Life
- Had Mia, became a dad, pretty awesome, pretty hard, mostly amazing.
- Started a new job.
- Began and got halfway through an online course for full-stack web development for fun.
- Got halfway through a 30-day wheelie class. Will resume again in spring.
- Sold my condo.
- Got my commercial drone pilots license.
Losses
Given what this year was, only two, and not COVID. A friend from high school and college died of the flu, and a running buddy from DC died of brain cancer. Both were beautiful people.
Travel
- A weekend snowmobiling in Leavenworth with Chris, Danny, and Lyle.
- A weekend in a tiny house/cabin/trailer near the base of Mount Adams.
- A week at a friend of a friend’s beach house on Long Beach.
- A week at a friend’s place in Bend for the holidays.
Exercise
- Some form of exercise (yoga, walk at the least) every day. That streak is now at ~4.5 years.
- Burned 319,084 extra calories.
- Rode 5200 miles in 319 hours. 100 a week while having a kid? Good enough. All but ~200 of those miles were done in our basement.
- Completed the Leadville 100,000ft challenge, earning another [less meaningful] belt buckle.
- Ran 195 miles in 26 hours. No actual races happened, but I did finally break the 18-minute mark in the 5k with a 17:50. Followed that up with a mile time trial for fun and clocked a 5:07. I suppose a sub-5 is the next logical goal.
- Hiked 14.1 hours. None of it was especially noteworthy. Mt. St Helens didn’t happen for the first time in many years.
- Added walking to my routine, clocking in 422 miles.
- Only got to snowboard two days… that was expensive (had a pass I was planning to use in the late winter).
- Started doing some regular 10-15 minute yoga sessions. I can’t say my back (my focus) feels much better.
- Won a monthly exercise competition at work. My virtual team won some beanies for it.
Books
- Read 30. I was told I’d read less with a kid, but found the opposite to be true.
- Favorites were Dune and Flatland.
- Really got into the worlds of the Silo and Foundation. Yeah, big sci-fi year.
2020 Goal Review
- ✅ Sub-18 5k. 17:50 solo on the track.
- ❌ Personal best functional threshold power. Despite doing a lot of focused riding and training, I only got weaker on the bike this year. Age? Lack of outdoor riding?
- ✅ Read 20 books. 30.
- ❌ Publish my diet app. Made one step on this by getting a paid developer account, but didn’t put the time into fixing the automatic layout issues.
- ✅ Figure out parenting aka “everyone survives.” We’re all still kicking.
2021 Goals
- Sub 5-minute mile.
- Publish my diet app.
- Get to see family.
- Spend a huge amount of time on the east coast.
Previous Years in Review
This one was the 15th in a row. See 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006.
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