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This challenge, I’m drawing my inspiration from one of my favorite MCU characters, Margaret Elizabeth “Peggy” Carter. I love everything about Agent Carter’s character. She’s strong, capable and doesn’t give a crap what other people think. I’m going to have to switch things up a gear for the next 4 weeks. Not only do I have 2 OCR’s this month (the first one this coming Saturday - excited!), I’ve also got to keep training for my first half marathon of the year in July. Goal 1 Follow half marathon plan Pretty simple, do all runs as stated in my half marathon training plan. The only caveat is that I can skip the weekend run if I have a planned race that day. A 10-12km OCR is enough of a replacement for a long run! 12 runs in total Goal 2 i) Continue bodyweight exercises. Perform each exercise at least once a week. 16 in total Push Ups Dips Body-weight rows Chin ups ii) climb at least once a week 4 climbs in total Goal 3 A few weeks before any OCR or running race, I always find myself doubting myself and what I’m capable of. This self doubt gets so bad that it tends to keep me awake at night a few days before the race. It then bleeds over into other aspects of my life and I start criticizing my abilities elsewhere - for example, it affected my climbing this weekend. I also have a tendency to over analyse my performance after an event, the obstacles I failed or if I could have gone faster. I’m overly hard on myself and it taints my experience at events as I focus more or what I couldn’t do instead of what I could. I’m not sure how this quest is going to work as this is more of a mental challenge as opposed to something I can track. The goal for now is to aim to say something positive about myself each day. If anyone has any ideas how to expand on this, it would be really helpful. Side Goal OK, I couldn't find a gif to go with this goal, I just love this scene Drink a protein shake 5 days a week 20 in total I’ve been tracking my macros on and off for the last month or so and I've found I'm always low on my protein intake. I want to build more muscle and haven’t been seeing the results I’d like. This is an experiment to see if lack of protein is part of the reason. I'm not going to officially start my challenge till Monday next week, but will be test running this week to see if there is anything I need to tweak.