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There are also two YouTube Videos about the Ice Festival included in the Week One Harbin Race Announcement Write-Up.
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Hi fabulous ones! I'm back - thanks @deconstructeddancer for the heads up. Last I checked, I was wait-listed, but so glad to be back. Did nada this weekend and didn't realize everyone was packed and leaving! GLAD I MADE IT, whew!
I soooo need to be back with the crew! Best wishes for an awesome race! I'll take care of my intro and begin working through the challenges tomorrow. Good night!
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1- Name : Sue
2- Favourite way to exercise: I love being outdoors walking - no matter what the weather conditions.
3-Where are you from: I lived all of my life in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
4-I live on the Niagara escarpment and am about 40 minutes away from Toronto to the north and about 40 minutes away from Niagara falls and the USA border.
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1. NAME: Jessie
2. FAVORITE WAY TO EXERCISE: dancing! I absolutely love to dance, even though I don't dance well. But I'm one of those 'free spirits' that dance to the beat of their own drum, and it doesn't matter who is watching.
3. WHERE YOU ARE FROM: I'm from canton, Ohio.
4. LIFE HERE: the best part about living near the center of Ohio, I can head north and enjoy the beaches by Erie, head west to get some fresh produce from the hundreds of farms all over, go down south to hike Hocking Hills, or I can travel East to see the old towns that haven't changed a bit.
There's so many things to see and do in Ohio that locals don't know about. My roommate and I use a site called Roadside America that lists silly things to see: giant outside chandelier in Cleveland, worlds former smallest book in the world at Cleveland public library, sword in stone in Columbus, a museum featuring things people had removed after swallowing them in Lima. Lighthouses and pirate ships up north.This is my clan of rescue kitties. Biggie is the only one not in the photo. The big orange kitty on my roommate lost his life to Kidney Disease earlier this month. Rest In Peace King Louis.
This was at Hocking Hills. We found stacked stones where the water was low and I wanted to add a stone.... that whole stack fell over because of me. Hehe
This was from December when we went to southern Ohio to see the HUGE light display. (3.5 million lights). There was also a creepy santa museum (no joke, that's what it was called).
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Hi all. I just got back from an out of town appointment and am chomping at the bit to get onto the treadmill but before I do, I'd like to introduce myself.
1. Name: Jackie
2. Favourite form of exercise: Walking. I really enjoy taking my dogs for walks on the trails near my place BUT in the winter, I do my walking on the treadmill. It gets pretty icy around here.
3. Where are you from? St. Walburg, Saskatchewan, Canada.
4. St. Walburg is a VERY small town in North Central Saskatchewan. There are only about 800 people living here and most of them are related (except for me). There is lots of oil in the region so most people in the area work for the oil industry in some capacity. There is also farming and ranching. St. Walburg is surrounded by lakes so even though our population is small, it grows substantially over the summer. I moved here about 10 years ago from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with my 2 children and have never left. I have never added pictures from my iPad before so please forgive me if this doesn't work.
St. Walburg is rodeo and chuck wagon crazy. Lots of the big chuck wagon racers are from the area. I even got to ride it one once. That was quite a ride!
These are my fur babies Dini and Max. They are quite the characters!
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hawkins410 wrote: »
There are also two YouTube Videos about the Ice Festival included in the Week One Harbin Race Announcement Write-Up.
Oops, I missed the last two after the exercise videos...
My Monday race ritual is to jump on the glider/gazelle and watch all the non-exercise videos for the week.(and then do a little bit more) 1 -
1. NAME: June
2. FAVORITE WAY TO EXERCISE: I haven't really got a favorite exercise I do different exercises each week jogging. stationery bike. walking my dogs. stretches. wii fit. trampoline.
3. WHERE YOU ARE FROM: I live in England Staffordshire.
4. ONE OR TWO SENTENCES DESCRIBING WHERE YOU LIVE: I live on the outskirts of Cannock chase. i can walk around a lovely lake with swans and ducks to feed each morning.
5. OPTIONAL Fur BABIES: I have two dogs a westie who is 12yrs and a shih Tzu who is 6 yrs.4 -
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jackiep248 wrote: »Hi all. I just got back from an out of town appointment and am chomping at the bit to get onto the treadmill but before I do, I'd like to introduce myself.
1. Name: Jackie
2. Favourite form of exercise: Walking. I really enjoy taking my dogs for walks on the trails near my place BUT in the winter, I do my walking on the treadmill. It gets pretty icy around here.
3. Where are you from? St. Walburg, Saskatchewan, Canada.
4. St. Walburg is a VERY small town in North Central Saskatchewan. There are only about 800 people living here and most of them are related (except for me). There is lots of oil in the region so most people in the area work for the oil industry in some capacity. There is also farming and ranching. St. Walburg is surrounded by lakes so even though our population is small, it grows substantially over the summer. I moved here about 10 years ago from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with my 2 children and have never left. I have never added pictures from my iPad before so please forgive me if this doesn't work.
St. Walburg is rodeo and chuck wagon crazy. Lots of the big chuck wagon racers are from the area. I even got to ride it one once. That was quite a ride!
These are my fur babies Dini and Max. They are quite the characters!
*** HEART MELTS ***
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@My_Butt I've heard Hocking Hills is fantastic. One of these days I want to take a few days, stay in one of their cabins, and do lots of hiking.2
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biketheworld wrote: »@My_Butt I've heard Hocking Hills is fantastic. One of these days I want to take a few days, stay in one of their cabins, and do lots of hiking.
It's so much fun.0 -
1. NAME: deconstructeddancer
2. FAVORITE WAY TO EXERCISE: yoga
3. WHERE YOU ARE FROM (TOWN/STATE/PROVINCE): Nashville Tennessee
4. A BRIEF (OR LONG) DESCRIPTION OF WHERE YOU LIVE: I currently live in Grand Rapids Michigan. There is usually a lot of snow, here, but this week, it has been weirdly warm.
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Did everyone see that the max time that counts for the team has been reduced to 700 minutes?
So, that's going to make an interesting twist for this race. Also, Hawkins mentioned that the legs would usually be 5000 miles. Don't know if she was talking as an average or in generalizations, but last time the shorter legs (under 3000 miles) were only ones where our exercise minutes pushed us over...and it meant the challenges were most important for the team points for the other races. I'm thinking with the added restriction of the max minutes, means it's going to be a big team effort for exercise minutes this time.
Looks like we've got a bunch of strong teams this race! Lots of good minutes posted the first day! That's going to make it exciting!
Also wondering that since we're the biggest team of returning players if we had some tips for our new players?
My biggest tip would be - Prioritize completing the challenges.
- Do (or at least start) the challenges as early in the week as possible, so you aren't scrambling at the last minute to get them done (and also because many require multiple days of doing them).
- The challenges are critical to the game and the team's ranking, and usually give way more points toward the team total than the exercise minutes once we get to the destination.
- If you are sick one week, and can't do much, do the challenges for the points. Plus your challenge minutes count toward your exercise minutes (so it's a two-fer).5 -
@b3achy -- very good points for both our team strategy and info for the newbies... it can't be stressed enough how critical those challenge points are. For instance, once we reach our destination, then it takes an additional 500 minutes of exercise for 10 points, whereas, you can do this weeks video challenge in 37 minutes for the same 10 points.
Sorry, I had meant to post sooner with that info, but my head isn't in the game yet. My dad is having surgery this morning to remove some skin cancer and they will also be removing the lymph node that is feeding that area and send in to toxicology to see if it has spread any. Prayers appreciated. Thanks!6 -
Prayers sent up @rusgolden. Family comes first, so understand your priorities!2
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@rusgolden - Sorry about your dad. Will say a prayer for you both.
@b3achy - I did not notice the change in max exercise points. Thanks for pointing that out. It probably will end up making the teams more competitive which is good.4 -
@deconstructeddancer - I grew up between Grand Rapids and Holland. Such a nice area.
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A tip I've found useful for getting the challenges done - if you're a person who likes reminders to do things, try putting it on your phone's calendar (or general gmail if you keep it up all day on the computer, whatever works). You can plug in notifications to remind you to do a video each day, or to remember to bring a certain thing with you to work to eat, or whatever the situation might call for. Especially while doing multiple challenges whose week timelines don't line up (aka one is Sun-Sat and one is Mon-Sun), this has helped me keep on top of things and make sure that I'm not missing out on points or forgetting to log minutes before the spreadsheet closes.4
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biketheworld wrote: »@My_Butt I've heard Hocking Hills is fantastic. One of these days I want to take a few days, stay in one of their cabins, and do lots of hiking.
It's so much fun.
BTW, so glad you're back! I think you mentioned that you might not return for a January race. Hail, hail, the gang's all here!
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@b3achy -- very good points for both our team strategy and info for the newbies... it can't be stressed enough how critical those challenge points are. For instance, once we reach our destination, then it takes an additional 500 minutes of exercise for 10 points, whereas, you can do this weeks video challenge in 37 minutes for the same 10 points.
Sorry, I had meant to post sooner with that info, but my head isn't in the game yet. My dad is having surgery this morning to remove some skin cancer and they will also be removing the lymph node that is feeding that area and send in to toxicology to see if it has spread any. Prayers appreciated. Thanks!
Good notes @b3achy & Rus. Newbies, please, please try to get 100% of the challenge points. It makes all the difference!
Rus, positive energy & prayers for complete healing for your father.
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Thank you all... dad's surgery went well and will be released later today. My sister is with them and sent me a pic... a lot more cutting than I anticipated, but she said the largest scar was from where they used the skin along his shoulder/back to graft on top of his head where the skin cancer was. Now we just wait until next week when the biopsy results are back.5
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Now for a more race related post...
Spreadsheet logging: Logging your minutes everyday is not necessary (unless you want to), but please don't wait until the weekend to log your minutes and/or challenges. If you don't have any exercise minutes for a day or (heaven forbid) you are going to be unable to complete a challenge, then place a zero so I don't pester you about it. The spreadsheet will close at 9 PM Pacific Time, so make sure you're getting those minutes in early enough in case there is an issue accessing it and for those that need verification from MissionEnforcer (ME) to give him time to do so. If you do have issues accessing the spreadsheet, you can also post those minutes/challenges here and a teammate can enter them for you.
Checking-In:I am going to give everyone until Wed each week to have "checked-in" either by logging minutes or posting on our team thread (here). If you have not checked-in, then I will start with gentle nudges on your timeline, and if not acknowledged with a reply, will send you private messages. I think that will help us be more accountable to each other and help us gauge where we are stacking up for the week.
Communication: We had really good communication last race and it really kept us motivated. Even if you're not posting much, try and come by and peek at the team thread daily as some will have some good tips on a challenge, etc. that might help you.
Looks like we are currently sitting in 5th place, but no need to panic. We still have 8 members who haven't added to the spreadsheet yet, so I know we will rally... because we are the FAB FIVES!!4 -
Name: Karen
Favorite exercise - I love to run! Wet just got a load of snow, so I'm also enjoying Cross country skiing and snowshoeing
Where I'm from - Melfort, Saskatchewan
Description - Saskatchewan is very flat (whick makes running a little easier!)! It also has extreme weather temperatures. It can get very hot in the summer and very very cold in the winter. Last week we had unseasonably warm weather and the score started to melt, but it snowed all day yesterday and now we have quite a bit again!! I can't post pictures from my phone, so I'll try when I'm at work tomorrow.2 -
Hey all, the videos aren't too bad this week.
I ended up repeating the long 15 minute one, even though it was the same stuff done 3 times, because 1) I could do it all; 2) it gave me extra minutes; 3) I had a running dialog in my head of what each of the moves were called (can you guess which one got dubbed by me as 'tear your break away pants off and throw them into the crowd'?); 4) I could see myself as a Chinese Workout Video dancer - no smiling needed...lol. I even did the optional video and it wasn't weirdly crazy like some of Hawkin's optional videos in the past (remember the gymnastics one that she told us was 'advanced'?).
Day 2 of my mandarin orange eating is done. Will have that one wrapped up tomorrow.
Now, to see if I can hit the max minutes for this race...I know I had at least one week of 700+ minutes last race...
Yes, looks like the other teams are way ahead, but like Rus said we have a few that haven't logged/checked in yet. I seem to remember a lot of you are pretty busy during the week and log a bit later. I'm the type if I don't log it as I do it, I forget to get it in the spreadsheet.
Hope everyone is having a great week! Have loved seeing again where everyone is from, and loving all the fur baby pictures.1 -
MiamiSeoul wrote: »biketheworld wrote: »@My_Butt I've heard Hocking Hills is fantastic. One of these days I want to take a few days, stay in one of their cabins, and do lots of hiking.
It's so much fun.
BTW, so glad you're back! I think you mentioned that you might not return for a January race. Hail, hail, the gang's all here!
Yeah. I was really down and depressed after my kitty was out to sleep, so I didn't want to do anything. But I'm working on regaining my focus and suppressing my antisocial behavior.2 -
MiamiSeoul wrote: »biketheworld wrote: »@My_Butt I've heard Hocking Hills is fantastic. One of these days I want to take a few days, stay in one of their cabins, and do lots of hiking.
It's so much fun.
BTW, so glad you're back! I think you mentioned that you might not return for a January race. Hail, hail, the gang's all here!
Yeah. I was really down and depressed after my kitty was out to sleep, so I didn't want to do anything. But I'm working on regaining my focus and suppressing my antisocial behavior.
You've got this. Sending hugs!
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WEEK ONE: SAY "NĬ HĂO" IN HARBIN!
CHALLENGE #1: "MEET AND GREET!" (10 POINTS)
COMPLETED T, 1/24/17
NI HAO
1. NAME: MiamiSeoul
2. FAVORITE WAY TO EXERCISE: Walking
3. WHERE YOU ARE FROM: Born in Seoul, Korea; live in Miami, Florida, USA
4. A BRIEF (OR LONG) DESCRIPTION OF WHERE YOU LIVE: I live in Miami which is known as a flat, hot, tropical paradise. Miami has some of the best beaches, restaurants & shopping in Florida. Miami-Dade County is home to farms, the Everglades, South Beach, the Miami Dolphins, Miami Heat & Florida Marlins. Many tourists come to Miami to cruise, shop & play. Most recently, Miami has been in the spotlight because of the film, Moonlight, that was written, directed & filmed by Miamians in Miami. Other movies & shows about and filmed in Miami include: Miami Vice (movie & TV series); CSI Miami; Burn Notice and Scarface.
A view of Biscayne Bay, not far from my home. The water was like glass today!
I'm married, have two children and one inherited cat, Whitney. My other fur daughter, Bella, passed October 15th last year.
Again, best wishes and may the best team (Fab Fives, of course) win!
CHALLENGE #2: "XINGSHI IN CHINA!" (10 POINTS)
COMPLETED T, 1/24/17
MORNING WARM-UP & STRETCHING (5:11 MINUTES)
This could have been relaxing with the music, but the narrator's voice, yikes!
CHINA HOME FITNESS PROJECT (5:32 MINUTES)
This was my favorite.
15 MINUTE HEART ROUTINE
10 MINUTE SLIMMING ROUTINE
OPTIONAL: LITTLE APPLE FITNESS (12 MINUTES) @hawkins410, this is TOTALLY a dance!
CHALLENGE #3: "THE YEAR OF THE ROOSTER" (5 POINTS; ORANGE OR GOLD COLORED FRUIT)
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MINUTES/MILES:
23 Jan. 91 minutes (66 mins walking + 25 mins calisthenics)
24 Jan. 174 minutes (109 mins walking + 15 mins calisthenics + 50 minutes videos (including warm-up & option) I timed myself & was actually over 50 minutes, I don't know how hawkins410 came up with 35.
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I am back!
1. NAME: Jessica
2. FAVORITE WAY TO EXERCISE: Ice hockey and Fitness Blender
3. WHERE YOU ARE FROM (TOWN/STATE/PROVINCE): Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
4. A BRIEF (OR LONG) DESCRIPTION OF WHERE YOU LIVE (PICTURES ARE FUN, BUT NOT A REQUIREMENT)
Currently living in St. Petersburg, Russia. It's on the Gulf of Finland. I used to be able to see the Gulf from my window, but not anymore, due to construction. The city is famous for its museums and canals. Some call it the Venice of the North.
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Hey all, the videos aren't too bad this week.
I ended up repeating the long 15 minute one, even though it was the same stuff done 3 times, because 1) I could do it all; 2) it gave me extra minutes; 3) I had a running dialog in my head of what each of the moves were called (can you guess which one got dubbed by me as 'tear your break away pants off and throw them into the crowd'?); 4) I could see myself as a Chinese Workout Video dancer - no smiling needed...lol. I even did the optional video and it wasn't weirdly crazy like some of Hawkin's optional videos in the past (remember the gymnastics one that she told us was 'advanced'?).
Day 2 of my mandarin orange eating is done. Will have that one wrapped up tomorrow.
Now, to see if I can hit the max minutes for this race...I know I had at least one week of 700+ minutes last race...
Yes, looks like the other teams are way ahead, but like Rus said we have a few that haven't logged/checked in yet. I seem to remember a lot of you are pretty busy during the week and log a bit later. I'm the type if I don't log it as I do it, I forget to get it in the spreadsheet.
Hope everyone is having a great week! Have loved seeing again where everyone is from, and loving all the fur baby pictures.
@b3achy, where did you read about the 700 minute maximum? I've been searching for it but can't find it!
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