Thursday, February 17, 2011

STREAK 2 - ADVERSITY

Huge thanks to everyone who participated in Streak 1 - STREAK! We started the program on January 1st with 11 inspired souls. Forty-Five Straight Days of running later, and a few naked butts on the 31st, four were left standing. Nathan Sanel won the Human Potential Prize Package after running for 45 days straight and accumulating some 451+ Miles! Wowsers! Congrats to Nate and all of our other participants who were inspired enough to show the world a bit of their own Human Potential

Now it's time for
STREAK 2 - ADVERSITY

There is no doubt that adversity plays huge part in Human Potential. Lighting your internal fire is only one step of realizing all that you truly have to give. Think of it this way:
Dreams & Goals = Spark
Doing It = Lighting/Feeding the Fire
Adversity = Raging Inferno or Dwindling Flame
Success + Self-Actualization = Human Potential

For Streak 2, we're going to tap into Adversity = Raging Inferno or Dwindling Flame. By now you can probably guess that our goal is to tap into Raging Inferno and forget all about Dwindling Flame. The month of March is going to be your time to create your own March Madness, create adversity for yourself and fight through it to turn that tiny flame you call a fire into a raging inferno. Much of what we do as adventurers goes beyond the basic skills and challenges necessary to complete the task or live the dream. We sometimes go through a series of situations (adversity) that gets in our way. Some people call this "The Wall." Streak 2 is about creating your own wall, pushing it down and stomping all over it.

The Rules:
- Participants must engage in creative workouts 2 times per week (Examples Below).
- Some form of photo or video of the workout must be taken and shared.
- Running with Ankle Weights Doesn't Count... GET CREATIVE!
- One Workout must cover at least 2 Miles in Distance. The other must cover 4. (2 per Week)
Example 1: Create a waist/harness system that allows you to drag a large truck tire behind you for 3 or 4 miles.
Example 2: Find a log, find a way to carve a yolk or some kind of way to carry it, then run for 4 miles.

The Point System:
2 Tickets For Each Week Survived
4 Bonus Tickets For Winning Workout Of The Week
5 Bonus Tickets For Best Blood For The Month
1 Extra Ticket For Creative Use Of 80's Music In Videos
1 Extra Ticket For Apparel Considerations
8 Tickets For Each Workout Completed Entirely In A Walmart Parking Lot

All Participant Tickets Will Be Put Into "The Bowl" For The End Of The Streak Drawing (Apr. 1)

This Months Human Potential Prize Package:
Two 22 Oz. Nathan HPL Handheld Bottles
Nemo & Powerbar Stickers
1 Case of PowerBar PowerGels - Vanilla
Choice of Team Sherpa Headsweats Hat or Visor
One Pair of Earthtec Fleece Socks

To Enter Please Email: Sherpajohn@gmail.com
Place "Streak 2" in the subject line

Workout Examples:

3 comments:

  1. This popped into my mind:

    http://travel.9msn.com.au/img/slideshow/wife-carrying-2009/wife13.jpg

    :-)

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  2. OK so let me get this straight, I can drag a tire around while I am out running, 2 miles on one day and 4 miles on another??

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  3. That's right... but you won't win any extra style points ;)

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