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This is not another post about New Year’s Resolutions. That’s basically just to get fitter again. But that’s an every week resolution.

After reading Sophie Fryer’s 30 before 30 list, it dawned on me I’m a bit late for that one, but on the 18th of September 2021 I will turn 40. Have no issues with getting older, it’s never bothered me, but it’s nice to celebrate these landmarks.

To do that, I’ve made a list of 40 things I’d like to do before I turn 40. 

Some are travel related, some are health challenges I’ve set myself and there are quite a few self-improvement or based on sport. Pretty much sums up who I am, what I love and what I do.

Run around Central Park - NYC

Kiss Catrin at the top of the Eiffel Tower

Visit Tennessee

See the Northern Lights

Spend New Year’s Eve in a foreign city

See red pandas at five new Zoos

Visit a Scottish island

Visit five new countries

Go to Wrestlemania

Watch a Phoenix Suns game in person

Watch a NFL game at Wembley

Go skiing

Run 5k again

Run 10k again

Finish half-marathon

Finish a marathon

Break my deadlift PB of 135kg

Weigh 14st

Climb a Munro

Barbell Squat 100kg

Run 100 ParkRuns (i’m on 7)

Play American Football with a team

Take tennis lessons

Read 20 books (This may seem low, but only managed three last year)

Learn to drive again

Gain a press pass to go watch football

Make my own beer

Improve my French

Interview a Lille player

Write a book

Take a cooking class

Build a sandcastle with Catrin

Build a snowman with Catrin

Be in the audience for a TV show

See a new sport live

Watch IMDB’s top 200 films

Visit Legoland

Get five more tattoos

Audition for a Star Wars film

Add to the Gibney family

There’s no guarantee I will be able to tick them all off, especially all the travel ones, but there are some wonderful things on there which would be an absolute joy to do.

Catrin predicted 30/40. I’d take that.

Definitely more than willing to tick some of these off with friends, so hopefully some of you will get involved with me.