After thinking up a bunch of more complicated ideas I decided to start simple.
For any workout, the score is 0-5 points. Give the session 1 point if it is a run. If it is a hilly run, add a point. If it is in the forest, add a point. If it is fast, add a point. If it involves navigation, add a point. If the workout was not running, it gets one point (but no more). If you take a day off, but trained at least the previous two days, that day is worth a point (i.e. an earned day off is a point).
Here are my last few days:
Sunday - 70 minutes at an easy jog, hilly trails, carrying the map and reading it some of the time. That's 3 points (1 for a run + 1 for hills + 1 for some navigation).
Monday - a day off. Since I ran on Saturday, I get 1 point for an "earned rest."
Tuesday - 30 minutes with 6 x 400 meters of intervals on a flat trail. That's 2 points.
Wednesday - 50 minutes easy on a flat trail. That's 1 point.
I'll play around with this simple system a bit and see what, if anything, I learn.
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Can you exchange points for things you want? For instance, if you earn 21 points in one week, could you use them towards a fish burrito?
ReplyDeleteI think that according to your system, I only earn points for days off these days. :)
ReplyDeletethis system is very interesting because it's so simple.
ReplyDeletejust one thing though : add 1 for long training (depending on what long is for you : let's say > 2h30 for instance).
I'll try it and keep you posted about my impressions.
I'm using a similar sistem to motivate young athlets for training- it works!!! And good prices is the key...:)
ReplyDeleteCan u make a system where this is syncronized with food? Fex if you have less than 2 points your not allowed to eat dinner. You need at least 4 points for a day to eat anything with sugat (juice, choclate, candy, sportsdrink...)
ReplyDeleteIt would also be great with a rankingsystem. A site we can log in and register earned points. WorldRanking and so on;)
More points for variation in a week. Running one hill session, one sprint and one race in each of three weeks should earn more points than 3 hill sessions the first week, three sprints the second and three races the third.
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