The Vita Sana- Row the World Challenge *Closed Thread*

MissbusyLizzie

Hi Team! Here is a thread so we can keep in contact. I will also look into getting a banner or something (unless we have a techie on our team that wants to take charge of that!)

Here is our team info:

Boat: Vita Sana
Captain: Missbusylizzie
1. Missbusylizzie (me)
2. 3bree375
3. kylakesgal
4. Kate323
5. jessicamarie81
6. txjulie
7. Topsking2010
8. Pete_Mann
9. GrampsWooha
10. ReggaeNurse
11. shellbell2312
12. Jmuzzy
13. aab1
14. alvi002
15. candirw


Let's do this!

JMuzzy

i dont know how to make a banner but i def want one!! so excited:)

LeeKetty1176

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=204655860575059420912.0004a634fce3156d39f06&msa=0&ll=50.211405,-3.973961&spn=0.122599,0.308647

your boat

Pete_Mann

Row, Row, Row your boat!

I'm ready to burn for this challenge!

For any team members that I am not friends with, please feel free to add me. Just mention you are on the team.

txjulie

Awesome! I'm so excited. I hope someone talented can make us a banner. : )

Pete_Mann

Awesome! I'm so excited. I hope someone talented can make us a banner. : )

I'm not talented, but I am willing to give it a shot...

What should be in this banner? I don't know what Vita Sana is...

shellbell2312

I'm excited for this challenge! Go team!

MissbusyLizzie

I am also working on one... We can decide which one we want to use.

kylakesgal

I'm excited to get this challenge started:) I think we can all use the extra motivation!

txjulie

Awesome! I'm so excited. I hope someone talented can make us a banner. : )

I'm not talented, but I am willing to give it a shot...

What should be in this banner? I don't know what Vita Sana is...

Vita Sana is our team name & it translates to Healthy Living. I bet you can make a great banner. : )

jessicamarie81

I too am very excited!!! This is just what I need to get me off my plateau! I don't know much about making a banner but I hope we can come up with one like other crews I've seen And Vita Sana means "Healthy Life"

MissbusyLizzie

Ok guys... I created one banner. I know some other people are working on some too. Its in my signature; let me know what you think!

jessicamarie81

Ok guys... I created one banner. I know some other people are working on some too. Its in my signature; let me know what you think!

I likey!!!

MissbusyLizzie

Also- Head Honcho man sent out an excel sheet that I can forward to all of you so you can record your calories burned, etc. Then we have to manage to get all the info together, blah blah blah. Long story short, I made it easier on us. I tweaked the excel spreadsheet so I can keep track of all of our information in the same place... less work for you guys! All you have to do is either A.) PM or write on my profile the calories you burned that day OR B.) An even better choice... just make sure your diary is public and viewable and I can just pull from there after you complete it!

Does this sound good??

Pete_Mann

Ok guys... I created one banner. I know some other people are working on some too. Its in my signature; let me know what you think!

Way better than I would have done

Oh and my diary is open to friends. I'll get 20 miles a day, except on Sundays. I may have to start logging random calorie burning events.

txjulie

LOVE your banner!! Tell us how to put it in our signature line please. : ) I'll switch my diary back to public & start closing it out again. : ) So 50 exercise calories = 1 mile? How is Pete going to get 20 miles/day??? You know people are going to log all sorts of goofy stuff.

MissbusyLizzie

Hahaah

here is the code for the banner if you want it, crew! Just copy and paste into your signature. MAKER SURE TO CHANGE IMG to img. otherwise it wont work.

MissbusyLizzie

Hahahahaha

*Typing on my computer for 7 minutes..... 13 calories.*
*Walking to fridge and opening fridge door to get lunch..... 9 calories*

This could be entertaining to see what people start logging! hahah

kylakesgal

I love the banner!! It looks awesome:) My diary is open to everyone so that would be the easiest way to track us I think but whatever works best for you Lizzie:) There should be rules about what you can and can not log I think otherwise I agree people will be logging all sorts of things that shouldn't be counted. I log only exercise:)

jessicamarie81

I only log exercise too and my diary is always open as well...definitely agree with having some rules about that one or we'll all be logging brushing our teeth, lol. Hope the other boats comply!

MissbusyLizzie

I only log exercise as well. We know we are competing fairly; hopefully other teams do as well!

kateistoned

LOVING the banner and REALLY excited!!! Any crew members - feel free to add me, I'd love to help support and motivate you all!

So all the crew members need to do is report (or make their diary public) their calories to you Lizzie when they are done each day and you take care of the rest? You rock for being our captain - THANK YOU!!!

MissbusyLizzie

Yeah!! I figure its easier then sending everyone the spreadsheet and then collecting it when we have to turn it in to head honcho! Make your lives easier!!

It is my pleasure!

3bree375

Thanks MissbusyLizzie for being our captain! I love the banner. I have my diary public. What time will you be updating the spreadsheet? Sometimes I work out well into the night. Or is it the following day?

I am excited about this challenge!!

Bree

Pete_Mann

How is Pete going to get 20 miles/day???

With an iPod in my ears and a smile on my face. Got 21 miles yesterday, boat miles I try to burn 1000 a day, so thats my 20 miles for the boat race.

txjulie

How is Pete going to get 20 miles/day???

With an iPod in my ears and a smile on my face. Got 21 miles yesterday, boat miles I try to burn 1000 a day, so thats my 20 miles for the boat race.

That's awesome!!!

candirw

Sounds good to me, but I would like a copy of the spreadsheet. I think it would be good motivation to track how many "miles" I am personally doing and/or contributing. Would that be ok?

MissbusyLizzie

I will probably pull the next day since we are all in different time zones!

Here is the spreadsheet:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnXDx87AShdldERYOHBpd19MeWVJM0ptRzJBRnQ4VEE&hl=en_US

Basically 50 calories burned = 1 mile

alvi002

i am excited for this but i still want to know how this works?

MissbusyLizzie

If you find the original post about it, it explains it all. Basically you team burns calories to move your boat across a set path on a google map. Here is the map.http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=204655860575059420912.0004a634fce3156d39f06&msa=0&ll=50.211405,-3.973961&spn=0.122599,0.308647
Every 50 calories burned = 1 mile. We keep track of our teams calories burned ona spreadsheet which converts it to miles traveled and then the head honcho uses the info and moves our boat on the map. The first team to finish the journey wins.

alvi002

i will just post here how much calories i burn each day if that ok with you