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I'm signed up for the Toronto May 11 and Pennsylvania June 1 one. Lots of pain. Woohoo! Never done one so this should be, um, interesting. Sucks about the bottlenecks, though :\ The Merrell Down and Dirty was great about not having too much wait time.

I'll be home for the Toronto Tough Mudder if any of you are interested in meeting up all the way in may!

Omg $1 pizza?! I would kill for that.

Thanks so much guys! <3 Made a really embarrassing mistake on the test (I'm getting a PhD in biology... I forgot the word 'transcription.' seriously. Two hour midterm, COMPLETE blank. Jeebus!). But, on to the next one! Yesterday: -No workout -Veggies good -bed made -cleaned quite a bit Today: -pushups and situps -veggies good -bed made -cleaned a little more now, more studying. agh i hate biochem. asldkfjsdhf.

Okay, this last week was TERRIBLE. I didn't bite my nails, I made my bed every day but one, I ate my vegetables like a good girl. But I didn't work out ONCE because I got really sick on Wednesdays >< I usually don't do much exercise on M/T because those days are quite tough for me... sadly, that meant I couldn't do anything W-Sun. Because I got sick, not lazy, I'm going to let myself make up the three workouts and 10 miles in the next three weeks, and still give myself full credit. I'm still pissed though. With midterms coming up... this was not a good time to be ill! Wish me luck - my first test is today (Introduction to Genomic Information Science and Technology woot woot! \o/)

Hellz to the yes!!

GOAL SMASH!!! congrats!

Great job on the 10k!

Oops you're right! I figured that it would be consistent across all the challenges. My bad! Good job Piccolo!

If you have any questions about programming, post them! Maybe we can figure them out together I spent a good few hours on my programming this week too - it's just wrapping your head around a completely new way of thinking. Good job on the 41/41 though!! (that's kind of a weird number to score out of though O_o)

I'm pretty sure they divide the total number of miles by ALL the people in the rangers guild, not just the people doing the running... so the only way you bring the average down is by not participating.

<3 Yayyy! Thank you!! And I didn't. I feel too guilty having naps. I'll sleep a bit extra on the plan back to NY tomorrow, though

Week 2 Summary Work out 3x/week: STR+2, DEX+2, CON+2 - Done! Have been regularly doing situps and pushups (and some body-weight squats). It's not ideal - I'd prefer to be going to the gym - but I never get enough sleep, so the 20 minutes it takes to do this is a lot more doable. I'm working towards one of my other goals doing these, too, by following the 200 Situps and 100 Pushups 6-week programs Be able to do 40 pushups, 100 situps, and a 2-minute plank : STR+3 - It's going well - doing pushups and situps almost daily. Run >10 miles / week: STA+2 - 10/10 miles achieved! I ran all of them today >.> I really need to get better with the whole building a habit thing, but hopefully this is a start! Personal: WIS+2, CHA+2 -Stop biting my nails Working on it! But it's going terribly this week -Make my bed every day Done! -Have veggies with every lunch and dinner (if I miss one because of lab work or whatever, I can double up for the other meal) Mostly done. Done! -Unfrak my room (1 unfrak / day) Done! I've been back home for a couple of days, so I wasn't able to unfrak on F/Sat/Sun, but i made sure to clean up before leaving, so I'm still counting it as done

Ran 7.75 miles this morning, so ran 2.25 miles of intervals just now to meet my weekly running quota. huzzah!

Oh man, food poisoning is the WORST Take it easy, and just try to get better as soon as possible! <3

Great job so far! Impressive intervals.

nice job with the pull-ups! i'm so jealous of your pullups - i'm too scared to try even one feel better

I liked Looper! Just saw it yesterday with my mom (home for Thanksgiving yay! <3). I had to explain to her what the stripper had to do with anything when Bruce came into the picture, but past that we had a good time ^-^ And dude, great job on the trail run! I think that's a really good time. Well done! <3

I read this and laughed out loud because that's EXACTLY what happened to me last week. There was nowhere in my gym for me to do step-ups (I don't feel right stepping onto a bench press bench thing), so i decided to do burpees instead; I was feeling tired, but like I could do more before I did them. Almost fell on my face during the first set of burpees. Those things are AWFUL. Also, great job dude! And don't say that the M&Ms are a silly habit -- it's really big deal to give up a habit, however small, because it's so deeply engrained! (I'm trying to stop biting my nails this challenge -- jeepers it's hard). I just saw Looper yesterday, and a quote from the movie struck me - I'm paraphrasing, but basically: you're scared of the big spiders, but it's the small ones that get ya. Great job so far! Looking forward to seeing you progress.

I think you did amazingly!! And I maintain that conferences are the work of the devil in terms of food

Hahahahhaa I love that description -- I'm not sure what I look like crossing the finish line. Maybe I should do a caption contest? I've been doing sit-ups and pushups most mornings, and today I got in a 7.75mile (!!!) run this morning. The Zombies, Run app says I made it in 1:04:08, which I wouldn't believe except that I finished the Merrell in 1:06, which was shorter by almost 2 miles but had obstacles. Also, I really feel like I broke some kind of mental barrier on that run (for any of you who have read Wheel of Time, think of Nynaeve's block from saidar and when she broke it). The mud run was the first time I just ran, not thinking of how fast I was going or how tired I was, I just DID IT. And something changed in me. I didn't think at all this morning of how fast I was going or whether I'd get tired, I just kept going and going. and it was amazing. And then I got home and did pushups and sit-ups. And now I want a nap.

Well, shit. I've been procrastinating on running regularly again... guess I've found my inspiration!!

Come up and visit! And thanks guys! More pics: http://www2.brightroom.com/100505/4310 I look ridiculous at the finish line... I'd still buy a copy of that pic and the one in the water, but they're SO expensive!

Ha excellent!! Thanks for volunteering me there's a death race or something on October 14 but u think it's all sold out. I'll try to find something!! And we should all do tough mudder together next ear!! Updates: Yesterday: Pushups and situps Ate well Made bed Chewed nails too much No running yet Today Pushups, situps and squats (I have to dig up the numbers for te past two days) Lots of veggies Made bed Intense cleaning tomorrow as I'm flying home onfriday night Reprinted nails No running Must run tomorrow.

Wait where does the micro come in? I'm doing a phd in it!!! (among other things )