Resolution..... shot to shit!

Day 10 of the new year and already I've completely f**ked my resolutions.  I'm eating like a starving sumo wrestler!  What the hell - self... If it sits still long enough I'm eating it!  I also, dropped the ball on the whole working out thing... Worked out Sun, Mon and Thurs and that's it.  I've just been so exhausted lately... excuses...excuses... excuses... so I'm re-dedicating TOMORROW!! Hitting the grocery store and stocking up on salad stuff and fruit - it's going down tomorrow!!

First Mis-step on my road to resolutions...

God Damn, it was cold and dark this morning.... I tried, I really tried to get out of bed and go to the gym.  But it was so cold, and so dark and my new flannel sheets are so soft and so warm... and it was 430am and I was heading to the treadmill at Golds... enough said...

I do feel bad about it, I really do....

Even the dogs won't get up...


"Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet."  - L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

Second Step on my road to resolutions - 5 Year Journal

I found this cool idea on Facebook on doing a 5 year journal.  I think it's doable, because it's really only one sentence everyday.  You can write anything you want or there's a list of simple questions you can answer each day.  Then you answer the same questions each day for the next 5 years.  So, you can see the changes from year to year.   I found a really cool, old library drawer and I'm just going to use index cards.  I've decorated the divider cards with extra scrapbooking stuff and if I feel like getting my creativity on, I could decorate each question card as well.  I fill the card out right before I go to bed, and pull the next days out and put it on the counter.
If I can stay with it, I think it will really be cool to see the different responses each year.

Goals not resolutions....

I quit making resolutions a number of years ago, then I started running and I "resolved" to continue with it and decided to make goals instead.  The first year was 1 5K a month - done, 2nd year - 1 race a month including a Half Marathon - done, last year run/row 2015 kilometers - done (barely) but done.  I went back and forth trying to figure out what goal I wanted to accomplish this year.  I've been in such a running funk that I couldn't decide if I should choose a running goal in the hopes that it would make me run more or if I should just let it go and come up with something else...  I decided that since I had a pretty successful rowing season and I want to get better and stronger so that I can continue with the racing women and more importantly my bow buddy, I'd make a rowing goal.  So....
2016 Goal...

1,000,000 meters!!  

Water and erg meters.  I'm going to continue to run, because it helps my rowing, but I'm going to let the focus be more on the rowing and less on the running.  I think it might help me with the running.  If I'm just running to help stay fit for rowing and not racing then time is really not as big a factor so I can just run to run and not worry about pace or time!  Win, Win!

Part 2 - I'm going to work on cultivating a more "go with the flow" attitude.  I'm going to try and relax a little bit more, let things happen.  I spend so much time worrying about the future and trying to envision every scenario that could possibly happen, that I make myself miserable.  Try and let other people do more, let somethings fall by the wayside... this may be the hardest resolution/goal I've ever embarked on...

Run This Year - I did it!

Hells Yeah!  I did it!!  I hit my 530am Erg class - Goal was to hit 10,000 meter and then stay afterwards and erg a little more, another 5,000 meters, hopefully.  Then I'd just need a quick mile or so run later.
I would not be defeated!
My plan went pretty well, ended up getting 17,734 meters by the time I left... 11.0 miles and I needed 10.1!   I am exhausted - tomorrow will be a rest day for certain.  Came home, took a shower and climbed right back in bed!

This was a pretty challenging goal for me.  I'm proud of myself for getting it done.  It would have been a lot easier if I hadn't taken the entire month of May off, because of all the crazy.  I'm going to make sure I stay more consistent this coming year!

The 2nd part of my resolution was no fruit snacks... I am proud to say that I accomplished that as well.  I haven't had even one fruit snack since this time last year!  Now my dilemma, do I get to have one on Jan 1st, to celebrate, or is it like soda... one taste and I fall off the wagon?
 Still working on my 2016 resolution/goal....

Down to the wire - Run this Year

One day away before the reckoning for my 2015 resolution comes due. Run and Row 2015 kilometers = 1252 miles...

I've powered through the last 3 days... 5+ miles of running and squeezing some extra erging in each day...  I need 10.1 miles tomorrow... yikes, that seems like a lot and I'm tired... but I think it would really stick in my craw if I missed my goal by a couple of miles or less, if I was way off, then I could see blowing it off, but to be so close... So, I'm on it tomorrow... Erg class in the morning and I'll have to find time to run at some point.... I won't be defeated.

New Years Resolution Update...

It's been 35 days since my last fruit snack!  35 hellish, temptation fraught days.  By far the hardest part of the resolution.  They are just such a handy little snack when you are feeling a tad peckish... but I've been strong.  I'm also still working out on my schedule - 530am Mon and Friday Erg class,  Sunday afternoon Erg class and at least 3 runs per week.  I also added Weds Yoga (more about that later).  

I also tried a new, kind of bizarre  class called SurfSet.  It's all done on this surfboard that is balance on inflated exercise balls.  It's supposed to work your core continually while you are doing aerobic, stretching, flexiblity.  The amazing Angie Hart is the instructor and that's part of the reason I decided to try it.

It was fun, but quite a bit bizzare.  I was able to do everything, but it is a lot of balancing.  I didn't get a great workout, because I was spending so much time thinking and trying not to fall off my surfboard, but it was entertaining.  I think I'm going to stick with my Yoga classes.  I think they will end up being better for me.

Meanwhile, I'm also still working out with Mike C and the boys during winter conditioning.  Sometimes that means a double workout day.  All the better to offset my eating habits! :o)  

Yesterday they had a surprise 2K test!  Zack did really well, bettered his last score by 21 seconds!  I was very happy for him!  Since it was a test, we didn't get to erg along with them, we were busy watching, evaluating, encouraging and recording.  Since they did a 2K, I felt like I should do one, so this morning before my treadmill run,  I did my 2K test.  And I bettered my score by 26 seconds!

Post 2K

Today's results:

Time - 8:40, split - 2:10, s/r 27, watts - 159, watt/weight - 1.27

Last time:

Time - 9:06, split - 2:16, s/r 27, wats - 137, watt/weight - 1.1

All this working out with the team and on my own is doing something!