A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
Chinese philosopher (604BC - 531 BC)
So too a journey of a single mile (all be it quite a fast one)
Jim Freeman, the way of the gamer
Average Gamer (1972 - Present)
The best place to begin is at the beginning...
An average mile time for “the
average person” is around 9 to 11 Minutes (around 1500 to 1800 steps)
(Obviously this is a vague form of measurement so don’t
freak out if you are some kind of Empiricist)
When I decided to take on this challenge it made sense to
see where my start point was...
...Three
years ago when I joined the gym, my mile time was 10 Minutes and change. (Excuse the Americanism, but I didn't take careful note of the seconds)
This time I managed a decent, but not earth-shattering, 6 Minutes
and 3 Seconds (06:03:00)
That’s an improvement of 4 Minutes over 3 years...
(In my defence,
I was not trying to improve my mile during that time.)
So I know where I am starting , where I am trying to go and how fast I want to get there...
...The rest is down to effort
Other News..
Today I signed the forms that were necessary to start formal
coaching from next week .
I also signed the mandate for the bank account that will
enable me to keep all the money that you donate in a safe place (with a teeny
tiny amount of interest too).
The first donations were made on Saturday 23rd
and Sunday 24th at the Sheffield Kotei*, where I put on a 4 minute
challenge, designed to show the attendees at the Kotei just how short 4 minutes
actually is. I would like to thank all of the guys that gave it a try, and to
those that didn’t but donated anyway.
*Kotei is an annual event for the Legend of the Five Rings
CCG , a game by AEG , one of the kind donators to my challenge…
…And while I am thanking people
Wizards of the Coast , the lovely people that make Magic the
Gathering CCG and D&D have also pledged financial assistance for this
challenge. A big thank you to You…
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