Jarric

Yeah, as soon as I can sit down in front of a computer tonight I'll get it written up

I truly love that we now live in a world where you can say this. Seriously! Need to get started on my climbers, it's only mid-afternoon day 1 (my time) and a few people have cleared 200!

Final Challenge Round-Up Down with the Sickness - 0/4 weeks - 15/28 days - 15XP 5XP So technically I failed badly at this one, barely getting a pass on half the days. However, I did build some strong habits - no smoking in the car or at the gym are set in stone now. Pretty much there with smoking at home too, although I'm occasionally making excuses to go for a walk and have one, but it's still better than smoking in my own garden. Next challenge I'm going to build on this, exclude more places, and drop the number limit as hopefully I'll be smoking so little I won't need it. Until It Sleeps - 1/4 weeks - 25/28 days - 10XP 5XP No too bad at this - had about 1 night per week I didn't hit it. Going to keep this plus imposing a wake-up time goal for the next challenge. Plus punishments for failure. Iron Man - 4/4 weeks - 10 sessions in total - 10XP RANGERED this one. Didn't quite hit my stretch goal, but that's ok, life sometimes gets in the way. Hopin to climb weekly now, so more than likely two gym and 1 climb going forward. The River - 2/4 weeks - 2 swims but 8 runs - 15XP 0XP Total fail on this one. Apparently the fact that I really enjoy swimming was not enough to make me actually get up and go swimming! Whereas signing up for an OCR certainly appears to have motivated me to get up and run! Will be dropping the swimming goal for now until after the OCR, although hopefully I will still get in the pool occasionally I don't want to force it because running won't be negotiable! Kuss Mich - 2/4 weeks - 26/28 days - 54/56 brushes - 10XP I'm happy with this. I missed two brushes but both times for very good reasons, and I consciously missed them. Think this habit is sufficiently sticky for me to drop as a goal for the time being, but if it starts to slip I'll have to bring it back. Wasted Years - 2/4 weeks - 10XP 0XP I set this goal because I thought I might need it, but honestly I just didn't feel like doing it. I have actually spent less time watching junk and more time with stuff I'm interested in, so maybe it just came naturally? I Can Only Count to 4 - 2/4 weeks - 14/16 things done - 15XP 7XP Not great on this one to be honest. I think I need to approach this differently - maybe a more specific list of tasks rather than just "do some things". A lot of clothes were washed this challenge certainly, and many breakfasts were prepped, but I didn't do much else to improve my environment! Will get my new challenge posted this evening, and stick a link here for you all!

Thank you. It's all planned out; going to get it up at some point today . ----- Pokécrawl Saturday night was good fun - took a massive detour back from the pub to visit a lot of Pokéstops, and was nice just to spend a night drinking with Mrs without a group of our friends for once. Smoking wasn't too bad but still over-budget at 10/8. This is much less than I would usually smoke on a Saturday night, so the counting is doing something at lest even if I'm failing the challenge. Also missed another tooth brushing - was distracted for good reason though, so I'm not too fussed about it. -- Sunday morning Runkeeper called for a 5mi slow run. It went a little like this: NAME PACE CLIMB 1 mi 10:58 -15 2 mi 11:30 4 3 mi 11:05 33 4 mi 9:45 10 5 mi 9:52 -62 6 mi 18:04 32 Odd how I sped up on the last two miles - guess I really wanted to get it over with! It was seriously hot (for England). Not sure exactly what it was when I was out running, but by lunchtime it was 30C (86F) and 75% humidity. I felt like I was going to die by about mile 3, and I was so red in the face an pouring with sweat. Still, I got through it, so that's something. After that grabbed some breakfast in town, played a tiny bit of Pokémon, and went to my dad's. I mowed his lawn and he took a look at my car, then we had a family roast which was nice. Very little in the way of adulting done all weekend, it was far too hot! Did manage a couple of loads of washing and some egg boiling for breakfasts. Smoking again badish, 11/8. Challenge round up coming soon, and then the new challenge - much writing needed today! Week 4 Stats at W4D7 Down with the Sickness - 3/7 Until It Sleeps - 7/7 Iron Man - 2/2 The River - 0 swim, 4 runs = 4/3 Kuss Mich - 6/7 Wasted Years - 0/1:00 I Can Only Count to 4 - (weekend goal) 3/4 Darebee PvP - MTWTFSS - 2min star jumps (EC), 100 marching twists (EC), 1min push-up plank (EC), 50 Dead Bugs (EC), 20 "Deadlifts" (EC), 20 Commandos (No EC)

That's awesome! And all down to your own hard work, congrats! Your food plans going forward look really good. Hope you are having a great time in Paris - stay safe and have fun! Why was I not aware of this?! Thank you for bringing this to my attention Wolf. *goes to investigate further*

I sort of threw myself up from one to the other, rather than the tricep extension thing. Wasn't really sure if that was right? Let me know if not ok. Will mark it up as done for now. No EC coz I couldn't make it in one set.

I'm with you, why throw away something as useful and nice as that? I am a bit of a pack rat though...

That's so amazing, I can't even imagine what it must be like. Adding volcano walk to my lifetime todo list!

Congratulations on being asked to play in the nationals, that's seriously awesome! Hope your training triathlon went well today.

Think you've broken down your goals really nicely, and I'm sure you'll do well this challenge. Good luck with the real life stuff too

Busy weekend then; sounds like fun! Hope it's going well

Loving ruckémon go as a goal! Maybe it's finally time for me to take up rucking...

That actually is genius... I never thought of subtly manipulating my other half like that... *plots in the corner*

I knew you'd be all over Pokémon GO as a challenge when it came out, knew it! Following along again to watch you Ranger this one!

Cheers man! Should get the next challenge written soon, so will stick it up tomorrow or Monday to start on Monday. ----- Gym yesterday felt rubbish, for some reason I felt really weak and shaky, so I pretty soon gave up and called it a day. Here's what I did manage: 5min 4min row warm-up - 1,034m Incline bench - 30kg x 4 x 10 Squats - 40kg x 4 x 10 50 "dead bugs" for the Darebee PvP DB side raise/front raise/curl/press - about two, before I decided I felt too crap and gave up. The evening was a barbeque at a friend's house - a couple we've only met recently were hosting, but we met them through other friends who were also there. It was a really funny, silly night; lots of meat was eaten, plenty of beer was drunk (plus some coffee liqueur and some Polish vodka). Really enjoyed myself. Came home with the Mrs (back about 23:30) and watched TV for a bit. Then decided at around 00:15 to Pokémon GO out for a bit. Wandered around between the local gym and the two nearest pokéstops, met a random bloke who had just got out of a lock-in at my local who was also playing Pokémon and had a chat to him for a while. Seemed like a nice chap! Not sure how to grade that on the sleep front; technically when I got back from Pokémon GOing out I went straight to bed, but it was a late night (about half 1). I'm going to give myself the technicality I think. Smoking was rubbish - stuck to all my rules except for the count, think I had 15/8! Going to switch to more binary rules and less counting in the next challenge. -- This morning got up at 08:00, dropped the Mrs at work and went for a run. Runkeeper called for 2 miles slow. I did this: NAME PACE CLIMB 1 mi 10:12 -17 2 mi 9:46 13 3 mi 15:49 3 Total distance including cool down 2.41mi in 26:35. I may have extended my cool-down walk to detour via the nearest pokéstop... Starting to realise how long this update's getting. I have been busy! Anyway, after my run I went to a mate's house to write some music. He's written the start of a really great song which we've got recorded now, and starting on the chorus at the moment. Rant out time for that though, because we were off to go Bouldering! Bouldering was good today, though my hips and ankle don't seem to agree now I'm done. They've reset the grey holds, so I had a go and completed a few of them, defeated a green/grey one I was stuck on last time I went with ease, and generally climbed a load of things! That just gives me time to make this update and maybe catch up on a few threads before I go an get Mrs from work. Hopefully going on a Pokémon pub crawl tonight with her! A pokécrawl maybe? Week 4 Stats at W4D5 Down with the Sickness - 3/7 Until It Sleeps - 5/7 Iron Man - 1/2 The River - 0 swim, 2 runs = 2/3 Kuss Mich - 5/7 Wasted Years - 0/1:00 I Can Only Count to 4 - (weekend goal) 0/4 Darebee PvP - MTWTFSS - 2min star jumps (EC), 100 marching twists (EC), 1min push-up plank (EC), 50 Dead Bugs (EC)

Dead bugs done yesterday with EC, and "deadlifts" completed just now with EC too

Love the format, the points system is really interesting. Looking forward to watching your slay those dragons!

Glad to help. It's a long game, but not that long though! My mate started his match at the same time and finished two hours before me, which meant that he was waiting for me to finish for longer than he was actually playing! ----- Not much to report today. As above last night my badminton partner and I sacked off badminton in favour of Pokémon GO. Then went home, made a "Greek" cottage pie which was somewhat awesome, and then went out and caught some more Pokémon. I can see myself getting as ridiculously addicted to this as I did to Pokémon Yellow in the late '90s. Smoked 8/8 last night, which I think's pretty good given the amount of wandering around outside. Decided not to get up for swimming but have a lie in instead - I don't really need to go now I'm making up for it with running, and it was really nice to have a lie in on purpose rather than waking up late and rushing! Tonight is listing, then over to a friend's for a barbeque. Tomorrow is more song writing/recording and bouldering again. Should be a good weekend all in all . Week 4 Stats at W4D4 Down with the Sickness - 3/7 Until It Sleeps - 4/7 Iron Man - 0/2 The River - 0 swim, 2 runs = 2/3 Kuss Mich - 4/7 Wasted Years - 0/1:00 I Can Only Count to 4 - (weekend goal) 0/4 Darebee PvP - MTWTFSS - 2min star jumps (EC), 100 marching twists (EC), 1min push-up plank (EC)

Yeah. My friend and I may have decided to skip badminton to catch Pokémon... woops! Snooker is a bigger table (4 times the size). In pool each player has a colour, and they try and pot the 7 balls of their own colour and then pot the black first. In snooker all the balls are communal and are worth points, so the aim is to score more points than your opponent. I hope that makes sense; I could explain in a lot more detail, but it might be a long post!

^^what Tank said. Loving the theme as always!

Push up plank done with EC. This hurt from about 5 seconds in, so I'm surprised I lasted! P.S. I did 100 total yesterday too.

That casserole sounds incredible... Love the challenge; following along!

Pokémon GO has been released in the UK! This is not a drill, repeat this is not a drill! Ahem, sorry about that. Whilst Pokémon GO is downloading, I best give a quick update. Did my daily dare (100 marching twists) before leaving work yesterday, then off to have a bite to eat at mate's house and on to snooker. I lost 4-1, which is my first loss in the 7 matches so far. It was an absolute war of attrition, taking nearly 4 hours to play the match, and I was shattered at the end of it. Stayed at the bar for a short while afterwards to recover. Didn't get home until 00:40, and rather than going to bed I stayed up and boiled eggs for the rest of the week's breakfasts. Up to bed at 01:40 after a very long day, 13 cigarettes smoked, and feeling absolutely shattered. This morning I got up a little late (unsurprisingly), but did manage to get out for a bit of a run. Runkeeper called for 4mi slow, but I was running short of time and my GPS wouldn't connect for some reason. I've just tracked it with a map as best I can, and it comes out at 3.21 miles in 35:25, for an average pace of 11:02 min/mi. Badminton tonight, an much Pokémon GOing! Week 4 Stats at W4D3 Down with the Sickness - 2/7 Until It Sleeps - 3/7 Iron Man - 0/2 The River - 0 swim, 2 runs = 2/3 Kuss Mich - 3/7 Wasted Years - 0/1:00 I Can Only Count to 4 - (weekend goal) 0/4 Darebee PvP - MTWTFSS - 2min star jumps (EC), 100 marching twists (EC)

Well met, Sky Elvenword. I thought you might like your arrow back. This looks like an interesting journey, so I shall be following.