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Anyone in the Philadelphia Area? I'm around the Overbrook/Main Line/St. Joe's part of the city. I would really love to find Rebels around me who are interested in trying new classes/skills/ stuff with me. =3

Hey! So there's a Spartan Sprint coming up on 9/24/16 at the Citizens Bank Park in Philly. I was wondering if there were any rebels that might also be running it. This will be my very first run, so I'm a little intimidated. Hopefully I'll see y'all around! -Rai

Captain Atlanta is back! Now, as a stranger in a strange land, he faces his most perilous threat yet! Old adversaries, the twins Glutton and The Sloth, have teamed up with a new menace, Lone Wolf. Against such overwhelming forces, Captain Atlanta's only chance for survival is to form a team of his own. Will he succeed assembling a heroic force? Can they best this villainous legion? Or will Glutton, The Sloth, and Lone Wolf drive Captain Atlanta to ruin! ****************************************************************************************************************** So after a long absence from the forums I am back. Last y'all heard from me I had passed the Pennsylvania Bar, was enjoying my last Kung Fu classes in Atlanta, was just beginning wedding planning, and was prepping for our move to Philly. Well lots has changed since then! Our wedding planning is much further along and we have been Philly residents for about a month now. So far we're loving the city. Sure it was weird at first walking to do errands and there was some sticker-shock, but we are getting used to that and exploring our new home is exciting! Now that my fiancee and I have finally unpacked and got (almost) all the furniture we need I feel it is time to return to NerdFitness and get another challenge. Assemble the Avengers Everyone I know in this city is through my fiancee. They are all current or former colleagues of her's and all have medical backgrounds. While I'm certainly friendly with all of them, the only time I'll see them is with my fiancee in tow. I need some friends of my own. So, over the course of the next 6 weeks, I need to go out and be social three times. For this challenge I will only count times where: I'm hanging out with people living in Philadelphia (I already know people in NYC and other near-ish towns)The people I'm hanging with have a possibility of becoming a regular friend (i.e. a networking lunch with 60 y/o probably won't count)And it is not an event where I'm playing second to my fiancee (I can bring her to events, but I won't count meeting her friends for drinks. The point is to make my own friends)Honestly I'm going to need y'all's help and suggestions because this task seems fairly daunting. I just don't know how to easily create a social circle without the built-in social network you might find attending school or at a... Fund the Team ...job. So I'm unemployed. And this is looking like a tough job market to break into. At the moment the best leads I got are for document review positions. They are unsexy jobs with little in the way of useful job experience of satisfaction, but they do have a paycheck. However everyone understands they are temp jobs and so I can take it until I find a job that I would turn into a career. Until that time my goal is to check the job websites daily for new postings and make some progress networking. Every Superhero Needs His Theme Music One thing I have always wanted to do was get into orchestral music composition. I have dabbled in it in the past, writing solo pieces and the like, and honestly had some success (almost had a piece published). However I have never really stuck with it or honed my skills. I have this book of music composition exercises and for this challenge I want to do four composition exercises a week. Also, since I'm currently at home for some hours a day it is easy to go nuts. This will at least give me something productive to do. Fight Glutton and The Sloth Now I know what you're thinking, "isn't this a fitness website? where are his fitness goals." Well here they are! I have found that the problem with being home for so many hours a day it is easy to get lazy and even easier to just snack all-day. Unfortunately I have been taking the easy route and I'm getting that fat back. Time to stop snacking so poorly and get to exercising. And I have not excuse not to exercise; there is a workout area, small though it may be, just an elevator ride away. So I need to watch my snacking and exercise five times a week for this challenge. Also, while not a challenge goal per se, I am going to start looking for Kung Fu classes in the area. I've already reached out to one school but am waiting to hear back. Should be a fun 6 weeks! Glad to be back. tl;dr version of the challenge be social 3 times this challengejob-hunt everydaydo music composition exercises 4 times a weekexercise 5 times a week and watch my snacking

Hey, Living Social is running a deal for tickets to the Down and Dirty Run on July 14th in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia! There are 2 races, a 10k and a 5k and two different prices. I signed up for the 10k and it was $57. You can see the deal here (and well, if 3 of you buy then I get mine free )

Anyone else doing the Broad Street Run in Philly?