My Future
Or, alternatively, My Bucket List. Or maybe Goals? It’s a mix.
I decided to publish the things I want to do before I die in the hopes of starting conversations about them. Maybe you have suggestions, have done a few things and can tell the story, or even find inspiration for your own ideas here!
Here are several lists. First, the things I definitely want to do or accomplish at some point in my life, second, things I think could be cool but wouldn’t prioritize, and lastly, the items I once had on my bucket list but managed to check off at some point in the past.
I have sorted these roughly by how eager I am for them.
๐ชฃ Things I Definitely Want to Do
- ๐ Run a full marathon in less than three hours.
- ๐ณ๐ฟ Return to New Zealand and stay for at least one year.
- ๐๏ธ Qualify for and finish the Western States 100 Endurance Run.
- ๐ Do a multi-day bike tour just with Sophie on the in-laws’ tandem racing bike.
- ๐ Swim the English Channel (32-45 kilometers depending on the tides).
- ๐ฌ Run one lap of the Barkley Marathons in Tennessee on my own.
- ๐คน Learn how to juggle with three balls for a minimum of 60 seconds.
- ๐ Buy a Sprinter-type van and convert it into a comfy mobile home, tour Europe.
- ๐ฏ Run a foot race of 100 miles length.
- ๐ฅ Record a full drum cover video and put it on Youtube.
- ๐ดโ๏ธ Beat my buddy Kristian’s Otterndorf Triathlon best time of 1:08:18 hours.
๐๏ธ Things I Think Are Cool But Don’t Prioritize
- ๐ Sustainably grow my company to 10 employees.
- ๐ค Qualify for and finish the IRONMAN Hawaii in Kailua-Kona.
- โ๏ธ Get a small tattoo.
- ๐ฅต Finish the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon in Death Valley, CA, USA with my kids crewing.
- ๐ฉ๐ช Run a marathon in all 16 federal states of Germany.
- ๐๏ธ Qualify for and finish the Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc.
- ๐ฐ Do water-only food fasting for at least 24 hours.
- ๐ฝ Run the New York City marathon race.
- ๐ฅพ Hike or run Germany from North to South (List on Sylt to Haldenwanger Eck, Oberstorf).
- ๐ฉธ Donate blood.
- ๐ Swim the Fehmarn Belt from Germany to Denmark (25-30 kilometers depending on the tides).
- ๐ฟ๐ฆ Run the Comrades Marathon and/or the Two Oceans Marathon in South Africa.
- โฎ๏ธ Run Berliner Mauerweglauf (100 miles) along the former Berlin Wall.
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Things Which Were on My List and Are Now Ticked Off
๐๏ธ Honorable Mentions That Got Scrapped
- ๐ฃ Cross the Atlantic in a pedal boat from Hamburg to New York City
- โ๏ธ Hike or ski the Antarctic from McMurdo to Scott Amundsen South Pole Station (1,600km)
- ๐๏ธ Travel through India on a motorbike
- ๐ป Travel through Africa in a Jeep
- ๐ฐ๐ต Visit North Korea
- ๐ดโ๏ธ Cross the USA on a bike, e.g. as part of Race Across America
- ๐ Swim the Midmar Mile in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- ๐ Finish all 6 World Marathon Majors (Berlin โ
, London โ
, NYC, Boston, Chicago, Tokyo)
- ๐ Swim the Ocean’s Seven:
- North Channel: Scotland & Ireland, 35 km
- Cook Strait: North Island & South Island, New Zealand, 23 km
- Molokai Channel: also Kaiwi Channel, Molokai & Oahu Islands, Hawaii, USA, 42 km
- Catalina Channel: Los Angeles & Santa Catalina, USA, 32 km
- Tsugaru Strait: Honshu & Hokkaido, Japan, 19.5 km
- Strait of Gibraltar: Spain & Morocco, 14.3 km
- English Channel: Great Britain & France, 32.3 km
- ๐ซ๐ท Bike Paris-Brest-Paris on the racing tandem with Sophie
- ๐๏ธ Travel the South Sea island states
- ๐ธ๐ช Vätternrundan cycling race in Sweden, 300 km around Lake Vättern
- ๐ฟ Vasaloppet, 90km cross-country skiing race
- โฐ๏ธ Cycle the Argus Race in South Africa, 110 km
- ๐ฎ๐ธ Run Reykjavík Marathon
- ๐ฅถ Run Polar Circle Marathon in Greenland
- ๐ฏ Run the famous 100 km von Biel in Switzerland
- ๐ฉ Run the Tortour de Ruhr: 230 km of running from the source of Ruhr river to its end at Rhein river near Duisburg
- ๐น๐ท Swim the Bosporus: Europe to Asia, 3.8 km
- โณ Run a marathon in another new country to get my country count up to an even 30
- โฐ๏ธ Run the Kepler Challenge, New Zealand, 60 km
- ๐ณ Run Paris Eco Trail, 80 km
- ๐ Swim from Norderney to Germany, 10 km