April 2011

Read 12 books with a variety of topics, genres, and styles. April was a pretty slow month reading-wise.  We finished Understanding the Koran: A Quick Christian Guide to the Muslim Holy Book which was written by a Christian who grew up in a Muslim context. It was an interesting look into some of the history of the Koran.  It would be interesting to see a similar book about the Bible.  My Kindle broke while in Spain and I was half-way through reading The Winner’s Manual by Jim Tressel (more on that next month). Amazon is sending me a new Kindle!!

Complete a Triathlon Square Lake Short Course, September 10. 0.5 Mile Swim 16.5 Mile Bike 5 Mile Run. In April I swam once, bike commuted a lot, biked once (plus a trainer ride), and ran 8 times.  One day I ran in the morning, biked to a meeting, and swam in the afternoon. I biked a total of 143 miles (plus the trainer ride) and ran 49 miles. All of these numbers are an improvement over March!

Finish this YouVersion devotional plan (Bible Study).  Yup.  Being gone for a week with limited web access meant that I didn’t keep up while I was gone, but I’ll catch up quickly.

Make a substantial change to one of my programs at work. We wrapped up the social entrepreneurship project and only got one application that is completed.  It was a lot harder than we expected to get the kids to focus and actually go through the development process.  With only a few more weeks of after-school we are going to continue to work on creating projects to sell at the Farmer’s Market.

Blog Regularly How do you define regular?

Learn how to use my digital camera and experiment with its features. I’ll just ditto last month: “No progress on this one.  I don’t think this goal is specific enough for clear improvement.  This month I’ll work on developing something more specific.”

Curing Plantar Fasciitis, was the most viewed post again. The order didn’t change: number two was Treating Plantar Fasciitis, and a close third was Twin Cities Running Stores. This didn’t change from last month.  Last month I mentioned that I’d like to see the Downtown Riverfront post get more views, it moved up into the top 10.  With the Lake Minnetonka half last weekend, a lot of people viewed my course preview and 2009 race review.

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