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The BTC 100 Day Run Challenge will commence on Sunday February 20th, 2011 and conclude on Tuesday May 31st, 2011 (14 weeks and 2 days) for paid BTC Members only.
The goal of the Challenge is to help you get started with a running/ training program and to have some fun doing it.
The minimum requirement is doing 30 minutes for the run to count. It can be outdoors or on a treadmill, but it must be running (no water running, no elliptical trainer). Any runs as part of other run programs qualify towards your daily requirement for this Challenge.
Walking does not count.
A $10 entry fee per person will be requested to offset a huge PARTY on Thursday June 2 at The Lockeroom (BTC Social Night) to celebrate our accomplishments and present some well deserved AWARDS and maybe a little SWAG!
Here are some of the simple ground rules:
• You can take days off
• You can double up runs in a day
• You can take rest days
• You get no credit for going hard
• You get no credit for going long
• You can go as slow as you want
For a run to count as a double, it must be separated by at least 45 minutes. This means you can count a run-swim-run, run-bike-run, run-weights-run, as 2 sessions as long as the thing in between lasts for at least 45 minutes.
So here are the 100 Day Run Challenge Clubs:
1. Platinum Club = Avg. of 7 runs per week (100 runs in 100 days)
2. Gold Club = Avg. of 6 runs per week (84 runs in 100 days)
3. Silver Club = Avg. of 5 runs per week (70 runs in 100 days)
4. Bronze Club = Avg. of 4 runs per week (56 runs in 100 days)
5. Participation Club = Avg. of 3 runs per week (42 runs in 100 days)
This is great training for anyone doing a full or half marathon or an early season triathlon, and you'll be shocked by how quickly you accumulate mileage, all without getting injured...because the focus is keeping them short and aerobic. By all means feel free to run longer than 30 minutes, but the main goal here is to get you out the door, 4-7 times per week.
There will be a party at the conclusion of the challenge on Thursday June 2 at The Lockeroom (BTC Social Night) where each person who achieved their goal will be rewarded with a gift (thinking medals) commemorating their achievement.
We will set up an 'Excel Spreadsheet' where you are able to enter your daily runs (number of runs, distance and time). We will have to rely on the HONOR SYSTEM for this. Once again this is meant to be fun and not a competition.
For now, please accept this invitation to participate here on Facebook. Send an email to duster7777@hotmail.com to receive additional instructions regarding on how to access and complete the Excel Spreadsheet.
We hope to see you "run away" with this!!
Push On, Finish Strong!
Doug,
100 Day Run Challenge Coordinator
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PS: Question about runs shorter than 30 minutes?
We want to encourage people to run whenever possible. If you run less than 30 minutes, no, you don't get credit for doing a "complete" run for your final "club" status. However, there are times when you can't get the entire thing in because you have to emphasize another sport or you only have time for a 15 minute transition run, or you have to get groceries or get to work. So we still want to encourage you to run and there can still be some form of credit for the minutes and distance on a cumulative basis.
So basically let's say you do a 15 minute run covering 3K. You cannot enter this as a "complete run" for your "club status", however, what you CAN do is add these 15 minutes in your entry for the next run...so if your next run is 45 minutes, and 9K, just put it in as 60 minutes and 12K and take some partial credit for it. (You cannot add two 15 minute runs to count for a single 30 minute run...you have to run 30 minutes continuously in one training session for it to count as a whole run)
See you on the Road!
