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This challenge is basically try and keep on with what I started last challenge, 1. SWIM: Goal is simple, swim every weekday, unless out of town. 2. BIKE, At least one 20k+ ride, MTB preferred. At least two lunch-commutes (5k round trip, on a 16-inch bike), per week 3. RUN, get back to running, or at least walk-run, Goal is two runs per week. 4. Paleo: After a Whole29 (February), I intend to keep on primal/paleo, no cheat-meals, but not get too strict either, goal is no more than 3 deviations per week (or 18 fully paleo meals), deviations must be small and meaningful (worth it).

Hello Scouts! After some pretty long pause (last post around April 2014, I think), I am ready to be back here. About four years ago I started this journey to a better version of myself with some degree of success, I stopped smoking, lost a lot of weight and started excersising, one thing led to another and I got into triathlon, which is awesome, then I decided to train to run a half ironman (1.9k swim, 90k bike 21k run), which I did, for my 40th birthday, and although I did finish the distance, I was quite unprepared, so I suffered, big time, and I decided to take some time off, the effort had been big and the reward did not seem proportionate. Month after month I found "reasons" not to get back to training, and I gained some weight (not as much as When I begun), so this winter break I did some thinking and here I am, back again seeking some accountability, some short term goals and to find (and give) some motivation to get back on track. The things I knew, but ignored. Of all the things I was doing, I've kept on swimming, and my eating habits have remained somewhat healthy, but it has been slowly going back to old habits, so I don't think I fell completely off the wagon, but still, I need to get back on track! So, this is my 12th? of 1st challenge, depending on how you see it. Quest #1 - Eat Healthier - No more unhealthy snacks, not even one. - At least two fully paleo meals a day - No sugary drinks, including coffee, only exception is an evening tea with a teaspoon of honey, once a day maximum. Quest #2 - Just keep swimming - Five times a week, at least 8,000m a week Quest #3 - Stir it up - Add at least three workouts a week (besides swimming), that's biking (fixed or real), or walking/light jogging Quest #4 - LIFE - Write something, a long, long time ago I used to love writing, I would like to get back there.