I tried this last year. I was 32 so I wanted to do 32 pushups a day for the year. I think that lasted 5... maybe 6 days. But I hate pushups. I only do them because I feel like I'm supposed to. Sort of like drinking a "recovery" smoothie after a hard workout when all I really want is a sleeve of Oreos. Strength training is one of those things that is without a doubt good for you but I'm HORRIBLE at scheduling it it and getting it done because I'm just not inspired. I'm working on that.
Back to my goal this year. I have a bunch and that in itself might be a problem. But a good lesson I've learned recently is that looking toward the future is necessary when keeping yourself from spiraling in the present. So I saw that one of my heroes (Kara Goucher) posted a "Run 2015 miles in 2015" challenge. That averages out to a little over 5 miles a day. Totally doable if running was all I did. But, in the summer season when I'm riding a ton for work and play, I drop back my running miles and I like that, I'm not willing to give that up. But I really like this whole mileage for the year goal too. SO, I came up with this. I'm 33 this year so I'm going to run OR ride 3,300 miles in 2015. That breaks down to about 10 miles a day. Bring it.
I use various technology for each sport so I'm going to keep track of it all manually in a notebook. Another thought is that my spin classes will count, but the mileage tracked on the bike is really off so I'm going to take my average mph that I normally ride and put that into the length of time I'm in class.
I think I'm most curious if this will be something I really have to go after or if it will add itself up during my normal activities. Here's hoping it's the latter or my next December is going to be a busy one. :)
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Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThe devils favorite word is.....tomorrow. You can do this. Gonna miss you next dec!
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