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January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues!
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OK, I'll take the lead here. Hats off to Tigerchik for inspiring me and many others in December. As she is tapering for a big meet mid-January, I'll take charge of the January Swim Challenge.

As in December, post your goal distance for the month and keep us up to date by replying to this thread. We'll track your progress and the "winner" will be the person who performs best vis a vis their goal. And no sandbagging! :)

I'll kick it off with my goal of 40,000 meters. This is a significant increase from my December goal of 25,000 and my November actual of approximately zero.

Totals as of January 28
2fast4u --- 60K - 42,850 as of 1/25
almost tri-ing --- 20K - 20,928 as of 1/31 Congrats!
Aztec --- 50K - 18,050 as of 1/14
brburns --- 40K - 41,450 as of 1/31 Congrats!
CPT Chaos --- 55K -
cyclonehockey21 --- 100K - 49,400 as of 1/26
dano --- 75K - 28,000 as of 1/15
Darrell --- 48K - 51,300 as of 1/31 Congrats!
devashish paul --- 25K - 25,000 as of 1/28 Congrats!
dooley --- 50K - 47,500 as of 1/29
eyebike --- 30K - 59,700 as of 1/31 Congrats!
Felt44 --- 50K - 87,475 as of 1/31 Congrats!
Freak --- 40K - 46,300 as of 1/31 Congrats!
fulla ---60K - 50,900 as of 1/29
gditsch --- 25K - 36,800 as of 1/31 Congrats!
h2ofun --- 57K - 63,000 as of 1/31 Congrats!
ironclm --- 25K - 32,200 as of 1/31 Congrats!
joonya --- 200K - 183,846 as of 1/31
JM --- 35K - 34,000 as of 1/31
ksweet863 --- 50K - 50,500 as of 1/31 Congrats!
Learn --- 45K - 16,800 as of 1/29
lunchbox --- 35K - 35,000 as of 1/31 Congrats!
Mark M --- 30K - 45,500 as of 1/31 Congrats!!!
maxtrichic --- 45K - 45,000 as of 1/31 Congrats!!!
Mito Chondria --- - 60K -
mlbdenver --- 40K - 30,050 as of 1/31
mojozenmaster --- 25K -
NightGamer --- 30K
pedergraham --- 74K
rodio --- 50K - 45,300 as of 1/29
rroof --- 25K -
saltman --- 30K - 19,600 as of 1/31
Sam W --- 25K - 23,900 as of 1/31
Schmidt-DK --- 45K - 17,200 as of 1/11
seniorspeeder --- 15K - 1,200 as of 1/2
show pony --- 25K - 29,780 as of 1/31 Congrats!
sreincke --- 30K - 10,500 as of 1/13
Ted McGregor - 100K - 15,500 as of 1/4
tharth --- 50K - 52,600 as of 1/31 Congrats!
tigerchik --- 100K - 77,800 as of 1/31
tri_2005 --- 35K - 35,900 as of 1/31 Congrats!

(I'll be posting updates each evening based on your posts throughout the day so as to not get fired!)
Last edited by: mlbdenver: Feb 1, 07 8:05
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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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I pulled in at the "laterne rouge" in the December challenge with 19,000m (my original goal was 15,000) which I upped to 25000. I have a lot of business travel in January and I'll actually stay at hotels with pools ranging from 15m to 40 m, so I'll aim for 25,000 in January!
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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [devashish paul] [ In reply to ]
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Good luck with those 15m pools! That's a lot of turning!
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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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One pool is 15m, the rest in the 20-40 range. In 15 m pool, I just do lot of drills with minimal pushoff and which involve lots of kicking to make my time worthwhile
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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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I can't really fully commit until I get my schedule, but I'll say 25,000m.

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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [ironclm] [ In reply to ]
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I'll put ya down for 25K, if you need to adjust it just let me know!
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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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Put me down for 40km
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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [Freak] [ In reply to ]
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You're in!
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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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Lets see. This month I swam 19 times with Masters, about 3000 per session, about 1:10 hours per session, so thats about 57k.

Have done this the last few months. Will see if I can keep going into Jan.

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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [h2ofun] [ In reply to ]
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OK, you're on the board for 57K!
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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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50K again. I'll be hitting around 45K this month, with several missed days from being sick. 50K is doable.

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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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ok, the second week of december, i had a lapse in judgement and had tigerchik put down 100k. that didn't happen. too many miles on the bike right now. put me down for 50k in january. it'll be tough with a recovery week in there, but we will see!


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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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mlb, I'm definitely in. I'll let you know my goal in an hour or so when I think about my schedule and how much I can possibly swim. But count me in.

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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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put me in for 60k

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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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put me in for 35k

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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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December my goal was way to high. So please put me down for 35km. Want this month to be more about riding but will give it a go.

Thanks in advance for keeping track.

Lana

Last edited by: tri_2005: Dec 29, 06 18:15
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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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Thanks for taking charge. This is the kind of challenge I need to get back in the pool.

Put me down for 25000.


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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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ok, so for two years now I have watched these contest and enjoyed every moment, but never commited. So here's to losing my slowtwitch virginity. For three years of triathlon, my best month has been 25K so I guess I need to up the wager. Mark me down for 30K

Sean
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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [sreincke] [ In reply to ]
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There you go, a ST virgin no more! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did ;)
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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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aahhh the new year is here...put me down for 50k. gotta start somewhere.
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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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We'll I'm sure its going to hurt, but I let the sexual references go for now. Guess I better start swimming and stop reading slowtwitch postings
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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [sreincke] [ In reply to ]
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Chalk me up for 50k. I want to annihilate that number, but I think it's a pretty conservative estimate that I should be able to do. Having never done a swim - focus month, I'm not sure how my shoulders will react.

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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [rodio] [ In reply to ]
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Oh jeez this is pathetic but I have to set a new goal, if I am still alive after the 10 day virtual challange.

15k and that is a step up for me.
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Re: January Swim Challenge - The Madness Continues! [mlbdenver] [ In reply to ]
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I'll aim for 45 k. I'm still dealing with a shoulder injury, but I think it's possible to hit 45 k!

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1ook for me sil vous plait

yes, I'm tapering but 1ook + 3o swimming days in January = 3.3k a day average, which is very doable.

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