Official MacRumors Nike+ August 2008 Challenges

[QCassidy352]

Ok, so there are no new challenges yet, but we didn't have a July thread, and I thought we should have a new one rather than continuing to post in the June thread.

I'm looking forward to a good month of training with not much else on my plate at this point.

Happy trails, folks!

[magiic]

I am Nike+ runner. I didn't know these forums had a Nike+ "group"

[QCassidy352]

Originally Posted by magiic

I am Nike+ runner. I didn't know these forums had a Nike+ "group"

yes indeed! You should send a PM to ziwi and ask him to add you to the challenges that we have each month. We have things like most miles, fastest 5k, teams based on your favorite [mac/movie/food/whatever], and a year-long group challenge to reach 25,000 miles! It's a lot of fun, and we'd love to have you aboard.

[748s]

Originally Posted by QCassidy352

...........I'm looking forward to a good month of training with not much else on my plate at this point.

Happy trails, folks!..............

I'm hoping for better this month, combination of winter (where I am), strained calf muscles, new job with 0200hours to 0400hours start times has seen my kilometres drop away to almost nothing in June/July.

Might have to quit my job to get the Kilometres ticking over

[twoodcc]

thanks for creating this thread. maybe we need to get ahold of ziwi or something, since we haven't seen him in a while.

i am starting back running a little more than before. still not 40 miles a week probably, but maybe 30. we'll see how it goes.

[ziwi]

So what is going on? Seems like many folks bailed out on the challenges. The mileages seem messed up, but then it seems like many participants have withdrawn. Guess folks lost interest.

[748s]

Looks like the Nike site had a meltdown. I haven't bailed but my km's/miles have reset to zero.

[iDAG]

Originally Posted by 748s

Looks like the Nike site had a meltdown. I haven't bailed but my km's/miles have reset to zero.

Same, and plus I started offical practice this week so I switched back to a normal watch.

[QCassidy352]

Originally Posted by ziwi

So what is going on? Seems like many folks bailed out on the challenges. The mileages seem messed up, but then it seems like many participants have withdrawn. Guess folks lost interest.

I'm guessing the "withdrawals" are part of the site's meltdown. My miles won't even upload as of now.

[twoodcc]

Originally Posted by QCassidy352

I'm guessing the "withdrawals" are part of the site's meltdown. My miles won't even upload as of now.

dang, and we thought the site was bad before! i hope this gets fixed pronto!

[mkrishnan]

Originally Posted by ziwi

So what is going on? Seems like many folks bailed out on the challenges.

Yeah, I'm one of them. So I wanted to stop by, say hi, and apologize. It's not that I lost interest so much that I got so focused on my speed training and some other issues made me decide to cut my training to four days a week. So I'm running 3x5k's and 1x10k per week, coming out to just over 15 miles, and I'm resting the other days.

On the bright personal side, my 5k is down now to 23:24 or something like that -- I set that record yesterday, and I was actually quite astonished to note that I'm consistently running 5k under 24 minutes now, which is a first ever for me. 10k is hovering around 48:12 or something like that, so I'm hoping to smash through into the 47s at the Human Race.

But I do miss the competitions and I'm sorry I haven't been a part of them.

P.S. I get Human Race bib on Saturday. The t-shirts are technical -- I really hope they actually have them in sizes that fit and they're not all XL. Good luck to all the runners who'll be doing it!

[twoodcc]

Originally Posted by mkrishnan

Yeah, I'm one of them. So I wanted to stop by, say hi, and apologize. It's not that I lost interest so much that I got so focused on my speed training and some other issues made me decide to cut my training to four days a week. So I'm running 3x5k's and 1x10k per week, coming out to just over 15 miles, and I'm resting the other days.

On the bright personal side, my 5k is down now to 23:24 or something like that -- I set that record yesterday, and I was actually quite astonished to note that I'm consistently running 5k under 24 minutes now, which is a first ever for me. 10k is hovering around 48:12 or something like that, so I'm hoping to smash through into the 47s at the Human Race.

But I do miss the competitions and I'm sorry I haven't been a part of them.

P.S. I get Human Race bib on Saturday. The t-shirts are technical -- I really hope they actually have them in sizes that fit and they're not all XL. Good luck to all the runners who'll be doing it!

well, i'm glad to hear that you are still running and are running well. but i must say, that type of training will not get you where you want to be (unless you are happy with those times). good luck

[Applespider]

Originally Posted by mkrishnan

Yeah, I'm one of them. So I wanted to stop by, say hi, and apologize.
But I do miss the competitions and I'm sorry I haven't been a part of them.

You could still stay in the 25K one though... no? Those 15 miles a week all add up!

P.S. I get Human Race bib on Saturday. The t-shirts are technical -- I really hope they actually have them in sizes that fit and they're not all XL. Good luck to all the runners who'll be doing it!

I picked mine up last week and it's surprisingly OK. Dri-Fit material although a tad bright. It's going to look v odd with 30,000 identical (more or less) T's running since you HAVE to wear it as it has your unique number on it. The women's ones came in S to XL so I'm guessing the men's ones should too. They'll give you your T and then they code the number on it in against your entry in their systems.

Where are you running it? Are there any other MR bods doing it in London?