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April Fools' Fitness Challenge

Welcome to the April Fools' Fitness Challenge!  Interested in pushing yourself to your physical limits? Interested in getting in shape? Interested in winning a badass watch? If so, you are in the right place. April 1st, 2019 will be the moment you begin to compete against all eligible contestants for the entire month.  The intent of this challenge is for you to get in shape, compete against your friends and win a brand new Garmin sport watch . I wanted to create a challenge that rewards effort.  Meaning that the participant in the best shape does not have a significant advantage over the participant that doesn't have as good of conditioning. So the harder you work and the more time you spend in an activity, the more likely you are to do well.  In order to achieve a baseline tracker, I have decided to use the MyZone MZ-3 Heart rate monitor and associated app.  It tracks your activity and time in the Heart Rate Zones(1-5) and rewards you a point value(MEPS-M...