Exercise Challenge for both teams... Need Your Input!
 

Ok ladies! I'm tearing myself away from Idol to work on this challenge so I can get it out this week or weekend.

Melissa (or Hun.e.b) suggested that we do a mileage challenge like the Blue Team did last challenge but do it to popular vacation spots!

The obvious places like disney world and the grand canyon will be included, but I'm looking for some other ideas and even some off the map ones.

Just need the vacation spot and the city and state it's located in.

Thanks!

Okay, my husband was picking on me today because I've never been to the Statue of Liberty (NY, NY) and I've lived in NY State most of my life -- I'd like to go there!! :D How far do we want to go? Could we make it to another country or just sticking to our own? Niagara Falls, Canada maybe?

A cross country challenge that we all added to would be cool. Or to go the whole length of Route 66, something like that. I noticed a team challenge to travel around the world on another thread ... that might be fun ...

Shelby - Niagara Falls ON is about an hour from me by car (and my mom is from there) so it wouldn't be too ambitious for me personally. (Unless I actually tried to walk there :lol: ) But depending where we started it might make a great challenge goal!

Oh Route 66 is a very cool idea!!

Some other vacation spots off the top of my head are Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone Park, any of the 6 Flags spots, Mall of America, The Alamo.

I know there are tons more!

~melissa

Venice Beach in Venice, Ca.

Head north along Pacific Coast Highway and stop at Big Sur.

Once we get around the Grand Canyon - make a some stops in Prescott and Sedona.

maybe im just having an off day but.... im going to need some explaining :?:

is this challenge geared towards how many miles we walk or run to get to said destination? I noticed "mileage" in the challenge.

Because I am doing a lot more working out and cardio rather than hitting the pavement and tracking my walks....I have had TERRIBLE luck with pedometers and just dont use them anymore Ive tried the cheap ones and ive tried the expensive ones and for whatever reason they just end up frustrating me more than motivating me. So I would like to suggest *assuming it is only a mileage challenge* that we stick with maybe minutes distance rather than mileage. I noticed the red team last challenge or so did the driving distance from NYC to LA and tried to get to how many minutes of driving time it took as their challenge. I feel like tracking minutes would work for EVERYONES exercise needs rather than just those who walk or run.

Is this making sense? or am I reading it wrong?

Someone shed some light!!! lol :)

:idea: :

Hey still love cartoons! last time we did this challenge, we had something set up where X minutes of exercise equaled Y amount of miles. And I believe we also had other things that translated to miles as well : So much water drank equaled so many miles. I'm sure Chellez has more details than I do :)

I'm going to Puerto Vallarta in Mexico for my vacation this year :) let's go there

Originally Posted by stillovecartoons:
maybe im just having an off day but.... im going to need some explaining :?:

is this challenge geared towards how many miles we walk or run to get to said destination? I noticed "mileage" in the challenge.

Because I am doing a lot more working out and cardio rather than hitting the pavement and tracking my walks....I have had TERRIBLE luck with pedometers and just dont use them anymore Ive tried the cheap ones and ive tried the expensive ones and for whatever reason they just end up frustrating me more than motivating me. So I would like to suggest *assuming it is only a mileage challenge* that we stick with maybe minutes distance rather than mileage. I noticed the red team last challenge or so did the driving distance from NYC to LA and tried to get to how many minutes of driving time it took as their challenge. I feel like tracking minutes would work for EVERYONES exercise needs rather than just those who walk or run.

Is this making sense? or am I reading it wrong?

Someone shed some light!!! lol :)

:idea: :

Generally what we do is for example say....15 minutes of cardio = 1 mile. That way everyone gets included. If someone tracks miles run they count the miles and if someone tracks minutes they do the conversion.

Oh sorry Amber...didnt see you already answered LOL!!

Thanks ladies :D

Well that makes sense.... and I had a feeling it would work out where everyone would benefit... Im assuming then when the challenge is announced officially we'll have the list of conversions and such so.......

IM IN!!!! bring it on :)

Yeah, last time I think we did 20 minutes = 1 mile. So, you could either use your mileage, or convert based on minutes if you did other exercises. I am sure chellez will do something similar this time, though I am not sure what the conversion will be. I am sure she will announce it once the challenge is set to begin.

It sounds like fun, I can't wait! We should hit Vegas while we are out!

It will be 20 mins = 1 mile again

We are going to Nashville for our honeymoon (since we can't afford 1000 tickets to fly to vegas :( ) so I know thats one vacation spot

I'm also putting the bahamas on there.

You can include out of country stuff too... Just remember the farther away it is the harder you have to work to get there ;)

Are we doing this as a team like we all start at point A and and everyone keeps subtracting until we get to point B then we choose a new place or do we choose our own?

Each team will have their own thread with all of the locations and miles between eash destination in it. As each person gets their miles for each day they post it in their teams thread and it gets subtracted from the distance between cities every few days.

I forgot to mention that if you have a pedometer and it has a function that tells you how many miles you've gone you can use that for this as well. :)

Oh, if we can do out of country, then I vote for London (one of my favorite vacation spots)! Then, it is only a short trip to the rest of Europe!

Okay here are some more ideas, sorry if I repeat some here

Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
New Orleans
Cedar Point, Ohio (roller coaster capital of the world)
Sedona, Arizona
The catskills in NY
Wisconsin Dells
Las Vegas baby!
Cape Cod
Hershey, PA
Dude Ranch in Colorado
Holiday World, Indiana
Legoland
Yosemite National Park
Silverwood, Idaho
Great Smoky Mountains
Lake Tahoe
Martha's vineyard
Key West
Montreal

~melissa

Savannah, GA

Originally Posted by Diva:
Savannah, GA

If we go here I may be tempted to eat all I can at Paula Dean's resturant :dizzy:

The Outer Banks, NC (OBX)

Originally Posted by chellez:
If we go here I may be tempted to eat all I can at Paula Dean's resturant :dizzy:

Naw...it'll be closed that day gf! hehe.... I was born and mostly raised in Sav, GA. :D

How about the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, CO?

Note: This is just a post so that Melissa can approve the exercise challenge. This is not the official exercise challenge... yet ;)

Measurements you can use:

20 minutes of continuous exercise = 1 mile
Pedometers that read milage
Exercise equipment that read mileage
Mileage you actually walked/ran

Destinations: (I didn't include international ones because I want us to finish the US part first)

Start in Niagara Falls, ON end in Venice Beach, CA = 7472 miles total

Niagara Falls, ON ---> Statue of Liberty, New York, NY = 307 miles

New York, NY ---> Dorey Park, Allentown, PA = 80 miles

Allentown, PA ---> Hershey, PA = 63 miles

Hershey, PA ---> Colonial Williamsburg, VA = 205 miles

Williamsburg, VA ---> Cape Hatteras, Outer Banks, NC = 153 miles

Outer Banks, NC ---> The Lady & Sons, Savannah, GA = 380 miles

Savannah, GA ---> Disney World, Orlando, FL = 243 miles

Orlando, FL ---> Key West, FL = 279 miles

Key West, FL ---> 6 Flags, Austell, GA = 662 miles

Austell, GA ---> World of Illusions, Gatlinburg, TN = 142 miles

Gatlinburg, TN ---> Grande Ole Opry, Nashville, TN = 186 miles

Nashville, TN ---> Holiday World, Santa Claus, IN = 133 miles

Santa Claus, IN ---> Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH = 320 miles

Sandusky, OH ---> Wisconsin Dells, WI = 390 miles

Wisconsin Dells, WI ---> Mall of America, Bloomington, MN = 193 miles

Bloomington, MN ---> Mt. Rushmore, Keystone, SD = 501 miles

Keystone, SD ---> Yellowstone National Park, WY = 356 miles

Yellowstone, WY ---> Colorado Springs, CO = 495 miles

Colorado Springs, CO ---> Route 66 Stop, Tulsa, OK = 515 miles

Tulsa, OK ---> The Alamo, San Antonio, TX = 474 miles

San Antonio, TX ---> Route 66 Stop, Albequerque, NM = 613 miles

Albequerque, NM ---> Sedona, AZ = 287 miles

Sedona, AZ ---> Grand Canyon, AZ = 88 miles

Grand Canyon, AZ ---> Las Vegas, NV = 169 miles

Las Vegas, NV ---> Venice Beach, Venice, CA = 238 miles

We could do this one of two ways:

Have both teams work on the same route all in one thread or
Have both teams work on the same route but in competition.

Now that everyone's gotten a look at it. Would you rather have both teams work on it together? or have a competition?

I would love a challenge baaaaby but majority will rule

I kind of like the idea of a competition, but I am also up for doing it together if others want to.

Competition sounds more challenging..that's just my thought! Either way this sounds like fun...can't wait to get started.

I like competition.