This is more like my Dashboard of the things to-do:
~Strat (to git gud): work on running a faster marathon (fast/slow pace) and eating healthier, since I want to get PR my marathons and get it under 4 hrs., and ideally to be close enough to get BQ (Boston Marathon Qualified, which is around 3:10:00 for my age for 2023). Queeze!
~planning for TinCon (run across the US Continent) 2025?
~Atacama Crossing – San Pedro
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The Real Bookmarks:
A couple things I want to jot down before they are being forgotten in the sea of forgetfulness. With blog format, once it is published, things get rolled under by the more recent posts. Here is a bookmark page to posts that I don’t want to forget, mostly my own, but occasionally other people’s posts.
~~My life goal and current goal, is to run, use my resources to run fast, to run in as many places as I can, AND to help others achieve their running goals ~~
What I want to do: Resolution2019, Goal2020, Dream2020, Unicorns2021, A_B_C_2022, extras: (perspective2022, rationale2022), Resolves2023, 2024Part2, summa2025: live life to the full
Extra posts I don’t know where to put:
–Racing schedule: Race20, Race21, Race22, Race23, Race24, Race25 and the current/live version, uwu!
–GVRAT, and CRAW – 2020-2022 were such weird years (pandemic). Hopefully a conclusion of posts for the virtual runs I did.
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50 states Marathon progress (12) Aiming to run all 50
2024:
2023: 15. Cowtown-TX, 14. HaydenLake-ID, 13. Bimbler Bluff at Guildford-CT, 12. Philadelphia-PA, 11. Spacecoast-FL
2022: 10. Salisbury-MD, 9. AnnArbor-MI, 8. Grandmas-MN, 7. AtlanticCity-NJ, 6. OneCity-VA,
2021: 5. Moonlight on the Falls-WV, 4. EauClaire-WI
2020: 3. Carlsbad-CA
2019: 2. JackJill-WA
2018: 1. DE-CapeHenlopen
other states (extras): DC-Abebe19,
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first ultra Seashore 50K (VA 2018)
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Hundred Milers: (6)
BlackbeardRevenge23 (NC), DevilDog22 (VA), DevilDog23, Massanutten23, RockyRacoon21 (TX), RimtoRiver21 (WV),
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Special reports:
in all seriousness, I can’t remember what I did, even with all the summaries written here. I plan to start a 300-project, a way to capture all I did in a list of 300 special things I did (coming soon tm).
–Seasonal reports: or significant milestones
**2024 Finding the Sole of ultra**
2024: 7th hello, NewYear, Day650, Day700, Day365x2 (730), Day1000,
**2023 Finding the Soul of Marathon** (Biden’s theme)
2023: 6th hello, NewYear, Day532, Day550, Day575 (midterm), Day600,
2022: 5th hello, NewYear, Day490, Day500,
2021: 4th hello, NewYear, Day400, Day450
2020: 3rd hello, Day250, Day300, Day350, Day365
2019: 2nd hello, Day90, Day120, Day150, Day200
2018: hello world, Day33, Day60
-why I blog, and see HelloWorld(s)!
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–reblog of other people’s posts: What God has for you – I reread it from time to time to remind myself to expect Miracles in life!
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Retirement Plan:
(1) minimal amount I need to live, (FIRE). I have enough money to buy a hamburger every day for the next 92 years. Theoretically it is enough to live for the next 30-40 years!
(2) Rethinking retirement. 2021 plan has many ideas on saving for retirement. A push back at (1)
a. Don’t look at retirement as a piggy bank.
b. Look for a way to generate income during retirement to either continue a career or a change to a different career. Being creative is the key
c. lower expenses after retirement, look for a place with low cost of living. like moving to a 3rd world/developing nation.
d. How much to save, might be to save up to maximum tax benefit law allowed, which is currently ~$25,000 per year ($19,500 in 401K+ $6000 IRA).
(3) Size of nest egg. according to the 4% rule of retirement. Goal is withdraw at most Only 4% from your nest egg each year. Say, if I want $30,000 per year, then my nest egg should be 25x that, or $750,000. (Note, the inverse of 4% is 25x).
In awe 