For the New Year my plan was to do as last year: run the
Fairfax 4 Miler on New Year’s Eve and the Resolution 10K on New Year’s Day! Carol and I had done these back to back races last year (and it was fun!) and this year we were all set to do it again. This year we recruited a couple of friends new to running to join us for the NYE run. Maybe next year we will get them to join in on the back to back challenge... Anyway, I
had not run in over five weeks and was a little nervous as my ribs still hurt! Well,
in general it (running, not my ribs) hurt but I’m happy to say that I was successful
on my plan to Run in the New Year! Today I've got a little bit of DOMS going on but it feels GOOD! So bring it ON!
Neither race was a PR but my 4-Miler was only 10 seconds off
my time from the prior year’s (which was the first time I’d done the race). I
was thrilled about this! And my 10K was a personal worst for the course (which is actually quite challenging) and I’m
pretty sure the distance. I walked – a lot – but I’m so happy I was able to run
and without rib pain! My ribs are still sore, but this is good news! I hope to try to swim tomorrow night!
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| New Year's Race #2 - check! |
Interesting tidbit: Team Rabbit (we wore the rabbit jerseys and ears on New Year's Day) was seriously popular at the 10K. A lot of random people took our picture! It was truly AUsome!
2013 Resolutions:
I don't normally talk a lot about resolutions. But one thing I am always trying to do is cut back on soda,
specifically diet colas. I am going to try something new this year: Yesterday, January
1, 2013, I bought a 6-pack of 16.9 ounce bottles of Diet Coke. That is my ‘allotment’
for the month. Now I can be crazy and drink them all at once, or maybe in the same week.
Or I can spread it out. It is good that they are bottles as I can recap them. I
plan to drink out of a glass so I’m not tempted to down the entire 16.9 ounces
in one sitting! I also plan to avoid fast food and restaurant diet soda as
well. I will have to update on this as the month goes along to see how I do. I’ll
take it a month at a time. And hopefully on February 1 I’ll be buying my next 6-pack!
Speaking of fast food… I’d really love to cut most of this stuff
out. I’m particularly partial to French fries. Any kind. So this could be hard.
But we will see. I’m starting with the diet soda and will tackle the fries in
the second quarter.
Happy and Healthy Training!
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