Level 52 countdown

This is a countdown to level 52. I fail when I fail to plan.

45 days until Level 52

Published July 23, 2023  ·  All posts on Jul 23

This entry is part 1 of 46 in the series Level 52 countdown

The idea is to post here every day to report that I did what I was supposed to do. I’ll include what I plan to do for the next day’s activity. That forces me to plan ahead a bit. That’s the magic sauce because when I fail to plan, I fail.

This is not going to be a 45-day sprint of insane challenges. The idea is to be disciplined. Each day, plan something that is appropriate for me to do.

This post also presents a gallery of the ALL images in this series of posts. The gallery is dynamic so it will automatically grow as I add more posts to this series.

45 – Trail run

Published July 24, 2023  ·  All posts on Jul 24

This entry is part 2 of 46 in the series Level 52 countdown

This is a local trail that I frequent. It’s a loop with ~60m of total elevation. Super easy, but it crushes me every time.

Tomorrow: A 15-minute drill (pick number, do that every minute, last minute do double) of pushups and squats.

42 — Walk

Published July 27, 2023  ·  All posts on Jul 27

This entry is part 5 of 46 in the series Level 52 countdown

Simple walk for active recovery. Tomorrow I’m heading to a nearby park to try running a set distance at faster pace.

41 — Running

Published July 28, 2023  ·  All posts on Jul 28

This entry is part 5 of 46 in the series Level 52 countdown

At least the pace was sub 12-minute, bit faster than my trail “runs”. (I’m thinking running every-other day is prob what I should be doing.) Tomorrow: Lawn mowing (with the human-powered push-mower.)

37 — Running

Published August 1, 2023  ·  All posts on Aug 1

This entry is part 9 of 46 in the series Level 52 countdown

Running happened, slightly longer route; me still slow. Tomorrow we’re going to do some quadrupedal work at the ‘ol tennis courts, followed by a walk.

35 — Trail run

Published August 3, 2023  ·  All posts on Aug 3

This entry is part 12 of 46 in the series Level 52 countdown

Glorious cool weather at the moment. Fitbit thinks our pace was a whole minute faster; not sure about that, but it did feel faster. Tomorrow: circuits of jump rope and rail balance.

34 — Jump-rope and rail balance

Published August 4, 2023  ·  All posts on Aug 4

This entry is part 13 of 46 in the series Level 52 countdown

Circuits of jump-rope and rail balance, two wonderfully antagonistic activities; get all wound up jumping, then try to be calm and balance. Repeat. Tomorrow: We’re heading up to the local rocks to do a little bouldering.

31 — Trail run

Published August 7, 2023  ·  All posts on Aug 7

This entry is part 16 of 46 in the series Level 52 countdown

Oof, slow and tired this morning. Too much food this weekend o_O Tomorrow shall be a long walk to/from our town’s little cafe for lunch

30 — Walk

Published August 8, 2023  ·  All posts on Aug 8

This entry is part 17 of 46 in the series Level 52 countdown

To and from my favorite local cafe is about 4 miles. Tomorrow: I think the exercise will be to power the human-powered lawn mower.

29 — Yard work

Published August 9, 2023  ·  All posts on Aug 9

This entry is part 18 of 46 in the series Level 52 countdown

Nothing crazy, but planning this yesterday enabled me to get this done this morning before I have to leave for the airport :) Tomorrow: Perambulation on a different continent.