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.
Marc Gagnon February 9, 2012 at 3:16 am
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.
taxirosy February 9, 2012 at 4:12 am
Feb1to feb8-4 hours
AdamDotCom February 9, 2012 at 3:06 pm
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.
Kyle McLaughlin February 9, 2012 at 3:49 pm
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
Roger Smith February 9, 2012 at 4:07 pm
Managed 4 hours last week. XC skiing is just too good!!!
Troy Hudson February 9, 2012 at 4:35 pm
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
Kyle McLaughlin February 9, 2012 at 4:48 pm
Right on! The Golden Boys are putting in some solid hours!
Way to go Troy and Roger.
Ally February 10, 2012 at 6:37 pm
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
AdamDotCom February 13, 2012 at 4:33 pm
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.
Marc Gagnon February 15, 2012 at 4:40 am
Second week : 4 hours of TV watching…oops, I meant bike spinning.
Troy Hudson February 16, 2012 at 4:56 am
4.5 on the bike this week, 7 on the snow. The skiing is just do darn good.
taxirosy February 16, 2012 at 5:15 pm
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!
Kyle McLaughlin February 17, 2012 at 3:41 pm
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!
AdamDotCom February 20, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Another 4:30 of spinning in the past week, 4+ hours of skiing, and much more skiing planned this week. Fresh snow!
Roger Smith February 20, 2012 at 10:15 pm
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.
taxirosy February 23, 2012 at 10:36 pm
FEB 16- FEB 22 5 HRS ANS 25 MINS
James Kendal February 24, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Hi everyone. 21 hours so far in February on the bike. Should finish the month with 30 hours.
Kyle McLaughlin February 25, 2012 at 7:10 am
Right on James- I am sure you’ll hit 30 hours after last nights 2 hour showing. Great work!
Adam Kahtava February 27, 2012 at 5:38 pm
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?
Kyle McLaughlin February 29, 2012 at 5:47 am
Right on Adam. Big hours logged. Haven’t come up with anything yet… do you have any ideas?
jameslhuffman February 28, 2012 at 11:37 pm
13 hours so far. With Leap Day, I should hit Ultegra!
Kyle McLaughlin February 29, 2012 at 5:46 am
Right on…2 more hours to go!!!
taxirosy March 1, 2012 at 4:55 pm
feb23-29 3hrs 30 mins all of feb 16 hours and 55 mins ultegra
Adam Kahtava March 2, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Dura Ace with 21hrs on the trainer.
Kyle McLaughlin March 3, 2012 at 2:35 pm
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.
James Kendal March 3, 2012 at 3:21 pm
30.25 hours on the trainer and 13 hours in the gym.
Marc Gagnon March 3, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Great work James…and you get to drink good wine on the weekends.
Marc Gagnon March 3, 2012 at 5:43 pm
The month started pretty good. But work and a cold crushed my hope of reaching Ultegra status. 105 for Frenchy at 11 hours.
Julie Drury March 3, 2012 at 7:42 pm
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?
Kyle McLaughlin March 4, 2012 at 5:01 am
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