LEMmings- the reRUN. Once again over the cliff. (Page 7)

Don't forget to update the spreadsheet with your current information by tonight!

I'll compile the results tomorrow morning, and post the current team standings.

Need a little motivation? Don't forget the penalty avatar!

Hello LEMmings,

I've updated the spreadsheet for your "missing" teammates.

Shaun82 hasn't logged onto BT since he signed up for the challenge at the end of January. Therefore, I've dropped him from your team roster.

VikingMom HAS been on BT and HAS logged some runs this month. I've updated the spreadsheet, based upon the information in her log. She's at 23% though, so you may want to send some inspires her way... I sent her a PM with a link to get to this thread. (In case she didn't know it was here.)

What a beautiful day. 4 mile run and a 50 mile bike. 12 more miles running tomorrow.

Tapering is nice

Thanks Dee!

 

Team Standings - as of Sun Feb 17th:

Rank	Team	# of Participants	Percentage completed
1	Running with Scissors	19	55.44%
2	Team Swimming Rocks	33	54.47%
3	Team We :heart: T.I.T.S.	29	53.43%
4	Pitter Patter of Fast Feet aka PFFT	16	52.73%
5	LEMmings - the reRUN. Over the cliff again.	16	50.31%
6	Gingerbread Joggers	16	50.04%

 

Congratulations to RUNNING WITH SCISSORS! They are the current leaders in the Feb Challenge!

Remember, your training needs to be reported on your BT Training log and on the spreadsheet! Team captains - please help your team members log their training correctly.

February is now 59% completed. So there's still plenty of time for you to SWIM, BIKE and RUN!

- Dee

February Challenge Update

For the challenge updates, I usually tell you what the teams are discussing. (This is also known as "The World According to Dee," and it may, or may not, bear any resemblance to what YOU thought your team was talking about. LOL) But when I was looking at the spreadsheets today, I was really impressed by some of the distances and times that some people have logged so far. So today, I'm going to start by giving you some updates on specific people and their progress.

SOME OF THE AMAZING DISTANCES LOGGED TO DATE:

Swimming:
- Devouahy - 67250 meters

Biking:
- TheBear - 144 miles
- Mesteren - 231.8 km (144 miles)

Running:
- Waterdog66 - 168 miles
- Daremo - 145.8 miles

And CONGRATULATIONS to:
- Skarl, who raced in a Duathlon and won her AG!
- Out4atime, who finished her "first race ever," set a PR doing it, and finished in the top quarter both in overall and age group.


And now, the moment you've all been waiting for (or not) --> The Team Updates!

Team Swimming Rocks
Milaminute continues to wave her glitter pink whip at her team. The overall lead slipped away from the team this week, so Mila has advised her teammates to swim anyway they can - including in their bathtubs! (Watch those flip turn though!) Shoeless set a PR distance record. Tntexpres got a new wetsuit. And Betsy855 played with many moon jellyfish during her OWS.


Team We :heart: T.I.T.S.
Tupuppy has a new endurance activity - minivan shopping. Many team members, such as amschrod and MissKelly went out this weekend and got some B.A.L.L.S. (Yes, I bet the rest of you are wondering what that means. You'll just have to visit Team T.I.T.S. to find out.)


LEMmings - the reRun. Over the cliff again.
Many members of this team are dealing with the plague. Daremo and bhoover10001 have started their tapers. Charge4brendan ran the Tokyo Marathon today. (He hasn't checked in yet to give us the results though.)


Running with Scissors
Well, it's clear which team is winning the post count challenge this month. Already up to page 30, this team does plenty of running AND chatting. Skarl raced in a Duathlon and won her AG! Congratulations! She is also philosophizing about whether it's safer to run where there are mountain lions, or where there are people. (OK, so I simplified it a bit. You'll have to visit the team thread to find out the rest.) Lyssa-gator is planning on eating tacos until she pops. TinkerBeth (LastCall2003) is commuting via plane these days. A whole bunch of team members are celebrating anniversaries. GirlPassingOnLeft has gone to watch the AMGEN Tour of California today. And I'm sure there's more, but these guys just type soooo quickly.


Gingerbread Joggers
There have been some humorous pictures posted on this team thread. Zipp1 is highly motivated to win the challenge this month - she REALLY doesn't like the Patriots, and doesn't want to wear a Pats avatar next month. Ilucy2 has discovered the BT route tracker. Enders_Shadow has been traveling a lot. And Dcon is happy that he lives in a country that has some great sushi. And karbates was able to register for a tri event before it closed out.


Pitter Patter of Fast Feet aka PFFT
Kenj ended a post with "Oh, and enjoy your VD." We're hoping he was referring to Valentine's Day! The difference between Naked Running and Nude Running was discussed. AKTri said that it warmed up to 30 F, and declared it "almost naked running weather." Sparco refuses to run in shorts until the weather hits 40 F, and doesn't seem to like running naked. (Or nude, either.) Waterdog66 had a pukefest at the track, followed by a hearty dinner. Geauxtri's dog weighs 103 lbs. And Out4atime, who finished her "first race ever," set a PR doing it, and finished in the top quarter both in overall and age group. Congratulations!


From Challenge Central, this has been your Challenge Update.

Now get out there and swim/bike/run!

- Dee

Another 12 miles today. Probably shouldn't have done the 50 mile bike ride yesterday, but it felt pretty nice, even though I wasn't that into it either. 2 more weeks to go.

Got in just under 8 miles tonight. Put me just over the half way point. Going to shoot for a little longer run tomorrow. Keep running LEMmings!

Edited by jeremy_424 2008-02-17 11:05 PM

Tokyo marathon is complete. Somehow I managed to score 27.3 on the marathon course. Entirely too much zigging and zagging and then going back to pick people up. I moved nicely through the first 20 but then I stopped for the first time to make a restroom stop (had to go from 30 minutes prior to the start) and when I returned the wheels were gone. Ran into a buddy from my running club that was doing worse than I was so I just decided to help him in.

Nutrition was poor at best. Taking in a total of 700 calories (on the high side) will never get the job done. But...it's another one in the bag and it was a great day nevertheless.

Now a couple of days of relative rest and then I've got to pick it back up. Still plenty of miles to log this month...

Congratulations on that 27.3 mile marathon.

"ANother one in the bag" ? How many is this for you?

Nice job, looking forward to reading your race report.

That makes 6 official courses on race day, toed up and completed with bib and all, but 12 total 26.2s complete.

Another couple for me last night. Easing back into it after being ill for a week. Now I got this stupid hip pain going on. Nothing serious, just annoying. Looking forward to a warm run this afternoon.

Good day LEMmings!

I've gone and done it. Signed up for IM Japan today. Yippie!!!

Another four tonight. Working back up after being sick for a good part of a week. Looks like elliptical for me tomorrow, wind chills expected in the -20 range.

Congratulations!

I saw that (-) in front of the 20. Brrrrr!

Glad to hear you're feeling better. Seems like a LOT of people participating in the challenge have been sick this month.

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Another 5.1 recovery this morning.  159.1 down, 40.9 to go!

What? You're not going to try for that 110%, now that I'm allowing that additional percentage for the challenge?