The 2026 Launch Challenger Series officially got underway on March 1, 2026 and is the official kick off for my Pelotonia fundraising campaign. I will be doing one or two different activities per week to help raise funds for my Pelotonia fundraising campaign, and to help prepare for the start of my on-bike training rides in May. In an effort to make my life easier, I decided to break this up into three separate events, with the other two to take place after Ride Weekend in August. The Launch Challenger Series will end on May 1, 2026.

Every week, I will be doing a different activity (or two depending on how the previous week went.) The only limitations is that I can’t travel outside the state of Ohio, and I can’t use my road bike for this challenge. I will be posting updates on social media (you can follow me on Instagram and Threads at the links on my home page) and on this page.

With that: here are the challenges I work on for the Launch Challenger Series and the results of each challenge:

Goal #1 (Week of March 2): Close My Move, Exercise and Stand Rings on my Apple Watch 3 times-COMPLETED on March 9.

Goal #2 (Week of March 2): Attend the 2026 Pelotonia Launch Party and Open House-COMPLETED on March 6.

Goal #3 (Week of March 9): Walk 2 miles or more 3 times-COMPLETED on March 15.

Goal #4 (Week of March 15): Complete 5 meditation sessions of any length-COMPLETED on March 21.

Goal #5 (Week of March 22): Answer 3 writing prompts on my blog- COMPLETED on March 28

Goal #6 (Week of March 29): Three workouts using my resistance bands-COMPLETED on April 5.

Goal #7 (Week of April 5): Make Smoothies For Lunch at Work Every Day at Work-COMPLETED on April 11

Goal #8 (Week of April 5): Complete Three Yoga Workouts on Apple Fitness-COMPLETED

Goal #9 (Week of April 12): Complete The Final Three Story Quests and Final Showdown with the Forgotten in Disney’s Dreamlight Valley-COMPLETED

Goal #10 (Week of April 12): Use Cold Water for My Showers-COMPLETED

Goal #11 (Week of April 19): Complete two public skating sessions at the The Chiller-COMPLETED

Goal #12 (Week of April 19): Eat a Salad For Lunch at Work-COMPLETED

Goal #13 (Week of April 26): Build a model of Toothless (How To Train Your Dragon) out of LEGO- COMPLETED

Goal #14 (Week of April 26): Go one week with out drinking caffeinated soda-COMPLETED