Because I am anal/obsessive complusive/neurotic…I’m not really sure of the exact psychological terminology…but whatever the reason, I like big challenges. I like insurmountable odds. I like to try to get 1 billion points in Tetris or something like that. So my latest crazy challenge that I am embarking on is running around the world. Not even just running around the world. Running to each capital of each country and to the capitals of each US state and Canadian province. At first I was going to actually require myself to run the mileage. But then I started doing some figuring, and that would be even too crazy for me. Like I’d have to run 50 miles a day for the next 3000 years or some such craziness. My neurosis doesn’t go that far. So instead I’m going to count a minute of exercise as a mile traveled. But “exercise the world” sounds too much like “exorcise the world”, so I’m sticking with my original title. Apparently my anal-ness is sort of hit and miss.
My first destination, going by the alphabetical list of countries at Wikipedia, is Sukhumi, Abkhazia. I’m going to make a travelogue as I exercise each day. It’ll be an opportunity to simulate travel that I can’t currently afford, while motivating myself to exercise, which I can’t afford not to do at this point. Abkhazia here I come!
