Field Report #011

 40-Day Challenge Report: Day 6

"He is like a tree planted by streams of water..." Psalm 1:3a

It's day 6, and the ball is still rolling. Only one slip-up on daily disciplines up to this point, and everything is on track today so far. I'm 11 verses into John 1 now and enjoying it very much. Psalm 37 is getting a little more familiar as a whole, and I need to start going verse by verse.

The burpees are a big part of the challenge - I need to hit 300 in under 40 minutes by December 3rd. I had my first bigger workout: 150 in 19:07 a couple days ago. That might sound encouraging, and it does mean that I'm in the ballpark, but not nearly home yet. It took an all-out effort, gasping for breath to stay just below 20 minute pace, but I need to keep that pace for twice as many burpees. So there is a lot of work to do. My general plan is to keep up the smaller daily workout and then hit 150 or more every four or five days. Hopefully that will be enough to prepare me for 300 at the end of the challenge. 

This is requiring a higher overall standard of operation than I am used to - which is exactly what I want. A self-made, custom-tailored Rhythm of the Sword boot camp trial to function more closely to the level that I always want to (but never do). 

Lord have mercy, that I need some fancy, self-focused initiative just to start doing 1% of what I should be doing anyway. The best we can do is only what was already our duty.

Stay awake.