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My last challenge fizzled out pretty quickly due to some Life Stuff, and as such, I don't feel like I did the badass title any justice (and I was really feeling good about it at the start...) So I'm reusing my title, but since I'm really changing things around in terms of my workouts, I've added the subtitle. I'm starting this challenge on Monday, because I'm a rebel and I do what I want. Also, it works better for me. My weeks will run Monday to Sunday, because I like having Saturday and Sunday together at the end of the week to catch up if necessary. Goal 1 ~ Crossfit So I signed up for Crossfit a little while ago, and have paid for 7 months plus the beginner course (thank you, tax return!) My stoopid work schedule meant that I couldn't start the beginner class until Monday, which ended up coinciding nicely with the start of my challenge. So, I will do crossfit 3x/week. The first two weeks of the challenge will be the beginner classes, which are scheduled and good to go, but which I understand are not super strenuous. After that I will attend a class 3x/week for the last two weeks. I have a feeling one may need to be an early morning class, so that's going to be a struggle, but I gotta do it. 0/12 Goal 2 ~ Running I need to be able to run 10k in ~60min if I want to work for the OPP, which I do. I really, really, really don't want to run for 10 kilometres all at once, but I gotta do it, so I will. There's a trail just out of town that has convenient kilometre markers and happens to be pretty much exactly 5k from the road where it starts to that other road it crosses (the whole trail is something like 45k). So I'll run out to that road, maybe or maybe not puke a bit, then run back, then maybe or maybe not puke a bit more. I know I can run 5k without stopping (though, realistically, after so long of not a heck of a lot, it may take a couple runs to get back to that point), so I'll run all the way out there, and after that I don't mind if I have to stop to walk now and then on the way back, with a goal to reduce the number of times I need to do this as I go. I will do this once per week, probably on a day off work. I will also do intervals, because I like them. I've been doing fast 200m/slow 200m (basically run at 80%-90% effort, then walk back) on my street and am up to 6 repeats (I think?) before my form starts to break down (and this is when I stop because broken form leads to injuries, and I'm tired of learning new physio exercises). Once I can get to 10x with good form, I'll move up to ~300m. I will do this once per week, whatever day I can. 0/4, 0/4 Goal 3 ~ Preparing for Police I'm nowhere near ready to apply to the OPP, but there are things I can do now that will help make me a more competitive candidate when the time comes. The first is to fill out their required fitness log. To do this I need to print out sheets, and start filling them in. I'll need to get a thing to keep them in too. The second thing I can do is start doing courses from the Canadian Police Knowledge Network. I haven't explored it much yet, but my understanding is there are free courses I can take online, and they're not super time-consuming. For now the goal is to do one course throughout the challenge, but that will require some exploration of their website first, and some figuring out of how it all works. Depending on the amount of time a course take, and how easy it is to figure it out, I may add more to this goal. 0/1 Goal 4 ~ Eat to Perform One thing I did ok with through at least some of the challenge was ETP. They tell me how much to eat, and I fill in the blanks with food. The key to being successful with this is meal planning, so on weekends I need to prepare at least 4 days of meals (I'd normally do a week, but I was finding that I got really sick of whatever I made by the end of the week, and also some stuff got mushy and less pleasant to eat). This means 8 meals at least, with the rest being filled in with cereal, milk, yoghurt and protein powder if needed. It will also require some recipe searching, because as much as I love chicken and broccoli, there comes a point where I want something different. 0/4 Goal 5 ~ Nighttime, DAYTIME! This one comes with a video, because I can. Still struggling with this one (for example, I'm sitting here at 1:30am making a challenge thread), so here it is again. In bed and tv off by 11pm on work nights, 12am on non-work nights (emergency call-outs notwithstanding), and up within 5 minutes of my alarm in the morning. 0/21, 0/21 To Do List Print fitness log sheets Get a binder Research some mental health related learning opportunities There were others but they left my brain...