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I've decided that I want to do The Murph Challenge this year. It will be on Memorial Day. My husband did it last year, and I think it will be a good challenge for me. I will be doing assisted pull-ups and not wearing the weighted vest. I've just recently been working on pull ups and had two assistance bands with three tubes each. I'm down to two tubs each, but I'm adding the assistance back in for this challenge, as I normally don't get more than 5 at a time for 3 sets. I plan on starting with regular push ups, but will switch to modified if I need to. I found this training plan, which looks good. I did Week One, Day One today. I will admit to getting a bit bored with all the rest, especially on the lighter sets, but I know it's there for a reason, and I'm sure I'll want it once I'm adding reps. Since I have 7 weeks, and it's a 3 week plan, I'm easing into it, and tweaking a bit. I typically only workout M-F, so here's the schedule I've come up with. My goal is to be able to do the whole thing on Memorial Day in under 90 minutes. Any tips, tweaks or hints from anyone who's done this would be great. 4/11-15: W1D1 two times, run a mile twice, yoga where I can 4/18-22: W1D1 two times, W1D3 once (Day 3 is the lightest day), run a mile twice, yoga where I can 4/25-29: W1D1 three times, less rest, run a mile twice, yoga where I can 5/2-6: W1, run a mile once, once 1.5 miles once, yoga where I can 5/9-13: W1, run 1.5 miles twice, yoga where I can 5/16-20: W2, run 1.5 miles once, run 2 miles once, yoga where I can 5/23-27: W3, run 2 miles twice 5/30: The Murph!