The ASICS Run 100 Miles in a Month Challenge: To Those Who Finished

Hi,

When I signed up for the challenge I was unable to change the dates from the 15th Jan to the 17th Jan - so my challange dates are running from the 15th Jan -15th Feb even though I only signed up on the 17th. I assumed this was because the challenge finished on the 15th Feb. Perhaps that is why it will not log a new challenge for you??Just a thought!

 I finished the 100 miles in 2 weeks and it was great to be able to log all the running that I did even if nobody even congratulated me from ASICS or mapmyrun/ride too bad I thought I did it!

anyway the only dumb thing was that my running totals was added with my cycling and swimming totals so it looked as though I finished the run in a week! maybe they could sort that out.

Congratulations to all that entered the contest.  I didn't enter until January 21st, so I hope that it continues to record my mileage until February 19th. 

Even if there is no recognition from the organizer, I'll be celebrating my achievements!  I have 59.2K to go...........and since I've only been running for about two years now, this is quite an accomplishment for me! 

Run safe and keep smiling!

I finished the challenge, but like others mentioned it posted my swimming and cycling distances.

I thought it was a RUNNING challenge so I wanted to track my mileage for the month of running only.  Not a big deal - I can do that through the graph, but would have liked to complete it on the web site as a running total.  Just my thoughts on it.

 I love the site and would encourage more challenges, but ensure that they are specific to that activity.  Running on a treadmill is running.  Working out on an eliptical machine is not running so it should not count, nor is walking or swimming or biking.

I want my name in Big Blue Bold Letters with 100 Mile Run Challenge Finisher by it!

 Thanks MMR for setting this up!

 Bill

Well done all who have completed 100 miles, what an awesome challenge I covered more Ks in the month of February than I have in the past due to injury. I enjoyed the challenge and it gave me the motivation to get back into training and to push myself a bit what an understatement. Well done all the KIWIS. Just to create some interest, 2009 in Invercargill (Home to the worlds fastest Indian)they are going to celebrate the centenery of the first Marathon to be held in New Zealand. The former Winstone Marathon now Ascot Park Marathon held on the Riverton to Invercargill Course, I plan to make this my 2nd ever atempt at a Marathon first time I ran this course was when I was about 13 ran 16 miles in shoes with holes in the soles,and only fit for the bin. I will be 47 when this event takes place Well done everyone

To Kevin - answers to your quesstions...

did you find the Challenge Reminders helpful? Yes, I looked forward to seeing my goals 

* What other information could have been helpful with the Challenges? More specifics on start date and end date.  Jan 15 to Feb 15-- Really I think it ended on the 14th, which would have been a month.

* Did you just complete 'Runs' or did you mind that other distance added to the bottom line ... A lot of people are asking about limiting the Challenges to just 'Runs', etc. but I have a feeling that would upset those people that use cardio machines to get in the equal distances at the gym.  What do you think?   I don't mind, at all, I think everybody should be able to participate.

* What type of thing would you have like to see on the day you completed the challenge? I can't provide fireworks but I can darn near try!!   Maybe just a congratulations email.  SImilar to the reminder emails but maybe more colorful.

Thats it, just my opinions and thanks for the opportunity!

This was a great challenge for me as I don't normally run this much and liked the tracking and alerts.  I didn't realize that there was a one month eligibility (Jan 15-Feb15) though.

kevin@mmf: thanks for organizing this.  Recommendations for the next one: allow people to start whenever ready.  I thought this was the case when I started.  Perhaps it is and people are just confused by one post in this chain.  Also, have the counter just track running - no biking/swimming/etc. Regarding treadmills, the challenge image shows people running on treadmills, plus some people have weather to contend with.  I live in SoCal and it actually rained one day, so I did 3 boring miles but got a nice workout (which is the point). The most compelling case is a Canadian runner training for Beijing who uses a treadmill instead of running in -40c.  Check out his blog, if interested: http://communities.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/tags/Jason+Warick/default.aspx. It counts!

Regarding prizes, the challenge did say that Asics would randomly give out prizes.  I have three pair of Asics and admit that the prize factor was a motivator.  However, I'm glad to have finished and feel a great sense of accomplishment.  Congrats to everyone who went for it!

I received the email apologizing for the "so close" email.  they said that it is a issue that they are working on.  I appreciated the response and apology, I wasn't exactly nice in my earlier post, sorry.

I just completed the challenge.  I too thought I had one more day (today) to go.  It said it started on the 28th and ended on the 27th.  Luckily I logged enough miles to be finished.  I was excited that I would be over by 5-6 miles, but c'est la vie.  It would be nice to get a little certificate or something.  LOL

 Because I can't run, I walked the 100 miles.  I walk at 5 miles per hour during the peak of marathon season, so feel I am worthy of this challenge.  I know people who jog slower than I walk.  My husband and I walk 1/2 marathon's and I signed up for this to motivate me and get ready for the marathon season.  It worked.  I have been walking 5 miles a day at least and at least 5 days a week.  I went from 4 miles an hour to almost 5 miles an hour on an incline of 3%.  I figure by the end of this month's challenge, I'll be over 5 miles an hour.

 I've actually signed up again.  I enjoy the challenge and I am getting into great shape.  Most of my work has been on the treadmill, because being in Canada we get lots of snow in winter.  It's really hard to walk in the snow as we live out in the country.  Hopefully spring will come soon and the snow will go so I can go outside.

 Congratulations to all those power walkers who completed this challenge.

Hello,

I just finished my 100mi on 3/26/08, starting on 3/1/08. Mine showed up nicely on the graph, and it was neat to see my slider bar increasing after every run. I normally do about 15-20mi/week at 10min/mi, but this motivated me to see if I could get 25mi/week for 4 weeks straight in. As it turns out, it wasn't that rough. I use the Galloway walk 1min/run 4min method since a recent foot injury, yet I was running faster times than before the foot injury (9:20min/mi). I think Galloway has something there...I intend to keep using his method until it stops producing results!! www.jeffgalloway.com in case anyone's interested...

Luckily I live in San Diego, CA so we have perfect running weather year round. My company just moved to a new building that's only 7mi from my house, so I run home from work one day, and run to work the next day; that really helped get my miles in.

Now that I know I can do it, I don't know if it'll be "as fun" to do it again next month, but who knows...I do appreciate the Challenge aspect, I think it does provide some simple, extra motivation.

---Thaddeus

Where are the monthly winners posted for the challenge? I saw it once someplace for February and March, I think, but I can't seem to find it again.

Thanks.