April Challenge!
BY: D001 on 2013-03-31 11:58 PM

For this challenge, you can set goals in ONE to FOUR activities. You can participate in one activity, or two, or three or four. It's up to you!... You define the activities. You set the goals. YOU decide, and set your goals accordingly.

To participate:
Sign up on this Google spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0An7ZkKfHG1L1dHY5MFAxRlZ...

You will need to enter the following information to access the spreadsheet:
email address: btchallenge@gmail.com
password: challengeforum2

If you can't access the spreadsheet:
Scroll to the bottom, and look at the bottom right corner. If it says, "edit this page," click that link and enter the info above.

If there are enough participants, this will be a team challenge. Otherwise, this will be an individual challenge, with occasional taserings updates provided throughout the month.

The ultimate goal of this Challenge is to push yourself in an activity (or activities), to work out, to meet fellow BTers (virtually or otherwise), and to have some fun!

Hopefully, this Challenge will give you a little extra incentive and motivation to succeed at your goals – whatever they may be.

Welcome to the Challenge!

- Dee
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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: April Challenge!
BY: peto_primo on 2013-04-01 12:53 AM

New month, new chance to hit them all.
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may you be Blessed, Healthy, stronger and faster

RE: April Challenge!
BY: suefesta on 2013-04-01 3:44 AM

Set goals will come back later today to put in amounts for each need o go swim right now. Sue

RE: April Challenge!
BY: ceilidh on 2013-04-01 6:48 AM

I'm in. I am counting on April being better than March!

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Robin
One foot in front of the other. Repeat.

RE: April Challenge!
BY: bswcpa on 2013-04-01 9:41 AM

I'd like to join in the fun! I know I've got to get on the bike so that'll be one of my challenges. I'll give thought today to what else I want to add and enter it in the spreadsheet by tonight. Thanks for putting this together, Dee!



Edited by bswcpa 2013-04-01 9:42 AM

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Train happy. Race happy.
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RE: April Challenge!
BY: KWDreamun on 2013-04-01 11:24 AM

I want in.  I need accountability on the swim.  The swim is keeping me from entering a lot of tri's and enjoying the ones I do.  My goal is to swim at least 4 times and hopefully 5 times per week with each session being a minimum of 1 mile.  Hopefully by the end of April, I will be able to swim 2 miles in a session.  Since I'm a non-swimmer is that unrealistic?

RE: April Challenge!
BY: van_paulus on 2013-04-01 11:46 AM

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
There stood Dee in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself, " Another Challenge ?
This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"
Then she revealed the taser and she showed me the way
There were voices down the chatroom,
I thought I heard them say...


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We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves...
- Roger Bannister

RE: April Challenge!
BY: van_paulus on 2013-04-01 12:08 PM



If you have access i would recommend working with master group or a swim coach , This will make your time in the pool much more productive . The coaches i have worked with said 3 swims a week is plenty for age grouper . You are better to practice good form than power through workouts . Good form is essential on the longer events . There are online ressourses too of course but nothing beats getting a coach for feedback and drills & workout advice.
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We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves...
- Roger Bannister

RE: April Challenge!
BY: KWDreamun on 2013-04-01 12:23 PM

Thanks for the advice Paul, and I'm trying to absorb it all.  I need to start going to a master's swim and will, i just feel like I can't keep up with them.  I went 1 time for private swim instruction, during their swim practice by mistake, wow they scared me off, they were INTENSE but that is what I need.  Thanks for reminding me of them and making me do it!

Edited by KWDreamun 2013-04-01 12:25 PM

RE: April Challenge!
BY: Laffenguy on 2013-04-01 12:33 PM

Said I had to request access????

 

I did, then it said I will get a email.

 

Does this sound right?

RE: April Challenge!
BY: D001 on 2013-04-01 5:21 PM



You have to log into the account.....

You need to enter the following information to access the spreadsheet:
email address: btchallenge@gmail.com
password: challengeforum2

Edited by D001 2013-04-01 5:32 PM

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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: April Challenge!
BY: D001 on 2013-04-01 5:31 PM



Can you find a master's swim program? If so, my advice would be to join it. They'd give you structured workouts and drills, and help improve your technique. A big part of swimming is becoming comfortable in the water.

I realllllly wish there was a master's swim program around here. Of course, that would require that someone build a pool...... *sigh*...


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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: April Challenge!
BY: D001 on 2013-04-01 5:34 PM



Well, gee. I should have just kept reading the thread.

Although, the extra post did help boost my post count.


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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: April Challenge!
BY: D001 on 2013-04-01 5:37 PM



Tasers on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And Dee said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"

And in the Tasering chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember,
I was Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
"Relax, " said the night man,
"We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave! "



Edited by D001 2013-04-01 5:39 PM

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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: April Challenge!
BY: D001 on 2013-04-01 5:40 PM

I really like that song. I wonder why.


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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: April Challenge!
BY: Qua17 on 2013-04-01 6:21 PM

I want in... My name is David and this is my first challenge this year.  I've missed the competition and accoutbility.  

I was just checking out my totals from last year and I am well off the mark.  Hopefully a little tasering is just what the doctor ordered.

Edited by Qua17 2013-04-01 6:22 PM

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Dave
Climb To The Clouds 2020
My Son, "Dad, if an 80 year old man can do it, can't you?"
Don't just do the workout... Do the workout right!
"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." Winston Churchill

RE: April Challenge!
BY: D001 on 2013-04-01 6:45 PM



Welcome to the Hotel California!

Uh. I mean the April Challenge..... yeah, that's what I meant... Heh.....


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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: April Challenge!
BY: mndymond on 2013-04-01 8:27 PM

Hey Dee!!! I'm in! April is the month of "NO MISSED WORKOUTS" Its going to be a tough month with prep for my licensing exam and I have to be disciplined to get all my workouts in for Honu and IM France prep. 

No slacking!

Swim: 13 hrs

Bike: 25 hrs

Run: 14 hrs

Core/Strength/Yoga: 4.5 hrs

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-Melissa

RE: April Challenge!
BY: Chunga on 2013-04-01 8:28 PM

In again! I am determined to hit my run goal this month!