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Late to the party, but I have missed being part of the challenges. 1. Four workouts per week. 2. Complete the weekly challenge in my nutrition class. 3. Adequate sleep and take my vitamins 4. Post weekly about books I am reading

Holding my spot - details tomorrow.

Finished all four weeks of this challenge. Found a February event nearby. May even have a running buddy to go with me. On to the next challenge.

Update - finish line in sight - YIKES! Have stayed ahead of meal plans - my retired hubby will cook whatever I plan. This is working out Great! If I do a trail walk/run on Saturday and my regular Sunday gym workout, I will have reached the workout goal. Have not found a February event - will do that by end of day if it's possible. Week 3 distance - 13,350 m mostly rowing. It has been cold and when we run, it's on the road outside the gym which has no shoulder or curbs - so the early sunsets have held us back a little. That is beginning to change, though, with slightly longer days. Side note - part of the workout last night was 4 rounds of sets of movements - included 12 pushups each round. Was able to do them all from my toes like real pushups. First time to be able to do all required pushups "properly"

Thanks for the benefit of the doubt, but I am on the other side of the age thing! Too old to have known that band 😂😂.

Another snow day. Workouts on track to complete goal. Meals are at least planned a few days out - no marathon meal prep yet, but doing better than before! Need to find and register for an event in February. Have two for April, one in October. Keeping on track to do 6 this year. Went back and totaled mileage for rowing/running - weather is putting a damper on safe outdoor running: Week 1 = 4,050 m rowed Week 2 = 6,250 m rowed, 2,000 m run Week 3 so far = 6,300 m rowed

Keeping ahead on menu planning, even though I have not done the once a month meal prep thing. I've decided that with the weather, I am going to track distance on the rower as well as running that we might do. Hate for all that not to count for anything!!

Sounds good! I have to ask - is your name anything to do with Hüsker Dü? Actually, no - although I did learn something when I looked up your reference - I had never heard of that band. It's my age I am sure!! The name has to do with University of Nebraska athletics!

Status report: Pretty well on track to finish workout goal. Did a basic meal plan for the week and purchased quality items to take for lunch at work. Weather has not been cooperating for outside runs but did do 1600m on the rower tonight. Have three race events on the calendar - will go for 6 events this year.

[ progress=#5194ec]15[/progress ] My daughter figured out the graph thing a while back and just copied the code onto my page! So here it what it looks like - except that you will need to remove the spaces after and before the enclosing brackets! The number between all the other stuff is the percentage completed, which I just figure on my calculator and change in the edit post option as I go along. Other folks more experienced than I can probably tell you how to do all kinds of cool stuff! I know you can change the color of the filled in part, but don't remember how.

Twice a week, I do an endurance class at my gym. Depends on the weather, but one of those usually involves running longer total mileage - like 3 miles total. So I am thinking I would get at least 150 miles in a year plus a few races and the shorter distances on the other days. It could amount to over 200 miles if I kept track! Not planning to count the rowing we do on days of inclement weather.

Getting a late start: Four Week Challenge Goals: 20 Workouts - completed = 20/20 100%100% Log Miles Run as part of those workouts (looking to have an annual total, just for curiosity's sake) Monthly meal prep session Choose and complete a race for January if I decide to commit to one event per month for the year! Completion reward = massage Mini Challenges: Stamina = stayed after regular workout for ab work. Strength = used 30# slam ball at the workout - heaviest I have done to date. Agility = working on double unders. Have strung only three together so far. Ranger Skills = at an overnight conference, fed a group of non-rebels a breakfast that would have been rebel approved, and they liked it! Plus it kept everyone satisfied until lunch which kept us all from eating the sugary snacks that were offered by the conference hosts. Mileage: 15.91 miles rowed 5.75 miles run Have stayed ahead of meal prep even though not for the whole month ahead. Events planned so far: February 27 trail run, April 2 5k, April 30 obstacle event, possible May 21 obstacle event, October 1 5k

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Finished well enough to schedule our massages. Goal 1 - done. Although now that the challenge is over, it is tempting to grab a butterfinger out of the candy jar. Goal 2 - missed some workouts I should have done. In my defense, sleep is good for me too! Goal 3 - gave myself half a point for each activity I sent the family out to do even though I had to stay home and work. Goal 4 - we have done some fun stuff this summer. So I count this one done as well. I am down by close to 20 pounds, depending on the day, since I started following NerdFitness a little over two years ago. And the house is coming along. New bedding in three of the four bedrooms and clear floors!

Goal 1: Stayed out of the candy dishes on the desks at work all 6 weeks. Goal 2: If I work out Saturday and Sunday afternoon, I will get to my 32 out of 36 goal. Goal 3: Need to be creative on thie one. With going to the gym there is not much time to do other workouts besides. However, cleaning the garage is on tomorrow's agenda and that will be a workout for sure. So one other activity will do it for a perfect score here. Goal 4: Made reservations for an old high school friend to come for a visit, sent one daughter on a trip to Carlifornia, and have plans for the other daughter to go with a friend to St. Louis. So we are good on this goal. Participated in all the minis. Made good progress at the chiropractor with a pinched nerve in my neck. Lost a few pounds and gained some strength on my workouts. Heading for a good finish to this challenge.