Meh, so I was getting all excited because tempo and long runs growing easier and easier to do, even with regular increments in speed and distance, then WHAM – I tried intervals and got my ass kicked. Either way, I shall start looking around for a good 5K to sign up for.
Nikolai's Life List
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1. KEEP A HEALTHY LEVEL OF INSANITY
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2. send postcards to people who don't expect them
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3. improve my writing
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4. Learn to cook
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5. run a 5k
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6. organize my bookmarks
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7. Read the newspaper daily
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8. Keep a journal
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9. Rip my entire CD collection
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10. stop procrastinating
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11. wake up when my alarm clock goes off
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12. support local businesses
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13. drink more water
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14. Kiss a stranger
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15. play ultimate
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16. watch the IMDB.com Top 100 movies
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17. take better photos
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18. be financially independent
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19. exercise daily
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20. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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21. Thou Shalt Not Whine!!
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22. spend less time on the internet
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23. Try out 43 Things
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24. go to class everyday
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25. Meet Neil Gaiman
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26. Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
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27. Make new friends
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28. make a difference
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29. live simply
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30. learn 43 new techniques in Photoshop
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31. get a six pack
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32. make full use of my Netflix subscription
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33. watch every film in the Criterion Collection
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34. Be organized! Not obsessively so...just pleasently so.
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35. Do something new every month
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36. Do well in school.
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37. stop staying up so late
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38. support the ACLU
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39. Work in journalism for a year
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40. go through my things, get rid of or donate anything I am not using
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41. have conversations late into the night with fascinating people
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42. be a better version of myself
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43. build a fixed-gear bicycle
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Recent entries
Well, today I started trying to do this and it certaintly seems worth it now, seeing as the front page article and picture are all about the Harry Potter madness at my bookstore last night. Quite a pleasant surprise, and an incentive to keep this up.
