Lets run the "Kick the Couch 5K Together" on October 11-12 Challenge

I found this on www.c25K.com web site. Thought I'd post my first challenge. Who from CC wants to run this with me at 5 pm Eastern US, Sat Oct 11, 2008. People worldwide will run a 5K or half marathon at the same time! How cool can that be! And this is from a non-runner until I started the Couch to 5K program 5 weeks ago. I'm just starting week 6 tomorrow 8/23/2008.

We can create our own team and have it listed on the event web site or we can sign up with the C25K team. Let me know your preference.

Let's run the Kick the Couch 5k together on October 11-12
A group of us in the C25K forums have formed a team to run the Kick the Couch 5k together on October 11-12 2008. We'll all run the event somewhere in our own neighbourhood. at exactly the same time. Committing to an event is a great motiviation to start, and finish the C25K program. Join us!

The event web site is: http://worldwidefestivalofraces.com as it says, "Think Global, Run Local?" [edit: corrected web site, they changed the event url]

Edit: 5K Team created: "The Mashed Potatoes of Calorie Count"

I'm totally in on this one bobev!!! Great idea!

I signed up for this "Worldwide Run" (cool!) about a month ago, but I would definitely like to join a team of fellow C25K-ers if you start one!! I think it would be cool if we created our own team (and it has to have an awesome name ) and all joined up!

I'm really pumped for this!!

I'll do it!  Even though Saturday is supposed to be my rest day, I think this is a good excuse to not rest :)

Great! We need a cool team name, and I'm not good at that. Do we poke fun at our selves, pump ourselves up or what? I looked at some of the team names didn't really get any ideas. A basic one to poke holes at might be "CC Plusers Com" (similar to two on the list, e.g. C25Kcom & WW C25Kers, or "Former Potatoes", or "CC Plus Potatoes", gee I'm letting this get me crazy!

I'm just bumping this so others can join us! 

I'll bump it again tooo ... this is a great idea and I hope more people join us!  But if not we can be a little trio

Count me in!

YAYYY!!!

well we have at least a foursome! Yayy! Any suggestions as to a team name other than my lame ones above?

I like your names bobev!  maybe instead of "CC Plus Potatoes" we could be something like "CC Plus Potatoes-No-More!!"  hahaa

because we're awesome

Does it count if I do it on my elliptical, but keep a good strong jogging pace?  (I've got a bum ankle that keeps me from jogging out on the street.)  If so, I'm in.  I'm currently doing Week 4 of the C25K program, but doing it on the elliptical.

As for a name... there's always, "The Mashed Potatoes."

Original Post by ledgehanger:

As for a name... there's always, "The Mashed Potatoes."

HAHAHAHAHA I LOVE IT

and yes, you can run anywhere you want (even insideee) as long as it's a total of 5K!!!  yayyyy welcome!

Welcome aboard ledgehanger! the more the merrier!

"The Mashed Potatoes" sounds great! If no one objects I'll create a team and put a link for us to sign up.

I'm in!

Welcome aboard godess9!

I'm having a problem getting registered and creating our "The Mashed Potatoes" team for us... wll keep yas informed.

We are registered! I called us "The Mashed Potatoes of Calorie Count"! 

Go to :"http://www.worldwidefestivalofraces.com/cgi-b in/home" to register, then Navigate to Races/Teams and select join to the right of our team.

See ya'll there!

bump.

come on guys are CC'ers a bunch of pikers? We can do this! Lets have some spirit here ok. This is an easy one. We're running against ourselves but all at the same time a great way to do your 1st "official" 5K.

Never Look Back! Never Give Up! Can Do!

bump!

lets get movin'!

Can't access that site! :(

I'll double check from home. Can't access from where I am at the moment. Its blocked.