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Goals for 2012

David MacDermott — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:54:02 +0000

365 Bible

I’m going to use the M’Cheyne Bible reading plan along with Don Carson’s For The Love of God to read through the whole Bible in 2012. With the help of an Android App called You Version Bible.

36.5 Lb

I want to lose at least 36.5lb. Any time I’ve set a target like this before I’ve set out to lose all the weight I need in a year but this time I’m setting it at 36.5lb because it ties in with 365 Bible.

3.5 Firsts

Sub 1:20 Sprint Tri
Olympic Tri
100 mile cycle
Run a Half Marathon

My races for 2012 can be viewed on my races 2012 page.

NB it should be noted that I did a similar thing last year only broke down in to much smaller goals and I failed in all but 1.

Update on New Year Goals

David MacDermott — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:39:20 +0000

ESV study Bible

After completing my first run of the new year (due to neck injury) Monday week ago I signed up for a half marathon in March. The next day I hurt my right calf at football, it’s still sore a week later so I’m guessing it’ll really effect my training. I’ve still not hit the bike or even the pool and my eating has been rubbish. My new year goals are not starting well but I’m still aiming for them.

This year I didn’t set my usual new year resolution of reading my Bible more as I’ve never managed to stick to it, I don’t like reading and even though when I do get stuck into the Bible I always love it I usually give up after a couple of weeks. However without making the resolution I started a reading plan online at ESV Study Bible and it’s been going great. This site reads out the passage as you read and to this dyslexic it really helps on those tired days when I can’t quite process what I read. Our pastor is encouraging the church to join together in reading through the whole bible this year and I hope at the end of the year; as well as having lost weight, gotten faster, finished my first Olympic Triathlon I’ll also have read the Bible in a year.

Which magazines do you read?

David MacDermott — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:53:11 +0000

As you’ll know I don’t read much, as such magazines aren’t high on my agenda but over the years I’ve had a few I’ve liked to purchased and usually one at a time. Thinking back these include LFC magazine, Empire, Total Film, a few fishing ones, ashamedly in my teenage years at least one FHM and while in the BBC and exploring my inner artist Wallpaper for about a year.

What do you read

It’s only in recent years I’ve started to subscribe and have my magazines delivered. For the past couple of years my mag of choice has been .Net. It’s for web designers and I did get some very useful tips and tricks from it but this month the last copy dropped on my door, I’m not renewing my subscription as I’m not planning on doing much more web design since I’m rubbish at it.

Instead I’ve subscribed to a magazine called Bible Study Magazine as I’m also rubbish at this and could use the help. The first edition arrived today and my favourite preacher and author Mark Driscoll was on the cover. I’m working my way through the mag and will share more when I have read a few issues.