding Anniversary. What a week, huh?

Team2 - The Vigilantes
Lawyerchick (Meredith) is a newlywed. (Congratulations!) Fielding (Erin) will be doing her first Tri on Nov 11th! (Good luck, Erin!) And Jessicacrouchrt (Jessica) recently completed her own first Tri. (Great job, Jess!)

Team3 - The Turkey Terrors
After much debate, the team decided to call themselves The Turkey Terrors. Team Leader nccgrap (Ryan) is a high school science teacher, so he should be able to whip motivate this team into shape! Atlantia (Laura) is training for her first marathon in January, so she's set a high running goal this month. And we learned that SAHM means "Stay At Home Mom."

Team4 - The Nonexistant Team
When I combined Team4 and Team5, I put them under the Team5 name. So this team exists only in your imagination!

Team5 - 5 For Fighting
This team has members from all over the world! (Yes, I know the Dynamic Aussie Duo is on a different team. I'll get to them in a minute.) This team even has the BT tri-talk, iron-distance, and COJ forums moderator, rkreuser (Rick). He claims to have read every post on BT for the last 3 years. (I don't believe him however, as keeping up with my posts alone is nearly an impossible task!) Bhoover10001 (Brian) announced his secret goal of beating his 16 year old daughter in a triathlon. Whoops, so much for secrets! When Rzzqb8 (Robin) decared her running goal, she thought she was crazy, until she looked at her team's goals, and saw they're just as insane.

Team6 - They Who Shall Not Be Named (TWSNBN)
Ooooh boy. Where to start? This is BT Party Central Headquarters. Also known as "They Who Shall Not Be Quiet", this team is currently on page 18 of their thread. (Plus, these "BT addicts" also have an additional 4 pages on their previous "generic team" thread. Can they talk, or what?) So far, the women of TWSNBN have gotten all 3 male teammates to post photos of their naked legs. Wow! Now there's discussion of a BT Calendar. (Seriously!) HCS5QA (Hector) even tells us when he's about to jump in the shower. Team leader LastCall2003 (Beth) has her hands full with this team. (Or maybe she's the one instigating the trouble!) If you haven't already done so, stop by and enjoy the fun!

Team7 - Team Wild Hippos
Home of two hot Aussie women, kaqphin ("Super Cat") and light_sabe_r (Maddy), this team also features a bunch of former Posion Apples, the first team to achieve 100% of the goals in last month's challenge. Look out everyone, this team is MOTIVATED. In fact, Lyssa-gator (Lyssa) has issued a challenge --> Who can be the first person to 25% of their goals? Want to take her up on this? Stop by the Team 7 thread and let her know. Better hurry, because jasonbohn9 (Jason) has already counterchallenged by saying he could achieve 25% by Tuesday!

Team8 - Hard Core Tri Corps
Led by fearless leader BunnyB (Melissa) aka "General Bunny", this team has four California members! TriAya (Yanti) finished a 23 mile run, and delcared it "sweet and smooth." Mbmoran2 (Brian) declared his long term goals are to qualify for the Boston Marathon and tackle the Ironman. This team has some impressive performers! Crabsrule (Brenda) discovered what it's like to race on hills and in hot weather. This team always welcomes visitors, so come in and say hello. If you stop by though, be forewarned that TriAya (Yanti) aka "Sergeant Doberman" may assign you a team job! (Don't worry, you can handle it!)

From BT News Headquarters, this has been your weekly Challenge update.

Dee

Have SoapQueen2 or JohnDeere checked in yet?

JohnDeere may not know he's on your team yet. I sent him a PM yesterday, but it hasn't been read. So he probably just hasn't been online yet. He should be here soon though.

As for the leg thing... Well, TWSNBN got its men to post photos. No reason why TWH (Team Wild Hippo, right?) can't do the same! You've got a lot more guys on your team too. That means lots of pics for you! If they balk, ask Yanti to help you out. And consider yourself hired for the judging position, too.

hey guys, i stole these from pat (hope it's ok)
but i thought they were awesome!!



awesome pics pat!! thanks

also--(ahem) i have decided that it's time to see some legs! winning team notwithstanding. i want to see legs. post a pic, show off those muscles, i'm ready to see all kinds of great triathlete legs on THIS thread. tired of running off to twisnibins to see the leg shots!!
you work hard for your legs, now SHOW THEM TO YOUR TEAMATES!!! LOL
(ok, i guess if arms abs or something else is your thing, that would be fine too) but come on, lets see it!!

i know i know. i'm the team PITA (pain in the a$$) but i'm PROUD!!

Edited by lyssa-gator 2007-11-04 12:13 PM

GFI, Jason!

Besides, once you achieve 100%, we'll just raise your goals again. Nice how it works, huh? LOL

Hm. For the next challenge, I think Lyssa and Yanti need to be teammates.....

HAHAHA you think YOUR legs are white!!!!
i'll post my legs, BUT i won't post FIRST. my right as team PITA!!

in FACT, since we seem to be a team of so many fine fellas, i think we really ought to see some fine man flesh before us girls have to start posting. tee hee

come on, i KNOW some of you guys are proud of your fine legs. and i KNOW some of you are DYING to post so we girls can ooh and ahhhh, i know, it's hard to be first, but i have faith in ya!! you'll be rewarded with much female affirmation. promise.

i have a picture, right here, all ready to go........just waiting for the fellas.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....

I'd keep on yelling, but the last time I did that, it made the screen really w-i-d-e.

So pretend that I'm STILL yelling.

To everyone else --- Let me tell you, setting up these challenges is a HUGE amount of work!

That said, it's pretty cool because you also get to meet a lot of really amazing people.

So yeah, it's been a lot of work, but it's been a lot of fun, too.

Lyssa posted her legs!

Well, her leg actually. Singular.

Great leg, Lyssa! All that running and biking has paid off!

For those of you who would like to see Lyssa's leg, the price will be....... Ah well, you can see it for free - TWSNBN thread, page 20.

AHHH!! you squealed!!! oh there's gonna be some payback dee! you're in SUCH trouble LOL

Edited by lyssa-gator 2007-11-04 5:19 PM