March Bike Challenge - rules + teams (Page 3)

Big 12 team now forming!  Big 12 team now forming!

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=36481&posts=1

I have to agree with Madcow... Nothing over your goal should count into your total. The idea is to stretch yourself. If you hit the goal in 2 weeks you didn't stretch to bad...

But like Mr Cow said just my .02 too... but now its .04!

I too tend to never argue with a cow.

I can see the logic behind the sandbagging sentiment and think we ought to establish goals that we have to stretch to meet.  As such, I think it is a sensical change to the rules - unless someone has strong feelings about it otherwise.

Anyone? Going, going ...

Will post FINAL rules and teams on Friday, March 3rd and then have them stapled to the top of the forum.

Big East team member here

It will all be on the trainer, so I'll do a time goal (hey, this will get me to set up my trainer

I'll stretch a bit with 7 hours.

Mountain biking most certainly does count ... did 20 miles of single track last weekend when my road bike was in the shop.  Damn near killed me - aerobically and technically.

Same legs, but different skills are needed to ride over roots, switchbacks, mud bogs, rocks and across creeks.

If you are going to primarily do mountain biking, you might want to consider pledging time instead of distances ...

YIKES!! I think I'd need a new saddle for that.

But it looks like we have 3 others so that might allieviate the problem. I'd have to do a time goal as bike(s) most likely won't be readly to roll until mid-march. That what the stationary is for!

Edit: 6 hours sound ok?

This Wolverine is good for 9.0 hours in the Big 10. Putting Spartans, Buckeyes, and Wolverines together will make for a pretty disfuntional team . I guess that will make our victory that much more impressive. If no one else wants to do it, I am willing to do the stats for the Big10.

LOL!  Yep, heck of a disfunctional team - let's kick some butt!  Seriously, I had 80 miles on the bike in January and only 40 for February.  I'm really looking forward to pushing it for March.  Thanks for being the leader.  I've never followed a Wolverine before !

I missed the post about the limited Conferences.  I started a West Coast Conference Team on another thread.  Can my WCC Team stay together or do we have to join up with the specified Conferences?

So it looks like team Canada is so far:

KRCSWO - Need goal

Paco_pancho - 411 min or 6.85 hours

jknapman - 6 Hours

Global - 11.5 Hours

jonow6 - Need goal

Element - 10 Hours 

If anyone else wants to join the team just post on this thread or the team canada one with your goal and off we go