The year is off to an interesting start. I was sidelined for a few days with my second cold in 4 weeks. It's been freezing, and warm, then freezing again. Typical NE winter shinanigans. I'm back running this week and was able to complete 9 miles this morning to close out my 4th week of marathon training. I am feeling super excited and motivated.
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| Thursday's runch...in shorts! |
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| Today's run. So cold that my sweat froze the tassels of my beanie. |
A few thoughts for the year
Every December/January the creative and adventurous juices start flowing and all my daydreams are focused on the year ahead and all the personal records to break and cool events to be a part of. I had ambitious goals for 2016--some of which went unrealized (run my first ultra, total mileage goals, etc.) --and those disappointments taught me some valuable lessons that I want to use to help shape my goals for 2017.
First, I want to continue to dream. I noticed toward the end of last year a reluctance on my part in goal setting and telling people about ideas in case I had to bail. But, I want to be excited and let myself be motivated by big goals and have fun with it. I have adopted the phrase "going for it" for this year. After all, running is an adventure and getting excited helps keep that spirit. I just signed up for my first ultra, the TARC Fall Classic 50 miler! I have no idea if I can run 50 miles but I'm going for it and seeing what happens.
Second, I want to be flexible and not focus so much on the "stats" and hitting strict numbers...or whatever. Things happen and flexibility helped me turn those "lemons into lemonade". I didn't get to do an ultra last year...I didn't even get a marathon both of which are a part of the plan for this year. I did, however have a ton of fun at other events especially at some really cool volunteer opportunities. If for whatever reason an ultra doesn't pan out this year, I want my life and outlook to be flexible enough to adjust and deal with it joyfully.
Lastly, and this is super random, I want to learn how to use my new action camera really well. :) I just got it last weekend and I can already tell I'm going to spend a lot of time at it. It's fun and running-related but in a different way.
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| My new action cam, the Akaso ek7000 (review to come) |
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| 19 different mounts came with the camera |
What about you?
What goals have you set this year?
Do you have any fun new toys or gear?
that camera looks complicated!!! i haven't set any running goals! i need to...
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading! It's not so bad. My favorite part is how light it is. It's pretty easy to carry around but boy is it shaky! I have to research stabilization options.
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