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Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: kaqphin on 2009-06-22 9:40 PM
Riding a bike in July? Any bike at all?
Then sign up below for the third Tour De France Challenge from July 4-26 here on BT!
The perfect fit for newbies and veterans alike... all you have to do is work out the number of bike sessions (tour stages) you are going to ride between 4-26 July AND either a distance OR time goal for the 23 day time period.
Teams will be based on the 2009 Tour De France peloton and be announced before the event.. then you can spend a glorious 3 weeks riding to your own grand tour glory!
You can request a favourite team but lineups will be balanced so first in best dressed so to speak. If yuo have a second preference let me know that when you sing up.
So.. what are you waiting for? Sign up for the third Tour De France Challenge here on Bt by hitting reply to this message!!!
See you in July,
Super Cat
Challenge Rules:
1. The winning team will be determined by the overall % of goal amount of stages and % of distance/time achieved by the team. (each goal counts for 50% of your overall goal achieved)
2. Riders must complete a minimum of 15 minutes ride time per session for the stage to be counted against their committed stages.
3. Goals are capped at 100% - you can INCREASE your goal at any time
4. If your commute (one way) is less than 15 minutes... then you can combine the two commutes as one stage for the purposes of this tour. If you wish for each of your bike commutes to count as two stages (and they are longer than 15 minutes) then you should log them as two separate rides in your training log.
5. You can ride more than once on one day if you wish to, just make sure that they are logged as separate rides in your log.
6. Stages must be logged in the riders BT logs for verification
8. If you have a temporary set back such as an illness (i.e a cold) then I will be using the following equation to calculate your goal reduction (if required). Total Goal/23 days (of the challenge) * number of days out of action = goal reduction for the challenge.
9. 24 hour BAN (code of silence) on discussing action from the Tour in your team thread. This applies (basically) from when one stage starts to when the next stage finishes... (I will be posting reminders on this regularly)
10. Team leaders will be nominated by each team and will be responsible for reminding team members to log their progress in google spreadsheets and leading the cheer-leading to help everyone reach their goals.
Friendly banter and sledging is encouraged, pledging team allegiance through signature lines, log titles and avatars is also encouraged.
Edited by kaqphin 2009-06-22 9:47 PM
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: Selachophobia on 2009-06-22 9:58 PM
i'm in if someone would take a really bad biker that really wants to get better....
i am willing to commit to 12 rides for a total of 340 miles
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: kaqphin on 2009-06-22 10:01 PM
Selachophobia - 2009-06-23 12:58 PMi'm in if someone would take a really bad biker that really wants to get better....
i am willing to commit to 12 rides for a total of 340 miles
All levels and abilites welcome here
You are riding to meet your OWN goals and this is about supporting you to get there with a lot of fun too!!!
Welcome to the challenge!
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: bondgirl on 2009-06-23 5:21 AM
Hello Cat,
I'm gonna play , of course. Just need to do the sums.
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: trysprintolympic on 2009-06-23 6:44 AM
Hmm, I think I will join this one too! But I'll need to look over the training plan to evaluate my goal. Write me in as TBD for now, please!
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: kns57 on 2009-06-23 7:11 AM
Cat, I'm in. Just need to figure out what my goals will be and will get back to you.
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: Artemis on 2009-06-23 7:14 AM
I'm in. Have to figure out my goals.
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: ceilidh on 2009-06-23 7:17 AM
Of course I am in. I will get back with goals. Gotta get bikin'
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: kendallwebb on 2009-06-23 7:38 AM
I would like to do this too. If someone could pm me with more details on when and what i need to do. I am not the greatest biker, but i know it will motivate me to become a better biker. Thanks, and pm me and let me know how all this works because i am new and want to know exactly what to expect.
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: chrisrunzs26 on 2009-06-23 7:46 AM
Cat, I'm in for the 3rd year. I love this and it really helps with my biking every year and I just love the TDF!!!
I will post my goals when I figure them out (aka: ask the Coach)
Chris
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: TriToy on 2009-06-23 8:00 AM
totally in!! my first BT challenge!!! goals TBD
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: victoria.petridou on 2009-06-23 8:03 AM
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: wgraves7582 on 2009-06-23 8:35 AM
Super Cat:
I am in but I have a question before setting my goal. If I commute to work does that count as 2 sessions (to and from work) or just 1?
Once this is clarified I will enter my first TDF Challenge.
Team wise - Chatty is preferred - since I am trying to break out of my BT shell and I will roll with any team besides a French one and Astana (I don't like their bike sponsor)
Guess I should have read your rules first! Sorry
Goals - 31 sessions & 700 miles - I hope the weather is nice!
Edited by wgraves7582 2009-06-23 8:40 AM
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: lambertjeff on 2009-06-23 9:36 AM
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: kvesey on 2009-06-23 9:53 AM
Okay. I'm in. I will have to hear from my coach though before I commit to some goals.
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: ashort33 on 2009-06-23 10:05 AM
I'm in! I have to think a bit about the goals. Any team will be fine as long as they post about food and beer
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: daijoubu on 2009-06-23 10:20 AM
I'm in! 28 rides and 450 kms will make a decent goal to start with.
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: kromanowski on 2009-06-23 10:28 AM
I am in Kat!! I will have to figure out my goals and get back to you...and as you know I love the chatty team!!!
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: esc on 2009-06-23 10:32 AM
I'm in!
Goals to come later - I need to sit down with my schedule and do some math.
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RE: Third Annual Tour De France Challenge
BY: aab on 2009-06-23 11:17 AM
Count me in for 15 sessions and 450 minutes.