Toes on Roads Competition

You may have seen the recent posts regarding the Ten Most Active Chapters - which perhaps should have been called the Ten Most Talkative Chapters! :)

Well, now we are looking for the REAL Ten Most Active Chapters; the Chapters that have the most people out there running in bare feet every month.

The first official competition will start on August 1, 2014, but before that date we want to try out the 'system' to see if it works, and I have set up a spreadsheet for everyone to enter their mileage here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vxA067kGbFVUwB2HmyLFWtQGjtQYrPBLdsseHacU1Vs/edit?usp=sharing

Whenever you do a run (and for the moment, we are including runs, walks and hikes in bare feet, huararches or minimalist running shoes in this category) we would like you to add the date and your username in the top two rows, and your mileage in the row of your Chapter. (If your Chapter is not there already, please add it.) At the end of the month we will then decide the winner by totaling up the mileage from left to right for each Chapter.

The prize will be exclusive bragging rights for one week after the end of each competition (unless TJ can come up with some other ultra-valuable prize, like your Chapter's name in neon lights on the Front Page? TJ?)

What constitutes a run?

As a minimum, we think going for a run means you have your running gear on and doing a run or walk/run of one mile or more.
  • Running to catch a bus on your way home is not a run.
  • Running to and from work, separated by a day in the office is two runs.
  • Running to the cafe, enjoying a brew for 10 minutes and running home is one run.
If you THINK it doesn’t constitute a run, then it probably isn’t!

This competition does of course rely entirely on your honesty, but we know already that barefoot runners never lie ;)

As stated above, July is just a test run, so please enter your runs and let me know if you have any problems and if you have any suggestions for making it work better.

(Thanks to Sid for the suggestion/motivation to get this going)

Good Luck!

Paul
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Ermm, pick your favourite maybe? Or the one most likely to lose? Or win? :)
 
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Liking your work Sid ;)
 
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Paul, how would this work for those who belong to multiple chapters?
Perhaps just the chapter that you are physically closest to. Paul?
 
Opera doesn't seem to like this version of Google docs. I had no issue with YOW's winter challenge sheet.
I could write in the file through Chrome though. (You'd hope so. Right? :) )
 
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For anyone else who hasn't worked this out ... Right click or click the little arrow in the column header and then click 'Insert 1 right'
 
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I'm going with a weekly cell that I update daily. That seemed better to do than creating a new cell for each day, because I've been streaking (91 days now). Better to have 5 cells per month than 30 or 31.
 
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Also, you can add your mileage together in a single cell, and update daily as I am doing.

However, it wouldn't really be in the spirit of a "live" competition, if someone save up all their distance to input on the very last day! :D

I've switched to doing that. Thanks!
 
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