Holy CRAP, I ran 600 miles!

I know I said there was no way I'd be able to run 46.5 miles in 22 days to round out my last minute "run 600 miles in 2008" goal, but I DID IT! And I still have 4 days (including today, because it IS morning still) left. :) A certain someone made a comment and a little challenge that it would only be about 2 miles a day, and well, when he put it that way it didn't seem so unobtainable. I posted my daily progress on my Facebook account until I'm sure everyone stopped looking at my page because they were tired of the countdown. Someone even asked me if I was doing some sort of marathon, in pieces. I'd like to train for a marathon, maybe when I finish my masters and have more time to train those longer distances.

I've been thinking about a New Year's Resolution a lot these past few weeks, and while I really want to make another goal to run 600 (or more!) miles in 2009, I'm afraid to set such a daunting task for myself. Who knows where 2009 will take me? I try to be religious about getting up early every morning to stretch and do my core workout so that my back will stay strong. It seems about once a year I throw my back out really good so I have to take off a month from any kind of exercise, and it makes me about nuts. I can't sit still for very long, and I need some kind of outlet for my pent up energy so I don't go stir-crazy! My legs are bouncing up and down right now as I type this. Anyway, my friend Jessica suggested breaking up the miles and concentrate on them month-by-month so it doesn't seem so huge. She has a great talent for putting life into perspective. 50 miles a month = 600 miles for the year. If I can stick to that (ish), then perhaps I can stay on track... (Yes, pun intended!)

New Year's and Resolutions

This year we spent the evining at our friend Greg's mom's house, along with all of his family and some friends (some of which I haven't seen in years, but was good friends with in high school. I know- reliving high school again- but they were bandies like me! How can I not?)

Here is a picture of me, completely blitzed, with Jessica. Feelin' GOOD!



And one with the kids going nuts with the confetti:



As far as New Year’s Resolutions go, I’ve been racking my brain over this one: Last year, I made several- but, nothing too horrendous. [I found my old blog with last year's resolution, and here is a quote from Dec. 30, 2006: "I do have a New Year's Resolution: to take things as slowly as possible, and to focus on what's important, like spending quality time with all my boys, and friends. Yes, to not procrastinate on homework, but to keep being a good student. (This is mostly why I want to focus on what's important, 'cause with all the homework I have, every second has to count.) Also, I want to write more. Record what's going on in my life, in Sean and Ashton's life, because it is so easy to forget the small things. This is why the BLOG was created, right?"] Well, I didn't want to make the same resolution as last year, and I did keep up with my blog, even if my 3 times a week report dropped down to about once a week by the end of the year, it's still better than the once every 6 months I was writing before. But, here I go again. I think I'll still blog regularly (in the habit now, plus I like to share pictures), so that's not going to be one of them. Instead, something much harder: NOT PROCRASTINATING ON MY HOMEWORK! That's going to be hard. Three semesters (including summer session)- think I can keep it up? I'm not so sure, but I'm going to try my best...