So I have this list of mountain biking skills that I am suppose to be working on. I imagine the person that wrote up this list was bored at work one day and thought "I have nothing better to do then make up a list of biking skills that Elizabeth needs to improve on." Perhaps they imagined a cheerful scenario in which during the course of my everyday riding activities I would work on the skills just like a normal person would.
Right.
Either he hasn't noticed my obsessive compulsive behavior towards training, or he's too polite to say anything.
Okay, it's not like I was the one who swam 77 minutes because of a triathlon training plan. But I have to admit that if I was following that training plan I would have swam 78 minutes just to prove to myself that I could. And then I would have marked it on my training graph, and given myself a sticker. Probably a yellow shiny, smiley face.
I'm very sticker motivated.
Do you know about the Presidential Fitness Challenge? It lists all different kinds of physical activities, and you give yourself points along the way as you complete each workout session. You get a personal activity log, and stickers AND at the very end a badge, or even a medal. Kind of dorky, huh? I mean totally and completley dorky. Only a real nerd would ever consider signing up for the presidential challenge.
Yep. You'd have to be a real dork.
Except they have mountain biking listed as one of the activities.
And you get stickers.
And a medal that says Presidential Champion.
Which is a hell of a lot more than I'd ever get from a certain bike god who assigned homework in the first place.
Besides, I REALLY want one of those medals.
But that's just way too dorky.
Right.
Either he hasn't noticed my obsessive compulsive behavior towards training, or he's too polite to say anything.
Okay, it's not like I was the one who swam 77 minutes because of a triathlon training plan. But I have to admit that if I was following that training plan I would have swam 78 minutes just to prove to myself that I could. And then I would have marked it on my training graph, and given myself a sticker. Probably a yellow shiny, smiley face.
I'm very sticker motivated.
Do you know about the Presidential Fitness Challenge? It lists all different kinds of physical activities, and you give yourself points along the way as you complete each workout session. You get a personal activity log, and stickers AND at the very end a badge, or even a medal. Kind of dorky, huh? I mean totally and completley dorky. Only a real nerd would ever consider signing up for the presidential challenge.
Yep. You'd have to be a real dork.
Except they have mountain biking listed as one of the activities.
And you get stickers.
And a medal that says Presidential Champion.
Which is a hell of a lot more than I'd ever get from a certain bike god who assigned homework in the first place.
Besides, I REALLY want one of those medals.
But that's just way too dorky.
Anyone else want to sign up with me?
7 comments:
i signed up about 2 years ago...
i've entered a total of 1 training record...
and I've forgotten my username/password.
oh well.
Miss Mary, you rock!!!!!
Points?!?!?! Stickers??!?!?! Medals??!?!?!? You've got my interest!
This sounds familiar...I seem to remember some sort of presidential fitness award in grade school. The required number of pullups always got me.
It's very cool. It charts your progress on line, and tells you how close you are to getting to your goal. I'm so embracing my inner nerd. :)
Lizzie, you've been hanging out around too many overachievers lately. I suppose you would want the certificate of recognition too so you can have it photocopied SEVERAL times and then have it framed. Next thing you'd attach it to your transcripts or future job applications or other sports club membership apps. Maybe we can have the apps behind the JR desk and make it available to our volunteers. You can be their mentor! You can be the nerd coordinator! Hey, I think I'm onto something here...
Scoff all you want, I'm already 4% closer to my gold medal! ;)
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