TEAM ONE
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The spreadsheets are now working! There two links in the top right hand corner for questions. Please use them to contact @hawkins410 about the challenges, and I can be reached through the "Spreadsheet and Technical Questions Link".0 -
Team 1 Tips for Newbie's:
1. We LOVE to win.
2. We LOVE to have fun.
3. You are free to poke fun at each other... as long it is based in Love.
4. Most of us will need support now and again.... give freely.
5. For challenges that need to be done 5 out of 7 days... plan on the first 5 days of the week. I've had some really difficult Sundays.
6. Delaying challenges doesn't make them go away. (I've done hours of dancing to the great amusement of my wife) on Sunday afternoon.
7. Skipping rope in the office coffee room IS an acceptable practice. My colleagues are used to it by now.
8. We LOVE to win.
9. We LOVE to have fun.
Feel free to add to the list.
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@vowders list covers the basics quite well but one thing he didn't mention (although it's been mentioned elsewhere) is the challenges make up a HUGE component of the points. Several of our teammates (@ka97-looking at you here) HATE the dancing videos with every fiber of their being. Do them anyway! this is a challenge right?! And challenges are supposed to take you outside your comfort zone. So. Tomorrow when I get home from golf I will turn on the videos and do them even though I'm not a fan. But I love to win! I need to go buy some oranges now....4
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Ni Hao! And hiya!
1) I'm Lesley
2) My favorite exercise is kickboxing, but the one I find most beneficial is Group Centergy.
3) I live in Johnson City, Tennessee, USA.
4) I live in East Tennessee, which is mostly mountainous. Where I actually live isn't mountainous, but one can't go very far in any direction without coming to mountains. We have lots of amazing hiking trails nearby, also.
My husband and I have 4 furry-faced babies: Forte the Destroyer, Crash Motorcycle Dog, Lilly Belle the Holy Terror, and Miss Jennyanydots. We also own a track-day organization for motorcyclists.5 -
Ni Hao Ma...
1. Nickname Vowder
2. Exercise: Outdoor walking, treadmill, swimming
3. Okotoks, Alberta
We live on top of a hill that looks at the Rocky Mountains to the West and into the prairies to the East.
4. We have more Fur babies than I wish to count. Here are a few:
Our zoo consists of;
3 cats (down 1 from the last race)
4 Dogs + 8 puppies 1 week old.
4 horses
150 chickens or so
1000's of bee's
Often we have lambs and pigs live on our property although we don't have any at the moment.
Oh ya.... 3 kids but 2 are at University.
This is a recent picture of my daughter and me in London on the London Eye.
Looking forward to a great race! Guess I'll be following video's tonight!
Vowder
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Ni Hao!
1. NAME: Aletha Mary – but everyone calls me Mary
2. FAVORITE WAY TO EXERCISE: Running, Bodyweight Exercises and Obstacle races
3. WHERE YOU ARE FROM (TOWN/STATE/PROVINCE): Ratho, Ontario, Canada – Not really a town, more of an intersection in the middle of the country side in Southwestern Ontario – we do have a church.
4. A BRIEF (OR LONG) DESCRIPTION OF WHERE YOU LIVE: We recently moved to our dream property, the house leaves a bit to be desired, but we are in the country with some pretty awesome new neighbors. Our property backs on to a cow pasture and our dogs enjoy playing with their friends (sometimes straight up making out with the cows, lol). The people in the neighborhood are pretty great too.
I recently married my long-time boyfriend, so it is the two of us and our two fur-babies – Mia is 11 and Harper is almost 2.
Mia and Harper with their friends - dogs are both black so they blend in with the cows, lol.
The cows like to run along the fence with them.
Our old girl Nikkers getting a kiss.
Husband and I leaving the church
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Hi Team One - I have been warned that you all are absolutely crazy and competitive....I think I will fit right in!
Becky
I enjoy weight training to Cathe Freidrich dvds, Bikram yoga, swimming, and walking during my boys football practices.
I live in Phoenix, AZ. It's brown and hot. I am jealous of the green that many of you posted with where you live. My honey and I have been married for 12 1/2 years, have 3 kids (12, 10, and 4 - 2 boys and a girl), 2 dogs, and a tortoise.
I am really excited to be part of your team (I just finished eating an orange, too).4 -
First we have Tamika (dog) and Cargo
Then all 3 dogs Tamika, Bodhi (black/tan) and Daisy May (tan) all German shepherds
Then we have Waldo who has the markings of a cow and thinks he's a dog
Then we have Little Mollie
Then Annie
And then finally George-who is the trouble maker of the group, he likes to get the dogs in trouble
I think once the kids moved out we just replaced the kids with animals!! That's our crazy zoo
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Oh wow - busy here already
!!! I will try to keep up, but usually don't get around to checking in until the evening after work and after working out.
1. NAME: Kim
2. FAVORITE WAY TO EXERCISE: dancing! - hahahahahaha NOT
Ok seriously - I run. I love the simplicity of it - get dressed, go outside, run. No equipment necessary, no drive to the gym, just go. I'm still rehabbing an ankle, but hoping to do a couple of half marathons in March and April. Currently I'm doing a Winter Warrior Challenge through a local running company - run outside every day in January.
I also love to lift weights - I like feeling strong! My new favorite is treetop ropes course - unfortunately it's a bit of a drive, and it's seasonal, so not something I can do on a regular basis, though I am planning to get an annual membership when the reopen in spring.
3. WHERE YOU ARE FROM (TOWN/STATE/PROVINCE) Westford MA
4. ONE OR TWO SENTENCES DESCRIBING WHERE YOU LIVE (PICTURES ARE FUN, BUT NOT A REQUIREMENT) Westford is a suburb roughly 45 minutes north of Boston. It's a pretty boring town, but I guess not to far from Boston (which is where I grew up), and we are just south of the NH border.3 -
@smile_laughter -hubby and I will be in Scottsdale in march! We are going out early to play and are looking for some things to do. We've been north of Phoenix (Sedona, flagstaff, meteor crater, Grand Canyon) so don't want to repeat that any suggestions? We love hiking and being outdoors (but I don't camp!).1
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@cardbucfan is correct - I hate hate hate the dance videos. I doubt there is anyone on here who hates the dance videos more than I do. So yeah, just suck it up and do it. But to add to @vowder's list - I strongly recommend doing the dance videos away from the company of your four legged friends - they are just not helpful.
@smile_laughter I lived in Sierra Vista AZ for 8 years. It was brown and ugly
@hawkins410 I didn't see a Q&A thread......do golden delicious apples count for the nutritional challenge? They are gold. And round.
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Wow! This is going to be the best race yet! I can tell!
I love getting to know everyone! I have learned some about the crew I didn't know last Race!
@Vowder pretty much covered it! Except I wouldn't recommend doing all of a stair challenge in one day! Your legs might not be very forgiving! Who takes care of the animals when you go on vacation?
@cardbucfan I will miss Paris adventures this time
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Ni Hao
1. NAME: April
2. FAVORITE WAY TO EXERCISE: Walking the dogs, Treadmill, Exercise bike
3. WHERE YOU ARE FROM (TOWN/STATE/PROVINCE) Watevliet, Michigan, USA
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4. ONE OR TWO SENTENCES DESCRIBING WHERE YOU LIVE (PICTURES ARE FUN, BUT NOT A REQUIREMENT) I live in a very small city that is surrounded by fruit and vegetable farms and beautiful lakes. My husband and I have four fur babies and live in a 117 year old house.
I had 2 oranges today3 -
Love that we are starting out so strong! Go Team 1! United We WIN2
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Excellent!!! Everybody has checked into the thread and more than half of us have the 4 question greeting done! Plus I see great minutes on the spreadsheet and on your walls! Don't forget to post to the spreadsheet often! That keeps me from haunting
you on Sunday! 4 -
First day numbers are looking good!
I am the unofficial team cheerleader!4 -
OK, I'm back! Hi team! Great to see you all and meet our new teammates.
1. NAME: Kat
2. FAVORITE WAY TO EXERCISE: Running and hiking are my main and favorite ways to exercise. I just started running about 18 months ago, and I really like to see my progress and meet new goals. I did two half marathons last year. Not sure what I'll do for distance races this year, but I do a few 5k races here and there. For hiking, I love to explore local (and not so local) trails with my dog Stella (more to come on her!).
I also enjoy yoga and swimming when I can make myself take time for them. I'm also not wild about the dancing videos, but salsa is my favorite if I have to
. I also took up snowshoeing and cross-country skiing this year but the lack of snow has limited my opportunities. We'll see how it goes from here!
4. WHERE YOU ARE FROM (TOWN/STATE/PROVINCE): Syracuse NY USA.
4. A BRIEF (OR LONG) DESCRIPTION OF WHERE YOU LIVE: Syracuse is in central New York state, and usually it is at this time of year a snow-covered winter wonderland (if you like that kind of thing). We typically get lake effect snow in huge amounts, but right now we are snow free and it was 50 degrees over the weekend. But a winter storm is coming overnight so that could all change tomorrow. This area is beautiful, with so many lakes and gorgeous places to hike. The Adirondack mountains are not far, as well as the Finger Lakes and the Great Lakes.
I have one fur child, Stella - who is a mixed terrier of mystery. I adopted her from rescue back in October. She is about 2 years old and full of crazy. She loves to hike and run with me, and she loooooves treats of all kinds. She's currently taking an obedience class and trying hard to learn to mind her manners. She has some issues with meeting people, perhaps due to her past which is unknown (but she was found in the streets, pulling a large dog crate by a chain around her neck). It breaks my heart to think about but she is mine now and I am hers.
Pictures you say? Here are some from a hike Stella and I took this weekend, right by where I live
And one from class Who's a good girl?
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My numbers sucked today. But that's because I was hooking up wifi extenders in my house so that I can do the wacky dances upstairs away from anyone and also my fur babies. Bad enough I have to listen to them whine at the bottom of the stairs when I go upstairs to do the videos definitely don't need them under foot in my small room. I'll catch up, no worries3
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Sorry I'm sick today and not getting my minutes in, I promise to do extra the rest of the week to make up for it.2
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