While so far this year we’ve had a Virtual Run Challenge and a Virtual Bike Challenge, finding a pool in which to swim this year has been a ‘challenge’ in and of itself! Right now, ramping up our collective swim endurance has definitely been the most challenging part of our multi-sport lifestyle. Psst - we’re waiting for you to warm up, Lake Erie!

Given this current situation, rather than have a traditional Virtual Swim Challenge, we want to encourage members to virtually share their ‘Swim Journeys’ for the month of May. We will use the same tracking app, however, it will be ONE challenge that everyone signs up for – more like a ‘pool party’ platform.

With the platform, members can still hold themselves accountable for whatever time they can squeeze in at the pool (and maybe the lake oh brave ones?) AND cheer on their fellow members at the same time. We’ll record in minutes again this month

Share Your Journey in Swimming and Inspire Others

For this month, we’d love to hear about your swim journey! It could be about learning to swim, a race memory, or a favorite swim etc.

Post your story on Facebook or email Rebecca (S01237510@acad.tri-c.edu) and we can share your story with others!

The Time Challenge with Fitness Trackers has the following characteristics:

In the leaderboard, each participant is able to see where they stand in relation to other participants using real names.
Distance should be recorded and logged every day; however, participants may enter distance moved up to seven days after the log date.

Swim Journey Challenge (challenge code: 8fe7u9-3070 )

From the Challenge Website

If your challenge uses activity trackers such as Fitbits, Garmins, etc. to collect data, you must select your device below, click Authorize, and then log in to their service and allow data transfer to ChallengeRunner. You can only activate one activity tracker at a time. For more information about activity trackers or troubleshooting see the following and enter your tracker type: Fitbit, Garmin, Apple, etc.

Activity Tracking Sources

Authorize ChallengeRunner to pull data from Strava
Authorize ChallengeRunner to pull data from Omron
Authorize ChallengeRunner to pull data from Polar
Authorize ChallengeRunner to pull data from Withings (Nokia)
Authorize ChallengeRunner to pull data from Fitbit
Authorize ChallengeRunner to pull data from Jawbone UP
Authorize ChallengeRunner to pull data from the Moves app
Authorize ChallengeRunner to pull data from Garmin

May Virtual Challenge - Swim Journey

Share Your ‘Swim Journey’ for the month of May - Let’s celebrate however we train in the pool this month!