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2026 Reading Plan

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The plan for this year’s reading continues to grow and evolve. But I’m going to start at the same place as last year and try to read the most borrowed books from the Hennepin County Library. No surprise there is some overlap from last year, but not as much overlap between the print and e-book list as last year! I’ve already read 10 of the 20 total, though The Women was on there 3x’s!

Here is the list:

  1. The Women by Kristin Hannah
  2. James: A Novel by Percival Everett
  3. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
  4. Spirit crossing: A Novel by William Kent Krueger
  5. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
  6. Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
  7. The River We Remember: A Novel by William Kent Krueger
  8. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
  9. Funny Story by Emily Henry
  10. The Mighty Red: A Novel by Louise Erdrich

Ebooks

  1. Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter (eAudiobook)
  2. The Women by Kristin Hannah (ebook)
  3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (eAudiobook)
  4. Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (eAudiobook)
  5. The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros (eAudiobook)
  6. Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose (eAudiobook)
  7. The Women by Kristin Hannah (eAudiobook)
  8. Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry (eAudiobook)
  9. The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens (eAudiobook)
  10. 1984 by George Orwell (eAudiobook)

How did you do on this list?

Day 75

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Complete!! 75 Hard is done. I’ll plan to write more over the next few days about the different aspects of it.

Today was rather uneventful. I did yoga this morning and then did the Out in the Open 25.3 workout in the afternoon. I also did a 1 mile sandbag carry to get the full 45 minutes done.

Walking the shuttle runs was kinda lame, but that’s still where I’m at.  They were also a little hard to count. On the buy out part I decided to just count each length instead of each lap. The thrusters were hard but I expected that since I did so much upper body yesterday too. I finished in 18:23.

Day 69

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Another weekly Vault workout. This one had running and Manmakers. I obviously couldn’t run, so I walked half the distance. I probably shouldn’t have done the Manmakers, but I did then pretty slowly.  I definitely want to retest this one when I’m able to run. It will be rough!! In a good way!

This afternoon I went to the Chiropractor and got a lot out of my upper back and neck.  He also had some good insights about concussion recovery and talked about eye tracking and recovery.  I also was able to schedule my first appointment at the concussion clinic for this Friday!

It was in the mid-60’s for our afternoon walk today. Because of the adjustment I didn’t wear any weight. And we just soaked in the sun!

Day 62

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It was going to be another busy Monday evening so I decided to workout in the garage/driveway again for my outdoor workout. And use my trainer in the evening.

This morning’s workout was the weekly Vault and I opted for the sandbag version instead of double dumbbell snatches! I had to modify the burpees and box jumps, but it was still a good workout! 

The Bike trainer was boring, but I used the time to also get my reading for the day done! A little double duty time for the win!

I snapped this pic on my way to work!

Day 59

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It is currently CrossFit Open season. I’ve not participated in The Open in many years as a registered participant. I remember the days when I used to have the announcement playing on YouTube on the TV in the living room! I think after the pandemic, leaving a gym, and some of the choices that CrossFit made through the years I’ve paid less attention to it. Some of the professional athletes are sitting out this year after how last years’ tragedy was handled.

That said, I’ve done some of the workouts occasionally through the years. This year though I heard about the Out Foundation‘s Out in the Open competition. You register with them and they program 3 workouts named after famous LGBTQ individuals. It’s the same price $20 so I registered. I couldn’t decide which division to join and ended up joining the Performance (middle one).

Today I did their first workout! It was a good one, except I can’t do burpees and I don’t have a 35# dumbbell.  So I used my 25# and did elevated step outs. I finished in 11:37.