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Most of my goals are running related, but I figure that's fine.
Run the Riverbank 25k:
In May, this'll be my first race over a 5k, and my second ever race.
Run the Grand Rapids Marathon:
October time frame, I believe.
Run an Ultra:
I've picked the 50 miler run in Ann Arbor that is at the end of September (yep - if I told anyone anything else, I was mistaken. They considered some August dates, but that is a no-go now. September is cemented in).
Run 2010 miles in 2010:
This is the goal I'm the most concerned about. I'm slowly increasing my mileage, and think it'll even out over the year, with some weeks having much more mileage than "needed" to complete this goal, which requires an average mileage of ~168/mo. Definitely obtainable... and hopefully I'm not racing like crazy during December to make up for low mileage months. With the ultra on the table though, I don't think that'll happen.
Lose 30# (and maintain it):
I've lost just over 25# since September, which I've managed to maintain over the holidays (though not lose much more, heh). I'm hoping this will be more of a 6 month goal, because I'd like to lose a few more pounds (5-10), but I'd be happy with maintaining a 30# loss. Plus, this would enable me to buy those funny little running shorts and run around in 'em unselfconsciously.
Have the introductory chapter of my thesis written:
It'd be nice have this done.
Apply for 3 grants
Have my thesis chapters outlined, awaiting data
Again, school-related, but it'd be good for me to have this done.
Run the Riverbank 25k:
In May, this'll be my first race over a 5k, and my second ever race.
Run the Grand Rapids Marathon:
October time frame, I believe.
Run an Ultra:
I've picked the 50 miler run in Ann Arbor that is at the end of September (yep - if I told anyone anything else, I was mistaken. They considered some August dates, but that is a no-go now. September is cemented in).
Run 2010 miles in 2010:
This is the goal I'm the most concerned about. I'm slowly increasing my mileage, and think it'll even out over the year, with some weeks having much more mileage than "needed" to complete this goal, which requires an average mileage of ~168/mo. Definitely obtainable... and hopefully I'm not racing like crazy during December to make up for low mileage months. With the ultra on the table though, I don't think that'll happen.
Lose 30# (and maintain it):
I've lost just over 25# since September, which I've managed to maintain over the holidays (though not lose much more, heh). I'm hoping this will be more of a 6 month goal, because I'd like to lose a few more pounds (5-10), but I'd be happy with maintaining a 30# loss. Plus, this would enable me to buy those funny little running shorts and run around in 'em unselfconsciously.
Have the introductory chapter of my thesis written:
It'd be nice have this done.
Apply for 3 grants
Have my thesis chapters outlined, awaiting data
Again, school-related, but it'd be good for me to have this done.
So, at the end of 2009, I've logged 290 running miles for Oct 1 - Dec 31.
Pretty decent for a start, I suppose, though if my hip wasn't feeling so crappy I'd surely go out and try for those last 10 miles. Alas. I'd rather have a better year in 2010 than finish out 2009 with an injury.
Pretty decent for a start, I suppose, though if my hip wasn't feeling so crappy I'd surely go out and try for those last 10 miles. Alas. I'd rather have a better year in 2010 than finish out 2009 with an injury.
So, though I feel like I've slacked on getting gifts for anyone, I've totally made out like a bandit for Christmas. A's family got me some sweet gift cards, coffee stuff, running stuff, and cute bug stuff, along with giving Tussy more treats than she knows what to do with. My sister did stocking for us this year, which was full of fun little stuff... culminating in an awesome pair of smartwool socks of goodness. My other sister got me a "Team Edward" Shirt, which is also a hilarious white elephant gift, which I will wear with some embarrassment and glee to work. I got my brother and sister some cool gifts, and took everyone to the movies today with popcorn, etc. We saw Sherlock Holmes, which was pretty fun.
This year, Christmas was more about the experience than the resulting gifts, which was nice.
BUT, I also got spoiled, because lovely A got me some A&F pajama pants, which I'd been wanting since mine finally bit the dust a few months ago, and also got me a Garmin Forerunner 305. Woah! Which was funny, actually, because I'd secretly told my sister that in my heart of hearts I wanted A to get me a heart rate monitor. Its fun to use, though I use it to measure distance mostly and not mess too much with its fancy gadgets (so far). It has shown that the runs I've done at my Dad's house were pretty much on par with mapmyrun's distances, which was nice... because that's always the worry with technology, heh, that they'll tell you how slow and short your distances are. While I have been slow, my distances have been pretty good. I'm not too worried about slow, because the snow layer has been brutal, and slush always cuts my time in half (it feels like).
I'm almost afraid to strap it on tomorrow for my run, let I find my regular standby running route much shorter than I thought.
On a running note, while I did not live up to the higher distances I'd previously posted due to a stress/sprain/tightness in one of the ankle stabilizer muscles in my right leg, I still closed out the week at a decent 34.5 miles, which is relatively high for me. I think this is probably because I ran a few double days, and also because the route I run at home is 4 solid miles instead of in 1.5 mile increments.
This year, Christmas was more about the experience than the resulting gifts, which was nice.
BUT, I also got spoiled, because lovely A got me some A&F pajama pants, which I'd been wanting since mine finally bit the dust a few months ago, and also got me a Garmin Forerunner 305. Woah! Which was funny, actually, because I'd secretly told my sister that in my heart of hearts I wanted A to get me a heart rate monitor. Its fun to use, though I use it to measure distance mostly and not mess too much with its fancy gadgets (so far). It has shown that the runs I've done at my Dad's house were pretty much on par with mapmyrun's distances, which was nice... because that's always the worry with technology, heh, that they'll tell you how slow and short your distances are. While I have been slow, my distances have been pretty good. I'm not too worried about slow, because the snow layer has been brutal, and slush always cuts my time in half (it feels like).
I'm almost afraid to strap it on tomorrow for my run, let I find my regular standby running route much shorter than I thought.
On a running note, while I did not live up to the higher distances I'd previously posted due to a stress/sprain/tightness in one of the ankle stabilizer muscles in my right leg, I still closed out the week at a decent 34.5 miles, which is relatively high for me. I think this is probably because I ran a few double days, and also because the route I run at home is 4 solid miles instead of in 1.5 mile increments.
Merry Christmas!
The day thus far has been good, except my sister is barring us from opening gifts until after dinner.
Alas! Alack!
Besides that, went to church with the family (tedious and boring, heh), came home and did a 4 miler with Emily... which was a bit demoralizing due to wind, but was a good effort overall.
The day thus far has been good, except my sister is barring us from opening gifts until after dinner.
Alas! Alack!
Besides that, went to church with the family (tedious and boring, heh), came home and did a 4 miler with Emily... which was a bit demoralizing due to wind, but was a good effort overall.