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Yep, we changed it from a pace bunny to a static goal bc it really screwed runners who used IR.  It also gave a huge advantage to runners who were way ahead of goal late in the year because they could run big mileage on a low goal.

 

The annual goal is always AnnualGoal/52.142857. 

So, what is better for a Team advantage perspective - to set goal to 3000 and then, at the end to run only 2000 miles. Or... To set goal to 1000 and then at the end to run 1500?

Yeah, I know - it sounds like I wanna cheat, but I do not understand the mechanics of the game, who wins and why and that's why I am asking.

 

So, what is better for a Team advantage perspective - to set goal to 3000 and then, at the end to run only 2000 miles. Or... To set goal to 1000 and then at the end to run 1500?

 

Yeah, I know - it sounds like I wanna cheat, but I do not understand the mechanics of the game, who wins and why and that's why I am asking.

It depends? If you have a 3000 mile goal (57 miles per week) and struggle each and every week to get 40 miles, you hurt your team in 2 ways. Using that example, your team will need to make up 17 miles somewhere to have a chance to reach the team goal (worth 10 points) and then you would count against the number of team members reaching their individual weekly goal (6 points).

If you had a 1000 mile goal (19 mpw) and then run 28mpw, in the short term, you help you team with the extra miles. Long term, you reach your yearly goal in September or October. When that happens, your miles still count towards the 10 points, but your team cannot get 100% for team members reaching their individual weekly goal. This can really impact the playoffs. It didn't come down to it, but my team had a path to winning our round if each person just ran 100% of their weekly goal for weeks 2 and 3 because all 8 of us had not reached our yearly goal. our competition had 2 runners who already reached their goal, so best they could do was 75% (8 runners, 2 counted against the team).

Now the wild card. If you had a 3000 mile goal, went on IR for a lengthy period and then ended the year with 2000 miles, it could have no impact or even help your team. Basically, you would have one or two weeks pre-IR that hurt in the short term because you need 1 week with 0 miles. Once on IR, the team goal adjusts, so you can recover from injury. If you then come back and pick up running 57+ miles per week, it doesn;t hurt the team and since you don't run out of miles at the end of the year, you potentially help.

I tend to pick my yearly goal based on a weekly goal that I feel I can force myself to do most weeks.

We have 50 people signed up --- 47 for teams and 3 individuals.

 

 

I tend to pick my yearly goal based on a weekly goal that I feel I can force myself to do most weeks.

I set my goal but now has me rethinking: I run with crazy high variance in my weekly numbers. If you want to check, look at my 2021, I am going to be right around 2K miles. However, I had almost every week until April being in the teens, and then almost every week in July being 60+. What goal am I supposed to set there? I feel like maybe I'm not the best teammate if my goal is 40 miles per week, but I miss that goal half the time and the other half I'm blowing it out of the water

That makes perfect sense. I will set my goal to be what I expect to average weekly through June 30.

 

It depends? If you have a 3000 mile goal (57 miles per week) and struggle each and every week to get 40 miles, you hurt your team in 2 ways. Using that example, your team will need to make up 17 miles somewhere to have a chance to reach the team goal (worth 10 points) and then you would count against the number of team members reaching their individual weekly goal (6 points).

 

If you had a 1000 mile goal (19 mpw) and then run 28mpw, in the short term, you help you team with the extra miles. Long term, you reach your yearly goal in September or October. When that happens, your miles still count towards the 10 points, but your team cannot get 100% for team members reaching their individual weekly goal. This can really impact the playoffs. It didn't come down to it, but my team had a path to winning our round if each person just ran 100% of their weekly goal for weeks 2 and 3 because all 8 of us had not reached our yearly goal. our competition had 2 runners who already reached their goal, so best they could do was 75% (8 runners, 2 counted against the team).

 

Now the wild card. If you had a 3000 mile goal, went on IR for a lengthy period and then ended the year with 2000 miles, it could have no impact or even help your team. Basically, you would have one or two weeks pre-IR that hurt in the short term because you need 1 week with 0 miles. Once on IR, the team goal adjusts, so you can recover from injury. If you then come back and pick up running 57+ miles per week, it doesn;t hurt the team and since you don't run out of miles at the end of the year, you potentially help.

 

I tend to pick my yearly goal based on a weekly goal that I feel I can force myself to do most weeks.

The important parts in bold. The playoffs are when things can get really serious and all of a sudden teams are putting up 8/10 runners hitting their goal, and if they're already down one runner literally everyone has to hit their goal. I'm pretty sure everyone tries to get 120% of their goal leading into the playoffs, then again IN the playoffs.

JMac You're overthinking it. It's just running. Just go run, and you'll figure out how you're doing it wrong when you do it wrong. It really is that simple. Perhaps average 2019 mileage, factor in what races you'll be running and the training load you've done previously, and see where it puts you for an annual mileage. I'd think you could hit 2,500 for the year and get by without upsetting your team. Not everyone gets their weekly mileage. Plenty of people still take vacations, or just don't hit the miles. I think one year a teammate's goal was something like 7 miles a week and it was frustrating to see him never check in and rarely hit his mile.....while Ryan Root was blasting everythign out of the water.

oh yeah, races count for points too. I think there is a Longest run, highest total weekly mileage, fastest race, and a few other top 3 people can earn to get their team bonus points.

Update: We are at 58 runners signed up for teams and 5 runners signed up for the individual game.

Deadline to sign up for teams is SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12. That is this weekend.