November Goals

Its NO-slacking-VEMBER!

Far from perfect, I am; but the more I do, the more I get better ;-)

Yesterday was the start of season of "indulgence," of candy. November has Thanksgiving and December has Christmas. Its the season of hibernation, for most. For me, I want to drop at least 10, hopefully 20 more pounds by the years end. Its going to be an awesome challenge since my family is a family of awesome cooks! But its all in moderation & self control!

Anyway, its time to set some goals for November!

• Drop 10 pounds of chub, not muscle. I hate loosing muscle.
• Run at least 50 miles, 100 preferred. I want to do at least 100 miles but I should really work on speed work, hill work- the hidden speed work- so I'll see. Unless I find a half marathon in December/January/February/March, my next half is on April. So I'm not going to seriously train till January. No runs over 10 miles. If not I'm just going to bring my baseline higher and while thats a good thing, I really don't want 10 milers to by my normal runs. Not yet anyway!
• Ab ripper at least once a week. I avoid Ab Ripper like a plague. Its just blah, but I need to work on my abs.
• Eat clean. This is something I'll be strict on because there will be days of gorge fest.

I think thats my general goals, I'll probably have a lot more smaller goals, but to be broad, those four are the top ones.

Also an over all goal in terms of running is this:

Complete a full marathon by 2012. I'm looking at Either Pasadena which means beginning of 2012- May, or the end of 2012, so about a year from now. I'm not confident about Pasadena yet, so I'm targeting about a year from now, and I'm not sure what event I would run, but I would love to travel for it, so either Atlanta or Chicago- but Chicago has been iffy temperature wise.

After completing my first marathon, its at least one full marathon a year until I no longer can. I'm so excited for this goal and the fact that I want to do at least one full marathon a year make me look forward to getting older!

Anyway, time to go!

Happy November everyone! Happy Binary Day! Happy Birthday Hello Kitty!

Happy NO-slacking-VEMBER!

Have a strong day!

August Goals

It is August!

It is the first of August! And since August is such an awesome month, I decided what a better time to start setting monthly goals?

August Goals

• Improve my 5k time by at least 5 minutes, 10 is what I want, but 5 is realistic!
• P90x 3x time a week.
• Cut at least 10 more pounds!

As you can tell, I'm focusing on three things one from each running, strength training, & weight cutting.

I wanted to add run at least 25 miles a week to my running goals but I'm in marathon training and I don't want to deviate too much from that. 25 because I'm turning 25 this month! I'm excited for the half marathon. Its 47 days away.  Lately, I've been really happy that I've been training and just doing it because I'm my own cheerleader. I know my fam & friends are all supportive and happy for me, but they see more of the weight motivation than running just because I can. At this point, if running does anything for me, its my peace of mind and satisfaction in knowing that yes, I can.

P90x is something I'm getting back into.  I need to lay off jack3d for a while tho. I'm getting immune to it.  But as for strength training, my upper body strength! My arms need all the help they can get too. Plus a stronger core for running will be good.  I just want to be consistent with it.  I'm getting back there on the 8-10 pound weights as opposed to bands-8 pounds.  I'm maxing out on my bands, which means I'm getting there again. Which means a set of weights is in my future! I'm excited to get work out gear. I think its a motivation I have.  Drop 10 lbs? Buy new gear! Weights getting too easy? Get heavier weights! The fancy kind! Now I know why I have two jobs. Haha!

For weight loss, I want to drop 10 more pounds because of the marathon. That would put me in a very good place mentally for the marathon. Don't get me wrong, I'm a long way from where I came from weight wise ::does happy dance:: but its getting harder pushing miles and still being at 1200 calories max daily. Its hard! I burned 911 calories during my recorded run yesterday, plus my approximately 1800 basal metabolism, and I did P90x. I was so hungry last night. Its hard to be at 1200, but I want to keep at it. I'm actively listening to my body tho, I don't want to hurt myself.

Anyway, those are my goals for August for each area that I want to work on.  I'm excited to be in another month. August is my favorite month because there are so many people with birthdays, and fall is usually hitting at the end of August and its just a beautiful month filled with beautiful people. In this last month before my half marathon, I'm looking forward to doing it up big training wise. I can't wait.