Strickland5 Better Late than Never

[Strickland5]

I know I know I'm late ... this thing should've been up last week or something ... but hey better late than never right?

 

 

Quest 1 - Keep running!

Alright I'm running again and again and again.

Goal - run an average of 12 miles a week!

 

Quest 2 - Cook!

The wife and I are menu'ing, grocery getting and cooking more! I wanna keep this going.

Goal Cook in 5 night a week

Quest 3 - 

something ... um ... I don't know 
Goal 

Quest 4 - Get back to reading

 

I need to get back to my reading goal - I'm working though The Diamond Throne (The Elenium book 1) by David Eddings currently and will pick up a non-fiction next.

Goal finish 2 books !

[Xena]

here for Goal 3.

[Strickland5]

 

Quest 1

• 6 miles on 5/10
• 3 miles on 5/13
• 4 miles left to go

Quest 2

• Cooked in 5/10, 11, 12
• Ordered in 5/13

Quest 3

 

Quest 4


Found my next book! Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky

 

[Sloth the Enduring]

I loved that book.  If you haven't read it, Cod: A Biography... is great too.

[juliebarkley]

On 5/13/2020 at 8:48 PM, Strickland5 said:

I know I know I'm late ... this thing should've been up last week or something ... but hey better late than never right?

Hey that's usually me! ... And yes. Absolutely.

 

Following along.

[Strickland5]

Welcome to the Sunday Update

 

Quest 1

Ran 6 miles yesterday to end the week with 15 total 

 

Quest 2 

Cooked Friday night and did pizza (packaged not delivery) last night - tonight should be another cook-in night as we went grocery getting yesterday and today.

 

Quest 3

 

 

Quest 4

Making progress on The Diamond Throne and expect to wrap it up midweek.

 

[Xena]

I've been curious about both of those (Salt and Cod).

Still loving goal 3!

That looks like a great run loop you have laid out! I have several options for 5-mile loops, but I haven't figured out a good 6-miler.

[Strickland5]

3 hours ago, Xena said:

That looks like a great run loop you have laid out! I have several options for 5-mile loops, but I haven't figured out a good 6-miler.

Ironically that 6 miler came from messing up the directions of a 5 miler ... we didn't realize that we turned left when we were supposed to turn right 

[das@das]

43 minutes ago, Strickland5 said:

Ironically that 6 miler came from messing up the directions of a 5 miler ... we didn't realize that we turned left when we were supposed to turn right 

 

My most memorable runs come from getting lost and not following directions. Besides, who's gonna complain about an extra mile.

[Xena]

19 hours ago, das@das said:

 Besides, who's gonna complain about an extra mile.

 

Spoken like a Scout!!

[bgvanbur]

Always better late than never.  Is quest 3 a matter of finding cool enough memes?

[Strickland5]

14 hours ago, bgvanbur said:

Always better late than never.  Is quest 3 a matter of finding cool enough memes?

I don't know, I'm still working on it 

[Strickland5]

Midweek update!

Quest 1

Only one run so far this week - the wife wasn't feeling well Monday and Tuesday as her uterus was attempting to escape.

 

Today we did a bit over 4 miles in 52 minutes which I was and am happy with

 

Quest 2 

.So far so good, though we are both busy tonight till 7pm and have already made plans to order in noms.

 

Quest 3

 

Quest 4

Almost done with The Diamond Throne , forgot how much I enjoy this book

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Found you. 

[Strickland5]

1 hour ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Found you. 

Was I missed/lost?

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

11 hours ago, Strickland5 said:

Was I missed/lost?

I missed your initial post, so in some weird esoteric way you were kinda lost from my perspective.

[Strickland5]

Friday Follow Up!

Quest 1

Knocked out 5 miles this morning - meant an early start to make sure we didn't - GPS was a BIT off ... route is only 5.05

Pace should ~ 12m15s
 

 

Quest 2 

Wednesday was order in from our local chicken place

Last night dinner was pork loin with red potatoes and green beans - nom nom nom

Tonight will be another order in as D&D starts at 6pm! I probably should prepare SOMETHING for folks to do.

 

Quest 3

 

Quest 4

All done with The Diamond Throne moving on to Salt tonight/tomorrow

[Xena]

Great job knocking out the miles!

[Strickland5]

Twisted Tuesday

Quest 1

Sunday was a 6 miler which involved waiting on a train

So last week was a 15 mile week! 

Today was a 3.8 miler - we didn't realize we were going to be short of our 4 mile goal but that's okay as they were good miles to get under our feet

 

Quest 2 
We ordered in once this holiday weekend - BBQ and Burgers from a tasty place 

Quest 3

 

Quest 4
Totally forgot that the Diamond Throne ends in such a great push to get you into the next book ... crazy!

But I'm resolved to read Salt and read it I shall! Got it loaded on my kindle and will start tonight.

[Xena]

Quest 3

[Strickland5]

Thor's Day!

Quest 1

Got in a 5 mile this morning.

 

We got out a bit later than we should've and had to dodge a fair amount of people, cars, and bikes ... but still 5 miles is 5 miles.

 

Quest 2 

So far so good here

Though we did order in Cuban from our favorite spot Tuesday as my wife didn't care for anything we had lined up after her not so great day

Quest 3

 

Quest 4
So far Salt has been rather interesting.

 

The initial chapter talks about the on and off state run monopoly of salt in China over the centuries. Rather fascinating