Happy New Year!
I took a much needed break from blogging and social media over the holidays. I wanted to focus on enjoying time with family and friends and I did just that. My two week vacation from work brought us to Connecticut and Maine to visit with family and then down to South Carolina to ring in the New Year with some of our friends.
It was an amazing two weeks and I am terribly upset that it is over. But, that means that it is time to settle down and focus on the near year ahead. With my new work schedule still up in the air in terms of commuting, hours, and potentially working from home, it is really hard for me to PLAN. And, to be honest, that really annoys me. I love to plan, especially at the start of the new year. But, I am trying to go with the flow and be flexible.
But in terms of goal setting for 2013, you can check out my guest post over on Run Find Your Happy Pace. I kept my goals pretty simple in terms of fitness this year. I’m not one for mileage goals and I don’t have a certain number of races that I need to run. I tend to wing it in terms of jumping into last minute 5k or 10k races while I plan, plan, plan for my half marathons! I know that I need flexibility in my goals or I might as well just throw them out the window by the third week of January.
So, this year, I plan to focus on:
Goal #1. BE KIND TO MY BODY:
I plan to stretch, ice, yoga and foam roll regularly. By regularly, I want to set aside some time each night, even if it is while watching television to stretch, roll, etc. And most importantly, listen to
my body when I need those extra rest days.
my body when I need those extra rest days.
Goal #2. BECOME A HALF FANATIC:
The half fanatics are a bunch of folks that love running half marathons. In order to join the club at the first level of half fanatic status, you can either run 2 half marathons within 16 days or 3 half marathons in 90 days. To achieve my second goal, I am registered to race 3 half marathons in 55 days. If I train smart and successfully run the Disney Land Tinker Bell on January 20th, the Disney World Princess on February 24th, and the Rock ‘n’ Roll USA on March 16th, I will be ready to apply!
The half fanatics are a bunch of folks that love running half marathons. In order to join the club at the first level of half fanatic status, you can either run 2 half marathons within 16 days or 3 half marathons in 90 days. To achieve my second goal, I am registered to race 3 half marathons in 55 days. If I train smart and successfully run the Disney Land Tinker Bell on January 20th, the Disney World Princess on February 24th, and the Rock ‘n’ Roll USA on March 16th, I will be ready to apply!
Goal #3. RUN A HALF MARATHON PR:
Over the past year, I ran my first half marathon in 2:24:32 and my current PR is 2:00:30. I want to blow that PR out of the water. To achieve my third main goal of 2013, I plan to stick to a training plan! I am not the best at sticking to plans and I think that if I do, I will see success in meeting a new PR. Right now, my target race to achieve this goal is ZOOMA Annapolis!
Over the past year, I ran my first half marathon in 2:24:32 and my current PR is 2:00:30. I want to blow that PR out of the water. To achieve my third main goal of 2013, I plan to stick to a training plan! I am not the best at sticking to plans and I think that if I do, I will see success in meeting a new PR. Right now, my target race to achieve this goal is ZOOMA Annapolis!
So what goals do you have in mind for 2013? I would love to hear them!
Lisa
The half marathons are becoming addictive! I never thought I would already be registered for my 3rd half:) Hoping to run better than my current PR of 1:57 I'm so excited for ZoomaAnnapolis again this June! My 3rd half coming up is with Nike Women's half marathon in DC April 28th. Love this post!
Seriously! So fun! Looks like we are bound to meet between Nike or ZOOMA!!! 🙂