My 40 Before 40 List

While this blog has focused on running, I want to keep track of my other adventures. With that, I’m going to share my 40 Before 40 List and my progress as I work through it. I’ve mainly posted these adventures on my instagram and facebook pages, but I want to keep track of them here as well. I’ll be editing this post as I complete various parts of this list.

1. Go Bungee Jumping 

2. Large Vacation* 

3. Take a Motorcycle Riding Class

4. Get My Master’s Degree [in progress]

5. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon

6. Participate in and Finish Vol State

7. Eat at a Michelin Star Restaurant

8. Have a Garden 

9. Take a Train Trip

10. Swim with Manatees 

11. Take a Blacksmithing Class 

12. Take a Glass Blowing Class 

13. Take a Taxidermy Class (completed, post coming soon)

14. Take a Stained-Glass Making Class 

15. Take a Pottery Class (completed, post coming soon)

16. Go to a Strip Club

17. Complete a Triathlon**

18. Fly in a Helicopter

19. Relax in a Sensory Deprivation Tank (completed, post coming soon)

20. Go to High Tea in Fancy Attire

21. Eat a Durian 

22. Do a Polar Bear Plunge

23. Walk on Stilts 

24. Go Parasailing (completed, post coming soon)

25. Go to a Silent Retreat (min. 2 days)

26. Play a Full Round of Golf

27. Shoot a Gun

28. Sleep in a Treehouse

29. Complete an Adventure Race

30. Walk on a Bed of Hot Coals 

31. Eat Raw Oysters (completed, post coming soon)

32. Have Family Portraits Done 

33. Experience a Corpse Flower in Bloom 

34. Try a Restaurant Food Challenge (completed, post coming soon)

35. Get the Moles I Hate Removed 

36. Get Faerie Tattoo Reworked (completed, post coming soon)

37. Buy an Entire Roll of Scratchy Tickets 

38. Lay on a Bed of Nails (completed, post coming soon)

39. Get Teeth Straightened (completed, post coming soon)

40. Learn to Drive Stick Shift 

Days Until My 40th Birthday!

* Germany, Japan, or Everest Base Camp

** This item was originally to complete the Whiskey Man Race Series which consisted of an 88k run, 50 mile mountain bike ride, and a marathon within the space of a month, but the marathon has been moved to the fall and the list item is no longer possible so I replaced it with a triathlon because I've been talking about doing one for years.

Also, just to note, I did do a 30 Before 30 List as well: