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I'm feeling a bit lost at the moment. I suppose I should be able to feel proud of my achievement in the marathon at the end of May, but I'm dissatisfied and at the same time I don't have a real plan and I'm sort of bumbling about. I am reminded of Raul, the sarcastic engineer in Fallout New Vegas. Admittedly, I haven't had to avenge my sister who was brutally murdered by raiders, but only because I don't have a sister. Like Raul, I will find my true purpose in life by drawing inspiration from other people who are still crushing it at an advanced age. Loyal Loyal is a great strategic thinker, planning how to achieve the Boomers' long term objectives and coming up with practical solutions tor fixing up their equipment. Like him, i will make a plan for the medium term to give myself some new objectives to work toward, and I'll make it fun and intersting to keep myself motivated - although probably not as intersting as salvaging a wrecked bomber plane from the bottom of Lake Mead while being attacked by lakelurks. Ranger Andy Ranger Andy is famous for being able to teach the Ranger Takedown unarmed move. One of the things I've been thinking about a lot lately is trying out some martial arts. I used to be interested in karate & judo when I was at school, and I taught myself a few things using a book i found in the library, but i never really developed because there's only so much you can learn on your own. There's a.... What? Gym? Studio? Fucking dojo? near me that does classes for over-50s. It's Brazilian Ju-Jitsu though. Do I really want to follow in the footsteps of Mark Zuckerberg? Cringe. Anyway, I'll look into that and see if it is something I want to follow up. Sterling Like everyone else at Camp McCarran, Sterling isn't happy about the food. So I too will eat carefully and count my calories. Rosa Mota While not strictly speaking a character in New Vegas, Rosa Mota is an example of someone who's going to keep on slaying well into old age. I probably won't be breaking the world 10k record for my age group but like her i will keep on challenging myself to run fast POV you're Mrs 18ck dropping me off at the gym

Getting in *ahem* Bright and Early with this challenge. I think what I was doing in the last two challenges was working quite well so I'm building on that. I have a timed half M the day before the challenge starts and the challenge will be about building stamina for a full M in Edinburgh at the end of May. Shoot for the Stars In an effort to reach the far beyond, increase speed and distance by running one long run and two short runs, increasing long run distance from 13 miles to 20. This is normally faster than you'd increase in a normal training program, but, having done a marathon in October last year I feel like this sort of jump is achievable. Daily exercise focusing on core strength and hip mobility. Before & After Shed Excess Cargo Avoid sugar bombs (obviously), and avoid taking on excess fuel. Log food and constrain myself to within calorie limits rather than just recording the fails. Aim to shed ten pounds over the course of the challenge. Before & After Smoothskin: Daily moisturiser. I got another spot this morning, for heaven's sake! Before & After

Greetings In this challenge I will be keeping it pretty simple Running/exercising: follow the training program I worked out in April up to the date of my 10k race, then come up with a new one. Eating: sensible eating at the start of May. Its my birthday soonish and I'll just eat whatever then and afterwards I'll go full paleo, no exception, no excuses, just lose some weight, fatso. Meditation: not really. I have a couple of weeks left on my subscription to the app. I'll be listening to the remaining courses but not planning to make meditation a big part of my life, just probably trying to explore the implications a bit more in my day-to-day. Or something. Dancing: starting out fairly easy: I'll practice some dance for 5 minutes a day - probably the running man just to get used to the leg coordination (I think that's what is going on in this picture ? right.... Right?) After the race I will go much harder, aiming to get passably OK at one thing (I am thinking the piu-piu dance) Not kelladactyl level good or anything but not actually shamefully shit. I'll settle for that. I feel good about this goal. I don't know how it'll end up but it'll be fun to try and I am going to throw myself into it. Ad Victoriam!

Hey assassin brothers and sisters! After a challenging challenge break I'm back to give it a go again! I spent my last challenge getting ready to "leave the Vault" but after the 6 weeks was up I never opened the door and left! So this is it....I'm heading out into the post apocalyptic wasteland and have to stay focused or I may not survive long! (I'll expand on these goals late but I want something up right now so I can hold myself accountable) Goal#1: I can go the distance! The one thing missing from every post apocalyptic/zombie/survival movie is...bicycles. And that's what I'm missing! My last bike was stolen and I haven't replaced it yet. Part one of this goal is to get a bike again. I am setting the due date at 1 week from my next paycheck, which should be in a day or two. Part two of this goal is to ride my bike to work for the rest of the challenge! Goal#2: Put some balance in your life. I want to work on my hand balancing skills. I need to work on my hand balancing at LEAST 5 times a week! 5-10 minutes a day, that is all. Can I do it !?!? Goal#3: wasteland warrior workout. It's a dangerous world out there and I need to keep my skills in tip too shape. I'm starting a bodyweight workout (TBD but involving the TMNT or batman workouts) 3 times a week! Life goal: Put some points into Barter. My character seems to be lacking in the barter skill on his character sheet. I'm going to fix that. I want to save money and still eat healthy! How will I do that you ask? -shop on a full stomach (or at least not hungry) -no fast food! -try to use all my produce before it goes bad -shop the deals! Using the weekly ads of local stores I will scout out the best prices and save the most caps! That's the quick run down. I'll add stat points, more specifics, and pictures soon haha

Ok everyone I’m back and I’m ready for another challenge! Taking a break and switching up the way I worked out was a definite success. I finished my PLP challenge right before my big event and can definitely say I feel stronger than ever. Rolling with the success of that workout I’m predicting good things for the next 6 weeks, and hoping for GREAT SUCCESS for all of us. Since the last challenge I started re-playing my absolute favorite game ever, Fallout 2! I love the whole fallout series and have always been obsessed with the post-apocalyptic settings. In all the fallout games there are huge underground Vaults built all over America. Every vault had a purpose, or was set up as an experiment on its inhabitants. After a nuclear war these vaults started to open all over the country. In southern California there is a vault just outside the radiation from a nuclear bomb that hit the military and naval bases in San Diego. That is my vault and its purpose was to create elite assassins; trained to perfection and skilled in every way and the perfect person to survive the wasteland. I’ve been living in a vault my whole life and I need to get ready to leave this place. My goals should get me prepared for this new life and keep my healthy and strong as I adventure outside the Vault. GOAL #1: Rations (+2 CON +2 WIS) Once I leave the Vault I will need to learn to hunt and forage for my meals. I need to know how to eat and how to cook if I want to survive. No more processed Vault-Tec rations for me! That means I will focus on eating a paleo diet this challenge and I will use my crock-pot to make a big meal at least once a week. GOAL #2: Conditioning (+3 STR +1 STA) To be prepared physically I’m going to continue my PLP program. My goal is to get to 100 pull-ups, push-ups, and lunges by the end of this challenge. I started at 60 this morning which gives me only one chance to mess up for a day. GOAL #3: Water-Chip (+3 CON) One thing I will miss outside of the vault is our working water-chip. Unlimited water and plenty of replacements in case our water-chip malfunctions. I might as well drink my fill while I’m still here. So I will drink at least a gallon of water daily. LIFE GOAL: Discipline (+3 CHA +1 WIS) I heard the recent commencement speech for the University of Texas at Austin when I was first thinking about doing this challenge and liked the very first lesson in there. Make your bed every day. I’m going to try to keep my room clean and organized but I know I won’t be perfect at that. But I will make my bed every day for the next six weeks.