New Running Challenge

[romanmica]

A Huge Congrats and Happy B-Day to:
Stronger
Guo-Liang Chew
Jack M
and
TriBoomer

who all successfully completed the Gold Challenge this week!

You guys deserve a well earned pizza and/or cakeso enjoy your special day;-)

***Popular Demand***

Because of popular demand we've added a new runners challenge. The B-Fit B-Day runner's challenge is very straightforward:

Run Your B-Day Age:

So a 45-year-old runner would run 45 miles.

Go for Bronze (7days), Silver(3 days) or Gold (1Day), the choice is yours.

***B-Day Countdown Widget***

We've added a Birthday Countdown to the home page. This widget lets you upload your photo and countdown to your Birthday.

Your can create it for your own B-Fit B-Day page and grab it at the link below:

http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/graphictimer

***Sponsors Premiums***

We'll be announcing a new competition and great new sponsor premiums for anybody who completes the B-Fit B-Day challenge in 2008.

Plus...We'll also be announcing great sponsor prize competition for the Sherpas who help make it possible for the birthday boy or girl to complete their challenge.

[Iron Pol]

Okay, I have a vital question for all the ultra-marathon geeks out there.

I'm looking at my first 50-miler in October. I have two options. One is a fairly rolling road race (all asphalt roads). The other is an out and back trail race, with just over 10,000 feet of elevation gain over the course (with the associated descents, as the start and finish are the same place).

Here are a few other bits of information that might help. The road race has an 11 hour cutoff. The trail race has a 12 hour limit. My running history is all road races with VERY little trail running experience.

[romanmica]

Tom, you are crazy ;-)

That's all I can say. A buddy of mine just did a 50 mile race and felt bad because most of the racers were doing the 100 mile run.

That's a dangerous road you are heading down and it only leads to places like running through death valley or up and over several very large mountains in Leadville, CO.

Good Luck and have fun!

[Iron Pol]

So, you think the idea of doing a marathon barefoot, next year, just to see if I can do it is ill-advised? Or just indicative of a need for psychiatric help?

[romanmica]

Don't do it Iron Pol.

If you want a new Challenge why not do four races in four consecutive weekends next summer.

They can all be small, local and cheap, but that would certainly be something new and different to try.

[TriScan]

I am partial to the "Get you Ass over the Pass" race

[Iron Pol]

If Gold is running your age in one day (assuming a 24 hour period), do we get Platinum or something for doing it in one single run?

After a 20 mile run followed by a 15 mile run, I'm getting a better feel for just how "painful" it will be to complete a 40 mile run.

[Charlie]

Should it be enacted, I think this requires hard data, like the output from an HRM or GPS to prove it. While certainly not infallible it'd be fun to compare peoples 40+ mile runs for Plat.