This is something I've been meaning to write about for a couple years now, so finally here goes.

The Goal:  Complete 40 half-marathons by the time I turn 40.

The Reason:  Because doing something once is just a first step.  Because Forty-By-Forty has a great ring to it.  Because by starting this in my twenties, this means I will have to maintain a level of fitness for more than a decade, hopefully meaning that I will have and continue healthy habits for life.  Because doing something forty times can't be just a fluke.  Because doing something forty times means making it a priority, and working around life, work, and family.

Write a novel in forty days, try forty new restaurants in the next five years, read forty books... What's your 40x40 challenge and why?

A while back, a friend of mine sent me the link to a one-hundred push-up training program. I finally took a look at the site, and since I'm always looking to add (and then cross off) something on my bucket list, I'm going to take a crack at it.

The program spans six weeks, with various stress tests every couple weeks to determine if you should do a week over.  It's three work-outs a week, doing 5 sets of reps.  The number of reps in the first four sets are based on the level the previous stress test placed you, finished with the last set being as many reps as you can comfortably manage with good form.  By the end of the six-week program, you're supposed to be able to do one-hundred consecutive push-ups.

The site also links to two-hundred sit-ups and two-hundred squats programs.  I do love a good challenge, so this week I started both the push-up and the sit-up program... well, girly push-ups on my knees and crunches.  Since my next half marathon is in two weeks and I want to do well in that, I'm going to pass on the squats.

Today was Week 1, Day 2.  So far so good, minor soreness on in between days, but I'm not sure if that was from Day 1, the yoga class I took the day before that, or the pull-up bar that I hung from at my friend's house.  I'll update about this after the first stress test.