1-30-50 Challenge

The 1-30-50 challenge is ridonkulous! It is pointless and is counter to everything I know about sports. There, I have said it. I feel better.

For those that do not know, the 1-30-50 challenge is simply to run 1 mile, do 30 push-ups, and do 50 sit-ups in one day, then to repeat that for the next 30 days (maybe they should rename it to 30-1-50-30). In the event that you cannot do this, you have to buy a chicken for some 3rd world family / village for $20 or some other type of donation.

At first glance this seems ok. I was ok with it at first. But after having a friend bring it up daily I started to think about it more. Since then, I have come to several conclusions. First, I did some researching on the net. I was wondering why I had never heard of this before and what was the fitness benefits of this challenge. I found nothing. Come to think of it, any sports program I have ever heard of or done recommends the exact opposite of this in terms of varied resistance or activities, and to give your body time to rest through the program.

I then tried to think of any sort of program outside of sports similar to this and could only come up with one thing that was similar, the attendance record from school. This is something you get for making it to school on time every day. Doesnt mean you are getting smarter or making the honor role, just means you were there with a heartbeat.

I was asked the other day on why I like sports. For me its because someone is always winning or completing some great achievement. The 1-30-50 does neither of these as when you are done you completed a normal part of a Jr. High PE program and it only punishes failure (in terms of the chicken and anyone you are doing it with talking smack). This is neither a great accomplishment or a win.

The only reasons I can think of for why someone would do the 1-30-50 challenge is because this is an entry exercise to someone starting a daily program and doesnt know what else to do, or that running, doing sit-ups and push-ups is a lot of fun, or you were just plain bullied into it.

One Reason Why I Love Surfing

Its the unexpected adventure that awaits. It starts with the first phone call at 5 something in the morning leading to being picked up and riding to the beach with a bunch of friends. Most times we end up surfing, sometimes we end up at a new coffee stand, and then there are mornings like today where its a bit of both.

We started with our normal routine where Rick picks me up. Only difference was Paul was lazy and didnt roll with us. We ended up at Cardiff after looking at a bunch of other breaks that werent breaking. Jason posted and met up with us also. In the water it was a normal slow day, but we did meet a guy named Matt, a friend of Drew and Keri's (2nd time this week I have been reminded what a small world we live in).

Afterward there was the normal comical conversation about who has to get back home in 5 minutes or their wife will have their head. This time it was Rick that had to bolt. His loss because another new friend, Todd, offered to make us breakfast on the beach. Todd was there with his camper and BBQ ready for holiday. Todd cooked up some eggs, bacon, and an english muffin for both of us. I have never had breakfast on the beach before, but Im convinced the beach makes food taste much better. Since my ride left already, I was glad Jason was around to give me a ride back home otherwise it would have been a long walk.

Happy 5th Birthday, Jonathan!

It's official! Jonathan is now 5 years old. The time flies by so fast... One day he's cooing and needs a new diaper and the next, he's squirting you with a water gun. Go figure.

We had such a blast with him at his birthday party on Saturday! Thanks to everyone who showed up! We rented a jumpie again (this one was 2 feet bigger than last year, so there was some tree trimming going on pre-blow up) and of course, a "Sno-Kone" machine which was used later (after the kids left) to make "adult sno-kones with rum"! Aaron had fun too in his little car walker. He was running around the garage in good spirits for his brother's birthday party. What a great day - the sun was out and everyone had fun!

Its official...Jon is now on 2 wheels

There are a few things that are sure fire ways to make any dad proud and athletic achievement is always on that list. We started teaching Jon to ride on Saturday and he has been all over it. He has gone to just scooting around to riding on cement, turning, riding up and down hills, driveways, bumps, and anything else.



The funny thing is that he lasted longer than his bike. When we were riding last night, the seat on his bike broke clean off. Jon was devastated, he was just now starting to love his bike. The good news was that we had bought him a new one from Performance. So we jumped in the truck and picked it up a day early. This bike is a lot bigger than his old one, but he seems to have picked it up quick. Happy Birthday Jon! I hope you ride this one so much that you destroy it also!


More Jon learns to ride pics.

sharks

Get This Widget!TOPP.org

A few people have been asking me about where I go to get shark info. Here are a few of the sites I check on a consistent basis:

-http://www.topp.org/species/white_shark
-http://www.sharkresearchcommittee.com/pacific_coast_shark_news.htm

hang 10!

Busy Weekend

So many cool things happened this weekend.

First, happy birthday Mike. I hope you enjoyed your day of surf, work parties, halo, call of duty, and Chevy's. Bueno, well done.

Second, what a great day at "hidden beach". Can never complain about a day in the sun and sand on an empty beach with friends and family (Mike, Matt, Brandon, Elizabeth, Christina, Aaron, and Jon).

But I think what I will remember most from this weekend was that Aaron is now able to stand on his own! Little dood is definitely a small.

Social Networking gone too far

At work, we had a directory that was really useful. You could type anyone's name in and it would pull up their office number, phone, cell, and reporting structure. It was really cool because it also showed a picture of them, which is really useful when working with people that are in other buildings and cities to put a face to the name and voice. For example, I can look up our CEO's picture and see that he looks like this (so I know to keep my mouth shut if he walks by)


Recently, we switched from this useful web app, to more of a facebook style application. It has a lot of the same information as before except there is a lot more customization that can be done by the individual such as adding hobbies, likes, dis-likes, what they are working on, and the ability to upload a custom picture. This apparently is much more control than we are able to handle. Here are some pictures I ran across just from today: