Here is how it will work: You can sign up for a Quintathlon (5 events,) Decathlon (10 events), or a Double Decathlon (20 events.)

Events are divided into 6 categories, each of which has 10 events (for the events scroll down). You can choose any of the events, in any category, to complete your quintathlon, decathlon, or double decathlon. In addition, you can earn Fit Fatties Flair for completing the following:

Outdoorsy – at least three events from the outdoor category

Indoorsy – at lest three events from the indoor category

Traditionalist – at least three events from the swim/bike/run/roll category

Outside Looking Out – at least three events from the out of the box category

Dancey Stretchy Cool – at least three events from the dance and yoga category

Team Player – at least three events from the Team category

Category Killer – complete all 10 events in one category (can get flair for each category completed)

All Over the Place – complete at least one event from every category

I Can’t Believe I Did the Whole Thing – complete all events (after the first 20, all the rest are free!)

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Events (as always we encourage you to modify events to work for you!)

Category 1 – The Great Outdoors

I Swam It! (Swim across any body of water and take pictures on either side.) Take a Hike (Enjoy at least a mile of the great outdoors.) Work it in the Yard! (raking, gardening, cutting and stacking firewood, landscaping etc.) Swish Swish (Cross-country ski for 60 minutes or 1 mile) Talking Trash – clean up trash in your neighborhood for at least an hour If I Had a Shovel: Shovel snow for at least one hour (can be broken up into segments, must be completed in the same day.) Ski the Day Away (a day of downhill and cross country skiing) Row Row Row Your… (60 minutes of canoeing, kayaking, standing up paddle boarding, rowing, surfing, body surfing of any kind.) Get classy outside – take a class outside Create your own event out doors

Category 2 – The Great Indoors

Master the Machine (Use any piece(s) of exercise gear you’ve never used before for at least 60 minutes.) Set It Free (Complete a free weight workout) Lift A Ton (Lift a total of 2000 pounds, not necessarily all at once – you can complete this over a month!) Take a Tread (Enjoy at least a mile of the great indoors. Walk on the treadmill, elliptical or other machine, or just walk around inside.) Are You Game? (Play an Active Video Game for an hour) Keep it Class-y (Take a movement class – including dvd or online- that you’ve never tried before for at least 60 minutes.) Cardio Clean (Clean vigorously for 2 hours) March on the Museum (spend 3 hours visiting a museum or other cultural public space) Cheesy Dance Craze (Walk the Dinosaur, Roger Rabbit, Kid n’ Play, Running Man, 80’s style etc. mix and match for at least 60 minutes.) Walk the Plank (Do 60 minutes of planking in one day.)

Category 3 – Swim/Bike/Walk/Run/Roll

5k walk/run/roll 10k walk/run/roll Walk/Run/Roll more than 10 – anything over 10K (please include distance in finishing picture!) Triathlon (any distance, must be completed in one day) Bike 5 miles Bike 10 miles Bike more than 10 miles (include distance in finishing post Swim 1 mile More than a Mile Swim (include distance in finishing post) Crank it Up (Do one mile using a hand crank bike–including stationary.)

Category 4 – Out of the Box

Tourista! (Take a walking/rolling tour of a tourist attraction or historical area) Drama Drama Drama (Throw a full blown temper tantrum lasting at least 30 minutes.) Shop Til you Drop (Shop for three continuous hours – online doesn’t count!) Stairway to Heaven (Climb 100 stairs in one day.) Mover and Shaker – One hour or more of moving, including packing, carrying stuff to and from the car and/or unpacking (If you’re not moving yourself, you can help a friend move and get an event in!) Rope in! (Spend an hour at a climbing wall) No Team in I (Play at least 60 minutes of an individual sport.) Push It Good (Do 100 push-ups (any style) in one day.) Squat it Out (Do 100 squats in one day.) You and You Alone (do a complete strength workout using only body weight exercises)

Category 5 – Dancing/Yoga

Hoopla dancing (60 minutes of hoop dancing) Shimmy it Out (30 minute shimmy–can switch shimmy location through event) Belly Dancing (60 minutes of dancing) Dance with Jeanette (Do a “Dance To It!” workout with Jeanette on your iPod, iPad, or iPhone. Email jeanette@thefatchick.com for links to the free iOS App and videos! They all count as one event.) Dance with Ragen (E-mail Ragen@danceswithfat.org for the free download link. You can do beginner, intermediate, and/or advanced routines – they all count as one event and they are all free!) Get in the Flow – 60 of work with flow toy, such as poi, staff, juggling, dance/fire fans, rola bola, balance ball, aerial silks or hoop, meteor Stretch your Boundaries (Do 90 consecutive minutes of Yoga.) Hello Sun! (Perform 100 Sun Salutations) Hoopla counting (25 consecutive revolutions) Water Water Everywhere – complete a water aerobics or water therapy class

Category 6 – Team Up

Dog Days Aren’t Over (Walk or play with a dog for 60 consecutive minutes.) Toddle Baby Toddle (Play full out with kid(s) under age 5 for 60 minutes.) Wheel of Fortune (Push someone else a mile in a wheelchair.) Flesh mob (It’s like a Flash Mob only Fatter! Choreograph and practice a dance and get at least one other person to dance it with you anywhere outside your house.) No I in Team (Play at least 60 minutes of a team sport.) Frisbee frenzy: (play Frisbee for an hour) Have a ball! (Play catch for an hour) Hoop it Up (30 minutes of playing basketball – making baskets is not required!) Fit Fatty Event Take-over – take a group of people to a fitness class or event Create your own team event

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For an event to qualify:

1. Take a picture and/or video of you participating or completing the event (selfies are completely fine, if you prefer not to be in the photo feel free to get creative). In this photo you must include the fit fatties finishers sign. (To print your sign, click on the picture of one of the signs below and print from your browser. Remember select “landscape mode” in your printer settings so you can print the sign in all its bigness and glory.)

2. Post your photo to the Fit Fatties Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/groups/fitfatties) starting the post with “Virtual Event Complete” (That will solve the problem of people’s posts getting buried before we see them). We’ll will get your photo up on this site and the forum and update your position on the leader board!

Liability Waiver:

By registering, you are acknowledging your awareness and assumption of all risks associated with your participation. You are certifying that you are medically and physically fit to compete safely in the events that you choose, and you are agreeing to hold harmless the Fit Fatties Forum, Ragen Chastain and Jeanette DePatie for any outcomes of your participation.

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