Joining Challenges?

[DSausage]

Sorry for the possibly obvious question/problem. I am trying to joint the Ski Erg sprint challenge - and despite changing my Privacy setting as per the instructions (on how to join Challenges) nothing works. I think I have tried everything, multiple times. Beyond frustrated. Tried this a year ago with no success either. Any ideas before I give up on these online group challenges? I have wasted far too much time again this year trying (unsuccessfully) to join.

[hjs]

Sorry for the possibly obvious question/problem. I am trying to joint the Ski Erg sprint challenge - and despite changing my Privacy setting as per the instructions (on how to join Challenges) nothing works. I think I have tried everything, multiple times. Beyond frustrated. Tried this a year ago with no success either. Any ideas before I give up on these online group challenges? I have wasted far too much time again this year trying (unsuccessfully) to join.

To join this challenge you only have to put in a result in your logbook, nothing more nothing less. Do you have a logbook on the concept2 page? Ski a 1k, put it in your logbook and you are in.

Joining other challenges sometimes can be a bit tricky. For those you really need to push the right buttons.

[DSausage]

Thanks for your reply. That is what I had thought too. Just do the workout and upload it. What is strange is that I have my Concept logbook and my workouts are showing there and they are verified. My privacy settings are as open as they can be and I allow it to show me on any honorboards. Even the ErgData app has been synced and there are no other workouts unsynced (?). But nothing shows up in the SkiErg World Sprint rankings. At the end of the day it doesn’t really matter as I am nowhere near winning anything, but it takes away some of the motivation when you do not see your name on the list, and then you don’t push as hard to improve. Wish this worked for me....

[Citroen]

The Holiday Challenge hasn't started yet. It runs from Thanksgiving to Xmas Eve (November 26–December 24).

It will run automagically from your logged entries between those dates. You start adding pennies to the charity fund after 100K metres.

[DSausage]

Thanks Citroen. But I am trying to get into the SkiErg World Sprints and it is only from Nov 12-15. Not as simple to join as it should be - at least not for me. Lol

[Citroen]

https://log.concept2.com/challenges/skierg-sprints

Is your log set to Indoor Rower or Skierg?

[hjs]

Thanks for your reply. That is what I had thought too. Just do the workout and upload it. What is strange is that I have my Concept logbook and my workouts are showing there and they are verified. My privacy settings are as open as they can be and I allow it to show me on any honorboards. Even the ErgData app has been synced and there are no other workouts unsynced (?). But nothing shows up in the SkiErg World Sprint rankings. At the end of the day it doesn’t really matter as I am nowhere near winning anything, but it takes away some of the motivation when you do not see your name on the list, and then you don’t push as hard to improve. Wish this worked for me....

Thats indeed wierd. Your settings dont matter though, it can be open or private.

You can always email c2, they are very friendly and often quick.

[DSausage]

Thanks for the replies and the ideas. My workouts are set to SkiErg - although I am not manually inputting them, rather I am using the ErgData app, and syncing the workouts to the Concept2 log book. Everything seems to be working on that end - the only piece not working is the appearance in the SkiErg World Sprint rankings. The workout last night was 1000m and it was verified, saved, synced and appears in my Concept2 log book. I will try to emails Concept2 and see if they can help me with my issues. Thanks again for trying to help me out - I appreciate the input.

[DSausage]

Problem solved. Concept2 emailed me back and told me to check the date on my workout and/or enter my workout manually. Then I finally realized my problem - I should have been setting my workout to exactly 1000 metres instead of just going until I hit or passed 1000 metres. Now that I have an exact 1000 metre workout entered in my SkiErg, it saves/uploads/appears on the rankings as it is supposed to. Maybe my 1000 metre times would have been faster had I spent all of that time working out instead of trying to figure these damn rankings out. Onwards and upwards. Thanks to those who provided comments to try to help me. Cheers.