March MYB thread

granitestateofmind

granitestateofmind

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Let's get this one started.

The idea is simple. Move your body. Get fitter.
It ain't a contest. It's about doing what you can do to get mobile.

Between the dates of March 1 and March 31, the challenge is to earn 50 Becker Points. Points can be earned in the following fashion:

1 mile (1.6 km) on foot = 1 Becker Point
4 miles (6.4 km) road cycling = 1 Becker Point
2 miles (3.2 km) mountain biking = 1 Becker Point
1 mile (1.6 km) swimming = 6 Becker Points

If you just do one thing, you'll need to hoof it 50 miles, or road bike 200 miles, or mountain bike 100 miles, or swim 8.3 miles. But you can combine items to build toward 50 Becker Points in any fashion you choose. Honor system in play.

The reward? You'll feel better, and you'll be participating with a group of supportive peers.

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Started March 1st with a 2000m swim while my eldest was at swim practice. She swam 3 miles....5800m. She is, however, 14....and I am a LOT older than that.

7.5 to start the month.

Mr. Biscuit needs to get his ass in the pool. When I was swimming Masters, we used to call those types "runathletes". Running good, cycling...OK, swimming? Nuthin' to write home about. Luckily triathlon swims are WAY too short (some would say mercifully so....), so even the, uh, less than adept should do okay.
 
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granitestateofmind said:
2000m swim last night. Still sweating when I went out to the car....

7.5+7.5=15
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Oh yeah....went snowshoeing Tuesday 2 miles. legs still feeling it a bit, so might as well claim points.

2+15=17

Proof:

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My companions:

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Walked 4 miles this morning, and another one round-trip to the tennis courts this afternoon. So 13 BPs so far. But I'm getting ready to walk to dinner so it may go up.
 
Per my Jawbone UP and not counting actual workouts. I have done, 41 miles this month.
Jawbone makes counting miles easy.
 
2 mile walk this morning.
6 mile mountain bike ride in the afternoon.
19 BP's to date. I had been feeling good about that, here on the 8th day of the month, but it's nowhere near 30 or 40...

Nearly rolled over this little friendly. Managed to stop in time and watch him slither into the grass, so that's a win:

 
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granitestateofmind said:
1600m swim Thursday (that I thought I had posted, but apparently did not.....) and a 2800m swim this morning.

6+4.5+17=27.5 BP so far.
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1600m swim tonight.
6+27.5=33.5

tjswarbrick said:
2 mile walk this morning.
6 mile mountain bike ride in the afternoon.
19 BP's to date. I had been feeling good about that, here on the 8th day of the month, but it's nowhere near 30 or 40...
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And well, you should....after pretty much holding up last month's thread solo....
While I seem to accumulate points fast, I think it has a lot more to do with swimming being an easy way to earn points than it does with some improvement in my fitness.

tjswarbrick said:
Nearly rolled over this little friendly. Managed to stop in time and watch him slither into the grass, so that's a win:

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That....is not "little", nor does it look "friendly"....pretty cool, tho...we pretty much have no big (or poisonous, FTM) snakes here. I don't think they like our winters very much.
 
granitestateofmind said:
1600m swim tonight.
6+27.5=33.5



And well, you should....after pretty much holding up last month's thread solo....
While I seem to accumulate points fast, I think it has a lot more to do with swimming being an easy way to earn points than it does with some improvement in my fitness.



That....is not "little", nor does it look "friendly"....pretty cool, tho...we pretty much have no big (or poisonous, FTM) snakes here. I don't think they like our winters very much.
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Thanks Mike. I get the occasional points boost from swimming, and while they add up fairly quickly, there's nothing easy about it.

That was a giant rattlesnake. Easily 5 feet long, actually looked like 6 - but I wasn't going to measure 'im to find out. Pretty sure it was a Southern Pacific. He was in the middle of a wide fire road, and I didn't see a way past on either side. Glad I stopped. It had a greenish hue, so at first I figured it was a garter snake or something. As my friend pulls up and says "is that a garden snake or something...?" I noticed several inches of rattle on the tail. It showed no aggression and meandered slowly across the trail, so it was actually a pretty cool experience. But still kinda freaky.

2 mile walk tonight. 21 BPs TTD.
 
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