Keep Moving Forward : Roll the Dice Race, 131.53 MILES!!

Here's my dad and I from 1994, just 12 years before he died.

Roll the Dice Race is complete!!! 131.53 miles for my dad!!!!

It was 3 days of running, walking, and cool games with Harry... 🙂🙂

Rolling dice to determine how and where you run is CRAZY FUN! 😁

131.53 MILES complete!!!

(This was the specific mileage I set out to complete over 3 days. Read why.)

Let me explain the mileage and why. This run is dedicated to my dad. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This run was to raise awareness for mental health. Almost 14 years ago on September 14th, 2006, my dad's long battle with mental illness and alcoholism came to an end, and he died by suicide. He died at 1:31pm at the age of 53 years old. So, I did 131.53 miles for him, his life. 131 miles for the time of death, the very, very long battle he had with mental illness. 0.53 miles for the short 53 years he lived. See, he cut his life short. He had a lot of life left. My dad didn't always see himself as a good person and struggled with alcoholism. My dad was amazing, I knew this, but he didn't. Mental health is so important. Part of my running journey is to show people that they are good enough. I want people to see their worth in themselves. I want to inspire people to believe in themselves. I also run to share my dad's story with others, to tell people that they are good enough, to tell people that they can overcome their doubts. (Maybe he needed me to do this?! I don't know, but I feel his story should be told.) I have always wanted to do something like this for him but never had the "time." I have time now, so why not?! People are capable of so much more. I believe in you all. You are possible. I am running to raise awareness to this topic. I am running for YOU. Again, I believe in YOU. I want YOU to achieve your goals and know that you are good enough, too. ❤

I truly believe that you CAN do anything. I believe you can achieve your goals. I want to inspire people to believe in themselves too... YOU are possible. Your goals (however big or small they might be) ARE possible. You got this!

Here are the details of this crazy adventure race!!! ⬇️⬇️

First.. Thank you, Michael Ortiz, for the crazy inspiration and cool idea. Much appreciated. This was awesome. 😎

Second... Thank you, Kim Levinsky, for the amazing medal!!!! (and belt buckle coming soon, HA) I can't wait!! 😎

Third.... Thank you, Robert Keith Cartwright, for the inspiration during our podcast. Much appreciated. 😎

Roll the dice race... Details below! ⬇️⬇️

Roll the dice to determine how many miles, then determine how and where you will do these miles for each segment. The red dice is the amount of miles. The green dice determines where you will do the miles, and the purple dice determines how you will do the miles. Once your segment is complete, roll the dice again for the next challenge.

Red dice-

1- 1×1= 1 mile

2- 2×2= 4 miles

3- 3×3= 9 miles

4- 4×4= 16 miles

5- 5×5= 25 miles

6- 6×6= 36 miles

Green dice-

1- laps inside, upstairs

2- laps in the backyard

3- laps in backyard IN roller blades!!

4- laps on porch

5- laps inside, living room

6- laps in the backyard

Purple dice-

1- hop scotch

2- obstacle course

3- walking

4- running

5- 5 flights of stairs per mile

6- dance while running

(Example- My first segment started at 6:15am on Wednesday. I rolled a 3 on red, 5 on green, and 3 on purple. [ R3, G5, and P3 ] This means that I did 9 miles in my living room while walking.)

WOW!!! So, letting dice determine how and where you run is quite interesting. HA HA. I ran in the living room, upstairs, on the porch, and in the backyard. I ran in the rain. I ran in roller blades too. HA! I danced, played hop scotch, had an obstacle course, and played soccer with Harry. Harry ran in the rain with me too.. It was quite eventful. Ha ha.

Seriously, GET CREATIVE!!! This was SO MUCH FUN for us!!! It was a run to raise awareness for mental health and to honor my dad, but it was also a great adventure with Harry. It was a great math lesson for Harry too.

This run had a total of 21 segments too! (22 rolls though. We rolled for the last segment twice to get the correct mileage of 131.53.)

Here are the segments: ⬇️⬇️

1. R3, G5, P3- 9 miles in the living room while walking

2. R1, G5, P4- 1 mile in the living room while running

3. R1, G5, P1- 1 mile in the living room while playing hop scotch

4. R1, G2, P4- 1 mile in the backyard while running

5. R1, G1, P3- 1 mile upstairs while walking

6. R2, G1, P4- 4 miles upstairs while running

7. R6, G6, P1- 36 miles in the backyard while playing hop scotch

8. R2, G3, P4- 4 miles in the backyard IN roller blades!

9. R2, G5, P5- 4 miles in the living room with 5 flights of stairs per mile

10. R1, G6, P4- 1 mile in the backyard while running

11. R1, G2, P3- 1 mile in the backyard while walking

12. R1, G4, P6- 1 mile on the porch while dancing

13. R2, G2, P5- 4 miles in the backyard with 5 flights of stairs per mile

14. R4, G1, P2- 16 miles upstairs while doing an obstacle course

15. R4, G2, P4- 16 miles in the backyard while running

16. R2, G1, P6- 4 miles upstairs while dancing

17. R3, G5, P4- 9 miles in the living room while running

18. R1, G5, P1- 1 mile in the living room while playing hop scotch

19. R1, G5, P1- 1 mile in the living room while playing hop scotch

20. R1, G1, P5- 1 mile upstairs with 5 flights of stairs

21. R4, G2, P4- 15.53 miles in the backyard while running

Lap measurements: ⬇️⬇️

Inside Living Room Laps: ⬇️⬇️

I measured the distance around my living room with a tape measure. It is about 16 feet long and 9 feet wide. That is 50 feet is perimeter, which means 106 laps per mile!! 😜😜

(Math problems-

Perimeter, 16+16+9+9= 50 feet. 5,280 feet in a mile. 5,280÷50= 105.6, round up to make sure, 106! 106 laps for a mile!! 😜😜)

Inside Upstairs Laps: ⬇️⬇️

It is 0.02 miles and 106 feet in perimeter in my upstairs hallway and spare bedroom.. I measured the distance around the upstairs of my house with a tape measure and watch, hallway x2 and spare bedroom. The hallway is 16 feet long and 3 feet wide. The spare bedroom is 5 feet long and 7 feet wide. Two times up and down the hallway plus an extra width and one time in the spare room equals a perimeter of 106 feet. 50 laps for 1 miles.

(Math problems-

Perimeter, two times up and down the hallway plus an extra width and the spare bedroom- 3+3+16+16+5+5+7+7+3+3+16+16+3+3= 106 feet. 5,280 feet in a mile. 5,280÷106= 49.8. Round up to makes sure, 50 laps for a mile. 🙂)

Porch laps: ⬇️⬇️

The porch is 10.5 feet long and 5 feet wide. I measured with a ruler and tape measure.

(Math problems-

Perimeter, 10.5+10.5+5+5= 31 feet. 5,280 feet in a mile. 5,280÷31= 170.3, round up to make sure, 171! 171 laps for a mile!! 😳😳😳)

Backyard Laps: ⬇️⬇️

It is 0.032 miles and 172 feet in perimeter around my driveway. I measured the driveway out with a tape measure and watch. 75 feet long and 11 feet wide, 172 feet in perimeter.. That's 31 laps for a mile.

(Math problems-

Perimeter- 75+75+11+11= 172 feet. 5,280 feet in a mile. 5,280÷172= 30.7. Round up to make sure, 31 laps per mile. 😜)

Calculations: ⬇️⬇️

Same format as my previous backyard and indoor 100s...

I used my watch for tracking mileage and step count. Harry and I also kept track with tally marks on paper. We counted the laps, and then we put a tally mark down for each mile.

Total laps: ⬇️⬇️

5,876 laps in the living room, upstairs, porch, and backyard!!!

Total miles: ⬇️⬇️

131.53 miles!!

Math lessons: ⬇️⬇️

Well, Harry learned SO MUCH math during this run!! We did perimeter and area, along with multiplication and division. Then we did probability and statistics lesson with dice rolling. We graphed our dice rolling results afterwards too, and Harry learned mean, median, mode, and range. 🙂🙂

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Saying this stuff again because it is SO IMPORTANT!!!

MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS!!!

Again... May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I recently joined the National Alliance on Mental Illness in my county in Michigan. I plan to help out in any way I can and raise awareness to this topic, beat the stigma, etc..

Please help out in any way you can too:

https://namikent.org

Saying this again too... Almost 14 years ago, I lost my dad to suicide. My dad didn't always see himself as a good person and struggled with alcoholism. My dad was amazing, I knew this, but he didn't. Mental health is so important. Part of my running journey is to show people that they are good enough. I want people to see their worth in themselves. I want to inspire people to believe in themselves. I also run to share my dad's story with others, to tell people that they are good enough. (Maybe he needed me to do this?!) People are capable of so much more. I believe in you all. You are possible. I am running to raise awareness to this topic.

Everyone is fighting a battle that you know nothing about, so BE KIND. Check on your family, friends, etc. A little kindness goes a long way. Mental illness is "invisible." You can't see it, but it is there. You may not even know that someone is struggling, be kind. You may see "all the signs" and still not know someone is struggling, be kind. Believe me, I saw "all the signs" with my dad and still didn't know how bad he truly struggled. Just be kind to each other.

And, here's why I'm making it a mission to spread kindness... So, a rumor was recently started about me, and it mocked me... People shamed me and mocked me. To be honest, I didn't do much wrong. ☹ The rumor was so very wrong about me. So wrong. NONE of what was said in the rumor is true. There's proof to back up the/my truth too! I hope and pray that a lesson was learned: it's not okay to hurt, bully, or mock someone else. Build people up instead of tearing them down. There's no reason to be mean. BE KIND, instead. Bullying is wrong. Stop bullying.

I've been bullied in the past, in school and at a job, but for some reason this most recent incident really hurt me, more than before. I will never understand why it has become acceptable to shame and destroy other people. BE KIND, instead.

Just know, I CAN and WILL continue to succeed. I got this. ❤❤❤

To ANYONE who thinks it's okay to start rumors, shame others, bully others, etc., it is NOT okay. IT IS NEVER OKAY TO HURT SOMEONE. Bullying someone is wrong. Build people up instead of tearing them down. BE KIND, instead.

Mental Illness is REAL. BE KIND to each other, you never know what someone else is going through. The person next to you could be falling apart, and you might not know it. BE KIND. Just because someone else's struggles are different than yours, doesn't mean they are wrong. Just be kind.

MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS!!!! Times are tough right now. This pandemic is extremely stressful for everyone. I don't care who you are, it is stressful. It is difficult. BE KIND to everyone... BE RESPECTFUL to everyone. Take care of yourself, too.

Oh yeah,, PLEASE RESPECT other people. People ARE allowed to be different than you. It is okay. Just be kind. Be respectful. STOP shaming people. STOP bullying. People are allowed think differently than you, have different beliefs, whatever. It is okay. Be kind.. Be respectful. Just because someone thinks differently or has a different opinion than you, does not mean that they are wrong. It is okay to be different. Just because someone thinks differently or has a different opinion than you, does not mean that they should be bullied or shamed. Again, it is okay to be different. It is not okay to bully others. Respect. RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE. BE KIND. Simple. You can disagree with someone without shaming them... PLEASE, JUST BE KIND. Mental illness is REAL. Again, BE KIND. ❤

Let's root for each other. Let's cheer for each other. Let's believe in each other. Let's respect each other! Let's be kind to each other.

Keep moving forward... Just keep moving forward. ❤

In case you forgot too: ⬇️⬇️

YOU MATTER.

Your mental health matters.

You are good enough.

You are strong.

You are awesome.

You are important.

You are a good person.

You can do anything.

You can achieve anything.