18ck Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 It's another unambitious one I'm afraid, for reasons I'll get to later. In this challenge I will be... 1 Running Along Girders1 long run and 2 short runs per week, looking again at technique and increasing speed 2 Leaping Over BarrelsAt least 1 heavy squat/jump session per week 3 Climbing LaddersKeep working on "plups" - one test and general bodyweight/resistance work towards the elusive goal 4. Impressing Pixelated Babes at the Top of Towers...and how else would I do that but by wowing them with my knowledge of the language of Camões, Saramago and Pessoa? So then - another two chapters of L+D then. It worked well for me last time And I'll be doing some other stuff too, but I will just keep the goals simple with these. Now, why have I chosen an arcade game from the golder age of Dragon 32 as my theme? Well, because you can pause a video game and I will be pausing on May 8th because I have an operation scheduled which will mean (Oh, I don;t want to think about this) that I can;t run for 6 weeks or row for 8, so I will have to pause my quest then and pick it up where I left off in the next challenge. I'll make myself a mini-challenge I can do while I'm out of action. Here's Donkey Kong for those of you too young to remember. Now get off my lawn! Level 20 Ferret Demon Scout STR 43 | DEX 21 | STA 49 | CON 30 | WIS 45 | CHA 21 Challenges: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 Instagram | Wordpress | Twitter | Linkedin | Goodreads | Facebook: *spits* I despise facebook! Valeu a pena? Tudo vale a pena Se a alma não é pequena. Link to comment
shortstuff Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 What you mean too young to know who Donkey Kong is. *brakes out the 64 and starts playing Donkey Kong*Donkey Kong, sure has came a long way. I like the theme though and good luck with the operation STR – 24.45, DEX – 13.50, STA – 23.50, CON – 21.40, WIS – 27.65, CHA – 4.50When the sun comes up, you better start running - Thomas FriedmenEpic Quest - Current Challenge - Twitter - Goodreads - Fitbit - blog Link to comment
Gyro Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 down with ape kidnappers! up with impressing the ladies! Gyro, level 2 Hill Dwarf scoutSTR 1|DEX 2|STA 1|CON 3|WIS 4|CHA 2Current ChallengeBattle LogAccountibilibuddy Group: Consulting Knights in the TARDISPrevious Challenge"Ad Astra Per Aspera!" Link to comment
Nuala Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 I love your challenges threads so much. <3 I will silently follow them as usual. Keep on the good work and the puns! Nuala, level 13 Robot mistress of pain, Assassin Guild leader First journey: The Rise and fall of an Assassin #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13 Second journey: Crawling back #1 Link to comment
NicoleCanoes Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 Google a zero-g treadmill. One of the sport chiropractors around you should have one that you can play with during your recovery. Good luck fighting the post-op boredom. There is always more language practice. Running goal - Dopey Challenge 2015Training to complete an Ironman by 2017. I can swim .5, bike 112, and run 26.2, separately. Buckland Hobbit, Level 4 ScoutSTR 10.25 | DEX 6 | STA 12.75 | CON 8 | WIS 9.75 | CHA 5.75 Link to comment
Shukar Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 He's in merry old England, I think they call them Osteopaths over there. But more seriously, good luck with the challenge. Better get those runs in now. Scout 30/Ranger 1 (3 skipped) Spoiler "I must not fear. / Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing......Only I will remain." -Litany Against Fear Facebook | Twitter | Runkeeper | Strava Shukar Still Isn't Lion Link to comment
Bard Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Good luck with the OP, We do love themed challenges! 8-bit wonderland! Sent from my Android mistakes in text may appear, fat rain drops on head. Link to comment
Sifter Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Love this! Donkey Kong rules. Its awesome that you are planning for your "pause"! Working hard up to it & then finding a mini-challenge during your recovery. Very cool. Good luck! ScoutBattle Log - Accountability-Tracking-Training Worksheets1st Challenge - 2nd Challenge - 3rd Challenge"He must become greater; I must become less.†John 3:30 Link to comment
german Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Good goals as per usual, planning a pause, but working until the last minute is one smart approach to it, best of luck! germanmonkey scout "swim, bike, run", or at least "Don’t drown, don't crash, don't walk"“If you ever start taking things too seriously, just remember that we are talking monkeys on an organic spaceship flying through the universe.†-Joe Rogan Link to comment
bgvanbur Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 OMG, I have been thinking about a Donkey Kong themed challenge a few times now. Definitely one of the best games out there. Running, jumping, barrel throws, and ladder climbing were some of my ideas. Good luck with this fun challenge! Level 26, Primal Ultra Trail Scout, Non-Binary Robot Link to comment
JuiceeTarget Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Nice goals and great theme! And best of luck on your operation. May you hit your goals before and recover quickly after! Half Ogre Ranger Devourer of Pastries Link to comment
fearlesscreek Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 down with ape kidnappers! up with impressing the ladies! thats what i say! good luck in hospital and get well soon! BE FEARLESSLY YOURSELF! current challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/71119-fearless-creek-the-flab-fighter-diaries-20/ Link to comment
aimless Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Love the goals!! And... um... we STILL play old-fashioned DK at our house! My kids think it's the greatest "old game" around! They still haven't managed to beat my mom though... she holds the record! Level 1 Centaur Scout / RangerSTR 2 | DEX 2 | STA 1 | CON 1 | WIS 2 | CHA 2Challenge 1 Challenge 2 Challenge 3 Accountability Spreadsheet Current challenge"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway."~Earl Nightingale Link to comment
jfrankovich Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Best of luck climbing the ladders to Level 6! jfrankovichLevel 5 ScoutI've run 306 miles in 2013!Current Challenge // 4th Challenge // 3rd Challenge // 2nd Challenge // 1st Challenge Whether training or racing, a ScoutCannot wait to lace up and get outFor a ride or a run—It's rewarding and funTo set forth and explore a new route. Link to comment
18ck Posted April 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Thanks for all the good wishes everyone. Specifically....What you mean too young to know who Donkey Kong is. *brakes out the 64 and starts playing Donkey Kong*Donkey Kong, sure has came a long way. I like the theme though and good luck with the operationThanks. Donkey Kong, Ring of Darkness and Pac Man were my childhood. I haven't played the new version at all! down with ape kidnappers! up with impressing the ladies!Yep - who says Monkey Can't Buy Me Love? I love your challenges threads so much. <3 I will silently follow them as usual. Keep on the good work and the puns!I would expect nothing less than silence from an assassin such as yourself. *waves in general direction of the shadows* Google a zero-g treadmill. One of the sport chiropractors around you should have one that you can play with during your recovery. Good luck fighting the post-op boredom. There is always more language practice.Hm, I've never heard of one of those. What a mine of information & ideas you are! Thanks He's in merry old England, I think they call them Osteopaths over there. But more seriously, good luck with the challenge. Better get those runs in now.Yeah, both terms are recognised but I think Osteopath is more common. My former sculling teacher has stopped teaching now to concentrate on studying to be an osteopath as it happens. Good luck with the OP, We do love themed challenges! 8-bit wonderland! Sent from my Android mistakes in text may appear, fat rain drops on head.This haiku thing over 6 weeks is going to be funny! Love this! Donkey Kong rules. Its awesome that you are planning for your "pause"! Working hard up to it & then finding a mini-challenge during your recovery. Very cool. Good luck!Thanks. I'll need it! Good goals as per usual, planning a pause, but working until the last minute is one smart approach to it, best of luck!Thanks. Not quite what I was hoping for but I thought I'd make the best of it *shrug* OMG, I have been thinking about a Donkey Kong themed challenge a few times now. Definitely one of the best games out there. Running, jumping, barrel throws, and ladder climbing were some of my ideas. Good luck with this fun challenge!Sorry to beat you to it - and thanks! Nice goals and great theme! And best of luck on your operation. May you hit your goals before and recover quickly after!Thanks passing stranger! Level 20 Ferret Demon Scout STR 43 | DEX 21 | STA 49 | CON 30 | WIS 45 | CHA 21 Challenges: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 Instagram | Wordpress | Twitter | Linkedin | Goodreads | Facebook: *spits* I despise facebook! Valeu a pena? Tudo vale a pena Se a alma não é pequena. Link to comment
18ck Posted April 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 ...what? There's a maximum number of quoted text blocks?OK, well part 2...thats what i say! good luck in hospital and get well soon!Thanks again! Love the goals!! And... um... we STILL play old-fashioned DK at our house! My kids think it's the greatest "old game" around! They still haven't managed to beat my mom though... she holds the record!My daughter was new to DK but has been rolling bottles at me all day and I have to jump over them and roll them back now. Best of luck climbing the ladders to Level 6!I'll do what I can! Level 20 Ferret Demon Scout STR 43 | DEX 21 | STA 49 | CON 30 | WIS 45 | CHA 21 Challenges: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 Instagram | Wordpress | Twitter | Linkedin | Goodreads | Facebook: *spits* I despise facebook! Valeu a pena? Tudo vale a pena Se a alma não é pequena. Link to comment
18ck Posted April 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 So it's been a quietish start. Out running in vibrams today, doing mini-dips on a horizontal bar, pullups on a lower bar, and then bw rows on an even lower one. Back at the ranch, trying not to sit in too terrible posture. Maybe I should get another job. Eating well, and feeling OK. Ordered a slackline. It was going to be a birthday present to myself but my b'day is just before the opp so I thought I'd get it early so I can have a play before I go into the era of blah. Oddly, what has been my biggest problem so far was that the books I have been reading at the weekend and yesterday have just been too damn interesting. I have been Shortstuffin' it up, with my page-count scrolling up at a crazy rate. Has anyone read "Gone Girl"? It was big hit this past summer. Crazy book and completely absorbing so there was no way I could get anything else done till I finished it. One day I will finally perfect the face rack I've been working on so I'll be able to strap it on and read while I run. Much more civilised than audiobooks, although they have their drawbacks as the many face-shaped indentations in the trees near my house all attest. Level 20 Ferret Demon Scout STR 43 | DEX 21 | STA 49 | CON 30 | WIS 45 | CHA 21 Challenges: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 Instagram | Wordpress | Twitter | Linkedin | Goodreads | Facebook: *spits* I despise facebook! Valeu a pena? Tudo vale a pena Se a alma não é pequena. Link to comment
KiwiChick Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Im in love with your Donkey Kong challenge already, super mean! Traveling Scoutly inclined Druid “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.â€â€• Oscar Wilde Link to comment
MissMormie Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Happy pre-birthday! Running and reading combined in a single thread, guess I'll have to check up on you more often I've always found it quite easy to read while on a bike, or in traffic jams. My BF now forbids me from having any books in the car.. But running and reading is a new one. Wonder if you figure out how to do so. LEVEL 3 Human Scout - obsessive smiley user "That's the best part, the outside is new, but now it reflects what's already in you" - Legally blonde the musical Link to comment
18ck Posted April 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Happy pre-birthday! Running and reading combined in a single thread, guess I'll have to check up on you more often I've always found it quite easy to read while on a bike, or in traffic jams. My BF now forbids me from having any books in the car.. But running and reading is a new one. Wonder if you figure out how to do so.I have a feeling what I need is an airbag mechanism for the book so if you run into something it doesn't hurt so much. Level 20 Ferret Demon Scout STR 43 | DEX 21 | STA 49 | CON 30 | WIS 45 | CHA 21 Challenges: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 Instagram | Wordpress | Twitter | Linkedin | Goodreads | Facebook: *spits* I despise facebook! Valeu a pena? Tudo vale a pena Se a alma não é pequena. Link to comment
18ck Posted April 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Im in love with your Donkey Kong challenge already, super mean! Level 20 Ferret Demon Scout STR 43 | DEX 21 | STA 49 | CON 30 | WIS 45 | CHA 21 Challenges: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 Instagram | Wordpress | Twitter | Linkedin | Goodreads | Facebook: *spits* I despise facebook! Valeu a pena? Tudo vale a pena Se a alma não é pequena. Link to comment
Bard Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 I have a feeling what I need is an airbag mechanism for the book so if you run into something it doesn't hurt so much.Face prints in tree trunksCloudy sky gives way to sunApps like this may work:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.incorporateapps.walktextSent from my Androidmistakes in text may appear,fat rain drops on head. Link to comment
shortstuff Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Shortstuffin' it up? Love it! Good to hear at lest one of us has been doing a far bit of reading STR – 24.45, DEX – 13.50, STA – 23.50, CON – 21.40, WIS – 27.65, CHA – 4.50When the sun comes up, you better start running - Thomas FriedmenEpic Quest - Current Challenge - Twitter - Goodreads - Fitbit - blog Link to comment
Wicked Pixie Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Good luck! and you can always keep up with us to stave off boredom! Link to comment
18ck Posted April 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Face prints in tree trunksCloudy sky gives way to sunApps like this may work.Ha! Brilliant idea!Sent from my HTC Desire S using Tapatalk 2 Level 20 Ferret Demon Scout STR 43 | DEX 21 | STA 49 | CON 30 | WIS 45 | CHA 21 Challenges: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 Instagram | Wordpress | Twitter | Linkedin | Goodreads | Facebook: *spits* I despise facebook! Valeu a pena? Tudo vale a pena Se a alma não é pequena. Link to comment
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