IMDB's top 100

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. Pulp Fiction (1994)
5. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
6. 12 Angry Men (1957)
7. Schindler's List (1993)
8. The Dark Knight (2008)
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003)
10. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back(1980)
11. Fight Club (1999)
12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)
14. Inception (2010)
15. Goodfellas (1990)
16. Star Wars (1977)
17. Seven Samurai (1954)
18. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
19. The Matrix (1999)
20. City of God (2002)
21. Forrest Gump (1994)
22. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
23. Casablanca (1942)
24. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
25. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
26. Se7en (1995)
27. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
28. The Usual Suspects (1995)
29. Rear Window (1954)
30. Psycho (1960)
31. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
32. Léon: The Professional (1994)
33. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
34. Memento (2000)
35. American History X (1998)
36. Apocalypse Now (1979)
37. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
38. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
39. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
40. North by Northwest (1959)
41. Alien (1979)
42. City Lights (1931)
43. Citizen Kane (1941)
44. Spirited Away (2001)
45. The Shining (1980)
46. American Beauty (1999)
47. Taxi Driver (1976)
48. Toy Story 3 (2010)
49. Modern Times (1936)
50. Vertigo (1958)
51. The Departed (2006)
52. The Pianist (2002)
53. M (1931)
54. Back to the Future (1985)
55. Paths of Glory (1957)
56. Double Indemnity (1944)
57. The Avengers (2012)
58. Aliens (1986)
59. WALL•E (2008)
60. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
61. The Lives of Others (2006)
62. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
63. Amélie (2001)
64. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
65. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
66. Gladiator (2000)
67. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
68. The Prestige (2006)
69. The Green Mile (1999)
70. The Great Dictator (1940)
71. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
72. Das Boot (1981)
73. The Third Man (1949)
74. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
75. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
76. Chinatown (1974)
77. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
78. L.A. Confidential (1997)
79. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
80. The Intouchables (2011)
81. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
82. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
83. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
84. Some Like It Hot (1959)
85. Braveheart (1995)
86. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
87. Oldboy (2003)
88. The Lion King (1994)
89. Amadeus (1984)
90. Rashomon (1950)
91. Metropolis (1927)
92. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
93. All About Eve (1950)
94. Raging Bull (1980)
95. Unforgiven (1992)
96. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
97. The Apartment (1960)
98. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
99. The Sting (1973)
100. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

C25K

I think the Couch 2 5K is probably one of the scarrier things on my list. I dislike running, mainly because I'm not good at it. I have never been good at it. I forget to breathe, I don't have good strides, my stamina is pathetic, the list goes on and on. I've had this affliction since I was young. Especially when it comes to running long distances, like say... more than 100 yards! :) Even when playing sports in high school I struggled. My soccer coach informed me that I had (hopefully not have) a waddle-esque run and I was always the last one to finish the 2 mile 'fun runs'. 

However, I am determined to beat this weakness of mine and I'm hoping the C25K program helps me! Here goes!

Week 1 Day 1 - Wed 8/15
I survived! :)
This first week is a 5 min warm-up walk, followed by 8 sets of run for 60 seconds, walk for 90 seconds, and then finishes up with a 5 min cool down walk. I only had to walk 1 of the running intervals!
Here were my stats:
overall pace 14:09
total distance 1.91 miles
fastest interval 10:43

Week 1 Day 2 - Fri 8/17
OMGosh this one was harder! It was about 90 degrees and I apparently decided I was a pro now so I pushed it a lot harder in the beginning. I took a different route which looked shadier and went down hill more... but that meant I had a lot more uphill to traverse in order to get home! I had to walk the last 2 running intervals in order to not pass out but my stats were still pretty good:
overall pace 14:03
total distance 1.93 miles
fastest interval 9:43

Week 1 Day 3 - Sun 8/19
70 degrees makes running so much easier!! Today was the first day that I ran the 60 second intervals and could've kept going without feeling like I was going to die. :) I really focused on breathing today and I think that helped a lot. 
Stats for today:
overall pace 13:35
total distance 1.95 miles
fastest interval 9:48

the. list.

1. have lasik eye surgery
2. build a snowman
3. visit the world's largest something
4. have a zero balance on my credit card on day 1,001
5. drink nothing but water for one week
6. go an entire week without eating any chocolate
7. pay for the person behind me at the drive through
8. plant a tree
9. host a board game night
10. attend a college football game
11. attend a college basketball game
12. go to a country concert
13. go to a race
14. go to the new Harry Potter section of Island of Adventure
15. hike part of the Appalachian trail
16. go zip lining
17. go on an inner tube down a river
18. be in Times Square on New Years Eve
19. go to New Orleans during Mardi Gras
20. donate blood, or at least attempt to
21. finish my Chautauqua scrapbook
22. make a purse for someone
23. make something from my craft board on Pinterest
24. try one of the ideas from my great ideas board on Pinterest
25. watch AFI's 10 Top 10 (3/10)
26. watch IMDB's top 100 movies of all time (42/100)
27. read 10 novels that are NOT of the romance or fantasy genre (5/10)
28. send 5 care packages for no reason at all (3/5)
29. visit 10 wineries (4/10)
30. lose 20 pounds
31. visit Alabama
32. visit Nebraska
33. visit Colorado
34. visit North Dakota
35. visit Oregon
36. visit Iowa
37. visit Louisiana
38. visit Michigan
39. do the couch to 5k program
40. run an organized 5K for charity
41. create a chore schedule and follow it for an entire week

Here we go again

About three years ago I created my first 101 in 1001 list and blog. Over the 2 3/4 years that is 1001 days I accomplished a lot, but not everything. At the very end of my list were these two items:

1. Donate $5 to charity for every item not accomplished
2. Create new 101 in 1001 list

I am now in the process of creating a new list and researching what charity my $$$ is going to. I learned a lot while trying to accomplish my first list. Here are my words of wisdom for creating a good list with bad examples from my first list:

1. Don't have too many multi step tasks (watch IMDB's top 100 movies)
2. Make sure they are actually do-able (leave work before 4 once a week every week [I don't work every week of the year!])
3. If the item can only be accomplished on a very specific day - make plans WELL in advance (go to Mardi Gras)
4. Think realistically about my budget when creating tasks (get lasik eye surgery)

I'm trying to keep these in mind while planning out the next 3ish years. It's hard though because there are so many things that I want to do and I don't want to be too easy on myself. 

When the list is finished I'm going to post it on here along with my journey getting to the goal... to actually finish all 101 things on the list!!!!!