I Passed My First 21 on ITG - 10/20/20

I got one! 🎣  I'm just scraping my way into the 21s club with HAUNT Sampler Mix, but gotta start somewhere.

This was probably my longest set in a very long time. It unexpectedly ended up being over 4 hours because Sean Gee was out running what turned out to be over 20 miles at the time 😳, and I didn't want to feel like a lazy ass, so I just kept grinding. Some highlights:

-My first 21 pass, obviously

-39 Girls Coast Stamina songs, including:

-Crab Rave Marathon @190bpm (1.52x) - normally not noteworthy, but I was already incredibly tired by then and not ready for the drop back to 190

-Unexpected SDE on some really easy song toward the end of the set

Here's the video of Haunt:

[In The Groove] JOKR - HAUNT Sampler Mix [21] 77.63%
https://youtu.be/K0xS2pEJhP8

Cowboy Trails for the Army Ten Miler Virtual Race 10/11/20

I won a free entry to the Army Ten Miler virtual race! I wasn't about to go out and run ten miles on my own today though, so I summoned Sean and we went out to earn that finisher's medal together.

The race started today and could've been completed any time within the next week. We both woke up pretty exhausted today, but it wouldn't have seemed much like a real race if we just did it whenever we felt like it, so we found a hard trail from the horse riding place in the Red Rock area and started up.

I think the trail (or combination of trails?) was called Cowboy Trails and the pinnacle was a breathtaking view of Vegas in the distance from a flag (technically wind sock)-topped summit with a nearby picnic area complete with astroturf. On the trail and in the area, we spotted gypsum, a baby bearded dragon, lots of lizards and chipmunks, wild ass (roughly a dozen donkeys), and all the horses at the horse riding place near the car.

Huge thank you to Sean for taking me out and sticking with my slow ass for three long hours. ❤ We definitely both deserve a medal now. 🏅😄

Check out my activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/9SlCmTZOvab

100 in 100 Days Challenge: Done!

10,000 sit ups plus 100 days of planks, arm circles, splits, and miles complete! 

Roughly 100 days ago, Sean came up with a challenge: to do 100 pull ups every day for 100 days. He invited me to choose my own 100 day challenge and join him. I opted for 100 sit ups per day each day. As an added challenge, we each did at least 1 mile on foot — walking or running — per day (yes, that's often more than usual for me). I also worked on planks, the splits, and arm circles every day and Sean did push ups, sit ups, and other work outs between pull ups. Other Facebook friends joined in with their own challenges as well. 

So, to wrap up our last day of the challenge the other day, Sean and I went to our gym for the first (and possibly last, due to the current state of the world) time since maybe spring or winter. For my last mile(s), I opted for a 30 minute, 3.5 mile treadmill run, including warm up and cool down time. 

As for challenge results, Sean and I will be getting progression videos up on YouTube eventually. In the meantime, I'll just say that I'm unquestionably feeling like a stronger and more flexible me than 100 days ago and I'm excited to push on going forward. :)

Thank you so much to those of you who joined us and huge congrats to those who stuck it out through this challenge. WE DID IT!!!