Run Tampa Accountability Project
2024
The 2024 edition starts January 1st. Message Deb Voiles via the contact form to be added to the spreadsheet.
2021
In 2021, 104 began the project and 45 completed it.
2022
In 2022, 105 signed up, and 35 people successfully completed the project.
2023
In 2023, 112 signed up, and in December, 37 were still on track. See the spreadsheet here.
The Run Tampa Accountability Project provides motivation for club members to keep their miles up throughout the year.
The first Accountability Project, in 2021, was such a success that we decided to keep doing it. Now, we’re going on our third year.
A list of the 2021 finishers is here. A list of the 2022 finishers is here.
To join the 2023 Project, add your name and January goal here. Club members only.
Year-long accountability. This is how it works:
You set your own goal, making the project suitable for anyone.,
Enables you to hold your friends accountable
Strava is a good, free way to keep track but not required
Everyone likes a gold star - or a yellow cell
Provides both process (short-term) goals and long-term goal
The Run Tampa Accountability Project provides motivation and accountability for the whole year. It starts on January st, but any club member can join at any time all year. So, new club members can still join; however, to get the award for meeting the goal all year, you have to start participating in January. New members receive the link to the project in their welcome email when they join.
Google spreadsheet: At the beginning of each month, enter your goal mileage for that month. Then, at the end of the month, enter your actual mileage total. If you met your goal, the cell will turn yellow on the first day of the next month. You'll want a long string of yellow months.
Strava (optional): Strava will provide daily accountability. We already have a Run Tampa Strava Club. If you haven't used the app, it's easy and free. Just link it to your watch. Then, request to join The Run Tampa Strava Club.
This is really on the honor system, though. No one is checking to see if you did the miles.
Free pass: Realistically, it’s a given that some people will get COVID this year, and some people will experience injury, either of which will take them out of training for a while; so, everyone gets one free pass month, one month when they don’t meet their goal. Everyone, then, can still earn the end-of-project goal of the special shirt if they meet their goal eleven months.
Hashtag: Please use hashtag #rtap any time you post about any of your runs on social media.
Logo: Please share the logo in your social media posts if you are a club member.
Tip: When you enter your goal for each month, make that your fallback goal, something that’s total reasonable, totally doable. For example, I usually run 30 to 40 miles per week, but I'll put 100 as my monthly January goal because that gives me a little wiggle room in case of a minor injury that would require cutting back on miles for a few days.
Also, consider that you may need to taper for a race. You may be to get ten more miles than your goal. That’s fine. you enter all your miles, and if you go over, great.