Gemma's Beat the Ironman Challenge

Gemma is my little sister. She's going to come along to Taupo in March to head my support crew. Being the competitive (and motivational) person that she is I found the below challenge in my email inbox this morning at work, and in the space of less than a day (thanks to the interconnected email world) there's people from Christchurch to Wellington to Auckland taking up the challenge and it all kicks off next week.

Watch this space to see how it goes, below's the challenge:


"OK so this is how it works:

We take each ironman stage; swimming, cycling and running and for every k you do in these disciplines you get a point so:
1k of cycling = 1point
1k of running = 2 points
1k of swimming = 5 points
The primary aim of the game is to get active and feel good about yourself but the secondary objective is to get more points then the ironman (no pressure Kieran).

So the whole family can play walking is included as well. However, you must be walking for at least 30mins in order to start ticking off ks. So for example, 3 trips from the office to the local cake shop to get a pie, custard square and can of coke doesn't count. For this first round I will also allow gym entries so for every k you do on the treadmill etc you get the same points as if you were outside with the rest of us non pussys pounding the pavement.

The game starts 6am on Monday the 25th of June and ends 6am on Monday the 2nd of July, everyone should be aiming for 10 points and if you get up to 25 points then you are awesome. For those who are in it to win it and beat the ironman I guesstimate you will need to clock up around 100 points.

Dean because you are special you get special rules:
1k on the hand bike = 1.5 points
1k kayaking = 2 points
No sure if this is fair but my game my rules J

I am happy to make this game a global phenomenon so feel free to forward onto any of your sports billy friends. You can also keep abreast of the ironmans progress throughout the week and post comments on his blog:

http://kieranmischewskinzironman2008.blogspot.com/

So who's in?


Gemma Deputy Vice President of Ironman 2008 supportcrew"