Log for Week 9

9th week
Start Date for Week: 2/27/2011
Total starting miles for group: 1072
Goal: 730 miles

The scores for the week as of 9pm, 3/5/2011
Total for Brian: 22 miles
Total for Colleen: 16 miles
Total for Ryan: 33 miles
Total for Jeanette: 44 miles
Total for Jonathan: 0 miles
Total for Emily: 0 miles
Total for Rory: 28 miles
Total for Melissa: 22 miles
Total for Kelly: 14 miles
Current total for the week: 179 miles; only 551 miles to go

Team Challenge:
Team Sunpebbles: 55 miles
Team RJ: 72 miles
Team C: 52 miles
See Week 9 Challenge post

Week 9 Challenge!

We have 8 weeks under our belt and 8 weeks left!  Before you know it, our challenge will be over.

This week I have a new challenge for us. If you are not interested please post here so we can update the challenge. No pressure, but just trying to find new ways to sweat a little more and push a little harder to get the weight off and get that beach body.

My challenge for us this week is to see who can log the most mileage with the following rules and other stuff:

• We'll work in teams. The teams are Jeanette and Rory - Team RJ and Colleen, Melissa, and Kelly  - Team C, and Da Boyz - Brian and Ryan.
• Each person can only count 20miles of biking toward the challenge total, but if more biking is done, the time will be counted instead of the mileage for this week's challenge. (The total mileage, however, will be counted for the overall Dominican Fitness Challenge to be add to our team's total mileage.)
• You don't have to log the most mileage, you just don't want to be in last place.
• This challenge is to encourage hitting the gym and getting more workouts this week.
• The losing team will be part of a sand sculpture of the other teams choosing and building with picture taking included. (unless there is another suggestion - feel free) - About an hour time frame given to build the sculpture and pictures.

Week 8 in Review

This was a good week for our team. We were just short of the goal of 180miles with logging 165 miles which is still pretty good. Highlights:

• Almost everyone logging at least 16 miles - target goal
• Kelly having a great first week so now we know what she can do and push her :)
• Brian and Ryan's challenge - Colleen gets the honors of fulfilling the punishment in Dominican Republic
• Melissa working out each weekday this week!
• Brian almost running a sub 7minute mile.
• Jeanette working out with a cold
• And Colleen losing almost 5lbs since mid Feb!

We have less than 800miles to go and have logged over 1000miles! Great job!

W.O.W. is awarded.

Wordless Wednesday (2-23) Focusing on the Goal

Log in for Week 8

8th week
Start Date for Week: 2/20/2011
Total starting miles for group: 906.5
Goal: 894.5 miles

The scores for the week as of 3:30pm, 2/27/2011
Total for Brian: 27 miles
Total for Colleen: 16 miles
Total for Ryan: 34 miles
Total for Jeanette: 40 miles
Total for Jonathan: 0 miles
Total for Emily: 0 miles
Total for Rory: 17 miles
Total for Melissa: 16 miles
Total for Kelly: 15 miles
Current total for the week: 165 miles; only 729.5 miles to go

Week 7 in Review

Another week gone by and we have surpassed the halfway mileage! Way to go!
Congratulations to our Week 7 W.O.W. winner! Thanks for being a good example for the rest of us. What do you have in store for the second half of our fitness challenge?

Although this week was a mediocre week for most of us let's not forget the highlights:

• Brian and Colleen putting in over 16miles in one day to surpass the minimum mileage for the week.
• Melissa and Ryan walking/working out while in Florida
• Rory biking for 15miles
• Jeanette doing more than she did last week. Ha.ha.

So what's on tap for everyone this week - last full week of Feb? Colleen has shared her goals with us previously, anyone else? Is there going to be a wager between Brian and Ryan??? Remember to push a little harder, sweat a little more.... Do you think we can beat our 180miles we did the last week of Jan.?
We are getting close to just relaxing on the beach, drinking, eating.....

Wordy Wednesday!

Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made. - Patti Sue Plumer,

U.S. Olympian

Log for Week 7

7th week
Start Date for Week: 2/13/2011
Total starting miles for group: 814.5
Goal: 986.5 miles

The scores for the week as of 9pm, 2/19/2011
Total for Brian: 18 miles
Total for Colleen: 17 miles
Total for Ryan: 8 miles
Total for Jeanette: 2 miles
Total for Jonathan: 0 miles
Total for Emily: 0 miles
Total for Rory: 35 miles
Total for Melissa: 12 miles
Current total for the week: 92 miles; only 894.5 miles to go

Week 6 in Review

Another week down. Getting close to being half way through the challenge and we are ahead of schedule (mileage-wise) so keep it up! We've got to be proud of ourselves for being under 990 now!

Highlights for the week:

• apparently some friendly competition between Brian and Ryan caused some high individual mileages
• Colleen getting her 16miles in just 2 days!
• Melissa taking on shredding with Jillian.
• Rory posting TWO 10mile bike rides!

WOW is awarded for the week.

Log for Week 6

6th week
Start Date for Week: 2/6/2011
Total starting miles for group: 673.5
Goal: 1127.5 miles

The scores for the week as of 5pm, 2/12/2011
Total for Brian: 43 miles
Total for Colleen: 16 miles
Total for Ryan: 50 miles
Total for Jeanette: 0 miles
Total for Jonathan: 0 miles
Total for Emily: 0 miles
Total for Rory: 24 miles
Total for Melissa: 8 miles
Current total for the week: 141 miles; only 986.5 miles to go

Week 5 in Review

Okay, so Jeanette had to tend to a friend in need, so I'm (Colleen) going to try to do my best to step in and total this up accurately. With some of the spreadsheet issues we were having, I could be mistaken, but I believe the totals for Week 5 were as follows:

Brian: 20
Colleen: 19
Ryan: 9
Jeanette: 18
Jonathan: 1.5
Emily: 2
Melissa: 17 (assuming the walk Thursday was hers, not Brian's)
Rory: 34!

We definitely did well this week, with 120.5 total miles posted! Nice work! And the highlights were certainly Rory's good news with weight loss and crazy number of miles, Melissa's consistency with the calistenics, and Brian pushed himself to run for 7 miles on Saturday. Let's keep it up! I know that Melissa and Jeanette have already said that they've got a busier than usual week this week, so everyone else, let's try to step in and help pitch in some extra miles for the group! Brian and I are traveling this weekend, so we'll do our best to step it up every night this week to log enough miles before we leave for WV.

Also, the W.O.W. has been announced.

Wordy Wednesday (2-02) Here's Some Inspiration!

Okay, so here's some inspiration! Even though these beach bodies might be a little out of reach for most of us, the important thing to note is how healthy they look, right? We're all getting healthier every time we exercise. And we just made it under 1200 miles! Great job everyone!

Plutarch: "Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. "