Tag: Challenges

  • What Cities Do I Want To Visit?

    What cities do you want to visit? AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is the final post to satisfy the goal for this week’s goal for the 2026 Launch Challenger Series for Pelotonia. You can find more information here. When I finally have some time to travel, there are a number of places I want to visit, both…

  • 2026 Launch Challenger Series for Pelotonia

    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…

  • Pelotonia 2025 Update

    Registration opens for the 2025 Pelotonia Ride Weekend in a few hours, and while normally I would be revealing which route I am planning to ride, that will not be the case today. Last November, my mom told me about a family reunion that could potentially take us out of Ohio that weekend. I thought…

  • Some Changes For The New Year

    First off, I have made some major changes in my life since I last wrote on this blog. After multiple failures to lose weight on my own, my doctor broke down and put me on weight loss medication. Along with changes to my diet, the effort has resulted in me losing 25 lbs since November…

  • 2024 Pelotonia Challenger Goal #3

    Before I get to Challenger Goal #3, I have a quick bit of housekeeping with Challenger Goal #2, the 3D Lego Models on BrickLink. Due to unforeseen creative challenges, I have decided to extend the deadline for that until July 31. This also means that I will be working on Challenger Goals two and three…

  • 2024 Pelotonia Challenger Series Goal #2

    My apologies for not getting to this sooner-have been dealing with a few health problems of my own over the last few weeks, in addition to everything else that I have been dealing with. Before I get into Challenger Goal #2, I have a little bit of housekeeeping that I need to address before I…

  • 2024 Pelotonia Challenger Series: Goal #1

    Welcome to the 2024 Pelotonia Challenger Series (this is the name that I have given the virtual component of my annual Pelotonia fundraising campaign.) This is how I got my start in Pelotonia, I signed up for the #MyPelotonia virtual event during the pandemic in 2020, in an effort to get out of my pandemic…