Ah! New Year’s Eve! It’s the time of year when most of us reflect on the past and plan for the future.
Looking back, 2012 was a rocking year for me. I left my full-time job to provide support to my young son and better balance to my family, I started a running program, lost 40+ pounds, started this blog, and completed a half-marathon! Great, great year!
For 2013, I will build on my success from 2012. Thirteen is my lucky number, and 2013 will be an even better year!
Here are my eight fitness goals for 2013:
1. Create a race calendar and training program to support the races I plan to enter. The race calendar will include at least 1 5K, 1 10K and 1 Half-Marathon.
2. Improve my running speed, by doing a speed workout once per week.
3. Drink 88 oz of water per day.
4. Add 1 spinning class per week as cross training for running.
5. Add 1 yoga class per week as cross training for running.
6. Add a daily ab workout to my routine, including 1 timed plank per day.
7. Recruit three women to join my spring running group (training for a 10K).
8. Meet at least 5 other blog friends in real life.
On a personal level, I’ll be launching a part-time career as a free-lance writer/editor, and I’ll work on growing this blog. For January, I’m participating in a blogging challenge where I am going to write a blog post every day. I’m looking forward to sharing more with you!
What are your goals for 2013? I’d love to hear them!
Cheers! Best wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2013!
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I can help make #8 come true! Next time I’m in town, I’ll let you know and we can grab margaritas together! I’m also doing the blog challenge in January! I’ll have to brainstorm some good content to share! Let me know if you have any ideas!
Here are my 2013 goals: http://margaritarunner.blogspot.com/2012/12/new-years-goals.html
Have a fantastic NYE and New Years Day!
Oh Kristen – I always knew with a name like Margarita Runner that you could make my dreams come true!
Looking forward to drinks!
Great post! Good luck with everything! You can do it!
Thanks, Jen! I love how our running community is so supportive! Happy New Year to you!
Happy New Year, Wendy – I’m so glad to have met you this year, and I look forward to running again with you very soon!
Shelley – I could not agree with you more! I will see you very soon!
Great goals for 2013! I look forward to what the year will bring!
Thanks, Jill! All the best to you for 2013!
Great list of goals for 2013, Wendy! I hope every one of them comes to pass with ease. I know we already “know” each other, but if you want a get together, give me a holler. I run slow, but maybe we could take the kids out and find a pace that would work for us all.
You’ve inspired me to start my own fitness blog (in addition to the family blog), I’d love it if you’d check it out. http://gettinxfit.blogspot.com/
Here’s to our fittest year ever!
GiGi – You’ve started a blog! That’s so exciting! I would love to get together with you – no worries about being slow. I’m the absolute slowest runner ever
Would you be interested in joining our USAFit group for the spring? They’ll be training for the Blue Bell Fun Run in Brenham – a 10K (6 miles). It will start up in February, and the race is April 13. Regardless of all this, I’ll get in touch to get something on the calendar!
I’d love to join your group, but it’s not likely to be in the cards. My schedule is pretty inconsistent, so I train around work. :+( We have registered to run another Warrior Dash in March and are thinking of the Fightin’ Texas Mud Run in April. Not sure what races will be on our calendar after that though. We are tossing around the idea of a 15k in the fall – there is one in Huntsville. Let me know when you want to drag the family out for a jog. :+)
Where do you do yoga? I want to take a class to stretch more.
Happy New Year, Lana! I’ve done one class at the Dome because I’m a member there. I’ll be doing my yoga and my spinning classes there. I also thought of checking to see if there are any online yoga videos on YouTube. Also, the College Station Library has a huge DVD collection, including several yoga DVDs.
Thanks! I will look into it! I hope you have a great New Year!
For those who are interested, I think that Brazos Running Co has weekly free yoga class. They are a great local shop and always looking for ways to engage the community. Might be worth checking out: http://brazosrunning.com/
Great suggestion, GiGi! I’ve been to that class, and liked it very much. It is free – and they take donations for the instructor.