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The potential logo for GRC Fairbanks. Thanks to GORUCK Headquarters for the GR logos. And thanks to the Census Bureau's TIGER data for the Alaska shapefile.

5,000 Burpees

I'll be posting my progress towards 5,000 in this post.

Current Total: 333
Burpees Left: 4,667

Thanks to Jon for signing onto this. I'd been debating whether or not to do this and have therefore wasted four days. My goal will be 200 a day which should have me finishing in 25 days.

1) Only 108 today. Fell 92 short of my goal. Looks like I have some catching up to do.
2) 125. Still short of my goal of 200, but making progress.
3) 100. 5,000 is looking a long way off.

March Madness!!

March is here, and that means it's time for March Madness! And no, I don't mean basketball...who really cares about basketball anyhow??? Folks, this is *real* March Madness: Tom and I have signed on to Mud Run Maniac's 5,000 Burpee Challenge. The goal, complete 5,000 burpees in 31 days. What's a burpee, you ask? It's a simple, yet devilishly ass-kicking exercise that is performed as follows:

1. Begin in a standing position
2. Drop to a squat
3. Kick your legs out and get into push-up position
   3.5. If you're a real badass, do a pushup here. Probably not for those going for the challenge...
4. Hop back into squat position
5. Pop back up to standing position, and follow through with a jump
6. Repeat

The entire process should take no more than a few seconds, especially if you leave out the push-up part.

Doing these in sets of 25 is a great way to get started, and even if you can only do 5 or 10 at a time, give it your best shot and see just how many you can do by month's end...I bet you'll be surprised at how far you can come in such a short time!

Best of luck!