Rice's Super Ultimate Extreme 100th Blog Post

Welcome to Rice's Super Ultimate Extreme 100th Blog Post! 

Yes, that's right.  I have written 100 blogs for Half the Rice.  I knew this blog was coming up and I wanted it to be good.  Then, I realized, it would coincide with the New Year, and I wanted it to be really good.  Then, I did what any one would do when she wants something to be good: I procrastinated. 

So, here I am, on the other side of 2012 and 100 blog posts richer.  Alas, I did not use that procrastination time to think of anything witty, insightful, or all that well-written to write in this Super Ultimate Extreme 100th Blog Post!  

I started this blog as a continuation of my Juice Fitness Challenge victory.  I began that challenge almost two years ago this month. 

When I started reflecting on my 100 blogs, I thought I would write a blog in which I balanced writing about my whoo-hoos! and my boos!  Then, I was like, "who wants to write about their boos?  This is my 100th blog post.  It should be like a party with Times New Roman font."


But before we get to the orgy of pride, I do have to dispense with one sad fact. I am still not half the rice.  I am like 90% the rice.  Sometimes I am 85% the rice.  Sometimes I am 95% the rice.  And, that can't help but feel like a disappointment, like I have let myself and my readers down in that I have not achieved this goal.  Boo.


But, despite that one teensy little set back, I have had a good run.  Here's a short list of whoo-hoos!


Whoo-hoo! Riding 100 miles in a day during the Brewery 100!

Whoo-hoo! Running my first 5k, then, busting some moves afterwards.

Whoo-hoo! Completing Beav-X-90: I no longer fear 5am and hello muscle mass.

Whoo-hoo!  Getting a dog and going for a walk (almost) every day!

Whoo-hoo! RAGBRAI 2010!

Whoo-hoo! Running my second 5k: Beaver-Dash and not walking once!

Whoo-hoo! Conquering my fears and Potter's Hill! 

Whoo-hoo! Not gaining back all the weight I lost in the Juice Fitness Challenge! 

Whoo-hoo! Learning how to change a bike tube (even if I am really slow).

Whoo-hoo! Going from scared of my clipless pedals and shoes to feeling a bit nervous without them.

Whoo-hoo! Re-igniting my friendship with Steven and the Mayor!  I owe so many of these accomplishments to them.

Whoo-hoo! Fun (and failure) with a variety of off-the-wall fitness challenges. 

Whoo-hoo!  Bike adventures with the Tiger.

Whoo-hoo! Doing the Fight for Air Stair Climb (and sneaking into 801 Grand to climb those stairs too).

Whoo-hoo! Learning to love yoga!

Whoo-hoo! Successfully indoctrinating my sister into the mystical krewe of the RAGBRAI in 2011. 

I promised myself I wouldn't get too reflective or verbose in this blog: it is supposed to be a party, but I do want to say, that when I look at that list, I realize that it is not the big picture that is important.  It is the small, everyday awesomeness that I am really proud of.  Yes, I want to still focus on long term goals, but living in a way I am proud of and excited about day-by-day is so important and so much more rewarding. 

So, dear readers, all five of you (yes, I got a new reader!  Thanks for reading Steve!), I want to say thank you.  Thanks for cheering me on and being there when I needed someone to talk to.  Though you are so very quiet and unobtrusive, out there in the blog-o-sphere, I know you guys are there to pick me up when I stumble and you inspire me with your victories (H-Bomb making cancer her bitch!  Steven and Mayor parental and responsibility rock-stars!).  I love you guys. 

So, here's to a 100 more.  A 100 more blogs, a 100 more adventures, a 100 more opportunities to be awesome.