Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: kaqphin on 2007-11-26 5:45 PM

Keep yourself active through the holiday season with the Silly Season Swim Challenge. It will be fun, supportive, a great way to meet other BTers and keep yourself on track with all the holiday season celebrations!

Joining is simple, just post your intention to participate below…Then…work out the total time or distance (depending on your training schedule) you are going to swim between 1 - 31 December

If you love to swim, hate to swim or just need a reason to get wet, this challenge and the team support will keep your motivation going through the silly season!!!

This will be a TEAM event with the teams assigned at random and themed along the holidays, however, team requests will be honoured wherever possible.

Donto or I will announce the team rosters by at the end of the week and as with other challenges friendly banter will be encouraged BUT dont forget to back it up with action!!!

Most importantly this is meant to be FUN!!! So enjoy, encourage, inspire your team mates and have FUN!!!!

The Challenge Rules:

1. Teams will be assigned at random but any special requests will be honoured
2. Team captains will be determined by each of the individual teams and Donto will supply a spreadsheet to track your teams totals
2. Initial team line ups will be posted the end of this week (or earlier depending on interest.) Late additions will of course be more than welcome! (until December 7)
3. The winning team will be determined but the overall % of goal achieved by the team. In the event of a tie, the winner will be decided by the number of team members who reached their own individual goal. (if multiple teams reach 100% then they all win)
4. Individuals who achieve more than their committed goal will not have these additional swims counted in the first 3 weeks of the challenge (so increase your goal!!!)
EXCEPTION: In the final week of the challenge team members may exceed 100% (up to 120% max,) and use their additional data to assist team members who are struggling to reach their goal
5. Swimming in a pool, drilling, races and OWS all count. Open water swims should be measured by a GPS type of device, Goggle Earth methods (BT route tracker), or by a sponsoring swim race.
6.  Team members will be required to post/PM their weekly results with their team leader each Monday with team leaders sending me their team results by Monday PM so I can try and get all tracking online Tuesday night/Wednesday morning (USA time of course!)
7. In the event of longterm illness or injury team members can withdraw from the challenge
8. I will maintain a team leaders thread for any issues that may arise and to keep everyone up to date with any information or queries
9. All training must be logged in your training log, if its not there it didnt happen! (Im trusting everyone to log their training honestly)
11. Distance/times swum in races count as part of your monthly total


Other details:
For reporting the weeks will run as follows:
Week 1: Dec 1-9
Week 2: Dec 10 – 16
Week 3: Dec 17-23
Week 4: Dec 24-31

It is up to the team captains to determine how they wish to collect their teams totals.

Smack talking/sledging/banter is encouraged. Please don’t take the smack talking personal. If you find yourself feeling like you’ve been slighted, have a cookie then post a comeback or just say something like “You’re a booger ha!” You’ll get cheers for being a good sport. Or go for a swim and cool off.

Most importantly this is meant to be FUN!!! So enjoy, encourage,inspire! This is about you reaching your goals and improving your swimming while staying on track through the holidays!!

Have fun!
Donto and Cat

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"Just make it about bikes. Not that I'm trying to give away Cat's sweet spot or anything." - sesh

"Cat's middle name is TdF. She just has a passion 3 weeks a year" - TexOma

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: AmbulanceDriver on 2007-11-26 6:07 PM

I'm in for 15,000 yards. Since I love to swim, this is awesome...although I really don't need an incentive to hop in and grind out the laps. Still these challenges are a blast.

I'll take any team, although try not to throw me in with the crazies from that prolific they who shall not be named mayhem...I don't log on often enough to keep up with them! I have training to do after all!

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-Kelley

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: kaqphin on 2007-11-26 6:14 PM

hehe got it! no crazies

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"Just make it about bikes. Not that I'm trying to give away Cat's sweet spot or anything." - sesh

"Cat's middle name is TdF. She just has a passion 3 weeks a year" - TexOma

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: owl_girl on 2007-11-26 6:26 PM

Hey Cat!

I'm in!  I'll let you know what my goal is as soon as I figure it out.  I just wanted to get in on the fun early this time!   I'll be on any team.....but I do like getting in on all the chatty banter!   Cheers!!!!

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: D001 on 2007-11-26 6:31 PM



Hey! I resemble that remark! :P

Cat --- You wrote this: "5. Swimming in a pool, drilling, races and OWS all count. "
What about kicking drills? Do they count as "drills"? Just wondering. Thanks!


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You should change your BT user name to Eletrici-Dee. -- GPOL
Dee, part of me very much wants to be on your team. And then the rest of me runs away screaming, and it kinda hurts when that happens. -- Slugger

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: gracetheterp on 2007-11-26 6:41 PM

I'm good for 30,000. Hooray training for Bay Swim!
I've done 25,600 this month starting the 4th and it's not quite done yet so I should be able to step up

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: sparco on 2007-11-26 6:43 PM

Hey, we train!  (o.k., don't make me say it...12,350 yds swimming, 3.5 hours on the bike/trainer, 10.5 hours of running [67 miles for the month], we can train and post at the same time.  It's a rare acquired skill ).

Cat, you know I'm in.  Any team is fine.  Even a team other than the Twisnibbins (gasp!). 

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'Canada: North America's Penalty Box'--marmadaddy

'You mean like...climates where...there aren't any events that start with the word "FROZEN"? Just clarifying.'--mila

'Tri or tri not. There is no du.'--Matchman

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: kaqphin on 2007-11-26 6:44 PM

yup - if you swim it and can measure it all drills count... all strokes count!

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"Just make it about bikes. Not that I'm trying to give away Cat's sweet spot or anything." - sesh

"Cat's middle name is TdF. She just has a passion 3 weeks a year" - TexOma

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: kaqphin on 2007-11-26 6:44 PM

hiya - great goal! Can you confirm if its yards or metres?

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"Just make it about bikes. Not that I'm trying to give away Cat's sweet spot or anything." - sesh

"Cat's middle name is TdF. She just has a passion 3 weeks a year" - TexOma

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: chrisrunzs26 on 2007-11-26 6:45 PM

I'm in too. I have to get swimming...cause as my Coach sez "Chris, Triathletes have to swim too ya' know"

I'll post my pledge soon as I get my schedule from her for next month. But look forward to it.

Chris

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Pain is temporary...but your finishing time posted on the internet....is forever. :)

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: gracetheterp on 2007-11-26 6:49 PM



Yards!
I also don't really "know" anyone on here, so whatever team is fine.

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: kaqphin on 2007-11-26 6:50 PM

Its a very friendly bunch that do the challenges... Im sure youll get a great group!

got the yards.. thanks!

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"Just make it about bikes. Not that I'm trying to give away Cat's sweet spot or anything." - sesh

"Cat's middle name is TdF. She just has a passion 3 weeks a year" - TexOma

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: HCS5QA on 2007-11-26 6:58 PM



Edited by HCS5QA 2007-11-26 7:00 PM

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HCS5QA = Hector AKA "Q"

"Because we can"

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: HCS5QA on 2007-11-26 6:59 PM

Easy, no hating allowed, or is that jealousy? Thank you by the way we are some what crazy. We can talk like crazy and still get a tri and a 1/2 mary in on the same month. Our team rocked!

Ok with that said, Cat I'm in for 12,000 meters! Yes put me on another crazy and motivational team just like in November.

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HCS5QA = Hector AKA "Q"

"Because we can"

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: jellogal on 2007-11-26 7:03 PM

I'm in for 15,000.   Yards.

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: Noz on 2007-11-26 7:12 PM

sounds like fun, i'm in for 20,000 yards!

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: enders_shadow on 2007-11-26 7:16 PM

Put me in...I'm gonna do 15,000 meters.

I'd like to be on a chatty team, please. (That way I don't have to crash another team's party.)



Kristen

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: abud7373 on 2007-11-26 7:17 PM

I am down for 12000yds. This is my first challenge and I have done two sprint tri's, so I am still a newbie. I would not be opposed to a newbie team, but whatever works, works.

Amy

RE: Splash Through the Silly Season December Swim Challenge
BY: sparco on 2007-11-26 7:20 PM

Shall we go with 18,900 yds (gulp)...

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'Canada: North America's Penalty Box'--marmadaddy

'You mean like...climates where...there aren't any events that start with the word "FROZEN"? Just clarifying.'--mila

'Tri or tri not. There is no du.'--Matchman