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MacRumors Official Nike+ June Challenges
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Don't get distracted by what other people are running.
6 Months ago I couldn't run out of sight on a dark night.
40 metres was my maximum distance, that was it.
I'd be out of breath and exhausted.
Just kept doing what I could.
Slowly I got stronger (and lighter).
The june challenge is challenging myself, nobody else.
It's impossible, but my challenge is to run 300 kilometres by 30th June.
From 40 metres to 300 kilometres in a month
It's all about you and what you can do.
Welcome to SilentPanda & Bogie.......Keep on rollin'
(desmonator)
6 Months ago I couldn't run out of sight on a dark night.
40 metres was my maximum distance, that was it.
I'd be out of breath and exhausted.
Just kept doing what I could.
Slowly I got stronger (and lighter).
The june challenge is challenging myself, nobody else.
It's impossible, but my challenge is to run 300 kilometres by 30th June.
From 40 metres to 300 kilometres in a month
It's all about you and what you can do.
Welcome to SilentPanda & Bogie.......Keep on rollin'
(desmonator)
Don't let that stop you. I almost passed out after a quarter mile. Just because some of these people are "running with the bulls" every day doesn't mean we can't be "running with the snails"!
Okay, you won me over lol. How do I add myself to the monthly challenge?
Send a PM to Ziwi with your Nike+ ID that you made when you registered your Nike+ thing. You and I can just hang out at the bottom of the challenges and make sure nobody is following them or something...
I think you have to have a Nike+ ID. Although my activity is on my web site (link in sig) but that's just a small part of it.
Been there... the nice thing is that you then have the best chance of improvement...
Thrawn - where are you? Need some more runners out there. Right now my master list is 42 folks who have run or asked to be a part of it - this month so far only 11 folks have logged miles and this is the 6th day...
I thought that the everybody wins challenges of the 100, 250 and 500 would be a nice incentive based on the way the monthly challenges are going, but it is not gaining more participation. Any ideas anyone?
I think people are intimidated. But folks! I'm only 0.66 miles into it! Surely anybody with two working legs can catch up to me. C'mon! Give me some virtual running buddies!
I'll be trying to log miles daily in two days when I get my stuff! Maybe I'm shooting for the moon here but I'm aiming to be in the top 10 this month! That's right, I'm coming after ya' Panda lol.
Psssh... I'm already 2/3rds a mile ahead of you. There is no way you can catch up!
(man I'm sore!)
yeah, i don't know how to get more runners.....maybe tell people they can walk/jog/run? and that they don't have to be fast to join?
well i just did 60 miles this past week....and i'm still down by 17.5 miles! ....i'm probably on pace for more than last month, which was a record......and i'm losing big time
....i'm probably on pace for more than last month, which was a record......and i'm losing big time
We're all winning.
The only people who are losing are those doing nothing
true, very true. and good job to you! at this rate you'll get 230 miles! keep it up
well i finally went to the track and tested my new sensor (have had it for a few months now)....and it said one lap around was 0.22 miles.....instead of 0.25!
so after calibrating it, it now says 0.25. i think i've been cheated out of a lot of miles with this sensor.....(even though i'm sure none of ya'll will care)
so after calibrating it, it now says 0.25. i think i've been cheated out of a lot of miles with this sensor.....(even though i'm sure none of ya'll will care)
well i finally went to the track and tested my new sensor (have had it for a few months now)....and it said one lap around was 0.22 miles.....instead of 0.25!
so after calibrating it, it now says 0.25. i think i've been cheated out of a lot of miles with this sensor.....(even though i'm sure none of ya'll will care)
I do care about people losing miles/km's, especially long runs vanishing.
Calibrating should be the first thing you do with the kit.
thanks. yeah i know, but my last sensor was off after i calibrated it. but not this far off.
well you might be alright. my other sensor was from july 06, one of the first ones (i guess). but it never hurts to check
btw, i think my nano is about dead. i guess i'll start a troubleshooting thread about it though
I've noticed that the calibration seems to be very tuned to a specific pace. That is, when I first calibrated my sensor I was averaging about 8:30 per mile. Now I'm doing about 7:45 - 7:50 on most runs. As a result, my distances are off.
I should probably go recalibrate, but based on my experience, I'm not losing that much - may .1 or .2 miles over 5. So if I were to go 100 miles in a month, which would be a ton for me, I'd lose out on maybe 2-4 miles. Pretty small percentage. Plus, sometimes I will run slower, so I'd rather not get "extra" miles when I do that.
I should probably go recalibrate, but based on my experience, I'm not losing that much - may .1 or .2 miles over 5. So if I were to go 100 miles in a month, which would be a ton for me, I'd lose out on maybe 2-4 miles. Pretty small percentage. Plus, sometimes I will run slower, so I'd rather not get "extra" miles when I do that.