40 Goals while 40

4/18 Update – Goal 4 Complete After getting very close on multiple occasions, I finally cracked through on the 4x4x4 Rubik’s Cube!   At one point, I completed it in 406 seconds.   Now that’s frustrating.   However, after a few more days of practice, it finally came together with a time of 5:09.   309 seconds – not bad.   Now to just maintain the skills.   In other news, with the spring weather finally starting to arrive, many of the goals are starting to make some progress.   There’s still a lot that need to get moving, but hopefully this will start soon. Physical             #5 – 1,075 miles – Over 1,000 miles.   This week should be pretty light since the time trial is just 8 days away!   Getting nervous!             #6 – 3,225.   I fell a bit behind again as I missed a day, but I’ll just have to catch up l...

So I took a week off the updates while on Spring Break.   It was a wonderful week started out at the Outer Banks (fun!) and finished with some good, old-fashioned, hanging out at the house.   We didn’t get as much done as I would have hoped, but it was a really nice week.             As for the goals, nothing really was overwhelming.   I am finalizing the preparations for the 40k time trial in a few weeks and we visited another donut shop.   The Rubik’s Cube seems to continue to be a puzzle.   I’ve gotten to where I can solve it, but the 400 seconds is going to require a bit of luck.   It’ll happen, but finding pairs in the second step is quite a challenge.             In an unfortunate note, my streak of not getting plastic bags while shopping was broken.   I went to Target late on evening and, when I wasn’t paying attention, I left ...