Jarric

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...

On ‎16‎/‎07‎/‎2016 at 9:35 PM, Raxie said:

So a quick lava flow walk morphed into a 7 hour crazy 12 mile hike that we were frankly ill equipped for. Got back at 3am. BUT WE ARE NERDS AND WE PERSEVERED. The teamwork that occurred to get some of us through brought tears to my eyes. And we freaking saw lava up so close!!!! Like it was right there. Can't even. Nerds. Are. The. Best.

sent from the depths of the Ionian Nebula

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...

On 14/07/2016 at 4:04 PM, Evicious said:

Muahahahaha.... I am an evil genius. Not because I introduced Rinna to Pusheen, mind you; but because I am sneakily training my husband to wake up earlier. He complained that a 20:00 bedtime was too early (he likes to go to bed at the same time as me... it's cute, but can also be very annoying), so I've been setting my alarm for 2 minutes earlier every night. I estimate he'll start approving of a 20:00 bedtime by the end of next week.

 

Not sure how I'm going to explain how we went from getting up at 05:30 to 04:30 when he starts to question why it's so much darker in the morning...

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!

On 15/07/2016 at 1:20 PM, Balsquith said:

The Pokemon Go craze just seems to be hitting Austria this week so I expect to see hundreds of people walking around looking at their phones and not where they are going anytime soon.... hmm, maybe it will be hard to tell the difference afterall

 

Good to hear that Pokemon Go is getting you about and about though and concentrated enough that extra cigarettes are not required - good work there!

 

When can we expect to see your next challenge popping up?

 

Good luck finishing this one off strongly.

Cheers man! Should get the next challenge written soon, so will stick it up tomorrow or Monday to start on Monday.

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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.

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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:

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!

2 hours ago, iatetheyeti said:

 

That actually makes more sense than anything anyone else has told me. I've asked folks before, but considering that's been in the place where they keep the alcohol... All I got from it before was pool is the easy one and snooker is the hard one! Honestly, seeing your explanation does not make me doubt that, and I'm no longer surprised at the length of your match.

 

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!

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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)

8 hours ago, iatetheyeti said:

 

YAS

 

...I may or may not have downloaded it whilst on my break at work. Even managed to catch a couple in my living room when I got back!

 

I'm going to ask a stupid question: What's the difference between snooker and pool? I know pool, kinda, in the sense that I play it whenever I'm in a pub with a table, and I know the balls are different, but beyond that it's a mystery to me.

 

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!

27 minutes ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

I look forward to many cool pics of Jedi Starpuck.

^^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.

22 hours ago, mr_willes said:

 

Black stuff:

I can recommend you this!

 

 

Beware though, it hits you like a hammer!

 

 

 

 

"Hey guys mind if an old pirate joins the table" Holds up his hands full of bottles

Back shortly, just hopping over to Belgium!

11 hours ago, mr_willes said:

 

 

Thanx for the support guys! Aah. the mosquito isn't to blame. He needs his fix too (actually she needs a fix), it's just a bit unlucky she chose that exact place to do it (which probably caused the inflammation).

 

Well it's here now, trying to maximize recuperation to get back to buttkicking asap.

So I read that last sentence as buttlicking. Read into that what you will...

Hope it clears up soon man, so you can get to destroying this challenge!

Completely forgot to do the pop-ups .

But twisty marching done with EC .

Glad you enjoyed the strongman; looks like you did awesome on your first one!

I know next to nothing about Warcraft, but I do love the minis. Went for Forsaken assassin on a whim.