National Challenge Competition

This December, the Pikes Peak Tri Club joined in on a three-month challenge to "compete" against other tri clubs across the nation. Sponsored by USA Triathlon, the National Challenge Competition lets USAT sanctioned tri clubs total up their training miles to see who can log the most miles over the winter. As December through February can be snowy and cold (certainly here in Colorado, and also across a good portion of the nation) motivation to maintain previously attained fitness levels can be seriously lacking.

Some details of the competition:

• Clubs compete against each other in divisions based on total club size (not number of members competing. The PPTC has 32 members signed up out of 156 total active members. We are in Division II (130-249 total members)
• December is a swim focus, meaning there will be special prizes to those with the most swim miles during the month of December. January has a bike focus, and February has a run focus.
• Total miles across all three sports are also counted.

As of 4:30pm on 12/27, the PPTC is in

• 13th place overall (vs all clubs, not division specific) in total Swim Mileage.
• 10th place overall in Total Mileage.

So a big shout out to the PPTC NCC Team members and let's keep up the great work! And don't forget to Swim, Bike, and Run!

For more details on the NCC, visit the website at http://www.race-tracker.net/usat.