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New Blog

2007-09-30T06:29:00.002-06:00

I have moved my blog to http://1miletogo.wordpress.com

Virtual Wild West Team Relay Challenge on Nike+

2007-03-01T12:17:00.000-07:00

http://forums.nike.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2561&tstart=15

Virtual Wild West Relay Team Relay Challenge.

I thought I would make a virtual relay for a great relay race in Colorado. I ran this event as a member of a 12 person team in 2005. Team members couldn’t make it for 2006, and it looks like I will be unable to run it in 2007. So let’s run it virtually. This challenge will start April 4th and run until July 18th. Signups are open until March 31st. Teams will then be created and team members will be listed in the forum. Teams then can determine the name of their team.
Here are the details…

The relay is 195 miles from Ft Collins, CO to Steamboat Springs, CO. There are 6 people on a team, and the race legs are run in order, so each team member will run 6 legs with 15 days off between each leg challenge. To make this work in a virtual environment, there will be a separate challenge for each leg, the total time for all legs will be tallied up to determine the overall winning team. Each leg challenge will last 3 days, and the assigned runner will need to complete that leg mileage in the fastest amount of time.

If a team member doesn’t complete the required mileage in the 3 day period, the longest time for that leg posted by all teams + 1 minute per mile will be posted for the team that missed the leg. (So if the slowest team for a 5 mile leg records 50 minutes, the team that missed that leg will get a 55 minute time recorded for that leg)

When you sign up you will be given a number. To create teams I will use the random number generator at: http://www.random.org/nform.html. Teams will be created with 6 members, depending on what number you signed up with you will be placed on a team according to the random generator. We can get a lot of people signed up for this one, since each challenge will only involve 1 member from a team, the update bot, and myself to send out invites. So we could have up to 98 teams with 6 members per team.

The real Wild West Relay allowed for teams with varying number of members (2 – 6, 12). But I think I will keep the virtual challenge to 6 member teams, this will help get more teams that are full. The real relay information is at: http://www.wildwestrelay.com/ . Real leg information: http://www.wildwestrelay.com/Legs/legs_home.html

Race for your city 2

2007-02-19T13:01:00.000-07:00

I was thinking, that this challenge is now over half done, it may be time to think about Race for your City 2. My thought on this would be to have less teams with more team members to have a more balanced challenge.

I was thinking, lets find cities with interesting landmarks and use that city as your sponsor city. As the challenge progresses, we can all learn more about that landmark. I was thinking maybe 50 runners per landmark/city and maybe 12 cities with a focus on 2 landmark/cities per month. If there is a landmark that you have visited and want to run for it, post a comment here.

Some examples:

1) New York City - Statue of Liberty
2) France - Eiffel Tower
3) Arizona - Grand Canyon
4) Colorado - 14'ers
5) Florida - Disney World

Or we could do the challenge by region:

US: West - Mountain (13 states) – WA, OR, CA, AK, HI, AZ, NM, CO, UT, NV, WY, ID, MT
US: Mid West –North Central (12 states) – MO, KS, IA, NE, MN, SD, ND, OH, IN, IL, WI, MI
US: South – South Central (8 states) – TX, OK, AR, LA, MS, AL, TN, KY
US: South Atlantic (9 states) – FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, WV, DC, MD, DE
US: NorthEast (9 states) – PA, NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA, VT, ME, NH
Canada
UK
Italy
Australia
Asia

I don't get out much, so I would need a lot of help finding a great list of landmarks to race for. The number 12 isn't set in stone, we can have more or less.

If anyone thinks this is a good thought for race for your city 2. Let me know and we can start a list of landmarks/cities and start a poll for which ones we should have. Maybe we can have some kind of random number generator to make teams completely random.

This is all just a thought.

Thanks
1Miletogo

Cold Weather Running

2007-02-02T10:20:00.000-07:00

Well we have been hitting record lows this year. The cold temperatures have pushed me to the treadmill a few times. I couldn't run this morning since it was -17F with wind chill. Denver was reporting a -40F winchill (http://www.thedenverchannel.com/weather/10910175/detail.html?rss=den&psp=news). When I do run outside in cold weather I make sure to layer my clothing.

My cold weather gear includes:
1) Cold weather Beanie
2) gloves
3) Long sleeve shirt
4) thermal running socks
5) Cold temp long sleeve running shirt
6) light jacket on extra cold days
7) Thermi-dry running pants on extra cold days

I need to look into a balaclava if these cold days persist.

I have included a few links here with some good info on cold weather running:

http://www.marathontraining.com/articles/art_5th.html
http://www.drpribut.com/sports/spcold.html
http://running.about.com/od/running101/a/coldrun101_2.htm

Thanks to Manical on the R+ site for pointing out the new Nike hatphones beanie:

http://www.nike.com/index.jhtml#l=nikestore,grid,_pdp,cid-1/gid-122842/pid-122840,_grid,s-hatphones/st-false&re=US&co=US&la=EN

Everyone run safe and stay warm.

1Miletogo

Where do you run pictureshow added

2007-01-28T06:19:00.000-07:00

I added the where do you run pictureshow on the rightside of the site. Send me current pictures of your running trail or route and I will post them to the pictureshow. You can email pictures to 1miletogo@gmail.com.

Thanks
1Miletogo

Denver Marathon 2 for 1 entry

2007-01-24T10:22:00.000-07:00

The Denver Marathon is scheduled for 10/14/07. There is a special for signing on the first day of registration. There is a 2 for 1 entry if you sign up on 1/31/07.

http://www.denvermarathon.com/Registration/index.cfm
This special is for both the full marathon and the half marathon. Any of the 50 state club could use this race to finish Colorado and bring a friend for free.

Thanks
1Miletogo

Real Race Results Website

2007-01-17T12:25:00.000-07:00

Check out the Athlinks website. This website has a database of races, you can set up an account and have all of your races show up under your account. You can upload pictures, see if you have any rivals (people who have raced against you in at least 3 of the same races that you have), add friends, upload music playlists, add gear, upload race stories, add missing race results, and add video clips. Check out the site and see if your race results are listed.

I created a bulletin board entry for athlinks profiles, if you would like to post your profile for other challengers to see, post at this location: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/raceforyourcity/browse_thread/thread/7afe77e9b9aaa61e

You can view my athlinks.com profile here: http://www.athlinks.com/racer/8346981/1miletogo.aspx. The site will make you register if you want to see race results or post messages. Search for your name and set up an account and then you can "collect" your race results under your account.

1Miletogo

Team Relay Races

2007-01-15T04:35:00.000-07:00

If you ever get a chance to run a team relay race, it is an adventure and a great time. In 2005 I ran the Wild West Relay with 11 of my coworkers, and it was a blast. It consisted of 36 legs of varying distance, each member ran 3 legs in order. The race was 197 miles and ran from Ft Collins CO to Steamboat Springs CO.

The race spanned country roads, city roads, and wilderness. Through daylight and nighttime, and the crisp morning air. It was a great feeling running across the finish line as a team and knowing that together you covered such a distance together.

You won't get much sleep during the adventure, but it won't really matter. We had a blast, and I would recommend anyone that enjoys running, and teamwork to look into running a relay. We are looking at running it again in 2007, but with the 6 member team, so that each member would run 6 legs.

Please post any comments if you have ran a relay race or if you know of a relay race not listed below. There are a variety of relay races listed on websites, Here are some of the ones that I have seen listed at running expos:

Ragnar Relay Del Sol - http://www.ragnarrelay.com/delsol Wickenburg –> Scottsdale AZ 3/30 – 3/31 189 miles

Green Mountain Relay - http://www.greenmountainrelay.com/ Jeffersonville –> Bennington VM – 6/2 – 6/3 - 200 miles

Wild West Relay - http://www.wildwestrelay.com/ - Ft Collins –> Steamboat CO – 8/3 - 8/4 – 195 Miles

Hood to Coast Relay - http://www.hoodtocoast.com - Mt Hood –> Seaside OR – 8/24 – 8/25 – 197 Miles

Blue Ridge Relay - http://ww2.blueridgerelay.com/ - VA -> Asheville, NC – 9/7 – 9/8 – 208 Miles

Colorado Relay - http://www.coloradorelay.com/ - Idaho Springs –> Glenwood Springs CO – 9/21 – 9/22 – 170 Miles

Thanks
1Miletogo

City Average Miles and Highest overall Miles added

2007-01-10T16:16:00.000-07:00

Justdoing.it has updated the Challengeagent site to include the ranking for average miles per city (based on cities that have at least 2 runners and includes runners with 0 mileage) also the ranking for most miles per individual is listed too.

We are getting close to 10 days into the challenge and the competition is heating up, there is a battle between the first 3 spots and a good competition for the 10th place spot. I did reopen the competition to new competitors since justdoing.it is providing the automatic total updates.

Everyone is starting 2007 off great and puting in the mileage for their cities! We haven't even finished the 10th day and the total mileage is over 7100 Miles.

Run hard for your city!

Commercial, Weather, and Daily Tips

2007-01-09T10:20:00.000-07:00

I added a fun Nike running commercial, that has all of the themes of the race for your city challenge. Just a little friendly competition, right... :)

I also added a weather box on the right side of the page that will automatically display your current weather from your current IP address, you can also type in a location to see how pleasant the weather is in some of your competitor cities.

Lastly, at the bottom of the page are some daily marathon tips. Thanks to LeoRNR for posting these links in the 578 miles in 16 weeks challenge. I will include the daily tip here on the blog, so check back often to get the daily tip.

Also, the race calendar is on the right side of the page if you want to add your race dates let me know.

If there is anything else that you would like to see here, let me know.

Thanks
1Miletogo

2008 Goofy Challenge

2007-01-08T12:58:00.000-07:00

I signed up for the 2008 Disney World Goofy Challenge, it is the 15th anniversary. The challenge is to run a half marathon on Saturday and a full marathon on Sunday. I may run the 5K on Friday with my wife too. The challenge is limited to the first 3000.

Check it out
http://www.disneyworldmarathon.com

Race for your city automatic updates website is now live

2007-01-08T12:18:00.000-07:00

Thanks to the people at justdoing.it the automated updates site for the Race for your city challenge is now active. It updates every 30 minutes.

shoutbox added

2007-01-07T17:31:00.000-07:00

I added the shoutbox and a message board to the blog today. Now you can trash talk right here in the blog. Coming soon, automated challenge updates broken down by city with up to date totals. That will be nice to see, and a lot easier than one big update.

Enjoy the games and run hard for the coming week.

1Miletogo

Welcome to the Race for Your City Site

2007-01-06T18:12:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the site, this site will show the weekly updates for the Race for your City Nike+ challenge. There are 308 runners representing 84 cities. This site has a few other items. There is a countdown to the end of the challenge on the right side. There is a pace calculator to determine a running pace by entering distance and time. There are a few runner resources, if you have any resources that you use, I can list a link here. There is a running calendar. If you would like to add a race that you are running to the calendar let me know. You can email me at 1miletogo@gmail.com.

I also have 2 polls listed on the site, I can add more if anyone has any thoughts on poll questions.

There is also a map of runner locations. If you are in the challenge please add your self to the map.

There is also information on some of the other challenges that I am hosting.

Let me know if there is any other content that you would like to see on this site.

Now, lets get running for your city..

1Miletogo