Possibly thwarted and more

It looks like the Tuesday ride may be canceled due to weather. I'm watching the forecast, but as of now it looks like there's a better than average chance it'll be raining at that time. I don't know about you guys, but I don't have much appetite to ride in cool rain. Better to wait until tomorrow if it comes to that. That will cut a few guys out. Sorry! To make up for that, if we are out a ride, I will plug in another swim at 8 PM, BNL.

Managed 10 running miles in the rain - and more surprising was how many other guys showed; John T., Scott, Bartlett, Miller... less surprising was Jimmy didn't. He whined something about his foot and ran like a little school girl over to the lab. I'm expecting a repeat performance all around tonight.

Awards
Here are some candidate awards thus far:

• 21st Century - ride 21 century rides in a year. It's a progressive award system, and you level up for every century.
• English Channel - swim 20 miles in a year.
• 24/7 - get 24 training hours in one week.

Admittedly these are volume awards and favor athletes with big training appetites. However that is rather the point, right? To encourage a bigger appetite? 

As for performance awards, this is a bit more problematic. There has to be a way to give everyone a chance at an award, or there is no motivation. Climbing is difficult to prove because it appears mobile GPS technology (or the algorithms used by Strava) just aren't there yet to give reliable numbers. Speed needs to be scaleable to allow benchmark goals. 

Performance possibilities:

• Sound Barrier - break 60 km/hr (36.6 mph) in the final sprint. This could be distributed in 5 km increments to the top. 
• Pike's Peak - find a hill with over 20% grade for at least 1/10 mile. 
• Steady As She Goes - hold a steady pace, +/- 2 mph throughout a time trial. This wouldn't have to be on the pace line course, which is too rolling to effectively complete this task. distance would need to be at least 5 miles. 

Just throwing some stuff out there.