End of year report

I wanted to post all of my workout information for the year.

Run Miles: 632.57 miles
Swim Miles: 37.51 miles
Bike Miles: 1021.07 miles
Hiking, Elliptical, other miles: 19.79
Total Milage: 1710.94 miles

Total Swim time: 1 day 4 hours 55 min
Total Bike time: 3 days 9 hours 21 min
Total Run time: 4 days 21 hours 16 min
Total other time: 1 day 12 hours 53 min
Total time: 11 days 1 hour 32 min

Total calories burned (not including the other activities): 119,103.8

What did you do this year?

Goal for 2009: total workout time for the year: 28 to 30 days!

Winterfest 2008

Joe and I never run together. It is usually not a very good experience for both of us. This year Joe is still battling a sinus problem and on a high dose of antibiotics and prednisone so he decided to run the Albany Winter Festival 5K with me. I was not planning on running very fast - I love to enjoy the lights in the park, forget about running fast through them, enjoy them. So we started in my normal starting position, which Joe has never started in before, in the back of the pack where I belong. As soon as the air horn sounded, the crowd lurched forward and then stopped. This is fairly consistent with a race of this size. Joe didn't know what happened. Then we were moving up the hill and into the park. Joe had never had this experience before. The lack of race etiquette that happens back here is sometimes funny, sometimes annoying, and sometimes dangerous. The kids that weave between people and get under your feet is not a good thing. Just because I am slow doesn't mean I am unexperienced and I welcome new people to enjoy the sport but they need to learn race etique before they race or else it is not fun for the rest of us. Joe was taking it all in though and running with me! We actually watched all of the animals that were portrayed in the lights and enjoyed the tour around the world with Australia, France, Piza, and Japan represented. Joe even let me beat him. I told him it didn't matter if he beat me or not but he let me win. Of course, he got to deal with the chaos at the finish line with people not stopping in the shoot and running into others or not understanding that there was order in the line, not just people hanging out. Overall, a fun day with my husband. We deserve a relaxing race every once in a while since the rest of the year won't be so relaxing!!

New Year, New Age! Goals for 2009

Since 2008 is coming to an end, I figured I would put up my goals for 2009. These are not resolutions but goals for my life for the year. This is a big year for me; I turn 30 on Jan 2 and I am doing an Ironman. How exciting!!! So here are my goals for the next year:

To stay healthy

To have a successful 1/2 IM (PR and feel mentally prepared) in preparation for IM LP

To finish IM LP (my first IM) upright and with a smile within the 17 hour time limit (who am I kidding, I will be smiling and crying all at the same time)

To PR in a fall marathon since I didn't do it this year

To save money so that Joe and I can go to Hawaii next year or go back to a Sandles resort in the Carribean or to take a cruise to somewhere tropical - we just want to take a big trip in the year 2010 after our second Ironman.

To live a happy, exciting, athletic life with my loving husband, family, and friends.

I hope everyone will have a fantastic 2009 with health and happiness! Enjoy the new year! But lets not rush into the summer months. I have a lot of training to do and am not ready for July to come yet!