SBR 16 - Chapter 2 - The fun continues

shotgunmcos

Here we go again. Chapter one started with 3 participants and the standings are as follows

21 pts Neady83
13 pts sconhome
9 pts shotgunmcos

Even though a Mod selected the Big Hill Challenge, alas he didn't join in.. boooo

Neady83 will be along to describe the February Challenge goal in a while but for now the format is the same.

Pick between 1 and 7 goal activities and how many hours (min 30 mins) you intend to spend doing those very things.

And/Or decide if you are going to do the monthly challenge (a la Neady83) as your only or additional goal. No need for tables.. we can put it on Gdocs like January, which was cool.. thank you sconhome!

So to kick off my February goals are

Goal1 - Run on/off road for 8hrs
Goal2 - MTB & Hike a Bike for 4hrs
Goal3 - Erg or Paddle for 10hrs
Goal4 - Roadie/Turbo for 10hrs
Goal5 - Trek/Orienteer for 4hrs
Goal6 - Swim for 5hrs
Goal7 - S&C for 4hrs
Goal8 - Neady83's fun but sadistic challenge
All in 44hrs+


How do you score?

Gold = 3pts, Silver = 2pts, Bronze = 1pt

Gold

• Complete Neady's challenge
• Be first of an activity that has at least 3 doing it
• Set a goal that is bigger than what you have actually done in any previous month and hit it (this month only applies to January participants)

Silver

• Be first of any activity with just 2 participants
• Set a goal and hit double the number.

Bronze

• Be the only person to do an activity and log at least an hour of it
• Set and complete a any goal
• Finish 2nd of only 2 people doing an activity
• Finsh 3rd of 3 or more people doing an activity

Its just a bit of craic but I'm going to rope sconhome into sponsoring a little prize for the overall winner at the end of the year (I'll go halves Chief)

The only fast rule is that you must set your goals asap and once you set them thats it. No adding a new activity in the last week for a free bronze!

Plus no need for tables, just list your goal activities and how long you plan to spend doing them... simples

mossym

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Even though a Mod selected the Big Hill Challenge, alas he didn't join in.. boooo

sorry Mike, combination of sickness at the start of the month, new job, kids going through a tough patch, and as you said i didn't do my own challenge, even though i meant to.

i'll get involved this month though. need to get a bit of extra S&C work done and this is the perfect way to do it

Solobally8

Ok I'll have some of this action

Goal 1: Run on/off road 8 hrs
Goal 2: Roadie/Turbo 25 hrs

I only started back running (actually waddling) in January for a paltry 3.5 hours so 8 will be a big step up for me! I'm still half arsed cycling so the 25 hours is a reasonable goal for me to get back into the swing of things.

Goal 3 is weight related (whats new!) I want to lose at least 4lbs in February

Thanks for setting this up Mike

RacoonQueen

Goal 1 - run 27 hours
Goal 2 - swim 9 hours
Goal 3 - road biking 8 hours
Goal 4 - turbo 4 hours
Goal 5 - S&C 4 hours
Goal 6 - Neady's plank challenge thing (should help with goal 5 )

shotgunmcos

Thanks SB and RC welcome!

The original rule was once you posted your goals you cannot edit. However since Neady83 hasn't called the mad Feb challenge yet you can opt in to that if you like when she does. It will be an all or nothing gold.

Neady83

Whoops, sorry guys, I missed this. Em so I have two ideas:

1. 5mins of planks every day for the remainder of the month. This does not have to be 5mins in one go, it can be spread throughout the day but you have to do 5mins each day.

2. This is one that the dude in the gym made us do this morning. Put on the song Roxanne, get into the push up plank position and every time you hear Roxanne you do a half burpee (don't stand up) and when you hear red light, you do a push up. Do this every day for the remainder of Feb?

Sorry peeps, I'm useless at this stuff.

Neady83

Cheers Mike here goes

Goal 1 - Run on/off road for 24hrs
Goal 2 - MTB & Hike a Bike for 7hrs
Goal 3 - Roadie/Wattbike for 22hrs
Goal 4 – Kayak for 1hr
Goal 5 - Hike for 4hrs
Goal 6 – Circuits/S&C for 10.5hrs
Goal 7 – Zany Feb challenge
Total of 68.5hrs (ok this isn’t possible but a girl can dream )

shotgunmcos

Ok so 2 options for the Feb zany challenge

Listen to Roxanne 27 times performing half burpees and push ups as per Neady

Or

Clock 2hrs 20 min total in plank position. I'm opting for this one.. :P

Neady83

Awesome, I'm opting for the Plank too, we'll have rock hard abs by the end of Feb.

sconhome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T1c7GkzRQQ

I like the song, but 27 times!?

Neady83

sconhome wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T1c7GkzRQQ

I like the song, but 27 times!?

You could mix it up and do it with:

AC/DCs Thunderstruck. Buzzwords: Thunder and Thunderstruck
Neil Diamonds America. Buzzwords: America and Today
or
Mobys Flower. Buzzwords: Bring Sally up and bring Sally down

shotgunmcos

Just to quantify Neady83's February Challenge options


The "Plank" version
2hrs 20 mins total in plank

The "Roxanne" version
1hr 30 total in plank, 702 half burpees and 675 push ups and the feeling of groundhog day every time you play it

The choice is yours...

mossym

okay. I'm in. here are the goals for the month

Goal 1:Bike: 20 Hours
Goal 2:Run: 12 hours
Goal 3:Swim: 8 Hours
Goal 4: I'll take the plank only challenge Bob for 2hr 20
Goal 5: 3 hours of S&C outside of the plank challenge
Goal 6: 2 hours rolling.

sconhome

Based on last month there are targets I'll get and ones that are training time dependent around fixed schedules. But I'd better shadow himself

Goal1 - Run on/off road for 10hrs
Goal2 - MTB & Hike a Bike for 4hrs
Goal3 - Erg or Paddle for 10hrs
Goal4 - Roadie/Turbo for 10hrs
Goal5 - Trek/Orienteer for 4hrs
Goal6 - Swim for 6hrs
Goal7 - S&C for 2hrs
Goal8 - Plank 2.5hrs (supposed to be in 30 mins blocks so all ye 2:20's will be DQ'd )

RacoonQueen

Just realised I now have to do 5 mins of planks this evening. Crap.

shotgunmcos

Holy cap Neady 10hrs banked already :eek:

RacoonQueen

How do we update the sheet?

edit: and who spelled my name wrong? :P

Neady83

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Holy cap Neady 10hrs banked already :eek:

Himself is away, I'm capitalising on free evenings I'm home this weekend though, at which point my mother will take charge of me and what I do

sconhome

RacoonQueen wrote: »

How do we update the sheet?

edit: and who spelled my name wrong? :P

PM me your email and I'll share it with you.

Well I have your's Solobally I need - promise not to add you to the email list

shotgunmcos

RacoonQueen wrote: »

How do we update the sheet?

edit: and who spelled my name wrong? :P

Sorry that was me. I started the Feb sheet on a study break last night. I had mushy peas for a brain..

Solobally8

Is it ok if I dont do the plank challenge? I still have lots of bother with my shoulder so it might put too much pressure on it.

shotgunmcos

Solobally8 wrote: »

Is it ok if I dont do the plank challenge? I still have lots of bother with my shoulder so it might put too much pressure on it.

Of course its an optional thing. The whole point of this is to pick whatever goal activities you like. Nice to have you on board

sconhome

Just update you goal times in minutes on the top row and your achieved times in the bottom row.

shotgunmcos

Ok Goals uploaded to Gsheets

What we have
100% more participation yay!

February is the month of Core.. Aaaarrrr

5 in for 150 mins plank - everyone who completes it gets gold
6 in for running on/off road
6 in for road bike/turbo/wattbike combos
4 in for swim
1 in for weight loss
3 in for hike/trek combos
1 in for turbo on its own
3 in for erg/paddle combos
5 in for S&C

• bronze for every goal you achieve
• silver if you achieve double
• gold if you aimed for more than Jan and get it
• gold if you complete the plank challenge
• 6 bonus golds up for grabs
• 6 bonus silver
• 8 bonus bronze

Go get em'

shotgunmcos

First bit of planking tonight after my first run in over a month. Expect to feel it tomorrow.

Feb planking + Lent = abs baby

shotgunmcos

Who is GNR? Welcome. Just made the bonuses even harder to get now. 100 mins plank is short tho. No gold for that!

sconhome

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Who is GNR? Welcome. Just made the bonuses even harder to get now. 100 mins plank is short tho. No gold for that!

Green & Red.

The rest of us know each other IRL (or Twitter) but I didn't want to 'out' him.

Green&Red

the 100 mins was pro-rata for the remainder of the month!

Solobally8

Pulled something in my calf. No running for a few days for me. I doubt I'll be making my run goal this month :mad:

Neady83

Solobally8 wrote: »

Pulled something in my calf. No running for a few days for me. I doubt I'll be making my run goal this month :mad:

Sorry to hear that A, how is it now?

I was delighted to see your name pop up in here. It was only in the last few weeks that I came across your log and read through it. You're a fantastic cyclist, I'm so sorry about all the mishaps on the bike, it's sh**te luck. I probably saw you cycle once- my home down in Clare is on the Cotter and Crotty Cup route and we usually go down to the bottom of the road

Solobally8

Neady83 wrote: »

Sorry to hear that A, how is it now?

I was delighted to see your name pop up in here. It was only in the last few weeks that I came across your log and read through it. You're a fantastic cyclist, I'm so sorry about all the mishaps on the bike, it's sh**te luck. I probably saw you cycle once- my home down in Clare is on the Cotter and Crotty Cup route and we usually go down to the bottom of the road

Thanks Neady, that's very flattering I loved that race. Such a warm friendly welcome. If I ever get back racing, it will definitely be on my to-do list. We definitely have to organise a mid-west/whest boardsie get together. Maybe in July when RaccoonQueen visits me for the Lough Derg sprint.

Calf is still a bit tender but I haven't tried running yet so will know more next week when I try.

shotgunmcos

Is the planking getting any easier?!

Neady got the first points this month. Hit the hike target for bronze. BUT since it was a better mark than January it was upgraded to gold

sconhome

It doesn't get any easier if you keep adding time to it

Neady83

..... and modest mcos also gets gold for S&C, he hit his target and overshot Januarys mark

The planks are a pain in the butt, can't believe I came up with this one.

shotgunmcos

12 mins of plank to complete this tomorrow. A month ago 12 mins of plank would have been nuts!

Need to update folks. Feb 29 last chance..

RacoonQueen

I've had a terrible month all round so will hit zero targets.

shotgunmcos

RacoonQueen wrote: »

I've had a terrible month all round so will hit zero targets.

Don't worry. That's the thing with monthly challenges. You can forget about Feb and set out new goals for March including.

shotgunmcos

Results of the February Chapter and Overall

There was planking, more planking, weight loss and all kinds of biking and S&C stuff. Everyone who joined in Feb can now set gold level targets for March. Neady83's overall lead extended to 9pts but 10 Chapters still to go...

February results

sconhome
10 pts - 1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze
shotgunmcos
21pts - 5 gold, 3 silver
Neady83
18pts - 5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
mossym
0pts
Solobally8
6pts - 1 gold, 3 bronze
RacconnQueen
6pts - 1 gold, 3 bronze
Green&Red
11pts - 1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze

Well done folks, shout out to the weight loss goals achieved
Just one completion of the Plankathon challenge and some gallant efforts

Overall Standings

Neady83 - 39pts
shotgunmcos - 30pts
sconhome - 23pts
Green&Red - 11pts
RaccoonQueen - 6pts
Solobally8 - 6pts
mossym - 0pts


March Chapter will be posted soon and oh boy, I get to choose the Zany Challenge this month