Fellas,  

I was referred to your website by one Donell Humphrey, who lives in SB and knows Bob.  I actually met Bob once at GVAC when I was visiting Donell.  He may remember me as the guy who was moving to Yosemite with Donell.  Probably not.  At any rate, after poring through birthdaychallenge.com, I've decided to undertake a challenge of my own.  Turning 23 is making me feel old (especially when I hit on the high school chicks) so I'm going to spit in the face of convention and push my body past its physical limits on my birthday, Feb 11. 

Here's the plan (forgive the plagiarism):   

23,000 lbs. of weights  

23k run   230 foul shots   

23 laps in a pool  

23 routes at the Boston Rock Gym   

23 beers/shots/cigarettes 

I'm definitely most concerned about the 23k run, both because of the distance and because it will take place outdoors in Boston (where I live) in the dead of winter.  If you guys have any advice on logistics, training, support crew, or general birthday challenge know-how, I'm all ears.  As far as I can tell this is the first birthday challenge on the east coast, so you should be proud to know that your dogma has spread far and wide.  Thanks for the inspiration.

Josh Finkelstein.