101/1001 Update
May. 22nd, 2025 05:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grim23Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing: No progress. I did not train this week or last week. Training for future weeks is temporarily on hold (see below).
May's GoRuck 'Believe' Challenges are ongoing. The workout this month is the traditional 'Murph' Challenge. The Murph Challenge is "not just a physical test, but also a mental and emotional one. Participants are pushed to their limits and are encouraged to keep pushing through the pain and exhaustion, just as Lieutenant Michael Murphy did during his final moments." At the Tough level, it is a 1-mile ruck, 200 Sandbag Bent Over Rows (the substitute for 100 pull-ups), 200 Pushups, and 300 Squats, and then another 1-mile ruck, all wearing a 20-lb. plate carrier, and using a 60-lb. sandbag. The rucking requirement is a 5-mile ruck for time at baseline weight (completed, see below), the F*CK is Max reps of strict pull-ups in one set, and the book of the month is In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger (also completed). I turned the GoRuck rucking and additional tasking requirement into a disaster drill, by taking my full-load go-bag (31 lbs.) instead of my ruck (41 lbs.), with my route going to the nearest Temporary Telecommunications Center site, my local Fire Station, the closest two of my emergency shelter sites, and the closest hospital/trauma center. The round trip was about 7 miles, and I maintained a roughly 20-minute mile pace.
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: I've finished reading In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger. I've started rereading The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön. I DM'd this last week for the Deviance event at Club Privata.
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: I've continued Jim Cobb's Countdown to Preparedness book/assignments. This week (week 18) is about OTC and prescription medications, and I have a pretty good stockpile of medications I might need for at least three months. I attended a Safe on the Road tactical class from the ABR Academy this last week, and learned some interesting things to consider. I also took advantage of 'Stop the Bleed' Month and attended a virtual Stop the Bleed Refresher. I'm scheduled to attend a two-day in-person class, FP MGT439 0578 Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness next week, part of earning a Community Disaster Preparedness in Healthcare certificate. I have also registered for a virtual Access and Functional Needs Planning Preparedness training class through the Multnomah Medical Reserve Corps at the end of the month.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: I've completed more than half the required number of CEUs I'll need in October when I renew my LPC license, and I'm still working on it. I've not heard about the Whorse yet.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: I have had the final meeting with the contractors; the excavation for The Shop has started. The conduit for the RV hookup in the Back Forty is already in place. The septic lines for The Shop are ready to be dug and placed, which will allow me to build and install the generator doghouse and the generator for the Gate House. The old concrete is being removed, and the Shop site is being leveled for new concrete.
Travel/Adventure/Doing Stuff: My vacation was postponed after the Old Man had a pretty serious health scare, and I will be spending the majority of my time for the foreseeable future at Base Station, attending to him, along with his Hospice Care Team. A lot of my plans are temporarily on hold. I'll work out my practice with my clients, training, and festival options. I'm back to sleeping in Ol' Number 3.
May's GoRuck 'Believe' Challenges are ongoing. The workout this month is the traditional 'Murph' Challenge. The Murph Challenge is "not just a physical test, but also a mental and emotional one. Participants are pushed to their limits and are encouraged to keep pushing through the pain and exhaustion, just as Lieutenant Michael Murphy did during his final moments." At the Tough level, it is a 1-mile ruck, 200 Sandbag Bent Over Rows (the substitute for 100 pull-ups), 200 Pushups, and 300 Squats, and then another 1-mile ruck, all wearing a 20-lb. plate carrier, and using a 60-lb. sandbag. The rucking requirement is a 5-mile ruck for time at baseline weight (completed, see below), the F*CK is Max reps of strict pull-ups in one set, and the book of the month is In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger (also completed). I turned the GoRuck rucking and additional tasking requirement into a disaster drill, by taking my full-load go-bag (31 lbs.) instead of my ruck (41 lbs.), with my route going to the nearest Temporary Telecommunications Center site, my local Fire Station, the closest two of my emergency shelter sites, and the closest hospital/trauma center. The round trip was about 7 miles, and I maintained a roughly 20-minute mile pace.
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: I've finished reading In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger. I've started rereading The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön. I DM'd this last week for the Deviance event at Club Privata.
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: I've continued Jim Cobb's Countdown to Preparedness book/assignments. This week (week 18) is about OTC and prescription medications, and I have a pretty good stockpile of medications I might need for at least three months. I attended a Safe on the Road tactical class from the ABR Academy this last week, and learned some interesting things to consider. I also took advantage of 'Stop the Bleed' Month and attended a virtual Stop the Bleed Refresher. I'm scheduled to attend a two-day in-person class, FP MGT439 0578 Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness next week, part of earning a Community Disaster Preparedness in Healthcare certificate. I have also registered for a virtual Access and Functional Needs Planning Preparedness training class through the Multnomah Medical Reserve Corps at the end of the month.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: I've completed more than half the required number of CEUs I'll need in October when I renew my LPC license, and I'm still working on it. I've not heard about the Whorse yet.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: I have had the final meeting with the contractors; the excavation for The Shop has started. The conduit for the RV hookup in the Back Forty is already in place. The septic lines for The Shop are ready to be dug and placed, which will allow me to build and install the generator doghouse and the generator for the Gate House. The old concrete is being removed, and the Shop site is being leveled for new concrete.
Travel/Adventure/Doing Stuff: My vacation was postponed after the Old Man had a pretty serious health scare, and I will be spending the majority of my time for the foreseeable future at Base Station, attending to him, along with his Hospice Care Team. A lot of my plans are temporarily on hold. I'll work out my practice with my clients, training, and festival options. I'm back to sleeping in Ol' Number 3.
