Monthly Goal Check-In #5

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The funny thing about this Monthly Check-In is when I started the year I had the To-Do Lists on Sunday, and June 1 was the only 1st of the month that fell on a Sunday…so I was prepared for the June Monthly Check-In to be pushed to June 2.

Now, though, I’ve moved the To-Dos to Saturday, and I actually haven’t taken the time to see if there are more firsts of the month on Saturday and if we’ll have that same issue. I think we’ve already had a 1st on a Saturday - and as we established when I last wrote about this - I don’t know how many times that type of thing happens in a calendar year.

Anyway. Here’s the monthly goal summary. On June 1.:

Running/Exercise Goals

  1. Take a Peloton Class in Studio: Nothing new on this front.

  2. 100 Day Streak Challenge: Check. Completed.

  3. Complete at least 1 Marathon and 1 Half Marathon: No changes here. Still registered for the Chicago Marathon and the BAA Half Marathon.

  4. Complete the B.A.A. Distance Medley: 5K complete. Step two of three comes this month, with the 10K at the end of June.

  5. Run a sub-5 hour Marathon: I had another dream the other night where I got lost running a marathon and it took a very long time, so I don’t think I’m too anxious about something like this.

  6. 2026 Boston Marathon: Inching towards being able to at least enter the lottery. Still a long ways to go.

Writing

  1. Finish Book Draft: I think about this literally every day and I just have not put fingers to keyboard. (It’s so much better to say ‘pen to paper’ but that’s outdated.)

  2. Document 2025 on this blog every day: There were days this month I thought this project was going to die. But I’ve kept it going and I’m proud of that - it serves a very important purpose of keeping me writing when I’m not doing the book draft.

  3. Publish a Written Piece: I would rank this ‘least likely to happen’ of these goals.

Other

  1. Read More: I guess I need to write about my reading soon. I have done a little bit more than I had been.

  2. Learn New Things and Experience New Things: Starting to combine these two because they’re happening at a combined pace every so often.