Last one + My 30 day Challenge!

We obtained a brand new tramp! Our final one survived for 9 years, enduring 1000’s of hours of leaping by our youngsters, canines, neighbor children, and cousins. I believe our chickens have been as soon as on our previous tramp for some time, too. The brand new one was on sale as a result of it’s the low season, which makes the leaping really feel even higher… Additionally, it was an effective way to get my muscle mass activated earlier than a pace exercise. May be my new factor.

It was our LAST pace exercise earlier than the marathon on Sunday! 2-mile warm-up, 1 mile @ 6:23, 3-minute standing restoration, 2 x 800m (3:08, 3:05) with a 2-minute standing restoration, 4 x 400m (88, 90, 84, 85) with 90-second standing recoveries, 1 mile cool-down.

I took this picture as a reminder to speak to you and see if anybody else struggles with respiration + the chilly + pace. I WILL be bringing my inhaler to the race as a result of the beginning line is meant to be fairly chilly, and the chilly makes my bronchial asthma signs present up.

We hit the prescribed mileage and walked the remainder of the best way to our automobiles. I like being an A+ operating scholar in the course of the taper.

The youngsters have been again in class, and my nephew was more than pleased for a break from the chaos of getting 4 children operating round.

Subsequent up was selecting up Beck and assembly my niece at Runner’s Nook for some new trainers.

We obtained matching sneakers!

My brother and SIL obtained again from their journey to Portugal (my brother lived there for two years, and he was very comfortable to return and go to). They introduced again a few of our favourite treats.

We’ve by no means had a motorcycle race and a marathon on the identical weekend…

Andrew is now working with the youth boys in our neighborhood by our church, and he had them over final night time for CC cookie ice cream sandwiches and the Purple Bull Rampage.

I’m very comfortable that it’s fire and Perk season.

My newest obsession (you realize I’ve a brand new one each few months;) is the mind. I used to be feeling like I’ve been having a decline in my reminiscence, focus, and creativity, and my objective is to sharpen these areas, introduce some novelty, carry again to life my curiosity, and welcome loads of boredom. The objective can be to depend on my mind extra and use know-how much less… So, I requested ChatGPT (oxymoron?) to provide you with a 30-day problem for me. Andrew is doing it with me, and if anybody else needs to hitch me, let me know. Right here it’s:

Week 1: Clear the fog (reset + refocus)

✍️ Journal for 10 minutes with this immediate: “What does a pointy thoughts really feel wish to me?”🚶‍♀️Take a 20-minute stroll with out your cellphone, music, or podcast.🧠 Strive a easy reminiscence sport (e.g., memorize 5 random phrases and recall them later).📵 Go phone-free for one hour. Sit within the discomfort or the stillness.🍋 Eat one thing slowly and pay full consideration to the style, texture, and scent.📚 Learn 5 pages of a guide outdoors your ordinary style.💤 Go to mattress half-hour sooner than ordinary. Psychological sharpness begins with sleep.

Week 2: Welcome novelty (get up your mind)

🗺 Strive a brand new route in your stroll, drive, or run.✍️ Write a listing of 10 stuff you’re interested by — no strain to analysis them (but).🎧 Hearken to a podcast on a topic you realize nothing about.🧩 Strive a puzzle, sudoku, or mind teaser for 10–quarter-hour.🎨 Doodle or sketch with no objective apart from play.🌱 Be taught the identify of 1 tree, plant, or fowl you see right now.🎥 Watch a brief documentary or video on a subject you’d normally skip.

Week 3: Stretch your curiosity (assume otherwise)

✍️ Journal immediate: “What’s one thing I believed as a child that I not imagine?”🖼 Go to an area museum, gallery, or perhaps a random exhibit (or do a digital one on-line).🔀 Let another person select a tune, present, or guide for you right now.💭 Ask somebody: “What’s one thing that’s fascinated you recently?”🧠 Strive utilizing your non-dominant hand for one thing easy (like brushing your tooth).💡 Write down 5 “I’m wondering…” questions that come to thoughts right now.🧘‍♀️ Sit in silence for 10 minutes. Don’t fill the boredom — observe it.

Week 4: Play, replicate, repeat (make it final)

🕹 Do one thing childlike — construct, draw, make one thing only for enjoyable.📸 Take 5 footage right now of issues that make you curious or make you pause.✍️ Journal: “When do I really feel most alive and alert?”🗣 Train somebody one thing you’ve discovered throughout this problem.🧠 Strive a brand new recipe or cooking technique — have interaction all 5 senses.📚 Learn one thing out loud — a poem, article, and even your favourite quote.🌌 Lay down and have a look at the sky for 10 minutes. That’s it. (Day or night time.)🎧 Revisit one in every of your favourite songs from a totally new perspective.✍️ Ultimate journal: “What modified this month? What do I wish to carry ahead?”

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What are your favourite European treats?

Have a present obsession?

Anybody wish to be part of us on this?

-We may begin over right now, so we’re all on the identical day!

What sneakers did you put on in your final run?