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Our challengers tell their own personal stories here in our Challenger Diaries. You can also read views and comments on mid-life issues.

Check out some of the most recent posts, or browse through the archive.

When life throws you a curveball is it time to re-evaluate?

You do our best: don't smoke, barely drink, run regularly, eat healthily, and then life throws you a curveball. 50 Challenges will defin

Game of cards anyone?

I have resolved to learn a new card game a month for a year for 50 Challenges; something I can do with my father (and others) as he recupera

So many books, so little time...

I have always loved books. Life has a habit of getting in the way and sometimes I'm too exhausted to open a book for my 50 Challenges.

What am I going to do for my 50th birthday?

Like many ideas, 50 Challenges began with a question: what was I going to do for my 50th birthday? Friends had a party or a holiday. This di