The Birthday Challenge

With my birthday less than two weeks away some decisions had to be made regarding my Birthday Challenge. Here they are:

To review the BDC is:

350 situps
350 push ups
35 mile mountain bike ride
70 mile road bike ride
35 laps in the pool
3.5 quilts
Lose 35 lbs.

Unless I get some kind of crazy Thinner-esque tapeworm beginning tonight (which I'm not against), I'm not going to make the 35 lbs weight loss. Lest I be a complete chunky girl failure, and counting somewhat liberally, I have completed the 3.5 quilts. I made a quilt for my sister and her husband. I quilted a quilt I was going to give to Bobby, but it was too asymmetrical to gift and I made a wall hanging. If you count the cutting as part, then I have also completed 50% of another quilt.

A modified birthday challenge will take place over 3.5 days beginning at 4:30am on my birthday, Thursday, April 15 with the 35 lap swim. (Why 4:30am? Because any other time of the day will just piss me off at the pool at the gym because people are in there with their damn floaties and water noodles. It doesn't say "Floatie and Water Noodle Pool"- it says Lap Pool, but apparently not every one at the 24 Hour Fitness in Apple Valley can read and comprehend. I'm sure they can sound out "Lap Pool"- they just don't understand what that means.)

I have decided to still try and complete all of the miles in the mountain bike and road bike categories, though not at one time, thus:

Thursday afternoon I'll do a mountain bike ride.

Friday I will do a 3.5 mile walk/hike in the afternoon. I'm also going to try a mountain bike ride either before or after.

Saturday morning- 35 mile road bike ride and afternoon mountain bike ride.

Sunday morning- Another 35 mile road bike ride and early afternoon mountain bike ride. (This is ambitious, I know, but I'm going to try-it is supposed to be a challenge.)

If I don't feel up do doing a whole extra mountain bike ride I will try to ride 35% of the ride Chad and I did Wednesday. This shouldn't be hard to make the 35% because I will have to push my bike quite a bit. (I will lure Chad to this portion with the promise of carne asada. I might even make it part of my hike and scatter Mary's tacos along the route so he knows I'm serious.)

If it is windy the road bike ride will consist of 3.5 miles to breakfast. Because I hate riding in the wind and no one needs to be a hero.

Sunday April 18 at 4:00pm the Saratoga Animal Shelter will host an open bar cocktail hour(s) for anyone who wishes to attend. NO PRESENTS. (Unless your present is free weed abatement, helping me with my pool or tickets to the Stagecoach Festival. Then you are welcome to bring presents.)