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I’d better; it occurs to me that I’m not ready for the 24 hour race at the end of this challenge. Might do some other stuff too.

Sloth shall eat pizza, be awesome, and repeat.

So my last challenge was weird. I was traveling, sick and recovering from a few months of heavy running. I set some goals that weren't all that exciting to me. It worked out ok, but I'm looking forward to getting in some miles. Short version: 1. Run 100 miles. 2. Do 50 chin-up negatives. 3. Finish reading "Streetwise Spanish" 4. Try every Daily Dare. Longer version 1. Running...not a ton of miles, but what I need to do now. I'm planning to do the first two runs of each week fasted, but I'm not making that an explicit goal. 2. The chin-ups are just a trick to get myself to the gym 3. That book has been stilling on my shelf (through several moves) for ~15+ years. And it's mostly a book to help you learn casual phrases. I'm pretty sure I'll be learning things like "Gee you look swell". 4. There is a Daily Dare PVP that runs 5 weeks. The goals for this challenge are looser. I'll try to do them every day, but I'll modify as needed and will give myself a ~2 day grace period if I don't get around to it. Bonus goals: 1. Get myself to three yoga classes. Don't want to add too much, but a yoga class is a really nice cosy thing in the dark of winter. And taking a structured class gives me ideas and motivation for more yoga at home. 2. New sushi list. I haven't finished writing it yet, but the basic idea is that when I finish all the things on the list, I get to buy myself some sushi.

Truth be told, challenges don't motivate me. Being told what to do, even by myself, makes me want to dig by heels in and not do it. Then, not having done the challenge, I don't want to post. So this is the un-challenge. I'll post what I did with an overly-large dose of off-topic stuff. I'm a firm believer that past performance predicts future performance and in reversion to the mean. Here's what I've been working on for the past year or so. Old Man Back I've had chronic back pain for several years, sometimes quit severe. The last year I've consistently done morning yoga and, while I still wake up in pain, it dissolves quickly and it no longer impedes my life. I'll likely continue with daily yoga, but I've been thinking of doing Flexible Steel (KB-based mobility program) instead. Slothbelly I have IBS and a couple other concurrent gut issues. After years of stubbornly trying to figure it out myself, I went to the doctor. Eating simply (meat, veg, fruit, rice, low fat, no coffee, no wheat, no dairy) keeps the gut demons at bay. However, it's not as satisfying as a package of pizza rolls. I've been overeating in an attempt to satisfy myself. I've put on 10# 4.5kg since school started. I'll likely continue trying to figure out how to eat like some sort of uncivilized nerf herder. Old Guys Who Get Fat in Winter Racing Team I love racing. It's my favorite. Cross Country mountain biking is my jam. I'd love to do cyclocross again, but I can't figure out how to fit it in. I'd like to do some OCRs, but there isn't much before or after mountain bike season. I could be talked into a trail run if the event had a cool T-shirt. I don't have any races scheduled in the near future. Next year I've penciled in a 25 mile, two 40 mile, and two 70 mile mountain bike races and, of course, the spring and fall Hammer Races. I'll likely ride my bike some, hopefully outside, but there'll probably be some trainer time too. Pulling the tire is great for building aerobic base and putting muscular endurance into the hill climbing muscles. I might do that too. General Physical Preparedness This makes me a sturdier racer and makes just about every aspect of my life better. It has taken a back seat to taking care of my back. In the past I've used kettlebells, shovelglove, or sandbags to take care of this. The biggest stumbling block is bad time management habits in the early mornings. I'm hoping to get back to it. If none of this comes to pass I'll post up whatever I actually do. This is a lot longer than I thought it would be. Maybe I should have saved a step and resurrected my battle log.

The title is a total lie, it merely ties the challenge back to Buck Rogers. I'm going to keep doing the same stuff I've been doing since winter break. ETA: I should have just called this a rerun. This challenge will be even D.U.M.B.er than the last. Biking: I'm going to bike as much as I can. Too much of it will be on the trainer because of our schedules. Other Stuff: There's a lot of other stuff I ought to do (I'm looking at you mobility, you too kettlebells), but I probably won't because all I want to do is ride my bike. Eating: I've totally cleaned up my eating since winter break except for sugar, I just can't get myself to give that up.