Two Point Challenge: Week 1 Updates

Exciting stuff guys - we are officially through the first week of the 2016 Two Point Challenge, with 23 blogger participants.

By the end of each week (meaning by Sunday at midnight Pacific time), participants should report your longest uninterrupted stint of holding your two point position while riding (at any gait, in any saddle, under any circumstances) in the past week.

Nbd if this week's total is a drop from last week's, it's the practice that counts, right? We're just capturing your longest times as they compare to your baseline - and calculating who has the longest time and who is the most improved.

Like so:

The strategic among you (or those who REALLY want in on those awesome sponsored prizes!!!) might see that while there's one rider holding strong in the "Longest Time" game (ahem, Lindsey), there's a growing group of competitors knocking on that door (Alli, L. Williams, Heather, and Appydoesdressage).

Furthermore, the "Most Improved" category is really anyone's game at this point. With only one rider topping the 200% threshold (L. Williams is giving us a good show in her first year as an eligible contestant!), the field is fairly packed with KateRose, Liz Stout, Three Chestnuts and Semi Feral Equestrian all boasting at least 150% improvement in Week 1.

Rider	Blog	Baseline	Week 1 High
Alli	PONY'TUDE	7:21	7:21
Amanda	Bel Joeur	0:47	1:10
Appydoesdressage	Musings from LogDog Acres	5:06	5:06
Aryelle	Horse Hack	1:47	1:47
Carey	Me Jump Pretty One Day	3:23	3:23
Emma	Walk, Trot, Canter, Banter	1:54	2:24
Grace	The Horseback Artist	2:20	2:20
Heather	The Graduated Equestrian	5:15	5:15
KateRose	Peace & Carrots	2:06	4:08
Kristen	Stampy and the Brain	3:27	3:43
L. Williams	Viva Carlos	2:53	7:10
Lindsey	Redheadlins	10:08	10:08
Liz Stout	In Omnia Paratus	1:17	2:21
LoveLaughRide	Grain Before Groceries	4:40	4:40
Megan	Howling Owl Farm	0:05	0:05
Monica	How to Train your Dragon	4:27	4:27
Nicole	Zen & the Art of Baby Horse Management	3:40	3:40
Olivia	DIY Horse Ownership	0:44	0:44
outofashes	One Bud Wiser	1:26	2:12
SarahO	Autonomous Dressage	2:25	2:25
Semi Feral Equestrian	Semiferal Equestrian	2:36	4:13
Teresa	Eventing Saddlebred Style	1:47	1:47
Three Chestnuts	Three Chestnuts	0:33	0:59

Again - Megan and I are scraping these times from the comments each week so please don't hesitate to point out any errors or corrections etc!

All that matters is your longest time each week - so don't forget to PRACTICE and definitely don't forget to time yourself  and, above all, don't forget to telllllll ussss about it!!!!! :D

(Also, perhaps if you're into that kinda thing {not that I'd ever say that equestrians are competitive or whatever, no, never!}, you might let the front runners in your chosen category know that you're coming for them!}