I have two questions that have been bouncing around in my head...I want YOUR comments (that means regardless of who the "you" in YOUR is - please comment!)
A. The consensus for those who have voted on the sidebar looks to be that the Nov. 1 timeframe is most desired to repeat this deal next year. That being known, when do most think registration should open for the next Challenge? Right away to give people the most time to get in? Wait til sometime in 2009? What say you, the masses?
B. In deference to the abilities of some of the people who become involved in this (ultrarunners namely) I have been debating the idea of a concurrent "Ten.....More.....Miles!" Challenge that would take the following basic format:
January 2009 - MINIMUM long run of 10 miles
February 2009 - Min long run of 20 miles
March - 30 miles
and so on, until
December 2009 - Min long run 120 miles.
Same entry, same charity breakup, etc. Long run in this case should be consecutive, i.e. not separate days, but I wouldn't want to limit it to 24 hours or anything, especially for the runners who might make it past 100 miles...I would want them to feel free to walk and take 24+ hours to finish....honor system as always. Runs could occur at any time during the month, with the deadline being the last day of the month at midnight for posting.
So - I would love to hear some feedback on both A. and B. if you could just post comments in that fashion....
i.e.
A. - I think yada yada yada.
B. - I think yada yada yada.
A. The consensus for those who have voted on the sidebar looks to be that the Nov. 1 timeframe is most desired to repeat this deal next year. That being known, when do most think registration should open for the next Challenge? Right away to give people the most time to get in? Wait til sometime in 2009? What say you, the masses?
B. In deference to the abilities of some of the people who become involved in this (ultrarunners namely) I have been debating the idea of a concurrent "Ten.....More.....Miles!" Challenge that would take the following basic format:
January 2009 - MINIMUM long run of 10 miles
February 2009 - Min long run of 20 miles
March - 30 miles
and so on, until
December 2009 - Min long run 120 miles.
Same entry, same charity breakup, etc. Long run in this case should be consecutive, i.e. not separate days, but I wouldn't want to limit it to 24 hours or anything, especially for the runners who might make it past 100 miles...I would want them to feel free to walk and take 24+ hours to finish....honor system as always. Runs could occur at any time during the month, with the deadline being the last day of the month at midnight for posting.
So - I would love to hear some feedback on both A. and B. if you could just post comments in that fashion....
i.e.
A. - I think yada yada yada.
B. - I think yada yada yada.
5 comments:
A - I don't think that there is any need to open registration until a month or so before the event starts.
B - Interesting idea; I wouldn't take part in that, but if you have the people interested in it then go for it. Another possibility might be for weekly mileage - 10 and 20 miles per week would be easy, but obviously nobody could go an entire year...I'd be interested in seeing where the attrition really starts to happen.
Devon Webb
A: Open registration a month before.
B: Sign me up:)
Jah Bless
A- I think a month or two in advance would be fine.
B- I love this idea!
A) open registration 1-3 months before the race. Some kind of official online registration would be cool, like active.com?
B)I think that could work, it would kind of be like Matt Mahoney's million mile ultra, in that everyone would record their run once a month.
A - one month is plenty
B - I like it
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