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Yesterday, I decided to accept this challenge.  I tried doing pushups and was able to complete 5. That placed me in the first column. Starting this challenge mentally started something inside me.  I woke up came into work and did 20 squats.  At lunch, I started by doing the day 1 pushup challenge.  Following that, I took a 30 minute walk to from my work to a mall.  I must say I am jazzed and ready to pursue this goal.  I feel better than I have in a long time.  Pushing me out of my comfort zone of sitting down and chatting on the computer during lunch was such a great thing. 

I recenlty had a question about the race team Post_Op_PRs and what it has become.

So when I originally had the idea to see if we could or should form a race team here is what I was thinking.

I'll bullet this out as I see it and as how I wanted it to be.  I actually wanted this group to be more intense.  The compromise that was settled on is not exactly what I had envisioned.   I  wanted a more focused race group.  I wanted the team to be open to everyone, but you had to be race focused and oriented, not just the occasional or one time 5k runner.

1. I wanted a place where we were a active competitive (that doesn't mean good, that just means wants to compete) team of people who were serious about racing in some form or other.
2. I wanted to use that competition to get sponsors to help us to continue to be able to attend more events, and get the word out about our team.
3. Through the sponsorship connections, we would possibly have a platform to spread the word about weight loss surgery, life after, exercise, and how to live a healthier life.
4. When I thought of the 3 bullet items above, I was thinking of something like team Clydesdale, or Diabetes society, TnT, things like that.
5. We already have a general support page on the exercise and weight loss forum for the every day "I walked 30 minutes, I need to know how to lift weights, etc" type of questions, and don't see any reason to create a second group that does that.  O.H. already has that board and it fills that role.  Having a second place for that information is just going to water it down, and cause confusion about where to post for asking those questions.
6. So when it comes to a race team, I was looking for a place to share things like upcoming races, strategies, organization and attendance at a big event.  Trying to generate enough momentum and activity that we would have a showing in force at a major event or two each year.  I didn't want to see that get lost in the pages of posts about the mundane exercise questions.
7. So during the chat session, the question was asked about how active is active?  I believe initially the thought was that we wanted to see someone who was actively working towards a 1/2 marathon or marathon and beyond.  What it morphed into was doing a marathon worth of races during the course of the year.  So if you wanted to run 26 one mile races during the year it was all good.  Then we added in swimming and biking and used the same distances.  (I lobbied for increasing the bicycle distance to a century ride, but nobody would listen.  My argument is that the century ride would be the bicycling equivalent of the marathon.  I do more than 26 miles on my bike during a training ride, and I think most of us do.)  I think the reasoning for the initial distance suggestions that were proposed, would be that we wanted people to participate at larger venues so that we could get our word out, be seen, and possibly be heard.  We could all run local races, generate 26 miles and nobody would even notice us, our team or our message.  If we get into a larger venue like Chad did this year with the 70.3 championships, then we have a venue to reach more people, get interviewed get on T.V. or the web and start getting our word out.  Get noticed.

So that is how I see the group, as I envisioned it, how I perceive that it has mutated, and where I think it is going.
To that end I have become a little disenchanted with it, we don't seem to be making any progress, there is little to no activity, and we have what we have.

We can't get people to commit to any one event, we don't have any one, two, or three people taking charge and saying this is the group.  If you want to join, welcome to the group, but this is what we expect.  I think that when you ask too many people for their opinions, then that's all you get is a bunch of opinions and nothing accomplished.  A couple people should lay the foundation for the group and then tell people here it is.  Let it grow, change and adjust over time and as needed from there.  I think that once the foundation of the group is created, then you present that to the masses for comment.

I really don't care if people don't want to join because we say you have to do a 1/2 marathon or longer event each year.  If they aren't willing to committ to that, then they aren't serious about being part of a race team.

I don't want to discourage or offend anyone, but this is what I had in mind when I started the initial post about forming a team. I thought I would send this to you so you would have some more knowledge of where I was coming from.

Scott

Scott  

Yes, the women can do the modified....

Day one is in the bag.  I'm already thinking I should have kept this challenge to myself. Ha!

2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 3 damn and that was hard too.  I don't plan on quitting, but I sure don't see a muddy buddy entry in my future.  I am looking forward to being able to do 10 real good form pushups though.

Has anyone else started yet?

Scott

I just joined your group! 
I had a question for you.  In regards to the push up challange are we supposed to do the test using the standard push-up or can we use the modified version instead?