TEAM FIVE
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I'm up over 300 stairs. I was under in calories yesterday and I've done 4 of the videos. I feel like we've done them before. Did we do them in the last challenge? They seem so familiar! Or maybe I'm just getting more coordinated!!1
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Seems Team 1 is pretty invincible. For the first time, they kicked our butts in minutes this week (had three people with over 1000 minutes). I think we tied them this week in challenge points, which was awesome!! Sorry, but I just couldn't push myself much farther last night to get more minutes because I was so sore from Saturday (darn that Rockettes challenge)!
Yeah, I noticed the increase in minutes as well. Sometimes I think it would have been good to have a separate Fab Five group for strategizing... I feel like we are "watched" on here and when we say we are going to do this or that to try to overtake them, then they do something to counter it. So, now we are down to just 2 weeks to try and overtake them... I'm not giving up the fight, but we are going to need to bump up the minutes and complete ALL the challenges in order to have a chance at catching them.
What say ye, Fab Fives... are ya with me? Let's shed those extra Thanksgiving calories and make room for the upcoming Christmas goodies by spending more time in the gym, or walking, etc.! Oh, and don't forget those steps and dance moves for the challenges!!5 -
Mrscanmore wrote: »I'm up over 300 stairs. I was under in calories yesterday and I've done 4 of the videos. I feel like we've done them before. Did we do them in the last challenge? They seem so familiar! Or maybe I'm just getting more coordinated!!
I haven't done them yet, but yes, I believe we did them on the last race as well... or at least it was the same guy. Great job!
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So, here's my current philosophy. This challenge has pushed me to do more in the past few months, than I've done since I've been on here. I'm sure it's doing that for others as well. It helps to have Team 1 as a target to try to beat. However, I know they've said they didn't have much competition last race, so we're definitely giving them a run for their money...
But that helps them to do more also. So, this is one of those times when we have a win/win. We're all doing more (and reaping the benefits) and so are they.
Would it be better if we'd beat them some more weeks? Of course it would, and I totally agree with pushing for these last two weeks (especially since I know my personal minutes were lacking the last two for various reasons) because I know they are getting as tired as we are.
But I have to say, I'm rather tickled right now in maintaining our second place status where we're breathing down their necks at every opportunity 
Maybe I just have creepy stalker tendencies... 
But I have to look and notice that our two teams are consistently far ahead of the other teams every week, and we should embrace a bit of that success to help propel us to overtake Team 1. 
Honestly, I've noticed they wait until the last minute to log their time and many of their challenge points. It's a tactic, but it could easily backfire should the site have a glitch. I say, we just keep working our butts off, do the best we can, and hopefully it will be enough to overtake them when we finally put it all together (challenge points and minutes). They have found the sweet spot, and I think we're close to getting it too for our team. We are the Fab Five! We can do it!
On a separate note...I finally got a chance to demo my new SUP 12'6" race board today (under sub-optimal conditions - heavy paddle and a bit of a strong Southerly wind). I put a deposit down on it, and will pay the rest next week when I pick it up. I'm pretty stoked about it, though it's a bit more board than I can honestly handle right now (feels like I'm maneuvering the Titanic compared to my 10'6" surf board). I posted a picture on my news feed. It's pretty cool, a board designed and shaped by a guy in Australia. I got a great deal on it when you convert Australian dollars to US. Now, I have to purchase a new paddle and some other accessories. This is my late birthday present (Oct) and an early Christmas present to myself. The competition with the 50+ women in the raceboard category is brutal, so I'll have to get my act together for next season's races which start in April. But I'm stoked. Already texted my biggest competitor about the purchase...lol...but I doubt she's shaking in her boots...she's a pretty amazing racer. I think I'm going to have be getting out on the water more this winter to figure out what I'm doing...it's pretty stable, for a narrow board, but I have a feeling I might be taking a few dives into the water. Maybe it's time to invest in a wet suit...
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My legs are a little bit sore right now BUT I am almost 2/3 done the stair challenge. I've been aiming for 500 stairs a day so I'm already up to 1000. I've just finished the 4 videos. I liked the first one best so I'm going to do it a second time tomorrow. I really enjoyed reading everyone's thankful posts.4
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I'm trying hard to make the 1000 minutes this week. I've got a good start with today and yesterday. The tricky days are the ones that I don't run!4
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Monday: 270 minutes
Tuesday: 240 minutes4 -
Seems Team 1 is pretty invincible. For the first time, they kicked our butts in minutes this week (had three people with over 1000 minutes). I think we tied them this week in challenge points, which was awesome!! Sorry, but I just couldn't push myself much farther last night to get more minutes because I was so sore from Saturday (darn that Rockettes challenge)!
Yeah, I noticed the increase in minutes as well. Sometimes I think it would have been good to have a separate Fab Five group for strategizing... I feel like we are "watched" on here and when we say we are going to do this or that to try to overtake them, then they do something to counter it.
Having done a lot of challenges on MFP, I don't think it's a bad idea to have a private group for "strategizing" if you're in a team challenge. Since our teams are not private, we can pretty much guarantee that people from other teams are reading our thread. (Team 1 - you KNOW you are!) LOL
Something to consider for next time!4 -
I've made a little headway on the step challenge, but have been having some knee pain today. Lots of squats and lunges the past few days, along with a pretty intense cardio workout yesterday.
I've gotten only about 200 steps so far, but I'm afraid to push it any further today. We'll see what tomorrow brings. Hoping I can knock out a couple of the dance videos.
Under calories so far for 2 days.
Minutes so far this week:
Monday - 105
Tuesday - 115
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@b3achy -- you are so correct, this has been a great experience and we've done remarkably well throughout and I am very proud of our team! I'm just uber competitive and not willing to throw in the towel... maybe I'm hoping for some last quarter heroics like my Chiefs have done so many times this year, lol. At any rate, my minutes are already down from normal the past 2 days, but I will try to pick up the pace the rest of the week.4
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WEEK SEVEN: CARRERAS A CUSCO!
CHALLENGE #1: “CLIMB THE INCA TRAIL” (10 POINTS)
11/28 - 280/1,778
11/29 - 974/1,778; Total: 1,254/1,778
I went back to the park for its stairs.
CHALLENGE #2: “PERU TIENE TALENTO!” 10 POINTS
Completed 11/28
CHALLENGE #3: “EXTRACTO DE RANA!” (5 POINTS)
2/5
MINUTES/MILES
28 Nov. 146 minutes
29 Nov. 83 minutes (78 minutes walking + 5 minutes jumping jacks)
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I'm on track with food, will do the videos on the weekend and must smash out the stairs tomorrow as I don't have at home... Currently at 41 flights!
Sorry, no minutes today. Was at work by 4:00AM, getting our rehabilitated seals ready for release, 5 hours at sea and all the normal duties at work still had to be done before or after that. I want my bed... I will try for some yoga (I really need it!)4 -
@b3achy -- you are so correct, this has been a great experience and we've done remarkably well throughout and I am very proud of our team! I'm just uber competitive and not willing to throw in the towel... maybe I'm hoping for some last quarter heroics like my Chiefs have done so many times this year, lol. At any rate, my minutes are already down from normal the past 2 days, but I will try to pick up the pace the rest of the week.
No worries Rus...I'm super competitive too, so that was as much to remind myself at how well we've been doing and not to stress out any of our less competitive teammies...balance in all things.
I also know sometimes you can go farther and harder by easing up a bit. It's a weird phenomena in my type of racing. You can push harder, but sometimes you just get in your own way and slow yourself down. If you ease up, you can get into a better cadence and the paddleboard will move faster through the water than if you are trying to force it. It is something I'm still learning.
I still think we can get the job done too for these last two weeks. We've got Team 1 on the run...now we just need to outlast them It's harder to maintain first place than for someone to take it from you. We're the team that can take it from them.
BTW, after our win, Team 1 was amazed at the number of minutes we were getting, and were saying we were going to burn out...but then after they pushed during the next week to get more minutes (and still didn't pass us in minutes), they were all talking about how much they were hurting (reading team threads can go both ways). I really thought we might have them last week or the week before because so many of them were sick (but the rest of the team rallied and got the job done, just like our team does).
We can do it! It is their position to lose, and ours to take!
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I got up early and did some biking and yoga this morning. I'm keeping on track with my food this week. So grateful for this challenge! This morning I was back down to my preweekend weight 4
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Dance videos done. I think I'm getting more uncoordinated with each set of videos. I did the fifth one (Travesuras) twice since it was more exercise moves and less 'dancing', so I could keep up better. I also did the bonus dance video (though saying I actually did it is a pretty loose interpretation), and the bonus stretching video.
Okay, off to the gym to hit the weights and the stair master...UGH! I really dislike the stair challenges, but I know it is good for me. At least, I am going to reward myself with some Tijuana Flats afterwards...yum! $5 "Norito bowl" Wednesday!!
PS - I lurked in Team 1's thread a bit today (BTW, they have some great pictures posted too)...they are calculating how much on their tail we are (I believe Vowder said were were only 0.8% behind them, which isn't much at all)...I think because we were so far ahead of them last week and so early due to the holiday they all pushed hard over the weekend to get more done too (quite a few comments lamenting they weren't in the lead and needed to get it back). So, we sort of did it to ourselves because we were posting good numbers, especially challenge points so early. They are way ahead right now, but you know it's because they are worried. Let's just keep up the pressure, and be like Ninjas and sneak in for the win at the end. 2 -
@b3achy- Do you think it would be a wiser strategy to wait to post our numbers and challenge completions until the end? I've normally been plugging numbers in as I go, but have no problem holding back and then give Team 1 the smack-down at the end.
Bwaaahaaahaaaaa!!
Off to town to try the doctor's steps again and pick up some of those plastic hanger thingys for Christmas lights. We'll see how my knee handles the steps. Damn I hate old lady aches and pains!4 -
@b3achy good idea 3
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There is a danger in waiting. If something online becomes inaccessible when you are trying to log your stuff over the weekend, then you could potentially not get your minutes logged and there isn't much recovery time, which isn't good. I'm continuing to plug mine in as I get them, but it's up to you guys which strategy to employ. It is harder for the team to know what needs to be done to keep us in the race too if people are holding back, but it does keep us playing our hand closer to our chest if some wait to log (even if they wait by a day, though I tend to forget if I don't do something regularly)...I'd say that's a team captains' strategy call. Though right now, it looks like many on our team are behind in logging anyway.
FWIW, I officially hate stair/step challenges.
There I said it! I try not to use the word hate too much...but I really hate the stairmaster at my gym. Probably won't ever get on it again unless I'm forced to for a future challenge. I know it is good for me, but it just totally kicks my butt. I am done with the challenge at 2000 steps. I had to take a bunch of breaks on the stairmaster today (at one point only stepping 2.5 minutes at time), but I got it done (so my 22 minutes of actually working out today probably should be closer to 25 or 30 minutes on that dang machine). I did get my Tijuana Flats after though. That helped!
So, I got both the step and the dance video challenges completed today. And very happy both are done! Food should be easy. I'm thinking I might need a long leisurely paddle tomorrow to recover from the stairmaster.
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Wednesday: 255 minutes
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WEEK SEVEN: CARRERAS A CUSCO!
CHALLENGE #1: “CLIMB THE INCA TRAIL” (10 POINTS)
11/28 - 280/1,778
11/29 - 974/1,778
11/30 - 906/1,777; Total: 2,160
Completed 11/30
I went to another one of my favorite parks & used the observation deck stairs.
CHALLENGE #2: “PERU TIENE TALENTO!” 10 POINTS
Completed 11/28
CHALLENGE #3: “EXTRACTO DE RANA!” (5 POINTS)
3/5
MINUTES/MILES
28 Nov. 146 minutes
29 Nov. 83 minutes
30 Nov. 130 minutes (100 minutes walking + 25 minutes day 25, 30 Day Abs + Legs + Glutes Challenge + 5 minutes butt kicks)
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Well, the best laid plans as they say. By the time I finished my errand today it was literally pouring - POURING rain and I was afraid to attempt the doctor's steps because they are wood and gravel. I was afraid it would be too slippery and I didn't want to risk a fall and get soaking wet.
I did do about 10 flights at my house, but I'm still barely 1/3 through the total. I won't say "hate", but definitely not "love" either for the stair challenges.
Regardless, I did get a few minutes in today:
Wednesday - 50 minutes
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What a neat climb @MiamiSeoul !! I need to find a place like that to do my future challenges. About the only place I can think of is our convention center downtown has a bunch of steps. While it has a good view on the water, it's pretty meh, compared to your great locations!
Good job @RaeBeeBaby - still getting in some steps despite the weather ruining your plans. Yea, this one is brutal compared to the previous step challenge.
@My_Butt - added your time for Mon - Wed to the spreadsheet. I know Rus usually does it for you, but haven't seen him on here much today, so assuming he's busy.3 -
@b3achy - I completely agree with you about how much this challenge has helped me not only exercising more, but exercising in ways I would never have done in the past. There have been many evenings when I just want to sit and relax, but instead I go downstairs and workout for 20, 30, 40 minutes. Normally I run 3 - 4 times a week before work and that's about it. Now I'm running 4- 5 times a week plus working out in the evening. I certainly don't have anywhere near the minutes some members have but on a personal level, I am definitely doing more than I was in the past. So you are right, either way, this has been a "win/win". But since I'm a teammate, I'll keep upping the ante to help the team.4
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@biketheworld and @b3achy , I'm also with you! I've been doing a ton more in addition to my runs. I haven't cycled this much in years! And I've never been much of a stretcher, but I've been doing lots of yoga and stretching everyday!2
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Good Afternoon Team
Yes i am still here...
CHALLENGE #1: “CLIMB THE INCA TRAIL”~~10 POINTS
I used a stair master and got 1778/1778
My butt hurts
CHALLENGE #2: “PERU TIENE TALENTO!” 10 POINTS~~~ I love the dance challenges the best...
“Vivir mi Vida” (4:07) “Live my Life”
"Inténtalo" (3:21) “Try It” -
“Darte un Beso” (3:54) “Give You a Kiss”
“Mi Nina Bonita” (3:21) “My Pretty Girl”
“Travesuras” (3:21) “Antics!~~i did this one twice
CHALLENGE #3: “EXTRACTO DE RANA!”
(5 POINTS)
4/5 days so far
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I had a great day paddling today. 5.25 more miles down and 2+ hours of minutes for the team.
Since @MiamiSeoul 's been posting such great pictures, thought I'd share one of the break I took today while out paddling. Happy December 1st everyone!! This is the way we do winter in Florida!! I mean, I had a shirt on today instead of a tank top...
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Seems Team 1 is pretty invincible. For the first time, they kicked our butts in minutes this week (had three people with over 1000 minutes). I think we tied them this week in challenge points, which was awesome!! Sorry, but I just couldn't push myself much farther last night to get more minutes because I was so sore from Saturday (darn that Rockettes challenge)!
Yeah, I noticed the increase in minutes as well. Sometimes I think it would have been good to have a separate Fab Five group for strategizing... I feel like we are "watched" on here and when we say we are going to do this or that to try to overtake them, then they do something to counter it. So, now we are down to just 2 weeks to try and overtake them... I'm not giving up the fight, but we are going to need to bump up the minutes and complete ALL the challenges in order to have a chance at catching them.
I am one for putting in hard work to reap the benefits, so having the other teams able to see what we're doing feeds my egotistical needs. Hehe
I'd much rather be challenged the whole way in a competition than just skate by with ease. If a win is guaranteed, is it really a victory?
I say let them read. I for one don't have the time to read the other five threads because I'm too busy completing challenges and working out to spend minutes sifting through posts.
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WEEK SEVEN: CARRERAS A CUSCO!
CHALLENGE #1: “CLIMB THE INCA TRAIL” (10 POINTS)
Completed 11/30
CHALLENGE #2: “PERU TIENE TALENTO!” 10 POINTS
Completed 11/28
CHALLENGE #3: “EXTRACTO DE RANA!” (5 POINTS)
4/5
MINUTES/MILES
28 Nov. 146 minutes
29 Nov. 83 minutes
30 Nov. 130 minutes
1 Dec. 153 minutes (125 minutes | 454 calories + 28 minutes day 1, December 30 Day challenges)
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WOW, just realized we're in Peru!
Let's party!
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