The Girls Won the Run Challenge!

We didn't do the bike challenge by gender teams, but if we did:

• In aggregate, the men achieved 98.21% of their stated goal while the women only achieved 82.45% of theirs.
• On average, the men achieved 93% while the women achieved 70%

"The BT Girls outran the Men, The Boys were sure they'd win but then...The Girls hit the streets, the tracks, the trails, and whipped the BT Boys tails" 

Darlin', you're grasping. But I understand that you need to find some redemption for the men.

:-P

Not grasping, just providing full disclosure.

But what that disclosure does not reflect is what the results would have been had the Ladies been personally challenged to beat the Men. No telling what the numbers  might have looked like - it's a Coulda Shoulda Woulda situation - but if the Swim and Run challenges are anything to go by we would be seeing a rather awkward hush come over BT (at least from half of us) about now.

Or it could mean that chicks are slackers when it comes to cycling. I see you fell short of your stated cycling goal (OH! All your stated goals!) last month, too much swimming and too much jawing?

And I smoked everyone.  LOL But I'm a major bike addict.

We'll never know since there was never a Girls v Boys Bike Challenge. Maybe you should do one for June! Ohhhhhh... but the shame if the men were to lose! Are you willing to risk it? Methinks not.

And about my goals - so my reach exceeds my grasp. Happens when you set high goals for yourself, especially in areas outside your comfort zone, and are willing to bite off more than you can chew. Speaking of goals and challenges... you don't enter challenges outside your comfort zone, do you? Not ready to put yourself out there? Perhaps not willing to risk someone calling you on missing your goals?

No girl vs boy bike challenge because last month we were focused on something more trivial, like supporting some BTers charitable efforts. Sorry we didn't do the important stuff of trying to ogle members of the opposite sex.

Honestly, the reasons I didn't participate in the run and swim challenge is 1) I'm battling varrious lingering running injuries, and 2) I'm focusing on swim technique in order to improve my godawful inefficiencies. Neither of those situations lends itself to pursuing a quantity-based goal. As others have found, I'm hard-headed enough to achieve my goals even if it's not in my best interest. I'm not one, like unnamed others, to have my mouth write a check my butt can't cash.

I'd be happy to keep track of any bike challenge y'all want to throw together, just let me know.

Tania - 2005-06-02 3:46 PM ...but...but....what about my poem? It rhymed and everything and the iambic pentameter was only off a scosh. I was thinking I might have a new career here......

I love it.  So...do you think us girls should put it in our signatures?  I think so!

Now, I've stayed away from these "challenges" lately for a lot of the reason's mentioned above.  But, a more fair way to administer such a challenge is to commit to a 20% increase in your mileage (or yards) over a prior month.

That is simple and will reduce the potential for sandbagging.  We'd have to rely on the honesty of individuals to volunteer if they, for some reason, didn't put in a full month's training in a certain discipline.  We could adjust those specific situations as necessary.

I'm game for a challenge.  I'm tired of hearing all these pretty ladies gloating and I continue to be sickened by all the photo's of the guys in spandex (its just not right).

First of all, congratulation ladies, for kicking our @sses again. Well done!

Secondly, is anyone else just getting the blank page on that attachment? Can someone put the final results into word again?

katieyows - 2005-06-03 7:39 AM

Tania - 2005-06-02 3:46 PM ...but...but....what about my poem? It rhymed and everything and the iambic pentameter was only off a scosh. I was thinking I might have a new career here......

I love it.  So...do you think us girls should put it in our signatures?  I think so!

Thank you, Katie.  I feel much better now