{"id":2082,"date":"2013-07-11T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2013-07-09T14:31:42","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T18:31:42","slug":"35-before-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/11\/35-before-35\/","title":{"rendered":"35 before 35"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have seen so many bloggers doing 30 before 30 lists.\u00a0 Well.. I’m 32.\u00a0 32.5, as of yesterday.\u00a0 So I sort of missed that boat.\u00a0 But as of this writing, I have 2.5 years til my 35th birthday.\u00a0 So let’s see what I want to accomplish.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Take a vacation that does not involve a race.<\/li>\n
  2. Complete an Olympic Distance Triathlon<\/li>\n
  3. Run a sub 2:45 half marathon<\/li>\n
  4. Visit Erin in Toronto<\/li>\n
  5. Beat OWS Panic<\/li>\n
  6. Get my office into shape (2.5 years should be enough time to do this.)<\/li>\n
  7. Visit Krissy in Florida (Krissy’s contribution to the list)<\/li>\n
  8. Add at least 2 more states to my half marathon list<\/li>\n
  9. Ride Expedition Everest during<\/span> the Disney Marathon<\/li>\n
  10. Volunteer at an Ironman or Half Ironman distance triathlon<\/li>\n
  11. Volunteer at a kids triathlon<\/li>\n
  12. Travel somewhere west of the Mississippi (St. Louis doesn’t count, since I go there yearly.)<\/li>\n
  13. Visit all my Texans<\/li>\n
  14. Get something edible to grow in my backyard<\/li>\n
  15. Prevent the squirrels from eating said edible<\/li>\n
  16. Run a sub-7:00 marathon (with or without rollercoasters)<\/li>\n
  17. Spend a whole weekend doing nothing.\u00a0 No training, no cleaning, nothing.<\/li>\n
  18. Renew my Red Cross certification<\/li>\n
  19. Buy a meal for a stranger<\/li>\n
  20. Write a book.\u00a0 Good or bad.\u00a0 Just write.<\/li>\n
  21. Blog every day for a month.<\/li>\n
  22. Workout every day for a month.<\/li>\n
  23. Go to Disneyland<\/li>\n
  24. Raise a total of $3535 for the Ulman Cancer Fund<\/li>\n
  25. Make pizza from scratch<\/li>\n
  26. Make a pie from scratch<\/li>\n
  27. Bake a cake from scratch<\/li>\n
  28. Go dancing<\/li>\n
  29. Double my blog readership<\/li>\n
  30. Learn to play a song on my guitar<\/li>\n
  31. Earn GIANT PENNY MEDAL <\/a>(because Jen says so)<\/li>\n
  32. Do the Go Ape obstacle course<\/a> (thanks, Kristin!)<\/li>\n
  33. See the Disney Christmas decorations<\/li>\n
  34. Go on a cruise (since it’s paid for already, is this cheating?)<\/li>\n
  35. Go on a second cruise.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Some big things, some little things.\u00a0 Let’s see what happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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