This year's goals

I didn't really make any goals this year. I accomplished everything I set out to do last year, so my only goals were to just keep doing what I'm doing.

I have made 4 goals this year as I haven't really made any plans in pevious years... 1. to promote my business & build that up 2. read more books 3. declutter more 4. save for a deposit on a house... So far, I can say that i have read more books than last year & have decluttered quite a bit but need to do more but i am getting there.

You're courageous! I don't race or even jog any more, so I have no goals of that nature. I just wanted to cheer you on.

Most of the goals I have for this year is to get myself back together. No big gigantic goals. Health wise, I am working on getting my body back to what it does best, lift heavy, be powerful, and have tons of strength. Before I got sick, I weighed 347 pounds, lift weights like an animal, trained like a football player ( when I played football), and worked a job where I move heavy stuff all day. What made me dangerous was that given my size and weight, I could run, and was agile, on top of the monster strength. When I loss my job, I got sick from the stress. Even though I loss 50 pounds, I loss a great deal of muscle mass, and the weight loss wasn't in a healthy way. I found out how much weaker I was when one of the things I did was put a chain on a car and pull it while sitting down, and I couldn't do it. The goal is to return to the monster I know and loved, Pack on the muscle, and pile on the strength, and work all of it to be as agile and athletic as a two legged horse can be. I never thought piling on muscle could be an addiction, but I like seeing and feeling the progress, even if I am bigger, stronger, and heavier. The problem with having so much strength is that you cook up bizzare challenges, and every wants to use your muscles. Last year at work, suddenly there was a need to move the displays of large items (watermelons, pumpkins), only because they had me, and we all learned that I could move pumpkins that take three people to move. This year, I want to tie a car or truck to a bicycle to see if I can pull it. The year after that is pick my car up, lol. My car is a great exercise machine.

I am going to adventure out this year and do my first triathlon in April. We shall see how it goes. So far the training has been pretty good.

I started training in November to run a marathon in March...so hopefully everything goes as planned! I haven't run consistently since I ran a 10k obstacle course last April, so it was rough at the beginning but the training is definitely paying off! Good luck on your half marathon!