[millbot]

Okay, ladies & gents, the contest is over. Here's how we fared:<br><br><b>Women</b>
<blockquote><p>15 women reporting<br>
total XT: 7333 minutes (489 minutes per XTer)<br><br></p></blockquote><span><b>XT queen: Sans Souci <img alt="icon_queen.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_queen.gif"> (1314 minutes -- nearly 22 hours!)</b></span><br><br><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Honorable mention (that's everyone!)</span><br><br>
choovie (935 minutes)<br>
hally (820 minutes)<br>
riley0003 (675 minutes)<br>
Aija (630 minutes)<br>
jura (620 minutes -- in one week!)<br>
Mustang Sally (545 minutes)<br>
FlyingFinn (492 minutes)<br>
Tamster (352 minutes)<br>
Ileneforward (335 minutes)<br>
La Tortuga (185 minutes)<br>
evanflein (145 minutes)<br>
Rindaroo (135 minutes)<br>
runinbehind (120 minutes)<br>
Econo (30 minutes)<br>
<b>Men</b>
<blockquote><p>11 men reporting<br>
total XT: 5516 minutes (501 minutes per XTer)<br><br></p></blockquote><b><span style="color:#0000FF;">XT king: JJJessee <img alt="icon_king.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_king.gif"> (1229 minutes -- over 20 hours!)</span></b><br><br><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Honorable mention (that's everyone!)</span><br><br>
Labduck (1145 minutes)<br>
Patrick (560 minutes)<br>
TheProFromDover (554 minutes)<br>
CassadAAmius (490 minutes)<br>
Johnny (480 minutes)<br>
millbot (275 minutes)<br>
tomwhite (253 minutes)<br>
Opie (205 minutes)<br>
Caddisfli (165 minutes)<br>
Road hawk (160 minutes)<br>
<b>The Gender War</b>
<ul><li>The women won handily in total minutes.</li>
<li>The men squeaked by with just a few more minutes per capita.</li>
<li>Eight of the 15 women participating recorded higher than average XT numbers, but only four of the 11 men participating did so.</li>
</ul>
The panel of impartial judges hired by the women's team hereby award the <b>overall title to the women's team</b> for their enthusiastic participation and well-rounded team effort. Well done, ladies!<br><br><b>Individual Titles</b><br><br><span><b>Sans Souci</b> <span style="color:#000000;">won the women's crown by a generous margin. Congratulations, Queen Souci! <img alt="icon_queen.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_queen.gif"><br><br><span style="color:#000080;"><b>JJJessee</b> <span style="color:#000000;">took the men's crown with a fine effort on Sunday, beating Labduck by a mere 84 minutes. Congratulations, King JJJ! <img alt="icon_king.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/icon_king.gif"><br><br>
SS & JJJ, look for a PM in your inbox regarding your prizes.<br><br><i>Edit:</i> Actual footage of JJJ & SS in their victory dance. <a href="http://www.jibjab.com/sendables/view/yEsVYj3hZjU4TrLHva84oEhe" target="_blank">Look at them go!</a><br></span></span></span></span>

 

[hally]

Thanks for taking the reins of this challenge Mill! You are quite the statistician.<br>
Congrats to SS and JJJ and to the <b>LADIES</b> on the team win <img alt="banana.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/banana.gif"><br><br>
Barb

 

[TheProFromDover]

Bot,<br>
Great job! Thanks!<br>
CRig

 

[Ken A]

Thanks millbot, i just spent an hour of my day at jibjab.com!!

 

[choovie]

Thanks so much for doing such a nice job on this Millbot. Congrats to SS and JJJ! We should do this again sometime.<br><br>
Nice victory dance too. They've really got Happy Feet!<br><br>
edited to add:<br>
I lost some time at JibJab after seeing the SS/JJJ Happy Dance. Here's MrC and I cutting a rug of our own: <a href="http://www.jibjab.com/sendables/preview/IKruurq0mF0aeUdD4KBvkNkI" target="_blank">http://www.jibjab.com/sendables/prev...0aeUdD4KBvkNkI</a>

 

[hup]

Congrats to all XTers .... those are some impressive totals!<br><br>
SS & JJJ, you rule! (and you guys cut quite the rug .... as do the Hoovies <img alt="wink.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif">)<br><br>
Thanks to millbot for taking care of business <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">

 

[JJJessee]

That was a delight Mr and Mrs Choovie!<br><br>
Thanks all you co-participants and especially to LabDuck who <b><i>drove</i></b> me like a maniac.<br>
I've needed to start some non-running strength training for quiet awhile and this was just the impetus I needed.<br>
DW said she had never seen the competitive side of me.<br>
It would be hard to exaggerate the value these online forums have added to my getting fit and discovering the varied nature of The Gift.<br><br>
Thanks a Million to all<br>
And especially to Millbot for his generous contribution and effort.<br>
And lastly for leading us..<br>
All Hail Queen Souci <img alt="notworthy.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/notworthy.gif"><img alt="notworthy.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/notworthy.gif"><img alt="notworthy.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/notworthy.gif"><br><br>
jjj

 

[Tamster]

congrats to everyone! What a close contest this was and it was so much fun. I would not have done the cross training I did were it not for this contest. Just like I would not have done the plank challenge and started working out my abs regularly were it not for Souci's challenge last month. I appreciate you both for finding fun ways to incorporate non-running activity into our schedules.

 

[jura]

Millbot,<br>
thank you for this great idea and your efforts to make it possible. It was great fun to participate, even if only for the last week. Hope we'll do it again sometime...<br>
Congratulations for the King and Queen, you are both an inspiration! Also, you should get some extra X-training minutes for that victory dance! <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"><br>
j

 

[evanflein]

Those JibJab clips are a hoot! Thanks Choover! I'm not even going to see what it takes to do one of those... I think I'd get absolutely nothing done the rest of the day!!<br><br>
I agree that this contest prodded me to do cross training on non-running days when I'd have just sat around. So for that, thanks! I admit to not posting some of my workouts though, so really about an hour or so short in the final tally. Just not enough time in the day somedays (see above note about JibJab....).<br><br>
Congrats to SS and JJJ!!

 

[Sans Souci]

Okay, uh, I think I injured something doing that. <img alt="uhoh2.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/uhoh2.gif"><br><br>
JJJ's dancing (and choovie's and MrC's) puts my brand of Charleston-ing to shame! It was nice cutting the rug with you, JJJ.<br><br>
The challenge was a gas. I think I'm very fortunate (!?) that (a) I had lotsa time to x-t due to injury and (b) jura came to the party late. I hope it all helps to make me a stronger, injury-free runner in the future.<br><br>
A crown to place beside the tiara I received from Tetsujin at the Pink Door. What a lucky schmoe I am, running and x-training with all of you. <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"><br><br>
Thank you, millbot. Your tabulating skills are remarkable and the fun factor was hugh. Here's to you.<img alt="banana.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/banana.gif">