In December, Strides Running Store issued a “Run a Mile a Day” challenge. In January it was Team Mito’s Ottawa Ambassador Julie Drury’s “Plank to Plunk Down” Challenge of “plank”-ing for a minute each day.
In February, the MitoCanada Cycling Team wants to issue a challenge to all the cyclists out there:
The “What’s Your Groupo” Challenge asks cyclists to log their Spinning Hours on the bike trainer for the entire month to see who has “Earned” their Groupo. (Def: Also called a groupset; a complete set of bicycle drive control components)
Using the Shimano Group Set you can gauge your progress:
5 hours = Shimano’s lower end Sora
10 hours = Shimano 105
15 hours = Ultegra
20 hours = Dura Ace
25 hours = Di2
Take on the challenge and post your weekly totals in the comments section below. Follow the instructions for signing in and posting from here.
Well Kyle, it’s hard to be ridding my trainer when the weather is this nice, but manage to put 4 hours on the bike last week.
Feb1to feb8-4 hours
Managed to get 5+ hrs on the trainer and 2+ hrs outside in this great Calgary weather for the week of Jan 29 – Feb 4th.
I got 3.5 hours in. Need to ramp it up.
Adam K is in the lead so far with 7 hours. Close to the Di2 level nice work!
Keep the posts coming.
-Kyle
Managed 4 hours last week. XC skiing is just too good!!!
As Roger will attest the skiing is great right now over here in Golden and region. 7 hrs on the bike, 8 hrs on the skis for week one! Spent an hour swapping out the playlists to VeloBeats! Booyah. New bike here in three weeks. #goodmotivation
Right on! The Golden Boys are putting in some solid hours!
Way to go Troy and Roger.
Just check this is just for the month of February?
February 1st – 4th 8.45hrs.
February 5th – 10th 6.5 so far.
Comes with training for an IM
4:30 on the trainer for Feb 5 – Feb 11th.
Managed to get a couple XC ski sessions in at Peter Lougheed and the Nordic Centre. It’d be nice to see some fresh snow on the East side of the rock.
Second week : 4 hours of TV watching…oops, I meant bike spinning.
4.5 on the bike this week, 7 on the snow. The skiing is just do darn good.
FEB9 – FEB15 4 HOURS ON MY TRAINER.I SURE HAVE TO INCREASE THIS MY SCOTT’S RIDE IS JULY 4.I HAVE TO BUILD LOTS OF ENDURANCE FOR THOSE HILLS AND WINDS OF THE PRAIRIES!
Half way through the month and I am at 8 hours. I am accepting my fate as an Ultegra rider.
Ally in her Ironman Prep is in the lead with 15 hours.
Great work everyone!
Another 4:30 of spinning in the past week, 4+ hours of skiing, and much more skiing planned this week. Fresh snow!
Add another 6:53 for me. It’s spring-like conditions in Golden today. We’ll be outside on our bikes in no time! Sweet. Cheers all.
FEB 16- FEB 22 5 HRS ANS 25 MINS
Hi everyone. 21 hours so far in February on the bike. Should finish the month with 30 hours.
Right on James- I am sure you’ll hit 30 hours after last nights 2 hour showing. Great work!
4:00 on the trainer, and 7:30 on the XC skis.
Man, hard to believe Feb is almost over. This fun challenge has been motivating. What’s in store for next month’s challenge?
Right on Adam. Big hours logged. Haven’t come up with anything yet… do you have any ideas?
13 hours so far. With Leap Day, I should hit Ultegra!
Right on…2 more hours to go!!!
feb23-29 3hrs 30 mins all of feb 16 hours and 55 mins ultegra
Dura Ace with 21hrs on the trainer.
Nice work everyone. Feb is done and we need everyone’s totals! I had to put in a late surge to pull off my 15 hours for Ultegra.
Congrats to:
Adam (21 hours- Durace)
Linda (17 hours- Ultegra)
Looking forward to see the rest of the results. March Challenge: “Ski a Day for MitoCanada”- more info coming soon.
30.25 hours on the trainer and 13 hours in the gym.
Great work James…and you get to drink good wine on the weekends.
The month started pretty good. But work and a cold crushed my hope of reaching Ultegra status. 105 for Frenchy at 11 hours.
Got in 10 hours. Using my indoor spinning as cross training for marathon training. Should maybe have logged a few more hours. Good motivation. What are we doing for March?
Groupo Update: James Kendal- Di2, Adam Kahtava- Dura-ace, Roger Smith- just under Dura-ace, Linda Pilon-Ultegra, Marc Gagnon- 105, Julie Drury- 105, Blaine Penny- Sora, Shawn Dowling- Sora… Alicia Evans- Di2 by proxy