August - 2nd Annual Boy's vs Girls Swim / Run Challenge !! (Page 9)

Had a fabulous swim in the pool this morning 1050 yards (my longest swim ever). I'm getting misty eyed just thinking about it, because back in May I couldn't even swim one length of the pool.

I'm 28% to my goal for August on the swim.

Last night, I ran an extra mile and 1/2 after my karate class and thought about Men in speedos the whole time : )

I'm 38% to my goal for the run.

Had a crappy swim this morning, and had no swim on Monday because I moved my medium-long run from Sunday to Monday.  The main pool I go to is having their shutdown week this week for yearly maint. so I have to use one of the other indoor ones in my gym plan.  I don't know what it was, but the pool I used today seemed "slow" if you know what I mean ......

But the bottom line still is ...... I'm at 17,550 yards so far out of 30k, so I'm over halfway at the halfway mark of the month.  And after my lunchtime "recovery" run today I'll be halfway with my running mileage as well!!  So girls .......... pick out some nice looking suits, because we are kicking your butts!!!  

Bad news ladies: I just dominated the pool this morning.  Yeah, I kinda left it wimpering for mercy, huddled in the corner. Sorry.

Oh, and my long run tonight isn't going to help your cause either. My bad.

  GO BOYS!!

~B

Oh, Nick ... you shouldn't talk about your teammates that way.

And now for some really down-n-dirty smacktalk (cover your eyes if you need to): GIRLS, just remember that boys always blow their wad early. As for us, let's do what ladies do best: smooth, steady, and strong into the finish. The boys will ALWAYS be left wanting. [Sorry for the heterosexist slant, but even if you're not ... all the more so those poor boys are left wanting ].

WOHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have boobies!!!! and my genitals are on the inside!! YAY!

Ok. Here's my totals so far. I am upping my swim BIG TIME!!! But can I just say that the running is REALLY good for me, for someone that runnings pains her to do, I am getting better and better all the time thanks to this challenge.  Well done to EVERYONE (even the men)  YOU GO! YOU GO NOW!!!!!

Run: 12.78 - I want to up my run from 15 to 20 so  7.22 miles to go.

Swim:  9166 M -  8834 to go.

I think I'm right on schedule actually  

I want to up my run distance.    I have not been logging my brisk walks with the dog, the distance and time spent roaming around the home improvment store on the weekends, the 0.7  miles that I did while searching the malls for that perfect gift birthday gift for my wife and the dash across the parking lot in the rain.  Please increase my distance from 50 km to 51.5 km Thanks. I will update my logs accordingly.

I have boobies  too,  but my genitals are on the inside only when the water is really cold. !

Ahahhahaha. Ok. I'll let you have that one.  

Which includes the 65-70 ag

WOW! I sure see that their is a lot of heat here!

i'm out of town till this weekend spending family time with wife. She's graduating from flight school this Thursday. Hoooah!! Spent delayed on airports yesterdday, finally made it there, and had great time walking around Lake Michigan / town. (No I will not count that mileage. Only running for me)

She's out to work this afternoon, so I'm finally getting a chance to work out a little bit. This week will be short, so I'm kicking for the next two weeks on mileage. And no, I'm not sandbagging, since this month is the most running and swimming i have ever done since I was in college. I wish I had time to swim like back in NCAA College days, but not now.

Great job to everyone, and keep it up. Gentlemen's. let's stay focuse and knock it out over the next three weeks. Cheers!!

Christ woman. That even scared me. LOL 

Funny ... neither have I!

That's me, loud and proud. Thou shalt not mess with the injured newbie's calculations (yes, I'm pulling the injured newbie card!) If I have my running shoes on, or it's part of a warmup or cooldown, I'm counting it.

1. Newbie knows how to read the rules, which did not specify speed at which runs had to be accomplished, minimum distance to be accomplished in a run, or that any walking had to be singled out--either on its own or part of a run/walk ratio.

2. I do a lot of walking and swimming as part of my work, and I have not counted one yard of either towards the challenge.

3. If I'd really wanted to sandbag (hmmm ... why are the men racking 'em up so fast?), I would have claimed work-walking miles only on the running, and I sure as hell wouldn't have the top yardage on swimming for the women (and among the top for the men).

If you check my logs before the challenge (and during part of it), you will note exclusive water running except for long runs.

Shame on you for making fun of a handicapped person.

You poor, poor boys. Starting to get so nervous you gotta pick on the gimp newbie.

So If I get up from my desk and walk briskly to the bathroom, Should I log it? seems like a bit of a stretch. I thought this was a swim/run challenge. i.e. with running sneakers on

Oh heck no (IMO). Although if you can mapmyrun it, have your runnies on, and you'd planned it as part of your miles, I guess that's your prerogative.

I specified that if I have my running shoes on or it's part of a mixed workout or warmup/cooldown, I am counting it (as I had planned to when I stated my miles, which are very low due to an injury. Although--really--is 50 miles that low?).

I also noted that I don't count anything at work--even work that involves a lot of running, walking, or swimming yardage (as my work happens to do).

Besides, I can make coffee in my own house or get it at work. I often run, or walk like a demon (between 13-15 min/mi, no joke) to do errands for the very purpose of moving more or getting runs in.

In all seriousness for a moment ... this challenge goes on the honor system both for declaring totals and logging them. My intent, when I declared my miles, was to include any purposeful running or walking done. For that reason, I didn't declare any distance that I would otherwise have to do anyway--e.g., walking to the bathroom, walking in a mall, running to catch a bus, work miles, etc.

In the interest of playing fair, if there's a pretty good consensus on both teams that I ought to forfeit a (fast!) walking mile because I chose to put my shoes on and buy coffee in the middle of it instead of just tossing some grounds in the perker at home, I'm willing to do it.