I have an idea! USAT winter challenge!

[joenali]

We could have our own team! Check out the schedule. December is swim month, January is bike month, February is running!

Yes? No?

m.usatriathlon.org/audience/clubs/national-challenge-competition.aspx#schedule

[al320]

So i dont really bike, and likely cant in february. But id be down for swim run, how does this work?

[Deleted]

This could work out nicely for me...

[Deleted]

Although who decided on cycling in January? I sure as shit won't be getting many 'miles' in January, as it's 3 degrees and icy here

[joenali]

Oct 13, 2015 8:20:09 GMT -5 al320 said:

So i dont really bike, and likely cant in february. But id be down for swim run, how does this work?

I guess you just wouldn't put in any data for the bike. But you can ride indoors. 15 miles for every hour of an indoor ride.

[al320]

Oct 13, 2015 8:22:19 GMT -5 joenali said:

Oct 13, 2015 8:20:09 GMT -5 al320 said:

So i dont really bike, and likely cant in february. But id be down for swim run, how does this work?

I guess you just wouldn't put in any data for the bike. But you can ride indoors. 15 miles for every hour of an indoor ride.

This would get me to try spin at my new gym, i guess lol

[hannahb]

I do need a change. My biking would be spin though

[kams]

This might be exactly what I need to get myself back to normal!

[cinco]

Oct 13, 2015 8:27:00 GMT -5 hannahb said:

I do need a change. My biking would be spin though

Same here.

[shorewife]

Hmmmm I could be in for this. I don't think I'll be getting a lot of miles in any discipline but it could motivate me to do some of each over the winter!

[kams]

Oct 13, 2015 8:46:29 GMT -5 @vtcupcake said:

Wait, so during the bike month if you run it counts as three bike miles? Am I reading that correctly? So many rules...

I may be wrong, but it looks to me like:

If you run during bike month (for example), it doesn't count toward the bike month benchmark, but it counts overall for the team's final score.

You log the actual miles you do, and their computer weights it.

[emilyj]

I would absolutely do this!!

[G22]

I might be down to try it. I don't swim, but I'll be easing back into running come the beginning of the year once this baby shows up. And I might be tempted to try some biking, but it would most definitely be at the gym on a stationary one.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I'd be down with that. I can't contribute to the run part, but I can add in some mileage for swim and bike (as long as the trainer is good enough).

[ktzmoh]

Interesting... where do we log? Do we make some sort of Strava group or use Training Peaks?

[ktzmoh]

Ok I'm in. I'm a sheeple and I'm hanging on to all your coattails as you drag me to greatness.

[itsme]

I don't swim (I mean I know how, but I don't) but I do run and my ILs gave us some bikes I need to try out so I can maybe log a few miles on a bike once I get a helmet.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I'm reading in the instructions/rules that each club must be a registered USAT club. What exactly does that mean/entail for the challenge?

[kams]

Oct 13, 2015 11:01:52 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

I'm reading in the instructions/rules that each club must be a registered USAT club. What exactly does that mean/entail for the challenge?

Ohhhhh this changes things.
Like, my tri club is a registered usat club.

Maybe there's another way to do this on our own still though.

[joenali]

Why couldn't we register as a team?

You also have to pay for USAT membership. It's like $40.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Oct 13, 2015 11:53:44 GMT -5 joenali said:

Why couldn't we register as a team?

You also have to pay for USAT membership. It's like $40.

Because the rules indicate that you compete for your club.  Like, your club is your team.  I'm registered without a club, so the rules say that I'd be put on the NCC team and ineligible for team prizes, just individual ones.

The National Challenge Competition (NCC) is designed to get triathletes excited about off-season training at the club level. Tri Clubs across the country go head-to-head to see who can log the most training miles during the competition.

[joenali]

Why can't we make our own club?

[joenali]

People, stop overthinking! Lol!

[kams]

I think there are dues to register a club, though, too.

Not positive.