Getting goofy before the race
2010 Hasn’t started very well so far. At least as far as running goes. I’ve only run 3 times this year, and two of those were less than 5 miles. Of course, I can remember a time when running anything further than 3 seemed like an insurmountable challenge! Now seems like as good a time as any to set my resolutions and goals for the year.
- 1000 miles. After the marathon, I’ve got no big goal distances (no, I do not plan to ever run an ultra-marathon). So, I’m setting myself a cumulative goal to run 1000 miles this year. I ran 800 miles last year, so I think the extra 200 should be easy to find. I’ve set goals on my Garmin to run 100 per month, and as long as I make 10 of those, I should get my 1000 for the year, and then some.
- PR every distance except the marathon. I’m not running any full marathons this year, so I am going to shoot for a new personal record in every distance I can. Here’s how I stack up right now:
- Run more with the kids. This may have to wait until warmer weather. While I can get out and run 5-10 miles in 10-30 degree weather, I won’t punish the kids with that! I know there’s another Running Kids event in August, plus the Powhatan Village run that usually happens on Labor Day weekend and the Richmond Marathon kids mile in November. The kids race calendar is all set, I just need to do a better job preparing them for it.
- Post more. This one used to be Post More Consistently, but I’ll settle for just more posting, period.
- Time management. Yeah, I’m still working this one.
- Delegate more. My phone still rings too much at home, I need to better train and trust my technicians.
- Banish the “can’t.” I have another secret resolution, but there’s a lot of “can’t” in my head around this one. I read on the DIY Diva blog about getting around the “can’t” and just doing stuff. It’s funny, once you tell yourself that you can’t do something, you can’t. But, if you remove “can’t” from the equation, things get easier. I’ve done this at work recently with a couple of really tough to understand problems, and getting rid of the “can’t” really helps. If I can remove the “can’t” from my secret resolution, I’ll let you know.
I think that about covers goals and resolutions for 2010, what are yours? Let me know in the comments.
I can’t believe how quickly this year has passed. Only 8 more days until 2010. So, I guess it’s about time to look back and see how i did in 2009.
I set 6 resolutions in January. Let’s review those and see how I did:
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Having fun with my camera.
Keep up the consistent training schedule.
With marathon training, I think I did just that. There were a couple of times that I took a week off here and there, but overall, I kept a pretty consistent schedule of running 3-4 times each week. I didn’t cross-train as much as I would have liked, but I can always work on that in 2010.
- Post more consistently. I did really well for the first half of the year, I only averaged 2-3 posts per month after that, except September with a whopping 6 posts. I’ve really been slacking around the blog, but I am going to work on posting at least once per week from now on (of course, that will go on my 2010 resolution post).
- Time management. This is always a problem. I think I got even better at managing work time, but I still let lots of things slip through the cracks at home. I guess this one will be going back on next year’s list, too.
- Keep the garage clean! Nope. Fail. I didn’t do a little each weekend to keep it cleaner (not even a little each month), and maybe that was too ambitious. Or maybe, like I said at the beginning of the year, I’ve really got to master the time management thing so I’ll have time to clean the garage.
- Delegate more. I’ve managed to hand a couple of jobs to my employees, and I think my phone rings less, but there are some projects that are hard to let go of.
- Calendar. I definitely did better with my calendar at work, and it’s even helping a little at home. Not completely solving all my time management problems, but I like to think it’s helping.
I ran 128 times (so far) in 2009, totaling 796 miles. I’ve still got a few days left, so I should finish the year off over 130 runs and over 800 miles easily. Of course, now that I say that, I’ll probably twist my ankle walking to my truck to go home today.
Brightroom Photography, the official photographer of the 2009 SunTrust Richmond Marathon, has posted their pictures of the race. If you’re searching for a Christmas, take a look over at Brightroom’s website. I’m happy with most all of the pictures they managed to get, and any of them would make a great gift! Unfortunately, those pictures are copyright and I can’t republish here. Here’s one I do have permission to republish:
Bill and Greg after the race
That’s Bill Blevins and I. Bill is my company’s resident marathon maniac. He finished the Richmond Marathon in 4:02:28, which is extremely impressive. Especially when you consider that just two weeks ago, he ran the New York Marathon in 4:21:01! Two weeks! He should still be doing recovery runs and he was out there running Richmond 19 minutes faster! I know, very different courses and I shouldn’t compare the two times, but still, 19 minutes! After I crossed the finish line Bill was waiting, looking cool as a cucumber like he’d only run an 8k. I’ll definitely have to work harder in training next time if I want to catch him!
Run on Tue, Jan 26
5.20 mi in 49:12 (09:27 min/mi)
HR 158 bpm - Burned 623 C
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