I certainly don’t feel like I’m 37. Although I’m not really sure what 37 is supposed to feel like. My goals for my 37th year are about the same as other years and complete with a lot of items typical of a modern suburbanite Dad – training and race goals, vacation goals, house goals, and career goals.
Some people set a goal each year on New Year’s Day. I set my goals from birthday to birthday and I set as many goals as my upcoming age — 38 of them this year. My goals may change through the year depending on where life takes me and I probably won’t complete the entire list. Noticing this is getting harder as the list gets longer!
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Complete IRONMAN Louisville– October 14, 2018 - ✓
Complete IRONMAN 70.3 OHIO– July 29, 2018 - ✓
Run a spring marathon (or an ultra)– ✓Forget the PR 50k, ✓Playin’ Possum 50k ✓Run a half marathon– Heart Mini✓Run 3 sub half-marathon distance events– ✓Dublin Irish Festival 5k,John Glenn International Runway 5k (Disqualified due to course marking error), ✓Dublin Coffman’s Band on the Run 5k, ✓First on the First 5k, ✓5th Line 5k- ✓
Complete an Olympic triathlon– MingoMan, June 24th - ✓
Run a race in a new state– Kentucky - ✓
Run races in at least 2 states, other than Ohio– Kentucky, Michigan - ✓
Run in a new Columbus area park– Mill Valley Park, Marysville, Ohio – Strava Stats - ✓
Run at least 1,000 Miles - ✓
Bike at least 2,500 Miles - ✓
Bike from Columbus to Toledo, Ohio– Completed on August 25th – Strava Stats - ✓
Bike from Columbus to Cincinnati, Ohio– Completed on September 1st – Strava Stats - ✓
Update road bike - ✓
Ride 100 miles in Pelotonia - ✓
Raise $2000 for Pelotonia - ✓
Buy a new triathlon bike– Quintana Roo PRThree - ✓
Swim at least 150,000 yards - ✓
Attend a Detroit Tigers away game– vs. Cubs at Wrigley Field on July 3rd - ✓
Attend a Detroit Tigers Spring Game– vs. Braves at Champion Stadium, ESPN Wide World of Sports (Disney World) on 3/22/19 - ✓
Attend a Notre Dame football game– vs Florida State (11/10) ✓Attend a Notre Dame basketball game– vs. Duke (1/28)- ✓
Attend at least 3 concerts– ✓Smashing Pumpkins (8/11, Schottenstein Center), ✓Counting Crows/+LIVE+ (9/1, Riverbend Amphitheater), ✓Phil Collins (10/19, Nationwide Arena), ✓Shinedown (12/28, House of Blue Orlando), ✓Bob Seger (1/9/19, Huntington Center, Toledo), ✓Shinedown and Papa Roach (2/26, Nutter Center, Wright State University, Dayton), ✓Weezer/Pixies (3/19/19), ✓Apocolyptica (5/22/19), Collective Soul/Gin Blossoms (6/15/19) - ✓
Fix heart afib issues– Cardiac Ablation completed on April 15th - ✓
Visit 25 new landmarks and snag a picture of the marker sign - ✓
Visit Chicago - ✓
Visit Disney World– ✓October, ✓December and ✓March - ✓
Plan a trip to Disney with Mom– Ready to go in July! - ✓
Get a new vehicle - ✓
Get new patio door installed - ✓
Go see Hamilton - ✓
Get a cordless lawnmower - ✓
Get a robot vacuum - Update front walkway – In Progress
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Refinance house - ✓
Fix and paint house trim - ✓
Update garage entry way into house– New mudroom and closer built! - ✓
Progress career– On October 15, 2018 began transitioning to a new role as Manager, Ecommerce Site Reliability Engineering
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