Satisfied with my ChatGPT year in review fortune (timeless) and the three themes for 2025 seem on point.
Amazed by how quickly my annual personal website work was completed this year. Credit to some key tools that helped jump me to lightspeed: ChatGPT for honing my ideas, then GitHub Copilot to execute on the concept. This deserves a longer form blog post.
Registered for my first 2026 trail race: Zion 100k in April! I haven’t run there before and am looking forward to the experience 🏃 www.vacationraces.com/ultras/zi…
Finished reading: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson 📚
Finished reading: Dark Angel by John Sandford 📚
Great night for a trail run with the base packed down enough and some new snowfall lightly dusting things.
Finished reading: The Edge by David Baldacci 📚
Finished reading: The Investigator by John Sandford 📚
Finished reading: Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter 📚
Finished reading: Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter 📚
Finished reading: Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd 📚
Finished reading: Masked Prey by John Sandford 📚
Watched: The Smashing Machine 🍿
Chanhassen Turkey Trot with the kids today. At about the 1mi mark some folks were handing out cans of High Life. I partook as the kids were mostly a walking pace.
Upper Midwest Trail Runners banquet last night. Great presentation from Colleen Macdonald about her Carin project FKT of Mt Kilimanjaro. I also won the UffDa Ultra award in the Masters Male division. Great night!
Bought tickets to bring the fam to the Weird Al show at the MN State Fair next year! They just went on sale and we got some pretty good seats. Excited!
Watched: Predator: Badlands which was great! 🍿
The Taco 🔔 Trot 25k was a great success yesterday! Such a fun event and we raised over $1000 for MACC Pack.
New blog post where I share some recent info about the budgeting badge for my daughter’s girl scout troop.: Girl Scout Budgeting