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SBR Challenge 2012 & training log links

shotgunmcos · 2012-01-03 08:41:46

Happy New Year folks As per the evolution of the 1000mile challenge, the SBR is moving to googledocs this year. It basically tidies it all up and makes life easier for everyone. Just click the link below and away you go! Just enter your boardsie name, distance you plan to aim for and then from there each time you visit,…

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Happy New Year folks

As per the evolution of the 1000mile challenge, the SBR is moving to googledocs this year. It basically tidies it all up and makes life easier for everyone. Just click the link below and away you go! Just enter your boardsie name, distance you plan to aim for and then from there each time you visit, just update your numbers. You don't have to edit rank, colours, totals etc as the table will do most of that automatically (I hope!). We can then use this thread for anything else related to the challenge. Like the Oryx vs RC battle, JB type graphs, BTH's celebrations and updates when I get a spare time

Of course let me know if there is a malfunction or someone decides to graffitti the thing, the link is open to anyone who clicks on it so this should be less hassle than the old tables....

Green Benchmarks
Swim 100k, Bike 2,000k, Run 1,000k
Gold benchmarks
Swim 200k, Bike 4,000k, Run 2,000k

The Link to the SBR Challenge table
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsrmH9XuOR17dHBvNG5QZEZ4OUF0cGxGWVZyNkYxamc
Link to 2011 Thread
2011 SBR Challenge Thread
Link to 2010 Thread
2010 SCR Challenge Thread

Let the fun begin
(MCOS accepts zero liability for any blatant blaming of this challenge on life woes of any sort, but herewith reaps a portion of kudos associated with increased life fulfillment as a direct result of participation tee hee )

Triathlon / Duathlon / Adventure Racing training log links

6 weeks in hell - Abu Dhabi to Conn via Donadea by Izoard
Blian Faoi Thri by ronanmac
Tri-ing my best... by couerdelion
Like a fish out of water.... by Dory Dory
140.6 deep breaths... by shotgunmcos
Eddie Rockets! by Bambaata
The Road less Traveled: IM 2012 by Oryx
Its about time - IMAT12 by RedB
Run Fat Boy Run - The lazy mans guide to Ironman and Marathon training. By griffin100
Run faster, run longer, run stronger by RacoonQueen
If the tri suit fits, wear it? By insinkerator
Here goes...again! by Bally8
Sleepless nights and the National Series...... by NeedsTraining
a log with no name by Bennymul
Alanya, Turkey 2013 - My Euro Dream Odessey by El Director
Back to Basics... by Shazkea
A little bit of everything, just faster by nerraw1111
Leenane to Westport and beyond by hardcopy
Chasing the Kona dream and a Mai Tai cocktail by Jackyback
Half Iron - Half Man by EC1000
Heart Don't fail me now by Catweazle
Me Against the World... by BetterThanHoyte
Jesters first Marathon & HIM attempts by jester1980
A Rebels Marathon/Duathlon/Triathlon Dream by Corkonian Rebel
Half Iron Elvis by Elvis Jones
swim, bike, run ... it'l be fun! by kingQuez
gaelforce west 4th attempt!! by centre back
Sub nine or bust by twonpelota
Too much too soon by Brick Session
Is it Now? by Donothoponpop
The Fankfurt Express by Bryangiggsy

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#2 03-01-2012 9:54am

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...and mdlb takes the lead in the challenge for 2012!

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#3 03-01-2012 11:38am

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Its not clear to me whether we are working off the same targets as have done previously. And damn you RacoonQueen. Still, second place is as high as I'm likely to get this this at any stage.

Edit: and as I speak, Bryangiggsy updates to put me in a tie for first! Close the competition now....

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#4 03-01-2012 11:43am

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I'll never be top again though. I'll enjoy it while it lasts. :cool:

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#5 03-01-2012 11:47am

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I'm going to have to find some way of measuring milage on my turbo now!

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#6 03-01-2012 12:11pm

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Same targets folks, OP edited.

You won't have to change the font colour in the google doc, I have it formtted to do that once you hit the benchmarks.

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#7 03-01-2012 12:19pm

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couerdelion wrote: »

I'm going to have to find some way of measuring milage on my turbo now!

I'd use my average rolling road speed for an approximation. Its subjective. If you were doing hard intervals you may do 35km or more in an hour on the turbo. Doing BG work you might only do 20-25km although it hurts just as much. Maybe we could establish a standard 30km per hour of turbo if you don't have a monitor?

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#8 03-01-2012 12:34pm

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If you have a cateye or something similar just rig it to the rear wheel. I did that before but had to have the cateye closer to the rear wheel than the handlebar to get a signal.

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#9 03-01-2012 12:57pm

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Should it automatically sort the last table by points and position, it does not seem to after i enter in the information.
Keep notes of your YTD figures as the year progresses folks just in case someone deletes your info!!

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#10 03-01-2012 1:14pm

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Ingrid Whining Backstop wrote: »

Should it automatically sort the last table by points and position, it does not seem to after i enter in the information.
Keep notes of your YTD figures as the year progresses folks just in case someone deletes your info!!

Good man JB (you mean you don't have a sweaty notbook version of your stats ?! )

I'm, not sure if google doc auto sorts but I stand to be educated on that. I only used it for the first time this morning, imported a file from excel workbook. The rank and font are just formulae and conditional formats. For now the sorting is manual

Edit: I've an idea how to get the table to aut rank itself once people start hitting targets. It may involve me taking the file offline for an hour or so in a few months. Without cunavalos posting his usual monster cycling mileage it will be interesting to see who get the to the first green mark!

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#11 03-01-2012 1:21pm

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The google docs link might work well as regards dicussion as well, any comments were usually hoovered up and lost with all the updating beneath it but at least the link we need to go to update always remains at the top of this discussion.

Mind you it may need to be a sticky if no-one is posting any comments in here and it goes back to page 5 or 6

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#12 03-01-2012 2:44pm

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Do you need a Google account for that to open?

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#13 03-01-2012 3:22pm

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Oryx wrote: »

Do you need a Google account for that to open?

Nope just click the link.

Edit: I'm just assuming that as I can access it without logging in to my google account. I've also set the access to 'anyone' who can open teh link.

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#14 03-01-2012 3:41pm

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shotgunmcos wrote: »

Good man JB (you mean you don't have a sweaty notbook version of your stats ?! )

I'm, not sure if google doc auto sorts but I stand to be educated on that. I only used it for the first time this morning, imported a file from excel workbook. The rank and font are just formulae and conditional formats. For now the sorting is manual

Edit: I've an idea how to get the table to aut rank itself once people start hitting targets. It may involve me taking the file offline for an hour or so in a few months. Without cunavalos posting his usual monster cycling mileage it will be interesting to see who get the to the first green mark!

I have a nice clean version of Training Peaks so no need for the sweaty notebook:) I was more thinking of people who may not log their yearly totals and only inputted and updated as the sessions went by. If there detals were lost on the old table they had a reference to go back to their last table post where they do not have that with google docs.
I am sure there is a way to autosort the last column by number but i did not want to start messing with it in case i broke it:)

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#15 03-01-2012 3:51pm

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We wondered about that on the 1000 mile running table too, but you can restore previous versions of a google doc

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#16 03-01-2012 4:07pm

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RacoonQueen wrote: »

I'll never be top again though. I'll enjoy it while it lasts. :cool:

You finished top of the run bit last year :rolleyes:

Covet that swim lead, interested must be away skiing or somehing...

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#17 03-01-2012 4:15pm

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I'm disgusted to be third in the run. Junk miles being thrown on the end of tonights intervals.

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#18 03-01-2012 4:26pm

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Got it. Works on my pc but not on my phone. Can you freeze the title row, I didnt want to mess with it, but as you scroll down further it will be easier to still see the titles.

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#19 03-01-2012 4:29pm

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Oryx wrote: »

Got it. Works on my pc but not on my phone. Can you freeze the title row, I didnt want to mess with it, but as you scroll down further it will be easier to still see the titles.

Also, the 1000mile challenge has a second page which auto sorts the data from page one. Think you said that you are sorting manually at present which obviously isnt sustainable.

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#20 03-01-2012 5:46pm

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What if I'm still deciding on a target distance race?

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#21 03-01-2012 5:48pm

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Dory Dory wrote: »

What if I'm still deciding on a target distance race?

Put in an X that's for the runners and cyclists who do a bit of cross training.

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#22 03-01-2012 5:52pm

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RacoonQueen wrote: »

Put in an X that's for the runners and cyclists who do a bit of cross training.

And then when I decide which tri distance I'm doing I can change my entry?

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#23 03-01-2012 6:19pm

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With the inclusion of Dory i can see some contest between the 3 girls now!!

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#24 03-01-2012 6:55pm

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Looks like my new year LSR has me on top of the runners This will be the only time this year me thinks.

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#25 03-01-2012 7:06pm

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I've added myself in there. It's my first year in triathlon so I probably wont be achieving major numbers but I'll give it a go.

Now if only I could stop falling off the bloody bike!!

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#26 03-01-2012 7:43pm

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Oryx wrote: »

Got it. Works on my pc but not on my phone. Can you freeze the title row, I didnt want to mess with it, but as you scroll down further it will be easier to still see the titles.

BetterThanHoyte wrote: »

Also, the 1000mile challenge has a second page which auto sorts the data from page one. Think you said that you are sorting manually at present which obviously isnt sustainable.

I did a bit of messing around in the background earlier today and both those things should now be done. I think someone else may have fixed the top row on the first sheet before I got to it though.

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#27 03-01-2012 8:05pm

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robinph wrote: »

. I think someone else may have fixed the top row on the first sheet before I got to it though.

Yeah I did that. Just couldn't open the second tab in work, thanks again

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#28 03-01-2012 8:06pm

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Put myself in just there. Not a triathlete, just a cyclist with a bit of a running problem... although maybe the other way round at this point. Anyway, this is the first winter I've kept the training up so might be able to get some respectable numbers by the year end! Good bit of extra motivation.

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#29 03-01-2012 9:36pm

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And I've lifted myself from dead last .

Just me and Bally8 in for sprint distance so far!

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#30 03-01-2012 10:17pm

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No one messes with my run lead. :cool:

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#31 03-01-2012 10:39pm

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RacoonQueen wrote: »

No one messes with my run lead. :cool:

And you've finally logged some bike time. We're all sooo proud!

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