Week 7 Wrap Up

Week 5 Wrap Up

Hello again! 

It's been another motivating and inspiring week watching you guys log those miles! 

We added 6 new members this week, which is definitely our smallest increase yet but still just about a new member a day! Welcome! 

We've now got 69 team members - just 31 shy of our 100 person recruitment goal! If you know anyone who might be interested in joining, feel free to be a rockstar like Lily Morales and recruit them for us! 

On a related note, starting March 1 we're going to have a CU campus competition between programs to see which program can log the most miles - if you think your program is the most active one on campus, prove it! We'll be tracking miles by program affiliation and having monthly check ins to see who's making the most miles! We're working on finding prizes (aside from bragging rights) for the folks and programs who make the most miles! 

(On a similar note, if you have connections to running/biking/sports shops that may want to sponsor the team or provide incentives for getting us moving, PLEASE let me know ASAP!!) 

Yeah yeah, I know...you're only here to see the stats! 

Here's the week by the numbers: 

In the last 7 days we logged 437 running miles, 434 biking miles, and 25 swimming miles. 

We also plowed right through 3000 miles of total activity!! 

AMAZING!!

Monday was our best day for running (119) and swimming (7), while Saturday was our best for biking (120): 

Top cyclists were: 

• Derick Smith - 66

• Stephanie Glick - 52

• Sarah Blair - 42

• Jeff Mather - 39

• Liz Barlow - 25

Top runners were:

• Emily Townsend - 52

• Laura Martel - 46

• Stephanie Glick - 39

• Natalie Takasumi - 31

• Tina Thornhill - 17

Top swimmers were:

• Melissa Nolte - 8

• Liliana Morales - 5

• Devon Unkeless - 3

• Mark Niebur, Jeff Mather, and Derick Smith - 2

Nice work!!!! 
In addition to logging major miles, a few people took it above and beyond and IMPROVED on their mileage totals from last week too! 

• Sarah Blair, who TROUNCED her previous week's totals in running and biking, increased her biking miles by 250% and her running miles by 300%!!!

• Melissa Nolte increased her swimming miles by 300.00%!!!

• Kat Rainville increased her biking miles by 126.67% and her running miles by 4.17%

• Gramom Bond increased her running miles by 150%!!

• Tyler Luke increased his running miles by 133%!!

• Kathleen Anderson increased her running miles by 100%!!

• Laura Martel increased her running miles by 91.67%

• Dori LeBlanc increased her running miles by 83.33%

• Derick Smith increased his biking miles by 57.14%

• Jeff Mather  increased his biking miles by 50.00%

• Ben Danforth increased his running miles by 50.00%

• Devon Unkeless increased her swimming miles by 50.00%

• Derick Smith increased his running miles by 33.33%

• Tina Thornhill increased her running miles by 30.77%

• Stephanie Glick increased her running miles by 25.81%

You guys are inspiring and motivating!! I love it!!

We had a total of 39 people (down 6 from last week) log miles this week, which means 30 of you aren't getting credit for your hard work!! Make sure you're logging all the miles you put in! This DOES include elliptical (running), commuter biking, dog walking, cross-country skiing (running), and water jogging (running)! PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you're having login issues, or if you're trying to log miles and they're not showing up - these are issues I need to report to the Foundation ASAP so they can be fixed!! 

Just like last week, PLEASE keep an eye on your miles and make sure they're all accounted for - if you've logged miles and they disappear the next day, THAT'S AN ISSUE and you need to let me know about it!

Also, a friendly reminder that if you've been putting in the miles and finding that you're hitting major personal milestones, I would LOVE for you to post about it on our team blog!

Likewise, if you've been hitting lows or walls, I'd love to see that posted too - we all hit those lows and we all need encouragement to get out of the slump! If you want to contribute, shoot me an email and I'll put you on the list! 

Thanks again for an awesome week! You guys are inspiring and motivating and I'm SO PROUD to be working with you!! 

-Kat Rainville 

CU DPT c/o 2015

Where do you stack up?

Check out this interactive table chart (yes, that's what Google Docs calls it)! You can see as the week goes on where you're stacking up for miles compared to your teammates! Got a little competitive streak in you? Aim to move up a place or two!

Week 4 Wrap Up

This week has been AWESOME!! We've added 20 new members - nearly a third of our team! Welcome to all of you!! Just the newest additions have logged 428 total miles (all categories included) - AMAZING!! You guys are going to be great assets to an already impressive lineup! 

Here are some more numbers to crunch on: 

• In the last 7 days, we've logged 478 running miles, 530 biking miles, and 19 swimming miles - that's 91% more running, 72% more biking, and 80% more swimming than last week! 

• Thursday was our best running day with 133 miles logged. Tuesday was our best biking day, with 111 miles logged. Wednesday was our best swimming days with 5 miles logged. 

• The heavy hitters for the week are: 
• For running: 
• Natalie Takasumi: 75
• Katherine Allen: 33
• Stephanie Glick, Nathan Sontum, and Emily Sherman:  31
• Mark Niebur, Laura Martel, and Kat Rainville: 24
• Jeff Mather: 22
• For biking: 
• Nicholas Rainville: 65
• Stephanie Glick: 61
• Liz Barlow: 51
• Derick Smith: 42
• Liz Shepard: 30
• For swimming: 
• Mark Niebur: 5
• Veronica Morales: 3
• Melissa Nolte, Jeff Mather, Devon Unkeless, and Derick Smith: 2
• Laura Martel and Emily Merola: 1

Nice work!!!! 

In addition to logging major miles, a few people took it above and beyond and IMPROVED on their mileage totals from last week too! 

• Emily Danforth increased her running miles by 200%!!
• Maggie Jackson increase her running miles by 8.33%
• Liliana Morales increased her running miles by 150%!!
• Veronica Morales increased her swimming miles by 50%!
• Megan Bell increased her running miles by 33.33%
• Nicholas Rainville increased his biking miles by 66.67%
• Stephanie Glick increased her biking miles by 69.44% and her running miles by 3.33%
• Leah Tabet increased her biking miles by 12.5%
• Nathan Sontum increased his running miles by 287.5%!!
• Mark Niebur increased his running miles by 300% and his swimming miles by 400%!!!!

You guys are amazing and should be VERY proud of the fact that you're not just moving - you're going FURTHER than you did last week! So proud of you!! 

Also, a friendly reminder that if you've been putting in the miles and finding that you're hitting major personal milestones, I would LOVE for you to post about it on our team blog!

Likewise, if you've been hitting lows or walls, I'd love to see that posted too - we all hit those lows and we all need encouragement to get out of the slump! If you want to contribute, shoot me an email and I'll put you on the list! 

Thanks again for an awesome week! You guys are inspiring and motivating and I'm SO PROUD to be working with you!!  

Personal Milestones

The last 48 or so hours have been pretty great for me, in terms of running. Yesterday, I ran a race on a course I ran 2 weeks ago (Washington Park), and I managed to shave 40 seconds off my previous time. I also managed to actually *run* the full race. Doesn't seem like much, but it sure seems like I always find an excuse to walk, during every race. It's frustrating because I *know* it's 100% mental.

Bear in mind that I'm terrible at starting/stopping my watch when it actually matters.

Anyway. I ended up 4 seconds shy of breaking 26 minutes, which I feel is totally doable when I run the course again this coming weekend. Here's hoping.

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The other milestone that I hit was a pretty big one...

Today, I ran a double digit run, without stopping (except once to look for a water fountain), for the first time. Ever.


I ran track and cross country in high school, but even then the best I think I ever did was maybe 7 miles...and that usually included a stop at the snow cone place across the street somewhere in the middle (sorry coach!)

The real kicker is that I also managed to beat my previous 10k time (1:01something), and aside from some nasty wind for the last 3 miles, it didn't feel awful.

On top of all that, I managed to pull this off outside - I've been doing all my training on a treadmill, so this is kind of a big deal too.

Anyway, just wanted to share the triumph. I'm not fast, but I got it done. There's no way I would have been able to do it without company (thanks, Steph!!), but...I did it!!

What's your big accomplishment this week? How about a little one? What are you working towards? What's your next goal? What have you done recently that you never thought you'd be able to? 

Week 3 Wrap Up

Once again, you guys have been rockstars with logging miles this week! Here are some highlights from the past week:

* In the last 7 days, we've logged 320 running miles, 318 biking miles, and 10 swimming miles - WOW!

* Saturday was our best running day with 48 miles logged. Monday was our best biking day, with 82 miles logged. Tuesday and Thursday were our best swimming days with 3 miles each.
* The heavy hitters for the week are:
- For running:
Jeff Mather with 48 miles
Laura Martel with 39 miles
Stephanie Glick with 30 miles
Leah Tabet with 24 miles
Katie Carbiener with 18 miles

- For biking:
Jeff Mather with 50 miles
Nicholas Rainville with 39 miles
Mark Niebur with 38 miles
Stephanie Glick with 36 miles
Katie Carbiener with 34 miles

- For swimming:
Jeff Mather with 4 miles
Veronica Morales with 2 miles
Melissa Nolte with 2 miles
Mark Niebur with 1 mile
Kat Rainville with 1 mile

Nice work!!!! 

We had a total of 29 people (6 more than last week!) log miles this week, which means 15 of you aren't getting credit for your hard work!! Make sure you're logging all the miles you put in! This DOES include elliptical (running), commuter biking, dog walking, cross-country skiing (running), and water jogging (running)!

Note that some miles went missing on Saturday night - please make sure you're keeping an eye on your miles total so you make sure to get credit for them! I'm not sure what happened with those miles, but if you logged after about 9 PM on Saturday PLEASE double check that your miles are still accounted for!

If you've been putting in the miles and finding that you're hitting major personal milestones, I would LOVE for you to post about it on our team blog!

Likewise, if you've been hitting lows or walls, I'd love to see that posted too - we all hit those lows and we all need encouragement to get out of the slump! If you want to contribute, shoot me an email and I'll put you on the list!

Thanks again for an awesome week! You guys are inspiring and motivating!

-Kat Rainville
CU DPT c/o 2015

Week Two Wrap Up

For those on the team, sorry - this is the email I just sent (with a couple of updated numbers since I missed one person's log while I was writing the email...sorry Steph!)

Once again, you guys have been rockstars with logging miles this week! Here are some highlights from the past week: 

• In the last 7 days, we've logged 245 running miles, 319 biking miles, and 12 swimming miles - WOW! 
• Sunday was our best running day with 70 miles logged. Monday was our best biking and swimming day, with 87 and 4 miles logged, respectively. 

• The heavy hitters for the week are: 
• For running: 
• Stephanie Glick with 42 miles
• Katie Carbiener with 29 miles
• Laura Martel with 28 miles
• Kat Rainville with 24 miles
• Devon Unkeless with 16 miles

• For biking: 
• Devon Unkeless with 63 miles
• Mark Niebur with 50 miles
• Stephanie Glick with 36 miles
• Laura Martel with 20 miles
• Katherine Allen with 20 miles

• For swimming: 
• Devon Unkeless with 5 miles
• Melissa Nolte with 2 miles
• Mark Niebur with 2 miles
• Christy Schlottman with 1 mile
• Emily Merola with 1 mile 

Nice work!!!! 

We had a total of 23 people log miles this week - that means 10 of you aren't getting credit for your hard work!! Make sure you're logging all the miles you put in! 

Also, a few FAQs came up this week: 

• Yes, walking, hiking, and treadmill workouts count! 
• Likewise, Spin also counts! If you don't have a mileage counter on your bike, assume 15 miles per hour of class time. 
• The competition is between US schools, but literally anyone can join - even if they're not from the US! If you've got friends/family/coworkers/vague acquaintances that you think would make a good addition to the team, peer pressure them into it! 
• A whole lot of people are having login issues. Some solutions have been: 
• Using Firefox instead of Chrome
• Making sure to use the Main Login link on the left, instead of the Sign In button on the top right. 
• Changing your username so it's an actual username and not a bunch of numbers
• Use facebook or twitter to log in

And finally, we're dreaming up ways to make easy team miles during the school week (or work week)! If you have any, let us know!

The first one will be starting soon, on February 4 - Marked Mile Mondays! There's a marked mile on Anschutz campus that we can walk, jog, or run during lunch as a team (or part of a team anyway), to give everyone an automatic mile for the day! If you're not on campus, find your own marked mile and walk/jog/run it!

Thanks again for an awesome week! You guys are inspiring and motivating! 

Did you post miles this week? How'd they go? Any specific moments of triumph? Let us hear about it!