Leturc

Hi All, Thanks very much for all of your encouragement. Full disclosure on the handstand push-ups goal. These will not be freestanding, they will be more crossfit-style (i.e., leaning against a wall). Inspired by your posts, I tried a freestanding HSPU today, and let's just say that ten of those in 6 weeks would not be realistic for me--maybe a goal for a furture challenge! Also went to the track to see how far I am from a 60s quarter. Wll the good news is that I still have the speed to do it, the bad news is have no where near the stamina/wind at this point. We'll see if 6 weeks is long enough to get me there. I am going to have to run like a fiend. As consolation I banged out a few Burpees.

These look like great goals. But remember to allocate some of that 10 dollars to the place we have been discussing.

I am not sure how monkish the following challenges are, but one has to start somewhere. (1) Complete a set of 10 strict hand-stand push-ups, touching my head to the ground on each rep. I can do 3 or 4 of these depending on the day, but I would like to be able to bang out 10 on demand. (STR - 3, STA -2) (2) Run 400m in under 60 seconds. I have no idea where I stand with this. I used to be able to runs these a good bit faster, but that was 19 years and 35 pounds ago. I'm curious to see how I do and how much progress I can make in just 6 weeks. Whether I make it or not, I think this one is gonna to hurt. (STA - 2, DEX -3) (3) Drop body weight to 187. I walk around at between 192-195 these days at 5'9". I imagine that this one may go hand-in-hand with my challenge 2. (CON - 3) (4) Spend at least 30 minutes doing something French language related at least 5 days a week. If this monk has an enemy, it surely is the French langauge; I must grapple with it more regularly and with greater intensity. I'll include reading, speaking, watching French TV or listening to French radio. I'm not sure that this will make me wiser or more charismatic, but if I can pull this off I will take a point for each. (WIS - 1, CHA -1) Also, I'm still working on the race. I'll come up with something soon on that.