I’m linking up with Courtney from Eat Pray Run DC, Cynthia from You Signed Up for WHAT?!, and Mar from Mar on the Run. This week’s Friday Five theme is Blogging or Fitness Goals. I’ll be talking about my fitness goals today, but first let’s check my goals for 2014:
- Get into shape. I hit the gym more in 2014 and ran a few races, so I call this a success.
- Run a marathon. I lost the motivation and injured my ankles a few too many times to achieve this goal.
- Do a handstand. I haven’t achieved this yet, but my shoulder stands are getting better, which means my core is getting stronger. So this is a fail, but I’m definitely progressing.
- Go on a kick-awesome trip. Huge check for this! I went on several trips (California x 3; North Carolina; Seattle; San Francisco) and the “kick-awesomest” was my trip to Germany and London! I finally went to Europe, and it was everything I hoped it would be and more.
- Do a runDisney race. My sister and I successfully signed up for and completed the 2014 Disneyland 10k! Next on my runDisney list is the 2015 Dumbo Double Dare.
- Try not to let the stress of my job get to me. Medication just wasn’t the answer for me on this. I decided to quit my job in June instead and I’ve never been happier. 🙂
- Move across the country. Not yet but soon!
- Spend less. I think I did a better job at this in 2014, but I can do better for sure.
- Cultivate a new talent. Not exactly a new talent, but I worked on my recipe-making and writing skills to work on a cookbook, which is being published in May 2015–The Cheese Lover’s Cookbook.
- Have fun! And be happier. Since I quit my job, this has definitely been achieved. I’m happier than I’ve ever been and less stressed.
Now for my five 2015 fitness goals:
- Complete the 2015 Dumbo Double Dare. This is my A challenge for the year. The first challenging part will be registering. After that, I’ll be following the official training plan to complete the distance. Really excited about this. I’ve been slowly building up my base again.
- Run a marathon by December. I wanted to run a marathon in 2014, but since that didn’t happen, 2015 is the year! I hope to continue my training after Dumbo to complete the marathon. No time goals.
- Achieve PRs in the 10k and half marathon. I’m hoping my training for Dumbo and the marathon will help me with this goal. I won’t say no to a PR in the 5k either.
- Develop more strength (and tone up) by (1) Practicing yoga at least twice per week. I just love yoga and need to practice more on my own if I can’t make it to class; and (2) Attending pump class at least once per week. My gym has awesome pump classes. I’m looking forward to going every week.
- Run a race every month if possible. Most of these will be for fun and just to keep me motivated. I already know which races I’ll be running January through April . . . and possibly May. January and February are 5ks, March and April are 10ks, and May might be a half marathon. I won’t bore you with details now; that’s what later is for. 😉
- Be injury-free in 2015! I just had to include this . . .
What are your fitness or blogging goals for this year? Don’t forget to link up at You Signed Up for WHAT?!, Mar on the Run, and Eat Pray Run DC.
Awesome goals! Hope to see you at Dumbo this year 🙂 My goal is to make that my legacy race, so each year I get to stress about getting in–LOL! It really is almost harder than the actual race. Happy New Year
It really is. You have to be poised at the computer, credit card in hand. Good luck getting in. Keep me posted! 🙂
I’m so glad you linked up for Friday Five. I too plan to run my first marathon. I’ve been dragging my feet (pun intended). I can sympathize with your ankle injuries. I’ve had a few myself. Here’s to a successful 2015, our first marathon, and being injury free!!
Yes, let’s conquer it! I’m really looking forward to it (total marathon newbie thing to say, I know). Which marathon are you planning on running? Good luck staying injury-free! Hopefully I’ll avoid the ankle sprains this year, but I’m kind of clumsy, so we’ll see!
All great goals! I told myself last year I’d do more yoga (read: do ANY yoga), and I went twice. The whole year. BUT that was twice more than in 2013, sooooo… Baby steps? Haha hopefully I will up that number this year. 🙂
You can do it! I never thought I’d practice yoga regularly, but thankfully I found some instructors I really like. That certainly helps. Find a class you like and go from there. 🙂 I’m not a fan of hot yoga, but I really like power and gentle flow. Good luck!
Great goals! Best of luck with all of them. Marathon is on my todo list, but didnt make the 2015 cut, because I know I wont have the right amount of time to dedicate to train right for it.
Look forward to following along and reading your blog this year.
Thanks for stopping by! A marathon is finally making the cut for me. I’m not injured and have the time, so I thought, “Why not!” 🙂 Good luck with your 5k and half marathon goals!
Great goals! I just found your blog through the Friday 5 and I look forward to following you as you crush those goals, one by one!!
Thanks for stopping by! And thanks so much for your encouraging words. I hope you have a great year! 🙂
Amazing goals. I think the strength will really help you with the running too.